The Eekman de Mare organ from the
church in Midwolde
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J. Pachelbel - Christus, der ist mein Leben
Historical information
1640 Built by Levijn Eekman (1630) and Andreas de Mare (ca. 1660)
Technical information
Wind pressure: 2.46 inch or 62,4 mm WC
Tuning: a' = ca. 460 Hz.
Temperament: Modified meantone (pure fifths b-f and e sharp-b)
For Hauptwerk users, a pull down pedal of 25 notes has been added Tremulant:
Each stop has been recorded with and without tremulant. As a result,
this sample set is approximately twice the usual size.
Specification of the Eekman
de Mare organ from the church in Midwolde
J. Pachelbel - Christus, der ist mein Leben - Live
Observations: Live recording Registration: Various registrations Organist: Fred de Jong
J. Pachelbel - Christus, der ist mein Leben
Observations: Opgenomen met Hauptwerk 3 Registration: Various registrations Organist: Fred de Jong
G. Böhm - Ach wie nichtig ach wie flüchtig Partita 1
Observations: Recorded with Hauptwerk 3 Registration: R/R Organist: Arjan Versluis
G. Böhm - Ach wie nichtig ach wie flüchtig Partita 2
Observations: Recorded with Hauptwerk 3 Registration: R,Q/R,Q Organist: Arjan Versluis
G. Böhm - Ach wie nichtig ach wie flüchtig Partita 3
Observations: Recorded with Hauptwerk 3 Registration: R,O/R,O Organist: Arjan Versluis
G. Böhm - Ach wie nichtig ach wie flüchtig Partita 4
Observations: Recorded with Hauptwerk 3 Registration: O/O Organist: Arjan Versluis
G. Böhm - Ach wie nichtig ach wie flüchtig Partita 5
Observations: Recorded with Hauptwerk 3 Registration: R,Q,P/R,Q,P Organist: Arjan Versluis
G. Böhm - Ach wie nichtig ach wie flüchtig Partita 6
Observations: Recorded with Hauptwerk 3 Registration: R,P/R,P Organist: Arjan Versluis
G. Böhm - Ach wie nichtig ach wie flüchtig Partita 7
Observations: Recorded with Hauptwerk 3 Registration: R,O,P/R,O,P Organist: Arjan Versluis
G. Böhm - Ach wie nichtig ach wie flüchtig Partita 8
Observations: Recorded with Hauptwerk 3 Registration: R,M,O,P/R,M,O,P Organist: Arjan Versluis
A. Versluis - Improvisatie Gezang 254 variatie 1
Observations: Recorded with Hauptwerk 3 Registration: R,P/R,S,P Organist: Arjan Versluis
A. Versluis - Improvisatie Gezang 254 variatie 2
Observations: Recorded with Hauptwerk 3 Registration: R,N/R,Q Organist: Arjan Versluis
A. Versluis - Improvisatie Gezang 254 variatie 3
Observations: Recorded with Hauptwerk 3 Registration: Tutti Organist: Arjan Versluis
Download Information
of the Eekman de Mare organ from the church in Midwolde
Important : Before download and install, first read the
comments below at "General".
Check the MD5 checksums with the WinMD5 program, free to download
from
http://www.winmd5.com
or http://www.fastsum.com If a checksum is incorrect, throw the wrong download file away
from the PC and download that file again.
Start Hauptwerk (File/Install organ....), select in the folder where
you just downloaded the files the file with extension
.CompPkg_Hauptwerk_rar in Hauptwerk's component installer.
Hauptwerk automatically finds the other files.
If you get error messages, scroll to the end of the log file (this
opens automatically if something goes wrong when unpacking) to see
what goes wrong.
Usually a file is missing, or there is a file in the wrong folder or
a file is damaged.
Before loading the organ, first have a look at the
system information
regarding the expected memory usage etc.
Note: Please contact us via the
Contact form if you encounter any
issues; we will try to assist you.
System requirements
of the Eekman de Mare organ from the church in Midwolde
a modern fast computer with, for example, Windows 10 64 bit
installed and around 3.5 GB of RAM.
a good internal or external sound card
1 manual/keyboard with (at least 25 keys) pedal òr a complete
electronic organ with MIDI out
good quality speakers /headphone
The computer
To play the complete version of this sample set without limitations
requires a modern, fast computer with, for example, Windows 10 64 bit
installed and around 3.5 GB of RAM. The best results are achieved with
computers from Apple-MacIntosh although we have no experience with
these. It is difficult to make exact pronouncements about minimum
requirements. The "mother" website,
hauptwerk.com
, has a wealth of information. Prerequisites.
Hauptwerk 5 or higher.
This set works well with the lite version of Hauptwerk. Here
follows a Table of memory usage.
On other systems, these requirements could vary! Do take into consideration that the operating system itself also
has substantial memory requirements.
The sound card
A good internal or external sound card. For more information go to:
hauptwerk.com .
Manuals/keyboards/pedal òr complete organ with MIDI out
1 manual/keyboard and a (at least 25 keys) pedal òr a complete
electronic organ with MIDI out.
Beautiful consoles specifically designed for Hauptwerk are
commercially available.
In the Netherlands these are available through, for example,
Those who are technically inclined can provide their keyboard with
MIDI capability using hardware from, for example,
WIRA,
MIDI-Hardware.com
or MGB . We ourselves have
done this using a Heyligers organ dating from around 1975 (using WIRA
hardware). The conversion was about 300 Euro and everything has worked
perfectly for years.
Speakers/headphone
The superb sound quality of Hauptwerk is best experienced through
high-quality headphones, such as AKG or Sennheiser.
We prefer connecting the sound card to a (possibly multi-channel)
sound system. The above mentioned companies can also advise you on any
purchases in this area.
What you definitely should not do is listen to Hauptwerk
through the built-in speakers of the monitor or a set of €10 computer
speakers!
Table of memory usage
of
the Eekman de Mare organ from the church in Midwolde
From Hauptwerk 5 (space needed on the hard drive is 2 GB)
Loading method
Memory requirements
Operating system not included.
Loaded 16 bit, 48 kHz, everything compressed, single loop,
single release, sounds not loaded.
1000 MB
Loaded 16 bit, 48 kHz, uncompressed, multi loops, multi release,
sounds.
1600 MB
Completely loaded 24 bit, 48 kHz, uncompressed, multi loops,
multi release, sounds.
2900 MB
Screen layout of the Eekman
de Mare organ from the church in Midwolde
The Midwolde sample set comes with 4 organ Definition Files:
1A: Original tuning for a screen resolution of 1280 x 1024.
1B: Original tuning for a screen resolution of 1024 x 768.
2A: Well tempered tuning for a screen resolution of 1280 x 1024.
2B: Well tempered tuning for a screen resolution of 1024 x 768.
Our advice is to delete the ODF with the resolution you are not using.
The mixed use of two resolutions gives problems with the sizing of the
various images in Hauptwerk. If this problem arises, it is recommended
that the organ be reloaded using "Design Tools/Load organ with design
options".
1A/1B have OrganID 775 and 2A/2B have OrganID 776. For this reason,
after installation in Hauptwerk, the various channels, manuals and
combinations need to be defined separately.
Tremulant: Because all the pipes have been separately recorded
with tremulant, (thus the tremulant is heard as it actually is) all the
settings defined via "Organ settings/Pipe and rank voicing" for the
normal voices also need to be extended to the tremulated voices to avoid
unwanted side effects. It is advisable not to set the volume of the
actual tremulant too low. If one does, then when a key is released,
there is an unnatural silence.
De Tab: "Pictures" (clicking on the image toggles between photos))
Window and organ front
The church
De Tab: Original
The virtual original console
On the left you will see the console for the version meant for
Hauptwerk 5. We have chosen to provide one Organ Definition File
with one tab for the original version and one for the standard
version.
The virtual console depicted here for the organ of Midwolde is
closest to the actual situation.
The original organ has a so-called "short octave". This so-called
"short octave" is actually a "long octave" since older keyboards did
not extend lower than F (with the keys F,G,A,A-sharp,B). If the
organist wanted lower keys, then the organ builder would add C,D,E
in a very efficient manner. We now call this a "short octave" but in
reality keys were not deleted but added.
Later on naturally, more keys were added (F-sharp, G-sharp, etc).
On the original Midwolde organ, pressing the
E key causes C to play,
F plays F,
F-sharp plays D,
G plays G and
G-sharp plays E.
The rest is normal. The original organ lacks a pedal but for
Hauptwerk we have added a 21 note pull-down pedal. The small squares
at the bottom of the image indicate which key has been pressed. Here
we have also implemented the "short octave".
To use the original keyboard in HW 5, use "Organ Settings/Connect
Keyboard MIDI inputs to Organ Keyboards" to connect one of your
keyboards to MANUAAL ORG.
To use the original pedal with HW 5, use "Organ Settings/Connect
Keyboard MIDI inputs to Organ Keyboards" to connect your pedal with
PEDAL ORG.
De Tab: Standard
The virtual standard console
On the right you will see the virtual implementation of a normal
keyboard. With this, the Midwolde organ can be played normally. The
25-note pull-down pedal is now normally constituted. The small
squares at the bottom of the image indicate which key is pressed.
C-sharp, D-sharp, F-sharp and G-sharp, pipes not originally present,
have been added by retuning neighbouring pipes.
To use the normal keyboard in HW3, use "Organ Settings/Connect
Keyboard MIDI inputs to Organ Keyboards" to connect one of your
keyboards to MANUAAL STD.
To use the normal pedal with HW3, use "Organ Settings/Connect
Keyboard MIDI inputs to Organ Keyboards" to connect your pedal with
PEDAL STD.
De Tab: Wind
Wind supply
Above you will see a representation of the wind supply. In addition,
here you will find the buttons with which to turn on or off the key
and stop action sounds. Depending on the wind usage, the candles next
to the virtual music desk will flicker less or more.
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