
Plus, it gets the seal of approval from most discerning keyboardists. It’s rich, full, warm, deep, resonant, and authentic. Lakeside Pipe Organ basically matches what you might imagine an organ to sound like in your mind. The library was originally released by Tonehammer in 2009, but Soundiron updated the Kontakt instrument with better keymapping, improved playability, new automatable performances, as well as effect and arpeggiator controls. Though the pipes only cover 61 keys starting at C2, the developer even decided to stretch the lowest note down further.

It mechanically vents compressed air / wind through 85 resonant steel pipes and wooden reeds arranged in 15 ranks to produce its massive sound.įor this organ of epic proportions, Soundiron recorded five stop settings with two wide stereo microphone positions (close and far). This organ of epic proportions is made up of three keyboards and a foot pedal board for bass notes. The Lakeside Pipe Organ features a vintage steel and wooden pipe organ, the kind that can be found specificallyin downtown Oakland, CA, at the Lakeside Temple of Practical Christianity. But for reasons you’re about to discover, we’ve chosen this as our best overall pick.

There are multiple entries via Soundiron on this list, and they’re all amazing in their own way.
