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Sample set-specific general options This section will give an overview of Hauptwerk's global configuration settings stored specifically for each sample set, accessible with the Organ settings | General options screen when the sample set in question is loaded:
We will not describe all of the individual settings on those screens here, since comprehensive documentation is available for each setting and screen by clicking on the pointer/question-mark icon immediately to the left of a screen's OK button:
... then clicking onto the screen background or a specific setting for a detailed explanation of its function. The General Settings tab The General Settings screen tab has various miscellaneous options:
The level adjustment setting is especially important, allowing you to balance the output levels of sample sets if you use more than one. As covered in the performance tuning section, for best audio quality this level should be set as high as possible without clipping (audio distortion) occurring. The default value is deliberately set quite low to try to ensure that no clipping will occur by default, even if your audio interface's output level is set too high. In particular, some interfaces have a consumer/professional level setting, which could cause clipping if set incorrectly. Combination set start-up mode allows you to specify a combination file which should be loaded automatically whenever the sample set is loaded. The Audio Engine tab
All of the options available here behave identically to their counterparts on the General settings | General options screen, and provide a means to override those global options individually for each sample set. If a feature is set to be disabled on either screen, then it will be disabled by Hauptwerk for the current sample set. If the polyphony limit is set to zero then the global limit is used, whereas any non-zero values takes precedence over the global limit. The detuning and randomisation adjustment settings allow aspects of Hauptwerk's physical models to be accentuated or suppressed. The Wind Supply Model tab
Hauptwerk's wind supply model uses fluid dynamics principles and equations to model the movements of air through a model of the wind supply system for an organ. The effects are to cause complex fluctuations and interactions in pipe speech and interactions between mechanical parts of the organ, such as its bellows, blower, regulators and so forth. The overall effects of the model can be emphasized or suppressed with this setting. The model can also be disabled entirely for the sample set, usually to reduce processing load. Note that Hauptwerk's wind supply model, and this tab, are currently not available to customers in the U.S.A. and are only available in the Advanced Edition of Hauptwerk. |
