dcaton wrote:Any comments from someone who has this set? The demo is not at all useful. The pedal doesn't work and there's only a very small handful of great and swell stops that actually work. And as someone else pointed out, what's with the intra manual couplers on the choir? There's no functional stops in the choir.
A demo with all stops functional that stopped working after a couple of minutes would be far useful for evaluation purposes, in my opinion. Also, the purchase page makes it very clear that there are no refunds.
It's not a terribly expensive set, but still, there are only four demo recordings so I'd like some comments or advice from anyone who has actually used this set. I'm looking for a American classic organ and have considered the SP Aeolian, the 83 Schantz from Evensong and the 69 Schantz from Organ Expressions, but they are all a bit dry for my taste. I know I can add reverb, but I'm still building out my console and don't really need something else to fiddle with right now.
I have only started playing with it, but my first impressions are as follows. This definitely has more reverb than both the SP and the Evensong. The stops of the historic console are quite nice and fitting IMHO of a Skinner. I love the Flute Celeste, French horn, Clarinet and the Harp. These are to me what set it apart from the Aeolian Skinner, but then they are two different makers. The Zimblestern is also nice, on the SP that stop is too quiet and needed to be turned up. The Schantz is a nice organ, but to me is more Neo-baroque than either of the others. This in fact was why I purchased the Schantz, for my first Baroque (silly American) sample. But should anybody get me wrong, the SP is a phenomenal sample set and is my go to organ by default.