Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Get complete guidance on both traditional orchestration and modern production techniques with this unique book. With effective explanations and clear illustrations, you will learn how to integrate the traditional approach to orchestration with the modern sequencing techniques and tools available. You will discover how to bridge the two approaches in order to enhance your final production. The accompanying CD includes a comprehensive and wide selection of examples, templates and sounds to allow you to hear the techniques within the book. By covering both approaches, this book provides a comprehensive and solid learning experience that will develop your skills and prove extremely competitive in the music production business.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Foreword
• Acknowledgements
• Chapter 1 Basic Concepts for the MIDI Composer, Arranger and Orchestrator
• Chapter 2 Writing and Sequencing for the Rhythm Section
• Chapter 3 Writing and Sequencing for the String Orchestra
• Chapter 4 Writing and Sequencing for the Woodwind Section
• Chapter 5 Writing and Sequencing for the Brass Section
• Appendix A Music Scores
• DVD Audio Examples List