Registration export

I would like to share, with someone who has the same set, the registrations that I use for a piece of music. Looked at the documentation and this is not covered. The only export is in text format which does not seem to be 'importable'.
If anyone has a clue, this would very helpful.
Tks.

Sharing combination sets with other users is on page 104 of the Hauptwerk 7.0 Installation and User Guide.

This is sharing combinations with other users of the same instrument. My question is for different instruments, ie I send a 'combination file' to my colleague who imports it in his Hauptwerk system and load it on the same organ set. Did I miss anything ? Tks

I don't understand. The other user can load the combination set on (only) the same sampleset on his or her own Hauptwerk system. How's that different? Are you saying an "instrument" and a "sampleset" aren't the same thing? I'm confused.

Lets take a concrete example. If i have a registrations combination I use for Bwv 541, as an example, on Caen set. How can I send it to you so you import it and use it on your Caen set ?

You can send a combination set for a specific sample set (instrument) to another installation (another HW system) and it can be used on that system only with the same sample set. Combination sets are sample set specific, not installation specific.

You just copy the combination file from the directory and store it back in the same directory on the other machine.

Iain

Lets take a concrete example. If i have a registrations combination I use for Bwv 541, as an example, on Caen set. How can I send it to you so you import it and use it on your Caen set ?

Export the combination set you saved from Caen containing the piston settings for that piece (really all the registration tools combinations). Send me the file. I import it to my Caen and use the same pistons. There's no way to export less than all the current pistons on the sampleset, so you're not sending just the registrations for one piece unless you clear everything else before saving.

P.S. I'd save registrations to the last few master generals (larger numbered pistons) so the other user can easily copy them to her or his own scheme. You can't assume others use the same registration tools as you do, but people are less likely to have generals 91 - 100 in use on their console than generals 1 - 10.

Another way to share registrations for a piece is to record a MIDI file and send that file. The other user can play it back, seeing and hearing your registration changes in action on the same sampleset. They can store combinations to general pistons or stepper frames during playback to capture your changes. Sending a bunch of combinations doesn't tell when they are intended to be used.

Yes, recording a midi file allows to store the combinations that are used. But this takes time.

Coming back to the file exchange, I cannot see in the menu an other way than to go in the following directory ::

HauptwerkUserData\OrganCombinations\OrganID002166 (this is Wesel)

which means one has to know what is the organid of the organ one wishes to send combinations .... not easy to find ...

Then send the 'combs01', or comb02' file ... and the other guy imports it
Yes this means telling which generals are being used ...

Tks for your comments. Purpose is to exchange/discuss registrations with my (remote) teacher ...

[mdyde]

Hello Cyril,

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Coming back to the file exchange, I cannot see in the menu an other way than to go in the following directory ::

HauptwerkUserData\OrganCombinations\OrganID002166 (this is Wesel)

which means one has to know what is the organid of the organ one wishes to send combinations .... not easy to find ...

You can use the Registration | Browse/rename/delete combination sets" menu function to open the operating system file explorer directly in the relevant directory. Also, the person you're sending the file to can import it using "Registration | Import combination set". Both avoid the need to know the OrganID.

Tks Martin. Yes it is much easier the way you describe, And also I realise that one can create/rename those combs file.
Problem solved. Tks

(By the way in doing so one can see the organid of the organ in the path.)

[mdyde]

Thanks, Cyril. Excellent. You're very welcome.