Features
Hauptwerk allows you to experience the most realistic sounding virtual pipe organs, high quality original instruments, and maximum adaptability to the most current as well as older computers and hardware as well as nearly all digital organ consoles with MIDI output. Hauptwerk is constantly being developed and improved to maintain its status as the world's most advanced virtual pipe organ. View the features datasheet for an extensive list of Hauptwerk's complete features.
Key features:
Historical Instruments
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With Hauptwerk you can play the most realistic sounding virtual instruments and also experience musical history from many centuries and styles of organ building. Hauptwerk has an extensive library of instruments available from 3rd party developers capturing musical history from countries all over the world. Play a baroque organ one minute and change over to a romantic or theatre organ the next minute! View all instruments > |
State-of-the-art software
for state-of-the-art hardware
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Hauptwerk is fully-optimized for the latest generation of both Mac and PC computers and supports multi-core/multi processors as well as full 64-bit support on both PCs and Macs allowing access to more memory giving you ultimate performance. Hauptwerk also runs perfectly well on older computers while still offering powerful performance options. View requirements > |
Free Instrument Included
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The 1907 Brindley and Foster organ of St. Anne's, Moseley, Birmingham, England is included free with Hauptwerk to get you started right out of the box. The organ has been re-recorded for Hauptwerk 4 with all new samples in 24-bit stereo with multiple releases and multiple loops. This instrument contains 30 stops featuring chromatic pipe samples, expression pedal, blower noise, stop action noise, a fully adjustable 40 stage crescendo pedal, a photo-realistic console including displays optimized for dual touch screens, numerous playing aids and more! |
MIDI Learn
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MIDI learn offers a quick and easy set up for digital organ consoles without needing to know anything about MIDI or other complex MIDI settings. Simply right click on a virtual control then choose "Auto-detect" and Hauptwerk will "listen" to your hardware MIDI messages and assign the proper settings. Once finished you are ready to fully play and control the virtual organs with your organ console. Spend less time configuring and more time playing with MIDI Learn! |
Graphical User Interface Control Panels
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Several graphical control panels are available for use with touch screen or direct MIDI connections. Control panels make all of Hauptwerk's key functions readily accessible by touch and give clear visual feedback of all associated statuses. |
MIDI Recording
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Hauptwerk 4 comes with a native MIDI recorder allowing you to record your performances to MIDI files directly without the need for external MIDI sequencers. Even touch screens presses are captured to MIDI using Hauptwerk's special MIDI implementation allowing complete registrations to be recalled when playing back the recorded MIDI file. Using the Hauptwerk MIDI recorder allows users to share their recordings with other users that use the same instruments without the need for any special set up. Just load and play! |
Powerful Combination Systems
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Hauptwerk has an enormously powerful and flexible, fully-programmable combination system that works for all virtual organs. There's a 999-frame fully random-access stepper, 20 'master generals', 60 'master scoped combinations', a 4-bank 31-stage master crescendo, and a basic set of common 'master couplers' that can complement the couplers a virtual organ has natively. |
Mac and PC Audio Unit and VST Plug-in Links
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Audio Unit and VST plug-in links for Mac and PC are now standard in Hauptwerk 4. The Hauptwerk 3 Windows VSTi has been replaced with a new 'Hauptwerk VST Link' for Windows and OS X and a 'Hauptwerk AU Link' for OS X. Hauptwerk itself runs outside of your VST/AU host/sequencer and you just load the 'Hauptwerk VST/AU Link' in your sequencer. |
Professional Audio
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Hauptwerk supports up to 32-bit 96kHz audio sample resolution, Apple's Core Audio, and Steinberg's VST and ASIO technology - the standards for professional audio. Listen > |
Multiple Audio Output Support
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Hauptwerk supports up to 512 channels of audio offering complete freedom to route audio channels according to your requirements. Advanced settings are available for routing individual pipe ranks to various channels for the ultimate flexibility in sound reproduction. Expand your instrument over time and add more Hauptwerk outputs as you add more speakers. (Advanced Edition only). |
Pipe Voicing Controls
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Hauptwerk's pipe and rank voicing tools allow you to fully customize an instrument's tonal characteristics to your acoustical environment. Voicing tools include amplitude, tuning, EQ, tremulant/expression control and more. (Advanced Edition only). |
Multiple LCD Panel Support
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Hauptwerk supports multiple LCD panels which can show important information about the status of many controls including temperaments, transposition, organ loading, expression pedal positions, sequencer frame positions, audio and MIDI recording status and much more! This feature is invaluable for organ builders seeking to build a "headless" Hauptwerk system but that still require visual feedback from Hauptwerk. |
Console Zoom
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You can view the virtual console screen(s) in full-screen mode and consoles automatically zoom to make most efficient use of the screen space available. Some sample sets (including St. Anne's) support multiple orientations for their virtual consoles, for example allowing you to display virtual stop jambs conveniently on touch-screens mounted in portrait-format.
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Multiple Monitor Support
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Hauptwerk supports multiple monitor displays for use with two or more touch screens and other applications requiring more than one monitor display. Support for up to 16 display pages is available for organs that support it. (Advanced Edition only). |
Chromatic Pipe Recordings
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Hauptwerk has the advantage over nearly all other digital organs by using full-length natural pipe recordings sampled chromatically, note-for-note, from the original instrument. This retains the natural attack, sustain, release and decay of each pipe. Using long samples, some over 10 seconds, allows the pipe's tone to develop and the unique randomness of air flow to be fully retained. |
Digital Organ Compatible
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Hauptwerk has full, native support for the MIDI implementations found in most makes/models of digital/MIDI organs, allowing easy, fully-integrated control of Hauptwerk's keyboards, pistons, expression pedals and bi-directional control of stops, for hardware that supports it. The Hauptwerk MIDI implementation is extremely flexible, to cater for almost all available MIDI hardware. It's very quick and easy to set up, with no understanding of MIDI needed. |
