One of the first arrangements I ever did for organ. I was playing around with a composite sample set I've been building and thought I would play this. The registration changes are a little rough because I dont have good buttons right now and no swell levers sadly.

Played on the GrandOrgue Virtual Organ. The sample set is derived from the Friesach set. I turned it into a smallish (17 rank) Audsley style chamber organ that I think works much nicer than other organs of this size. Most ranks are drawn directly from the set, but some are re-pitched and re-voiced.

The real magic here is I ran it through Soundscape Renderer. A program that can simulate audio coming from different locations. The effect is that it sounds like you are siting inside the organ itself. (listen with headphones) It doesn't quite sound how I want yet but its pretty interesting.

We’ll Bring the World His Truth

Impulse responses for convolution reverb recorded in Spanish Moss Cave in Utah.
Recorded a balloon and a party popper with an MV88 iphone mic. Steps were taken to avoid debris litter in the cave completely.
Amalgamation is both tracks joined for a more full spectrum, use whichever track sounds best.

Amalgamation

Popper

Balloon

I wanted to try playing accompaniments back and forth with the melody taking advantage of the huge Inchindown oil tank reverb. I think it turned out pretty cool.

I chose this small positiv organ because I wanted to see if I could bring exciting life to the rather small instrument, and I think if an organ ever was actually played inside the oil tanks it would have to be small anyways. I was quite surprised by the versatility of it. However I did cheat a bit and add a pedal manual by coupling down the main manual.

(Don't ask what happened to improv #3...)

Played on a virtual pipe organ with convolution reverb from the Inchindown oil tanks, six (now decommissioned) giant underground fuel storage tanks in Scotland used in WWII. The Tanks currently hold the world record for longest reverb time at somewhere over 110 seconds! These pieces use the impulse response made by acs272 here: freesound.org/people/acs272/packs/13598/ of one the oil tanks, so it sounds as if it was recorded on site.

The organ is a virtual organ sample set made by Piotr Grabowski https://piotrgrabowski.pl/ and played through the Grand Orgue software

Inchindown Oil Improv 4

This is my arrangement of Reflection from Disney's Mulan, played on a virtual pipe organ. I tried to utilize harmonies from all the versions, both the original from 1998, and from various places in the new 2020 film.

The organ is a virtual organ sample set made by Piotr Grabowski https://piotrgrabowski.pl/ and played through the Grand Orgue software

Reflection from Mulan Organ Solo

I have always wanted to hear this song played as an organ solo as it is one of my favorites, and I think there are not enough transcriptions of modern songs for the organ so here is my humble rendition.

Unfortunately, this Christmas I am away from my console due to the 'Rona and so I was unable to record this live; this is MIDI playback. And I therefore dedicate this recording to any and all who have been displaced by COVID-19. May the fates allow our troubles to go miles away.

The organ is a virtual organ sample set made by Piotr Grabowski https://piotrgrabowski.pl/ and played through the Grand Orgue software

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas Pipe Organ Solo

This time I went for an extremely long ethereal pentatonic crescendo. A while back I got the chance to hear Neil Thornock's Planetarium live (https://soundcloud.com/neilthornock/sets/planetarium). This was major inspiration for the style of this piece. I used six or so weights to hold down keys while I played. The long notes begin to pulsate at the extremely slight tuning differences, and the extra long reverb aids to smooth all the transitions. Try to guess where new stops are added!

Played on a virtual pipe organ with convolution reverb from the Inchindown oil tanks, six (now decommissioned) giant underground fuel storage tanks in Scotland used in WWII. The Tanks currently hold the world record for longest reverb time at somewhere over 110 seconds! These pieces use the impulse response made by acs272 here: freesound.org/people/acs272/packs/13598/ of one the oil tanks, so it sounds as if it was recorded on site.

The organ is a virtual organ sample set made by Piotr Grabowski piotrgrabowski.pl/ and played through the Grand Orgue software

Inchindown Oil Improv 5

I found a couple neat chords and tried another floaty improv. I really need to play something non improvisational with this reverb but alas.

Played on a virtual pipe organ with convolution reverb from the Inchindown oil tanks, six (now decommissioned) giant underground fuel storage tanks in Scotland used in WWII. The Tanks currently hold the world record for longest reverb time at somewhere over 110 seconds! These pieces use the impulse response made by acs272 here: freesound.org/people/acs272/packs/13598/ of one the oil tanks, so it sounds as if it was recorded on site.

The organ is a virtual organ sample set made by Piotr Grabowski piotrgrabowski.pl/ and played through the Grand Orgue software

Inchindown Oil Improv 6

I came across this beautiful piano song on Youtube by ibi (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhIaeMiL88I) and thought I'd play it on soft organ stops.

Played on a virtual organ sample set made by Piotr Grabowski piotrgrabowski.pl and played through the Grand Orgue software.

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