Pipeloops – La Madeleine, Paris – Cavaille-Col l

Cavaillé-Coll organ of the Madeleine church in Paris. This magnificent organ is now available as a sample pack for the Hauptwerk-2 virtual organ software.

Fonds 32’+16′

• Tutti (based on 32′, full backgrounds, tongues and manuals)
• Manual combinations (can be played from both manuals)
  

Fonds 8′ all manuals linked

• Fonds 16’+8’+4′ all manuals linked
• Tutti (based on 16′, full backgrounds, tongues and mixes, manuals linked, octave graves linked)

IP, II-P

All samples are recorded in 16-bit stereo in 44100 Hz wave format. For the most accurate preservation of the original, careful noise reduction was applied.

Samples

• The samples were recorded by Peter Evers during a recording session for a CD of organ improvisations. All samples were recorded with full room acoustics.
• There are four samples per octave.
  

As a first for any Hauptwerk sample pack, we artificially created a staccato release sample using an impulse response carefully designed to match the original room acoustics as closely as possible. We believe the result is a significant improvement over standard release tails, which result in bell-like artifacts on staccato notes.