Fugue in F minor

Two for the price of one!

Here I'm re-using one of my own MIDI files - originally recorded on another sample set.

See the other posting for details of the composer.

http://www.contrebombarde.com/concerthall/music/24442

The Portland Rosales is in a drier room than the Poblet Metzler, thus shining a spotlight onto the phrasing and articulation - a bit scary to hear one's efforts in greater detail! The pause before the final cadence is just a bit long as it originally anticipated the generous Poblet reverberation, but apart from this I think the performance transfers reasonably well to the Portland instrument. One wonders, though, if I'd have played it with this degree of detachment for real if I'd made the recording on the Portland sample set - possibly not!

My PC has 32 GB of RAM. When I bought it some years ago I thought then that this would take care of my Hauptwerk needs for a long time to come. Little did I realise that sample sets would soon be appearing in 6-channel surround!

I haven't loaded the Front Direct ranks at all to save on RAM. The Front Diffuse ranks have been loaded with all attacks, loops and releases at 20 bits. The Rear ranks have been loaded with single attacks, loops and releases at 16 bit. I actually have a few GB to spare, so in due course I'll reload some or all of the rear ranks in better quality. I have the perspective faders for both sections set at full.

The registration makes use of Swell and Positive choruswork (without the Positive mixture) coupled to Great Principals 8, 4 and 2. The Swell Oboe is present throughout. Additions along the way are
(a) Swell Cornet and Trumpet, then
(b) Positive Trumpet and Clarion.

A fresh MIDI file for this sample set is included.