Hello eivind,
You can choose where the Hauptwerk VST plug-ins get installed when you run (or re-run) the Hauptwerk installer.
The plug-ins are named:
HauptwerkVSTLink-64bit.dll
HauptwerkVSTLink-32bit.dll
Their default installation is:
C:\Program Files\Hauptwerk Virtual Pipe Organ VST Link Plug-In
... but you can change it to anything you like (when running the installer).
It doesn't really matter where you install them, as long as your VST host application (e.g. Cubase, if that's what you're using) has the relevant folder in its VST2 plug-ins search path. (The Hauptwerk plug-ins are VST2, not VST3.)
N.B. you must only have a single instance of a Hauptwerk VST plug-in loaded in your host at a time, so if using its function for (re-)scanning for VST plug-ins, make sure that you unload your project first. Also, when subsequently adding the plug-in within a Cubase project, I'd recommend doing it within Cubase's instrument rack (not directly within any track), since that way multiple tracks could use the same instance of the plug-in if you wish.
This post has step-by-step instructions for how to route ranks (e.g. by division) to VST plug-in channels:
viewtopic.php?f=4&t=16047#p150784mdyde wrote:here are some step-by-step instructions for routing different divisions to different audio device channels (e.g. to different VST channels) in Hauptwerk v5/v6:
- Load the relevant organ.
- Decide which of the available 8 mixer presets (which are global) you want to dedicate for the purpose. Let's say you choose to use mixer preset 1.
- Go to 'Organ settings | Organ preferences | Audio mixer preset' and select mixer preset 1, thus configuring the organ to use that preset. OK the screen.
- Now open the 'General settings | Audio mixer' screen.
- Find 'Mxr prst 1: Mstr mix bus 1 stereo mix 1 (main/recording)' in the left-hand bus list. In the right-hand pane, for its device channels select 'none'.
- Now, in the left-hand list of mixer buses, expand the 'Advanced items' node.
- Let's say we'll use primary bus 0031 for division 1, 0032 for division 2, etc., so scroll down the bus list to find 'Mxr prst 1: prmry bus 0031'. In the right-hand pane, name the bus something like 'Division 1' (or 'Great', or whatever you like, for representing that division, although it might be useful to keep the names generic in case you want to use the same set-up for several different organs which might have different division names). Select the desired device channels (e.g. VST channels 1+2 ) for that division.
- Repeat the last step for each of the other divisions that you plan to use (using buses 0032, 0033, and onwards), naming them 'Division 2', 'Division 3', etc., and assigning appropriate device channels to them (e.g. VST channels 3+4, then 5+6, etc.).
- Now open the 'General settings | Audio mixer bus groups screen. To keep things tidy, let's say we'll use group 0031 for division 1, group 0032 for division 2, and so on. Hence scroll down the left-hand group list to find 'Mxr prst 1: bus grp 0031'. In the right-hand pane, name it 'Division 1' (for example). In the lower part of the right-hand pane, make sure that mixer bus 0031 is ticked for it, and no others. You should see that mixer bus 0031 is named 'Division 1', since you named it that a few steps ago. Hence you will now have configured group 0031 to contain just bus 0031, so that all pipes for any ranks that you route to this group will play through just that one mixer bus (bus 0031, which you have assigned to your desired device channels for this division).
- Repeat the last step for each of the other divisions that you plan to use (using groups 0032, 0033, and onwards), naming them 'Division 2', 'Division 3', etc., putting bus 0032 in group 0032, bus 0033 in group 0033, and so on.
- Now open the 'Organ settings | Rank routing ...' screen. In the left-hand rank list, highlight all ranks for the first division. In the right-hand pane, for 'Rank output perspective 1 (front 1/main): Destination mixer bus group' select group 0031. You should see that group 0031 is named 'Division 1', since you named it that a few steps ago.
- Repeat the last step for the organ's other ranks, assigning them to the appropriate groups according to their divisions.
You will then have a unique group set up for each division, with that group containing a unique mixer bus for the division, with the desired device channels assigned for that division, and with the each division's ranks routed to its group (and thus to its mixer bus, which has the desired device channels selected.)
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To send audio via VST to Cubase you would also need to:
- Select the 'Hauptwerk VST Link' as the audio output device on the 'General settings | Audio device ...' screen in Hauptwerk. Also set your desired sample rate (which needs to match the sample rate in your Cubase project).
- In Cubase, load the Hauptwerk VST Link plug-in, making sure that you only have one instance of it loaded in your project (e.g. load it in Cubase's VST instrument rack which you then route to a track, or loaded on a track directly, but only only on one track if loading it directly on a trrack).
Best regards, Martin.
Hauptwerk software designer/developer, Milan Digital Audio.