If you are buying a new computer specifically to run Hauptwerk, we would normally recommend 4 GB or 8 GB if the computer can accept it, which would be sufficient for most current sample sets.

I can understand why though. It sounds real. You’d need a music major or true audiophile to tell the difference. I don’t think I have ever seen a more demanding program. Yeah, you can *make* some program use crazy amounts of resources, but to use this thing at full bore you will be producing over 2400 simultaneous voices of polyphony. It has built-in ways to limit yourself from overloading your computer, so it’s playable live, and of course has stripped down modes of operation for lesser computing rigs. My friend and I are conspiring to produce some drum and bass with pipe organ, and I think we have found the software package needed to produce sounds of an overwhelming nature (a must in dance music). With the right sound setup, this software package could probably make the audience shit their pants, literally, though it may deafen them first. We’ll settle for making people dance (or whatever it is kids do these days to electronic music. probably text message).

This entry was posted on Tuesday, January 13th, 2009 at 15:25.