Hauptwerk

Main work is a software sampler for pipe organs, named after their partial work, the " main work".

The control of the software via MIDI. A photorealistic implementation of a gaming table allows the operation of the registers on the screen or via a touchscreen; also a MIDI remote is possible. The software works with recordings (samples ) of real organ pipes.

History

It was until 2008 by the company Crumhorn Labs Ltd.. Made in Birmingham and sold; after major work was taken over by the U.S. company Milan Digital Audio. Crumhorn Labs was founded in 2006 with the appearance of the program version 2 of the programmer Martin Dyde. As early as 2004, the version 1.00 came out. There is a free, limited in functionality and performance version.

Meanwhile, numerous sample set for Hauptwerk are available, including important instruments of Arp Schnitger, Silbermann, Andreas Silbermann, Wilhelm Sauer, Henry Willis, Jonathan Bätz and Cavaillé -Coll. Some manufacturers of sample sets also support 4-channel audio output, similar to the surround effect. Here is the back room speaker ( rear) with a halligerem signal ( wet) are fed, as the anterior ( front) speakers. The hardware overhead for such an installation may require memory up to 64 GB.

Operation

Hauptwerk imitate some characteristics of a real pipe organ. This concerns, for example wind fluctuations of a pipe organ, the effect depending on the played notes register, number and speed to the liveliness of the sound. For patent reasons, however, this essential feature is not available in America. The use of release trigger samples, which adds to the original acoustics of the room with the release of each key produces a high degree of authenticity. As of version 2.21, the use of up to three release trigger samples, a direct function of the previous tone length, or the MIDI dynamics possible. Also used the version of multiple and varying multi- loops to generate an even greater liveliness of the sound.

For setting up and connecting to a MIDI-equipped organ console no special MIDI skills are no longer necessary since version 4.0.

Comments

The wide distribution of the software based on the version 1 ( HW1 ) (without ASIO ), with the self which could be realized in a relatively inexpensive, older PC configurations a good and cheap alternative to a hardware sampler. The version 1 is no longer maintained and supported. While in the first version organ sets in the form of organ - files ( in ASCII format ) could be created and customized by the knowledgeable user, this is as of version 2 without deep knowledge of XML is hardly possible.

In contrast, the version 3 required more hardware resources. From about 18 stops a dual-core processor with 2.66 GHz and 8 MB L2 cache recommended to play large sample sets with acceptable latency. Sample sets of two -manual instruments can be without any restrictions or record with Pentium IV processors of last generation. For older PC systems, there are numerous settings that allow operation even with Such. Hauptwerk 3 has the option to import old sample set and thus to continue using it. In terms of hardware dimensioning of the size of the available main memory stehendens has an important meaning. Hauptwerk 4 makes the recognition and establishment of MIDI commands as they are sent from the register control a MIDI-equipped organ playing table, with a "Learn " function very fast and easy. In the Netherlands installations with major work have now also been found in numerous churches.