Hi,
Dutchmen always have opinions
Indeed ;-)
Personally, I like the real organ of Kampen more than Zwolle, may be because the Bovenkerk-organ is a bit 'romantic-baroque' (in my ears) and the Zwolle more ' baroque - baroque '. Indeed Rob, there are a lot, lot more cd-recordings of Kampen than Zwolle.
Unfortunately I don't have the very nice sample set of the Bovenkerk available yet, so only some thoughts about Zwolle.
I have wondered how Jiri is able to churn out samples so quickly
I'm not sure, but my impression is that Jiri works with a team of friends and students. Besides, the salary/payments are not very high in the Czech Republic.
choices confusing and wonder why they can't just include all 3 possibilities
In my opinion it's not too difficult:
- When you like dry, choose dry. See my personal opinion for this choice:
http://www.pcorgan.com/Benodigdheden2EN.html#WetDry
- The Surround version contains the Wet version too.
- When you have 8 GB or more, a multi channel sound card, a fast processor (and a bit money) choose Surround.
- When you have 4 GB or less, choose Wet.
This week I installed a new (now dedicated HW) computer (bought via
www.mixtuur.nl ):
- Asus, Intel P45 chipset, 1600Mhz FSB ATX motherboard (suitable for 16 GB)
- 8 GB (4 x 2GB)
- Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 2.66 GHz, 12 Mb cache processor
- I can reach a polyphony about 6000-7000
Now I load the Surround version:
- Front 16 bit compressed (default options)
- Rear 14 bit compressed
- I can load about 40 stops
Place the Front-speakers in Front of you and the Rear behind you.
It gave an enormous spacial effect with great room impression, especially when you play a plenum or tutti (full tutti not necessary) registration.
I think the Surround version is a bit undervalued, probably because of the high hardware requirements.
I think Surround is the future, not Dry.
Best regards,
Gert
www.PCorgan.com
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