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Sibelius Sound Set Editor Introduction

Sibelius Sound Set Editor I put together a brief video showing an introduction to the Sound Set Editor and how you can use it to support virtual instruments

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Arranging General Other Reaper

Cubase DAW evaluation

It is always good advice not to switch to a different DAW if you are comfortable and familiar with another one. And, if you aren’t getting the sound you want from the DAW, spend the time learning that DAW before considering switching. Even so, sometimes it’s worth looking at other DAWs if they have a […]

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iPad music apps – revisited

iPad music apps revisited If you have some time, please listen to my music on iTunes (Click here) One of the most popular articles I’ve written here on my blog has been about sheet music apps for the iPad. I wanted to do a followup letting people know what I’ve found most useful and what […]

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Church Music General Kindle Organ Music Other Reaper

MIDI project

Among my regular activities as a musician, I was hired to work on special MIDI project. I thought you might be interested to hear some of the details. There are a number of churches that have organs but nobody to play them. Many of the organs are midi capable but the midi files they can […]

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Arranging General Music Theory Other Sibelius

More on iPad apps for music

iPad music apps See also an updated article HERE If you have some time, please listen to my music on iTunes (Click here) This is a followup to my previous blog about sheet music apps for the iPad. My favorite and the app I use the most for viewing sheet music is still forScore. If […]

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Arranging General Music Theory Reaper

Session Strings Pro Animator Revisited

Session Strings Pro Animator Revisited Back in 2011 I did a YouTube video showing the Animator function of Session Strings Pro. It was a quick overview and not terribly detailed. At the request of a few people, I’ve come back to the Animator to take a more detailed look. The video is intended as a […]

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Arranging Reaper YouTube Videos

Reaper, MIDI, VST YouTube video

This video is now available on YouTube. In it we look at how to use the Reaper DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) along with VST software instruments and MIDI to record and produce a song. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oc1kkJQcLyQ?hl=en&fs=1] This features VST instruments Plex2, FM8 and Massive. The piece is entirely done in MIDI. The video also looks […]

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Komplete 8 Ultimate Studio Drummer & Retro Machines Demo

Here’s another article about one of my YouTube videos. This video has a very rough piece of music in it using the Studio Drummer and Retro Machines from Kontakt 5 (part of Komplete 8 Ultimate) and Reaper. No processing was added. The sound is straight from Kontakt. I loaded a midi file into reaper, added […]