Miroslav. Practical working methods.

[P.T.]

I have been thinking about the practical details of scoring for orchestra.
While a composer might write on staff paper with fixed tempo there will also be directions such as accelerate, decelerate, play with feeling, etc.

In the computer this has to be dealt with either by playing the parts live and ignoring the tempo grid, or by mapping out a tempo grid so that one can enter the midi in the grid (or play it to tempo with the grid)

If played live, are there sequencers that can then map a tempo grid to the notes?

How do you deal with this?

Are there books or papers on the internet that I can get that deals with these sorts of practical issues?

[idragosani]

I just finished a course in MIDI orchestration (using Philharmonik), and yes, these are things to consider. If you are using a scoring package, it's a lot easier, so you aren't as forced to think in terms of bpm if you aren't used to using metronome timings and tempo maps. If you want the orchestrated score to look good, use a scoring app. If you want it to *sound* good, you will need to use a sequencer and CCs (although Geniesoft's Overture gives you the best of both worlds).

Have you checked out Paul Gilreath's book on the subject:

http://www.amazon.com/Guide-Midi-Orches ... 0964670526

There used to be some tutorials on the IK Multimedia website for orchestrating with MP, but danged if I can find them now.