I'm sure this had to have been discussed before. Please someone provide a link if this has been discussed at length elsewhere.
I'm coming back to the organ after a few years of not playing. I downloaded Hauptwerk some time ago, but wandered off just as I got it installed. I hope to correct that now.
It's obvious why organists use touch-screens to control Hauptwerk. I imagine most users have more than one organ sample set and they enjoy the variety. Each sample set has it's own custom screen of stops.
So why do some people spend mega bucks to build an organ console with mechanical MIDI stops to control Hauptwerk? Doesn't this suggest that, unless they are also using touch-screens in addition to mechanical stops, they are committing to that one organ sample set that goes with their physical stops essentially permanently? If another sample set, however great it might sound, has a different number of stops, it won't match up with their mechanical stops.
Are mechanical stops on a Hauptwerk controller organ for hardcore organists who have spent years already going through different Hauptwerk sample sets - and thus are now prepared to commit to one instrument for life? It seems to me as a beginner, the LAST thing I would want to do is commit myself to one instrument, regardless of how enthusiastic I am about it. Something better will inevitably come along - or at the very least, I would profit from trying out different virtual organs.
Can anyone explain the thinking that causes people to spend a lot of dough on mechanical stops that tie them down to one instrument? It seems mechanical stops also would cause an organist to avoid trying out all the different organ sets available, no?
Again, I get that you can have tabs/pull-stops AND a touch screen. I'm talking about some of the big dollar Hauptwerk consoles I've seen that are pretty much dedicated to the built in mechanical stops.
I'm coming back to the organ after a few years of not playing. I downloaded Hauptwerk some time ago, but wandered off just as I got it installed. I hope to correct that now.
It's obvious why organists use touch-screens to control Hauptwerk. I imagine most users have more than one organ sample set and they enjoy the variety. Each sample set has it's own custom screen of stops.
So why do some people spend mega bucks to build an organ console with mechanical MIDI stops to control Hauptwerk? Doesn't this suggest that, unless they are also using touch-screens in addition to mechanical stops, they are committing to that one organ sample set that goes with their physical stops essentially permanently? If another sample set, however great it might sound, has a different number of stops, it won't match up with their mechanical stops.
Are mechanical stops on a Hauptwerk controller organ for hardcore organists who have spent years already going through different Hauptwerk sample sets - and thus are now prepared to commit to one instrument for life? It seems to me as a beginner, the LAST thing I would want to do is commit myself to one instrument, regardless of how enthusiastic I am about it. Something better will inevitably come along - or at the very least, I would profit from trying out different virtual organs.
Can anyone explain the thinking that causes people to spend a lot of dough on mechanical stops that tie them down to one instrument? It seems mechanical stops also would cause an organist to avoid trying out all the different organ sets available, no?
Again, I get that you can have tabs/pull-stops AND a touch screen. I'm talking about some of the big dollar Hauptwerk consoles I've seen that are pretty much dedicated to the built in mechanical stops.