July 21, 2008

Nothing can match the sound of a real pipe organ. In terms of tuning, the best sounding pipes on an organ will be the mixtures and the Cornet (if it has one), because these pipe combinations are tuned purely. But what if a pipe organ could play all its ranks in totally flexible pure tuning? It would be a truly awesome sound.

The Tonal Plexus is no pipe organ for sure, but it gives me something close to work with. Here is a little sketch for an organ piece using 2 main ideas. The first is a motive including the 11th and 13th harmonics, and the second is a sequence using natural 7ths. Sorry, the camera angle is not the greatest as it hides what my right hand is doing. The sound is 019 ChrchOrgn from the internal synth, with reverb setting on 07 (delay), all max values.