The recordings were then grouped by instrumentation and aligned to their section. This first level of alignment was done to match each student with the click-track. Each student was roughly aligned to a clap-sync then finely aligned by using many cross-fades at the beginnings and ends of phrases. Once the audio was separated from each video, the work in Studio One began. Over fifty students then recorded their parts individually from the comfort of their homes and sent in their recordings. The process started by creating a click track to Leroy Anderson’s Sleigh Ride. It’s typical for students to record their parts at home using a cell phone and a click track… but this project took it a step further! Tanner Leonardo used Studio One to create a next-level virtual ensemble for Lafayette High School (Lexington, KY). With many programs forced to cancel concerts or take alternate approaches, many have turned to a basic grid-style virtual ensemble as a solution.
