Fri May 01, 2009 10:34 am
Hi Adrian. Yes, there is a difference between 16-bit and 24-bit. 16-bit is fine, and you'd probably never feel that anything was lacking unless you hear them side by side. The difference is subtle, but even my wife, whom I would not really call an organ connoisseur, heard the difference without me even mentioning it.
I don't own the Caen organ, but I've been impressed with the demos I've heard. From what I understand, for the hardcore Hauptwerkian with a surround audio system and little aversion to tweaking and tinkering, it may be the sample set of choice.
I do, however, own the Metz, and I can tell you that it would just about be impossible to go wrong there. It's a fantastic organ, and the only one I owned for nearly a year. It's probably not the best sample set for nuts-and-bolts practice since the sound is somewhat indirect when compared to some other sample sets. That indirectness is what makes the Metz sound so good when you make recordings with it.
Rob Stefanussen