> there was always something fun about the idea that music directors were practically composing symphonies to be played by individual orchestras on each user's

> there was always something fun about the idea that music directors were practically composing symphonies to be played by individual orchestras on each user's machine I like this way of looking at it. And with different sound fonts like the original vs the FatBoy sample posted on the site and ITT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veMlnxlgpZg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veMlnxlgpZg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3uycgx8FiA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3uycgx8FiA it’s kind of like we get to listen to new interpretations of the music, where the sheet music remains the same but the conductor has told the orchestra to perform it different in terms of instruments used. I think. Someone who knows about orchestra music and performance correct me if you think what I said was off base. I don’t know whether it is actually the role of the conductor to pick instruments. Wikipedia says: > The primary duties of the conductor are to interpret the score in a way which reflects the specific indications in that score, set the tempo, ensure correct entries by ensemble members, and "shape" the phrasing where appropriate. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conducting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conducting So I don’t know who actually picks the instruments that the orchestra will use.