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Virtual Concerts creates great music with a computer. Not by using samples, mind you. Our artists and
technicians begin the work with a MIDI-sequence file that embodies the basic "realization" of a piece of
great music. Next, the sound of an instrument is shaped with the right resonance, in different registers,
to give the frequency response of a physical instrument. Finally, the technique of convolution filtering
makes it possible to place the virtual performance in the actual acoustic environment of a famed
performance hall or a great cathedral. The result is "more real than live".
In working with organ works, we build the sound the same way organ-builders and players do: ranks of
virtual organ pipes in different registers, using varied instrument sounds or "stops", are layered to
create a rich organ sound that is bang-on realistic. Harpsichord sounds are crafted to match the timbre
of a classic instrument, suited to the virtual hall in which it is heard. It is even possible to recreate the
sound of an 18th Century German harpsichord with the "choirs" of strings that double a melodic line
an octave up and an octave down-- the sound of Bach's own harpsichord.
Then we have what will become our "Virtual Satie" CD. Yes, you've heard Erik Satie's Gymnopedie #1
before-- but consider it as scored for vibes and acoustic bass...
Taste and see...and welcome to Virtual Concerts. CD's will be forthcoming soon
Drop us a line with comments, to our Chief Engineer and Lead Artist:
MichaelChandler2012@yahoo.com
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| The organ is also a "keyboard instrument". If you know this composition
as a harpsichord work, well, here it is as arranged for cathedral organ. | MP3.com CD: Cathedrals of Sound -  buy it!
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| This is the center point in Bach's Goldberg Variations, the so-called
"French Overture". The acoustic environment of Dallas' famed Meyerson
Hall was used to record the entireety of "The Goldbergs", of which this
is a sample | |
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| The first movement of this French Ouverture is presented as it sounds on
Virtual Concerts' "Bach Harpsichord. Like the one Bach owned, this virtual
instrument has a 4-foot choir of strings to double the melodic line an
octave up and a 16-foot choir doubling an octave down. Using both, as
here, yields "Harpsichord Thunder". | |
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