What is this web site?
On this site I give free access to some of my music recordings. I work with a computer, sequencer, and synthesizer to create "renditions" of classical orchestral music.

Since 1993, I have been using computers to record classical music. I have used these electronic means (MIDI control) not with the purpose of creating a "new" sound, but rather with the goal of creating natural sounding musical recordings, reproducing classical orchestral sound, following my own interpretation of the music.

In January 2010 I built a new recording system, MAESTRO-2, running Windows7 64bit, with an Intel Core i7 920 processor, 12 GB triple-channel memory and a RAID-0 disk array. The system has the sequencer Sonar 8.5 and the instrumental samples Garritan Personal Orchestra 4. With this new system I am now re-recording some of my previous renditions, and am also starting new projects.

The music selection here on this site represents solely my personal taste: I am creating these "renditions" from music works which I like very much and which I know well. Having listened to several different interpretations of these works, I use the computing technology to create my own personal interpretation of the music I like.

This web site is also a kind of testbed for some web technologies with which I am experimenting. One should note that this web site adapts to any screen size automatically, and it should work well on a mobile phone screen too. This is achieved through floating DIV segments. Furthermore, I am using PHP and MySQL for administration of the file information.

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Most recent music productions ("renditions"):

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23.Jul 2010 (09:12):

 Recording status: rehearsal.
Duration: 5:13. Filesize: 5 MB
Codec: Windows Media Audio 9.2, VBR Quality 90, 44 kHz, stereo 1-pass VBR, 158 kbps (vbr), 2 channels (stereo), 44.1 kHz, 16 bits/sample, wma, compression ratio: 0.114.
first revision. improvements made: tempo slightly faster, more rubato in various places. Different solo trumpet sample. Strings with less attack. Overall increased volume.

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23.Jul 2010 (09:10):

 Recording status: rehearsal.
Duration: 13:46. Filesize: 13.2 MB
Codec: Windows Media Audio 9.2, VBR Quality 90, 44 kHz, stereo 1-pass VBR, 164 kbps (vbr), 2 channels (stereo), 44.1 kHz, 16 bits/sample, wma, compression ratio: 0.119.
Third release of the complete rendition of this movement. Additional layer of 1st and 2nd violins. Added a few missing viola parts Fourth release: slight balance change
There is more information available about this recording, with access to other recordings of this music.

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6.Jul 2010 (09:36):

 Recording status: rehearsal.
Duration: 17:54. Filesize: 18 MB
Codec: Windows Media Audio 9.2, VBR Quality 90, 44 kHz, stereo 1-pass VBR, 164 kbps (vbr), 2 channels (stereo), 44.1 kHz, 16 bits/sample, wma, compression ratio: 0.119.
First release of the complete rendition of this movement. Some small clipping (<1db) due to loud brass at the fff parts. Tempo needs to be more consistent.
There is more information available about this recording, with access to other recordings of this music.

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