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Nouveautés chez Crumhorn Labs et Hauptwerk
Note: La traduction en français du site ayant été faite début février 2008, cette liste ne remonte guère plus loin, car cela n'a guère semblé utile.
29 juillet 2008: La version 3.11 de Hauptwerk est sortie: Consultez s'il-vous-plaît la Notice de réalisation de Hauptwerk 3.11 pour plus d'informations détaillées sur ce qu'elle apporte. Il s'agit d'une mise à jour gratuite (en téléchargement) si vous avez déjà une licence pour Hauptwerk 3. Nous vous offrons une fois de plus une promotion sur la mise à jour sur la boutique en ligne de Crumhorn Labs, valable uniquement jusqu'à 20 août 2008. Vous pouvez télécharger la version 3.11 du logiciel sur notre page des téléchargements. Nous conseillons vivement à tous els utilisateurs de la version 3 de faire cette mise à jour.
16 juillet 2008: La banque de sons gratuite de l'orgue paroissial australien de Nicholas Appleton / Bob Collins est disponible au téléchargement: Nous remercions Nicholas et Bob d'avoir mis à notre disposition la banque de sons de l'église anglicane de St. Stephen, en libre téléchargement, pour les utilisateurs de Hauptwerk version 3, sur notre page des téléchargements d'orgues.
11 juillet 2008: La version 3.10 de Hauptwerk est sortie: Nous sommes ravis de vous annoncer que la version 3.10 est disponible dès à présent. Consultez s'il-vous-plaît la Notice de réalisation de Hauptwerk 3.10 pour plus d'informations détaillées sur ce qu'elle apporte. Il s'agit d'une mise à jour gratuite (en téléchargement) si vous avez déjà une licence pour Hauptwerk 3. Nous vous offrons une fois de plus une promotion sur la mise à jour, valable uniquement jusqu'à la fin du mois de juillet 2008. Vous pouvez télécharger la version 3.10 du logiciel sur notre page des téléchargements. Nous espérons que vous l'aimerez.
10 juillet 2008: Banque de sons de l'orgue français de Forcalquier, disponible chez Sonus Paradisi: Consultez S.V.P. le site web de Sonus Paradisi pour plus d'informations.
03 juin 2008: Banque de sons de l'orgue Albertus Hinsz de 1734, Petruskerk, Leens, Holande, disponible chez Sygsoft / Hauptwerk.nl: Consultez S.V.P. le site web de Sygsoft / Hauptwerk.nl pour plus d'informations.
30 avril 2008: Dans la série Masterworks, nouvelle version 'sèche' de la banque de sons E. M. Skinner, disponible chez Milan Digital Audio: Consultez S.V.P. le site web de Milan Digital Audio pour plus d'informations.
09 avril 2008: la banque de sons de l'orgue de théâtre/cinéma 3/35 est disponible chez KeyMedia Productions: La suite de la série Connoisseur de Neil Jensen's Connoisseur, le Pack d'extension 3/35 des KeyMedia Productions, est maintenant disponible. Contactez SVP les KeyMedia Productions pour toute question ou commande.
16 mars 2008: les traductions en français du site web de Crumhorn Labs et du guide l'utilisateur de Hauptwerk sont à présent en ligne. Pour accéder au site web de Crumhorn Labs en français, cliquez s'il-vous-plaît sur le drapeau français se trouvant dans la barre de menu, en haut de l'écran. La totalité du site web principal est disponible actuellement en français (avec les mêmes rubriques que sur le site anglais) et le guide de l'utilisateur de Hauptwerk en français est maintenant disponible, en ligne et au téléchargement. Important: le logiciel Hauptwerk lui-même, notre forum et la boutique en ligne ne sont actuellement disponibles uniquement qu'en anglais, et Crumhorn Labs ne peut vous fournir d'assistance qu'en langue anglaise. Consultez également notre liste de revendeurs et distributeurs pour tout achat ou assistance en d'autres langues que l'anglais. Notez en particulier que, EMA est le distributeur de Hauptwerk en France. Nous sommes extrêmement reconnaissant à Gérard Lefranc pour son travail de traduction.
13 mars 2008: Milan Digital Audio est à présent revendeur de Hauptwerk pour les U.S.A. et 1874 Schyven / van Bever, Église Notre Dame de Laeken, Bruxelles, Belgique est disponible chez Pipeloops. Hauptwerk peut également être commandé via Milan Digital Audio aux USA, avec des remises sur divers regroupements, une expédition plus rapide aux USA, et l'acceptation de règlements en US dollars. La grosse banque de sons de Notre Dame de Laeken a également été faite par Pipeloops. Elle est basée sur des enregistrements originaux de Peter Ewers, effectués initialement pour GigaStudio et elle offre à la fois des échantillons de combinaisons et de jeux individuel. Tous les jeux utilisent un échantillonnage à relâchement multiples, ce qui procure une acoustique spatiale très réaliste, même lors d'exécutions rapides. Consultez SVP le sit web de Pipeloops pour plus de détails.
05 mars 2008: Le site de téléchargement de Hauptwerk est accessible à présent depuis le menu principal. Si vous souhaitez télécharger la dernière version du logiciel Hauptwerk (pour une évaluation ou la mise à jour de votre installation actuelle) il n'est plus nécessaire de passer commande dans la boutique en ligne. À la place, visitez SVP la page Téléchargements.
30 janvier 2008: Mise à jour de l'état du port 64-bit de Hauptwerk pour Mac OS X Leopard: la version 3 de Hauptwerk est parfaitement acceptée par Leopard, mais elle n'est toujours pas une application 64-bit sur la plate-forme Mac. Nous avons le projet de sortir une version de Hauptwerk pour Leopard qui soit nativement 64-bit, ce qui permettrait de dépasser la limite de 4 Go pour le chargement des banques de sons et autoriserait l'utilisation de très grandes banques de sons sur la plate-forme Mac. Bien que Leopard ait été annoncé comme totalement 64-bit Apple, malheureusement pour nous, a fait savoir très peu de temps avant le lancement de Leopard qu'une partie importante de ce système (les 'Carbon API') ne serait pas incluse dans la version initiale de Leopard. Or c'est précisément à cette 'boîte à outils' particulière que Hauptwerk fait directement appel pour son interface utilisateurs. Nous voici en janvier/février 2008 et il apparaît très peu probable que Apple apporte un port 64-bit à cette partie de OS X dans une prochaine version. Cela nous oblige à attendre que la bibliothèque multi-plateforme à laquelle Hauptwerk fait appel pour son interface porte les carbon API vers les 'Cocoa API' (qui ont actuellement un port 64-bit dans Leopard). Ce port est considéré comme une priorité par les développeurs de la bibliothèque multi-plateforme, mais il s'agit d'une vaste tâche et il semble peu probable quelle soit achevée avant la seconde moité de 2008. Nous espérons être en mesure de vous apporter une version 64-bit de Hauptwerk pour OS X assez rapidement après que la mise à jour de cette bibliothèque soit achevée. Nous vous tiendrons au courant de tout cela dès que nous en saurons plus nous même. Pour d'autres informations techniques, voyez SVP cette page et cette page. Nous vous prions de bien vouloir nous excuser de ce retard involontaire et vous remercions de votre patience.
05 décembre 2007: Nouvelle banque de sons d'un grand orgue Cavaillé-Coll chez Milan Digital Audio pour la version 3 de Hauptwerk l'instrument virtuel Notre Dame de Metz est maintenant en cours d'expédition. Des échantillons de relâchements multiples ont été utilisés pour apporter du réalisme lors d'exécutions alternant les passages lents et rapides dans un accoustique aussi généreuse.
8 novembre 2007: 1741 Nouvelles banques de sons au format Hauptwerk v2+ des orgues de salon Christian Müller et d'un positif chèque moderne: le premier par une société tierce Hauptwerk.nl project, et le second de la société tierce Hauptwerk.cz project.
02 novembre 2007: sortie de la version 3 de Hauptwerk: Nous sommes ravis de vous annoncer la sortie de la version 3. Commencez par consulter SVP les sections suivantes de notre site web, pour plus d'informations:
Comme toujours, les mises à jour et les nouvelles licences peuvent être commandées sur la boutique en ligne Crumhorn Labs on-line shop Vous y trouverez en particulier quelques offres très, très particulières de mises à jourqui ne seront proposées que jusqu'à fin novembre 2007. Nous informerons par mail tous nos clients actuels des modalités de téléchargement, mais vous pouvez aussi commander gratuitement la 'mise à jour/version de démo de Hauptwerk' en la téléchargeant sur notre boutique en ligne. Nous espérons que vous apprécierez!
Autre nouveauté: L'orgue Duurswoude 1723 F.C. Schnitger est disponible maintenant chez OrganART Media: Consultez SVP le site web de OrganART Media pour plus de détails, des démos et commander. C'est la première banque de sons qui comporte à la fois des échantillons de relâchements multiples, pour une accoustique très réaliste, et des échantillons d'attaques multiples pour une reproduction très vivante de la traction.
28 October 2007: Important information about Hauptwerk support on the new Mac OS X 10.5 'Leopard': The current version of Hauptwerk (version 2.21) does not work properly on the new version of OS X (10.5, aka Leopard), which was released on 26 October 2007. Hence we strongly advise against upgrading your Mac to Leopard if you want to use Hauptwerk on it. We have been working on support for Leopard as a matter of the highest possible priority, and we do now have a new version of Hauptwerk which works fully on Leopard. We hope to release that new version very early in November 2007. Full recommendations for audio and MIDI interfaces under Leopard, and other details about that release will be made available as soon as we can.
15 October 2007: Modern Dutch van Leeuwen sample set from Bolnes, Holland now available in Hauptwerk 2 format: A new sample set of a modern Dutch organ is now available in native Hauptwerk version 2 format from the third-party Hauptwerk.nl project.
02 September 2007: Dry Canadian Casavant sample set now available in Hauptwerk v2 format from Exemplum Organum: Please see the Exemplum Organum website for more details.
17 August 2007: 3/27 theatre/cinema organ sample set available from KeyMedia Productions: The next in Neil Jensen's Connoisseur Series is the 3/27 Expansion Pack from KeyMedia Productions, now available. Please contact KeyMedia Productions with any enquiries and to order.
10 August 2007: Two recent sample set releases in Hauptwerk v2 format: The Litomysl cathedral, Czech Republic (dry version) from the third-party Hauptwerk.cz project and St. Klemens, Ledziny, Poland from Virtuelle Pfeifen (Poland).
04 July 2007: OrganART Media Aix Ducroquet-Cavaillé-Coll now available with multiple releases for all ranks. The Ducroquet-Cavaillé-Coll sample set now has multiple releases for all ranks (previously only reeds), giving extremely realistic release handling for the whole organ.
02 July 2007: New large theatre organ sample sets released for Hauptwerk: the Milan Digital Audio MasterWorks 3-31 and Neil Jensen's Connoisseur Series 3/11 and 3/19 from KeyMedia Productions. If you're a theatre organ fan, we definitely recommend you have a look at these!
21 June 2007: Crumhorn Labs office move completed. Crumhorn Labs has relocated successfully. Please click here for our new postal address.
17 June 2007: Crumhorn Labs office move. Crumhorn Labs is relocating and we expect to be unable to despatch orders, respond to email or forum posts or activate new forum accounts between midday Monday 18 June 2007 and the evening of Wednesday 20 June 2007 if all goes according to plan. Orders and email sent during that time will be processed as soon as possible after Wednesday 20 June, but if there are large volumes of email it might take a day or two for us to catch up again. If you need help during that period, please try a post to the website forum, or if you have an urgent problem please contact Milan Digital Audio, who are kindly providing emergency cover for us. Thanks for your patience.
07 May 2007: Arp Schnitger sample set from Eenum, Groningen, Holland now available in Hauptwerk 2 format. The historic Eenum organ is now available in native Hauptwerk version 2 format from the third-party Hauptwerk.nl project.
06 May 2007: 1846 Cavaillé-Coll sample set of Èglise de la Sainte-Madeleine, Paris available from Pipeloops. This is a different style of sample set, providing a few combinations of stops sampled together, making it possible to get the sound of a large organ whilst using only a small amount of memory. A trial version can be downloaded from our organ downloads page.
22 March 2007: New St. Carlo and clavichord sample sets from Sonus Paradisi launched and available as evaluation download. The St. Carlo sample set is the first from Sonus Paradisi to feature multiple release samples, giving a much more realistic virtual acoustic handling for fast playing. The new clavichord also features multiple velocity layers as well as multiple release samples. Both are available for evaluation download from our organ downloads page.
11 March 2007: 1680 Arp Schnitger sample set from Cappel, Germany available in Hauptwerk 2 format from Milan Digital Audio, fully optimised for Hauptwerk version 2, including multiple sample loops, 24-bit 48 kHz samples and complex wind supply model with physically-modelled wedge bellows (the wind supply model is only available in the Concert Edition, and not in the U.S.A.). Please see the Milan Digital Audio website for full details.
03 March 2007: St. Maximin sample set available from Sonus Paradisi for Hauptwerk version 2. Full details can be found on the Sonus Paradisi website.
10 February 2007: various new third-party products: Custom Organ Design Module GUI interface software for Hauptwerk 2, Arp Schnitger sample set, free Australian organ sample set (both Hauptwerk 1 format only). A very useful new GUI editor for the Hauptwerk version 2 Custom Organ Design Module format has been created by Uwe Mahnken called Principal. The third-party Hauptwerk.nl project has also released a sample set of the Arp Schnitger organ of Eenum, Holland, initially in Hauptwerk version 1 format only, but with a native Hauptwerk version 2 format to follow in a few months time. A free Hauptwerk version 1 sample set of an Australian parish church organ is also available from Nicholas Appleton. Please note that Hauptwerk version 2 can import version 1 sample sets.
20 January 2007: Three new English organ sample sets from Lavender Audio and new organ downloads area on our website. Lavender Audio is a new venture producing sample sets of interesting and varied organs from around the U.K. They have three sample sets on offer initial, sold on a shareware basis, two of which may be downloaded from our brand new organ downloads area. We hope you find this new facility useful and hope to expand it with additional sample sets in the future.
29 December 2006: Hauptwerk 2 version of the St. Marienkirche Silbermann organ sample set now available from Milan Digital Audio, fully optimised for Hauptwerk version 2, including multiple sample loops and 24-bit 48 kHz samples. Please see the Milan Digital Audio website for details.
16 December 2006: New modern Dutch organ sample set available from Hauptwerk.nl. A new Hauptwerk version 1 sample set is available from the third-paty Hauptwerk.nl project in the Netherlands.
12 December 2006: Hauptwerk 2.21 patch released and Bosch-Schnitger sample set available from OrganART Media. Various bug-fixes are included in version 2.21. Please see the Hauptwerk versions page for more details. It is available on CD or for download if you already have a licensed or evaluation copy of any Hauptwerk 2 version. Please see the downloads page for more details. Also released recently: a sample set by OrganART Media of the 1686/1720 Bosch-Schnitger, St. Nikolaas Kerk Vollenhove/Overijssel, The Netherlands, being the first sample set for Hauptwerk 2 to use multiple release samples for every pipe, and giving extremely realistic handling for short notes. Please see the OrganART Media website for details.
07 November 2006: Hauptwerk version 2.20 released, including first version of Hauptwerk for Apple Mac OS X. We're very happy to announce the long-awaited Mac OS X port of Hauptwerk, included in version 2.20. The primary focus of the release has been to produce a version of Hauptwerk for Apple Mac computers (both Intel and PowerPC G4/G5) running OS X 10.4 or later. However, various significant performance and usability enhancements are also included for all platforms, as well as many other minor enhancements and some bug fixes. Please have a look at the release notice for more details. You can also find some screenshots in the screenshots section.
We've found performance to be so good with the new Intel Macs and Mac OS X that they are our primary recommendation for a new computer to run Hauptwerk is now an Intel Mac. A licence for Hauptwerk covers both Macs and PCs, so there is no licence cross-grade charge if you decide to move to a Mac. Don't worry if you're a Windows user; Hauptwerk will continue to be supported and developed for the PC as much as ever - it is just that we would recommend a Mac when asked which platform is best for Hauptwerk.
We hope that there will be something for everybody in version 2.20; there are lots of improvements for Windows users as well as the new Mac port.
29 October 2006: Hauptwerk 2 version of the St. Georgenkirche Silbermann organ sample set now available from Milan Digital Audio. Please see the Milan Digital Audio website for details.
03 October 2006: Major new version of Oberwerk organ design software available from Dr. Yves Petit-Clerc and Milan Digital Audio. Oberwerk includes a 150+ rank library of 'dry' samples and a drag-and-drop organ design interface with which to build your own Hauptwerk organs quickly and easily. The new Oberwerk version 2 allows full use to be made of all of Hauptwerk 2's native features (MIDI output, etc.), has a touch screen-optimised display, and many other major enhancements. See the Milan Digital Audio website for full details.
02 August 2006: Hauptwerk 2 version of the E. M. Skinner organ sample set now available from Milan Digital Audio. The long-awaited Hauptwerk 2 port of the mighty Milan Digital Audio Skinner organ sample set is now available, designed to make full use of Hauptwerk 2's facilities. Please see the Milan Digital Audio website for details.
24 July 2006: Free harpsichord from Hauptwerk.nl now available in Hauptwerk version 2 format. The excellent free harpsichord from the third-paty Hauptwerk.nl project in the Netherlands is now available for download in Hauptwerk version 2 format. Thanks to all involved.
08 July 2006: Hauptwerk 2 versions of several sample sets available from OrganART Media and one from Silver Octopus Studios. Three of the OrganArt Media sample sets are now available in Hauptwerk 2 format, designed to take full advantage of the new features available in version 2. The 36-stop Romantic Organ dry sample set from Silver Octopus Studios is now also available in version 2 format. Please see the OrganArt Media and Silver Octopus Studios websites for full details.
08 July 2006: Hauptwerk 2.11 patch released. Various bug-fixes and a few minor enhancements are included. Please see the Hauptwerk versions page for more details. It is available on CD or for download if you already have a licensed copy of version 2.10, or an evaluation copy of 2.00, 2.01, 2.02 or 2.10. Please see the downloads page for more details.
14 June 2006: Hauptwerk version 2.10 released, including new lower-cost Studio Edition. We are very pleased indeed to announce the availability of Hauptwerk version 2.10, which includes many major new features, such as real-time per-pipe voicing facilities, many major performance and usability enhancements, the new lower-cost Studio edition, the ability to import version 1 sample sets and much more. Please have a look at the release notice for more details.
From Hauptwerk version 2.10 onwards two editions of Hauptwerk are available: the Concert Edition, which contains all functionality, and the Studio Edition, intended for home and practice use and also as a very affordable upgrade for users of Hauptwerk version 1 or newcomers to Hauptwerk. The Studio edition has its polyphony restricted to 1024 simultaneous voices (pipes), no multi-channel audio output facilities, no MIDI output, no user per-pipe real-time voicing facilities and no wind supply model, but in all other regards is identical to the Concert Edition.
Also from version 2.10 onwards, Hauptwerk can import version 1 sample sets natively. Since version 2 now outperforms version 1 in every way, is fully backwardly compatible, hugely more powerful and realistic, and with an edition available at a modest price, version 1 has now been discontinued. We will, of course, continue to support version 1, but it will not be sold or developed any further, since version 2.10 now renders it obsolete.
Hauptwerk now uses a hardware-based USB dongle licensing system and we will be contacting all licensed version 2 users in the next few days to arrange to send dongles and 2.10 CDs to them free of charge. Owners of evaluation CDs will be able to download an evaluation-only 2.10 download patch and will be contacted shortly with the download details, or order the CD via the on-line shop.
Please note that there may some delays in processing orders and responding to emails over the next few days since we will be very busy handling the upgrade CDs and dongles. Please bear with us!
Also coming soon: a Mac OS X port, lots more work on simplifying and easing the process of configuring Hauptwerk, more flexibility for the Custom Organ Design Module, plus the usual stream of usability and performance improvements and bug fixes.
Thanks as always for your continued support, and we hope you enjoy version 2.10.
Martin Dyde,
Director, Crumhorn Labs Ltd.
03 June 2006: New sample set available in Hauptwerk version 1 format from Hauptwerk.pl. The third-party Hauptwerk.pl project has a new sample set available in version 1 format: the 1950 Emmanuel Kemper, St. Stanislaw Kostka, Pila, Poland. Please contact them with any enquiries.
27 May 2006: Free harpsichord available in Hauptwerk version 1 format from Hauptwerk.nl. Hauptwerk.nl is a new third-party project dedicated to Hauptwerk in the Netherlands, and a harpsichord sample set is now available for free download in Hauptwerk version 1 format, with a version 2 port expected in the autumn.
09 May 2006: German e-book available, including German translation of Hauptwerk user guide. A third-party e-book called the eOrganum für Hauptwerk 2 is available for purchase on CD-ROM from Orgelbits, including a German translation of the key Hauptwerk version 2 documentation plus lots of surrounding information.
08 May 2006: Hauptwerk version 2 edition of 1784 Adam Ehrlich sample set from Prospectum. Prospectum now have the historical Adam Ehrlich sample set available in Hauptwerk version 2 format. Please contact them via their website with any enquiries.
24 April 2006: New third-party project sampling Polish organs, and first Polish sample set. Hauptwerk.pl is a new third-party project producing Hauptwerk sample sets of organs in Poland. Their first instrument is a sample set of the 1920 Paul Voelkner, Bromberg, Poland, a 32-stop romantic instrument. It is currently only available in Hauptwerk version 1 format, but they are working on a version 2 port. Please contact them via their website with enquiries.
12 April 2006: New 'Oberwerk' organ design software for Hauptwerk 2, including 152-rank 'Compenius II' sample set. A very easy-to-use organ design tool for Hauptwerk version 2 is now available from Dr. Yves Petit-Clerc, allowing ranks from the included huge 152-rank Compenius II sample library to be assigned to divisions and their levels adjusted in moments. The software is available via Milan Digital Audio.
10 April 2006: Hauptwerk version 2 edition of 3-manual American organ sample set and new virtual steamboat calliope. The Hauptwerk version 2 edition of Evensong Music (Jonathan Orwig)'s three-manual American organ sample set is now available. Please contact Jonathan with any enquiries. Dr. Reiner Suikat of Pipeloops has also created the first virtual steamboat calliope for Hauptwerk versions 2 and 1, which can be downloaded from the Pipeloops website and is very modestly priced.
15 March 2006: New 1762 Spanish Bosch organ sample set from Sonus Paradisi. An amazing new historical Spanish instrument from Sonus Paradisi, and the first Spanish organ in Hauptwerk version 2 format, is now available: the 1762 Jordi Bosch organ of Santanyi, Mallorca, Spain. Please contact Sonus Paradisi with enquiries.
06 March 2006: Hauptwerk 2.02 patch released. Some bug-fixes and minor enhancements are included plus some significant performance optimisations (including a new optimised version for Pentium III and Athlon XP processors) and it is recommended that all users of version 2.00 or 2.01 update as soon as possible. Please see the Hauptwerk versions page for more details. It is available on CD or for download if you already have a version 2.00 or 2.01 CD; see the downloads page.
08 February 2006: Hauptwerk 2.01 patch released. Various key bug-fixes are included and it is recommended that all users of version 2.00 update as soon as possible. Please see the Hauptwerk versions page for more details. It is available on CD or for download if you already have a version 2.00 CD; see the downloads page.
01 February 2006: First free third-party sample set available for Hauptwerk version 2. Christian Datzko's small but excellent Dieter Ott practice organ sample set is now available for free download in Hauptwerk version 2 format, kindly ported by Dr. Reiner Suikat's Pipeloops service.
28 January 2006: First theatre organ / cinema organ sample set available for Hauptwerk version 2. Milan Digital Audio has unveiled the world's first virtual theatre organ sample set in Hauptwerk version 2 format, the virtual 1921 WurliTzer organ from the Virginia Theatre, Champaign, Illinois, accurately modelled and fully functional down to every last detail (sustainers, second touch, percussion, toy counter, rich vibrant tremulants, unification, etc.). It's a great pleasure for us to see all of Hauptwerk version 2's new features used to such good effect, and to bring Hauptwerk to a completely different sphere of organ culture.
05 January 2006: Hauptwerk version 2 released and Crumhorn Labs officially launched. Finally, after a good few thousands of hours of work, much patience from all sides, terrifying amounts of money, and not a little love and dedication from everybody involved, I am truly delighted to announce that Hauptwerk version 2 is available for sale. From version 2 onwards, Hauptwerk will be produced and sold by Crumhorn Labs, a new U.K. company of which I am a director, and will be available through this website. On behalf of Crumhorn Labs and everybody involved in version 2, I hope you enjoy using version 2 as much as we have enjoyed working on it. Please browse around this website for more details about version 2 and Crumhorn Labs.
Whilst we had previously intended to stop selling Hauptwerk version 1 after version 2 was released, we have recently been contacted by many people who want a low-cost organ system to continue, aimed at low-cost hardware, in preference to higher quality and cost. Since we value all of our customers, we have decided to continue selling Hauptwerk version 1 as a temporary measure, whilst developing a reduced edition of Hauptwerk version 2 for release soon, as our top priority, with most of the new high-end features disabled and some additional options to give a performance similar to or better than Hauptwerk version 1 on older computers, including memory compression and non-interpolated (fixed-pitch) sample play-back. All extra optimisations will of course also be available as options in the full Hauptwerk version 2 edition. The exact list of version 2 features to be included or disabled will be decided and published in the near future. However, the new reduced version will use the version 2 sample set format, will include the full graphical console and controls, ASIO support for low latency, but in most other regards will be fairly similar to version 1 in features, with a few key improvements.
We would also like to emphasise that Hauptwerk version 2 does not need very expensive computer hardware in order to perform very well, and that we have put at least as much effort into providing a higher core quality of results and realism as we have into providing features for use in or with digital organs. If you have a PC with at least a 2 GHz processor and 1 GB of memory, then you have all the hardware you need to get excellent results from Hauptwerk version 2 using really quite large organ sample sets. To demonstrate this, we recorded all of the audio demos on a PC with an old, low-cost 2.8 GHz processor and 1.5 GB of memory.
We very much hope you like the full edition of version 2, and hope you'll agree it has been worth the wait, and the increased price, whatever you wish to use it for, and whatever hardware you may have. If you have any doubts, we encourage you to order an evaluation copy from our on-line shop, the cost of which can be redeemed against a the cost of a licence if you decide to buy one.
We have also taken this website move as an opportunity to clear out all of the old news going back to Hauptwerk's launch in 2003, and only to move across web content that is relevant to the current versions. The forum, however, has been brought across in its entirety, and those of you who are new to Hauptwerk can glean something of its history from there.
We will shortly start working on the low-cost reduced edition of Hauptwerk for version 2.10, with comprehensive per-pipe voicing facilities, a graphical interface for the Custom Organ Design Module, a Mac OS X port and real-time impulse response convolver (reverberation) as high-priority major enhancements planned for further coming releases.
Once again, thank you for your interest in Hauptwerk, and we hope you enjoy version 2.
Martin Dyde,
Director, Crumhorn Labs Ltd.
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