Hello ciembor,
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Welcome to the forum, and thanks very much for the interest in Hauptwerk.
Yes -- it's possible to do that in the Advanced Edition of Hauptwerk (which supports multiple audio outputs).
First, with regard to using Hauptwerk with Ableton:
Ableton Live isn't a host that we have first-hand experience with, or officially support (
https://www.hauptwerk.com/clientuploads/documentation/PDF/HauptwerkPrerequisites.pdf ), but I know of no reason that Hauptwerk's AU/VST Link wouldn't work in it, and would expect it to be fine.
Hauptwerk runs as a stand-alone application, optionally using its 'Hauptwerk AU/VST Link' plug-in to route MIDI from, and audio to, an AU/VST host application. If you haven't already done so, I'd recommend starting by having a read through the '
MIDI sequencing, the Hauptwerk AU/VST Link and applying real-time reverb' section in the Hauptwerk user guide (on the Help menu in Hauptwerk -- pages 181-199 in the current v4.2.1 version).
The '
Composing pieces off-line from a MIDI sequencer configured conventionally (Hauptwerk as a ‘slave’ MIDI device)' sub-section (pages 189-194) has step-by-step instructions for how to use Hauptwerk in conventional MIDI sequencer environments, such as most sequencer users would probably want to use. However, in the case AU/VST hosts designed for live use (such as Ableton), in most cases it would be sufficient to use right-click auto-detection to configure MIDI settings for virtual keyboards, etc., as for normal stand-alone use. It would still be very important that you had the 'Hauptwerk AU/VST Link' entry selected specifically in the *left-hand* ('Console MIDI IN') column on Hauptwerk's '
General settings | MIDI ports | MIDI IN ports' screen tab, with no other entries ticked on that screen tab (in either column), and also with no entries ticked at all on the 'MIDI OUT ports' tab.
Note also that it's important that you have only a single instance of the Hauptwerk plug-in loaded within your host's project, since it wouldn't normally make sense to have multiple independent pipe organs within a single project, and Hauptwerk doesn't allow multiple simultaneous plug-in instances. (The user guide covers that in more detail on page 191, including how to use multiple tracks on different MIDI channels for different divisions, whilst sharing a single plug-in instance in Cubase and Logic, as examples.)
With regard to recording the audio from different organ divisions to different tracks:
Have a read through the '
Audio routing and multi-channel audio' section in the guide (pages 164-168). Basically (within the Advanced Edition), you would just need to:
- Go to the '
General settings | Audio output groups' screen. Insert two new entries named (for example) '
Stereo output 2' and '
Stereo output 3'. OK the screen, and just acknowledge the warning about the groups being empty currently.
- Go to the '
General settings | Audio outputs' screen. Make sure that the HauptwerkVSTLink is selected as the audio output device for the existing entry, with its device channels 1+2 selected. Insert two new entries named (for example) '
Stereo output 2' and '
Stereo output 3', select the HauptwerkVSTLink as the audio device for each, with device channels 3+4 for the '
Stereo output 2' entry and device channels 5+6 for the '
Stereo output 3' entry. On the 'Routing' tab, select '
Stereo output 2' as the audio output group for the '
Stereo output 2' entry, and '
Stereo output 3' as the group for the '
Stereo output 3' entry. Doing so places the new outputs in their appropriate groups. OK the screen.
- Load the organ using '
Organ | Load organ, adjusting rank audio/memory options/routing'. Highlight all of the Swell ranks in the left-hand browse list, then select '
Stereo output 2' as the their audio output group. Doing so routes them to that group, and thus also to the (only) audio output which is within it, i.e. the '
Stereo output 2' audio output (configured above as VST channels 3+4). Do likewise to route the 'Pedal' ranks to the '
Stereo output 3' group. OK the screen.
- Now in your VST host, connect the (single) HauptwerkVSTLink plug-in instance's VST channels 3+4 to the track for your Swell division, and VST channels 5+6 to the track for your Pedal (being careful to have just a single shared plug-in instance for all of the tracks, as above).
I hope that helps.
Best regards, Martin.
Hauptwerk software designer/developer, Milan Digital Audio.