How to Create Orchestral Christmas Music

In this pair of timely tutorials, Dave Bode of Audiotuts+ takes a look at creating orchestral Christmas music arrangements on your computer. In the first video, above, Bode looks at instrumentation and orchestration to see how they effect the overall tone of the music. 

Gestural Orchestration With Leap Motion, GECO & Albion I

Film composer Hagai Davidoff has created a unique system for ‘gestural orchestration’, based around the Leap Motion controller and GECO, Geert Bevin’s gestural MIDI app. The combination allows Davidoff to use his left hand to interactively orchestrate the notes played with his right hand on a standard keyboard controller. In the first half of the video,… Read More Gestural Orchestration With Leap Motion, GECO & Albion I

Free Creative-Commons Orchestral Sample Library – Sonatina Symphonic Orchestra

The Sonatina Symphonic Orchestra is a free Creative Commons-licensed orchestral sample library in .sfz format. While not as advanced or ambitious in scope as commercial offerings, Sonatina Symphonic Orchestra contains all the basic building blocks for creating real virtual orchestrations. Features: Sample library created from free/CC-licensed/public domain instrument samples. Melodic instruments and chromatic percussion are… Read More Free Creative-Commons Orchestral Sample Library – Sonatina Symphonic Orchestra