Thanks to the folks who have downloaded the theatre organ expansion packs and offered their kind words. I would like to take a few moments to make some suggestions for making the best and most authentic use of these TPO (theatre pipe organ) sounds.
The sounds I have provided were taken from our top model, the Paramount 450. Please take a few moments to listen to some of the mp3 performances posted on our website. These were recorded by world class organists and demonstrate how theatre organs should sound. Please click the link below:
http://www.paramountorganworks.com/scripts/home.htmlHere are some tips to help you set up your Genos:
1. Of paramount (pardon the pun) importance, to effectively emulate an organ one should own a set of MIDI bass pedals. Connect the pedalboard MIDI to the Genos using either MIDI In A or B. Set the MIDI Receive to the channel your pedals use and assign this to Right 3. These products can be found at many music shops and on eBay. If you are on a budget, you can get bass pedals that have been removed from an organ and "MIDIfy" them with inexpensive products such as Roman Sowa's Midi-Hardware (see link below). An example of this can be seen in the attached photo. This pedalboard was salvaged from a Yamaha HX-1 and fitted with one of Roman's MIDI encoders. As a bonus, a MIDI pedalboard is also usable to act like a Yamaha MFC10. You can assign pedals to control various Genos functions.
https://www.midi-hardware.com/index.php?section=prod_info&product=MBBS2. Assign preset combinations from the Pedal group to Right 3, Accomp presets to Left, Great presets to Right 1, and Solo Presets to Right 2.
3. When you have sound combinations you like, assign them to the ten Genos regisitrations.
4. Plug a Yamaha FC7 into the "Volume" input on Genos. This will act as an expression pedal for your virtual organ.
5. If you have another keyboard, you can use it to control the Solo manual using the techniques described for foot pedals.
6. If you do not wish to use a second keyboard for the Solo, one can quickly swap Great and Solo presets by simultaneously tapping Right 1 and Right 2.
7. Assign some WAV files included in the Theatre Organ Ranks pack to your Multi-pads. This will emulate what theatre organists call the "trash tray".
I hope that these tips will help you get the most out of the expansion packs.
Joe
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