If you’re into grand organs or your music requires one of these mammoths' presence, you might wanna look at the result of James Everingham’s herculean effort: the sampling of the majestic organ in the Royal Albert Hall, according to Mr. Everingham: “the ultimate organ in the ultimate room”.
The library contains around 40.000 samples. Which amounts to a 35gig download.
Here are a few specifics:
- 27 manual registrations, 14 pedal registrations, 8 solo stops, 7 additional fx patches, 18 snapshot presets, around 40,000 samples
- Stereo mix, Royal box binaural head, LCR, Gods and Surround mics
- Recorded and curated in collaboration with world-renowned organist Richard Hills
- Custom GUI with Keyboard configurator to select patches and ranges for the left hand and right hand individually (eg. pedals left hand, manuals right hand)
- Stop list for each registration viewable in GUI
Pity about the 'curated' which is the most annoying word in current marketing.
Below are a few videos and demos. Shame they didn’t include a version of “Louie Louie” which, when performed on the real thing, would have sent a shudder of recognition and weird memories through the instrument as that very song was played on it in 1969 by Don Preston during a legendary Zappa concert (partly captured on the album “Uncle Meat”).
Demos sound nothing short of fantastic, I find, and reveal a rare amount of knowledge, passion, dedication and love with which the immense challenge was undertaken.
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