Maybe some simple questions,

that I would like to have answered:
Does HW1 need floating point arithmetics or does it work with integers?
That means, to build up a cheap but effective pc system would a Celeron be enough, and at what cpu speed?

I'm planning the following:

max 3 GB, playing only convenient organs
sound on mobo over spdif digital out
celeron 2.6 or 2.8 ghz

sound made by an excellent stand alone D/A converter, i.e. without help of the pc

In times when HW2 is about to be finished, what do the Hauptwerkians think about my HW1 low cost solution?

[mdyde]

Hauptwerk v1 uses integer arithmetic, v2 floating-point. I'm afraid I've no experience with the Celerons, so I can't advise on how well they would perform.

Martin.