I apologise if this is not directly Hauptwerk related, but I was thinking the other day:
As I play the pipe organ that I am privileged to play week by week, with its 17th century case, it would be fun to have access over the busy Christmas period to a Cymbelstern, or Zimbelstern, or Clochettes, however you care to call such a device. Now I do have access to some Sanctus bells, that if shaken carefully, sound like some of the bell samples that I have heard on various Hauptwerk instruments. I have thought of using one of these via Hauptwerk on my laptop, connected to a speaker. But I reckon this would be fiddly to set up and operate, but please do suggest a way that this might be possible should something occur to you...
I wonder if one of the sample set providers or another user might consider developing a digital Cymbelstern app for a Smart phone, so the phone could sit on the music desk with a nice big button to press, and connect to a speaker either over Bluetooth or audio cable. It could have unpitched and pitched (transposable) bells. The speed could be adjustable. It could even have a nice spinning star animation on the screen!
I know there are audio samples out there, and perhaps someone has already done this? I suspect more than a few of us who play a pipe organ might appreciate this small digital enhancement over the coming weeks?! If not, then might I have given someone with more time available an interesting idea for a project?
As I play the pipe organ that I am privileged to play week by week, with its 17th century case, it would be fun to have access over the busy Christmas period to a Cymbelstern, or Zimbelstern, or Clochettes, however you care to call such a device. Now I do have access to some Sanctus bells, that if shaken carefully, sound like some of the bell samples that I have heard on various Hauptwerk instruments. I have thought of using one of these via Hauptwerk on my laptop, connected to a speaker. But I reckon this would be fiddly to set up and operate, but please do suggest a way that this might be possible should something occur to you...
I wonder if one of the sample set providers or another user might consider developing a digital Cymbelstern app for a Smart phone, so the phone could sit on the music desk with a nice big button to press, and connect to a speaker either over Bluetooth or audio cable. It could have unpitched and pitched (transposable) bells. The speed could be adjustable. It could even have a nice spinning star animation on the screen!
I know there are audio samples out there, and perhaps someone has already done this? I suspect more than a few of us who play a pipe organ might appreciate this small digital enhancement over the coming weeks?! If not, then might I have given someone with more time available an interesting idea for a project?