The Guide to MIDI Orchestration, 3rd edition by Paul Gilreath is the best selling book on the technique of virtual orchestration. It is the first and only book dedicated to helping individuals achieve maximum realism when working with orchestral sampling technology. The book is written for composers, arrangers and MIDI musicians of all levels and will be helpful to video game and multi-media composers, film and television composers, traditional orchestral composers, teachers, orchestration and composition students, instructors, individuals using music notation software and the serious hobbyist.

The Guide to MIDI Orchestration is a one-of-a-kind text that provides the information necessary to help composers who demand the best achieve successful and realistic virtual MIDI orchestrations. Please take the time to explore this area to get a better understanding of what the book offers.

A few facts:

• Has sold over 25,000 copies worldwide
• Used as a required text in colleges and universities
• Over 700 pages with full color printing with hard cover binding
• Includes orchestration information for beginners and intermediate composers
• ”How to” information presented in Section by section and instrument by instrument
• Highly praised in the music community and touted as “The Bible” of virtual orchestration

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