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Starting in the late eighties, the Bianchi and Smith team was among the earliest implementors of live performance, tempo flexible virtual orchestra systems in major productions. Systems using this design have been deployed in hundreds of thousands of performances and on all continents (except for Antartica). In fact, we were the ones who invented this term of use.
Patents
Patents
Three patents in Music Performance Systems
Realtime Music Solutions
Realtime Music Solutions
Founding Partner and Director of R&D for this company which offers a variety of products developed around the underlying technology.
Timeline
Timeline
A listing of important events in the development of the Bianchi and Smith virtual orchestra technologies.
ES042 Do Synthesizers belong in the Pit w/ Professor David Smith
A discussion about the genesis and philosophy of the virtual orchestra.
Telecom 99
Telecom 99
- Collaboration with Lucent Technologies in gestural control experiments
- Use of a virtual orchestra system in a massively-multichannel immersive environment
- 321 audio speakers distributed around and within the audience seating to simulate the experience of sitting in the middle of an orchestra.
- Produced by Phil Ramone
- Composed, Conducted by Sir John Barry
- Performed by Natalie Cole
Die Zauberflöte 2003
Die Zauberflöte 2003
- Collaboration with Opera Company of Brooklyn and NYC College of Technology
- Standalone virtual orchestra provided 100% of instrumental playback
- 25 channel immersive sound system with 32 discrete speakers
- orchestral control of lighting and projection
- Experiential learning project using Students from Entertainment Technology to crew and design the show.
Le nozze di Figaro 2004
Le nozze di Figaro 2004
- Second collaboration with OCB
- Virtual orchestra in preferred embodiment: enhancing a reduced ensemble of 10 acoustic instrumentalists by providing the other 24 instruments.
- Students designed and built set, lighting, installed sound system, and handled all technical and management elements.
Cirque du Soleil
Cirque du Soleil
- Extended VO capabilities to respond to the unpredictability inherent in circus acts.
- Implemented these systems on four different Cirque productions
Les Miserables: West End London
21st Anniversary Celebration performancce, 2006Les Miserables: West End London
One Day More with original cast
Sinfonia can be seen in the very end in the Pit (see our distinctive blue screen at 3'28")
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