MIDI in Sampled Orchestration
Peter for his thesis researched MIDI and how it is used in sampled orchestration. He discusses what MIDI is, how it can be used to make sampled instruments sound realistic, how industry professionals use MIDI, and his process for creating the mock-up below.
You can listen to his MIDI mock-up of John Powell's Romantic Flight from How to Train Your Dragon below. You can also find a copy of his paper below to read as Peter does not believe in gatekeeping information.
*This does not give people permission to plagiarise or use information from the paper without citing it. Thank you!*
Romantic Flight from How To Train Your Dragon
A MIDI mock-up of Romantic Flight composed by John Powell for the DreamWorks animated film How To Train Your Dragon.
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Peter used Spitfire Audio's Symphonic Symphony as the primary sample library, with the exception of their Solo Strings for the violin that starts the song. Peter used the score from the song to make the mock-up.