__/ [ GreyCloud ] on Saturday 07 October 2006 17:47 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> __/ [ GreyCloud ] on Saturday 07 October 2006 16:55 \__
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>>>Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>>>>The Sonic Boon: New Organ is Digital, Realistic, and Powerful, but is it
>>>>Sacred?
>>>
>>>Nope. More and more institutions that have limited budgets are going to
>>>digital organs these days. I've been in conversations with Allen Organ
>>>company in PA., and this year they are having a banner year.
>>>
>>>http://www.allenorgan.com/www/products/mainproducts.html
>>>
>>>And just click on Play Music to hear what a digital organ sounds like.
>>>Their main advantage is realism, but also when music regimens shift all
>>>the organ voices can be changed with a CD.
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>> Only works with Windows, Mac or an emulation thereof. And it needed
>> JavaScript to pop up the box... nasty site development choices.
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>
> I know. Some of their sound samples have a nasty hiccup in them as
> well. I've complained to them already about it, but nothing yet. But
> their instruments are top notch and don't use an o/s to drive them.
> They use multiple DSPs and a huge memory bank for tone generation.
> Price ranges from $14k to $200k.
That's so expensive for an appliance. It makes one wonder if they just
struggle so sell many of those (and thus mass-produce). Even Knuth's famous
pipe organ wouldn't cost as much as that high end of the scale.
http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/organ.html
It just needs plenty of room (or rooms, or a high ceiling).
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