I'm really enjoying this sample set. The samples are excellent and the short reverberation time of the church makes it a good instrument for practice as well as for "performing".
The Spitzflöte Coelestis is delightful (English organs don't seem to have Flute Celestes) and the principal chorus on the Great bright and clear as one would expect in a neo-baroque American (or UK) instrument. There are lots of fine sounding stops which work well solo stops or in combination with others. I find the soft 16ft reed on the Pedal division really useful when playing Bach. (I was also encouraged to include the soft Pedal reed in the pedal division playing Bach or other contrapuntal music by my organ teacher (in the late 1960s). The organ is a good for most types of organ music though with the accent of the neo -baroque. The Hindemith organ sonatas work well on this instrument.
I have increased the volume of the Zimbelstern and action noises - I thought they were a little too soft.
The installation was very straight forward (from the downloaded files, though I have also bought the memory stick with the samples). I used the HW master combination system rather than those in the sample set to have 8 rather than 6 divisional and general pistons and to make use of the reversible pistons -this matches my console better than the pistons combination facilities in the real organ.
Whilst the extension offered looks very good (and reportedly sounds well too) but so far I'm happy with the "original" instrument; I shall, however, keep it under review as I read what others say about it.
Iain
The Spitzflöte Coelestis is delightful (English organs don't seem to have Flute Celestes) and the principal chorus on the Great bright and clear as one would expect in a neo-baroque American (or UK) instrument. There are lots of fine sounding stops which work well solo stops or in combination with others. I find the soft 16ft reed on the Pedal division really useful when playing Bach. (I was also encouraged to include the soft Pedal reed in the pedal division playing Bach or other contrapuntal music by my organ teacher (in the late 1960s). The organ is a good for most types of organ music though with the accent of the neo -baroque. The Hindemith organ sonatas work well on this instrument.
I have increased the volume of the Zimbelstern and action noises - I thought they were a little too soft.
The installation was very straight forward (from the downloaded files, though I have also bought the memory stick with the samples). I used the HW master combination system rather than those in the sample set to have 8 rather than 6 divisional and general pistons and to make use of the reversible pistons -this matches my console better than the pistons combination facilities in the real organ.
Whilst the extension offered looks very good (and reportedly sounds well too) but so far I'm happy with the "original" instrument; I shall, however, keep it under review as I read what others say about it.
Iain