Vienna Symphonic Library Posts Complete "Pictures At An Exhibition" In Stereo And Surround Sound Online

Jan 09, 2006

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The Vienna Symphonic Library welcomes the New Year with a special concert recording. They're not playing Johann Strauss at the Wiener Musikverein, but they're presenting Modest Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition" on the virtual stage of the Great Hall of the Wiener Konzerthaus, orchestrated by Maurice Ravel and realized with various sample libraries of the Vienna Symphonic Library.

You are cordially invited to listen to this colorful and detailed recording of all 15 movements, using technology from Vienna Symphonic Library's upcoming MIR engine: http://www.vsl.co.at/en-us/67/3920/4571.vsl

MIR Based upon the principle of multi impulse response convolution, the Vienna Symphonic Library digitizes ("samples") the characteristics of enclosures like the Great Hall of the Wiener Konzerthaus with unprecedented detail and methodology, taking this technology to the next level and capturing the great concert stages of the world in their full glory, wall to wall, floor to ceiling, in three dimensions. Due to the close association between the Vienna Symphonic Library samples, the Vienna Instruments' audio engine, and the MIR reverb engine, the typical directional characteristics of each instrument are taken into consideration when formulating the "correct" sets of impulse responses. For instance, the horns, whose bells are directed to the rear, will be automatically assigned different spatial aspects than the forward blaring trumpets. With the upcoming MIR engine, the user will be put in the position of a conductor, working on stage, thinking in musical terms rather than in technical abstractions.

For more information, visit their web site at www.vsl.co.at.