Hollywood Theatre VTPO project

The Columbia River Theatre Organ Society is in the process of installing a theatre pipe organ in the historic Hollywood theater in Portland. This installation is progressing but it may be several years before the pipe organ is actually playing. A Ken Crome built Wurlitzer replica console was purchased for the pipe organ. This console had been attached to some Devtronix analog electronics in its past. As there are many scheduled silent picture events and other opportunities at the Hollywood, it was decided to install a virtual organ as an interim instrument. After some research and experimentation, the Hauptwerk virtual pipe organ software was chosen for the instrument. Hauptwerk was chosen as it is the most advanced PC based virtual organ software available. It is very flexible, stable and has many pipe organ sample sets available for it.		Since the existing console specification emulates a three manual, moderate sized instrument, the sample set selected for the instrument is the 3/19 set from Key Media Productions. This sample set is produced by noted Australian organist Neil Jensen. It provides 19 virtual ranks of pipes, along with the typical array of tuned and non-tonal percussions, as well as sound effects that will be used for the accompaniment of silent pictures. The organ loudspeakers repose on the stage, behind the movie screen. As of this writing, the final configuration of the audio system is still in flux. For the dedication recital that took place on September 12th, 2009, there was a temporary audio system installed, consisting of 12 audio channels that included two subwoofers. Noted theater organist Donna Parker played the dedication recital. Future Hollywood theatre events using the virtual organ are scheduled, including silent films.
Custom Wurlitzer copy panel console			Console electronics, including Devtronix combination action

Technical Data: Computer: (supplied by Iguana Micro) Asus mother board P5QL-EM Intel 9550 Core 2 quad processor 4 Gb DDR3 RAM Western Digital 250 Gb hard disc drive Antec NSK 4480B case Lite-on DVD ROM Audio and MIDI interfaces: Echo Audio Audiofire 12 sound interface Motu micro lite - 5x5 USB MIDI interface Devtronix 8 channel MIDI encoder Doepfer CTM64 MIDI interface Custom keyboard terminal and stop input inverter circuits made by Jack Powers	Devtronix MIDI encoders and custom interface cards		Software Microsoft Vista Home Premium 64 Bit Hauptwerk V3.23 Neil Jensen 3/19 sample set Midi-OX Audio system See table below: Subwoofer custom built by Gary Nelson Console Custom Built by Charles Sutton and enhanced by Ken Crome, Reno Nevada Internal wiring by Tim Rickman Devtronix Combination action Syndyne SAMS Robert Morton keyboards with Accomp. 2nd touch