Litomysl Wet Set for Hauptwerk 3

Key features:

• Multiple loops: Each sample has at least 3 loops (up to 7 loops in some samples) to ensure variable playback.
• samples available in two forms: 16 bit/44.1kHz or 24 bit/48 kHz for the extreme quality of sound
• wind model support to make the organ sound "live"
• realistic tremolo samples
• realistic enclosure effects
• programmable crescendo pedal
• user-adjustable voicing of individual ranks to enrich the timbre variability of the organ stops
• user-adjustable detuning of the celeste ranks
• blower noise and tracker noise support - user adjustable
• photorealistic console
• individual ranks may be used to form various subsets or to build different organs from the sample material of Litomysl
• 30 fully programmable combination pistons

Updates:

Organ definition file 1.02: The voicing adjustment is now "remembered" by Hauptwerk next time you load the organ. Not only the voicing of individual stops, but also the volume adjustments of the blower and tracker noise as well as the detune adjustment of the celeste rank.

Organ definition file 1.01: Midi velocity handling changed. A velocity sensitive keyboard may be now used to control the initial chiff of pipes without hearing the –otherwise natural– pitch swing due to slowly opening ventil under the pipe. The effect of gently pressing the key gives always ugly result of the slow pitch attack (pitch swing) in the real world. The workaround here is therefore purely artificial (the pitch swing is eliminated - it was present in the original version of the ODF 1.00), the effect of attack attenuation is not to be found in reality. Nevertheless, it produces effect which brings the sound of the organ more near to the reality. "The organ organ sounds much more alive", as one of the prominent users pointed out in the Hauptwerk Forum. This is very interesting from the digital organ desing point of view.
Both organ definition files are affected: for the 24 bit version as well as for the 16 bit version. Both packed together in one installation package.

Requirements:

Please, read the requirements for Hauptwerk 1 (it will be similar also for MyOrgan) first. Then, in addition to them, following requirements need to be fullfilled for use of Litomysl sample set for Hauptwerk 3.

• 64-bit Windows system is prefered since it does not have the severe 3GB memory limit which would prevent the organ to be loaded fully.
• Processor
  AMD dual core processor (best two processor system). The sample set was tested by Martin Dyde using dual-Opteron 275 PC and it was "more than ample". According to the benchmarks, the single Athlon 64 X2 might even just about give acceptable performance, provided that an excessive number of stops weren't drawn at the same time. The sample set will load even with worse processor, however, you may experience occasional overload.
• Screen
  the ODFs are designed so that your screen (a monitor or a LCD panel) has to be set to at least 1280x1024 pixels.
• RAM
  5 GB of RAM. The amount of RAM needed to load full set in 16bit/44.1kHz depth would be about 4.5 GB with the single loop option. If you wanted to load the full set in 24 bit (32 bit)/48kHz depth you will have to have approx. 10 GB. If you have less memory, you can still load the organ but you will have to mute several stops and load only a subset. Or, you can cut away the reverberation which can still save much memory.
After all, it is enough to have some 500 MB of RAM to run some small subset (about 5 stops) from the Litomysl sample set. The RAM configuration page is available.
 

Screenshots

the console page	the wind page	the crescendo page	the voicing page

Third party additions, modifications ...

These are the contributions of people working with the Litomysl sample set. We have no responsibility concerning the usability or funcionality of these third party additions. Usually, you must have a valid licence to the Litomysl sample set before you can use these additions.

Les Deutsch worked with the Litomysl sample set hard and the result is available on the dedicated web pages (not connected to Sonus Paradisi in any way).

Voicing modifications of the Litomysl sample set done by Mark Williams. These require the above mentioned Les Deutsch modifications of the sample set.