Our story, our aesthetic

Used for study and practice by professional and amateur organists, organ enthusiasts, and organ students, Hauptwerk is the world’s leading virtual pipe organ software providing high-resolution audio and unparalleled flexibility in MIDI interfacing with digital organ consoles and pro-audio applications.

We started our sampling journey back in 2004, in the early days of Hauptwerk. Our first project was the 1966 Schantz, a 32 rank 2m organ. Some stops were added from other sources with similar acoustics to bring it to 3m and about 47 ranks, and in 2006 the set was prepared for the completely redesigned HW version 2.

• The artist's contribution to the FaceBook CoVid-19 challenge using the Hauptwerk sample set of the great Marcussen organ in Laurenskerk, Rotterdam: youtu.be/k3p0sva8O-Q There are three variations in different styles, concluding with a rousing toccata (beginning about 4:57) that builds to a grand crescendo, what my teacher used to call a real.
• A Hauptwerk sample set provides a historic record of how an organ sounded when it. 1965 Marcussen and Sn St. Stefanuschurch, Moerdijk, Netherland (3 manual) $ Hammarberg, Bure Free Organ Sample Sets and Utilities. For use with Hauptwerk software. Piotr offers an excellent free 44 stop sample set which is faithful to the actual organ.

In intervening years, we had other projects for private use, the first of which was to ‘port the original Jeux d’orgues 2 from a soundfont to HW1, the creation of a Cavaille-Coll clone from existing ranks (there were no CC for Hauptwerk at the time).

It was not until 2011 when we decided to release another instrument. We were offered the opportunity to sample an historic 1926 Wangerin (mostly unaltered) in the Madison Masonic Center (Madison, WI). We also created a mini-set to emulate the organs found in the 2 lodges there, as they were not in good enough shape to sample, but being by the same maker, we could get a very close approximation by using stops from the Auditorium instrument.

Hauptwerk Sample Set - Marcussen Organs

In October 2016, we sampled a 1983 3/50 Schantz at St. Philip’s ELCA in Fridley, Minnesota. This is a neo-baroque/American Classic instrument in great condition and lots of fun to play. It was finished and released to the public in late January 2017.

Hauptwerk Organs

In November of 2018, we merged with CLR Resources, now we are the sample producer offering the most American instruments for the Hauptwerk market. In the winter of 2020, we released a sample set of an historic American organ – the 1852 Simmons organ at Los Altos UMC, and Summer 2020 saw the release of the 1925 E.M. Skinner at Holy Trinity RC in Georgetown. Fall 2020 brings the release of the 1961 Aeolian Skinner at Pasadena Presbyterian Church, and Spring 2021 the 3 organs of Immanuel Presbyterian Church in Los Angeles.

Hauptwerk Sample Set - Marcussen Organizer

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Hauptwerk Sample Set - Marcussen Organ

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