Re: BBC uses Hauptwerk
Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2017 1:35 pm
The diapasons sounded far more convincing than most toasters that I've come across.
I have listened again, very carefully through headphones, and it still sounds very artificial and toastery to me. This is entirely personal and subjective, of course, but perhaps not invalid if others hear it similarly.
I'm sure Paul's done a fine job (as always)
I do not know Paul or his work but I'm sure he has made the best of a bizarre-sounding brief where the organ's ease of manual handling was apparently the overriding concern. No criticism was intended.
I was not suggesting the (to me) disappointing sound quality was a problem with the console and the point I was making is that I know that HW can sound much better than this.
it's very hard/unfair for any of us to judge the tonal qualities of this installation from a broadcas
I had understood that this organ's sole purpose was to be broadcast. On what other basis should or can we judge it?