Video Tutorials
In our User Area you will find several video tutorials that demonstrate how to work with Vienna Instruments and explain the various functions of our software products – from the basic setup to advanced features.
The Special Edition Tutorials focus on Vienna’s entry-level all-in-one orchestra collections, giving you plenty of insight and inspiration when it comes to virtual orchestration and mixing in general. Additionally, Vienna Special Edition users may download the corresponding project files for different sequencers and DAWs (e.g., Logic, Cubase, Digital Performer, Pro Tools) – a perfect starting point for your own projects!
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Instruments Online
The Vienna Symphonic Library’s website offers free access to the first complete, multimedia instrument encyclopedia with comprehensive information on the principles of instrumentation. It features the sounds of various playing techniques of all kinds of instruments, high-quality images, and extensive information about each instrument. Every instrument profile has text descriptions, historical development and classification of the orchestral instruments, playing techniques, notation, range, function in the orchestra, semantics, symbolism, combinations with other instruments, musical extracts as notation and Vienna Symphonic Library sound samples.
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Beat Kaufmann’s Online Tutorials
Beat Kaufmann, a Swiss teacher and composer, has contributed an enormous wealth of wonderful pieces to our Demo Zone.
Beat has also earned a worldwide reputation for creating online tutorials that are extremely helpful for beginners, since they are easy to understand and yield great results quickly.
Vienna Instruments Tutorials
http://www.beat-kaufmann.com/vitutorials/
Tutorial MwS: Successful Music with Samples (English)
Tutorial VSL: Successful Music with Products of VSL (English/German)
http://www.beat-kaufmann.com/
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The Guide to MIDI Orchestration, 3rd Edition by Paul Gilreath
http://www.midi-orchestration.com/index.php
The hardback comprehensive text comprises over 700 pages that progresses from an overview of orchestral history to in-depth discussions of each section of the orchestra. The book is written for composers, arrangers and MIDI musicians of all levels, providing the information necessary to help everybody who demands the best achieve successful and realistic MIDI orchestrations.
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