Thank you Jan and Paul for your posts. I really appreciate that you took the trouble. It appears that the organ is no longer being offered, which is a shame because it is a nice small romantic Dutch organ.

Bill

I recently listened to Paul Feys Tour of Stops of the Oude Pekela, Van Oeckelen-Organ II/19. Apparently this is (was?) a free sampleset from Virtual-Organs NL. Paul recorded this 3 years ago. The links he provided to the sample set no longer seem active. Is this organ still available? Can someone ...

Thank you for this side-by-side comparison, Ronald. This video was instructive in many ways. Not only is it helpful for comparing the efforts of two sample set makers, you made great choices of repertoire and registration. Thank you for sharing.

Thanks for sharing this, Les. You are clearly a man of many talents! Greetings of the season to you and best wishes for the year ahead.

Bill

Many of us in the Hauptwerk community have been looking forward to the release of this sample set. It is an important English instrument and, by virtue of its release in 2024, probably sounds better than some of the older large English organs that were sampled a number of years ago. I appreciate ...

There is simply no way you can reproduce an organ like that of York Minster as a sample set. ... At a minimum you'd have to do a sample set of the organ as it sounds in the nave and another as it sounds in the chancel, on the other side of the screen. As good as Hauptwerk is (and it is very, very ...

i did the same thing that Marcus did and it works beautifully.

I have listened to the YouTube recordings of this sample set by Sam Sleath, Richard McVeigh and Fraser Gartshore. It is really impressive. Richard McVeigh mentioned that St. David's sounds a bit brighter than St. Mary's Radcliffe, which he is preparing for release later this year. For those of you ...

A recent post from a sample set maker announcing improvements to an existing sample set generated a range of opinions about the price. That thread got me thinking about the value we place on Hauptwerk and the many organs it allows us to experience vicariously. In the early days of my career, one of ...

The Bovenwerk of the original Rotterdam organ has an 8' Viola di Gamba paired with a celesting stop of the same name. The only Gemshorn in the specification is an 8' stop in the Pedal. The Extension identifies the Viola and Vox Celeste in the Bovenwerk as added stops. The pair of Gemshorns in the ...

An update on this situation. Sam Sleath helped me get the composite working. The instructions on his site state: "Please note, do not load the rank called 'Anches Silent (don't load)' at the bottom of the rank list, or an error will appear upon loading the composite." I had been loading everything ...

Very impressive, Jake. Finally, a 8' Basson-Hautbois in the Bovenwerk! The other things will be nice to have as well. I look forward to adding this to my collection.

Thank you, Martin and Mark for your quick responses. I have contacted the maker and sent screen shots of the error message and the full text of diagnostic file. I am waiting for a response. I downloaded demo versions of the instruments required plus the full version of Cracow. Plus, I downloaded and ...

Can someone help me get the Sesquialtera St. Ouen composite set to work? Every time I try loading it, I get a 4662 error. I have not loaded the “anches silent” stop, but it makes no difference. I have uninstalled and reinstalled everything to no avail. Has anyone else had this problem and been able t ...

A few years ago while visiting an organist friend, I noticed that he used an intramanual- coupler for playing octaves in the right hand. I cannot recall what piece he was playing, but I seem to remember that it was a big romantic work. This made his legato playing easy. Lately I have been working on ...