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I want to be able to compose orchestral style music for my films, but I obviously don't have access to a forty piece orchestra. I know there are programs that can do this, but I'm not super knowledgeable in music recording stuff, and any research I've attempted on the subject has only ended in me being confused by poorly laid out websites. Does anyone know of any programs that can actually produce custom orchestral sound that isn't super expensive? 
If you have an Apple product then I know that Garageband has a great orchestra (Linkie - On the Ipad/phone it's the same thing, only simpler). If you have a windows then I don't really know any software (shame on me, using Windows). I think Tom Gudde (T.G-Tom) or Spencer Olson (OlsonStudios) might know more seeing as they make their own music.
Well there's Sibelius which has brilliant orchestral sounds and if you can read music, easy to use. But its super expensive... 
Oh and I don't think the cheaper Sibelius First version has the orchestral sounds. Although you can get the full version slightly cheaper if you are a student or even a secondary school student.
Also there is MuseScore which is okay and FREE! It is abit like a cheap knock off (that's open source) of Sibelius. But it is definitely not as good as Sibelius usability and sound wise. But then its free so you might as well give it a go (again like Sibelius, only if you can read music)
Finally you could check out Mixcraft, it is basically Garage band except for Windows and its relatively cheap at $75 dollars. Like Garageband you can create your music by selecting notes, using a keyboard or a large library of loops.
Last edited by BoatsAreRockable (December 2, 2012 (05:05am))
9 pages of free music synthesiser software here (some more relavant than others! -- Sequencers
Acid Pro by Sony has its general MIDI bank, and orchestral instruments are included. Not spectacular, but not bad if you're looking for something cheaper and with a less steep learning curve than Sebelius. There is also a nice freeware VST plug-in for Acid Pro called "DSK Brass", for the brass section. Just Bing it and you'll find that.
Or I could get my friend Cinematraxx to do it for you...
This isn't anything urgent, the actual music phase of the film I want to do music for is a long way off, but I very well may go the way of getting someone else to compose.
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