Hi folks, hopefully this is the right section to ask this! (mods please move if not)
I've been trying to install the free Paramount 310 sample set to get the feel for a theatre style organ and have some issues.
Firstly when downloading the file from the Paramount website - the file downloads as "ParamountOrganWorks310v2x12.CompPkg_Hauptwerk_rar"
So the first problem is in HW when using "File - install organ - " and navigating to where the file is saved, it is not visible so can't be selected. I've found changing the file name to remove the under-scores and replacing with full stops so "...CompPkg.Hauptwerk.rar" the file is then visible in HW and can be selected.
So is this just an error on Paramounts' side naming the file incorrectly? Since with under-scores it is not recognized as a .rar file even when looking at it in windows. After renaming it I can look inside the .rar file with winzip and see all the samples and definition folder.
Second problem - when loading the sample set I can get to the user agreement and accept, afterwards there is the error message:
"XML Parsing error at line 1 occurred when processing the XML file D:/Hauptwerk working data/Hauptwerk internal working files/Temporary files/Organ definitions/Paramount310.Organ_Hauptwerk_hbx. Please request assistance from the supplier of the file."
Message code 1108"
So again the under-scores appear in a file name for this sample set. But further, with some research I've found that "hbx" files seem to be specific to Mac operating systems where I am trying to load this on a Windows 10 machine. So to my inexperienced eyes it looks like HW is trying to load the organ definition and is hitting this hbx file and can't load it nevermind the under-scores in the file extension, does this sound plausible? On a windows machine should the organ definition file be an .xml file?
The only conclusion I can make is that this sample set was made to work on a Mac and nothing else, but that seems a bit silly to me. Surely others have this organ loaded on their windows machines, but for some reason I can't
Any help with this would be greatly appreciated! Although I can't put any suggestions into action just yet since my PC is being repaired at present.
I've been trying to install the free Paramount 310 sample set to get the feel for a theatre style organ and have some issues.
Firstly when downloading the file from the Paramount website - the file downloads as "ParamountOrganWorks310v2x12.CompPkg_Hauptwerk_rar"
So the first problem is in HW when using "File - install organ - " and navigating to where the file is saved, it is not visible so can't be selected. I've found changing the file name to remove the under-scores and replacing with full stops so "...CompPkg.Hauptwerk.rar" the file is then visible in HW and can be selected.
So is this just an error on Paramounts' side naming the file incorrectly? Since with under-scores it is not recognized as a .rar file even when looking at it in windows. After renaming it I can look inside the .rar file with winzip and see all the samples and definition folder.
Second problem - when loading the sample set I can get to the user agreement and accept, afterwards there is the error message:
"XML Parsing error at line 1 occurred when processing the XML file D:/Hauptwerk working data/Hauptwerk internal working files/Temporary files/Organ definitions/Paramount310.Organ_Hauptwerk_hbx. Please request assistance from the supplier of the file."
Message code 1108"
So again the under-scores appear in a file name for this sample set. But further, with some research I've found that "hbx" files seem to be specific to Mac operating systems where I am trying to load this on a Windows 10 machine. So to my inexperienced eyes it looks like HW is trying to load the organ definition and is hitting this hbx file and can't load it nevermind the under-scores in the file extension, does this sound plausible? On a windows machine should the organ definition file be an .xml file?
The only conclusion I can make is that this sample set was made to work on a Mac and nothing else, but that seems a bit silly to me. Surely others have this organ loaded on their windows machines, but for some reason I can't
Any help with this would be greatly appreciated! Although I can't put any suggestions into action just yet since my PC is being repaired at present.
Last edited by RagnBone on Wed Apr 25, 2018 12:52 am, edited 1 time in total.