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Quick-start: stand-alone configuration Follow these instructions if you will be playing Hauptwerk 'live' from MIDI keyboards or an external MIDI organ console. Make sure that you have followed all of the installation steps in the installation section. Make sure that your MIDI interface and audio/sound interface are properly connected to the computer computer and powered up, and that your USB dongle licence key is attached to a USB port on the computer if you have purchased a licence for Hauptwerk. Connect the audio output from your audio/sound interface to some form of external amplification, such as a hi-fi system or headphones. Connect the MIDI output port on your MIDI keyboard or organ console to the MIDI input port on your computer using a genuine MIDI lead and any adapters that are necessary. Determine the MIDI channel on which the MIDI keyboard, or main manual of the organ console, is set to transmit, consulting the manual for the keyboard/organ if necessary. Run the stand-alone Hauptwerk configuration by double-clicking on the Hauptwerk (stand-alone) icon on your desktop. If you are asked whether you would like to optimise Hauptwerk for maximum realism or performance, respond according to your preference. The main Hauptwerk window should appear (appearances will vary a little depending on whether you are using an on Apple Mac computer or a Windows PC):
Go to General settings | Audio outputs from the menu. For the Audio output device setting, select the audio/sound interface that you have connected to the amplifier. On Windows PCs: selecting the entry for the correct native (manufacturer-supplied) driver for your audio interface is crucial to getting good performance with Hauptwerk. A native ASIO driver is usually best if available, otherwise choose a native DirectSound driver. The Creative series of sound cards are exceptions, since Creative's ASIO drivers are very restrictive. For Creative sound cards (only), please select Creative's DirectSound driver instead of their ASIO driver. Always avoid third-party or emulated drivers. Next verify or adjust the left and right device channel settings, ensuring that the audio output connections are selected that you have connected to your amplifier. For example:
Click OK. From the menu now choose General settings | MIDI input paths. In the left-hand pane, click on the 'Keyboards: div 2 (Great)' entry. For the MIDI input port, choose the computer's MIDI input port to which your external MIDI keyboard or console has been connected by the MIDI cable. Also change the MIDI channel setting to match the channel on which the MIDI keyboard or main keyboard of the MIDI organ is set to transmit, as determined previously:
Click OK. If an error message appears, indicating that two MIDI input paths have the same port and channel setting, then see which other input path is shown in the message, dismiss the message, and change the MIDI input channel for that path to an unused value, then OK the screen again. For example, if the message states that the 'Keyboards: div 2 (Great)' and 'Keyboards: div 3 (Swell)' have matching port and channel settings, then select the 'Keyboards: div 3 (Swell)' entry in the left-hand pane, and change its channel number. If you are using the Advanced Edition of Hauptwerk, or an evaluation copy, from the menu choose General settings | MIDI output paths. With the first entry selected in the left-hand browse list, for now ensure that its MIDI output port is set to a 'real' MIDI port that has no external MIDI hardware attached to it, and not to a software or hardware synthesizer (otherwise the synthesizer may be triggered when you change registration or play Hauptwerk). Repeat for each entry in the left-hand browse list:
Click OK. Sufficient configuration has now been performed to allow a sample set to be loaded and played from a single keyboard. From the menu, choose Organ | Load organ:
For the majority of audio interfaces, click on the StAnnesMoseley entry, then click OK. If, however, you are using a Creative Audigy interface in ASIO mode (not recommended) on a Windows PC, or another interface whose driver has a locked sample rate of 48 kHz, instead click on the StAnnesMoseley-ForLocked48kHzDrivers entry and click OK. After a brief pause a screen entitled Rank Audio Output Routing should appear. If you have at least 1 GB of memory installed in the computer, simply click OK. If not, assuming you have 512 MB of installed memory (the minimum required), select each Swell and Pedal rank in turn from the left-hand list, and change its Audio enabled? setting to 'No', repeat for the Noise 'ranks' (so that only the Great ranks remain enabled), then click OK:
The sample set should now load, which may take a few minutes, depending on the speed of your computer. The first time that a sample set is loaded, analysis and processing of the sample set data are performed, the results of which are saved to a special 'sample set data cache', so that each subsequent load is many times faster. However, if you change certain audio routing settings or general settings, Hauptwerk might need to perform such processing again to reflect the changes. This happens automatically when required. Options that cause regeneration of the sample set caches are clearly identified on the settings screens, and there are very few. Changing per-rank options via Organ | Load organ, adjusting rank audio output routing also causes the sample set data cache to be regenerated for the selected sample set. As soon as the sample set has finished loading, Hauptwerk will automatically attempt to start the audio and MIDI drivers/interfaces. If any errors occur relating to unsupported audio formats or sample rates, change the audio device selected on the General settings | Audio outputs screen, and adjust the audio channel configuration as necessary. Once the audio and MIDI systems are activated successfully, the St. Anne's organ console should appear:
Click on the 'OPEN DIAPASON LARGE 8' stop on the right-hand side of the console to engage it. Now click on a key on the lower of the two virtual manuals (keyboards), and hold it down. You should be able to hear the corresponding pipe sounding. If not, check the audio connections, that the amplifier is turned up, and, if necessary, check the settings on the General settings | Audio output screen. If the sound is breaking up or crackling whenever any pipe sounds, then first of all check that the audio connections and wiring are good. If so, with the sample set still loaded, go to General settings | Audio output. Try larger audio buffer size settings. The buffer size setting determines the delay between pressing a key and hearing the sound, termed the latency. Buffer sizes in the region of 1024 samples (the default) usually work well, but you can certainly use smaller buffer sizes to give a faster reponse (lower latency) if your hardware supports it, usually at the expense of a little polyphony. Most professional audio interfaces can manage a buffer size of 512 samples without a significant reduction in polyphony. On Windows PCs: some DirectSound drivers work well with certain specific small buffer sizes but not others. In general, manufacturer-supplied ASIO drivers, which are almost always available on professional audio interfaces, are to be preferred. Note also that some ASIO drivers only allow the buffer size to be adjusted via the manufacturer-supplied ASIO control panel. If Hauptwerk's buffer size setting is having no effect, click on the Show device control panel button and try adjusting the buffer size there. Note that the driver and the buffer size setting determine the latency, rather than Hauptwerk itself. Once you can hear the pipe correctly, release the virtual key, and try playing a key on your MIDI keyboard or the main manual of your MIDI organ console. If the MIDI connections and configuration are correct, you should see the virtual key responding, and hear the corresponding pipe. If not, check that the port and channel is specified correctly on the General settings | MIDI input paths screen. Also check the MIDI connections and wiring, and the MIDI output channel of your MIDI keyboard or organ. If you only have one MIDI keyboard, then the basic configuration is complete, and you are ready to use Hauptwerk. If you have have more MIDI keyboards or a MIDI pedalboard, use the General settings | MIDI input paths screen to configure the MIDI input ports and channels appropriately for the corresponding 'Keyboards: ...' objects, listed in the left-hand pane. If you have any MIDI continuous controller pedals, such as MIDI swell/expression pedals, with which you wish to control Hauptwerk's virtual swell and crescendo pedals, then go to General settings | Continuous control MIDI inputs from the menu. If you have a pedal that you wish to use as a swell pedal, select the 'Swells: div 3 (Swell)' entry in the left-hand pane:
Set the MIDI controller number to match the controller sent by the pedal. The most common controller numbers are:
If you have a MIDI pedal to use as a crescendo pedal, again using the General settings | Continuous control MIDI inputs screen, select the 'Crescendos: general' entry in the left-hand pane and select the MIDI input path (creating a new one, as for the swell pedal, if necessary) and controller number. If you have configured a swell or crescendo pedal, try moving the MIDI pedals. The corresponding virtual pedals on the screen should now move. Finally, please now make a backup of your Hauptwerk settings and data following the step-by-step 'How to make a backup' instructions in the backups section of the guide. Doing so should allow you to get your current settings back in case your computer ever needs to be re-installed in the future. |
