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  11. Posted

    It struck me as a blunt-force instrument with a pretty limited scope. Tapsa's take makes a lot of sense to me, especially within that context. 

    Anyway, I picked up Loegria also (and am really liking it), so that's my purchase for the month.  

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    2 hours ago, InstrEd said:

    Sad that the fire happened and now some French Billionaires want to donate. Why weren't they donating before the fire for the on going restoration?

    As I see it, people don't always appreciate what they have until it almost gets destroyed right in front of their faces. I can think of about a half-million examples of that on a daily basis, in fact...

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    ...and yeah, I really like it. Albion ONE is part of my essential collection of goto libraries, and I loved the Spitfire LABS. So after doing a lot of research into Loegria (mainly via Spitfire's demo videos and Daniel James' pretty detailed walkthru), I decided it was probably something I could use and was unable to resist the current 50% off pricing.

    Really glad I got it. Some gorgeous patches, and overall a really nice addition to the palette. The 1/2 size ensemble patches are lovely, and the ensemble flautando patch is freakin' gorgeous to my ears. There are some Easter Island II patches that I will probably be using a lot, and the euphonium and sackbuts are great brass patches with a unique vibe to them.

    Haven't had a chance to check out most of the Steam Band II patches, but the few I sampled were beautiful and haunting.

    Can't see me using the recorders all that much -- they are doubled up and adventurously tuned, and I have a solid set of recorder samples already across various libraries.

    Loegria will not replace any of my gotos, but since I use the Albion ONE strings a ton, the quieter Loegria strings -- which are recorded in the same space and using, I presume, many of the same players -- will fit in with them really well.

    Loegria is not for everyone, since it is really specific in what it offers. If you don't need this sort of intimate, quiet and detailed set of samples, you'll wonder why the hell you bought it. But if you need to accessorize your existing libraries with some quiet patches that have an authentic soft vibe, its a great addition.

    Figured I'd offer up my 5 cents worth. I find it tricky recommending libraries, since we are all really unique in what we need and like, and as always YMMV. But I'm really glad I got it, and figured I'd let folks know that Loegria is worth at least looking at before the deal ends (tomorrow evening, I believe)...

    Rob

     

     

  18. Posted

    12 minutes ago, craigb said:

    That's some good news!  The ironic part I neglected to mention in my prior post, is that the organ was heavily damaged by a fire that started in a side kitchen that was located right under the organ...  When they rebuilt things, the organ was a mere shadow of its original glory.

    Ah man. Yeah, that is irony. I've heard of that happening in other places, too. The problem with pipe organs is that they are usually way too expensive to fix if something goes sideways. What a shame.

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    Just now, craigb said:

    I once got to play on the second-largest pipe organ on the West Coast at my parent's church in San Diego (yes, I got away with playing Deep Purple's Smoke on the Water - I'm not an organist!).  Unbelievable experience none-the-less.  I can only imagine what it must have been like to actually know what you're doing on such a unique organ like the one in Notre Dame...

    Oh I bet that was amazing. A big pipe organ is the most powerful piece of gear you'll ever play in terms of sheer volume and space-filling ability. 

    It can be a fun instrument. I play a lot of weddings as an organist, and once got a $100 bonus from a groom because I managed to sneak a wee bit of the Darth Vader / Imperial March theme into the wedding processional, right at the end (the bonus was null and void if the bride noticed and the poor guy got his marriage started off with a fight at the altar).  Worked surprisingly well. Bride didn't notice, groom burst out laughing but passed it off as joy at seeing his wife-to-be, and I'm told the pastor glanced at me with an eye-brow raised but otherwise said nothing.

    So I am told NBC is confirming Notre Dame's pipe organ was NOT damaged;

    Great news!

     

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  20. Posted

    21 minutes ago, InstrEd said:

    Sad day for sure.   

    That must of been a treat to play a pipe organ in such a majestic building.

    I am told it was beyond description. That was the mother of all pipe organs, and the sound was apparently extraordinary.  The current organ was technically installed in the mid 1800s, but had pipes from the previous two or three installation still active as part of the overall assembly, so it was several centuries worth of tones and timbres acting together. There is some word that possibly it may have survived. Apparently the interior was not as damaged as expected...https://mobile.twitter.com/areinaud/status/1117916691353067521?fbclid=IwAR3ma9YEfcrgmggR74Ri9tucUHgq0BKg1XbSnpsu9EsDRvvqyqgRW5yAHkU

     

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  21. Posted · Edited by Amicus717

    Been following the horrible news out of Paris. I come from a family of liturgical musicians, and my uncle once had the privilege of playing the pipe organ at Notre Dame Cathedral. It was iconic and a really glorious instrument with a sound like no other -- a one of a kind creation to which other pipe organs were compared. And it is apparently gone, or so I am hearing. No confirmation on that yet, but I can't see how it could survive. 

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    I was reading composer John Powell's facebook page, and he was showing off his orchestral uber-template, which is predictably huge and uses multiple computers to run multiple libraries. Someone asked him if he used VEP to run it all, and he said nope, he uses Plogue Bidule.

    I had not heard of this software before, and took a look at the site. Anyone here familiar with it and know how to use it, and what it is like? The description on the main product page is impressively unenlightening:

    https://www.plogue.com/products/bidule.html

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