Hi!
It looks as though two people will be bringing Hauptwerk to the EOCS meeting on 3rd July in Sussex - one with a theatre organ emulation and another a chamber organ. This should put speakers through their paces. 2pm.
Please can you let Don Bray, Southern Region Chairman, know if you would like to come - contact details on http://www.eocs.org.uk/cntctus.html
I'm half a mind to put just a single stereo pair on the roof of the Porte Cochere if it's a fine day and see if, whilst playing Hauptwerk we can achieve any illusion of realism with a feel of an organ above our heads. Of course in mid air, bass will be lacking but it will be an interesting pointer for 8ft and above. Or we could do it on the South Front where the walls of the house will reinforce the sound slightly. However, both of these possibilities will be a little time consuming to set up, so any volunteers will be welcome and it's a long time since I have laid hands on the 2.5mm speaker cables I used to use for such setups. The speakers will not be the Mackies favoured by some manufacturers.
I'll also demonstrate a speaker that I'm working on for Tuba stops.
Other areas of interest are a foot blown pipe organ tuned to Meantone, and pianos tuned to unequal temperament which demonstrate the paucity of standard piano tuning. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41xRupc3Hz8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iw8FjHvHu30
We might also plug a Hauptwerk machine into a pair of cheap speakers that I use for a couple of channels on "the beast" and, again, see if we have the illusion of a pipe organ on the balcony upstairs. A couple of channels could then feed a couple of esoteric units adjacent and having the opportunity to try various options will be an interesting experiment.
Of course, if anyone wants to grasp the nettle of playing "the beast", it will be available, but it's much more complicated to get to know than a Hauptwerk emulation of a conventional instrument. If anyone is interested in theatre organs, Percy Vickery's analogue instrument will also be available.
Best wishes
David P
It looks as though two people will be bringing Hauptwerk to the EOCS meeting on 3rd July in Sussex - one with a theatre organ emulation and another a chamber organ. This should put speakers through their paces. 2pm.
Please can you let Don Bray, Southern Region Chairman, know if you would like to come - contact details on http://www.eocs.org.uk/cntctus.html
I'm half a mind to put just a single stereo pair on the roof of the Porte Cochere if it's a fine day and see if, whilst playing Hauptwerk we can achieve any illusion of realism with a feel of an organ above our heads. Of course in mid air, bass will be lacking but it will be an interesting pointer for 8ft and above. Or we could do it on the South Front where the walls of the house will reinforce the sound slightly. However, both of these possibilities will be a little time consuming to set up, so any volunteers will be welcome and it's a long time since I have laid hands on the 2.5mm speaker cables I used to use for such setups. The speakers will not be the Mackies favoured by some manufacturers.
I'll also demonstrate a speaker that I'm working on for Tuba stops.
Other areas of interest are a foot blown pipe organ tuned to Meantone, and pianos tuned to unequal temperament which demonstrate the paucity of standard piano tuning. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41xRupc3Hz8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iw8FjHvHu30
We might also plug a Hauptwerk machine into a pair of cheap speakers that I use for a couple of channels on "the beast" and, again, see if we have the illusion of a pipe organ on the balcony upstairs. A couple of channels could then feed a couple of esoteric units adjacent and having the opportunity to try various options will be an interesting experiment.
Of course, if anyone wants to grasp the nettle of playing "the beast", it will be available, but it's much more complicated to get to know than a Hauptwerk emulation of a conventional instrument. If anyone is interested in theatre organs, Percy Vickery's analogue instrument will also be available.
Best wishes
David P