Sonus Paradsisi released new sample set Dom Bédos Organ model. The instrument itself was built by Bartolomeo Formentelli in 2007 following meticuously the recipe of Dom Bédos (L'Art du Facteur d'Orgues). The benedictine monk gave very precise and detailed instructions on all the procedures concerning the construction of the organ. Following his guidelines exactly should therefore result in an instrument which - although modern - should have all the qualities of the Dom Bédos work, almost as if he would build it himself. This organ allows us to physically "touch" and experience the Dom Bédos organbuilding ideas.
The result is trully magnificent and surprising. The most striking feature is the voicing of the flue pipes: the timbre is dominated by an extraordinary expressive chiff and also the steady portion of the tone is pushed on the edge of the pipe speech stability with rather strong presence of the hiss of air passing through the pipe mouth - all this contributing to the unusually light and harmonically rich tone color. The pipe speech is also very quick and precisely following the touch.
Erik Simmons, one of the beta testers of the sample set, summarized his experience with the virtual instrument: "The first thing that strikes me is the absolutely perfect recording position. The balance of direct sound and room is terrific - perhaps the very best yet. All the stops are in such great shape. This organ is «fast». It must be what St. Maximin was like when it was two years old with a fresh key action and new pipework."
More info:
http://www.sonusparadisi.cz/organs/bedos/history.0.asp
http://www.sonusparadisi.cz/organs/bedo ... hots.0.asp
Stop list:
http://www.sonusparadisi.cz/organs/bedo ... tion.0.asp
Demo performance:
http://www.sonusparadisi.cz/organs/bedos/demos.0.asp
Orders:
http://www.sonusparadisi.cz/organs/bedos/order.0.asp
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You may check also our latest Ruckers Harpsichord Model:
http://www.hauptwerk.cz/cembaloRuckers/index.html
The result is trully magnificent and surprising. The most striking feature is the voicing of the flue pipes: the timbre is dominated by an extraordinary expressive chiff and also the steady portion of the tone is pushed on the edge of the pipe speech stability with rather strong presence of the hiss of air passing through the pipe mouth - all this contributing to the unusually light and harmonically rich tone color. The pipe speech is also very quick and precisely following the touch.
Erik Simmons, one of the beta testers of the sample set, summarized his experience with the virtual instrument: "The first thing that strikes me is the absolutely perfect recording position. The balance of direct sound and room is terrific - perhaps the very best yet. All the stops are in such great shape. This organ is «fast». It must be what St. Maximin was like when it was two years old with a fresh key action and new pipework."
More info:
http://www.sonusparadisi.cz/organs/bedos/history.0.asp
http://www.sonusparadisi.cz/organs/bedo ... hots.0.asp
Stop list:
http://www.sonusparadisi.cz/organs/bedo ... tion.0.asp
Demo performance:
http://www.sonusparadisi.cz/organs/bedos/demos.0.asp
Orders:
http://www.sonusparadisi.cz/organs/bedos/order.0.asp
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You may check also our latest Ruckers Harpsichord Model:
http://www.hauptwerk.cz/cembaloRuckers/index.html