Hauptwerk page

Tutorials:

My Hauptwerk Experience from exploration to conclusion
(Hauptwerk/Classic Midi Works Keyboards Tutorial with vendor information) (pdf file)
My Piston configuration file, which matches the tutorial diagram (which can be used to program Classic Midi Works pistons)

Rocktron All Access Toe Controller (Tutorial for Organists using Hauptwerk)

Pictures of my Hauptwerk Setup from beginning to completion

The Hauptwerk article (revised) that appeared in the July, 2009 issue of The American Organist Magazine.

Live performances by Randall Mullin on Hauptwerk© sample sets
(for best results consider listening through headphones)

(all of the following are recorded with the natural reverberation of the room, no additional processing added.)

OrganART Media -- Helmut Maier, sample set creator (http://www.organartmedia.com)
    (sample set recorded on the 1854/80 Ducroquet/Cavaille-Coll organ, Aix-en-Provence, France)
    Meditation (Symphonie I) - Charles-Marie Widor (mp3, 6.11 MB)
   Final (Symphonie I) - Louis Vierne (mp3, 12.3 MB)
   Scherzo (Symphonie II) - Louis Vierne (mp3, 7.46 MB)
   Adagio (Symphonie III) - Louis Vierne (mp3, 12.2 MB)
   La Nativité (Poèmes Évangéliques) - Jean Langlais (mp3, 10.9 MB)
   Impromptu (Pièces de Fantaisie) - Louis Vierne (mp3, 5.85 MB) (also in YouTube HD http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNIGJMArIzE)
   Clair de Lune (Pièces de Fantaisie) - Louis Vierne (mp3 16.95 MB) (also in YouTube HD http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLRIf1l_-G4 )

    (sample set recorded on the 1904 Wilhelm Sauer organ, Dortmund-Dorstfeld, Germany)
    Symphonic Chorale: Ach bleib mit deiner Gnade - Sigfried Karg-Elert, Opus 87 (mp3, 14.7MB)
   Chorale-Improvisation: Jesu, geh voran - Sigfried Karg-Elert, Opus 65 (mp3, 12.6MB)

    (sample set recorded on the 1686/1720 Bosch/Schnitger organ, Vollenhove, The Netherlands)
    Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten - Max Reger, Opus 135a (mp3, 3.35 MB)
   Prelude in G Major, BWV 541 - Johann Sebastian Bach (mp3, 5.36 MB)

Milan Digital Audio -- Brett Milan, sample set creator (http://www.milandigitalaudio.com/organs.htm)
    (sample set recorded on the 1903 Mutin/Cavaille-Coll organ, Notre Dame de Metz, Metz, France)
    Sonata V in C Minor (Allegro Appassionato) - Alexandre Guilmant, Opus 80 (mp3, 11MB)
   Preces (Diptyque Liturgique) Jean-Jacques Grunenwald (mp3, 11.4MB)
   Dans une douce joie (In quiet Joy) (Neuf Pièces) - Jean Langlais (mp3, 6.2 MB)
   Finale (Symphonie VI) - Charles-Marie Widor (mp3, 12.3 MB)
   Prelude in B Major, Opus 7 - Marcel Dupré (mp3, 5.87 MB)
   Fugue in B Major, Opus 7 - Marcel Dupré (mp3, 7.45 MB)
   Carillon de Westminster (Pièces de Fantaisie) - Louis Vierne (mp3, 13.03 MB) (also in YouTube HD http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVYIfVzG0Cs)

    (sample set recorded on the 1928 E. M. Skinner organ, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Chicago, Illinois)
    Be thou my vision - Zsolt Gárdonyi (mp3, 4.83 MB)
        (from "Jazz Inspirations for Organ 1", Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassel)
    Air with Variations (Suite for Organ) - Leo Sowerby (mp3, 15.04 MB)
   Nave - Robert Hebble (mp3, 11.55 MB) (also in YouTube HD http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6h8-r2L22M)
   Romanza - Edvard Grieg, arr. Robert Hebble (mp3 7.58 MB)

Inspired Acoustics -- Csaba Huszty, sample set creator (http://www.inspiredacoustics.com)
    (sample set recorded on the five manual, 134 rank, 2006 Pécsi-Mühleisen organ, Palace of Arts, Budapest, Hungary)
    Variations sur un Noël Angevin - Gaston Litaize (mp3 13.67 MB)
    (For this recording the natural, but less than flattering, acoustics of this building have been removed and been digitally replaced with those of Petrikirche in Freiberg, Germany.)

Naïades (Pièces de Fantaisie) - Louis Vierne (mp3, 9.54 MB)
(For this recording the natural, but less than flattering, acoustics of this building have been removed and been digitally replaced with those of St. Etienne Abbey in Caen, France.)

    Londonderry Air (Homage to Fritz Kreisler) - Robert Hebble (mp3, 10 MB) (also on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Kw__a1cFHw)
    (For this recording the natural, but less than flattering, acoustics of this building have been removed and been digitally replaced with those of St. Etienne Abbey in Caen, France.)

   Toccata on Old Hundredth - Robert Hebble (mp3, 6.09 MB) (also on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVq4PH_I4Yk)
    (For this recording the natural, but less than flattering, acoustics of this building have been removed and been digitally replaced with those of Petrikirche in Freiberg, Germany.)

Ave Maria, Ave Maris Stella - Jean Langlais (mp3, 13 MB)
(For this recording the natural acoustics of this building have been removed and been digitally replaced with those of St. Michaelskerk, Zwolle, Holland.)

    Cantilène (Suite Brève) - Jean Langlais (mp3 10.7 MB)
    (For this recording the natural acoustics of this building have been removed and been digitally replaced with those of St. Michaelskerk, Zwolle, Holland.)

     Trumpet Tune in 7 - Stephen Best (http://www.evensongmusic.net/bestorgan.html) (mp3 3.03 MB)
     (For this recording the natural acoustics of this building have been removed and been digitally replaced with those of Petrikirche in Freiberg, Germany.)

    Three Floral Preludes - Daniel E. Gawthrop (http://www.subitomusic.com) Catalog No. DH0912
      (For this recording the natural acoustics of this building have been removed and been digitally replaced with those of Petrikirche in Freiberg, Germany.)
      Leucanthemum Vulgare (Daisy) Also on YouTube HD http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQhC3u7wnZo
        Zehenspitzen Durch die Tulpin Also on YouTube HD http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwKOOQWf6Sg
        La Rose Jaune Also on YouTube HD http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMBlQoUR7BA

Romanza - Edvard Grieg, arr. Robert Hebble (mp3 7.58 MB) Also on YouTube HD http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eCTXFBbBGw
(For this recording the natural, but less than flattering, acoustics of this building have been removed and been digitally replaced with those of St. Etienne Abbey in Caen, France.)

Lavender Audio -- David Butcher, sample set creator (http://www.lavenderaudio.co.uk/oic/)
    (sample set recorded on the 1901 James Jepson Binns organ, Old Independent Church, Haverhill, Suffolk, England)
    Trumpet Tune in 7 - Stephen Best (http://www.evensongmusic.net/bestorgan.html) (mp3 3.03 MB)
     (For this recording the natural acoustics of this building have been removed and been digitally replaced with those of Petrikirche in Freiberg, Germany.)

aH Virtual Pipe Organs -- A. Hoogendijk, sample set creator (http://home.solcon.nl/ahoogendijk)
    (sample set recorded on the 1965 Marcussen and Søn organ, St. Stefanuschurch, Moerdijk, Netherlands)
    Toccata alla Rumba - Andreas Willscher (willscher@t-online.de)
    (For this recording the natural acoustics of this building have been removed and been digitally replaced with those of Petrikirche in Freiberg, Germany.)

Exemplum Organum -- Ken Bales, sample set creator (http://www.organsamples.com)
    (sample set recorded on the 1966 Casavant Organ, opus 2871, St. George's Memorial Anglican Church, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada)
        These recordings were made with version 2 of the Casavant.
        (For these recordings the natural acoustics of this building have been removed and been digitally replaced with those of Petrikirche in Freiberg, Germany.)

    O Jerusalem (A Symphony for Organ) - Daniel E. Gawthrop (http://www.dunstanhouse.com/catalog/view/0511)
        Allegro (also in YouTube HD http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M52pvcbml8M)
        Largo (also in YouTube HD http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKHmkrdxRiY)
        Giocoso (also in YouTube HD http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqolBGrcAZI)
        Finale (also in YouTube HD http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7i9Tz0PGQs)

(all of the following are recorded dry (near the pipes) with reverberation added by Lexicon MX200)

Exemplum Organum -- Ken Bales, sample set creator (http://www.organsamples.com)
    (sample set recorded on the 1966 Casavant Organ, opus 2871, St. George's Memorial Anglican Church, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada)
        These recordings were made with version 2 of the Casavant.

    Petite Suite - Gerald Bales (Berandol Music, Ltd., Mississauga, ON, Canada (http://www.berandolmusic.com)

Introduction (mp3, 2.06 MB)
Intermezzo (mp3, 3.90 MB)
Finale (mp3, 2.84 MB

Toccata in D Minor, Opus 59 - Max Reger (mp3, 6.39 MB)

Concerto in F Major, Opus 4, No. 4 (Allegro) - G. F. Handel/W. T. Best (mp3, 10.1 MB)

Variations on "Old Hundredth" - Lee Mitchell (mp3, 14.9 MB)
Toccata "Weinbergli" - Lee Mitchell (mp3, 6.99 MB)

(these unpublished works and others can be obtained from my Lee Mitchell page)

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