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Hauptwerk feature comparisons
Editions
There are two editions of Hauptwerk:
- The Advanced Edition, which contains all functionality. The features page lists all of its features.
- The Basic Edition, which has a subset of the functionality of the Advanced Edition for those on a tighter budget.
The Basic Edition is functionally identical to the Advanced Edition, except for the following limitations:
- Its polyphony is restricted to 1024 simultaneous voices (pipes). To work out how much polyphony you're likely to want, see this page.
- No multi-channel audio output facilities.
- No multi-monitor/multi-touchscreen support.
- No MIDI output facilities
- No user per-pipe real-time voicing facilities.
- No wind supply model.
Key new features in version 3 above version 2
You can find the full list of differences between version 3 and version 2 in the current Hauptwerk release notice. A few of the highlights are:
- Platforms: Microsoft Windows Vista fully supported (32 and 64-bit).
- Platforms: Apple Mac OS X Leopard (10.5) fully supported.
- Performance: new ultra-fast sample set loading mechanism loads organs in a fraction of the time (new in version 3.10).
- Performance: optimisations can give 15-30 percent higher polyphony from existing hardware (subject to edition).
- Performance: much more advanced and resilient built-in audio recording system.
- Performance: additional per-rank 20 and 14-bit options for sample resolution in memory, saving memory over 24 and 16-bit.
- Performance: various new per-rank memory saving options, e.g. disable multiple releases.
- Performance: sample set caches rarely need regenerating when installing/uninstalling/upgrading/importing (new in version 3.10).
- Performance: ultra-fast combination loading (new in version 3.10).
- Performance: tremulant model uses much less processing power, especially for large theatre organs (new in version 3.10).
- Functionality: multi-monitor / multi-touchscreen support (Advanced Edition only).
- Functionality: St. Anne's sample set virtual console has new left and right stop jamb pages.
- Functionality: enormously more flexible Custom Organ Design Module, including support for fully-customisable graphical consoles and theatre organ features.
- Voicing: per-pipe parametric EQ adjustments (Advanced Edition only).
- Voicing: per-pipe stereo balance adjustments (Advanced Edition only).
- Voicing: per-pipe voicing screen optimised for touchscreen use (Advanced Edition only).
- Voicing: master per-rank voicing controls (Advanced Edition only).
- Voicing: change registrations with mouse/touchscreen without closing voicing screen (Advanced Edition only).
- Voicing: voicing adjustment ranges increased (Advanced Edition only).
- Voicing: various other very handy usability enhancements (Advanced Edition only).
- Functionality: new native settings/data backup/restore functionality (new in version 3.10).
- Functionality: maximum polyphony increased to 32768 (Advanced Edition only).
- Functionality: control several virtual controls from a single MIDI control.
- Functionality: much more advanced bass and melody couplers.
- Functionality: automatic MIDI feedback detection.
- Functionality: improved launching on computer boot.
- Concert Edition renamed to Advanced Edition, Studio Edition renamed to Basic Edition (no loss of functionality).
... plus many other smaller but very useful functionality, performance, and usability enhancements. Please see also the Hauptwerk versions page for more details about releases and upgrading.
Upgrades and new licences can be ordered on the Crumhorn Labs on-line shop. In particular, there are some special offers on Hauptwerk licence upgrades, which will only be available until the end of July 2008.
Key new features in version 3 above version 1
Hauptwerk was completely rewritten for version 2 and above and most of its features are new in comparison. Please see the features page for a list of all of the features in the current version of Hauptwerk.
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