OrganDesigner
OrganDesigner provides a graphical user interface for users
of GENPO (GENeral
Purpose Organ) to help them create and edit organ files
(".org" XML files used to describe the composition and
organization of an organ). OrganDesigner can create
a GENPO organ file from a SoundFont file (with user guidance);
it can open existing GENPO organ files for editing.
Features
Users of OrganDesigner 1.1.0 can:
- Create, open, and save GENPO organ files.
- Open a SoundFont file to acquire its
"instrument" names (or stops, for an organ SoundFont),
and their MIDI bank and program (preset) numbers.
- Name the organ and its divisions. A division
is the part of an organ which is normally played by one particular
keyboard, whether pedal or manual.
- Move stops between and within divisions;
copy and delete stops.
- Edit stops to change their names and MIDI banks,
programs, and velocities.
- Create, modify, rearrange, and delete divisions.
A division's name, MIDI channel, and order of appearance in
the list of divisions can be changed.
- Create, modify, and delete couplers.
A coupler enables notes played on one division to sound also on the
coupled division. Couplers of 16', 8', and 4' pitch are supported.
- Create, delete, store (set), and recall pistons.
A piston is a button which simultaneously turns on a group
of stops and turns off the other stops in the division.
"Toe pistons", which affect the entire
organ, not just a single stop, are also supported
in OrganDesigner release 1.1.0 and GENPO release 0.9.5.
In GENPO, a combination is also a MIDI "preset"
which responds to program change messages.
Names of stops and divisions can include arbitrary Unicode
characters (Spitzflöte, Récit, etc.).
GNOME Character Map and Compose key combinations are two ways
to input non-ASCII characters. SCIM does not work with OrganDesigner.
Other X input methods probably work.
Note: Input of non-ASCII characters was known to work in
release 1.0.0. This feature might not be working
in release 1.1.0. On the other hand, it might be that the
tester just hasn't got his X input methods configured right.
Screenshots
Plans
Not yet implemented features include:
- Organ file formats other than GENPO.
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