Re: [Finale] OT: Electronic Keyboards and Organ Samples

2010-07-21 Thread David W. Fenton
So, I'm not getting anywhere on this that's useful. Here's a thread on OrganForum that I started: http://tinyurl.com/32gdbhk = http://www.organforum.com/forums/showthread.php?14300-Creating-an- electronic-portative-organ-for-continuo-in-small-ensembles Does any of that clarify any of the

Re: [Finale] OT: Electronic Keyboards and Organ Samples

2010-07-20 Thread A-NO-NE Music
On 2010/07/18, at 17:43, David W. Fenton wrote: Has anyone mucked about with using high-quality samples of pipe organs with relatively simple keyboards? My viol consort may need a rehearsal instrument while the pipe organ is being rebuilt, and I was wondering if perhaps there are proper

Re: [Finale] OT: Electronic Keyboards and Organ Samples

2010-07-20 Thread David W. Fenton
On 20 Jul 2010 at 2:06, A-NO-NE Music wrote: On 2010/07/18, at 17:43, David W. Fenton wrote: Has anyone mucked about with using high-quality samples of pipe organs with relatively simple keyboards? My viol consort may need a rehearsal instrument while the pipe organ is being

Re: [Finale] OT: Electronic Keyboards and Organ Samples

2010-07-20 Thread John Howell
At 2:06 AM -0400 7/20/10, A-NO-NE Music wrote: In fact it's a consistent problem for us who use amplification. I, too, do EQ my rig before the show every venue, trying to sound my flute as seamless as possible. Yes, when one uses amplification, the amplification itself become part of your

Re: [Finale] OT: Electronic Keyboards and Organ Samples

2010-07-19 Thread David W. Fenton
On 18 Jul 2010 at 23:03, Noel Stoutenburg wrote: I don't have any specific experience with what you're looking for, although I strongly suspect that it does, in fact exist, but that it when you find it, it will be an expensive piece of equipment to purchase. My best suggestions: check with

Re: [Finale] OT: Electronic Keyboards and Organ Samples

2010-07-19 Thread David W. Fenton
On 19 Jul 2010 at 0:20, John Howell wrote: At 11:15 PM -0400 7/18/10, David W. Fenton wrote: I can't quite understand the product space here. It seems that nobody really makes anything at a professional level of quality in both keyboard and sound output. Perhaps around 10 years ago,

[Finale] OT: Electronic Keyboards and Organ Samples

2010-07-18 Thread David W. Fenton
Has anyone mucked about with using high-quality samples of pipe organs with relatively simple keyboards? My viol consort may need a rehearsal instrument while the pipe organ is being rebuilt, and I was wondering if perhaps there are proper 5- octave keyboards (i.e., F-to-F, not C-to-C) into

Re: [Finale] OT: Electronic Keyboards and Organ Samples

2010-07-18 Thread David W. Fenton
All right, it seems that 5-octave F-to-F keyboards don't exist (people are incredibly stupid, since that gives you a far more usable compass than 5-octave C-to-C). Does anyone know of decent 88-key keyboards with no bells and whistles, that I could load a Hauptwerk sample set into and that has

Re: [Finale] OT: Electronic Keyboards and Organ Samples

2010-07-18 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
David: I don't have any specific experience with what you're looking for, although I strongly suspect that it does, in fact exist, but that it when you find it, it will be an expensive piece of equipment to purchase. My best suggestions: check with the local Allen or Rogers organ dealers,

Re: [Finale] OT: Electronic Keyboards and Organ Samples

2010-07-18 Thread John Howell
At 11:15 PM -0400 7/18/10, David W. Fenton wrote: I can't quite understand the product space here. It seems that nobody really makes anything at a professional level of quality in both keyboard and sound output. Perhaps around 10 years ago, Opera Roanoke did Monteverdi's L'Orfeo. (A very