Aquincum  Organ from the Holy Spirit Church in Hévíz (Hungary)

Aquincum Organ fom Heviz
                                                                                             History
Héviz is a small town in the Zala county of Western Hungary with 4,500 inhabitants.
Hévíz has a peat-based warm water lake that is unique in Europe. This lake is the base of the spas of Hévíz, which is a well-known and popular tourist destination worldwide. The spa was already known in Roman times, and it still provides a living for the city's residents.
During the communist era, there was only one small church in Héviz, which did not satisfy the needs of the city's residents and tourists, but the city's management did not allow the expansion of the church. It was only after the regime change that the opportunity to build a new church opened up. It was only after the regime change that the opportunity to build a new church opened up. Thus, from 1996 to 1999, a very beautiful and large modern church was built in the middle of the resort.

The three manual, 36-register, mechanical organ was made by the Aquincum organ factory and was consecrated in 2000. The organ not only serves the liturgy of the parish, but concerts with famous organists are held on the organ throughout the year, to the great delight of mainly foreign tourists.

The following friends helped me to make and publish the sample set (in alphabetical order): Dominique Dantand, Gérard Lefranc, Nagy István and Jean-Pierre Silvestre. If something's done well, it's thanks to them. Thank you for their work. 

Features
Sample quality 
The sample sets are available in wave format 48kHz/24bit, stereo, multiple loops (1-8) and multiple releases (3 levels). a=440 Hz
The sample sets are made in three forms. 

a. A version of wet (front) stereo (far)

b. A verion of semidry (near) stereo (near)

c. A Surround version (3 pairs of stereo recording: near,  front and in the background.

In the surround version you can adjust the perspective by setting the volume of the near, far and rear recordings. (Suitable HW loading and channel settings can be used to give wet or semidry stereo modes or 4 channel surround mode too).   

The sample set reverb is 1.8-2 s reflecting the original  dry acoustics of the modern church. The IR file reflecting the original acoustics is also available.

Hauptwerk v4.2 or v5-v9 supported for the Organ Definition Files.

Keyboards, Pedal 
The original organ compass of the manuals are 58 keys, the compass of the pedal is 30 keys.
Operating Instructions:

RAM requirements (GB)

2 channels sztereo

6 channels surround

 

16 bit

24 bit

16 bit

24 bit

Héviz - Aquincum

6

8

14

16
The data is for information only. They depend on the operating system and other apps.
Specifications  

Pedal  30 keys

Principalbass 16', Subbass 16’, Quintbass 10 2/3',

Oktavbass 8', Bourdonbass 8’, Oktav 4’,

Bombarde 16’, *Fagott 8’, *Oboe 4’+2’  (*from II-III. manual)

I. Manual  58 keys

Bourdon 16’, Principal 8’, Hohlflöte 8’, Oktav 4’, Rohrflöte 4’

Quint 2 2/3’, Superoktav 2’, Kornett 5x, Mixtura 5-6x, Trompete 8’

II. Manual  58 keys

Bourdon 8’, Prestant 4, Nasat 2 2/3’’, Oktav 2’, Terz 1 3/5’’,

Larigot 1 1/3’, Cymbale 4x, Cromorne 8’

Trompete echo 8’ (extend, from I. man.)

III. Manual  58 keys

Diapason 8’, Flute Harmonique 8’, Gamba 8’, Vox coelestis 8’

Oktav 4’, Flauta travers 4’, Flautino 2’, Cornettino 3x, Mixtur 3x, Fagott 8’

Couplers

Orig.: P+I, P+II, P+III, I+II, I+III, II+III

Extend: P4, P+I 4, I4, I+III4

             II4, II+III16, II+III4, II+I, III unioff, III16, III4

Tremulant

Orig: II, III

Enclosure

Orig: III     Extend: II
Screenshots

Pictures
Holy Spirit Church in Hévíz and the Aquincum Organ

Audio demos

Playing  Nagy István, Ralph Paland and Jean-Pierre Silvestre
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Try the the demo sample sets before you buy!
The Trial Versions of the Aquincum Organ from the Holy Spirit Church in Heviz has a limited compass of C2-C3 (048-c to 060-c) in the pedal, C2-G5 (048-c to 079-g) in the manuals. All other functions work. 


(First install the pack01 file. After installation, you can use the stereo-far version. Then install the pack02 file. After installation, you can use the stereo-near version. Finally, install the pack03 file. After that, you can use the 6-channel surround version. The order of installation is important, you cannot deviate from it!!) 

The acoustics of this modern church are very dry. This is good for practicing organists, but many users prefer the nice and rich reverberation. Therefore, it is advisable to use IR reverb in Hauptwerk versions 5-8, and to use an external reverb app for Hauptwerk 4.2 users.


Surround vs Stereo mode

If you do not have a surround sound system, but there is enough memory (RAM), I suggest you also install the surround version. If you activate the front and rear stops too, then you will get a more compact and fuller sound than the simple stereo.

Guide: simple stereo from surround, how to?  

Buy the full (stereo and surround) Heviz Organ sample set (You can pay in dollars or euros.)


69 EUR
79 USD