Zitat von live3TA im Beitrag #2
Zitat von digitalpipes im Beitrag #1
...this blows me away!
What is most impressive to you?
I answer with a quote from the post that followed yours:
Zitat von Laurie 3.0 im Beitrag #3
Habe mir das Video angehört und hatte nach drei Minuten "vergessen", dass es Hauptwerk ist und nicht eine CD...
I find it very difficult to give a precise and fully articulated answer.
The video simply popped up on my YouTube homepage. I clicked on it, heard a pipe organ, and at the same time saw a Hauptwerk screenshot. The perception dissonance was immediate: my ears were telling me one thing, while my eyes were telling me something completely different.
That led me to browse Piotr Grabowski's website, where I discovered two more incredible instruments: Landau and Pinerolo. At that point, I couldn't help but wonder what had happened to his sample sets since the last one I bought from him: the Mascioni organ in Alessandria. To be frank, that organ is far from exceptional, and the sample set itself was underwhelming, to say the least. So something must have changed dramatically in the way these newer instruments were sampled, because the results are truly astounding. The improvement is massive and, honestly, I don't know of any other sample sets that achieve this level of realism.
If I had to compare St. Margaret and Landau, I would choose Landau. The acoustics are more controlled (the building simply sounds better) and the organ itself is voiced in a much more cohesive way. I have the impression that Klais sometimes struggles to tame the mixtures, whereas the Landau instrument feels remarkably balanced across the entire specification.
So, I suppose it's time to revamp my Hauptwerk workstation, take advantage of the summer sales, and add a few new sample sets while I wait for Viscount to bring Physis Plus to the level many of us have been hoping for.
