I purchased the "dry" version of the Litomysl organ for my own use and I developed a jOrgan console for it as discussed in the theater organ project above. However, I wanted to make further modifications to the Litomysl design so I decided to create a completely new Hauptwerk organ using the samples provided with the Litomysl set.

The specifications of my 3-manual Litomysl organ (Version 2) are:

I discarded the "Great Cornet" since I could not see any use for it. I also got rid of the key and stop noise samples to save memory and make the organ run more smoothly. This is, of course, a matter of taste. I am not trying to recreate the sound of the original organ but rather I am trying to create a good performance and recording instrument for my own use.

There were not enough reeds to give the Hauptwerk an independant chorus so I provided borrowing from the Positiv and Schelwerk to substitute here.

I "deepened" the Schwelwerk box to give it more expression. I also added a swell box for the Positiv. I left the Tromp Real out of the box as expected for a chamade rank.

I added a second borrowed stop from the Hw to the Pedal - the 16' Bourdon - to provide some variety.

Finally, I added a more complete compliment of couplers and general revoicing to bring everything in what, to me at least, seams like a proper balance.

New for version 2:

I have now added additional couplers so that the Positiv now couples at 16’ and 4’ pitch.

I added the 4’ Blockflote to the Schwelwerk in order to form a complete cornet in this division. The stop uses the samples of the 8’ Lieblich Gedakt for the first octave and the samples from the 2’ Waldflote for the remaining octaves. Despite the fact that this is a borrowed stop, the effect in the cornet is very satisfying and it fills in a serious gap in the original Litomysl specification.

I added the pedal 4’ Oboe. It is borrowed from the Schwelwerk.

As usual, my screens all fit on a 15" 1024 x 768 pixel display. I had to create rectangular "stop buttons" to make the console view fit and still provide large enough stop controls for good real-time performance control on the touchscreen. Here are the "console" and "stop" views:

Thanks to Ed Martin who graciously allowed me to test my organ definition with the 16-bit Wet Litomysl organ samples, plus a very reasonable upgrade fee to get the 24-bit "version 2" samples, you can now use my organ definition with either the dry, 16-biut wet, or 24-bit wet versions. A special thanks goes to Al Morse who modified my definition for the 24-but "version 2" samples to take advantage of the new multiple releases. Be careful, however, because including these additional release samples results in much more RAM being required on your computer. For this reason, I have included both my original file and Al's modified file in the 24-0biut download below. If you have only 4 GB of RAM, you can load the entire "regular" V2 definition. If you want to load the V2b definition, with the additional release samples, you may have to select some ranks to leave out. I have found that I can load all but these and have a great playable organ in 4 GB of RAM:

Pedal: Quintbass 10 2/3', Cello 8', Trompeta Imperial 32'

Schwelwerk: Contra Salicional 16', Gemshorn 4', Vox Humana 8'

Hauptwerk: Gamba 8', Quinte 2 2/3'

Positiv: Salicional 8', Sesquialtera I-III, Trempeta Real 8'

The organ is much more responsive if you can use the multiple releases so I definitely recommend this.

Be sure to download the correct version for your samples. You can run them all on your computer as long as you own all the sets of samples.

If you want to try this, be sure you first have a valid Hauptwerk license and the appropriate version(s) of the Litomysl Organ installed correctly. Then download the following:

1a. Download Hauptwerk Dry Installation rar

and/or

1b. Download Hauptwerk 16-bit Wet Installation rar

and/or

1c. Download Hauptwerk 24-bit Wet Installation rar

These are standard Hauptwerk installation packages in rar format. Save to your disk, start Hauptwerk, and then use Hauptwerk's install feature to read the rar file(s) as per the manual.

I have heard from some users (outside the USA) that you might need to disable the "wind model" for the organ to play properly. Since I am in the USA I cannot test this - but it sounds reasonable.

If you do not have touch sensitive keyboard, then you should also disable "key sensing" in both the general and organ settings in Hauptwerk. Failure to do so will result in a sluggish and unusable instrument.

Some users have also reported problems upon loading the organ. They have gotten Hauptwerk error messages about missing files. If this happens, please decompress the rar file manually and move the folder "537000" inside Hauptwerk/HauptwerkSampleSetsAndComponents/OrganInstallationPackages. Then try loading it again. It should work now.

2a. Download Dry CODM Source File

and/or

2b. Download 16-bit Wet CODM Source File

and/or

2c. Download 24-bit Wet CODM Source File

This step is optional. I provide the source code for the Hauptwerk editor so you can see how I did all this and get ideas for your own projects.