Me Playing Christmas Carols on Salisbury Cathedral Organ 2010

[ludwigvan17]

Great work, mate.

[goodchappy]

@ludwigvan17 Thank you. Happy New Year :-)

[HONGYOUNGEUN]

do i need real console?

[goodchappy]

@HONGYOUNGEUN Ideally you do need a console but you can make do with a MIDI keyboard and a MIDI pedal board. All the information can be found on the hauptwerk website.

[Zumipali2]

What is that program name? I mean the virtual organ.

[goodchappy]

@Zumipali2 The program is Hauptwerk, you can find out all about it at their website w/w/w/.hauptwerk /./com

[RupertW1]

Most enjoyable, you certainly have talent. I'd love to see Salisbury's wonderful cathedral. Keep up your good work!

[goodchappy]

@RupertW1 Thank you for your comments on my unseasonal contribution.

Salisbury is a nice, unspoilt place and the Cathedral is THE landmark.

[snoodify]

Even though your excuses about just waking up etc, it sounds great. It's always suprising to hear what the Hauptwerk software is capable of.

[goodchappy]

@snoodify Thanks for your comment. I really was half asleep and in a hurry to get to work when I did this collection.

Hauptwerk really is unquestionably the best virtual pipe organ there is as long as the sample sets are designed and made properly, in my opinion some of them are lacking something especially when it comes to the singing of each pipe. The Salisbury Cathedral one so far is very good, though I wish they would hurry up and release the whole organ.

[organnut]

What a beautiful medley of Christmas Carols, to say you were still clutching your 'jamies! Very nice playing. Thanks for sharing your talent on your new toy "Hauptwerk". Please post more awake or not, you're great! Must be something to hear the Salisbury, Willis organ in person! Hopefully one day!

Merry Christmas and a Happy Prosperous New Year to you and yours!

Best Regards,

Roy

[goodchappy]

@organnut Hello and Happy New Year to you!

Thanks very much for your comments and for "favouriting" my "video".

Yes Salisbury is a nice place and the Cathedral and setting is inspiring.

The spire is the tallest in the UK at 404ft.

If you ever come to the UK, include Salisbury in your visit.

I believe the Cathedral is actually sitting on a river bed so how it has stayed up for 800 years is amazing.

[trompettechamade1]

@goodchappy This is a very enojyable performance. The registrations are quite good and so is the sound, especially considering the limitations imposed upon the performance. Keep it up and give us more!

[goodchappy]

@trompettechamade1 Thank you very much for your comment.

I am amazed at the positive comments as this really was thrown together, unedited and unplanned.

[trompettechamade1]

@trompettechamade1 Thank you very much or the e-mail with the attached video.

[jason1angel]

Sounds good, I'm a big fan of the Salisbury Willis. Tell me, when you made this recording, was it direct to disc or file? Or did you play it through speakers and record it with microphones? Thanks.

[goodchappy]

@jason1angel @jason1angel Thanks for your comment. I recorded this collection using the built in Hauptwerk recording system.

I made no other changes to the recording and have not tweaked any of the organ settings so this is how it sounds by default.

I desperately need to set it up with pedals and more than one manual so I can play it properly.

[RobCharles1981]

Very Nice thanks for posting the Bass Came through really well here as to Silverstartrucker would say!

[goodchappy]

@RobCharles1981 Thanks Rob. Its good the base comes across because I was not playing the pedal stops, it is all down to the 16ft stops on the Great and Swell. I am frustrated that they have not brought out the full version of Salisbury Cathedral yet but I am told it will be released in the next 6 months.

Problem is I only have 12Gig of RAM and the full version with no compression will probably need around 50 Gig! Hope that is not too much technical info, we are here for the music afterall!

[RobCharles1981]

@goodchappy Yeah thats all true its only music and enjoyment!

[silverstartrucker]

Excellent. I enjoyed this. You are a fine organist.

[goodchappy]

@silverstartrucker Thanks for your kind comment especially as this was me playing at my worst. :-)