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This could be of interest to composers who use virtual instruments: www.composerscompetition.eu They have a separate category for compositions rendered with virtual instruments, so these pieces don't have to compete with pieces for which the composers had the opportunity to actually record them (which is, imo, a good idea). IMPORTANT: The rules say that the performance must be an audio export from a notation software, but I asked if they meant this literally and they don't - as long as it is not recorded with live musicians, they don't care if it's done with a notation software, a DAW or any other method that involves virtual instruments.

...and here is the comparative analysis:

The idea of this thread is to analyze virtual instrument orchestral music productions not just by talking about them, but by actually making a comparison production of the piece in question in order to demonstrate the points one wants to elucidate in the analysis. As the subtitle says: learning by comparison. Contributions by other forum members are more then welcome - if you wish to make this kind of comparison (of any orchestral music production made with virtual instruments) for analysis and learning purposes and post a video of it here for discussion, don't hesitate to do so. In the first episode of the series, I am taking a look at an excerpt from Kevin Olsson's piece "Winter". Here is just the music first (the original and then the new version next to each other):

Something that may be of interest to young composers who use virtual instruments for their own orchestral music: an example of producing a high complexity level piece such as Mahler's 6th Symphony with Vienna Symphonic Library. (This is the first part, up to the transition to the 2nd main subject. I will be adding the coming sections in this thread as they are finished.) If you are aware of any other (good or bad) attempts at producing (even an excerpt of) the 6th Symphony with virtual instruments, do let me know. Also, if this should inspire you to make your own attempt at this piece, I'll be happy to listen to it and discuss it with you.