☕ My Hauptwerk Organ Setup | A behind the scenes tour!

In this video I explain how my Hauptwerk organ is set up, its limitations and the type of console I'm using. I also take you behind the camera an around the room for a tour of my own mini Cathedral!

01:26 | My organ console
03:54 | That mysterious weird black thing
05:40 | My ageing computer :(
07:48 | How I record and stream to YouTube
08:14 | A tour around the room and sound setup
10:23 | Computer problems explained
13:45 | Hauptwerk/Rotterdam organ demonstration
21:34 | Final thoughts

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[ruthgoebel]

It is incredible that something like this can be done; it is amazing what technology can do to allow us ‘access’ to other instruments. I love how it keeps speaking for several seconds after the keys are released. This would be every organists’s dream machine!! Fabulous!

[kafandrich]

I was running Hauptwerk on a Dell laptop with a USB Presonus interface, and I found that the key response was a little slow. Even though my desktop is older than my laptop, the desktop works better, and the whole system is more stable. I also use an internal USB card rather than the on-board USB ports. The card has a better response. You can get a lot more computer for your money with a desktop, and you can put in loads of ram! I have really enjoyed your videos! Thanks for sharing all your talent with the world!

[OrganNLou]

This was BRILLIANT and you kitty is adorable!

[lynnaelarson]

Thank you for Ad Libing to us about the knowledge of the organ and how great it really can be!! As a pianist I understand quite a bit about the organ and how powerful it can become!
May God Bless you in your minstry to others like me who loves traditional hymns and classical music!! As you and others know the traditional hymns are taken from the scriptures
and if one knows them they already have an understanding of the Word of God.
Blessings to All! Lynnae Larson Hartford, CT USA

[victorpercy-jarrett]

Wonderful, obsolutely wonderful. Having grown up with the pipe organ and choirs, myself a organist second generation in the family..nothing like that sound, the sound of pipes in their glorious and majestic splendour
TO THE PLAYERS OF INSTRUMENTS..

[dougalderdice]

As someone who not only enjoys the playing and listening aspects of the King of Instruments, I also LOVE the backroom, technical part of it as well. I had a short stint as a helper in pipe organ maintenance and have climbed around inside some instruments, and have delusions of adding MIDI capabilities to the console of my little three-rank home pipe organ to be able to use software magic like Hauptwerk or the others out there. Thanks for the tour!

[jismo]

Love the setup and the decor. Very interesting to watch.

[charlesbaker]

Newcomer here. I was surprised to see this in my recommendations, but this was great!

[MrTitan]

Thank you Richard, this organ is amazing ! Thank you for sharing your fantastic mastery of the organ .. God Bless, Bobby USA

[TomPauls]

I’ve been a Hauptwerk user for some time. Used to have a 3 man. Johannus 370. Learned very quickly the PC strains for best sound. Had to spend serious dough to custom-build with 64G RAM, i7 (high-end), H.S. dual disk configuration, etc. I just wish I had your playing talent. Playing is very difficult, but rewarding. Thanks for sharing!!

[trevororme]

Hello everyone Patric and dopple2 here having fun ... yep he’s still here doing ok and sends love and best wishes to you all xxxx

[AirchimeLTDproductions]

Wow, those swell reeds are absolutely magnificent. So rich and fiery!! :)

[LarryFX]

Thank you for making this informative video. There is lots of talk about how wonderful Hauptwerk is, but a video like this is a good introduction to how it works in a real life situation.

[rev.a.edwardgretchko]

SURE BEATS MY HAMMOND DRAWTAB OLD ORGAN. I'VE ENJOYED EVERY MINUTE OF YOUR PRESENTATION

[pldavey]

Excellent Richard, thank you so much for your clear explanation. A very impressive set-up indeed, I've enjoyed listening to you and hearing the sound of this instrument. Fabulous!!!

[benosewele]

I will tag this the best organ tour video I've come across. Really appreciate the work that has gone into all the sessions so far. Please keep at it. You're an inspiration to many people, especially we who are upcoming organists. Greetings from Lagos, Nigeria

[billz]

Any computer you get in the future, make 100% sure you get a Solid-State Drive for it. In fact, look at a motherboard which supports the use of the M.2 SSD that is only about 1" wide, and about 3" long. These are MUCH faster than a regular SSD as it uses more power from the motherboard than a regular SSD can access. My Intel I-5 with 32GB ram will fully boot up into Windows 10 in less than 8-12 seconds from a cold boot. These M.2 SSD drives can be obtained in 500GB up to like 2TB. If you need additional storage, then use a 2.5" SSD SATA drive. Get a decent one, but you don't have to spend huge money on one either. These M.2 SSD's are incredibly fast, and adding the extra SSD gives you more space than you will probably not use all of it.
Lots of luck configuring your instrument. It sounds WONDERFUL now! I have used my I-5 HP Laptop in the past and it does work well, but the lagging is a problem. I also use the same Focusrite unit you are using. One quirk I found with that unit is the outputs are "Balanced Line Audio" type. It does not work well to a standard high impedance amplifier. I had to build a Balanced to High-Impedance converter. I had to turn down the inputs on the amplifiers quite a bit to get the sound back to normal. The converters used NO gain in the circuits. They are 1:1 transfer of sound. It was all based on the "Impedance" factor of sending the audio out. Just mentioning in passing.

[ronkelley]

Helpful information. I'm working through the videos but it's evident that things have moved on a long way from when this was posted

[daviddaigh]

Thank you, Richard! The tour of the organ was fantastic! It will make listening to your playing that much more enjoyable and insightful.

[pjaj]

I agree with all those who say don't buy a laptop, go for a desktop. In a laptop you are paying a lot for features you don't need such as portability, and there is little scope for upgrading on most models. Better still, build your own PC. Then you can tailor the spec to Hauptwerk. If this scares you, there must be plenty of techie geeks amongst your subscribers who would help you. You might even consider a second hand rack mounted server from ebay.