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The Hauptwerk 2 layout consist of a single display page. In the centre, there is a view of the harpsichord from the performer's perspective with clickable manuals at the bottom of the screen. These are normally operated by a midi keyboard attached to the PC. The small buttons above the keyboards have no functionality. Originally, they serve to change the stops of the harpsichord. We deliberately made new and much larger drawstops, since these buttons would be too small to click or switch with a use of a touchscreen.
In the left upper corner of the screen, the harpsichord model offers two stops for the lower keyboard, of the 8' and 4' pitch respectively. Also, there is a coupler to be found which couples the upper keyboard to the lower.
The next column of the stops is labeled with a word "combination". These are various combinations of stops recorded directly on the original instrument, allowing thus for greater realism than if the stops are drawn individually in Hauptwerk and assembled digitally by Hauptwerk audio engine.
In the right upper corner of the screen, there are switches for the upper manual. It is a single 8'stop. However, its timbre can be changed to a buff stop (Laute). Therefore, the switches operating the 8' stop and the buff stop are mutually exclusive.