Vienna Konzerthaus Organ
By Vienna Symphonic Library
This is truly a first: The Vienna Instruments Collection Vienna Konzerthaus Organ is the first sampled organ recorded in a concert hall, not in a church, thus blending perfectly with orchestral performances. Obviously, it is also the first instrument not recorded at the Silent Stage, and yet it adheres to Vienna’s overall sampling concept since it has been captured in exactly the same space that provides the essential impulse responses for their revolutionary MIR reverberation and mixing engine. That space is the venerable Great Hall of the “Wiener Konzerthaus”, where the famous “Rieger Organ” was installed in 1913.
The Vienna Konzerthaus Organ Collection includes 14 GB of stereo samples covering three manuals with 38 single stops and one pedal with 18 single stops. The user can put together his own registrations by combining the stops in the Vienna Instruments’ user interface, retaining the flexibility of this magnificent instrument. In addition, organ experts were invited to create a wealth of pre-recorded registrations that present the user with the most important and best sounding combinations. Of course these registers can be easily extended to the user’s needs or taste. There are also isolated samples of the valves of each register as well as two minutes of room noise and the wind-chest idling, so the user can add these elements to the mix for even more realism.
Since the Rieger Organ had been equipped with MIDI technology a few years ago, the Vienna team developed some new recording and editing approaches. Because of the exactly defined length of the MIDI notes, they had the chance to distinguish between the different reverb trails emanating from short or long notes. This is important because several ranks (especially the very deep ones) take up to a second to unfold their full power, so the release samples of short notes can sound very different from long notes. Using the underlying MIDI data they could also recreate the authentic latency behavior of each flute. The different latencies also represent the spatial arrangement of the flutes, providing another reason why the three-dimensional recreation of this organ sounds so authentic.
Patches
Manual I – Stops
Principal 16'
Bordun 16'
Principal 8'
Gedackt 8'
Fugara 8'
Nasatquinte 5 1_3'
Octave 4'
Reedpipe 4'
Superoctave 2'
Rauschquinte 2f
Kornett 3-5f
Mixtur 5f
Cymbel 3f
Trumpet 16'
Trumpet 8'
Clarino 4'
Manual II – Stops
Viola 16‘
Quintatoen 16‘
Principal 8‘
Bordun 8‘
Viola da Gamba 8‘
Salicional 8‘
Unda maris 8‘
Octave 4‘
Flute octaviante 4‘
Gemshorn 4‘
Woodpipe 2‘
Sesquialtera 2f
Mixtur 4f
Krummhorn 8‘
MANUAL III – Stops
Quinte 2 2-3‘
Lieblich-Gedackt 16‘
Violin-Principal 8‘
Vox coelestis 8‘
Aeolsharp 4‘
Gemsquinte 2 2-3‘
Flautino 2‘
Piccolo 1‘
Oboe 8‘
MANUAL – Registrations
Small Principalplenum
Large Principalplenum
Large Principalplenum + Reeds
String Choir I
String Choir II
Flutes I
Flutes II
Modular Plenum-A
Modular Plenum-B
Modular Plenum-C
Modular Plenum-D
Modular Plenum-E
Modular Gedackt-A
Modular Gedackt-B
Modular Gedackt-C
Modular Gedackt-D
Gedackt + Woodpipe
Gedackt + Piccolo
Gedackt + Sesquialtera
Gedackt + Oct + Kornett
Salicional + Unda maris
Trompete 16‘ + 8‘
Krummhorn + Oboe
PEDAL – Stops
Principalbass 32‘
Principalbass 16‘
Violon 16‘
Subbass 16‘
Salicetbass 16‘
Quintbass 10 2-3‘
Octavbass 8‘
Gedacktbass 8‘
Bassflute 8‘
Cello 8‘
Dulcianbass 8‘
Octave 4‘
Campana 3f
Mixtur 4f
Bombarde 32‘
Trombone 16‘
Trumpet 8‘
Clarino 4‘
PEDAL - Registrations
Small Principalplenum
Large Principalplenum
Large Principalplenum + Reeds
String Choir I
String Choir II
Flutes I
Flutes II
Modular Plenum-A
Modular Plenum-B
Modular Plenum-C
Modular Plenum-D
Modular Plenum-E
Subbass + Gedacktbass
NOISES
Valves Manual I
Valves Manual II
Valves Manual III
Valves Pedal
Organ and concert hall noise
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Konzerthaus Organ |
ARTICULATION GROUP | STANDARD LIBRARY | |
01 MANUAL I - Stops | Manual I Labial stops: Principal 16', Bordun 16', Principal 8', Gedackt 8', Fugara 8', Nasatquinte 5 1/3', Octave 4', Reedpipe 4', Superoctave 2' Mixed stops: Rauschquinte 2 2/3', Kornett 8', Mixtur 2 2/3', Cymbel 2' Reed stops: Trumpet 16', Trumpet 8', Clarino 4' | |
02 MANUAL II - Stops | Manual II Labial stops: Viola 16', Quintatoen 16', Principal 8', Bordun 8', Viola da Gamba 8', Salicional 8', Unda maris 8', Octave 4', Flute octaviante 4', Gemshorn 4', Woodpipe 2' Mixed stops: Sesquialtera 2 2/3', Mixtur 2 2/3' Reed stops: Krummhorn 8' | |
03 MANUAL III - Stops | Manual III Labial stops: Quinte 2 2/3', Lieblich-Gedackt 16', Violin-Principal 8', Vox coelestis 8', Aeolsharp 4', Gemsquinte 2 2/3', Flautino 2', Piccolo 1' Reed stops: Oboe 8' | |
06 MANUAL - Registrations | Manual Registrations Plena: Small Principalplenum, Large Principalplenum without and with reeds, Modular Plenum A–E, Modular Gedackt A–D Other registrations: String Choir I and II, Flutes I and II, Gedackt + Woodpipe, + Piccolo, + Sesquialtera, + Octave + Kornett, Salicional + Unda maris, Trumpet 16' + 8', Krummhorn + Oboe | |
11 PEDAL - Stops | Pedal Labial stops: Principalbass 32' and 16', Violon 16', Subbass 16', Salicetbass 16', Quintbass 10 2/3', Octavbass 8', Gedacktbass 8', Bassflute 8', Cello 8', octave 4' Mixed stops: Campana 10 2/3', Mixtur 5 1/3' Reed stops: Dulcianbass 8', Bombarde 32', Trombone 16', Trumpet 8', Clarino 4' | |
16 PEDAL - Registrations | Pedal registrations Plena: Small Principalplenum, Large Principalplenum without and with reeds, Modular Plenum A–E Other registrations: String Choir I and II, Flutes I and II, Subbass + Gedacktbass | |
21 NOISES | Noises Valve sounds of manual I–III, pedal valve sounds, windchest and ambience noise | |
System Requirements
PC Windows 7/8/10 (latest update, 32/64-bit), Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon 64 X2
Mac OS X 10.8 (latest update) or higher, Intel Core 2 Duo
2 GB RAM (4 GB recommended)
VIENNA KEY (Vienna Symphonic Library USB protection device) or other USB eLicenser (e.g., from Steinberg or Arturia)
14.3 GB free hard drive space
Other configurations may work but are not actively supported.
Recommended
Windows 7/8/10 (latest update, 64-bit), Intel i5/i7/Xeon
Mac OS X 10.9 (or higher), Intel i5/i7/Xeon
4 GB RAM
SSD or fast separate hard drive (7200 rpm or faster)
AU/VST/AAX Native/RTAS compatible host (also works stand-alone)
RTAS version requires Pro Tools 7.3 or higher
AAX version requires Pro Tools 10.3.5 or higher
88 key master keyboard