There is software that acts as an interface between a touchscreen to MIDI to Hauptwerk? Nothing surprises me, but that would be so cool. Let me see if I've understood right. I've never seen the console at Salisbury Cathedral, but would imagine it's pretty stunning, here's a possible mock-up that I've put together just using Photoshop, sized to fit a portrait orientation monitor sized 1080x1920, with apologies to anyone who knows the instrument for the deliberate inaccuracies (why let reality get in the way of fantasy?):
http://www.freeimagehosting.net/image.p ... 348cc8.jpgAt this stage I'm probably not looking at going down the CODM, I'm just trying to find a twin-touch screen alternative to the complexity and expense of drawstops for the purpose of selecting stops. The output signal from the touchscreens will presumably have to be MIDI-interpretable, just as real drawstops would be in a premium Hauptwerk setup. Does j-organ do all this already, I found their help files a bit hard to fathom. If not, then the question is, what software (preferably simple to use and affordable
) would
(1) allow me to draw an interactive GUI such as the one in the image, allowing stops to change brightness or colour when selected;
(2) allow the area of the screen that is covered by each stop to be "selectable" to a touch screen so that I can selected the stops by touching them;
(3) convert the signal that is generated by touching the part of the screen over a stophead into a MIDI signal that is recognisable to Hauptwerk as having come from that stop.
I'm guessing that these are the three steps I need if I am going to use non-standard (at least, not yet standard) monitor sizes or orientations, and that it's absolutely equivalent to sample set providers offering from the start multiple monitor and screensize configuration options. Once again, the setup I'm interested in is three widescreen monitors, that's to say two portrait-oriented touch sensitive monitors in place of left and right stop jambs, and a central (landscape) monitor which could be used for Hauptwerk setup, adjustments and as a digital music stand. No immediate hurry as I won't be getting Hauptwerk until Salisbury comes out, but I figured that I should start planning well in advance!
Quick edit: I just came across the Acer T230H, a 23 inch touchscreen 1920x1080 monitor that's just come out, UK cost around £300. Definately the way forward...