Comments on: How the Setup Works http://ostimusic.com/blog/how-the-setup-works/ John Mackey, composer Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:42:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jacob Barbour http://ostimusic.com/blog/how-the-setup-works/comment-page-1/#comment-3752 Jacob Barbour Sun, 16 Oct 2011 19:32:15 +0000 http://ostimusic.com/blog/how-the-setup-works/#comment-3752 About how much did this entire set-up cost, and what are the benefits of using Kontakt with Finale versus being like me and doing everything on Finale 2011? About how much did this entire set-up cost, and what are the benefits of using Kontakt with Finale versus being like me and doing everything on Finale 2011?

]]> By: Dan Huffman http://ostimusic.com/blog/how-the-setup-works/comment-page-1/#comment-3547 Dan Huffman Sun, 10 Jul 2011 17:21:45 +0000 http://ostimusic.com/blog/how-the-setup-works/#comment-3547 It's exciting to me to hear about your process, and to see the way you have your studio set up. I'm a Sibelius user myself, and although I've played with Finale a few times, I really have a hard time getting it to do what I want it to do. I'm also fortunate in that at my school district I have access to a Yamaha MM8 keyboard and they also gave me a copy of Cubase 4AI, which I am slowly learning more about. Eventually I hope to be able to compose more efficiently using tools like this. Thank God for Youtube tutorials! Thanks for sharing your process with us, John! It’s exciting to me to hear about your process, and to see the way you have your studio set up. I’m a Sibelius user myself, and although I’ve played with Finale a few times, I really have a hard time getting it to do what I want it to do.

I’m also fortunate in that at my school district I have access to a Yamaha MM8 keyboard and they also gave me a copy of Cubase 4AI, which I am slowly learning more about. Eventually I hope to be able to compose more efficiently using tools like this. Thank God for Youtube tutorials!

Thanks for sharing your process with us, John!

]]> By: Nicolas Farmer http://ostimusic.com/blog/how-the-setup-works/comment-page-1/#comment-3194 Nicolas Farmer Sun, 06 Feb 2011 06:55:26 +0000 http://ostimusic.com/blog/how-the-setup-works/#comment-3194 And, oh yeah, I'm sticking with pencil and blank manuscript paper. I just recently had a bad experience with music compositions software. We do not get along. I couldn't find where the stupid glissando was! (the software was MuseScore, and I am a proud Linux user, but nobody seems to care) And, oh yeah, I’m sticking with pencil and blank manuscript paper. I just recently had a bad experience with music compositions software. We do not get along. I couldn’t find where the stupid glissando was! (the software was MuseScore, and I am a proud Linux user, but nobody seems to care)

]]> By: Nicolas Farmer http://ostimusic.com/blog/how-the-setup-works/comment-page-1/#comment-3189 Nicolas Farmer Fri, 04 Feb 2011 18:26:27 +0000 http://ostimusic.com/blog/how-the-setup-works/#comment-3189 I am a French Horn player in the A&M Consolidated Middle School Symphonic Cat Band, and I will say that we are playing Undertow and it is not hard at all for us. It is really fun. In my opinion, strange time signature systems are a good thing. I have even thought about writing something in 17/32. (Would be strange all right, but who cares) And, oh yeah, any advice for writing a symphony? I am 16 measures into one (that is over one month whenever my history teacher isn't looking at me), and its very strange (theremin part). I appreciate how you write for contrabass clarient, as everybody always leaves those out. I am a French Horn player in the A&M Consolidated Middle School Symphonic Cat Band, and I will say that we are playing Undertow and it is not hard at all for us. It is really fun. In my opinion, strange time signature systems are a good thing. I have even thought about writing something in 17/32. (Would be strange all right, but who cares) And, oh yeah, any advice for writing a symphony? I am 16 measures into one (that is over one month whenever my history teacher isn’t looking at me), and its very strange (theremin part). I appreciate how you write for contrabass clarient, as everybody always leaves those out.

]]> By: Used Saxophones http://ostimusic.com/blog/how-the-setup-works/comment-page-1/#comment-2970 Used Saxophones Sun, 12 Dec 2010 23:25:51 +0000 http://ostimusic.com/blog/how-the-setup-works/#comment-2970 Man your weblog is far sexier than mine. Keep it up sir. Perhaps your readers will like my little web site, if they're in the market for saxophones. Man your weblog is far sexier than mine. Keep it up sir. Perhaps your readers will like my little web site, if they’re in the market for saxophones.

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