Arp Schnitger User Guide
Installation
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The Arp Schnitger organ for Hauptwerk 2 was created to give organists the utmost realism in performing on this fantastic historic instrument located in Cappel,
Germany. On the DVD-Rom you will find the files needed to install this sample library to your computer. You will need to treat the organ definition file, sample
files and temperament files as 3 separate installations.
To install this sample library open Hauptwerk 2 then click File | Install organ, sample set, temperament, or impulse response. Navigate to your DVD-Rom
drive then find the folders - files | installation files. You will find the files here called ArpSchnitger-Cappel-Samples.CompPkg.Hauptwerk, and
ArpSchnitger-Cappel-OrganDefinitionFile.CompPkg.Hauptwerk. Users will also find a third file on the DVD-Rom called ArpSchnitger-Cappel
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Temperaments.CompPkg.Hauptwerk which contains several temperament files for use with the organs tuning one semi-tone higher than A=440. Use the
Hauptwerk installer to install each of these three files separately. Note that the sample files will take much longer to install due to the large file sizes. Due to this
please allow your computer to run uninterrupted as it may take up to 10 minutes to complete the installation.
Loading the Organ
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Once all of the files have been installed you are now ready to load the organ into Hauptwerk 2. Due to the sample sets encryption you must have your
Hauptwerk 2 dongle installed (USB key) with a valid license for this sample set for the organ to load. To load the organ open Hauptwerk 2 and choose
Organ|Load organ from the drop down menu. Click on the file named ArpSchnitger-Cappel then click OK. The Rank Audio Output Routing screen
will now appear allowing you to choose the options for loading the samples. All sample files are in 24 bit 48kHz however they may be loaded in 16 bit 48kHz
to save memory requirements. Hauptwerk defaults all settings to 16 bit. The sample files also contain multiple loops allowing for more movement of the pipes
sound, some samples contain up to
6
loops and are up to 8 seconds in length with another 2-3 seconds for releases. If you are running a computer with 2GB of
RAM you may wish the load the samples in 16 bit with multiple loops to fit the entire organ into memory. For those with more memory (4GB or more) you
may load the entire set in 16 or 32 bit with all loops enabled. You may also wish to combine compressed samples with non-compressed samples to fit the
organ into a desired amount of memory.
Once you have chosen the desired settings for each rank of samples click OK and the organ will begin to load. Note that the first time you load the organ it
will take slightly longer due to the files being saved into a special format which enables subsequent loads to become much faster.
After the organ has finished loading you will see the console display appear and you are ready to begin performing on this virtual instrument. Please consult
your Hauptwerk 2 User Manual for more information on setting up stop controls and mapping your MIDI keyboards to the appropriate organ controls of this
organ. Most organ controls contain default settings to get you started however certain controls may need to be set up manually with special mappings.
