I'm in the market for another sample. I'm looking for an American sound this time around to join my collection.
I've narrowed it down to 3 samples from SP:
- Rosales Oregon (61 stops, 540 Euro)
- Reuter Oregon (77 stops, 430 Euro)
- Aeolian Skinner (46 stops, 249 Euro)
Does anybody have any knowledge to compare these sets against eachother, including the strengths and weekneses?
I'm sort of curious about the pricing too; the Reuter is the biggest but cheaper then the Rosales, and the Skinner is half price of the Rosales but is 3/4 the size. So it appears the Rosales is the most expensive, by far, when looking at cost-per-pipe; not that it really matters, I can afford any one of them, but _something_ must be driving up the cost of the Rosales that I'm not aware of. Is it quality?
I kind of like what I'm hearing from the Rosales, but honestly jumping back and forth between the 3 I lose my ability to compare them against eachother, especially the Skinner vs the Rosales which seem very close in tone; the Reuter seems to have a darker flavour with less detail, unless I'm mistaken.
I like to hear detail in the pipe attacks, for example with an 8' and 2' flute combo and some 16'th staccato notes, I like hearing the detail and precision.
I also like warm and rich strings, "pure" flutes (as opposed to "breathy" flutes), and nice rounded trumpets (as opposed to thin and nasally), and some mixtures that add more color and less shrill.
I've narrowed it down to 3 samples from SP:
- Rosales Oregon (61 stops, 540 Euro)
- Reuter Oregon (77 stops, 430 Euro)
- Aeolian Skinner (46 stops, 249 Euro)
Does anybody have any knowledge to compare these sets against eachother, including the strengths and weekneses?
I'm sort of curious about the pricing too; the Reuter is the biggest but cheaper then the Rosales, and the Skinner is half price of the Rosales but is 3/4 the size. So it appears the Rosales is the most expensive, by far, when looking at cost-per-pipe; not that it really matters, I can afford any one of them, but _something_ must be driving up the cost of the Rosales that I'm not aware of. Is it quality?
I kind of like what I'm hearing from the Rosales, but honestly jumping back and forth between the 3 I lose my ability to compare them against eachother, especially the Skinner vs the Rosales which seem very close in tone; the Reuter seems to have a darker flavour with less detail, unless I'm mistaken.
I like to hear detail in the pipe attacks, for example with an 8' and 2' flute combo and some 16'th staccato notes, I like hearing the detail and precision.
I also like warm and rich strings, "pure" flutes (as opposed to "breathy" flutes), and nice rounded trumpets (as opposed to thin and nasally), and some mixtures that add more color and less shrill.