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The sample set of the Bätz organ in the Lutherse Kerk in Den Haag has a demo available for free. 13 stops, including the tremulant samples and all perspectives. The demo sample set allows to test various stops from the manuals and the pedal. It forms a nice complete organ on its own. The specification of the free sample set: Continue reading →

The Stralsund, St. Marien Sample Set of Stellwagen organ has a demo available for free. 14 stops, , including the tremulant samples and all perspectives. The demo sample set allows to test various stops from all the manuals and the pedal. The specification of the free sample set: Continue reading →

The free volume of the Béziers sample set comprises 16 stops, more than a third of the instrument. The stops were carefuly selected from G.O. and Récit to form a small romantic instrument on its own. Four reed stops were included! This vol.0 of the sample set can be ordered from the dedicated web page for free. Continue reading →

MD5 checksum is the essential tool for solving download problems with multi-part archives. Only the md5 checksum will tell you what parts exactly have got corrupted during download and what parts are OK. Then, you can re-download the corrupted parts only to complete the installation package for Hauptwerk. Continue reading →

The Hildesheim Sample Set of R. von Beckerath organ has a demo available for free. 21 stops, i.e. one third of the virtual organ is given for free to everyone, including the tremulant samples and all perspectives. The demo sample set forms a rich 3 manual instrument, including two plena (HW and RW) and several reed stops. The specification of the free sample set: Continue reading →

A user asked how to set the Hauptwerk mixer so that he can mix the perspectives of each division independently of other divisions of the same perspective. The Positive seemed to be too present, while HW seemed too "far away". Therefore, he wished to reduce the direct perspective of the RW ranks to make them a bit "farther", and Continue reading →

Sometimes, I get messages like this from users: I buyed the Casavant Organ, two days ago, but it's impossible to install it. It always says there is an error on the basson 16 and that there is a missing volume. I tried several new downloads, but nothing changed. Continue reading →

User wanted to create his own mix of perspectives (direct, diffuse, rear) for his headphones. He thought Hauptwerk 8 was not capable of this job. Although Hauptwerk does not have any convenient "mixing desk" view, it is capable of mixing perspectives in any desired way. For this, we need to split the perspectives into various groups/primary audio outputs, so that we can then adjust volumes of the perspectives via the primary outputs. Here is the complete guide: Continue reading →

A user asked why sample sets sound somewhat out of tune. He did not like it out of tune, he wanted to have perfectly tuned organ instead. Continue reading →

User question: using some sample sets of particularly large organs (e.g. Billerbeck or Frankfurt) and playing with the tutti, the CPU indicator signals a clip and the sound distorts, sometimes even leading to a crash that requires a restart of the Hauptwerk program.

Answer: Continue reading →