Hello Ken,
Thanks very much for the interest in Hauptwerk.
Ken Hager wrote:I have a refurbished generic pc. When it was new it apparently ran Windows XP but when refurbished was upgraded to Windows 7 Professional. At home it's simply connected to a Yamaha PSR 340 el cheapo keyboard, but occasionally I take it to church and run it from their Viscount Prestige 60. In both cases, using St. Anne, it works fine as long as I don't approach organ. When I do, it overdrives the CPU something fierce giving me horrible static and dropped notes. It sounds like an amplifier being pushed to the point of clipping badly. At the moment I cannot afford a dedicated tower strictly for Hauptwerk nor a "real" license, so until I can do that I'm stuck with using this mickey mouse setup. How do I overcome the CPU problem?
What's the make/model and clock speed of your CPU? That should give us an idea of how much 'horsepower' it would be expected to have. Also, how much RAM does your PC have? (You can check all of those things by right-clicking on the 'This PC' node in Windows Explorer (or equivalent) and selecting 'Properties'.
Also, what audio interface are you using? If it's the PC's built-in audio output, if you haven't already done so, try using the freeware ASIO4All driver with it:
http://www.asio4all.com/ . (Reboot after installing, configure the driver to use the desired PC audio output, then select the 'ASIO4All' entry as the audio device on Hauptwerk's '
General settings | Audio outputs' screen.)
This document (linked on the 'Requirements' section of our website) has lots of general background information on audio interfaces and their drivers:
https://www.hauptwerk.com/clientuploads/documentation/PDF/HauptwerkBackgroundTechnicalInfoOnComputerHardware.pdfKen Hager wrote:but occasionally I take it to church and run it from their Viscount Prestige 60
In case it's relevant, just a gentle reminder that you do actually need a licensed edition of Hauptwerk to use it for a public performance -- the Free Edition is only allowed to be used for home personal use:
13.1. The Hauptwerk Free Edition may be used for non-commercial, home personal use only. (In particular, you may not use the Free Edition for public performances or for any type of public installation, whether permanent or temporary.)
Best regards, Martin.
Hauptwerk software designer/developer, Milan Digital Audio.