Organ 3 is a software organ emulation with all controls found on the original Hammond B3 as well as a sophisticated rotary speaker simulation.
Organ pipes are made from either wood or metal and produce sound when air under pressure (“wind”) is directed through them. Pipes are arranged by timbre and pitch into ranks. A rank is a row of pipes mounted vertically onto a windchest. An organ contains two actions, or systems of moving parts. When a key is depressed, the key action admits wind into a pipe. The stop action allows the organist to control which ranks are engaged.
“The Performachord” is a reed based instrument thats somewhat of a cross between an accordion, and an organ. It is also commonly known as a “Chord Organ”, among a couple other names. The left hand is played by “push down” buttons offering different voiceing’s including: Roots, Major, Minor, & Seventh. Although this may seem basic to some, with a little creativity, and a decent grasp of theory, one can actually create numerous chord voicings using a combination of these buttons alone.
Beautiful, emotive and soulful; every inch of this collection is laced with the kind of warmth and feeling that can only be achieved from live players on analogue gear. Pack of all the melodic essentials for creating amazing, deep, emotive House Music and Downtempo. Focusing on the key elements of chords, stabs, pads, strings and organs with over 200 wav loops and corresponding MIDI this pack is in a class of its own. All you need to do is fire up some crisp percussion and add some low end warmth and you have yourself a timeless, organic house anthem. We’ve got a range of styles on offer from both stabbing strings and plucks to full bowed goodness. Throbbing organ stabs and long sustained chords, everything is hear for your production pleasure. Keyed by the fingers of expert players on a collection of gear to give the highest level of authenticity possible.
The Italian Concert Organ is a faithfully reproduced church organ with individual ranks and combinations, in addition to an exceptional sound engine able to restore harmonics, environment, mechanical noise and even more, in a completely customizable way.
What this consists of is 3.8 gig of samples that have been taken from Film, TV & Vinyl. This kind of stuff you generally dont get in normal sample CDs. Great for inspiration or unusual samples. Some of the samples are good for looping up and using in live performances, and some good for productions. I think anyone making any genre could find a useable sample amongst these. Particularly good for beat makers. Anyway I wont waffle on, I would just recommend getting this because samples like these arent easy to come by, unless you sample from sources like Film, TV & Vinyl.
The history of the organ in the church of Forcalquier is very turbulent and only a part of the material remained from the baroque period, from the original organ. Most of it comes from a 19th and 20th century restorations. The cathedral in a small and picturesque French city called Forcalquier had a small organ with 9 stops built by Pierre Marchand in 1627. It is said that during the time of the Revolution, the church and the organ served for the embellishments of the feasts of the new regime. In 1803, the Christian worship was restored in the church. Half a century later, Prosper Antoine Moitessier rebuilt the organ completely, reusing also the ancient material. The Grand orgue had now 22 stops, a Récit expressif (enclosed in a swell-box) and Pedal with 4 stops. The organbuilders Cavaillé-Coll – Mutin made further reconstruction in 1932. They extended the pedal board range and changed the action to the pneumatic one.
