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To play the virtual organ of the Eekman de Mare Organ from 1640, these are the minimum requirements:
1st: To play the complete version of this sample set without limitations requires a modern, fast computer with, for example, Windows 10 64 bit installed and around 3.5 GB of RAM.
The best results are achieved with computers from Apple-MacIntosh although we have no experience with these.
It is difficult to make exact pronouncements about minimum requirements. The "mother" website, hauptwerk.com, has a wealth of information. Prerequisites..
Hauptwerk 5 or higher. This set works well with the lite version of Hauptwerk.
Here follows a table giving the memory requirements for the various programs.
On other systems, these requirements could vary!
Do take into consideration that the operating system itself also has substantial memory requirements.
Table giving the memory requirements for Hauptwerk version 5 (space needed on the hard drive is 2 GB)
Loading method Memory requirements. Operating system not included.
Completely loaded 24 bit, 48 kHz, uncompressed, multi loops, multi release, sounds. 2900 MB
Loaded 16 bit, 48 kHz, uncompressed, multi loops, multi release, sounds. 1600 MB
Loaded 16 bit, 48 kHz, everything compressed, single loop, single release, sounds not loaded. 1000 MB
2nd: A good internal or external sound card. For more information go to: Hauptwerk.com. The same card can, in some cases, also provide the connection from keyboard to computer.
3rd: A musical instrument keyboard, or a synthesizer or a complete organ with MIDI out.
Beautiful consoles specifically designed for Hauptwerk are commercially available.
In the Netherlands these are available through, for example, HSMuziek or Mixtuur.
4th: The excellent sound quality of Hauptwerk can be very well realized using a high quality set of headphones, e.g. AKG or Sennheiser. We prefer connecting the sound card to (a possibly multi-channel) sound system.
The above mentioned companies, HSMuziek and Mixtuur can give advice with respect to possible purchases in this area. What you must definitely not do is listen to Hauptwerk using your built-in monitor speakers or a set of 10 Euro computer speakers!
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