Burz96

Question is in the title. For example, if you hear a piece by Haydn (which you don't know at the time) it has a particular sound to it that would make you (well me anyway) think it sounds like classical music. Same would go for Baroque, Romantic, and others. What I would like to know is what makes your brain assume what period the piece was written in and how would you imitate that? Sorry if the question is confusing/vague.

Hello everyone! I have been using Sibelius for quite some time and overall It works nicely, my only complaint is the playback sounds. I do write music by hand usually but when writing music for multiple instruments I like to hear it played back on the computer. I understand there are sound sets you can buy for Sibelius for more realistic sounding playback, but then there are also other ways to increase the quality of the sound. (Applications such as Reaper, FL Studio). Minus Sibelius, the rest is very new to me. I would appreciate it if someone could explain the interactions between Sibelius/Finale and mixing programs (if there is any) and give recommendations on which I should use. Regards, Jamison