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Thank you :). Yeah, I've been typing it in. I haven't found any of the symbols for any dynamics yet. They're very well hidden haha.

Sorry for such a stupid question, but I'm very unexperienced in composing. I made a pizzicato passage in one of my latest pieces, but I don't know how to notate the end of a pizzicato section. I want it to go back to regular bowing, how can I notate this in Sibelius 5? Thanks in advance!

Hey, this is a piece I whipped up in about 30 minutes on Sibelius. It's a piece for a single piano. I used really only one layer (melody and drawn out chords) because I wrote this piece out of pure rage and frustration and some feeling of overcoming and I felt having a melody and long chords fitted the mood best. It's a pretty simple song and one of the first I have written. I don't have a piano at home so I wrote completely in Sibelius. There are some errors because of that. I couldn't always get what I was hearing in my head exactly right on Sibelius. I have a very minimal knowledge of music theory and I'm not even sure I know all the chords I wrote out, I just wrote it completely by transcribing from head to paper. I don't think it's very good, but I'll leave that up to you to decide :). Free File Hosting Made Simple - MediaFire I can post a score if you want later.

I personally like the bassoon, it has a very...odd and interesting sound. No one can make the choice for you though. It's whichever instrument you feel more drawn to. Try this, don't play either for a week or two weeks, and then after two weeks or so see which one your more eager to play.

Thank you for the explanation, but I already have Sibelius 5 and Logic Express 8. I know what type of program I'm looking for, Colossus is not what I want. Kaiyoti, it may seem as if I want to get very technical with my sampling, however that is not the case. I would like something that sounds realistic, but I don't really want to get extremely involved. The reason I'm looking into sampling is because I'm very bad with notation, so many times I sit down at Sibelius and try to get an idea out, but by the time I figure out how to notate it the idea is gone. I think if I can just make a quick sketch using a sample library first it will really help me compose. I know it sounds like I don't need something that realistic, but the way I am I always like to get the best even if I don't need it. :) Thanks though.

I apparently developed perfect pitch, and it has been a terrible experience. It just happened, but suddenly I have to learn to hear things all over again. I can't remember songs unless I remember exactly what note they start on. It's very discouraging.

Ahhh ok. I think I will get play then. When I said I don't have a MIDI controller I don't mean that exactly as I say it, I have one, but it's so bad, that as soon as I begin to play it I get completely uninspired so I'm planning to buy one that I can actually use and compose music on. If it doesn't work then, I guess I'll have to save up for a better computer. Thank you for your help! :)

Hmm so do you think I should try out Silver? I really do not have a big budget (I'm still just a highschool student), but I did find this: audioMIDI.com - EastWest - EWQLSO Gold Pro Bundle I know East West have tried to move everyone over to play, but this seems like it's at quite a decent price, the only thing I'm worried about is that I remember last year when I was trying to get EWQLSO that apparently the Kompakt player won't run on Intel Macs, so I would need to get Kontakt.

Well the main problem with EWQLSO is that I don't have a fast enough processor. My processor is currently 1.8Ghz, I'm planning to upgrade my RAM from 1GB to 2GB so RAM isn't the problem. It's all the processor. I've gotten mixed opinions on whether it will run. I asked on a computer forum and they said according to system requirements Silver will run, but then they said on the soundsonline forum that it won't run. I'm only planning to use one sample at a time, so what do you think? I know some libraries allow you to have say, a french horn ensemble, a violin ensemble, and a trombone ensemble all open at once, but I only plan to do one ensemble/instrument at a time. I guess Miroslav Philharmonik will be what I have to settle for.

My budget doesn't exceed $500 and EWQLSO Gold is $600.

Oh my this is really distressing. :(. I've researched all the EWQLSO packages quite a bit and I've found out that my computer will not run them. So I found this package and saw that it will be able to run this, but it's not a good idea apparently. It said it's good for someone first getting into VSL...are you sure this is a bad idea?

I'm looking for my first sample library and I've found this: Vienna Symphonic Library Vienna Instruments II - Special Edition | Sweetwater.com The only problem I see is that it doesn't include some things like an oboe ensemble, clarinet ensemble, bassoon ensemble, flute ensemble etc. It doesn't include any woodwind ensembles, only solo woodwinds. I'm not sure if this is a problem or not. As a composer who is just starting out is this still a good choice because I know I can upgrade eventually (maybe within the next 3 months) and get the expanded edition with the ensembles, so is this a good choice for the interrum?

I think that the Confutatis Maledictis part of Mozart's requiem is the best. It is just so moving and powerful.

I'm gonna try that.