Chapter 12
Conducting a Virtual Orchestra
IN THIS CHAPTER
Creating an orchestral template
Loading and playing orchestral patches
Defining a productive composing workflow with screensets
Playing samples with expression and articulation
Imagine standing in front of a full fifty-piece orchestra, conducting your own score. The music builds, section by section, into a glorious peak. You pull the intensity down gracefully and a lone trumpet plays a short, plaintive motif over a bed of lush strings. A tear falls in the audience. And then silence, before a slow roar of applause overtakes the concert hall. Flowers are thrown and the crowd begins chanting, “Encore!”
You may have to imagine the applause and chanting. But Logic Pro will provide the orchestra.
Orchestral instruments will never go out of style. An orchestra is Hollywood’s best friend. Plus, Logic Pro shines at film scoring. You learn how to import video in Chapter 8. In this chapter, you discover how to set up an orchestra and score your own soundtrack.
A video isn’t required to compose with an orchestra. But if you’d like to ...
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