mdyde wrote:We'd thought that most people who'd been able to afford a high-end sample set or a Hauptwerk v2 licence would probably want to upgrade to the current licensed version of Hauptwerk. I hadn't really imagined that people would want to 'upgrade' from a licensed Hauptwerk v2 edition to the v3 Free Edition because they would be losing features (especially polyphony and usable memory).
However, if you or other people do want to do that, then I don't see any reason why we couldn't make the Free Edition allow USB key-licensed sample sets to work in the special case that somebody wants to upgrade from a v2 Studio/Concert Edition to the v3 Free Edition, and thus already has a USB key from the older Hauptwerk version with sample sets licensed on it. Hence we'll make it do that for you, which will allow you to use your Cappel sample set with the v3 Free Edition. [P.S. I've edited Brett's original post to add a footnote to that effect.}
Thank you Martin,
Although I'm conscious of how costs can run out of control with this organ business, my main reason for not upgrading to version 3 is that I do not yet have the hardware to suit the features I would like to use, but I'm working on it now. I might partion the drive on my organ PC and install v3 separately for experimentation, although I hadn't thought about the memory limiatation. I've currently got 16GB in preparation buying a new sample set once I get my new console finished.
Philip
That certainly is a fine promotional gesture on your part. I have been forwarding emails to everyone I know that would be even slightly interested.
