Thanks Paul! You know me - always wanting to improve my craft, and video editing is something I’d like to study and develop. It’s not just the technical editing but how to visually tell a story and keep the audience engaged. Let’s chew it over with a celebratory cookie or two 🍪🍪
I am retired and on a very limited budget. So I use three Alesis V61 keyboards. I use the pads for presets. I may get better keyboards down the road, but for now it does the trick. I use the pedal board that came with an old Yamaha E3 organ that I gutted out and modified. I bought reed switches so I could send out midi on the bass pedals. I also got four theatre organ expression pedals for a very good price. Quite the opposite of your organ console but then again, you have more playing ability in your little pinky than I have in my whole body! I think you did a great introduction to Haptwerk now perhaps you can slowly work your way through the Hauptwerk manual. It is great to be able have the manual to read, but even better if a person such as yourself who has excellent communication skills walks through the various chapters of the manual, and give actual demonstrations.
@@organist8 I have three keyboards, a pedal board and two touch screen monitors. I just use a headset with a tube type headset amplifier so that the sound is analogue. It just rounds out the edges so to speak. I grew up on analogue and could easily tell the difference between analogue and digital back in the day when my hearing was good. I did keep the Yamaha speakers, in the organ. One is a rotary and I will have to say the rotary sounds quite good. It give a very nice tremolo effect! I don't use the speakers much however because I live in an apartment building full of retired people. So I try to be as quiet as possible. Your console is without a doubt the nicest I have seen, and your design is so flexible! I haven't seen any other console with interchangeable draw knobs. That is remarkable! You could have a second career designing organ consoles or at the very minimum being an organ consultant.
I just saw this and subscribed. I'm retired (for 10 yrs) and need to get some sort of hauptwerk going before I am too old to do anything. Biggest problem for me is locating pedalboard, and all bits and pieces here in the USA and wiring everything up for midi. At age 74, my brain cells are in severe decline, but having played piano since age 7 & church just asked me to play organ--I have to get my feet and hands together and go for it. So, Thank you for the new channel. I--& probably all here--need every bit of help that can be had. Thank you for that, Richard. Keep up the good work. Your programs are great.
Well done. I've been a Hauptwerk user since version 1, around 2003. I have a reasonable 2 manual + pedal lighted drawstop console with MIDI, but the two expression pedals (1. Gt+Ped, 2. Swell) simply change the volume of its internal tone generator and audio don't send anything to MIDI, even with the MIDI couplers on. It would be lovely to get hints on where to buy the right encoders.
Not sure what I enjoyed more - the information itself, or the fact Richard was able to go completely nuts with the video :D Look forward to more in the series!
I really like these tutorials. I am just starting to become involved with Hauptwerk; however don't have the money to invest in an organ like you now have. Thanks for sharing your early days with Hauptwerk. Please do more of these tutorials!!
I just had to subscribe, as you Richard, are one of the main online Hauptwerk users, that do a wonderful job of bring the organ to those who may "pah pah" it. You show dedication to your art, and share it with us, Question... how many follow you regularly on the main BIS channel? I reckon on a few😉and those are people who you have touched with your gracious playing, enthusiasm and sheer bloody hard work
There are quite a few people on the main BIS channel, but of course not everyone will be interested in seeing non-performance videos. Having two channels like this means people can subscribe to whichever channel appeals to them. Let's enjoy a cookie each 🍪🍪
@@organist8 I "used to be" into electronic organs, recording and PC editing of music etc before my health took a turn for the worse, so this channel will satisfy the "nerd" in me... And will teach me new modern (2021) techniques in this series of video's
Thank you Richard, I am a novice at Hauptwerk, so your video is most informative! Loving the skills in presenting and cloning yourself!! Looking forward to the next videos.
@@organist8 thank you Richard, I wonder what are the console requirements, can it be a second hand (not so costly!) 2 manual of any make to use Hauptwerk?
Really love your engaging style, and you thoughtfully address some of the common questions in a very understandable way (goodness, I've never considered doing Hauptwerk Math - and how eye-opening that is! Bravo!). Can't wait for more!! Thanks for the cookie! 🍪😁
@@organist8 Yes. I would be interested in how to manage a big organ on a PC with little memory (RAM). E.g. which perspectives (front, middle, rear etc.) make most sense to choose? How do I do this efficently? Or: How can I save memory in such a situation? What may be left out by configuration?
This was fun! I can't say I learned all that much, because I already use Hauptwerk, but I'm looking forward to future videos where we explore some of the features, especially how to set up pistons and reversibles.
Thanks Jerry. We’ll get into more advanced stuff later on - this is an introduction to Hauptwerk for any people who are just coming to it. Here’s your 🍪
I feel super encouraged to give Hauptwerk a go. I have the very keyboard you used in this video (though 61 key version). And a MAC. And headphones. I will continue to monitor this channel though before I take the full leap. Exciting!
Hi Richard. I really appreciate your BIS channel. I am from Prague and my friend, who builds organ positives (Daniel Přib), introduced me to the Hauptwerk software and its possibilities. He built a digital home organ too himself. Since Christmas, I have been regularly following from the BIS Virtual Church record. I consider your interest in sharing this beautiful spiritual music and organ compositions with others to be a great idea. Thanks for that! I have become a fan of BIS and I am considering sending you a Czech hymn for interpretation on request. I can't miss your cool socks either! If possible, I would recommend checking the signal level settings between capturing the instrument's sound and capturing your comments. It seems to me that the db level of the comment is higher, respectively the level of the organ is lower. There is also sometimes weak electronic noise in the transmission of organ sound. Otherwise, everything is great, the cameras are cool. I watch your channel via a TV set with a connection to the Hi End stereo system. Ondřej Košťák, Prague (Andrew Kostak... will be the English equivalent of the intricate spelling of my name.
The difference between voice and the organ is always going to be different. Playing on the Swell strings with the box closed will result in a very quiet sound - the equivalent of me whispering. The organ is balanced before I go live by my playing a chord on tutti organ and setting the levels to the highest they'll go before clipping. It's a difficult juggling act between voice and organ, but I think I've got it as good as it will go. Thanks for your comment, and here's your very own BIS Cookie! 🍪
@@organist8 Thanks for the delicious cookie! I understand the sound level of the organ is well tuned. The tool has a huge dynamic range. Thanks for the explanation.
Great introduction. Thank you. Michael Ps. I have been using various piano VSTs but did not experiment with organ yet. Update: I tried Hauptwerk for some time but decided to switch to Grand Orgue. I can now use the internal Digital Audio Interface (and speakers) of my Yamaha CK61 keyboards instead of relying on a FocusRite Scarlett and headphones
JUST what I wanted. I’m thinking of purchasing HW and this helped me get rid of some of my apprehensions and fears regarding doing so. Can’t wait to see some of your other postings now!!
Thank you for this video! I really looking forward to watching more on your channel. After just downloading Hauptwerk yesterday, I was going to write them an email telling them that their website doesn't seem very user-friendly. LOL! But I guess this is common knowledge! They ought to pay you to break everything down for people and show us how things work! Thanks again!
Hi Richard. Thanks for your video! As usual, very nice to watch. As said by another person before, and even if the aim of this is to speak about Hauptwerk, I would mention GrandOrgue that is an alternative. As contributor, I would be pleased if you would do a video on GrandOrgue as many improvements have been done last months. Many thanks
I'm having my own Casio CT X3000 connected to Grand Orgue(can't afford Hauptwerk) but I'm too satisfied how recorders of this organs were so passionate to let us play the sound of a real pipe organ even in our house or using a cheap keyboard like mine. The most satisfying part is to maximize the settings of the organ to fully satisfy the experience like even in only single manual keyboard, you can make it like you're playing two manuals
This is a great start for this channel. Your video editing skills are very impressive - almost as impressive as your musical skills. I'm looking forward to learning a lot about Hauptwerk from you.
Thanks Ralph! Are you familiar with Hauptwerk? To celebrate the launch of The BIS Organ Channel, everyone is getting the finest cyber cookie around so here is yours! 🍪
@@organist8 I know that my Ahlborn-Galanti console has a midi input that can be used to connect Hauptwerk, and my brother-in-law, who owns Artisan Classic Organs, has said it's the future of digital organ technology. Whether I do start using it is yet to be decided! You might well convince me.
Thanks for the primer! I have been "messing around" with Hauptwerk for over a year and I am attempting to convince the powers that be in my church to replace an aging Rodgers organ with a Hauptwerk organ versus purchasing one of the big name organs as a one-for-one replacement. I'm hoping to find that this series illustrates the versatility of the Hauptwerk environment to help with the "sell". Cheers!!
Subbed! I have to agree that the Hauptwerk mixer is quite impossible for any sane person to understand😆 Coming a close second is setting up the sequencer and, especially, editing it. But it's a magnificent piece of software and I am greatly enjoying using mine. I agree - the rental pricing model makes no sense at all, except maybe to just try it out for a while. Ruminating over upgrading to HW7 at the moment but not sure it gives me anything I need.
John, I’m building up to the notorious Hauptwerk Mixer! It’s complicated because there are just too many elements to it, and the user interface is definitely not geared towards being user friendly! In the mean time, let’s enjoy a 🍪
So Hauptwerk is a sample based synthesizer with the following differences: + each stop is a sample set consisting of one sample for each note on the keyboard/pedal board for that stop, instead of one sample for each octave or so, + as well as multiple notes being playable simultaneously (polyphonic) multiple samples (stops) can be played at the same time for each note, + the sounds of the organ mechanism being actuated as toe and thumb pistons pressed is also recorded and played back if mapped to a piston on the console, + expensive software, but perpetual, and buying upgrade options is the cheapest way to stay on the current version. Sounds like it would take a powerful computer with a large amount of RAM to get Hauptwerk to play all those sampled stops on each note that is played and do do that in a surround sound manner. How gracefully does Haputwerk handle hitting any hardware limits of RAM or CPU capacity when large numbers of stops are drawn and large numbers of notes are being played quickly and simultaneously? In other words, how strict are the recommended RAM and CPU limits?
Not sure I would call it a synthesiser - it is really a sample "player" - nothing is synthesised. There are actually at least three samples per pipe: beginning, middle and end. Beginning includes all the quirks of the pipe as it first gets wind, e.g. chiff on flutes. Middle is the normal sound of the pipe and is repeated as often as necessary for note duration. End includes artefacts such as acoustics. If the pipes are enclosed in a swell box then 8-10 sets of samples for start/middle/end are taken for each setting of the swell box. A very big instrument will fit into 64MB of RAM easily. If you have less RAM then you can reduce the sample bit length at the cost of a reduction in quality. If CPU limits are being hit then you can reduce polyphony. HW handles all of this quite easily, though it is mostly done when setting up the sample set on the PC. There isn't really a concept of dynamic load shedding, CPU or RAM. There are diagnostic tools to help with the set up. It works remarkably well!
@@socialite1283 The article you cite doesn't really convey much detail but my understanding of a sample-based synthesiser is that the samples are (or can be) used as inputs to synthesis, e.g. phase shifting, amplitude modulation, etc. Hauptwerk does none of these things, indeed it is an article of faith that the software and sample recording techniques strive to achieve the most realistic and accurate rendition of the original instrument in its acoustic environment.
@@John_L From my reading of the Hauptwerk websites, it does manipulate the samples. Even can add artificial tremulant and can manipulate the timbre to simulate the sound of the swell box closing. Very sophisticated and based on having sampled how the swell box changes the timbre of the sound - taking into account even how different wind pressures affect the timbre differently. They've gone to a lot of effort to make the result as realistic as possible, which is why they can also have different decay samples depending on how long the note had been held - because the sound of the decay was different depending on how long the note had been speaking into the church. It truly isn't the average sampled synthesizer. The more I read about it the more impressed I am becoming with the technology. It's very much a quantum leap beyond the previous types of sample based tech. Most things being sampled for playback on a synthesizer don't need to consider the way the chamber alters the sound based on loudness and duration of the note.
wow is it realy to start that simple? then my korg stage piano could do the trick as well. two questions.... one the korg has a midi in and out can I hang a full peddle board on it and question two how can I "press" the stops I want. my laptop nor computer has touchscreen. thank you for this demo :-D this is yummi spoonfed brocoli and I want more pleasssssse
Richard, this was ace, both the content and the editing. I look forward to what comes next. Perhaps you might venture into speakers for venues (as opposed to speakers for home). I’m up-cycling a couple of 12” Allen Organ speakers with tweeters and I can achieve the volume required (90 dB) but I think I woofer is necessary for better quality and to cope with 32’ stops better. All my best for this evolution of BiS.
In the Windows '98' era I downloaded a 'Miditzer' program for FREE into my ancient computer, although I never actually used it. (I did not know how to connect the computer to a MIDI keyboard or how to control the stops remotely; [still don't really]; -plus I'm not a theatre organist!). This program could however operate from the computer keyboard and mouse and sound convincingly like a 'Mighty Wurlitzer', although this set-up was not a practical musical instrument due to the lack of a MIDI keyboard. Hauptwerk seems to be a very expensive option in comparison to this 'freebie', although I recognise it's tremendous sophistication and growing versatility. A wonderful system, but In my case I think that my fairly low level of musicianship is more cost effectively served by the realistic-sounding second-hand digital classical organ modules I use both at home and in church.
It is very expensive, and I think if you add up the costs over 5 years it becomes a bit… too expensive, especially with the pay-monthly option. It’s the best organ software of its kind in the world without a doubt, but there are alternatives starting to appear! Let’s have the finest cyber cookie to share… 🍪
@@organist8 GRAND ORGUE - free and it runs on everything - WIN, MAC and LINUX! There are also FREE sample sets. A stiffer learning curve, not as "slick" as Hauptwerk, but the sound is extremely good!
What great timing to see this video, and wonderfully put together too! I want to start my Hauptwerk journey using a Roland 900P Organ. I want to use some of the bigger organs looks like I will have to buy a fairly powerful laptop first though. I was looking at an Apple Mac Pro. When looking at the Hauptwerk Prerequisites it looks like I will have to invest about $3500 in an Apple first.
I wish your help with Hauptwerk had been around 10+ years ago when I invested in a high-powered PC (with all the appropriate interfaces) to make my Hammond XK-100 play Hauptwerk. Although I actually got it to work (somewhat), the software was far to daunting for me so I let it expire. (I think I was running version 2 or 3.) The sound is really amazing, though. Sold it all!
Thank you Richard. Very informative and engaging as getting to use basic Hauptwerk is relatively simple. looking forward to more instructional videos. I have happily subscribed to this new channel and have been a long time subscriber to BIS.
Great to have you onboard Andrew! Do you have your own Hauptwerk setup? Here's your very own BIS Cookie as a thank you for being subscribed to BEAUTY IN SOUND! 🍪
@@organist8 I do not have a Hauptwerk set up yet, but am very interested in all the tech and possibilities. Just saw the BIS February schedule. Looking forward to it! Thank you for the cookie.
This video is a godsend! Thank you for demystifying this topic. There aren’t many videos like this out there, and none of this quality. Have you ever had to set up a peddle board? I have one from a massive Allen organ that I would eventually like to put midi hookups on.
I would like that you would give a objective explanation and introduction of the new Sweelinq software..which has been very well received by many virtual organ players worldwide. I really would like you see doing that.Sweelinq seems to be a bargain for € 99 yearly which includes all organs NOW available and FUTURE organs.
Hi Richard! What a great intro video and new channel I have of course subscribed, and will greatly enjoy all of your excellent videos. Personally I'm probably not going to get Hauptwerk, at lease not yet, as I have the luck and luxury to be a musical minister at our local church, and we already have a very nice 2004 2-manual Allen "Renaissance" organ with full Allan surround sound speakers and a sub woofer that pleasantly shakes our wood-built sanctuary and puts the fears and joys of god into our congregation. (Evil happy laughter ensues from the belfry.) Many Thanks as Always. - Matt
Haha! I like I area of you putting the fear of God into your congregation! They’ll definitely a cookie after those services. Infact, let’s have two! 🍪🍪
I’m assuming you can eventually get a pedalboard to go with your starter keyboard & laptop? I’m not tech-y (so a bit apprehensive about embarking on this venture), but it’s pretty exciting how accessible a beautiful organ sound is now.
Yes you can! Here are some examples of pedalboards: www.viscountorgans.wales/new-organs/accessories/midi-pedal-boards. By the sounds of it you're already tinkering with your own setup.... No. 5 in my favourite things about Hauptwerk!! Here's a tinkering BIS Cookie 🍪
Thank you for this video. Now, i think i know where to start. When you talk about an audio interface, you are talking about putting an audio system between the organ and the computer ?
Sorry guys, just a side question: why does Richard opened a second YT channel here? They both related to Organ it seems. (Have been a subscriber to the main BIS channel and love Richard's content)
Great question! It’s so that the type of content is kept separate. People might subscribe to BIS only for performances, and may never want to watch a technical video. Having these 2 channels means the type of content can be really focused, allowing my subscribers to get what they signed up for. The 2 channels will run alongside each other. Hope that makes sense? 🍪
great video ... Can you do an step by step installation of Hauptwerk ? I installed it, but the sounds is not loading and midi keyboard is not recognized ...
Thank you for this!! Just getting started with HW thanks to discovering your other excellent channel. In your/anyone's opinion - which would be better for HW: (MacPro with) 3.5GHz 6 core Xeon E5-1650v2 - or 3.0GHz 10 core Xeon E5-2690v2 ? Also any advice on interface would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Hi I only have the basic free edition of Hauptwerk / Am I correct it will only play the St Ann's Sample set and I cannot load other sets that are listed free or a low purchase price as have downloaded sets by Piotr Grabowski / What's the lowest price version I Can Buy / Building a 2 manual 13note pedal board system and is near completion
No you're *not* correct there.... you can in theory load any organ into the free version, but you are limited to a polyphony level of 1024 meaning that only 1024 'samples' can be played at any one time. Each time you play and release a note you are hearing at least 3 samples 1) the sound of the pipe filling with air 2) the sustained tone 3) the release of the pipe and acoustic. These 3 samples are seamlessly combined without you even noticing. There are, to be honest, probably more samples going on that I don't even know about! Some of Piotr's organs are quite small so will work nicely on the free version. Are you still using Hauptwerk v4? Here's your BIS Cookie! 🍪
This is very useful, however I ran into an obstacle following the download to my PC. The PC prompts for a choice of what to use to open it. I have not found anything which works.
At the minute.... it's not really possible because I don't have a sample set which is near enough to it. It's a very unique sound, and I think quite unlike most other English organs. Salisbury and Hereford Cathedrals would probably be the nearest samples that could be manipulated into sounding like it, but it wouldn't be the same. The acoustic should be achievable though, what with all the convolution reverbs available to us. Is KCC your favourite organ? 🍪
@@organist8 It's one that I have heard enough recordings of to recognise fairly easily. Still working my way around other instruments. As it's on the opposite side of the world to me I'd have little to no chance of hearing it live in person. Not sure how good it would be for French repertoire, but it seems one of the best if not the best for choral accompaniment, which I suppose is its primary use. Is Salisbury the Father Willis one that has 3 different Hauptwerk sample sets of different sizes?
As far as I am concerned, HW is the same as Grande Orgue -- with a few more bells, whistles, and much higher cost. Albeit, for someone who knows little about computers and programming, I suppose it is a useful tool. The sound is exactly the same, being dependent solely upon the samples, and the audio system used.
I just connected a similar system except my laptop is state of the art and I'm using a Kawai CA99 Concert Artist digital piano. My issue: there is a delay from when I play a note to the sound coming out of the piano speakers. How do I fix this?
If I wish to transport an organ like this to a church, and use for congregational singing (with PIANO), is there an easy way to TUNE the organ to the PIANO? (quickly)
I tried hauptwerk but ran into keyboard problems that the release of keys did not register, and ended up with their free sample organ doing the bagpipes. for people with the right equipment this is probably not a problem.
Or, get Organteq 2 for $269. No upkeep. When Organteq 3 comes out, we don't know the upgrade price AFAIK, but the upgrade from version 1 was $29. To me it definitely sounds god enough, but others can disagree.
Your video is very good. Thumbs up. Now to the topic. Hauptwerk is for amateurs. Possibly some "but-I-Am-A-Pro" will say: but I am a pro and I use it. Well, OK, I did not defined what is an amateur. But I want to define what makes Hauptwerk (even more Grandorgue and derivated products) - as practice organ - questionable. #1 you face a computer with all its potential problems. Dont sell your car, you will need it to go to the church and practice there, be sure of that!!! #2 you practice with a huge reverb. This fails in matter of precision. You become more amateur, you regress or you dont progress. In the barock, organists practiced on pedal clavichords or harpsichords: terribly precise. In the romantic time on pianos: still quite precise. At some time in the past on pedal harmonium: no quite precise but at least without drowning reverb. #3 you are in a situation that educates you to inauthenticity. Authentic is: practice very precisely at home (dry, I guess) and adapt in-situ. I found very helpful a mic in the church connected to closed headphones. And depending if I have time: record #4 its terribly expensive. The program is expensive, once you start you want more power in your computer, you need absolutely an external sound card, you need the best of the best of speakers, not said you want a console with at least 3 keyboards and motorised stops: you falled in the consumerism trap. And instead of continuing to be an organist when you are not practicing, you think of you next upgrade... #5 now for purists: Hauptwerk mixes the samples electronically. On a pipe organ, there are three kind of "mixing devices". Either you play a tracker (sometimes electric transmission) and the pipes are mixed tone-per-tone (the wind channel they stand on gives kind of synchronization), or you play (generally pneumatic, sometimes electric transmission) pipes that are synchronized per stop. Or you play a unit organ. Hauptwerk cant reproduce the synch of the tracker, or it should sample all possible combinations of stops (you would need a supercomputer). #6 my solution: I bought a pedal harmonium (16-8; 16-8; 8-4) for the beginning (I am back in Germany after 10 years abroad). My main organs are 13km away (III/P) and 21km (I/P very precise) and I am there or there 6x/week so I can arrange enough time to practice before choir rehearsals. 1x/week would be enough. Costs: 250,-- for the harmonium (650,-- for the car rental, I feel ashamed). Be happy with Hauptwerk, but dont complain when the money is gone, and you feel frustrated for many reasons.
The pricing of the software is shit. $600 and it does NOT include major updates is a scam. Let loose the sails and raise the colors for it's a pirates life for us.
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Ok, I know this was about Hauptwerk, but your media editing skills are simply beyond impressive. The park bench scenes were rather brilliant.
Thanks Paul! You know me - always wanting to improve my craft, and video editing is something I’d like to study and develop. It’s not just the technical editing but how to visually tell a story and keep the audience engaged. Let’s chew it over with a celebratory cookie or two 🍪🍪
I am retired and on a very limited budget. So I use three Alesis V61 keyboards. I use the pads for presets. I may get better keyboards down the road, but for now it does the trick. I use the pedal board that came with an old Yamaha E3 organ that I gutted out and modified. I bought reed switches so I could send out midi on the bass pedals. I also got four theatre organ expression pedals for a very good price. Quite the opposite of your organ console but then again, you have more playing ability in your little pinky than I have in my whole body! I think you did a great introduction to Haptwerk now perhaps you can slowly work your way through the Hauptwerk manual. It is great to be able have the manual to read, but even better if a person such as yourself who has excellent communication skills walks through the various chapters of the manual, and give actual demonstrations.
How many keyboards do you have? Sounds like a great setup, worthy of a BIS Cookie! 🍪
@@organist8 I have three keyboards, a pedal board and two touch screen monitors. I just use a headset with a tube type headset amplifier so that the sound is analogue. It just rounds out the edges so to speak. I grew up on analogue and could easily tell the difference between analogue and digital back in the day when my hearing was good. I did keep the Yamaha speakers, in the organ. One is a rotary and I will have to say the rotary sounds quite good. It give a very nice tremolo effect! I don't use the speakers much however because I live in an apartment building full of retired people. So I try to be as quiet as possible. Your console is without a doubt the nicest I have seen, and your design is so flexible! I haven't seen any other console with interchangeable draw knobs. That is remarkable! You could have a second career designing organ consoles or at the very minimum being an organ consultant.
What a wonderful gift has gave Martin Dyde to us, organ fans in the world. ¡Perennial gratitude!
I just saw this and subscribed. I'm retired (for 10 yrs) and need to get some sort of hauptwerk going before I am too old to do anything. Biggest problem for me is locating pedalboard, and all bits and pieces here in the USA and wiring everything up for midi.
At age 74, my brain cells are in severe decline, but having played piano since age 7 & church just asked me to play organ--I have to get my feet and hands together and go for it. So, Thank you for the new channel. I--& probably all here--need every bit of help that can be had. Thank you for that, Richard. Keep up the good work. Your programs are great.
Well done. I've been a Hauptwerk user since version 1, around 2003. I have a reasonable 2 manual + pedal lighted drawstop console with MIDI, but the two expression pedals (1. Gt+Ped, 2. Swell) simply change the volume of its internal tone generator and audio don't send anything to MIDI, even with the MIDI couplers on. It would be lovely to get hints on where to buy the right encoders.
Not sure what I enjoyed more - the information itself, or the fact Richard was able to go completely nuts with the video :D Look forward to more in the series!
Speaking of nuts, the BIS Cyber Cookies are definitely nut-free... they wouldn't do me much good if they weren't!! 🍪
I really like these tutorials. I am just starting to become involved with Hauptwerk; however don't have the money to invest in an organ like you now have. Thanks for sharing your early days with Hauptwerk. Please do more of these tutorials!!
I’ll be doing lots of tutorials over the coming months, so be sure to stay tuned! What areas would you like to know more about? 🍪
Very clever as always, Richard. I look forward to more of these technical videos.
Many thanks! Here's a BIS Coffee and BIS Cookie to enjoy until then (there's nothing you can't get here on BIS!) ☕🍪
I just had to subscribe, as you Richard, are one of the main online Hauptwerk users, that do a wonderful job of bring the organ to those who may "pah pah" it. You show dedication to your art, and share it with us, Question... how many follow you regularly on the main BIS channel?
I reckon on a few😉and those are people who you have touched with your gracious playing, enthusiasm and sheer bloody hard work
There are quite a few people on the main BIS channel, but of course not everyone will be interested in seeing non-performance videos. Having two channels like this means people can subscribe to whichever channel appeals to them. Let's enjoy a cookie each 🍪🍪
@@organist8 I "used to be" into electronic organs, recording and PC editing of music etc before my health took a turn for the worse, so this channel will satisfy the "nerd" in me... And will teach me new modern (2021) techniques in this series of video's
The opening of this video was rather chaotic, and I absolutely loved it.
Thank you Richard, I am a novice at Hauptwerk, so your video is most informative! Loving the skills in presenting and cloning yourself!! Looking forward to the next videos.
Thanks Richard. Which areas would you like to know more about? Let’s discuss it over a cookie 🍪
@@organist8 thank you Richard, I wonder what are the console requirements, can it be a second hand (not so costly!) 2 manual of any make to use Hauptwerk?
Love the Star Wars background organ music :)
Really love your engaging style, and you thoughtfully address some of the common questions in a very understandable way (goodness, I've never considered doing Hauptwerk Math - and how eye-opening that is! Bravo!). Can't wait for more!! Thanks for the cookie! 🍪😁
It works out to be quite expensive on the subscription based models. More expensive than a 🍪
It is definetly expensive, my brother has bought a Hauptwerk Organ
Excited about what‘s coming next! Thanks Richard!
You’re welcome 🍪
Thanks for the Cookie 👍
I believe there are many things to learn here and from you of course 💪🏻😊
Is there anything in particular you’d like to learn? 🍪
@@organist8 Yes. I would be interested in how to manage a big organ on a PC with little memory (RAM). E.g. which perspectives (front, middle, rear etc.) make most sense to choose? How do I do this efficently?
Or: How can I save memory in such a situation? What may be left out by configuration?
Just upgraded to Hauptwerk 7. Now all I have to do is practice. Interesting video. Unfortunately not a console like yours though.
Ah yes.... practice! I need to make more time for that myself!! What kind of setup do you have? Here's your BIS Cookie! 🍪
Very interesting and very clever. Looking forward to the next video. Thank you for doing this.
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This was fun! I can't say I learned all that much, because I already use Hauptwerk, but I'm looking forward to future videos where we explore some of the features, especially how to set up pistons and reversibles.
Thanks Jerry. We’ll get into more advanced stuff later on - this is an introduction to Hauptwerk for any people who are just coming to it. Here’s your 🍪
@@organist8 Yummy, yummy! :) Can't wait!
I feel super encouraged to give Hauptwerk a go. I have the very keyboard you used in this video (though 61 key version). And a MAC. And headphones. I will continue to monitor this channel though before I take the full leap. Exciting!
You definitely should give it a go! You’ll find future videos very useful, by the sounds of it! Welcome aboard, and here’s a welcome BIS Cookie 🍪
Hi Richard. I really appreciate your BIS channel. I am from Prague and my friend, who builds organ positives (Daniel Přib), introduced me to the Hauptwerk software and its possibilities. He built a digital home organ too himself. Since Christmas, I have been regularly following from the BIS Virtual Church record. I consider your interest in sharing this beautiful spiritual music and organ compositions with others to be a great idea. Thanks for that! I have become a fan of BIS and I am considering sending you a Czech hymn for interpretation on request. I can't miss your cool socks either! If possible, I would recommend checking the signal level settings between capturing the instrument's sound and capturing your comments. It seems to me that the db level of the comment is higher, respectively the level of the organ is lower. There is also sometimes weak electronic noise in the transmission of organ sound. Otherwise, everything is great, the cameras are cool. I watch your channel via a TV set with a connection to the Hi End stereo system. Ondřej Košťák, Prague (Andrew Kostak... will be the English equivalent of the intricate spelling of my name.
The difference between voice and the organ is always going to be different. Playing on the Swell strings with the box closed will result in a very quiet sound - the equivalent of me whispering. The organ is balanced before I go live by my playing a chord on tutti organ and setting the levels to the highest they'll go before clipping. It's a difficult juggling act between voice and organ, but I think I've got it as good as it will go. Thanks for your comment, and here's your very own BIS Cookie! 🍪
@@organist8 Thanks for the delicious cookie! I understand the sound level of the organ is well tuned. The tool has a huge dynamic range. Thanks for the explanation.
Great introduction. Thank you.
Michael
Ps. I have been using various piano VSTs but did not experiment with organ yet.
Update: I tried Hauptwerk for some time but decided to switch to Grand Orgue. I can now use the internal Digital Audio Interface (and speakers) of my Yamaha CK61 keyboards instead of relying on a FocusRite Scarlett and headphones
JUST what I wanted. I’m thinking of purchasing HW and this helped me get rid of some of my apprehensions and fears regarding doing so. Can’t wait to see some of your other postings now!!
Thank you for this video! I really looking forward to watching more on your channel. After just downloading Hauptwerk yesterday, I was going to write them an email telling them that their website doesn't seem very user-friendly. LOL! But I guess this is common knowledge! They ought to pay you to break everything down for people and show us how things work! Thanks again!
Hi Richard. Thanks for your video! As usual, very nice to watch. As said by another person before, and even if the aim of this is to speak about Hauptwerk, I would mention GrandOrgue that is an alternative. As contributor, I would be pleased if you would do a video on GrandOrgue as many improvements have been done last months. Many thanks
Your videos are a complete delight, and so helpful. I'll look forward to upcoming episodes - would love to have a Hauptwerk set-up some day...
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really excellent. Simple and clear.
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I'm having my own Casio CT X3000 connected to Grand Orgue(can't afford Hauptwerk) but I'm too satisfied how recorders of this organs were so passionate to let us play the sound of a real pipe organ even in our house or using a cheap keyboard like mine. The most satisfying part is to maximize the settings of the organ to fully satisfy the experience like even in only single manual keyboard, you can make it like you're playing two manuals
This is exactly what I've needed. Thank you so so so much for this, it is going to help in the future so much
Thanks for the explanation. I've wanted to know about HW for a long time.
This is a great start for this channel. Your video editing skills are very impressive - almost as impressive as your musical skills. I'm looking forward to learning a lot about Hauptwerk from you.
Thanks Ralph! Are you familiar with Hauptwerk? To celebrate the launch of The BIS Organ Channel, everyone is getting the finest cyber cookie around so here is yours! 🍪
@@organist8 I know that my Ahlborn-Galanti console has a midi input that can be used to connect Hauptwerk, and my brother-in-law, who owns Artisan Classic Organs, has said it's the future of digital organ technology. Whether I do start using it is yet to be decided! You might well convince me.
Thanks for the primer! I have been "messing around" with Hauptwerk for over a year and I am attempting to convince the powers that be in my church to replace an aging Rodgers organ with a Hauptwerk organ versus purchasing one of the big name organs as a one-for-one replacement. I'm hoping to find that this series illustrates the versatility of the Hauptwerk environment to help with the "sell". Cheers!!
A great start
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Very nice video Richard ! Thanks for all this amazing work ! From France
Would be very cool to see some theatre organ demonstrations!
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Subbed! I have to agree that the Hauptwerk mixer is quite impossible for any sane person to understand😆 Coming a close second is setting up the sequencer and, especially, editing it. But it's a magnificent piece of software and I am greatly enjoying using mine. I agree - the rental pricing model makes no sense at all, except maybe to just try it out for a while. Ruminating over upgrading to HW7 at the moment but not sure it gives me anything I need.
John, I’m building up to the notorious Hauptwerk Mixer! It’s complicated because there are just too many elements to it, and the user interface is definitely not geared towards being user friendly! In the mean time, let’s enjoy a 🍪
Hey Richard, absolutely great video and fantastic work 😎 more of it please 😉
Great initiative Richard! I’m onboard!
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Really well done, Richard! I am excited to see what comes next. However, watch out for that clone of yours.. I think he's after your job!
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So Hauptwerk is a sample based synthesizer with the following differences:
+ each stop is a sample set consisting of one sample for each note on the keyboard/pedal board for that stop, instead of one sample for each octave or so,
+ as well as multiple notes being playable simultaneously (polyphonic) multiple samples (stops) can be played at the same time for each note,
+ the sounds of the organ mechanism being actuated as toe and thumb pistons pressed is also recorded and played back if mapped to a piston on the console,
+ expensive software, but perpetual, and buying upgrade options is the cheapest way to stay on the current version.
Sounds like it would take a powerful computer with a large amount of RAM to get Hauptwerk to play all those sampled stops on each note that is played and do do that in a surround sound manner.
How gracefully does Haputwerk handle hitting any hardware limits of RAM or CPU capacity when large numbers of stops are drawn and large numbers of notes are being played quickly and simultaneously? In other words, how strict are the recommended RAM and CPU limits?
Not sure I would call it a synthesiser - it is really a sample "player" - nothing is synthesised. There are actually at least three samples per pipe: beginning, middle and end. Beginning includes all the quirks of the pipe as it first gets wind, e.g. chiff on flutes. Middle is the normal sound of the pipe and is repeated as often as necessary for note duration. End includes artefacts such as acoustics. If the pipes are enclosed in a swell box then 8-10 sets of samples for start/middle/end are taken for each setting of the swell box.
A very big instrument will fit into 64MB of RAM easily. If you have less RAM then you can reduce the sample bit length at the cost of a reduction in quality. If CPU limits are being hit then you can reduce polyphony. HW handles all of this quite easily, though it is mostly done when setting up the sample set on the PC. There isn't really a concept of dynamic load shedding, CPU or RAM. There are diagnostic tools to help with the set up.
It works remarkably well!
@@John_L You're describing how all sample based synthesizers work.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sample-based_synthesis
@@socialite1283 The article you cite doesn't really convey much detail but my understanding of a sample-based synthesiser is that the samples are (or can be) used as inputs to synthesis, e.g. phase shifting, amplitude modulation, etc. Hauptwerk does none of these things, indeed it is an article of faith that the software and sample recording techniques strive to achieve the most realistic and accurate rendition of the original instrument in its acoustic environment.
@@John_L From my reading of the Hauptwerk websites, it does manipulate the samples. Even can add artificial tremulant and can manipulate the timbre to simulate the sound of the swell box closing. Very sophisticated and based on having sampled how the swell box changes the timbre of the sound - taking into account even how different wind pressures affect the timbre differently. They've gone to a lot of effort to make the result as realistic as possible, which is why they can also have different decay samples depending on how long the note had been held - because the sound of the decay was different depending on how long the note had been speaking into the church. It truly isn't the average sampled synthesizer. The more I read about it the more impressed I am becoming with the technology. It's very much a quantum leap beyond the previous types of sample based tech. Most things being sampled for playback on a synthesizer don't need to consider the way the chamber alters the sound based on loudness and duration of the note.
It is great to take lessons here!
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wow is it realy to start that simple? then my korg stage piano could do the trick as well. two questions.... one the korg has a midi in and out can I hang a full peddle board on it and question two how can I "press" the stops I want. my laptop nor computer has touchscreen. thank you for this demo :-D this is yummi spoonfed brocoli and I want more pleasssssse
Richard, this was ace, both the content and the editing. I look forward to what comes next. Perhaps you might venture into speakers for venues (as opposed to speakers for home). I’m up-cycling a couple of 12” Allen Organ speakers with tweeters and I can achieve the volume required (90 dB) but I think I woofer is necessary for better quality and to cope with 32’ stops better. All my best for this evolution of BiS.
Eye opening video and May the Force be with you.
In the Windows '98' era I downloaded a 'Miditzer' program for FREE into my ancient computer, although I never actually used it. (I did not know how to connect the computer to a MIDI keyboard or how to control the stops remotely; [still don't really]; -plus I'm not a theatre organist!). This program could however operate from the computer keyboard and mouse and sound convincingly like a 'Mighty Wurlitzer', although this set-up was not a practical musical instrument due to the lack of a MIDI keyboard.
Hauptwerk seems to be a very expensive option in comparison to this 'freebie', although I recognise it's tremendous sophistication and growing versatility.
A wonderful system, but In my case I think that my fairly low level of musicianship is more cost effectively served by the realistic-sounding second-hand digital classical organ modules I use both at home and in church.
It is very expensive, and I think if you add up the costs over 5 years it becomes a bit… too expensive, especially with the pay-monthly option. It’s the best organ software of its kind in the world without a doubt, but there are alternatives starting to appear! Let’s have the finest cyber cookie to share… 🍪
@@organist8 GRAND ORGUE - free and it runs on everything - WIN, MAC and LINUX! There are also FREE sample sets. A stiffer learning curve, not as "slick" as Hauptwerk, but the sound is extremely good!
I don’t know what to say! Your videos are just, Brilliant!!!!
Oh and thanks for the cyber cookie too! 😆
Super video. A great place for me to start. Thanks.
What great timing to see this video, and wonderfully put together too! I want to start my Hauptwerk journey using a Roland 900P Organ. I want to use some of the bigger organs looks like I will have to buy a fairly powerful laptop first though. I was looking at an Apple Mac Pro. When looking at the Hauptwerk Prerequisites it looks like I will have to invest about $3500 in an Apple first.
I wish your help with Hauptwerk had been around 10+ years ago when I invested in a high-powered PC (with all the appropriate interfaces) to make my Hammond XK-100 play Hauptwerk. Although I actually got it to work (somewhat), the software was far to daunting for me so I let it expire. (I think I was running version 2 or 3.) The sound is really amazing, though. Sold it all!
Thank you Richard. Very informative and engaging as getting to use basic Hauptwerk is relatively simple. looking forward to more instructional videos. I have happily subscribed to this new channel and have been a long time subscriber to BIS.
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@@organist8 I do not have a Hauptwerk set up yet, but am very interested in all the tech and possibilities. Just saw the BIS February schedule. Looking forward to it! Thank you for the cookie.
This is amazing I have a 2 manual Yamaha electone with 1 1/2 octave pedal board would love this
Just subscribed. I'm looking forward to learning more about Hauptwerk.
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Ohh yee, that film was great 😂
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@@organist8 thank you 😁
This video is a godsend! Thank you for demystifying this topic. There aren’t many videos like this out there, and none of this quality. Have you ever had to set up a peddle board? I have one from a massive Allen organ that I would eventually like to put midi hookups on.
I would like that you would give a objective explanation and introduction of the new Sweelinq software..which has been very well received by many virtual organ players worldwide. I really would like you see doing that.Sweelinq seems to be a bargain for € 99 yearly which includes all organs NOW available and FUTURE organs.
Such a fun and clever video. British humour.
This is such a high-quality video!
👍...You've come a long way. Looks good.
Hi Richard! What a great intro video and new channel I have of course subscribed, and will greatly enjoy all of your excellent videos. Personally I'm probably not going to get Hauptwerk, at lease not yet, as I have the luck and luxury to be a musical minister at our local church, and we already have a very nice 2004 2-manual Allen "Renaissance" organ with full Allan surround sound speakers and a sub woofer that pleasantly shakes our wood-built sanctuary and puts the fears and joys of god into our congregation. (Evil happy laughter ensues from the belfry.) Many Thanks as Always. - Matt
Haha! I like I area of you putting the fear of God into your congregation! They’ll definitely a cookie after those services. Infact, let’s have two! 🍪🍪
I’m assuming you can eventually get a pedalboard to go with your starter keyboard & laptop?
I’m not tech-y (so a bit apprehensive about embarking on this venture), but it’s pretty exciting how accessible a beautiful organ sound is now.
Yes you can! Here are some examples of pedalboards: www.viscountorgans.wales/new-organs/accessories/midi-pedal-boards. By the sounds of it you're already tinkering with your own setup.... No. 5 in my favourite things about Hauptwerk!! Here's a tinkering BIS Cookie 🍪
This was a very very good video. I subscribed.
Please make more videos!!! 🙏🏻
Looks and sounds fantastic, but... any cheaper alternatives for a beginner / casual player?
Yes, there are a couple of alternatives to Hauptwerk which I'll cover in future videos. Until then, here's a BIS Cookie 🍪
Thank you for this video. Now, i think i know where to start. When you talk about an audio interface, you are talking about putting an audio system between the organ and the computer ?
I'd like to know a little more about your organ console. What company made it? A MIDI keyboard is an ok starting point, but it's not the same.
Very inspiring video 🙂
Sorry guys, just a side question: why does Richard opened a second YT channel here? They both related to Organ it seems. (Have been a subscriber to the main BIS channel and love Richard's content)
Great question! It’s so that the type of content is kept separate. People might subscribe to BIS only for performances, and may never want to watch a technical video. Having these 2 channels means the type of content can be really focused, allowing my subscribers to get what they signed up for. The 2 channels will run alongside each other. Hope that makes sense? 🍪
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great video ... Can you do an step by step installation of Hauptwerk ? I installed it, but the sounds is not loading and midi keyboard is not recognized ...
This is a great video--extrememly informative! I'll take a chocolate chunk macadamia nut cookie, please. hahaha
Thank you for this!! Just getting started with HW thanks to discovering your other excellent channel. In your/anyone's opinion - which would be better for HW: (MacPro with) 3.5GHz 6 core Xeon E5-1650v2 - or 3.0GHz 10 core Xeon E5-2690v2 ? Also any advice on interface would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Hi I only have the basic free edition of Hauptwerk / Am I correct it will only play the St Ann's Sample set and I cannot load other sets that are listed free or a low purchase price as have downloaded sets by Piotr Grabowski / What's the lowest price version I Can Buy / Building a 2 manual 13note pedal board system and is near completion
No you're *not* correct there.... you can in theory load any organ into the free version, but you are limited to a polyphony level of 1024 meaning that only 1024 'samples' can be played at any one time. Each time you play and release a note you are hearing at least 3 samples 1) the sound of the pipe filling with air 2) the sustained tone 3) the release of the pipe and acoustic. These 3 samples are seamlessly combined without you even noticing. There are, to be honest, probably more samples going on that I don't even know about! Some of Piotr's organs are quite small so will work nicely on the free version. Are you still using Hauptwerk v4? Here's your BIS Cookie! 🍪
@@organist8 Yes it is Ver 4 / Can one get the Ver 5 if it is cheaper than buying Ver 6 (Not much Money in pocket)
This is very useful, however I ran into an obstacle following the download to my PC. The PC prompts for a choice of what to use to open it. I have not found anything which works.
How close can you get the BIS organ to sound like the organ and acoustics of Kings College Chappel?
At the minute.... it's not really possible because I don't have a sample set which is near enough to it. It's a very unique sound, and I think quite unlike most other English organs. Salisbury and Hereford Cathedrals would probably be the nearest samples that could be manipulated into sounding like it, but it wouldn't be the same. The acoustic should be achievable though, what with all the convolution reverbs available to us. Is KCC your favourite organ? 🍪
@@organist8 It's one that I have heard enough recordings of to recognise fairly easily. Still working my way around other instruments. As it's on the opposite side of the world to me I'd have little to no chance of hearing it live in person.
Not sure how good it would be for French repertoire, but it seems one of the best if not the best for choral accompaniment, which I suppose is its primary use.
Is Salisbury the Father Willis one that has 3 different Hauptwerk sample sets of different sizes?
As far as I am concerned, HW is the same as Grande Orgue -- with a few more bells, whistles, and much higher cost. Albeit, for someone who knows little about computers and programming, I suppose it is a useful tool. The sound is exactly the same, being dependent solely upon the samples, and the audio system used.
I just connected a similar system except my laptop is state of the art and I'm using a Kawai CA99 Concert Artist digital piano. My issue: there is a delay from when I play a note to the sound coming out of the piano speakers. How do I fix this?
I wonder if the Hauptwerk organ software can be adapted to an android cell. I could bring my sample set to all of my proformances.
If I wish to transport an organ like this to a church, and use for congregational singing (with PIANO), is there an easy way to TUNE the organ to the PIANO? (quickly)
Oh, yes -- thanks for this! Gonna subscribe, but unfortunately it goes to my gmail which I rarely read.
where do I get a MIDI key board? I have down loaded the St. Ann's free organ software to my laptop ages ago, so presumably this is good to go?
I tried hauptwerk but ran into keyboard problems that the release of keys did not register, and ended up with their free sample organ doing the bagpipes. for people with the right equipment this is probably not a problem.
What brand of keys was used on your console? Was it Fatar or some other brand?
My questions is how does one play an organ piece on a keyboard without a pedal board like Bach or Handel?
Buy the pedals
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Or, get Organteq 2 for $269. No upkeep. When Organteq 3 comes out, we don't know the upgrade price AFAIK, but the upgrade from version 1 was $29. To me it definitely sounds god enough, but others can disagree.
You are good at doublethinking :) (6:49)
Your video is very good. Thumbs up. Now to the topic. Hauptwerk is for amateurs. Possibly some "but-I-Am-A-Pro" will say: but I am a pro and I use it. Well, OK, I did not defined what is an amateur. But I want to define what makes Hauptwerk (even more Grandorgue and derivated products) - as practice organ - questionable.
#1 you face a computer with all its potential problems. Dont sell your car, you will need it to go to the church and practice there, be sure of that!!!
#2 you practice with a huge reverb. This fails in matter of precision. You become more amateur, you regress or you dont progress. In the barock, organists practiced on pedal clavichords or harpsichords: terribly precise. In the romantic time on pianos: still quite precise. At some time in the past on pedal harmonium: no quite precise but at least without drowning reverb.
#3 you are in a situation that educates you to inauthenticity. Authentic is: practice very precisely at home (dry, I guess) and adapt in-situ. I found very helpful a mic in the church connected to closed headphones. And depending if I have time: record
#4 its terribly expensive. The program is expensive, once you start you want more power in your computer, you need absolutely an external sound card, you need the best of the best of speakers, not said you want a console with at least 3 keyboards and motorised stops: you falled in the consumerism trap. And instead of continuing to be an organist when you are not practicing, you think of you next upgrade...
#5 now for purists: Hauptwerk mixes the samples electronically. On a pipe organ, there are three kind of "mixing devices". Either you play a tracker (sometimes electric transmission) and the pipes are mixed tone-per-tone (the wind channel they stand on gives kind of synchronization), or you play (generally pneumatic, sometimes electric transmission) pipes that are synchronized per stop. Or you play a unit organ. Hauptwerk cant reproduce the synch of the tracker, or it should sample all possible combinations of stops (you would need a supercomputer).
#6 my solution: I bought a pedal harmonium (16-8; 16-8; 8-4) for the beginning (I am back in Germany after 10 years abroad). My main organs are 13km away (III/P) and 21km (I/P very precise) and I am there or there 6x/week so I can arrange enough time to practice before choir rehearsals. 1x/week would be enough. Costs: 250,-- for the harmonium (650,-- for the car rental, I feel ashamed).
Be happy with Hauptwerk, but dont complain when the money is gone, and you feel frustrated for many reasons.
Can a mac laptop be used?
Pricing has changed.
Play bark on an organ? Whaa?
Grand Orgue is more complicated but free.
Human being here
Hauptwerk? Bitte Danke.
Grand orgue les sale gratis :v
you have to build a whole new expensive computer to run this thing.
The pricing of the software is shit. $600 and it does NOT include major updates is a scam. Let loose the sails and raise the colors for it's a pirates life for us.