I would like to make special mention of products and people that have gone out of their way to help me in my quest to become a better composer. Their links are below:

Gary Garritan and the Garritan Orchestral Strings (GOS) library. GOS, an award winning sample library, is one of the premier orchestral string sample libraries, available in several formats. Other ground-breaking libraries are also available: http://www.garritan.com/home.html

Kontakt from Native Instruments. Kontakt is one of the leading software sample playback instruments in the music industry, and Native Instruments has some of the best software based instruments available anywhere: http://www.nativeinstruments.de/index.php?home_us

Kirk Hunter and the Kirk Hunter Virtuoso Series Brass Library(VSBL). The VSBL is one of the leading orchestral brass sample libraries available, and other libraries are available as well. http://www.kirkhunterstudios.com/

Project Sam. http://www.projectsam.com/ Makers of the best Percussion and Brass libraries available.

Dolby Labs. Thanks to their efforts and instruction, I can now offer my music in Dolby 5.1 Surround. http://www.dolby.com/

G.A.N.G. Game Audio Network Guild, THE organization for professional sound providers for games and the entertainment industry at large. http://www.audiogang.org/

Thank you for your interest. -DWD