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3 GB limitations of current Windows
Because I was asked by several users about the subsets
available, I summarize here the main point:
The Litomysl sample set is quite a big organ and the loops of the samples are
long (several seconds) to ensure rich and realistic sound. Therefore, the memory
requirements are ENORMOUS.
However, the current versions of Windows systems have a
limit of 3 GB per application (although you can have more physical
memory istalled). That means, that you cannot load under any circumstances the
completely whole set. We will have to wait for the future versions of Windows to
be able to load it. A note: I could not try it
so far, but maybe, if you have more physical RAM installed, you can run two
instances of Hauptwerk - each with a different subset of Litomysl, forming
together the very complete Litomysl organ.
Neverthless, I have made several subsets which are loadable by
current versions of Windows (i.e. under 3 GB of RAM). As the organ
literature does not usually count with enormous instruments, I am convinced that
these limitations are no obstacle to perform any organ piece written so far.
The full set mentioned on the screenshot page is really
full in terms of stops used: all available stops are loaded into memory.
However, to follow the Windows limitations of 3 GB I have shortened the compass
of manuals (4 octaves) so that the organ can be loaded at all. Therefore I call
the subset "Full -shortened".
The complete compass of the instrument may be seen on the pictures of the
real console. As far as I know there is no real instrument having full 5 octaves
compass. It is not organ-like. It is just that digital world counts with 5
octaves, not the organ world. As far as I know, also the big instruments usually
finish at high G or A. In case of Litomysl, the compass finishes at G, so it is
4.5 octaves.
The compass of organ pedals also vary considerably. In the baroque period, the
pedal had just 18 tones, covering 1.5 octaves. Later, it has become usual to
finish at D (2+ octaves), nowadays, the compass of the pedal is usually up to F
or G (2.5 octaves). In the case of Litomysl, the compass is up to F (2.5
octaves).
I am pretty sure that this compass enables to perform any organ literature,
because also the composers know the limitations of the real-world instruments!
However, if a kind of digital "furia" comes to one's mind,
he can, of course, extend the compass of the instrument using a third party
tools, such as a freeware PipeTune from Martin Duemig. But my aim is to give the
playable images of the real organs, I am not a fun of "digital organ school".
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