I have recently discovered Hauptwerk, and have been looking for information on how to use Hauptwerk with Sibelius 6.
This has been an arduous process--Sibelius works extremely well with VSTs like Kontakt (Native Instruments) or ARIA (Garritan), and having to implement "virtual MIDI cable" applications like MIDI Yoke or LoopBe seems harder than it ought to be. And the Hauptwerk documentation states pretty clearly that MIDI sequencers hosting Hauptwerk as a VST don't work well--you get sound, but you can't use the Hauptwerk features like stops, pistons, pedals, and so forth.
I'm delighted to say that with Sibelius you can. Here's a piece I just uploaded to Contrebombarde:
http://www.contrebombarde.com/concertha ... music/4973
This is a setting of "Easter Hymn", to be sung by a congregation. It was recorded from Hauptwerk, running as a VST within Sibelius 6.2, using the Free version of Hauptwerk and the St. Annes Moseley sound set. (I deliberately used the free version and the comes-in-the-box sound set so people new to Hauptwerk could hear what the entry level sounds like.)
In this piece I use Swell, Great, and Pedal. The recording begins with the default piston #3 sets for St. Annes Moseley (again, I wanted to demonstrate using the out-of-the-box functionality). I manually add stops in the Pedal and the Great; I change the crescendo pedal after the first verse; I also double the Pedal line toward the end of the third verse. I manually set the number 4 piston on the Great after the end of the 3rd verse.
This is not a recital piece. (And I'm not Rob Stefanussen, either. What I lack in experience I make up for with a complete lack of aptitude.) I'm creating music for our church congregation to sing--your mileage will almost certainly vary. (Example: the procession will start between the 2nd and 3rd verses, so I add emphasis then.)
But this is mostly a proof of concept--hosting Hauptwerk as a VST within Sibelius works extremely well.
(Well enough, in fact, that it's time to buy a paid Hauptwerk license, and the Haverhill OIC sound set. I'll do a follow up with the same setting to demonstrate the difference in the instruments.)
This has been an arduous process--Sibelius works extremely well with VSTs like Kontakt (Native Instruments) or ARIA (Garritan), and having to implement "virtual MIDI cable" applications like MIDI Yoke or LoopBe seems harder than it ought to be. And the Hauptwerk documentation states pretty clearly that MIDI sequencers hosting Hauptwerk as a VST don't work well--you get sound, but you can't use the Hauptwerk features like stops, pistons, pedals, and so forth.
I'm delighted to say that with Sibelius you can. Here's a piece I just uploaded to Contrebombarde:
http://www.contrebombarde.com/concertha ... music/4973
This is a setting of "Easter Hymn", to be sung by a congregation. It was recorded from Hauptwerk, running as a VST within Sibelius 6.2, using the Free version of Hauptwerk and the St. Annes Moseley sound set. (I deliberately used the free version and the comes-in-the-box sound set so people new to Hauptwerk could hear what the entry level sounds like.)
In this piece I use Swell, Great, and Pedal. The recording begins with the default piston #3 sets for St. Annes Moseley (again, I wanted to demonstrate using the out-of-the-box functionality). I manually add stops in the Pedal and the Great; I change the crescendo pedal after the first verse; I also double the Pedal line toward the end of the third verse. I manually set the number 4 piston on the Great after the end of the 3rd verse.
This is not a recital piece. (And I'm not Rob Stefanussen, either. What I lack in experience I make up for with a complete lack of aptitude.) I'm creating music for our church congregation to sing--your mileage will almost certainly vary. (Example: the procession will start between the 2nd and 3rd verses, so I add emphasis then.)
But this is mostly a proof of concept--hosting Hauptwerk as a VST within Sibelius works extremely well.
(Well enough, in fact, that it's time to buy a paid Hauptwerk license, and the Haverhill OIC sound set. I'll do a follow up with the same setting to demonstrate the difference in the instruments.)