I have the pleasure to introduce a sample set of Munetaka Yokota organ. The organ was commissioned by Chico State University (California) for its centennial anniversary. The organ was built between 1984-1990 in the style of Gottfried Silbermann. The special and unique feature of the instrument is the way it was built - on the site and using the local materials and the local craftsmen. For example, the metal for the pipes of the organ was cast from lead reclaimed from spent bullets from the Los Angeles Police Department gun range. Also, the organbuilder recruited volunteers from the student body and community as his assistants and trained them in the handcraft techniques of the early 18th century as a part of their college curriculum.
The original instrument consists of 2 manuals and a pedal, alltogether 37 sounding stops. The organ's disposition is influenced largely by the style of Gottfried Silbermann, but given its installation and use in a modern American university, there are additional features as well that come from later organ building. These include the undulating "Unda maris" celeste stop on the Oberwerk, the fact that Oberwerk is enclosed in a Swell box, and a normal set of unison couplers (beyond what Silbermann usually built). The organ's two trumpet stops are also in different national styles: German (Hauptwerk) and French (Oberwerk). Two different Zimbelsterns, a Vogelsang, and a mechanical Glockenspiel provide a full bevy of "toy stops." The Cornet has a device to disable/enable the middle C, thus allowing for a French or a Spanish compass.
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 front-direct channels can be used alone to form a semi-dry variant of the sample set, especially when releases truncated in Hauptwerk.
The sample set is offered in a plain wave format, no encryption.A demo sample set is available for free download from the web pages.
More details, including the specification and audio demo samples of the instrument may be found on the Sonus Paradisi web pages.
The original instrument consists of 2 manuals and a pedal, alltogether 37 sounding stops. The organ's disposition is influenced largely by the style of Gottfried Silbermann, but given its installation and use in a modern American university, there are additional features as well that come from later organ building. These include the undulating "Unda maris" celeste stop on the Oberwerk, the fact that Oberwerk is enclosed in a Swell box, and a normal set of unison couplers (beyond what Silbermann usually built). The organ's two trumpet stops are also in different national styles: German (Hauptwerk) and French (Oberwerk). Two different Zimbelsterns, a Vogelsang, and a mechanical Glockenspiel provide a full bevy of "toy stops." The Cornet has a device to disable/enable the middle C, thus allowing for a French or a Spanish compass.
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 front-direct channels can be used alone to form a semi-dry variant of the sample set, especially when releases truncated in Hauptwerk.
The sample set is offered in a plain wave format, no encryption.A demo sample set is available for free download from the web pages.
More details, including the specification and audio demo samples of the instrument may be found on the Sonus Paradisi web pages.