Hi!
Very interesting post - thanks Tony!
I think the problem on the reeds and strings that you identify might be a matter of voicing as I posted in another thread recently about why full organ tuttis don't add up . . .
The Viscount "Physical Modelling" - I have used a CM-100 expander and it's particularly good on mediaeval reeds . . . It really likes chiffing on flues but I'm not sure that I'd want a whole instrument built upon it. Perhaps I have not explored the reeds sufficiently but whilst good and sounding authentic, none have the brilliant bite that one finds on French reeds and which is well reproduced by other manufacturers.
Content - I have used a 220 expander box - truly excellent but chiff is not of the quint variety - it's always a semitone. Whilst this is realistic for some ranks, it's not throughout an instrument. This box has been superceded by the 440 and the limitation of the 220 may have been overcome. Having said this, the 220 has the best Voix Celestes of all and I use the unit for additions to the Swell / Recit as well as providing a nicely Germanic Echo manual. The box has also proved to be very reliable.
Best wishes
David P
Very interesting post - thanks Tony!
I think the problem on the reeds and strings that you identify might be a matter of voicing as I posted in another thread recently about why full organ tuttis don't add up . . .
The Viscount "Physical Modelling" - I have used a CM-100 expander and it's particularly good on mediaeval reeds . . . It really likes chiffing on flues but I'm not sure that I'd want a whole instrument built upon it. Perhaps I have not explored the reeds sufficiently but whilst good and sounding authentic, none have the brilliant bite that one finds on French reeds and which is well reproduced by other manufacturers.
Content - I have used a 220 expander box - truly excellent but chiff is not of the quint variety - it's always a semitone. Whilst this is realistic for some ranks, it's not throughout an instrument. This box has been superceded by the 440 and the limitation of the 220 may have been overcome. Having said this, the 220 has the best Voix Celestes of all and I use the unit for additions to the Swell / Recit as well as providing a nicely Germanic Echo manual. The box has also proved to be very reliable.
Best wishes
David P