KoH Posted July 23, 2006 Share Posted July 23, 2006 Ok, I use Sibelius 2 to do all my composing and arranging, but my soundcard is crappy. What tools do you suggest I use to render my tracks? I need one for classical/symphonic/piano sort of stuff, and maybe another for dance/techno/trance sort of stuff. The first tool would be a priority, but if there are decent cheap ones for each or both that would be good. Can someone point me in the right direction. Thanx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoozer Posted July 23, 2006 Share Posted July 23, 2006 Ok, I use Sibelius 2 to do all my composing and arranging, but my soundcard is crappy. What tools do you suggest I use to render my tracks? Oh, wait... now I get it. Sibelius plays back as GM. I was thinking that if you rendered things anyway, it wouldn't matter. I need one for classical/symphonic/piano sort of stuff, and maybe another for dance/techno/trance sort of stuff. The first tool would be a priority, but if there are decent cheap ones for each or both that would be good.Can someone point me in the right direction. What's your budget? You could consider a do-it-all like Luxonix Purity, IK Multimedia SampleTank, Quantum Leap Colossus, Steinberg Hypersonic (just Google for the names) - all of which would be magnitudes better than what the wavetables in your soundcard could do. You could also consider a specialized solution: GPO (Garritan Personal Orchestra > http://www.garritan.com/ ) for your orchestral stuff and buy the whole trance/techno/whatever thing later ( however, keep in mind that this usually doesn't come in a single package, until something like ReFX Nexus is released). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoH Posted July 23, 2006 Author Share Posted July 23, 2006 I was hoping for something below about $50, but I may not get much from that. I would spend about $100. I also have the free microsoft direct music producer, if there are any good plugins for that, it would be good also. Basically anything that does orchestral midis to mp3s/wavs and sounds decent would be good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoozer Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 Making music can be horribly expensive . Anyway, sounds like a soundfont player with some good orchestral soundfonts is the way to go. http://www.rgcaudio.com/sfz.htm for part one, and do a few searches for the soundfonts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crypto_magnum Posted July 29, 2006 Share Posted July 29, 2006 Sibelius is a great notation program... but unfortunately it's not very good for producing the finished product. I also used Sibelius 2 for a long time. One route you might consider taking is upgrading your version of Sibelius and purchasing Kontak Player in a bundle. I went a different route; I purchased FL Studio: Producer Edition and FL Soundfont Player. The total cost was around $115 (academic price). It was well worth it. I really wish I had bought this stuff a few years ago, because I've been missing out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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