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Re: What is the best way to write for several instruments? AdimWit #702312 02/01/22 05:09 PM Beginners Forum
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Matt Finley Veteran Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 27,035 Hudson Valley & Lake George NY	This is not what you’ve asked, but in case it helps, this is how I work. I write for a nine-piece chamber ensemble and a 19-piece big band jazz ensemble. I make the rhythm section parts in BIAB, record them to a .WAV file, and load that file into my notation program, Notion 6 by Presonus. Often I will write the melody in BIAB and often a counterpoint / harmony line, since I find entering those in BIAB to be easier than any other program. Then I export those as Music XML. But them I form the full arrangement with other parts in Notion. BIAB 2025 Win Audiophile. Software: Studio One 7 Pro, Swam horns, Acoustica-7, Notion 6, Song Master Pro, Win 11 Home. Hardware: Intel i9, 32 Gb; Roland Integra-7, Presonus 192 & Faderport 8, Royer 121, Adam Sub8 & Neumann 120 monitors.

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What is the best way to write for several instruments?	AdimWit	01/31/22 09:07 PM
Re: What is the best way to write for several instruments?	AudioTrack	01/31/22 09:42 PM
Re: What is the best way to write for several instruments?	DrDan	01/31/22 09:44 PM
Re: What is the best way to write for several instruments?	AudioTrack	01/31/22 10:09 PM
Re: What is the best way to write for several instruments?	Mark Hayes	01/31/22 10:55 PM
Re: What is the best way to write for several instruments?	AdimWit	02/01/22 06:28 PM
Re: What is the best way to write for several instruments?	Mark Hayes	02/01/22 11:52 PM
Re: What is the best way to write for several instruments?	Gordon Scott	02/03/22 11:56 AM
Re: What is the best way to write for several instruments?	MarioD	02/03/22 12:52 PM
Re: What is the best way to write for several instruments?	Bob Calver	02/01/22 06:49 PM
Re: What is the best way to write for several instruments?	rharv	02/01/22 09:22 PM
Re: What is the best way to write for several instruments?	Matt Finley	02/02/22 12:09 AM
Re: What is the best way to write for several instruments?	AdimWit	02/02/22 05:52 PM
Re: What is the best way to write for several instruments?	MarioD	02/02/22 08:59 PM
Re: What is the best way to write for several instruments?	DebMurphy	02/03/22 08:22 AM
Re: What is the best way to write for several instruments?	Sironedragon	04/06/22 08:20 PM
Re: What is the best way to write for several instruments?	Matt Finley	02/03/22 01:26 PM
Re: What is the best way to write for several instruments?	Gordon Scott	02/03/22 02:41 PM
Re: What is the best way to write for several instruments?	Mark Hayes	02/03/22 07:05 PM
Re: What is the best way to write for several instruments?	AdimWit	02/03/22 05:50 PM
Re: What is the best way to write for several instruments?	Matt Finley	03/21/22 11:04 AM

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