Sonus paradisi 出品的 Kiedrich Virtual Organ Model 是一款基於德國基德里希 St. Valentinus 和 Dionysius 教堂管風琴精細採樣的虛擬音源。作為德國現存最古老且仍可演奏的管風琴之一，它擁有超過 500 年的歷史，其音色結構與教堂本身的哥德式建築風格高度契合，是極具歷史意義與音樂價值的典藏之作。
這款音源採用 6 通道環繞聲錄製（包含兩組不同的前方麥克風位置和後方環境聲），提供逼真的空間沉浸體驗。原始管風琴的調律為四分音逗號中庸律，保留了 15 世紀末至 19 世紀修復期間的音色特徵。採樣內容細緻入微，包括所有音栓的帶顫音與無顫音版本，可在 Hauptwerk 混音台中切換真實顫音或節省內存的模擬顫音版本。支持 Hauptwerk v4.2 及以上版本（需 Advanced 版以運行完整環繞）。
如果你熱衷於演奏文藝復興或早期巴洛克時期的宗教音樂，這款音源將是還原歷史原聲的不二之選。Kiedrich 管風琴不僅是一個音樂工具，更是一件歷經數百年傳承的文化藝術遺產，在現代數字世界中繼續發聲。
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Sonus paradisi Kiedrich Virtual Organ Model Hauptwerk-ARCADiA
Team ARCADiA | Hauptwerk | 13.73 GB
下載連結：https://www.52timbre.com/1646.html
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Kiedrich – the 「oldest organ」 of Germany
The instrument in the St. Valentinus and Dionysius church in Kiedrich has the reputation of being the oldest playable organ in Germany. Although that may not be exactly correct, the organ is certainly one of the oldest in Germany, and it contains elements stemming from around 1500.
The organ was rebuilt by Johann Kirchner in 1652 and later altered several times. In the contract to repair the organ in 1710, the Positif of 6 stops is mentioned for the first time, although it was presumably added already by Kirchner. The independent pedal was added probably in 1722. The restoration done in the 19th century is remarkable, because it is so unlike those performed on many other historical organs at that time. When the Baron John Sutton discovered this instrument on one of his journeys through Europe, he was captivated by its Gothic origin and he supplied the money to 「restore」 the instrument to its 1500 state (at least according to the romantic perceptions and the historism of the mid 19th century). The instrumental part was restored by by Louis Benoit Hooghuys, and the case (including the painted side wings) was restored by August Martin de Fürth.
The last restoration by Kuhn (1985-1987) preserved the state achieved by the previous restoration of John Sutton, emphasizing the Gothic Hauptwerk of the organ as a single manual organ.
The positiv is hidden behind the main organ case in the church tower, thus sounding as an echo-organ, and the modern pedal is also concealed in the church tower behind the organ case.
The Gothic and the neo-Gothic elements blend together exceptionally well in this particular church. The visitor is truly astonished by the church’s ambiance when entering the building. The absence of the ecclesiastical baroque, which is so common elsewhere, make this church and its organ absolutely extraordinary.
Features:
The samples are offered in 48kHz/24bit resolution. The multiple releases have three levels: short, mid and long. Hauptwerk v4.2 and higher supported. The sample set is offered in plain wave format (unencrypted). Hauptwerk Advanced version is necessary to run the full surround. Hauptwerk v.4.2 and higher supported.
Reverb
The reverb time is ca. 3 seconds.
Temperament
The original organ tuning is quarter comma meantone.
Keyboards, pedalboard
The original compass of the keyboards is 45 keys (C – c3), short bottom octaves. The original compass of the pedal division is 17 keys (C – e0, low C# missing).
The compass is extended in a dedicated ODF: manuals 49 keys (full 4 octaves), pedal 25 keys (full two octaves).
Tremulants
All ranks were recorded with and without tremulants for the most convincing tremulant behavior. However, loading tremmed ranks consumes large amount of RAM. It is possible to select to use the artificial tremulant instead to save RAM (the switch is located on the mixer tab).
Requirements:
RAM consumption: 6-channel surround
16-bit, other settings default: 10.5 GB
20-bit, other settings default: 16.9 GB (recommended)
24-bit, other settings default: 19.1 GB
Screen resolution 1280×1024 px or more.
Polyphony of 3000 voices recommended for the full suround.
Surround format
The sample set is offered in the Surround variant (6 channels). In addition to the usual 4-channel surround, there are two more alternative front channels. In total, there are 4 front audio channels and 2 rear channels. The two pairs of the front ranks feature two different recording positions: direct (near to the pipes) and diffuse (distant from the instrument). These two pairs of the front ranks can either be mixed together freely to achieve any listening position between the two extremes, or used separately – depending on the prefererences of the user. A dedicated 「mixing desk」 is available in Hauptwerk to mix the sound to the desired level.
