HauptwerkTM Version 2.00 Release Notice
January 2006
© Crumhorn Labs Ltd 2006
The most current source of information about Hauptwerk, known bugs etc., is the Crumhorn Labs website, which should also be consulted when required.
Overview
Hauptwerk version 2 supersedes version 1, and is now owned and developed by Crumhorn Labs Ltd., under the direction of Martin Dyde.
Version 2 has been rewritten from scratch, and includes many, many major new features aimed at provided the most realistic and best-performing model of an organ possible on current computer hardware, and to provide a solid foundation for future development for years to come.
Compatibility
This release includes only the full edition of Hauptwerk version 2. An edition with reduced funtionality is planned for an early post-2.00 version, in order to ensure that a simple and low-cost edition of Hauptwerk, with lesser computer hardwdare requirements, continues to be available for those who do not wish to invest in the full quality of Hauptwerk version 2, whilst maintaining full compatibility with its sample sets.
Hauptwerk version 1 is no longer being developed, but, for a period of time, version 1 is installed with version 2, and a licence for version 1 is included with a purchase of a version 2 licence to provide backwards compatibility with older sample sets. Hauptwerk version 1 will continue to be sold until the reduced edition of Hauptwerk version 2 is available.
Hauptwerk version 1 sample sets are not compatible with Hauptwerk version 2. Please contact the authors of any Hauptwerk version 1 sample sets that you may have for information about upgrading sample sets to version 2 format.
Installation
We very strongly recommend that you read the User Guide for Hauptwerk, which includes important prerequisites and installation instructions, and is included on the Hauptwerk CD and on-line on the Crumhorn Labs website before attempting to install Hauptwerk.
In particular, please ensure that you have Microsoft Direct-X version 9.0 or above installed (included on the CD), and at least 1 GB of memory, otherwise Hauptwerk's installer may not function correctly. Please also note that, depending on the speed of your CD/DVD drive, it may take several minutes for the installer to open after double-clicking on it, or for the installer file to appear in Windows Explorer, due to its size. During this time the drive activity light will remain lit.
Testing
This release has primarily been developed and tested on the following systems:
- Tyan K8WE motherboard with two AMD Opteron 275 processors (2.2 GHz, dual-core with 1 MB of level 2 cache per core), 4 GB of PC3200 memory distributed evenly between processors and memory channels, M-Audio Delta 2496 audio card, M-Audio 1010LT audio card, Creative SoundBlaster Audigy 2 sound card, Steinberg Midex 8 USB MIDI interface, Matrox Millennium P650 128 MB (PCIe, dual-head, digital/analogue) graphics card, Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition (32-bit).
- Tyan K8WE motherboard with two AMD Opteron 275 processors (2.2 GHz, dual-core with 1 MB of level 2 cache per core), 4 GB of PC3200 memory distributed evenly between processors and memory channels, Creative SoundBlaster Audigy 2 sound card, Steinberg Midex 8 USB MIDI interface, Matrox Millennium P650 128 MB (PCIe, dual-head, digital/analogue) graphics card, Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition (64-bit).
- ASUS P4T motherboard, Pentium 4, 2.8 GHz processor with 512 KB of level 2 cache, 1.5 GB of RDRAM memory, Echo Audio Darla 20 audio card, M-Audio Delta 2496 audio card, Creative SoundBlaster Audigy 2 sound card, Steinberg Midex 8 USB MIDI interface, Matrox Millennium G400 AGP graphics card, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (32-bit).
- MSI MS-6741 motherboard, AMD Athlon 64 3000+ processor (2.0 GHz, 512 KB of level 2 cache), 512 MB of PC2700 memory, Creative SoundBlaster Audigy 2 sound card, Radeon 7000-series AGP graphics card, Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition (32-bit).
Additional beta testing has been carried out by third parties on many other systems, old and new.
Changes to Hauptwerk
Please note that enhancement and bug numbers refer to the corresponding pages on the website.
Changes in version 2.00
Changes between Hauptwerk version 1 and version 2 are not listed in this release notice, since they are so extensive. Hauptwerk version 2 is considered to be a completely new product which supersedes version 1. Please consult the list of features on the Crumhorn Labs website for information about new features in version 2.