Today, I wish to introduce a very special Sample Set for the Hauptwerk software. It is the virtual model of the Klapmeyer organ in Altenbruch (Germany). It is one of the most famous North German organs from the early period, it is the finest surviving example of the work of the organbuilder Johann Hinrich Klapmeyer (1724-1792). The origin of the organ goes back to the 15th century, its present shape was finished by Klapmeyer in 1730. The organ was carefuly restored by J. Ahrend in 2004. I am grateful to many people from the Hauptwerk community and - above all - to the representatives of the Altenbruch church who helped to make this dream possible.
The instrument consists of 3 manuals and a pedal, alltogether 35 sounding stops. The stop list is very representative for the North German organbuilding school as are also the tonal colors of the pipes. A personal note: two of my beta testers confessed, that this sample set is probably the best sample set ever made by Sonus Paradisi, or, at least, it should be the most inspiring one. Well, the following weeks and months will show whether they were correct.
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) and a separate 2-channel variant exists in the form of the semi-dry sample set. The surround sample set is encrypted, hence no use outside Hauptwerk is possible. 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.
More details, including the specification and audio demo samples of the instrument and a rich free demo sample set may be found on the Sonus Paradisi web pages.
Sonus Paradisi Best-sellers of the year 2017
According to the statistics of the last 12 months, I discovered, that there are two more candidates for the Sonus Paradisi best sellers: the Zutphen sample set and the Aeolian-Skinner sample set. According to the amount of pieces sold during the last year, these two sample set superated the otherwise unshakable position of the eternal bestsellers, such as Freiberg sample set or Zwolle sample set. It is only the Caen sample set which was selling more than Zutphen and Aeolian-Skinner during the last year.
In longer term, it is the Goerlitz Sonnenorgel sample set which gradually makes its way to the top. Taking into the account the last 3 years in terms of the amount of the copies sold, the top 10 Sonus Paradisi sample sets count like this: Caen, Utrecht, Rotterdam Hoofdorgel, Freiberg, Zwolle, Zutphen, Goerlitz, Aeolian-Skinner, Rotterdam Transept, Rosales.
To welcome the newbies, I decided to apply a small discount to them, both Zutphen and Aeolian-Skinner are now sold with 10 percent discount for a limited period of time.
The instrument consists of 3 manuals and a pedal, alltogether 35 sounding stops. The stop list is very representative for the North German organbuilding school as are also the tonal colors of the pipes. A personal note: two of my beta testers confessed, that this sample set is probably the best sample set ever made by Sonus Paradisi, or, at least, it should be the most inspiring one. Well, the following weeks and months will show whether they were correct.
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) and a separate 2-channel variant exists in the form of the semi-dry sample set. The surround sample set is encrypted, hence no use outside Hauptwerk is possible. 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.
More details, including the specification and audio demo samples of the instrument and a rich free demo sample set may be found on the Sonus Paradisi web pages.
Sonus Paradisi Best-sellers of the year 2017
According to the statistics of the last 12 months, I discovered, that there are two more candidates for the Sonus Paradisi best sellers: the Zutphen sample set and the Aeolian-Skinner sample set. According to the amount of pieces sold during the last year, these two sample set superated the otherwise unshakable position of the eternal bestsellers, such as Freiberg sample set or Zwolle sample set. It is only the Caen sample set which was selling more than Zutphen and Aeolian-Skinner during the last year.
In longer term, it is the Goerlitz Sonnenorgel sample set which gradually makes its way to the top. Taking into the account the last 3 years in terms of the amount of the copies sold, the top 10 Sonus Paradisi sample sets count like this: Caen, Utrecht, Rotterdam Hoofdorgel, Freiberg, Zwolle, Zutphen, Goerlitz, Aeolian-Skinner, Rotterdam Transept, Rosales.
To welcome the newbies, I decided to apply a small discount to them, both Zutphen and Aeolian-Skinner are now sold with 10 percent discount for a limited period of time.