Viscount UNICO 300, Reference Manual

Page: 7 / 112

5
Viscount
Physis Organs
Reference Manual
2. INTRODUCTION
Dear Customer,
Thank you for choosing the organ Viscount .
The Company, a world leader in the construction
of fine classical organs, has installed in this
instrument the latest and most sophisticated
technology dedicated to the high fidelity
reproduction of pipe organ sounds, with
impressive flexibility and remakable quality of
timbre.
After years of research exploring musical synthesis
techniques, our Research and Development unit,
is the FIRST in the world to create the sounds of
a pipe organ by using the “physical modeling
technology” upon which the
Physis is based.
Instead of using “sound samples” from pipe
organs (previously the standard method) this
revolutionary sound generation system involves the
real-time calculation of the waveform generated
by a precise mathematical model based on the
sound emission physics of a pipe organ,
incorporating the principal physical parameters ie. construction geometry, materials used, and pertaining air
pressure, etc.
The fact that the simple reproduction of memorized “sound” has been disregarded, permits the achievement
of unimaginable realism, with the level of detail previously only created by a traditional pipe organ.
For example, the mathematical model allows the production of a different sound for each key since it provides
the virtual reproduction of the original instrument by assigning a different pipe to each note, similar to a pipe
organ. Furthermore, it will generate a different sound for each consecutive pressure of the same note, thus
simulating the precise condition of the air volume inside the pipe as it is pressed.
The organ also permits the “physical” editing of the sounds produced, by adjusting the parameters - just as
the organ builder constructs the pipes. If however, “editing” is not your forte, you may choose your sound
from a big library of pre-programmed pipe organ voices already in the instrument’s memory.
To conclude we suggest that you visit our web-site www.viscountinstruments.com where you will find
information, updates, documents and news about our unique range of instruments.