The Fred Morrison Sound is a software-based virtual bagpipe allowing you to play the Highland pipes, Uilleann pipes, Border pipes and Scottish Smallpipes that Fred himself plays.
Pipers wishing to play The Fred Morrison Sound will need an electronic bagpipe with MIDI output (we recommend the Technopipes), a computer to run the software on and a MIDI to USB cable to let the two communicate with each other.
When you purchase the Fred Morrison Sound you will also receive bonus freeware, tested and recommended, including a virtual recording studio, flutes, whistles, fiddles and more.
As well as allowing you to set the overall volume of the current instrument, the relative volumes of the drone and chanter can also be set.
Master Volume Panel
The drone and chanter panning can be set independently of one another, allowing for a variety of stereo effects.
Panning lets you set how much of the drones and how much of the chanter you want to come out of each speaker.
Reverb Panel
Tuning Panel
Play any of the instruments in any key over a two octave range, making it simple to play along with any other instruments.
You can tune by semitones and even by individual cents so you are always perfectly in tune with whatever instruments you want to play with.
The versatile reverb gives an extra dimension to the realism of the sound.
It lets you choose whether you want to sound like you're playing in your living room, a cathedral or anywhere in between!
Instruments.
The Uilleann pipes sampled were made in the late 1990s by the late, legendary craftsman Dave Williams.
They are based on a Crowley design.
The chanter was made in 2006 by Benedict Koehler with its form derived from a Rowsome chanter.
Both the Border Pipes and Small Pipes used were developed by Fred Morrison and Stuart McCallum and were manufactured by McCallum Bagpipes.
They appeal to pipers of all kinds because of their acoustic compatibility with other instruments.
Both default in the key of A (440) with an extra E drone creating a harmonious chord.
The Great Highland Pipes sampled were McCallum drones with a McC2 chanter designed by top competing piper Willie McCallum, again manufactured by leading pipe maker McCallum's Bagpipes.
Recording Quality
The audio samples used in The Fred Morrison Sound were recorded with Neumann U87 and Rode NTV microphones and mastered with iZotope Ozone to ensure outstanding sonic quality.br>
Each stage of the production of this virtual bagpipe was personally overseen by Fred Morrison, working along side former Thomas Oberheim engineer, William Evans, and the Centre for Music Technology department at Glasgow University.
Using a software virtual instrument allows us to use longer samples and therefore produce a much more realistic sound than a purely-hardware eqivalent.
For example, our drone samples are up to one minute long. This produces the minor variations and phasing that make a recording sound real, while remaining perfectly in tune.
Minimum requirements.
* Processor: 1GHz (2GHz recommended)
* Memory: 256MB RAM (512MB recommended)
* 32 Bit Windows XP (SP3 recommended), VISTA or Windows 7. (Can be used in 32-bit hosts under 64-bit Windows OS)
* Works in VSTi compatible hosts
Hear the quality and realistic tone from The Fred Morrison Sound. Each clip was recorded with Reaper virtual recording studio.
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Border Pipes - Andy Renwick's Ferret
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Highland Pipes - Cha Till MacCrimmon
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Small Pipes - Rocking the Baby
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Uilleann Pipes - Hector the Hero
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All for £ 345
