It is incredible that something like this can be done; it is amazing what technology can do to allow us ‘access’ to other instruments. I love how it keeps speaking for several seconds after the keys are released. This would be every organists’s dream machine!! Fabulous!
I hope this video was informative to you, and allows you to see what's going on when I do my live broadcasts and recordings! [Note to self - must get new microphone!] 😀 01:26 | My organ console 03:54 | That mysterious weird black thing 05:40 | My ageing computer :( 07:48 | How I record and stream to RUclips 08:14 | A tour around the room and sound setup 10:23 | Computer problems explained 13:45 | Hauptwerk/Rotterdam organ demonstration 21:34 | Final thoughts
Thank you for this informative video. Though I'm not very technical, I was curious how the Hauptwerk software works. It seems many add it to existing systems which requires all that computer hook up which is beyond my scope. But it looks like complete systems can be purchased so I'm debating. I currently have a Technics piano with only 4 organ sounds, midi from the 80s, so I'd love to upgrade. Regardless, I enjoy your recitals very much & the explanations you provide about the pieces, composers & the organ. Thanks again! 🎹🎶
Beautiful Sounds... Please I'll like to know the cost and how I can have one installed in South Africa. please kindly reply to clem2705@gmail.com or (+27600475090) will be greatly appreciated. Thanks
I was running Hauptwerk on a Dell laptop with a USB Presonus interface, and I found that the key response was a little slow. Even though my desktop is older than my laptop, the desktop works better, and the whole system is more stable. I also use an internal USB card rather than the on-board USB ports. The card has a better response. You can get a lot more computer for your money with a desktop, and you can put in loads of ram! I have really enjoyed your videos! Thanks for sharing all your talent with the world!
Thank you for Ad Libing to us about the knowledge of the organ and how great it really can be!! As a pianist I understand quite a bit about the organ and how powerful it can become! May God Bless you in your minstry to others like me who loves traditional hymns and classical music!! As you and others know the traditional hymns are taken from the scriptures and if one knows them they already have an understanding of the Word of God. Blessings to All! Lynnae Larson Hartford, CT USA
Excellent Richard, thank you so much for your clear explanation. A very impressive set-up indeed, I've enjoyed listening to you and hearing the sound of this instrument. Fabulous!!!
Wonderful,obsolutely wonderful. Having grown up with the pipe organ and choirs,myself a organist second generation in the family..nothing like that sound,the sound of pipes in their glorious and majestic splendour TO THE PLAYERS OF INSTRUMENTS..
Thank you Victor! I was brought up around pipe organs and then had a career as a cathedral organist so fully appreciate the sound of a magnificent organ in a beautiful cathedral. This Hauptwerk organ doesn't do too bad though ;)
Enjoying your presentation from Florida. Yours is the best explanation of how it all works I've heard. Love the sound, almost like the real thing. Show us more of that cute kitty cat. lol.
I will tag this the best organ tour video I've come across. Really appreciate the work that has gone into all the sessions so far. Please keep at it. You're an inspiration to many people, especially we who are upcoming organists. Greetings from Lagos, Nigeria
Thank you for an interesting and very informative tour of your organ. lovely sounds from the stops. Powerful organ - i wish you well with your new Computer when you have it !
Thank you for making this informative video. There is lots of talk about how wonderful Hauptwerk is, but a video like this is a good introduction to how it works in a real life situation.
As someone who not only enjoys the playing and listening aspects of the King of Instruments, I also LOVE the backroom, technical part of it as well. I had a short stint as a helper in pipe organ maintenance and have climbed around inside some instruments, and have delusions of adding MIDI capabilities to the console of my little three-rank home pipe organ to be able to use software magic like Hauptwerk or the others out there. Thanks for the tour!
I only recently discovered you Richard, very glad I did. I love the Organ from my Choirboy days in Bath. Up to now I am addicted to watching Gert van Hoef, who I am sure you know. Showing me your set up at home is really interesting, I much admire your knowledge & playing abilities. Your cat is so lovely, being very much like my former one. I look forward to watching & hearing you play. Keep safe at this time.
@@beautyinsoundYes, I like organ music -- grew up (and still am) in the Episcopal Church, so I definitely have a taste for classical/sacred music. Other music too, especially jazz, but organ music is all right.
Thank you so much for doing this. I just left your hymns and could not respond. I’m so tired of contemporary music and you are a joy to listen to. I’m watching from New Jersey, USA. I will look you up again.
I really appreciate your hardwork. I'm in regret that I found this channel in Jan 2021 I should have found this channel when it was started... Sir you have my support!! Thank you...
Thank you, Richard, for giving us your in-depth tour of your most imaginative set-up. It's amazing to think that if we can't visit an organ, we can invite it into our homes, as you have, the Rotterdam Organ. You handled the technical side of your presentation in the nicest possible way, never talking down to anyone in the slightest, and making the technology accessible to even a novice. I'm a "techhie" myself, having built my own desktop PC completely from my own choice of components, rather than living with choices made by Dell or Hewlett-Packard, so I can relate to what you're contending with, regarding your lap-top. I'm definitely subscribing to your channel.
Great to have you Jos! It was difficult to know how low to go with the tech stuff and I even took some stuff out. I’ll perhaps do a lower level video in the future. What PC specs are you using? Intel or AMD?
@@joscallinet6260 no, I’m thinking he may have to go with a Xeon processor and pump up the RAM to 256GB at very least because not only is he running all the computer applications, he’s running various organ voices (far more complex and space intensive than just MIDI and having to compute all that into something that sounds exactly like the 4Keyboard Rotterdam organ is going to take immense computing power to have to spare processing power to run the RUclips processing for Livestream as well. Richard, I’m drooling at the setup. I’m thinking “if I only had a lottery win.” Used to play piano and loved the harpsichord but organ (especially the pipe organ) has always had a special spot. I don’t know if I’m coordinated enough to add in pedaling on top of trying to coordinate my right and left hands.
I’ve been a Hauptwerk user for some time. Used to have a 3 man. Johannus 370. Learned very quickly the PC strains for best sound. Had to spend serious dough to custom-build with 64G RAM, i7 (high-end), H.S. dual disk configuration, etc. I just wish I had your playing talent. Playing is very difficult, but rewarding. Thanks for sharing!!
A really interesting watch! What a wonderful sound you get of the Rotterdam organ with the two sets of mics/speakers. Just like being there! On the IT side, I would advise against going for a souped-up laptop and look at a business desktop instead. They have far more memory with fast processors and are built to handle the multiple demands of a network environment. You need something with real power and a desktop also gives you much better "bang per buck" at a third the cost of a comparable laptop. Best wishes!
Stayed. I’m an extreme amateur playing hymns on an 11 rank Shantz/Estey pipe organ in a small church Love the sound of your setup. Truly amazing. Wish I could play some of the more challenging pieces. Maybe in heaven. I love pipe organs, but the sound of your Hauptwerk is amazing. And I’m using an iPad. Best wishes toward getting the computer upgrade. Where are you? England? I’ll be watching for more from you on your endeavors.
Amazing. I am running an Imac with 16gb of ram and the friesach free sample and it doesn't sound even close to you're setup. You're enthusiasm is infectious. I love that Rotterdam sound. I am going to regroup, and pursue bigger and better sound.
@@beautyinsound thanks for the response. I was able to trigger the stops from Launchpad. But there are NO lights showing up in the Launchpad. I tried MIDI inputs and outputs same and different, still no lights on the launchpad.
Brilliant. Actually got to listen to the setup and was not bored at all. Hope your new puter is a desktop it can give you the wellie you need. Memory is actually very cheap. Was wondering if the software took advantage of multi-core processors. It ought to and you would need lots of cooling on the processor anyway. Maybe a fan with an ice box (sort of serious) to keep the electronics cool. Suspect that is where some of your glitches may come from. It is great to have the cat appear when it fails. Absolutely wonderful to have the head appear saying okay why have you stopped. Was enjoying that. Also have comments for you about Calon Lan and Christians Awake but will find the relevant video. Keep up the great work.
I appreciate you taking the time to give us a "behind the scenes" view of what goes into your live streaming process. I've watched other videos of organ stops and such so I was able to follow pretty well up until you got to your little black screen thingy. I can even picture Caroline sitting at your table there covered with various hymnals as she preps you for your hymn playing sessions. Thanks again, Richard for all that you do!
Great presentation - carpet ain't so bad - at least it appears to be in good repair! Heck, it has to be good for your stocking feet when not in those organ shoes!
Thank you for this demo, Richard. Your audio quality is excellent, and I love the sound of the Marcussen! I'm using my 3m HW setup for Zoom worship, until it is safe for our congregation to worship together again. I'm currently using a Blue Yeti X (USB) microphone to pick up the sound coming from the speakers. Now that I've seen your setup, I'm going to buy another Focusrite and run a direct line from my Focusrite 6i6 into a 2nd computer, as you've done. This will solve the problem of my cat "vocalizing" as I play. :( Thanks again for the tour! Cathy M
Watched it all. Great presentation, you are a gifted speaker. The organ sounds great, better than great, absolutely sounds like the real thing, and I'm only on a cell phone. Interested to know the cost of this, if you mentioned it, I didn't catch it.
Glad it was helpful, and glad you managed to find the video! Good to have you onboard! I'll be putting up more videos talking about Hauptwerk and how I set it up to sound so incredible.
Really interesting Richard, thank you very much indeed for the tour. What a wonderful instrument you have. I will endeavour to make another contribution to your computer fund soon. In the meantime thank you for all the wonderful music, and I look forward to the next recital.
Outstanding tour of your organ set up and your 'cathedral'. Ach, what a way to enjoy listening to good organ music but with some of your 'sacramental wine' that you have conveniently stashed under the speaker😄. One would certainly hope that your neighbours will not complain too badly whenever you are able to go full-on with the upgrades to the computer and the programming. Slàinte
BEAUTY in SOUND It found me! It appeared on my , (wat do you call it?), possible channels to view? I play for church, though not a trained pipe organist. Have been fascinated and entranced by the richness and splendour of the European church instruments. Am from Singapore....
Thanks for sharing your rig. I try to sound like an organ with my electric guitar, but end up more like an ape on an accordian. I'll try more wine bottles under my speakers.
Really enjoyed your video. I have converted a 2 manual Conn to Midi. Yesterday finally got the electronics installed to use the third manual (from an old pipe organ). Currently running Grand Orgue. Now I have to install Reed switches and magnets to get the pedals working. Then generals and pistons. My PC is a used/refurnished Dell from Walmart. Added ram to 64 GB so lots of space. Simple amplifier for now and two big old Radio Shack speakers. Plan to improve the sound system using a Delta 1010LT to get more channels. Stops are my biggest issue. With the addition of the third manual where the stop rail used to be don't have room for stops so using touch screen at the moment but don't like it. Wish I could alter the console for room for pull stops but would have to do major renovation of the console to add the wings. Anyway having fun but have ten years work in it so far and at 80 need to get it finished soon.
Brilliant video, Richard - enjoyed every second of it. Fantastic playing too! I totally agree with others' advice to get a desktop computer - they're so much more powerful than a laptop, and you get loads more for your money - especially if it's a PC, not a Mac. Your Focusrite interface is an excellent choice (I use their Saffire Pro 40 and love it) so I'd hang on to that. I encounter similar technical issues in my work with virtual instruments, pushing my PC to the max - my heart went out to you watching those 'epic fail' clips! Although I no longer play the organ (I went down the symphonic progressive rock path) I find myself missing it greatly knowing that Haupwerk exists and hearing how incredible it sounds in your hands. Incidentally I went to school with Colin Walsh (now Organist Laureat at Lincoln) and we were both students at the same time on the Portsmouth Cathedral organ. Colin, in turns out, was rather better at it than me :-)
Hello Richard love your channel, or should I say channels since you now have two !🎶💕 It was very good of you to explain why you're having computer troubles! Love Nala at 2:23!😻 The technical side went over my head unfortunately!😕 I'm a novis when it comes to organs and organ music. Can you please make a absolut beginners video on how an electric organ and a regular organ works and also the terminology you use, the swell etc. Or are there videos, already out there, on this topic that you can recommend?
Hi Richard. Great virtual organ setup! I am building a 4 manual plus pedalboard console. 3 manuals are working, so is the pedalboard. Still looking for a donor keyboard to use for the fourth manual. I have about 40 pistons built and plan to add a few more. I also need to build the stops and couplers. For software, I am using jOrgan with Fluidsynth. The organ disposition is St. Paul's Anglican church in Toronto, Canada. The disposition was recorded from 3 different pipe organs in England by Chris Pearson. I envy you with a much better looking console and Hauptwerk which must be better as each pipe is recorded. In my case, a few pipes per octave are recorded and then extrapolated through software. As it is, the price is right, so I carry on! Thanks for doing this. Tom in Toronto, Canada
Very interesting video. Thanks for the tour! This sample set sounds awesome! Looking forward to building a vpo system someday. Hope you have been able to upgrade yours by now (just introduced to your channel by a friend).
Dell - I suspect you've seen my subsequent videos regarding my setup? A lot has changed since I did this video, and indeed a lot will change later this year (an entirely new set up!). Great to have you onboard and I'm very pleased that you found the channel! 😊
Thank you Richard, what a powerful sound in your 'cathedral'. The sound from behind must be excellent when playing. Reminds me of playing at Lincoln cathedral with the swell and pedal reeds high up behind. The acoustic in your set up is marvellous, thank you for sharing. How about others in the neighbourhood, do they come and listen? This time last year I enjoyed giving a recital at Wymondham abbey in Norfolk, so your playing is keeping me going!
Great video, Richard. Always interesting to see how other people's Hauptwerk setups work. In case you haven't thought about this already, might I suggest building the new PC instead of buying one as it will be cheaper and you can save on the parts you don't need to be really powerful (e.g. GPU) and go slightly overboard on other parts (e.g. RAM). These days, building a PC really isn't that hard and there's a bunch of information on RUclips and elsewhere online. Thanks for all the brilliant videos! Ed
I agree. Much cheaper to just buy and install more RAM and upgrade to a compatible faster CPU. Just research how much RAM is allowed for the specific motherboard. I would have to save up for 5 years if i want a replica of your entire setup. Think the hardest part would be to find such an organ to modify. Nice job by the way
Would love to hear some of your own compositions. What a nice console. As I'm sure you know, we are now able to digitally record of any of the great organs. The correct reverb can also be changed... from St. John's in NW... to the Crystal Cath. Great job. Just to be clear in relationship to semantics: there's an important difference between the word "organ"... and the console. You should have the best... and the best recording artists of our time to help you. You had a lot of over-amping coming across RUclips.
Absolutely loved this video. I am so jealous! I love how you presented and explained how you did all this and what it takes to generate the marvelous sounds you broadcast. You gave a great presentation on how your system works. That’s a marvelous set up for an in-home organ. How hard was it to adapt the Hauptwerk software to the console?
I was at our AGO Christmas party last year. The party was at a members 'home. He had a 4 manual console and a Hauptwerk virtual organ. I sat down and was playing the Willis organ in Salisbury Cathedral. I'm far from an accomplished organist but even an amateur can sound good on that orgsn.
I know a lot of people like Salisbury and Hereford (I like them too, and I like the real things even more!), but for me Rotterdam sounds more natural and 'real'. It also has more character and more bite :)
Any computer you get in the future, make 100% sure you get a Solid-State Drive for it. In fact, look at a motherboard which supports the use of the M.2 SSD that is only about 1" wide, and about 3" long. These are MUCH faster than a regular SSD as it uses more power from the motherboard than a regular SSD can access. My Intel I-5 with 32GB ram will fully boot up into Windows 10 in less than 8-12 seconds from a cold boot. These M.2 SSD drives can be obtained in 500GB up to like 2TB. If you need additional storage, then use a 2.5" SSD SATA drive. Get a decent one, but you don't have to spend huge money on one either. These M.2 SSD's are incredibly fast, and adding the extra SSD gives you more space than you will probably not use all of it. Lots of luck configuring your instrument. It sounds WONDERFUL now! I have used my I-5 HP Laptop in the past and it does work well, but the lagging is a problem. I also use the same Focusrite unit you are using. One quirk I found with that unit is the outputs are "Balanced Line Audio" type. It does not work well to a standard high impedance amplifier. I had to build a Balanced to High-Impedance converter. I had to turn down the inputs on the amplifiers quite a bit to get the sound back to normal. The converters used NO gain in the circuits. They are 1:1 transfer of sound. It was all based on the "Impedance" factor of sending the audio out. Just mentioning in passing.
My organ is a two manual Rodgers Console playing the EM Skinner which is at St. Mark Episcopal Church in Glendale , CA. of course it is a Hauptwerk organ. Still working on it. I am using a Mini Mac to run the software.
Yes, I certainly stayed to the end and found it all fascinating. You have an incredible sound there - in the beginning I thought it was 'the real thing' - so you have achieved your desire! Hope you soon get that more powerful laptop. Q: why does it need to be a laptop? you could probably build a 240Gb P.C. for less that a 240Gb laptop would cost? Good luck on that.
Kitty! I play piano, but I'd love to put together a Haputwerk system as a "retiirement" project. I'm not sure at my age I'd ever be able to develop a good organ technique, especially on the pedal, but it looks like fun anyway.
Richard, this was VERY interesting and definitely gives a better background. I pray you can upgrade the computer soon, I will be making a donation to help! Thank you for sharing your gifts!!🙏🏻🙏🏻
I thoroughly enjoy your music, am a happy subscriber and have been wondering about your setup. Thanks for sharing. Have you considered replacing the drawknob panels with touch screens? I did that with a Viscount Grand Opera. I upgraded from a laptop by putting a PC into the console, tucked away on a shelf under the manuals. Thanks for giving me the idea to put a sequencer piston in place of the "great" expression shoe. It's fun seeing how other Hauptwerkians set their organs up.
Interesting video, it wasn't available back in the 90's when I was thinking about getting a digital organ and at that time there were only three readily available: Allen, Viscount and a third which I can't recall the name of but has the best build quality and also the most expensive. I can't figure out what happens when the console stop names don't match the sampled organ's, or when the sampled organ has more stops, pistons, manuals etc. You brifely mentioned you left the stops out. The English Diapason on the drawstop becomes a German or Dutch Prinzipal wouldn't be so confusing , but a Rohrflute becomes something else, Spitzflöte or strings? Can you assign a floating manual for a 4th solo manual on the real organ?
Thank you. I had forgotten that I didn't manage to what the whole recording earlier but that has now been rectified. Do you have any more recent info about the computer replacement?
@@beautyinsound Thanks for the prompt response - you certainly look like the cat that got the cream! Talking of cats - check out Steve Ramsey, a woodworker who is using the lockdown to build an adventure playground for his two cats. ruclips.net/video/k04GgxiE_8g/видео.html
Loving your vlogs absolutely adore the organ would love it if you were my neighbour you'd have a free pass to play as loudly as you liked! Probably everyone into computer generated music would recommend massively a Mac Pro for massive storage and stratespheric ram capabilities. You could buy a used Mac Pro tower for £500.00 or less that would absolutely be phenomenal. Look forward to seeing /hearing more from you All the best Alan
Thanks Alan! Things have developed since I made this video, including a new computer. There is a huge announcement coming this evening at 7pm on the channel so make sure you tune in for that!
Hallo sir. Always a pleasure listening to your wonderful performance. I need some advice. I have a vivace 30 viscount organ. I need some clarity on volume adjustments so that I don't get a distorted sound but at the same time to get the most out of it. She doesn't have external speakers just the inbuilt. So any particular suggestions will be welcome. I have the following stops on the great division. 16 prinzpal, 8 prinzpal, 8 rhoflute, 4 octave, 4 Spitzflute, 3 Cornett, 2 octave, 4 mixture, 16 trumpet, and 8 trumpet. Swell division, 8 prinzpal, 8 bordon, 8 Gamba, 8 celest, 4 rhoflute, 2 wadflute, 22/3 quintflute, 13/5 terz, 3 scherf, 8 oboe, 4 clarion. Padal division, 16 pricinpal, 16 violon, 16 subbass, 8 octavebass, 8 gadeckt, 4 choralbass, 4 mixture, 16 pasune, 8 trumpet, 4 klarine. I would like your advise on individual stops volume recommendation so that I can get different colors and textures that give off an imitation of a pipe organ sound from this small beautiful viscount 30 classic Organ.
Hi Threre, thank yoou for showing us your Hauptwerk setup. All I need now is a lotto win, and I can do something with a very empty organ loft in our church! Your 'Music in Cathedrals' continuous is broken 😣. Hope you can repair it soon. Love the music. I dabble on a Ahlborn H6. keep it up
I had great plans and intentions for my Hauptwerk program. Life got in the way and even though I am a techy, I am techy in too , way too many dimensions and have fallen flat with the Hauptwerk. I do have lots of recordings of others and the many organ samples available. I can hardly contain myself when I listen to them.
Mr. Richard, your Viscount organ , aparently, is great. Wy do you need use a organ simulator/software? In some day you can use a original sound the organ Viscount for us. Tkx (i’ m Paulo Damasceno, from Brazil). I apreciate Very much your work, sound, etc)
I don’t quite understand the whole concept and how everything actually works. I do enjoy your excellent playing and trying to explain the details of a virtual organ. This seems to be completely different than a Rogers or an Allen Organ.
Brilliant adaptation of a "toaster" console. The aesthetic of stop knobs is obvious, however most of the residence Hauptwerk organs I have seen (a total of about three) use iPads as stop boards. It is surprising how much one can pack onto one or (usually) two screens. I have seen yet another Hauptwerk that uses a PC compatible touchscreen, possibly of industrial purpose. The iPads or such are merely used as USB touch/display terminals -- not doing any computing for audio. I tend to agree with a commenter that a desktop-type computer -- you know, the ones gamers use -- might be ideal. You might even find a local gamer who has upgraded, who might sell you his old 'rig.' Gaming rigs accept tonnes of additional RAM, plus they generally don't make shortcuts for weight and power consumption, as laptops must. A key issue that laptops employ is throttling of the processor when its temperature rises in heavy use. Desktop computers have much better heat rejection, and may not go limp in the throes of Widor. Cheers.
I have an Ahlborn Galanti with a custom Conn pipe display/ speakers. I would love Hauptwerk but i am not tech savvy. I tried Grand Orgue. After much much frustration i finally got it hooked up and every note had a delay, so it was worthless. I wish someone out there could set up a service to come install it. I dont even know where to begin.
Hi Richard - great channel! Have you considered building your own PC? I was thinking you really need a bit of a beast with 128GB+ of RAM, high output on the motherboard, specialised high spec for the audio out (although you’re probably best to stick to external amp and pre-amp as you are) and water cooling for silent running (last thing you want is the whirring of a fan). I reckon you could do it yourself! It would also be a lot cheaper! I’ve been to Rotterdam and heard that organ in the flesh.
Be sure to check out my follow up video to see my console modifications: ruclips.net/video/jmUOYDViLP8/видео.html
I enjoy your videos. You're a good person.
It is incredible that something like this can be done; it is amazing what technology can do to allow us ‘access’ to other instruments. I love how it keeps speaking for several seconds after the keys are released. This would be every organists’s dream machine!! Fabulous!
I hope this video was informative to you, and allows you to see what's going on when I do my live broadcasts and recordings! [Note to self - must get new microphone!] 😀
01:26 | My organ console
03:54 | That mysterious weird black thing
05:40 | My ageing computer :(
07:48 | How I record and stream to RUclips
08:14 | A tour around the room and sound setup
10:23 | Computer problems explained
13:45 | Hauptwerk/Rotterdam organ demonstration
21:34 | Final thoughts
Thank you for this informative video. Though I'm not very technical, I was curious how the Hauptwerk software works. It seems many add it to existing systems which requires all that computer hook up which is beyond my scope. But it looks like complete systems can be purchased so I'm debating. I currently have a Technics piano with only 4 organ sounds, midi from the 80s, so I'd love to upgrade. Regardless, I enjoy your recitals very much & the explanations you provide about the pieces, composers & the organ. Thanks again! 🎹🎶
BEAUTY in SOUND. Very interesting. I have a very basic (free) setup so yours is incredible!
nice sound must be coming from those bottles..... lol
Beautiful Sounds... Please I'll like to know the cost and how I can have one installed in South Africa. please kindly reply to clem2705@gmail.com or (+27600475090) will be greatly appreciated. Thanks
Quite a few vibrations and rattles. I think it as part of the fermenting process 😂
This was BRILLIANT and you kitty is adorable!
I was running Hauptwerk on a Dell laptop with a USB Presonus interface, and I found that the key response was a little slow. Even though my desktop is older than my laptop, the desktop works better, and the whole system is more stable. I also use an internal USB card rather than the on-board USB ports. The card has a better response. You can get a lot more computer for your money with a desktop, and you can put in loads of ram! I have really enjoyed your videos! Thanks for sharing all your talent with the world!
I Totally agree. I'd use a Desktop aswell. Plus you can quite easily change parts if needed without buying a completly new PC.
Love the setup and the decor. Very interesting to watch.
Wow, those swell reeds are absolutely magnificent. So rich and fiery!! :)
Thank you Richard, this organ is amazing ! Thank you for sharing your fantastic mastery of the organ .. God Bless , Bobby USA
Thank you for Ad Libing to us about the knowledge of the organ and how great it really can be!! As a pianist I understand quite a bit about the organ and how powerful it can become!
May God Bless you in your minstry to others like me who loves traditional hymns and classical music!! As you and others know the traditional hymns are taken from the scriptures
and if one knows them they already have an understanding of the Word of God.
Blessings to All! Lynnae Larson Hartford, CT USA
Excellent Richard, thank you so much for your clear explanation. A very impressive set-up indeed, I've enjoyed listening to you and hearing the sound of this instrument. Fabulous!!!
Wonderful,obsolutely wonderful. Having grown up with the pipe organ and choirs,myself a organist second generation in the family..nothing like that sound,the sound of pipes in their glorious and majestic splendour
TO THE PLAYERS OF INSTRUMENTS..
Thank you Victor! I was brought up around pipe organs and then had a career as a cathedral organist so fully appreciate the sound of a magnificent organ in a beautiful cathedral. This Hauptwerk organ doesn't do too bad though ;)
Enjoying your presentation from Florida. Yours is the best explanation of how it all works I've heard. Love the sound, almost like the real thing. Show us more of that cute kitty cat. lol.
I will tag this the best organ tour video I've come across. Really appreciate the work that has gone into all the sessions so far. Please keep at it. You're an inspiration to many people, especially we who are upcoming organists. Greetings from Lagos, Nigeria
The reverb on that is GLORIOUS!
Thanks!
You are very welcome! This video is quite out of date now, and I really need to do a new one! Almost everything in this video has been replaced! :)
Thank you for an interesting and very informative tour of your organ. lovely sounds from the stops. Powerful organ - i wish you well with your new Computer when you have it !
Thank you for making this informative video. There is lots of talk about how wonderful Hauptwerk is, but a video like this is a good introduction to how it works in a real life situation.
As someone who not only enjoys the playing and listening aspects of the King of Instruments, I also LOVE the backroom, technical part of it as well. I had a short stint as a helper in pipe organ maintenance and have climbed around inside some instruments, and have delusions of adding MIDI capabilities to the console of my little three-rank home pipe organ to be able to use software magic like Hauptwerk or the others out there. Thanks for the tour!
2 years later, and look how far you and BIS have come! I hope you're proud of yourself and the community you've gathered.
Onwards and upwards 😊
I only recently discovered you Richard, very glad I did. I love the Organ from my Choirboy days in Bath. Up to now I am addicted to watching Gert van Hoef, who I am sure you know. Showing me your set up at home is really interesting, I much admire your knowledge & playing abilities. Your cat is so lovely, being very much like my former one. I look forward to watching & hearing you play. Keep safe at this time.
Thank you, Richard! The tour of the organ was fantastic! It will make listening to your playing that much more enjoyable and insightful.
WOW - AWESOME, thank you for taking time to explain, Richard - this is exactly what many of us have wondered about. PLEASE continue to move ahead.
SURE BEATS MY HAMMOND DRAWTAB OLD ORGAN. I'VE ENJOYED EVERY MINUTE OF YOUR PRESENTATION
Newcomer here. I was surprised to see this in my recommendations, but this was great!
Do you like organ music? It’s great to have you!
@@beautyinsoundYes, I like organ music -- grew up (and still am) in the Episcopal Church, so I definitely have a taste for classical/sacred music. Other music too, especially jazz, but organ music is all right.
Very good!
That was fascinating - thank you very much. I appreciated both the technology information & the organ sounds. Brilliant!
Really nicely and clearly done!
Thanks very much 😃 Everything in this video has now been superseded. Please check out some of my later Hauptwerk Setup videos 😉
Thank you so much for doing this. I just left your hymns and could not respond. I’m so tired of contemporary music and you are a joy to listen to. I’m watching from New Jersey, USA. I will look you up again.
I really appreciate your hardwork.
I'm in regret that I found this channel in Jan 2021
I should have found this channel when it was started...
Sir you have my support!!
Thank you...
Thank you, Richard, for giving us your in-depth tour of your most imaginative set-up. It's amazing to think that if we can't visit an organ, we can invite it into our homes, as you have, the Rotterdam Organ. You handled the technical side of your presentation in the nicest possible way, never talking down to anyone in the slightest, and making the technology accessible to even a novice. I'm a "techhie" myself, having built my own desktop PC completely from my own choice of components, rather than living with choices made by Dell or Hewlett-Packard, so I can relate to what you're contending with, regarding your lap-top. I'm definitely subscribing to your channel.
Great to have you Jos! It was difficult to know how low to go with the tech stuff and I even took some stuff out. I’ll perhaps do a lower level video in the future. What PC specs are you using? Intel or AMD?
@@beautyinsound Intel's latest i9 chip
@@joscallinet6260 no, I’m thinking he may have to go with a Xeon processor and pump up the RAM to 256GB at very least because not only is he running all the computer applications, he’s running various organ voices (far more complex and space intensive than just MIDI and having to compute all that into something that sounds exactly like the 4Keyboard Rotterdam organ is going to take immense computing power to have to spare processing power to run the RUclips processing for Livestream as well.
Richard, I’m drooling at the setup. I’m thinking “if I only had a lottery win.” Used to play piano and loved the harpsichord but organ (especially the pipe organ) has always had a special spot. I don’t know if I’m coordinated enough to add in pedaling on top of trying to coordinate my right and left hands.
This was great! I know the feeling with an ageing computer!
How very cool! Thanks for sharing all this with us!
I’ve been a Hauptwerk user for some time. Used to have a 3 man. Johannus 370. Learned very quickly the PC strains for best sound. Had to spend serious dough to custom-build with 64G RAM, i7 (high-end), H.S. dual disk configuration, etc. I just wish I had your playing talent. Playing is very difficult, but rewarding. Thanks for sharing!!
Just brilliant!!! Thank you so much for the tour!!
A really interesting watch! What a wonderful sound you get of the Rotterdam organ with the two sets of mics/speakers. Just like being there!
On the IT side, I would advise against going for a souped-up laptop and look at a business desktop instead. They have far more memory with fast processors and are built to handle the multiple demands of a network environment. You need something with real power and a desktop also gives you much better "bang per buck" at a third the cost of a comparable laptop.
Best wishes!
Stayed. I’m an extreme amateur playing hymns on an 11 rank Shantz/Estey pipe organ in a small church Love the sound of your setup. Truly amazing. Wish I could play some of the more challenging pieces. Maybe in heaven. I love pipe organs, but the sound of your Hauptwerk is amazing. And I’m using an iPad. Best wishes toward getting the computer upgrade. Where are you? England? I’ll be watching for more from you on your endeavors.
Amazing. I am running an Imac with 16gb of ram and the friesach free sample and it doesn't sound even close to you're setup. You're enthusiasm is infectious. I love that Rotterdam sound. I am going to regroup, and pursue bigger and better sound.
Thank you for the tour. Fantastic set-up! Sound is amazing.
Thank you Richard! That was very informative.
Hope you get to upgrade all the things you want to in the near future!
can you make a step-by-step video of integrating novation launchpad with Hauptwerk ?
Would take long - you just literally plug it in via USB and it should work straight away. Make sure you plug it in before firing up Hauptwerk.
@@beautyinsound thanks for the response. I was able to trigger the stops from Launchpad. But there are NO lights showing up in the Launchpad. I tried MIDI inputs and outputs same and different, still no lights on the launchpad.
I think I figure it out. You have clear the MIDI ports before assigning them.
saw every minute of it.That surrounding sound system looks sweet. I'm jealous😂
Brilliant. Actually got to listen to the setup and was not bored at all. Hope your new puter is a desktop it can give you the wellie you need. Memory is actually very cheap. Was wondering if the software took advantage of multi-core processors. It ought to and you would need lots of cooling on the processor anyway. Maybe a fan with an ice box (sort of serious) to keep the electronics cool. Suspect that is where some of your glitches may come from. It is great to have the cat appear when it fails. Absolutely wonderful to have the head appear saying okay why have you stopped. Was enjoying that. Also have comments for you about Calon Lan and Christians Awake but will find the relevant video. Keep up the great work.
Wow! Just came across your channel. Amazing how much electronic organs have advanced since my aunt's that she got in the mid 1960s.
Thanks for doing this. I was really interested in your setup! Thanks for sharing your talent with us.
I appreciate you taking the time to give us a "behind the scenes" view of what goes into your live streaming process. I've watched other videos of organ stops and such so I was able to follow pretty well up until you got to your little black screen thingy. I can even picture Caroline sitting at your table there covered with various hymnals as she preps you for your hymn playing sessions. Thanks again, Richard for all that you do!
Thanks for the tour. It satisfies my engineering mind!
Great presentation - carpet ain't so bad - at least it appears to be in good repair! Heck, it has to be good for your stocking feet when not in those organ shoes!
Thank you for this demo, Richard. Your audio quality is excellent, and I love the sound of the Marcussen! I'm using my 3m HW setup for Zoom worship, until it is safe for our congregation to worship together again. I'm currently using a Blue Yeti X (USB) microphone to pick up the sound coming from the speakers. Now that I've seen your setup, I'm going to buy another Focusrite and run a direct line from my Focusrite 6i6 into a 2nd computer, as you've done. This will solve the problem of my cat "vocalizing" as I play. :( Thanks again for the tour! Cathy M
Watched it all. Great presentation, you are a gifted speaker. The organ sounds great, better than great, absolutely sounds like the real thing, and I'm only on a cell phone. Interested to know the cost of this, if you mentioned it, I didn't catch it.
Thanks Richard. Very much enjoyed and will be donating toward your new computer.
Thank you...thank you...and did I say THANK YOU!! So interesting...explained so well that even I can understand Hauptwerk...Go gettum!!
Glad it was helpful, and glad you managed to find the video! Good to have you onboard! I'll be putting up more videos talking about Hauptwerk and how I set it up to sound so incredible.
Really interesting Richard, thank you very much indeed for the tour. What a wonderful instrument you have. I will endeavour to make another contribution to your computer fund soon. In the meantime thank you for all the wonderful music, and I look forward to the next recital.
Finally! I was going to request this exact video! Thank You! (Although at no point did I say 'enough technical talk')
Outstanding tour of your organ set up and your 'cathedral'. Ach, what a way to enjoy listening to good organ music but with some of your 'sacramental wine' that you have conveniently stashed under the speaker😄. One would certainly hope that your neighbours will not complain too badly whenever you are able to go full-on with the upgrades to the computer and the programming. Slàinte
Just discovered this channel. Very informative! Do keep it up.
And you are very welcome! How did you find me?
BEAUTY in SOUND It found me! It appeared on my , (wat do you call it?), possible channels to view? I play for church, though not a trained pipe organist. Have been fascinated and entranced by the richness and splendour of the European church instruments. Am from Singapore....
Helpful information. I'm working through the videos but it's evident that things have moved on a long way from when this was posted
That choir Diapason is stunning
Thanks for sharing your rig. I try to sound like an organ with my electric guitar, but end up more like an ape on an accordian. I'll try more wine bottles under my speakers.
Fascinating thanks so much for uploading this
I had no idea this was even possible. New and very avid subscriber here 💪👌
Enjoyed your video. The sound there sounds awesome. I know you want to update it. Will be even better. Thanks for video.
Really enjoyed your video. I have converted a 2 manual Conn to Midi. Yesterday finally got the electronics installed to use the third manual (from an old pipe organ). Currently running Grand Orgue. Now I have to install Reed switches and magnets to get the pedals working. Then generals and pistons. My PC is a used/refurnished Dell from Walmart. Added ram to 64 GB so lots of space. Simple amplifier for now and two big old Radio Shack speakers. Plan to improve the sound system using a Delta 1010LT to get more channels. Stops are my biggest issue. With the addition of the third manual where the stop rail used to be don't have room for stops so using touch screen at the moment but don't like it. Wish I could alter the console for room for pull stops but would have to do major renovation of the console to add the wings. Anyway having fun but have ten years work in it so far and at 80 need to get it finished soon.
Brilliant video, Richard - enjoyed every second of it. Fantastic playing too! I totally agree with others' advice to get a desktop computer - they're so much more powerful than a laptop, and you get loads more for your money - especially if it's a PC, not a Mac. Your Focusrite interface is an excellent choice (I use their Saffire Pro 40 and love it) so I'd hang on to that.
I encounter similar technical issues in my work with virtual instruments, pushing my PC to the max - my heart went out to you watching those 'epic fail' clips! Although I no longer play the organ (I went down the symphonic progressive rock path) I find myself missing it greatly knowing that Haupwerk exists and hearing how incredible it sounds in your hands. Incidentally I went to school with Colin Walsh (now Organist Laureat at Lincoln) and we were both students at the same time on the Portsmouth Cathedral organ. Colin, in turns out, was rather better at it than me :-)
Hello Richard love your channel, or should I say channels since you now have two !🎶💕 It was very good of you to explain why you're having computer troubles!
Love Nala at 2:23!😻
The technical side went over my head unfortunately!😕
I'm a novis when it comes to organs and organ music.
Can you please make a absolut beginners video on how an electric organ and a regular organ works and also the terminology you use, the swell etc.
Or are there videos, already out there, on this topic that you can recommend?
beautiful sound
Going through back videos. Interesting!
Hi Richard. Great virtual organ setup! I am building a 4 manual plus pedalboard console. 3 manuals are working, so is the pedalboard. Still looking for a donor keyboard to use for the fourth manual. I have about 40 pistons built and plan to add a few more. I also need to build the stops and couplers. For software, I am using jOrgan with Fluidsynth. The organ disposition is St. Paul's Anglican church in Toronto, Canada. The disposition was recorded from 3 different pipe organs in England by Chris Pearson. I envy you with a much better looking console and Hauptwerk which must be better as each pipe is recorded. In my case, a few pipes per octave are recorded and then extrapolated through software. As it is, the price is right, so I carry on!
Thanks for doing this. Tom in Toronto, Canada
Very interesting video. Thanks for the tour! This sample set sounds awesome!
Looking forward to building a vpo system someday. Hope you have been able to upgrade yours by now (just introduced to your channel by a friend).
Dell - I suspect you've seen my subsequent videos regarding my setup? A lot has changed since I did this video, and indeed a lot will change later this year (an entirely new set up!). Great to have you onboard and I'm very pleased that you found the channel! 😊
Thank you Richard, what a powerful sound in your 'cathedral'. The sound from behind must be excellent when playing. Reminds me of playing at Lincoln cathedral with the swell and pedal reeds high up behind. The acoustic in your set up is marvellous, thank you for sharing. How about others in the neighbourhood, do they come and listen? This time last year I enjoyed giving a recital at Wymondham abbey in Norfolk, so your playing is keeping me going!
Thanks Richard, great to have you! Lincoln is fabulous - I’ve played there a few times! Looooovely
Thank you. That was neat to see, and I understand your struggles better.
Great video, Richard. Always interesting to see how other people's Hauptwerk setups work. In case you haven't thought about this already, might I suggest building the new PC instead of buying one as it will be cheaper and you can save on the parts you don't need to be really powerful (e.g. GPU) and go slightly overboard on other parts (e.g. RAM). These days, building a PC really isn't that hard and there's a bunch of information on RUclips and elsewhere online. Thanks for all the brilliant videos! Ed
I agree. Much cheaper to just buy and install more RAM and upgrade to a compatible faster CPU. Just research how much RAM is allowed for the specific motherboard. I would have to save up for 5 years if i want a replica of your entire setup. Think the hardest part would be to find such an organ to modify. Nice job by the way
Would love to hear some of your own compositions. What a nice console. As I'm sure you know, we are now able to digitally record of any of the great organs. The correct reverb can also be changed... from St. John's in NW... to the Crystal Cath. Great job. Just to be clear in relationship to semantics: there's an important difference between the word "organ"... and the console. You should have the best... and the best recording artists of our time to help you. You had a lot of over-amping coming across RUclips.
Both insightful and interesting. Thank you.
Absolutely loved this video. I am so jealous! I love how you presented and explained how you did all this and what it takes to generate the marvelous sounds you broadcast. You gave a great presentation on how your system works. That’s a marvelous set up for an in-home organ.
How hard was it to adapt the Hauptwerk software to the console?
That was brilliant, and really interesting - thank you, Richard!
Was a wonderful very informative video, I hope you are able to get that much needed upgrade of your computer.
I was at our AGO Christmas party last year. The party was at a members 'home. He had a 4 manual console and a Hauptwerk virtual organ. I sat down and was playing the Willis organ in Salisbury Cathedral. I'm far from an accomplished organist but even an amateur can sound good on that orgsn.
I know a lot of people like Salisbury and Hereford (I like them too, and I like the real things even more!), but for me Rotterdam sounds more natural and 'real'. It also has more character and more bite :)
Any computer you get in the future, make 100% sure you get a Solid-State Drive for it. In fact, look at a motherboard which supports the use of the M.2 SSD that is only about 1" wide, and about 3" long. These are MUCH faster than a regular SSD as it uses more power from the motherboard than a regular SSD can access. My Intel I-5 with 32GB ram will fully boot up into Windows 10 in less than 8-12 seconds from a cold boot. These M.2 SSD drives can be obtained in 500GB up to like 2TB. If you need additional storage, then use a 2.5" SSD SATA drive. Get a decent one, but you don't have to spend huge money on one either. These M.2 SSD's are incredibly fast, and adding the extra SSD gives you more space than you will probably not use all of it.
Lots of luck configuring your instrument. It sounds WONDERFUL now! I have used my I-5 HP Laptop in the past and it does work well, but the lagging is a problem. I also use the same Focusrite unit you are using. One quirk I found with that unit is the outputs are "Balanced Line Audio" type. It does not work well to a standard high impedance amplifier. I had to build a Balanced to High-Impedance converter. I had to turn down the inputs on the amplifiers quite a bit to get the sound back to normal. The converters used NO gain in the circuits. They are 1:1 transfer of sound. It was all based on the "Impedance" factor of sending the audio out. Just mentioning in passing.
This is fascinating! WOW! How much living space does all this require? Maybe one of the Queen's palaces???
My organ is a two manual Rodgers Console playing the EM Skinner which is at St. Mark Episcopal Church in Glendale , CA. of course it is a Hauptwerk organ. Still working on it. I am using a Mini Mac to run the software.
You just made my day. Thank you!
Yes, I certainly stayed to the end and found it all fascinating. You have an incredible sound there - in the beginning I thought it was 'the real thing' - so you have achieved your desire! Hope you soon get that more powerful laptop. Q: why does it need to be a laptop? you could probably build a 240Gb P.C. for less that a 240Gb laptop would cost? Good luck on that.
Kitty!
I play piano, but I'd love to put together a Haputwerk system as a "retiirement" project. I'm not sure at my age I'd ever be able to develop a good organ technique, especially on the pedal, but it looks like fun anyway.
Richard, this was VERY interesting and definitely gives a better background. I pray you can upgrade the computer soon, I will be making a donation to help! Thank you for sharing your gifts!!🙏🏻🙏🏻
I thoroughly enjoy your music, am a happy subscriber and have been wondering about your setup. Thanks for sharing. Have you considered replacing the drawknob panels with touch screens? I did that with a Viscount Grand Opera. I upgraded from a laptop by putting a PC into the console, tucked away on a shelf under the manuals. Thanks for giving me the idea to put a sequencer piston in place of the "great" expression shoe. It's fun seeing how other Hauptwerkians set their organs up.
Interesting video, it wasn't available back in the 90's when I was thinking about getting a digital organ and at that time there were only three readily available: Allen, Viscount and a third which I can't recall the name of but has the best build quality and also the most expensive.
I can't figure out what happens when the console stop names don't match the sampled organ's, or when the sampled organ has more stops, pistons, manuals etc. You brifely mentioned you left the stops out. The English Diapason on the drawstop becomes a German or Dutch Prinzipal wouldn't be so confusing , but a Rohrflute becomes something else, Spitzflöte or strings? Can you assign a floating manual for a 4th solo manual on the real organ?
Thank you. I had forgotten that I didn't manage to what the whole recording earlier but that has now been rectified. Do you have any more recent info about the computer replacement?
Yes I do... incase you haven't yet found it, it's called My New Hauptwerk Computers. It's only a short video :)
@@beautyinsound Thanks for the prompt response - you certainly look like the cat that got the cream!
Talking of cats - check out Steve Ramsey, a woodworker who is using the lockdown to build an adventure playground for his two cats.
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Loving your vlogs absolutely adore the organ would love it if you were my neighbour you'd have a free pass to play as loudly as you liked! Probably everyone into computer generated music would recommend massively a Mac Pro for massive storage and stratespheric ram capabilities. You could buy a used Mac Pro tower for £500.00 or less that would absolutely be phenomenal. Look forward to seeing /hearing more from you All the best Alan
Thanks Alan! Things have developed since I made this video, including a new computer. There is a huge announcement coming this evening at 7pm on the channel so make sure you tune in for that!
@@beautyinsound I certainly will See you later
Hello everyone Patric and dopple2 here having fun ... yep he’s still here doing ok and sends love and best wishes to you all xxxx
Hallo sir.
Always a pleasure listening to your wonderful performance.
I need some advice. I have a vivace 30 viscount organ.
I need some clarity on volume adjustments so that I don't get a distorted sound but at the same time to get the most out of it.
She doesn't have external speakers just the inbuilt.
So any particular suggestions will be welcome.
I have the following stops on the great division.
16 prinzpal, 8 prinzpal, 8 rhoflute, 4 octave, 4 Spitzflute, 3 Cornett, 2 octave, 4 mixture, 16 trumpet, and 8 trumpet.
Swell division,
8 prinzpal, 8 bordon, 8 Gamba, 8 celest, 4 rhoflute, 2 wadflute, 22/3 quintflute, 13/5 terz, 3 scherf, 8 oboe, 4 clarion.
Padal division,
16 pricinpal, 16 violon, 16 subbass, 8 octavebass, 8 gadeckt, 4 choralbass, 4 mixture, 16 pasune, 8 trumpet, 4 klarine.
I would like your advise on individual stops volume recommendation so that I can get different colors and textures that give off an imitation of a pipe organ sound from this small beautiful viscount 30 classic Organ.
Wonderful!
Hi Threre, thank yoou for showing us your Hauptwerk setup. All I need now is a lotto win, and I can do something with a very empty organ loft in our church! Your 'Music in Cathedrals' continuous is broken 😣. Hope you can repair it soon. Love the music. I dabble on a Ahlborn H6. keep it up
I had great plans and intentions for my Hauptwerk program. Life got in the way and even though I am a techy, I am techy in too , way too many dimensions and have fallen flat with the Hauptwerk. I do have lots of recordings of others and the many organ samples available. I can hardly contain myself when I listen to them.
Loved it!
Mr. Richard, your Viscount organ , aparently, is great. Wy do you need use a organ simulator/software? In some day you can use a original sound the organ Viscount for us. Tkx (i’ m Paulo Damasceno, from Brazil). I apreciate Very much your work, sound, etc)
If I were to buy this model of organ where would I buy it as I have looked on the viscount website and I can not find it
I don’t quite understand the whole concept and how everything actually works. I do enjoy your excellent playing and trying to explain the details of a virtual organ. This seems to be completely different than a Rogers or an Allen Organ.
Brilliant adaptation of a "toaster" console. The aesthetic of stop knobs is obvious, however most of the residence Hauptwerk organs I have seen (a total of about three) use iPads as stop boards. It is surprising how much one can pack onto one or (usually) two screens. I have seen yet another Hauptwerk that uses a PC compatible touchscreen, possibly of industrial purpose. The iPads or such are merely used as USB touch/display terminals -- not doing any computing for audio.
I tend to agree with a commenter that a desktop-type computer -- you know, the ones gamers use -- might be ideal. You might even find a local gamer who has upgraded, who might sell you his old 'rig.' Gaming rigs accept tonnes of additional RAM, plus they generally don't make shortcuts for weight and power consumption, as laptops must. A key issue that laptops employ is throttling of the processor when its temperature rises in heavy use. Desktop computers have much better heat rejection, and may not go limp in the throes of Widor.
Cheers.
Greetings from the Netherlands!
Thanks for the tour. Probably a terabyte should get things humming.
Do have a question. What do the neighbors think of the noise?
I was wondering that as well.
I have an Ahlborn Galanti with a custom Conn pipe display/ speakers. I would love Hauptwerk but i am not tech savvy. I tried Grand Orgue. After much much frustration i finally got it hooked up and every note had a delay, so it was worthless. I wish someone out there could set up a service to come install it. I dont even know where to begin.
Hi Richard - great channel! Have you considered building your own PC? I was thinking you really need a bit of a beast with 128GB+ of RAM, high output on the motherboard, specialised high spec for the audio out (although you’re probably best to stick to external amp and pre-amp as you are) and water cooling for silent running (last thing you want is the whirring of a fan). I reckon you could do it yourself! It would also be a lot cheaper!
I’ve been to Rotterdam and heard that organ in the flesh.