About
The organ of St. Ouen, Rouen was built by Aristide Cavaillé-Coll in 1890. Many consider it to be one of the finest organs built by him, described by Charles-Marie Widor as a 'Michelangelo of an organ'. It has 64 speaking stops spread over 4 manuals and pedals.
Out of existing demo sample sets, I have made this composite which has involved months of revoicing and balancing different ranks of existing pipes, to create a sound that is as close to the real St. Ouen as possible. Although not containing any ranks sampled from the real instrument, mixture specifications were copied to increase the realism of the composite. Many of the ranks were sourced from Cavaillé-Coll demos to get the desired result. The Positif has been created largely consisting of front ranks, whereas the rest of the organ is largely rear ranks - this helps to give the impression of a closer Positif division, as it is in real life, yet still keep the large acoustic of the Abbey.
The Récit Voix Humaine 8ft was kindly shared by Sygsoft. The Récit Clarinette 8ft and Contre-Bombarde 32ft were sampled from a Cavaillé-Coll by Julian Matthews.
Technical Information
- Sample and bit rate: 48kHz, 24 Bit
- 2 Channels (Stereo)
- Tremulant: artificially generated (except Voix Humaine)
- Software required: Hauptwerk v4.2+
Memory Requirements (Lossless)
- 24 Bit, 2 channels: 21.3 GB
- 16 Bit, 2 channels: 11.5 GB
For ranks labelled L/R, load in Mono to save memory — no effect on sound quality. Allow approximately 2 GB on top for minimum RAM.
Specification
I Positif
- Montre 8
- Bourdon 8
- Gambe 8
- Unda Maris 8
- Flûte Douce 4
- Dulciane 4
- Doublette 2
- Plein Jeu V
- Cor Anglais 16
- Cromorne 8
- Trompette 8
- Clairon 4
- Anches Pos.
II Grand-Orgue
- Violonbasse 16
- Bourdon 16
- Montre 8
- Diapason 8
- Flûte Harmonique 8
- Bourdon 8
- Salicional 8
- Prestant 4
- Trompette 8 (en chamade)
- Clairon 4 (en chamade)
III Récit Expressif
- Quintaton 16
- Corno Dolce 16
- Diapason 8
- Flûte Traversière 8
- Cor de Nuit 8
- Voix Éolienne 8
- Viole de Gambe 8
- Voix Céleste 8
- Flûte Octaviante 4
- Viole d'Amour 4
- Quinte 2⅔
- Octavin 2
- Carillon I–III
- Cornet V
- Tuba Magna 16
- Trompette Harmonique 8
- Basson et Hautbois 8
- Clarinette 8
- Voix Humaine 8
- Clairon Harmonique 4
- Tremolo
IV Bombarde
- Flûte 8
- Flûte 4
- Doublette 2
- Fourniture V
- Cornet V
- Bombarde 16
- Basson 16
- Trompette 8
- Clairon 4
Pédale
- Soubasse 32
- Contrebasse 16
- Soubasse 16
- Basse 8
- Violoncelle 8
- Bourdon 8
- Flûte 4
- Contre Bombarde 32
- Bombarde 16
- Contre Basson 16
- Trompette 8
- Clairon 4
Couplers
- Anches Pos.
- I/II
- III/II
- IV/II
- Anches G.O.
- I/III
- IV/III
- Anches Réc.
- Anches Bomb.
- I/P
- II/P
- III/P
- Anches Ped.
Stops in blue are activated by the corresponding division Anches pedal.
Required Demo Sets
Install all of these before installing the composite. If you own the full versions of any, you will still need the demos as file paths differ.
Sonus Paradisi
- St. Etienne, Caen (v2.66)
- St. Omer
- Laurenskerk Rotterdam, Hoofdorgel
- Chemnitz Sauer (Vol. 1)
- Dom Bedos
Piotr Grabowski
Do not load the rank called 'Anches Silent (don't load)' at the bottom of the rank list.
FAQ
I get a 'Could not load sample' error on loading.
Scroll to the bottom of the rank loading page and uncheck the rank called 'Anches Silent (don't load)'.
Will the composite run if I have full versions of the sample sets installed?
No — the file paths of the demos differ from the full sets. You will need the demo versions installed even if you own the full sets.
I want to use couplers that don't appear on the console.
Click View › Large floating control panels › Master couplers to enable all available couplers.
I don't see any keyboards to assign my MIDI manuals to.
Click Organ Settings › Keyboards to assign your MIDI keyboards to the organ's manuals.
Purchase
£55
Once you place your purchase, a download link will be emailed immediately to the email you entered under contact details.