OpenPipes Pipe Organ Sound for the Masses

Software

Masterpiece is the sample player — it reads Hauptwerk and GrandOrgue libraries and builds the instrument's own console out of them. OpenPipes OS is the Linux distribution it runs on, tuned for real-time organ audio and available in ARM and x86 editions.

Masterpiece playing the Nancy console

Masterpiece — sample player

Reads Hauptwerk and GrandOrgue sample sets, including straight from their RAR and .orgue packages, and plays them on the console the set describes. Up to 9.3x less memory than holding every sample resident, so a 44-stop organ fits on a Raspberry Pi. Standalone, VST3, LV2 and AU for Windows, macOS, Linux and Pi.

PipeWire patchbay on OpenPipes OS ARM

OpenPipes OS — ARM

Minimal 64-bit OS for Raspberry Pi 4/5. Pre-configured with GrandOrgue, RustyPipes, Aeolus, JACK, PipeWire and CALF, plus a web interface for running it headless.

Aeolus with the PipeWire patchbay on OpenPipes OS x86

OpenPipes OS — x86

Debian Trixie-based distribution for Intel and AMD PCs, with the same three switchable engines. Includes RustyPipes for Hauptwerk and GrandOrgue sets. Alpha release.