The trick I found with Sibelius is two things: first, set all of the Synful Playing Modes as staff text (pizz, arco, etc.), then, more importantly, clear and constant use of the Plugins->Playback->Cres/Dim playback plugin. "This piece was done entire with Sibelius using Synful Sounds. However, that said using Sibelius 6 on its own didn't give the sound I wanted, and not having access to a string quartet, I wanted to invest in state of the art VST technology to bring the best out of the compositions, bar getting a real live string quartet to play it!
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I have attempted to do this within my "Confused" series for string quartet. "Inspired by the works of Bela Bartok, I wanted to explore semi atonal/microtonal harmonic territory. In this composition, I was amazed by the presence of the Violin solo that can compete with a large orchestra and show its expressiveness." "Poème No5 was my first orchestra composition made with Synful. we can hear the play of all instruments sounding real and not just like a sample library played faster."
Also, after 1:18 we can hear the real benefit of Synful during the slowing down of the tempo and speed up after 1:48. "Escape is a quick scherzo composition I made with extensive use of Synful's so easy real divisi function that allows me to control easily the 60 strings orchestra (16 violins I +14 violins II + 12 Altos + 10 Cellos +8 double basses) and share the harmony between all desks in a very easy way. Thank you Synful for not having me stop and load thousands of Mb of samples and articulations and making me loose my inspiration!!!"
But actually, both takes (piano and EWI) are realtime improvisations. I recorded the music in 2 principal steps, editing in Sonar. "On Errance the flute and violin are Synful played realtime using my Akai EWI USB+SYNFUL. I've left it this way so you can see how it sounds as is" Take a listen to this example which I made in 35 minutes after installing the program, and be aware this is literally doodling around, improvising, with no editing. And he bought it, with praise for the "artist!" In fact, much of the score was emulated with Synful Orchestra, making the sweetening recording session much less expensive. So I told him I had a secret weapon, and produced the thing at home with Synful. I hired a violinist, but the ensuing takes were not as brisk or clean as the producer had hoped. There was a suggestion by the director to use a public domain Paganini Caprice as one of the elements.
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"I had been scoring a piece for a high profile network TV biography special. "The end or more precisly : a frontier between the temporal wolrd (the ours where we use to live) and some place where there is no time at all, but only all. "Arrangements of Olivier Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time for Synful: Clarinet, Violin, Cello and Pianoteq: Piano. Realistic quality of it After few hours of works, it feels like playing real instruments and creating with a live orchestra. When I tried it, I was impressed with its expressiveness and the "When I discovered Synful, I was very interested in testing it, and how it used additive synthesis to reproduce Orchestra sounds. All instruments except the timpani are Synful in this demo."
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That is why for me this demo should help people realize the potential of Synful Orchestra for full orchestra simulation. For me, this score and its very complex blending of all instruments and textures make this music impossible to simulate with a traditional sample library: it will always sounds bad. "Dvorak symphony 9 is a such a well known piece of music that everybody knows how it should sound, so it is difficult to cheat. I was very excited by the convincing climactic forte that Synful easily gave me for this piece. Everything from pianissimo to fortissimo is possible and extremely playable with Synful. They are perfectly suited for this because they can achieve a true legato and they possess a very expressive dynamic range.
"Here the Synful strings perform an expressive melody. I see Synful as a modern "luthier" (violin maker) ! Synful opens to me the window to the real orchestra with its full dynamics and expressivity." "I have so much admiration for the work Synful has with this software.
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"And now, a little Bartok demo, a small portion of "Intermezzo Interrotto" from "Concerto per Orchestra". Two Synful strings on Mac, Synful winds and brass on PC, plus MachFive2 (on Mac) playing Harp and Timpani.
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