Dear friends,
after selling my "sampled" Cantorum Duo, I couldn't resist purchasing the new Duo Plus.
It's another world.
The voicing possibilities far exceed the limited possibilities of the old Duo; I believe there is no other organ that offers these features for so little money.
Now, the old Duo certainly had good samples, very refined and relatively long, but the very limited voicing made this instrument "closed".
The new Duo Plus is in another category.
Even though the voice library is currently very limited compared to Physis 1.0, with the editor it is possible to modify the various pipe sets as desired.
The factory voicing is quite "standard"; many stops are simply unrealistic and I worked for a few hours to make them more acceptable (you can download the txt and .all files of the three pipe sets).
The interior is still very tidy as in the old Duo. The power supplies and amplifier are the same as the previous version, and therefore the left side appears almost identical to the previous version.
On the right side is the Physis plus motherboard. Quality components (Rubycon and also Panasonic capacitors I thought I saw, but please replace the two electrolytic capacitors of the tweeters, in the amp board, with MKP! I replaced them myself).
As I suspected this motherboard is not the same as the one found in larger models.
There are non-soldered connectors that are probably used in the consolle versions.
My suspicion is that this motherboard will be used for both the Cantorum versions (the Trio will also soon be in the Physis Plus version) and the consolle versions (most likely the cheap Domus series).
The Opera and Maestro models will likely be equipped with the advanced motherboard with multiple DSP modules, similar (visually) to the Physis 1.
However, on this motherboard is mounted a CPU board, a DSP board (with 2 DSPs, always Shark by Analog Devices, but obviously superior models), and an orchestral board (again sampled as Physis 1; I expected to find the Zimbelstern, but there is not..), this three boards are mounted orizzontally.
The backup battery for the internal clock is no longer there, and is replaced by a supercapacitor (which has a lifespan of many years).
The quality of the sound generation is VERY VERY good, but personally I think that Physis 1 is not yet surpassed by Physis Plus. We will see with the next updates.
By the way, they told me that, in addition to programming new voices, there will also be a "porting" of Physis 1 voices to the new Physis Plus platform. So I think it's only a matter of time before we have a huge amount of voices available . However, it is not yet known how these items will be accessed, or whether they will be available with new updates, or whether it will be possible to download them from a page on the Viscount website, or by requesting them directly from Viscount (an impractical solution).
The editor and voicing functions seem the same as the larger models, except for the various noise trackers, which are not present in the Duo Plus.
Overall I really liked this Duo Plus, and of course I look forward to future updates..
I am forwarding you the various txt files and .all, as well as three stops of sesquialtera to insert in the Kornett tab (the factory Kornetts are really very ugly).
I have no idea whether the .all files also load the new voices or automatically move the voices from one qtab to another (with Physis 1 it had to be done manually), so use the txt file to know exactly the voice IDs used.

Left side and right side: everything very clean and tidy.

The new stop tabs and pistons are also very nice and comfortable!

Yes, Sesquialtera stops are for Physis Plus!

Yes, in some tabs I also counted 7/8 alternative voices. I suspect many more can be uploaded when they become available.

Hi Flauten,
The lack of an 8' reed in the pedal may soon be overcome when voices for loading are made available.
It is true that it is currently not possible to insert manual voices into the pedal, but it is possible to load new vcp files in any tab. When they are available for download, you will be able to insert all your favorite voices into any tab...