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#2
David

I take the point that the software is complex, and places quite high demands on computers, but this is how it obtains its excellent results and caters for (eg) multi-channel sound systems. I have 10 channels for a few stops on the hybrid organ in church, which work very well in the context. Once you see the logic, the setting up all does work well, but this can be tricky, even though the documentation is detailed and comprehensive.  On the other hand, a small to medium sized organ running into stereo speakers, perhaps with a sub, will run on an i3 laptop with 4 GB RAM with only an ASIO capable soundcard (eg Behringer under £20). Hardly extreme!

BTW many HW sample sets, including some Milan ones, do support the real instrument.

I've also sent you a link by PM.

Regards
Ian
#3
David

I have no connection with Hauptwerk other than being a long term satisfied user, both at home and with some electronic ranks for the pipe organ in church.

I have to disagree with your comments, especially as the forum continues to offer good support (much of it at present by the software designer), and a well-known independent consultant has been appointed as support manager. There is also a new customer service manager.

Your problem with version 4.1 / 4.2 is easy to solve. If you have a version 4 dongle, you simply download the newer version.
http://www.downloadhauptwerk.com/win

You will know that version 5 is now available, and this is at a cost - as all major version number updates have been. There are a few steps that need to be taken to use certain sample sets  created for previous versions, but these are relatively straightforward. Support has been freely available.

I have tried other organ software, and I have to say that none of it compares in terms of quality of sound and realism.

Regards
Ian
#4
Organ concerts / Lunchtime organ concert
April 24, 2016, 08:52:53 PM
The Parish Church of St Hilda, Abbess of Hartlepool

Gordon Stewart (organ)
Lunchtime recital (12.20 pm) £6 including lunch
Reserve tickets - music@hartlepool-sthilda.org.uk

The original organ is an 1871 Conacher 3 manual, rebuilt in 1990 and expanded with Bradford system electronics. The electronics were replaced in 2010 with Hauptwerk running Willis samples from Silver Octopus.

http://www.hartlepool-sthilda.org.uk
#6
Organ concerts / Great North Organ Day
March 09, 2014, 08:26:28 PM
The Great North Organ Day will take place on 17th May 2014 in Newcastle upon Tyne UK.
Recital, masterclasses, tuition, 2 cathedral organs, WOOFYT, Viscount, Phoenix, Rogers, Hauptwerk and more!
See http://www.greatnorthorganday.co.uk

Ian
http://www.hartlepool-sthilda.org.uk
#7
St Oswald, Hartlepool really is unplayable. The blower (and its chamber) were removed some time ago. The good news is that most of the organ is still there, and I don't think it's been interfered with much. However, it would be a full restoration project; I'm told very little of it still worked the last time it was heard probably 30 years ago. They had a Livingston electronic for years, and now there's a Makin.

Ian
www.hartlepool-sthilda.org.uk
#8
OK, I didn't give a full tourist guide; but Durham Cathedral is part of the world heritage site that I did mention, and the railway is an additional feature to the actual NY moors. And, believe it or not, there are many other places in the NE well worth a visit on your way (?) to the Lake District. Then you could overshoot a bit and go on to Carlisle Cathedral.
Returning to organs, though - yes, Newcastle City Hall organ is in a sad state, and well worth restoring. I played it a few times many years ago. Middlesbrough Town Hall (1898 Hill) is another fine instrument that's in a poor state. Several good instruments in good order as well, including St Hilda South Shields (Lewis, rebuilt by Harrisons), St George Gateshead (Willis), Sunderland Minster (Lewis / Harrison), St George Hartlepool (Binns), Church of the Ascension Middlesbrough (Principal Pipe Organs 1998). How many do you want?
#9
The St Oswald's Hartlepool Hope-Jones has been out of use for many years. There is no blower, and the blower house was demolished some years ago, but apart from some pipes being removed because they were said to be sagging, I think it's all there. The wiring, I'm told, gave many problems even when the organ was in use.

As for visiting Hartlepool, you might want to visit St Hilda's, one of the most important churches in the north of England, and on the site where Hild had her first monastery (before founding Whitby Abbey). It pre-dates York Minster considerably, being built in the late 12th century. The organ is a 3 manual Conacher, augmented by Hauptwerk electronics. www.hartlepool-sthilda.org.uk Come and try it.

You might also visit the marina (good restaurants as well as boats!), the museum of Hartlepool, the Maritime Experience and the Heugh Battery. It's not far to Durham (world heritage site and Harrison & Harrison organ builders), the North Yorkshire moors, Whitby, and other attractions. The Lake District is about 90 minutes by car.