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Creating sample sets
Creating a sample set or organ definition for Hauptwerk is a skilled and complex task, which requires a considerable investment of time and effort. We would only recommend undertaking the creation of a full sample set or organ definition if you are able to invest that time. The Creating Sample Sets for Hauptwerk guide, available for download from the Crumhorn Labs website has the necessary information.
For the creation of custom organ specifications for personal use, using samples from existing sample sets, the Custom Organ Design Module is provided, which is quick and simple to use, and is recommended for most users. See the design tools section for details. You can find the Custom Organ Design Module User Guide on Hauptwerk's Help menu.
Unless specifically advised to do so by the creator of a sample set, you must never attempt to edit any part of an existing sample set directly, including its audio samples, organ definition files, images and other components. For St. Anne's and the core Hauptwerk components editing a component can:
- Prevent the Hauptwerk software's main installer from being able to un-install or upgrade the components properly, and possibly thus Hauptwerk as a whole.
- Prevent Hauptwerk's component installer from functioning properly.
- Prevent Hauptwerk's Custom Organ Design Module from working properly.
- Prevent the St. Anne's sample set from loading properly.
- Prevent Hauptwerk's internal sample caching, configuration storage and other mechanisms from working for the edited sample set and potentially also others.
Most Hauptwerk audio and tremulant waveform samples contain special information which is not handled properly by the majority of audio editors (multiple sample loops, stored pitch information, etc.), and making changes to a sample in such audio editors may corrupt that information, preventing the sample from working properly with Hauptwerk.
Editing Hauptwerk's core components is also explicitly disallowed by the Hauptwerk licence agreement. Licence agreements for some third-party sample sets also explicitly disallow editing of their contents.
However, if you wish to try editing the St. Anne's sample set, you can do so by copying its installation package (ID 000002) to a new number in the 'user' ID range 800000-899999, copying its organ definition file to a new name and changing the ID in the organ definition file to a new number in the user ID range 800000-899999. Please only attempt this after ensuring you are thoroughly familiar with the contents of the Creating Sample Sets for Hauptwerk guide, and you do so at your own risk!
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