Live simultaneous wet & dry audio of Mormon Tabernacle Organ: The case for wet samples
This video demonstrates the importance of a building's acoustics on the character of an organ's sound. It gives you the chance to compare pipe chamber vs. auditorium, side by side (A vs. B).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBABbVOymQY
Listen specifically to the microphone in the closed pipe chamber and note the shrillness of the sound. As the swell shutters open, compare the sound in the chamber to the sound coming in from the auditorium where it has been "processed" by the acoustical environment of the Tabernacle. There is no shrillness in the sound entering the pipe chamber.
Finally, compare sound recorded with the microphone in the chamber and the microphone in the auditorium.
An auditorium or sanctuary has a function greater than that of providing reverberation. In this example, the Tabernacle's unusual shape -- elongate hemispherical ceiling and free-standing balconies (unattached to the walls) -- are what help to give the organ its distinctive sound.
This video is a good example of the difference between sounds recorded with and without building acoustics.
In my opinion, if you are going to use dry sounds and gussy them up to imitate those of a wet environment, you have lost the character of the original organ. You could just as well use any sample set, even a synthetic set. Just convince yourself that the manufactured reverberation has changed the organ sample set into whatever organ you desire to imitate.
This video demonstrates the importance of a building's acoustics on the character of an organ's sound. It gives you the chance to compare pipe chamber vs. auditorium, side by side (A vs. B).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBABbVOymQY
Listen specifically to the microphone in the closed pipe chamber and note the shrillness of the sound. As the swell shutters open, compare the sound in the chamber to the sound coming in from the auditorium where it has been "processed" by the acoustical environment of the Tabernacle. There is no shrillness in the sound entering the pipe chamber.
Finally, compare sound recorded with the microphone in the chamber and the microphone in the auditorium.
An auditorium or sanctuary has a function greater than that of providing reverberation. In this example, the Tabernacle's unusual shape -- elongate hemispherical ceiling and free-standing balconies (unattached to the walls) -- are what help to give the organ its distinctive sound.
This video is a good example of the difference between sounds recorded with and without building acoustics.
In my opinion, if you are going to use dry sounds and gussy them up to imitate those of a wet environment, you have lost the character of the original organ. You could just as well use any sample set, even a synthetic set. Just convince yourself that the manufactured reverberation has changed the organ sample set into whatever organ you desire to imitate.