For the purposes of Virtual Theatre Organs and Hauptwerk, we can view MIDI as being a 16. That have been provided in the sample. Or MIDI Program. What do I need for Hauptwerk? Registration, play midi files, step plan. I don't know a free program that works also for Vista. Intoneren Hauptwerk sample sets.

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Contents. Name ‘Hauptwerk’ is the German term for the of an organ, from Haupt- (‘main’) and Werk (literally: ‘work’ or ‘opus’, here roughly ‘power plant’, ‘factory’, some place where something, a sound in this case, is produced). The German pronunciation of the word ‘Hauptwerk’ is. History Hauptwerk was originally developed and launched in 2002 by Martin Dyde who, starting 2006, continued to develop it trading as Crumhorn Labs Ltd. In September 2008 Crumhorn Labs and Hauptwerk were acquired by Brett Milan of Milan Digital Audio LLC.

Product history. Screen image of the organ of St Annes, Moseley. Hauptwerk produces an audio signal in response to input received via. This input may originate from an external MIDI keyboard or from a MIDI. An organ is constructed using a set of recorded sample files in conjunction with an configuration file that defines organ parameters such as ranks, stops, manuals, coupling and organ images for display in Hauptwerk's user interface. The audio output is based on recorded samples which are then modified by several different technologies. Sample playback The recorded samples of the original pipes are divided into 3 main sections - start(attack), middle(sustain) and end(release or echo).

When a note is played the attack sample is played followed by a loop of the sustain section. Start, end and release loop points are stored in the recorded sample file. When the note is released, the release or echo section of the sample is used, or specific release sample files can be defined for a note, or range of notes. This latter feature is useful in making the organ more realistic, for example the echo of a pipe after a short period will be different from that of a pipe that has been sounding for longer. Hauptwerk can select from multiple release samples based on the duration of the note. Tremulant effects are possible using LFO sample files to dynamically modify the sound, avoiding the need to create individual tremulant note sample files.

Harmonic filtering When an organist moves an it affects both the volume and frequency envelope of the affected pipes. Hauptwerk adjusts both of these parameters using information provided within the sample-set. This can be based on measurements taken from the original instrument. Physical modeling The wind-pressure applied to an organ pipe affects its volume, pitch and character.

Hauptwerk uses to model the movement of air through the various parts of a pipe-organ. This information is then used to modify the sampled sound. Randomization is used to modify certain aspects of the audio output. The pitch of individual pipes can be randomly modified when a sample is loaded into memory. If multiple loop points are provided, in the sustain section of a sample, these are selected randomly. Additionally, Hauptwerk simulates some other effects, such as Wind Turbulence, using Randomization during playback. Organ sample-sets.

One of the organs that has been recorded for use with Hauptwerk (Bovenkerk, Kampen) Since the launch of Hauptwerk, a number of independent companies have recorded organs and made these available for use with Hauptwerk. By March 2009 more than 50 organs had been recorded. These include organs in many different countries including:.

Bavokerk, Netherlands. Bovenkerk, Netherlands., France., Hungary., UK.

Stadtkirche, Germany The majority of these organs have been detailed on a Google Map. Copy protection. A simple Hauptwerk setup in a domestic setting Hauptwerk is copy protected using the HASP token (dongle) from. The USB token is used to control the functionality of the single Hauptwerk program which is licensed in 3 editions:. Free edition – Free download and use without USB token but limited to 1.5GB sample memory and 256 polyphony, stereo output. Basic edition – Purchased license with USB token.

Up to 3GB sample memory and 1024 polyphony. Advanced edition – Purchased license with USB token. No imposed memory or polyphony limit, multiple audio channels and MIDI output. The USB token is also used by some companies to enforce license conditions of individual sample sets.

This may apply to the release of historic recordings with restrictions on the customization and re-use of the sounds. Salisbury Cathedral In March 2009, Milan Digital Audio announced that permission had been given to record the organ at, UK. Starting 23 February 2010 the Salisbury Cathedral pipe organ was temporarily unavailable, due to maintenance work scheduled to last one month. During this time a console based on Hauptwerk was used to provide organ music for cathedral services. According to an article on the Salisbury Cathedral website: 'Over the past few weeks we have used the organs from Metz Cathedral, France, St Georgenkirche, Roetha, Germany, and Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Chicago, IL., USA'.

The article continues: 'Volume I of our very own Father Willis Organ was released by Milan Digital Audio just days before my organ was installed into the cathedral which has allowed me to use 28 of the 65 stops of the Father Willis organ in its natural acoustic. It is believed to be the first time a sampled instrument has been used in its own building for services!' See also. References. Concerning the pronunciation compare and. Archived from on 2002-08-08.

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Hi Organ Lovers I admit I am new to Contrebombarde and have not spent much time searching it. I have been looking for midi files ACTUALLY PLAYED and PLAYABLE on a Hauptwerk organ, so far I have not been able to find any. All the files I have found were all originally piano rolls. These usually have one midi channel. This one channel has simply been copied into two or three additional channels with no attempt to add stops or anything else appropriate to playing the file on an organ.

This is simply not good enough for an organ website. As a minimum such files ought to be labelled 'Piano Roll' and ideally banned from the site. Does Contrebombarde have any PROPER organ midi files and if so how do I find them? Csw900 Member Posts: 141 Joined: Mon Mar 07, 2016 10:40 am Location: UK. Hi OrganDoc What you say about playing midi files with the same sample set as was recorded is the easy non technical way - however I suggest you try my multiOrgan program which is configurable to play any Hauptwerk and other organs.

Get it from (its free) You will find that it requires.sf2 sample sets and there are many such sample sets available for pipe organs. I agree that the result will not sound the same as the original set but it will be near enough for me as I am not ultra critical of the sound. The only problem I MAY have; (not yet fully investigated) is getting hold of the stop assignments for the particular organ I want to play.

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Its more than likely the band organ files came from my website above. Its not difficult to make a midi file from a band organ e-roll. I will see if there are any I do not already have!

Thanks for the information csw900 Member Posts: 141 Joined: Mon Mar 07, 2016 10:40 am Location: UK. MIDI files recorded using HWs built in recorder can be played back on either the same sample set on which they were recorded (this includes all the notes and all the registration changes) or on a different sample set when only the notes played will be played back. If you play back a midi file on a different sample set you can create a new midi recording from the notes played (from the midi file) and registration you add as the file is played for the sample set on which you are playing and recoding. See pg 181 of the user manual. Iain Member Posts: 535 Joined: Tue Dec 29, 2009 7:08 pm Location: NW England, UK. Hi Iain Thanks for the comment. What you say is true for non technical users of Hauptwerk organs.

However I can use Cakewalk to look inside the midi files and see what NRPN's have been used and can set these as valid stops in multiOrgan. The midi file channels will correspond to the organ manuals. Swell channels can also be determined. I can also use Viena to look inside any.sf2 sample set to see what presets are available and what pipe (or instrument) will be played when that preset is selected. In fact Viena can be used to edit or even make.sf2 sample sets from scratch. Using the menus In multiOrgan I can map the NRPN's to their appropriate presets in the sample set. This will work even for percussion stops.

Thus all I need to know in order to correctly play a midi file made by any Hauptwerk organ is the stop assignments for the organ i.e. The stop name such as flute 8 and its corresponding NRPN number such as 2004. I also need to know which manual the stop applies to. There is nothing magic about this, it only needs a basic understanding of how midi and organs work. Any one can do it. Csw900 Member Posts: 141 Joined: Mon Mar 07, 2016 10:40 am Location: UK.

Of course it s possible to edit Midi files using the tools you note (and several others) and for those ( of us) who can it is an option though overdubbing in HW is pretty easy to use for everyone too. The tool you mention, multiOrgan, replays the midi files outside HW, using sound font sounds not the the HW sample sets sounds. It also plays the files using its own audio output via Windows. It appears to quite cleverly use sounds which approximate to the names of the stops from the HW sample sets it knows about.

The HW midi player uses HW sample sets, the HW audio engine and the audio configuration of the HW instance used to play the file - the results won't be the same. Iain Member Posts: 535 Joined: Tue Dec 29, 2009 7:08 pm Location: NW England, UK. Hi James I have just written a comprehensive reply to your query and lost the whole thing because the forum logged me out while I was typing and then would not accept the post. So here is a shortened version. Yes I do have Hauptwerk running on both Windows and iMac. I am primarily interested in producing players for Estey and Wurlitzer Band Organ e-rolls as these cannot be played properly on any normal midi player. Hence eplay followed by graphical programs ePlayWin32 and multiOrgan.

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Yes eplay Win32 can properly play Estey e-rolls on any Hauptwerk system. St Annes and Paramount 310 are supplied but if you understand your Hauptwerk system you can program your NRPN stop codes into eplayWin32 and it will play the rolls on your system. I produced multiOrgan mainly to play Wurlitzer Band organ e-rolls as they cannot be played propely on any Hauptwerk system. But it turned out to work much better than I expected. Csw900 Member Posts: 141 Joined: Mon Mar 07, 2016 10:40 am Location: UK.