Old Independent Church, Haverhill, Suffolk

Hauptwerk v3 Virtual Organ

HW SAMPLE SETS

There are three sample sets based on the the Haverhill Binns organ with a fourth (extended) version planned to be made available in late 2008 or early 2009.

All sets benefit from the following features, designed to maximise realism and quality:

• Every note of every stop has been sampled at a rate of 48kHz and a resolution of 24 bits

• Samples are presented “wet”, ie complete with the natural reverberation of the church (approx 1.5 seconds)

• Multiple releases are employed, with either two or three releases per note for greatly improved realism in staccato passages

• Multiple loops are featured, with almost all samples benefiting from 3 or 4 separate loops

• HW’s models for swell enclosure and tremulant have been accurately programmed, based on samples taken across the compass of each stop

• Blower, stop action and key action noises are also included

At present, the sample sets are only compatible with Hauptwerk version 3. Hauptwerk version 2 will be supported in the future should there be sufficient demand.

Please follow the links below to find out more about each available sample set ...

EXTENDED SAMPLE SET

An extended sample set is planned - details are not yet finalised, but the idea is to include a Tuba (new samples from another instrument artificially placed into the Haverhill church acoustic) and also a 32 foot pedal reed. Amongst other additions, there will be a re-ordering of the swell and choir upperwork to give the swell a “clean” quint mixture alongside the tierce mixture.

FULL SET

This set contains all the ranks found on the original - nothing added, nothing taken away

MINI SET

A 15 stop two manual cut-down version which retains a surprising degree of flexibility.

EVALUATION SET

A 10 stop two manual demo version available for free download.