Dutch Brad wrote:The Pedal is an amazing addition to the Vollenhove organ. Seeing as it was built between 1860 and 1863, one would expect a much different sound. Organists do tend to add the Holfluit-8 to the Prestant-8, something which would not be done in a true Schnitger organ. Otherwise, the Pedal fits in very well as far as sound and balance is concerned.
Thanks for adding that. I feel that the Holfluit 8' in the Pedal should be used cautiously as it can bemuddle the calrity of the sound; the same hodls true for the trombone 8': I would not use it when I ahve the Hoofdwerk's Trompet already engaged and my epdals are coupled to the HW. E.g. If you play Bach's passacaglia or some other pedal solo, my experience so far is to lea eth trombone disengaged, unless I don't use the Trompet of the HW.
My rule for registration is this: Within what I know about historically accurate and proper stop use, I nevertheless use the rule of the ear: if it doesn't sound good, even though I used that registration on another organ succesfully, I look for alternative methods that sound good. I am totally convinced that this is the historically accurate method. Every organ has to be treated uniquely and individually, not legalistically.
I find that Classical music from the time of Ruppe sounds very good here as well.
The samples are excellent, bar none, and I feel I am there, in the building, even though right now I am playing the instrument single loop, compressed, with just 2Gigs of RAM. Should get a lot bvetter with mroe RAM.
Good news; I found out my motherboard can take up to 16Gigs of RAM.
Bad news: that's sooooooooooo expensive! :D
This is no cheap hobby, but still beats the price of a bad digital organ by far!