Another American virtual organ is available from Sonus Paradisi. I have the pleasure to introduce the Reuter Surround Sample Set. It features the opus 227 by Reuter Organ Company, built in 1928 and installed in Temple Beth in Portland, Oregon (USA).
The organ is a typical American Orchestral Organ, perfectly suitable for orchestral transcription (listen to the Grieg or Tschaikovsky demos), for Romantic organ music and also for popular music of that era.
The original instrument consists of 4 manuals and a pedal, alltogether 80 sounding stops. Plenty of flue and reed foundation stops of all the possible tonal colors are included. Four different beating/celeste stops are also available. A special feature of the organ is its extensive use of string stops. Two typical percussion stops, Harp (metal plates) and Chimes (tubular bells), are also included.
The sample set can be used in Hauptwerk version 4 and higher, the Advanced version is necessary due to the size of the virtual instrument. It is available in a surround (6-channels) format. The listening position of the surround variant can be varied via a built-in mixer. The result is achieved by blending the direct and diffuse virtual pipes in any desired ratio. The two front direct channels alone can be used to form a semi-dry variant of the sample set.
More details, including the specification and audio demo samples of the instrument may be found on the Sonus Paradisi web pages:
A rich (13 full-compas stops!) demo sample set can be downloaded for free from the Sonus Paradisi web pages.
See also the presentation of other American virtual organs by Sonus Paradisi (Aeolian-Skinner, Manuel Rosales)
The organ is a typical American Orchestral Organ, perfectly suitable for orchestral transcription (listen to the Grieg or Tschaikovsky demos), for Romantic organ music and also for popular music of that era.
The original instrument consists of 4 manuals and a pedal, alltogether 80 sounding stops. Plenty of flue and reed foundation stops of all the possible tonal colors are included. Four different beating/celeste stops are also available. A special feature of the organ is its extensive use of string stops. Two typical percussion stops, Harp (metal plates) and Chimes (tubular bells), are also included.
The sample set can be used in Hauptwerk version 4 and higher, the Advanced version is necessary due to the size of the virtual instrument. It is available in a surround (6-channels) format. The listening position of the surround variant can be varied via a built-in mixer. The result is achieved by blending the direct and diffuse virtual pipes in any desired ratio. The two front direct channels alone can be used to form a semi-dry variant of the sample set.
More details, including the specification and audio demo samples of the instrument may be found on the Sonus Paradisi web pages:
A rich (13 full-compas stops!) demo sample set can be downloaded for free from the Sonus Paradisi web pages.
See also the presentation of other American virtual organs by Sonus Paradisi (Aeolian-Skinner, Manuel Rosales)