Pistons
The seven programmable pistons are the heart of this app as a performance instrument. Each pistons allows you to capture a complete console setting - stops and couplers - for instant recall during performance. And to make life even easier for the performer, particularly when using an iPhone or iPod Touch with a small, fiddly screen, the pistons can be mapped to drum pads on a controller keyboard. Most modern controllers come with 8 or more drum pads, and programming these to control the pistons takes a couple of seconds.
Programming a registration into a piston
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Touch the piston you want to program, to make sure it is pressed in (the graphic on screen will show if the piston is pushed in or out).
Now touch the PROG button on screen. The red LED below and to the right of the PROG button will light up. Select the registration you want - pull out stops and couplers until you have the perfect sound. Touch the selected piston again. All 4 LEDs will flash to indicate that you have successfully programmed a registration into a piston. Now press other pistons to wipe from the console your new setting, then recall the one you just programmed - the recall is instantaneous. Repeat for all 7 pistons, and you have programmed your Victorian Chapel Organ ready for performance. |
Mapping drum pads onto pistons
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Press in the far left piston.
Press PROG and HOLD IT FOR ABOUT 3/4 OF A SECOND. When you release PROG, the LEDs should all be pulsing, and the PROG button will no longer be pressed in. You are now in 'piston mapping' mode, and are able to map 7 drum pads to the pistons. Now just tap 7 drum pads on your keyboard, in order. This programs them into the app. It's that simple. Now, again, check it all works by bashing away at your pads - the on-screen pistons will change to reflect the pad you just pressed, and the 4 LEDs will flash to let you know you just changed program via MIDI. |
Settings - reverb and MIDI channels
Victorian Chapel Organ uses the iOS standard settings app to retain settings between runs, so all your programming will not be lost when you quit the app. A shortcut on screen to the left of the pistons will jump you into the settings app, and you can jump straight back into the app from settings once you are done.
With settings you can control the built-in reverb unit - because most of us cannot afford a private church to play in so we need reverberation help! You can either set up the reverb engine with sliders inside the settings app, or you can use the settings app to map the 3 reverb parameters - send, space and tone - onto MIDI CCs, and play with reverb from your controller.
Settings also lets you program the MIDI channels used by the app. Default is Great on channel 1. Swell is always Great plus 1, Pedal is always Great plus 2.
If you are using a single MIDI keyboard, either set it to output on MIDI channel 1, or use the settings app to set up which MIDI channel you want the app to use for Great. Again, Swell is always Great+1, Pedal always Great+2.
Now you know all you need to know, and you should be able to start playing. But if you have a problem, hop over to the FAQ ...
With settings you can control the built-in reverb unit - because most of us cannot afford a private church to play in so we need reverberation help! You can either set up the reverb engine with sliders inside the settings app, or you can use the settings app to map the 3 reverb parameters - send, space and tone - onto MIDI CCs, and play with reverb from your controller.
Settings also lets you program the MIDI channels used by the app. Default is Great on channel 1. Swell is always Great plus 1, Pedal is always Great plus 2.
If you are using a single MIDI keyboard, either set it to output on MIDI channel 1, or use the settings app to set up which MIDI channel you want the app to use for Great. Again, Swell is always Great+1, Pedal always Great+2.
Now you know all you need to know, and you should be able to start playing. But if you have a problem, hop over to the FAQ ...
