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SAMPLE PLAYERS (In alphabetical order)
Giga Studio (discontinued Summer of 2008)
Garritan has bought the technology and hopes to improve it, but their plans are in the preliminary stages.
Hauptwerk
There are now a total of 3150 Hauptwerk tracks (1202 tracks using HW2 or HW3=79.11 hours, 1948 tracks using HW1=121.79 hours). Since there are only 1379 unique pieces, most are realized on at least two instruments, with varying degrees of enhancement depending on age of track and instrument characteristics.
MyOrgan
Now a part of history, owners of Hauptwerk 1 samples were able to gain a little more efficient use of their current hardware resources by using this controversial but free interface. A little demonstration of MyOrgan features is still available here. Various demos can be found here. The wet tracks I made using St. George's Casavant, Op. 2871 and A French Harpsichord after Blanchett have been integrated into Virtually Baroque: 99 tracks, for a total of 8.62 hours of music.
SOUND FONTS
Can a SoundFont Change One's Life?
The JEUX SoundFont just about did that for me. Download Version 1.4 and many other sampled sounds at HammerSound SoundFont Library. If interested in exploring temperaments with SoundFonts, try the Java Microtuning Organ.
Positief III, IV, Opus V
VSTi organ(s) that don't use samples or soundfonts.
OTHER RESOURCES
PCOrgan allows comparison of several Hauptwerk samplesets.
NEW FRONTIERS
Someone is probably working on a wonderful, user-friendly and highly efficient new interface. If you have anything to add to my knowledge, please email me at jocr@toast.net.