Ben Salisbury

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Stage & Screen Classical Orchestra

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Stage & Screen Classical Orchestra

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Peter Siedlaczek's Advanced Orchestra

Artist Series

"When you know that you are going to be using real players it actually frees you up because you don't have to worry so much about the programming details. A real orchestra will sound well produced, and so it can be quite a speedy way of writing once you know the setup. We had a decent budget but with a smaller budget you have to make do with samples. The difference between 30 different human beings playing one string chord and you trying to fudge it on samplers is still big. I know there are new Giga string sample libraries coming out, but we were using the Peter Siedlaczek stuff for mock-ups — you can get away with it for still, slow stuff."

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Logic EXS24 Sampler

Sampler Plugins

"I've started using the EXS24 sampler more and more. I've got a couple of old Emus in my rack and they are great for keeping stock samples but I've now loaded everything into EXS24 so I've got the whole orchestral palette available in an orchestra template setup."

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Apple Logic Pro

DAW Software

"What is your DAW (digital audio workstation) of choice? Logic." - Ben Salisbury interview Paul Goldowitz for Pop Disciple

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E-MU ESi-32

Audio Samplers

The main gear rack in Ben's studio (from top): Novation Supernova synth, Emu Proteus 2000 sound module and ESI4000 samplers (x2), Tascam DA20 DAT recorder and CD-RW700 CD burner, Emu ESI32 sampler, Lexicon MPX100 and Alesis Midiverb 4 reverbs, MOTU MIDI Timepiece AV.

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Novation SuperNova

Sound Modules

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E-Mu Proteus 2000

Sound Modules

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E-mu ESI-4000

Audio Samplers

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Lexicon MPX100

Effects Processors

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Alesis MIDIVerb 4

Effects Processors

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Digidesign Midi TimePiece AV

MIDI Interfaces

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Roland D-20

Synthesizers

"I played piano in local pubs, creating all my own backing tracks on the Roland D20. That was very good practice and that was my first introduction to music technology."

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Yamaha 03D Digital Mixer

Mixers

"I mixed all my sequences using the Logic mixer and the Yamaha 03D. Dan uses a Mackie 12-buss and Logic. I used quite a variety of plug-ins in Logic and there are built-in effects and processing on the 03D but I tended not to mess with the orchestral stuff. Very occasionally I added a touch more reverb or EQ here and there, but most of that was done at the session mix."

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