Consumer research for organteq - Please participate.

I have answered YES for Questions 1 through 8, inclusive.

Regarding Question #9, I would like Modartt to emulate at least one each of the following types of instruments:

A) A baroque tracker organ, such as the Arp Schnitger instrument in St. Michael Church of Zwolle Holland, except that the Diapason needs to be A440 instead of ~A490 (Schnitger routinely gouged his customers by making his organs sharp, never flat -- it seems Arp Schnitger was a crook who pocketed the savings by making his pipes 12% shorter than required);

B) A French romantic instrument such as the Cavaille-Coll in St. Sulpice;

C) An American classic instrument such as the Aeolian-Skinner of the Riverside Church in New York City, USA

D) A theatre organ such as the Hardman Wurlitzer in Virginia, USA

E) A firey-reeded Spanish organ, such as the Emperor's organ in Toledo, Spain;

F)  A British organ, such as in the Liverpool Cathedral.

Regarding Question #10, please refer to my response in the Organteq beta forum.

Cheers,

Joe

I answered too quickly without checking for the negative reply in question #5.  Regarding Question #8, my affirmative answer indicated I was into "all of the above".

Sorry for any confusion my replies may have caused.

Cheers,

Joe

I'm doing to help them get a idea about the public interested in modelled organs.
I hope they appreciate.

Please participate  :-)

1) No
2) yes
3) yes – Native Instruments Kontakt with a couple of sampled organs, and a Yamaha Clavinova
4) no, but they are pretty impressive!
5) no, but I might end up with a pedal set before this is all done
6) no, see number five above
7) yes
8) more interested in playing than rendering MIDI files
9) for a couple years I have listened to the Wanamaker organ hour on WRTI out of Philadelphia every first Sunday of the month at 5 PM. Unfortunately, the last show a week ago was the last one, from what the announcer said. I have not been to hear that organ in person inside the Wanamaker/Macy's store in downtown Philadelphia, but I have heard that it is a monster, the largest pipe organ in the world, or at least in North America. Perhaps a little emulation for that?
10) I would like to see the program accept multiple keyboard inputs, for those who want to build a simulated console out of a stack of keyboards. Similarly, it would be nice for it to take piano keyboards and allow them to be subdivided into two or even three different registers, each for individual assignment, with variable breaks in the keyboard so that you can set up registers of different sizes on a standard 88 keyboard.

I am excited to see how things progress, as I am a neophyte at the organ, but one who has listened to various things by Virgil Fox that my parents used to love listening to on recordings, as well as Cameron Carpenter, who is quite skilled and yet over-the-top in his organ playing drama. Also, there is just something very special about the majesty of the Saint Saens Symphony No. 3 – organ finale.  It warms my heart on this bleak winter's day just to think of it.

– David

personally, i covet one of these ==> http://www.pedamidikit.org/ and can't wait till i have more household space to be able to reasonably fit one into my setup! 

1- Do you play organ or are you a organist (amateur or professional ) NO

2- Do you have or had in past a digital or eletric organ instrument ? NO

3- Do you already have some digital emulator software for organ ? YES, Grand Orgue, but I rarely use it

4- Do you use MIDI controllers to run the organ software, similar or simpler than theses examples bellow : My DP, not an organ controller

5- Do you plan to buy new MIDI devices to use with organteq ? NO, unless Organteq makes me crazy

6- Do you have a MIDI pedalboard ? NO

7- Are you very amateur about organs but interented about learning, and searching for a good software to emulate organ ? Probably NO

8- Are you interested in organteq to play organ or to render/compose music for organ or music which have organ as one of the instruments ? Not ecluded but it is not my priority now

9 - Would you like organteq to emulate any particular organ model ? NO

10- What feautures do you think that's most important for a organ emulator software or what features would you like to see on organteq ?

The problem with the organ when you are a pianist is that you can loose your velocity control. But it is a great instrument.

1- Do you play organ or are you a organist (amateur or professional ) ? Yes, amateur
2- Do you have or had in past a digital or eletric organ instrument ? Yes, but mostly used as 2-manual & full pedal midi console for Hauptwerk
3- Do you already have some digital emulator software for organ ? Yes, mainly Hauptwerk
4- Do you use MIDI controllers to run the organ software? Yes, see above
5- Do you plan to buy new MIDI devices to use with organteq ? No
6- Do you have a MIDI pedalboard ? Yes
7- Are you very amateur about organs but interented about learning, and searching for a good software to emulate organ ? Already playing, just looking for a lifelike and less memory-hungry alternative tu Hauptwerk (might use both approaches in the future)
8- Are you interested in organteq to play organ or to render/compose music for organ or music which have organ as one of the instruments ? Mainly to play, only occasionally to render MIDI tracks
9 - Would you like organteq to emulate any particular organ model ? Anything from North-German to French, but as close to real organs as possible - possibly composing ‚my‘ organ from pipe sections
10- What feautures do you think that's most important for a organ emulator software or what features would you like to see on organteq ? Lifelike emulation including (editable) impurities, wind model, etc., and no restrictions regarding stop selection, combinations etc. - do what Hauptwerk does but better ;-)

Cheers -
Peter

1- Do you play organ or are you a organist (amateur or professional ) ?
Amateur - was recently "volunteered" to play organ parts for a couple pieces (Bach Jesu and Arioso) with my community orchestra.

2- Do you have or had in past a digital or eletric organ instrument ?
No

3- Do you already have some digital emulator software for organ ?
No

4- Do you use MIDI controllers to run the organ software, similar or simpler than theses examples bellow :
Currently using with my piano controller.

5- Do you plan to buy new MIDI devices to use with organteq ?
Have another small midi keyboard, may add it on eventually.
 
6- Do you have a MIDI pedalboard ?
No, may be fun some time.

7- Are you very amateur about organs but interented about learning, and searching for a good software to emulate organ ?
For now, I installed Organteq specifically to work on these pieces. Was not even aware of it previously.

8- Are you interested in organteq to play organ or to render/compose music for organ or music which have organ as one of the instruments ?
Currently, only using it for home rehearsal.

9 - Would you like organteq to emulate any particular organ model ?
No.

10- What feautures do you think that's most important for a organ emulator software or what features would you like to see on organteq ?
It sounds nice, and works better than practicing organ parts with a piano patch. But also been a little frustrating as I need it to go a few steps lower, down to D. Or in that case, why not C? From memory (having only briefly used it twice so far) the church keyboard(s) where we play had at least another octave in the bass. So I don't know if Organteq's limitation in range is temporary, intended as a free demo?

1- Do you play organ or are you a organist (amateur or professional ) ? YES
2- Do you have or had in past a digital or eletric organ instrument ? YES
3- Do you already have some digital emulator software for organ ? YES (Hauptwerk and GrandOrgue)
4- Do you use MIDI controllers to run the organ software, similar or simpler than theses examples bellow: YES
5- Do you plan to buy new MIDI devices to use with organteq ? NO
6- Do you have a MIDI pedalboard ? YES
7- Are you very amateur about organs but interented about learning, and searching for a good software to emulate organ ? YES
8- Are you interested in organteq to play organ or to render/compose music for organ or music which have organ as one of the instruments ? YES
9 - Would you like organteq to emulate any particular organ model ? NO
10- What feautures do you think that's most important for a organ emulator software or what features would you like to see on organteq ?

Sound customization (similar to pianoteq) and better level of presence and clarity compared to sound sampling. Moreover, a model of resynthesis starting from sampled dry sounds (typically Hauptwerk but not only) could be useful even if it is easier to say than to do!