Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring - performed by Jay Bacal w/ VSL - Part 1 of 4

[majin2912]

I honestly don't believe any other library could pull this off as deftly as VSL. Great job Jay!

[lagathy]

WOW

[liketammysaids]

and WOW :D

[liketammysaids]

bravo bravo well done! :)

[mauriceam]

Do you think this program could play pieces like Berio's sequenzae? 

[NevinJarek]

wow, this are samples? And do they have vibrato, crescendo, and things like that since the recording? Or does the software adds it like it adds reverb?

[adam872]

This is outstanding. It's quite amazing how far this technology has come in the last decade or so. The best tech is no good in the hands of someone with no talent, so the fact that you've produced these results is a great credit to you and shows how much talent for this you have. Thanks for sharing.

[adam872]

This is outstanding. It's quite amazing how far this technology has come in the last decade or so. The best tech is no good in the hands of someone with no talent, so the fact that you've produced these results is a great credit to you. Thanks for sharing.

[leparditas]

just amazing!

[yanizle]

Well done!!! and great hard work! You probably learned and sharpened so many different skills doing this. Well done!!!

[amistrymister]

i remember the first day i found this. i think about it a lot. its so amazing

[amistrymister]

i think about the day i first discovered this quite a lot. it's such great.

[Vesdrajo]

fichissimo!!!

[warpold]

This is beautifully done Mr. Bacal. Bravo! Are you employing the complete Vienna samples or are you using a limited Vienna sample library?

[MrDaduh59]

@warpold This uses the complete (well nearly) Vienna sample library.

[solotasq]

Great job, beautiful tone, color and through it all a precision you don't get to hear a lot in orchestral performance. I also work with VSL so I can appreciate both the effort and attention paid to control over intonation you get from this wonderful tool. I have both orchestral and piano scores of this work, and one day plan to take it on as well. I've heard other attempts at this piece, and yours is by far the most natural sounding. Out-effin-standing!

[lovesGenet]

This is fabulous. If someone told me it was sampled I would not believe it. BEAUTIFUL ,One of the most complex scores in history.Reading it is a major task.How conductors cue the crazy times and divisions of beats I'll never know.U must count like mad. Now I can get serious and compose for brass and woodwinds since I'm a string player and pianists .Life just became lil' bit of heaven! YOUR WORK IS AWESOME>REVELATORY!!! Try Finnissy or Toovey!

[meowkie]

j'adore 0:55, where you make the winds simply come to light. <3 Sooo nice. This is astounding. I believe you when you say this is entirely made by hand and machine, but I'll tell you, it's hard!!

I wish I could pay this guy to compose the Spring Rounds on here. :(

[LJBSasha]

Not bad at all. One can still hear a bit of trouble with the highest bassoon notes (higher than treble-c {Tenor's high-C}), and the 1st-violins' tril on their first entry should be a major, not a minor, 2nd. Nonetheless, it's an excellent sound overall - keep working at it. A few more years and I can see that one truly will be extra-hard-pressed to distinguish between a computer using the Vienna-Symphonic Library and a truly top-notch orchestra, even by the best of ears...

[peppersax]

Great Job! List the libraries and email me. I want to buy all of them. BTW, I love Stravinsky.

my email is: mulattostudio@yahoo.com

[rolldito]

O.o It is incredible

[kevycanavan]

that's amazing

[charvinn]

it's so amazing how realistic these samplers can sound now. like  AMAZING. i have to listen SUPER CRITICALLY before i can even tell, and it would only be something i'm incredibly familiar with, like piano or certain string sounds.

[misterodellafede]

What reverberation did you use?

[MrDaduh59]

@misterodellafede

Altiverb

[codeWormCom]

I too am impressed at the quality of the sounds and your sequencing. How many hours did it take you to go from score to this finished product?

[MrDaduh59]

@codeWormCom It took me many months of work.

[griggle990]

It might be real. Man I want this in Midi.

[homersimpsonIV]

Amazingly realistic. Beautifully executed. I want VSL! (Have Kontakt 4's stripped down version on order.)

[amistrymister]

Just amazing. I had a go at sacrificial dance but then just gave up. Nicely done here.

[mooreentstudios]

I need this library AND Hollywood Strings, haha.

[sonicpainter]

That's amazing, but if my orchestra played like that, I'd have to order up some red beans and rice by the ton.

[joojoo1234]

well done

[joojoo1234]

Well this is selling point for VSL! I too thought he was scamming us but then I could tell it was fake in the middle section - the opening is incredibly well done. Mr Daduh59 you know how to midi this stuff.

[nusouthentertainment]

Wow. Thats all I can say. That program is amazing and that arrangement and programming is crazy.

[inspi1212]

Thats Fake! Thats an orchestra - no library in the world could sound that real!

[MrDaduh59]

@inspi1212 This was created entirely using only VSL sample libraries. But I'm glad you liked it well enough to think it's a real orchestra.

[Atael]

@inspi1212

yeah man... this is real... is VSL! hahaha EQWLSO platinum sound like that too... =D

[MikeRoePhonicsMusic]

It's samples of real people playing, but it's all triggered via MIDI and software instruments. This is the power of VSL. :)

[NNomad]

Absolutely impressive! VSL should pay you for this!

Please tell me, how many man-hours did it take you produce this? Did you use notation software, e.g. Sibelius or Finale, or simply record each instrument using a sequencer?

Well done!

[shaunchasin]

When you have instruments crescendo are you automating volume or using the velocity crossfade? This blew me away. You have truly done a remarkable job and should be proud. We seem to be entering the age of the rise of the composer and producer and the fall of the session musician.

[MrDaduh59]

Sometimes crescendos use volume increase, sometimes velocity crossfade and sometimes the crescendos are built into the samples themselves.

[blimeyyoureabitthick]

Thanks! Hearing this wonderful performance of 'The Rite' has made me realize that I should kill myself now. Being a session musician, I could never have reached the glorious heights of this sublime reconstruction in a million years, so I will give up trying. Please could you also sequence the Bach cello suites and the Elgar violin concerto so I can hear where Fournier and Menuhin went wrong. Thanks.

[enduril122]

absolutely amazing! You did have to at least start with a score right?

[MrDaduh59]

Yes, Dover edition.

[thedrumbum1990]

outstanding work. sounds great!

[CarlosDjinn]

2:30 --> Uffff, what a work!!!! You are amazing!!

[MonosodicGlutamate]

This is shockin'

Great job!

[classicfan23]

Hi Jay, can you please check your inbox/private messages?

[tsunamipanda05]

Vienna and Garritan seem to to be the best, but are there any other orchestra samples that can work for Sibelius?

PS

I AM FLOORED by your work, you did such an outstanding job with this.

[MrDaduh59]

I don't know the answer to your question. If you post your question on the VSL forum I'm sure that someone there will be able to help you.

Best,

Jay

[weas89el]

This sold me to VSL. I tip my hat to you, sir.

Just looking at 6:16 blows my mind: that you entered all those little sounds one by one, and that even with reverb, your PC doesn't even hiccup during playback. 21st century technology at its finest.

Bravo!

[pulamusic]

Duuuude!! This is totally unfair. I can't afford to buy the VSL samples, and this mockup simply rubs salt in the wound.

Excellent work. I'd love to hear more.

[Uprightest]

Insane!!!!!

[montezumasrevenge]

Awesome

[Burgundia1980]

I fell in love with your rendition of the Razumovsky Op 59 #3 Finale over on the VSL website. Did you use portamento to imitate the shift I heard in the 1st violin part roughly 1 min in? Your attention to detail is so wonderful!

[MrDaduh59]

Thanks. Yes, in the Beethoven I used various kinds of slides that VSL variously calls Sul, Zigane, Portamento, and Glissando. A few slides were even created with old-fashioned pitch bending.

[RogueRotting360]

Do you mind if I ask - where are the A and D piccolo Clarinets?

I swear it's the D Clarinet that plays the descending motif at 00:25, and the A Clarinet doubles the Bb Bass Clarinet in chromatic fourths at 00:22.

[MrDaduh59]

I used the Eb clarinet to approximate the D clarinet and I used the Bb clarinet for the A clarinet.

Best,

Jay

[RogueRotting360]

Thanks. Also - what's up with that inaudible Eb7 and C8 at 00:19?

[MrDaduh59]

They are keyswitches for the bass clarinets.

--Jay

[downfader2]

That is amazing!

[saladshootavvv]

I'm impressed!!! Did you "humanize" everything by hand, by a computer plug-in, or did you just play in all the MIDI data on the keyboard to start with. If you automated all the data and velocities by hand, then you are a MIDI God!

[MrDaduh59]

A bit of all three plus I made many adjustments to the tempo track.

[saladshootavvv]

AWESOME!!! When are we gonna hear the rest?

[denico12]

what reverb did you use ? Altiverb ?

[MrDaduh59]

Yes, Altiverb--Todd AO + Mechanics Hall IR's

[perromanchado]

wow

[pickabar]

This may sound odd, but my first thought is...Microsoft and Sonar should chip in to buy this video and get it in a commercial pronto.

[rostyderover]

wonderful

[felliniflex]

Amazing! congrats again Jay!