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OrganDesigner is a graphical tool for editing and configuring virtual pipe organs. OrganDesigner can read SoundFont files and can read and write organ description files for use by the virtual organ MIDI player GENPO.

Release 1.1.0 provides a notable new feature, "Toe Pistons", for compatibility with GENPO release 0.9.5. Toe pistons are buttons that can set the stops on all divisions of an organ, instead of only a single division. In addition, this release of OrganDesigner has a more consistent user interface for editing divisions, couplers, and pistons (formerly called "combinations").... read more

OrganDesigner is a graphical tool for editing and configuring virtual pipe organs. OrganDesigner can read SoundFont files and can both read and write organ description files for use by the virtual organ MIDI player GENPO.

A new "Toe Pistons" version, planned for release as version 1.1, is now in testing. This version adds the ability to create and edit the Toe Pistons (i.e., general combinations affecting more than one division) available in GENPO 0.9.5. Users who want a preview of the forthcoming release may peek at it by downloading from the Sourceforge Subversion repository.... read more

The OrganDesigner team welcomes three new developers: blmooney, bomber009, and rcirino. The three are students in C307, Applied Programming Techniques, at Indiana University East; they will be working on OrganDesigner's extraction of instrument information from SoundFont files as a class project.

OrganDesigner is a graphical tool for editing and configuring virtual
pipe organs. OrganDesigner can read SoundFont files and can both read
and write organ description files for use by the virtual organ MIDI
player GENPO. ... read more

OrganDesigner is a graphical tool for editing and configuring virtual
pipe organs. OrganDesigner can read SoundFont files and can both read
and write organ description files for use by the virtual organ MIDI
player GENPO.

Release 1.0.0 adds the ability to create and set "combinations". A
combination is a button that simultaneously turns on or off a group of
stops. In GENPO, combinations are also MIDI presets, which can be
activated by the MIDI "program change" message.... read more

OrganDesigner is a graphical tool for editing and configuring virtual
pipe organs. OrganDesigner can read SoundFont files and can both read
and write organ description files for use by the virtual organ MIDI
player GENPO.

Features:

* Users can copy, move, and delete stops, both within and between
divisions.

* The Stops Editor allows changing a stop's name, MIDI bank, program,
and velocity.

* The Divisions Editor allows creating new divisions, changing a
division's name and MIDI channel, changing the order of divisions,
and deleting divisions.... read more

OrganDesigner is a graphical tool for editing and configuring virtual
pipe organs. OrganDesigner can read SoundFont files and can both read
and write organ description files for use by the virtual organ MIDI
player GENPO.

Features:

* Users can copy, move, and delete stops, both within and between
divisions.

* Edit Stops allows changing a stop's name, MIDI bank, program, and velocity.

* Edit Divisions allows creating new divisions, changing a division's name
and MIDI channel, changing the order of divisions, and deleting divisions.... read more

OrganDesigner is a graphical tool for editing and configuring virtual
pipe organs. OrganDesigner can read SoundFont files and can both read
and write organ description files for use by the virtual organ MIDI
player GENPO.

Release 0.6.1 fixes several bugs. Improvements include:

* More graceful handling of duplicate stop and division ids from
invalid GENPO files.

* The status bar shows current file name and "[modified]" if there are
unsaved changes to the file.... read more

OrganDesigner is a graphical tool for editing and configuring virtual
pipe organs. OrganDesigner can read SoundFont files and can both read
and write organ description files for use by the virtual organ MIDI
player GENPO.

Starting with an input SoundFont file, OrganDesigner determines the
list of available stops ("voices") for the organ. The user then
chooses the divisions or keyboards (manual or pedal) and assigns stops
to each division. Stops can be moved and copied both within a
division and between divisions. Users can also delete any unwanted
stops. The resulting configuration is saved as a GENPO organ file.... read more

OrganDesigner is a graphical tool for editing and configuring virtual pipe organs for GENPO.

Some screenshots have been released for OrganDesigner 0.5.3. The screenshots show the initial dialog for making a new organ from a SoundFont file, the initial configuration, two additional configurations after moving and deleting some stops, and (new in 0.5.3) the Edit Organ and Edit Divisions dialogs.

Links:... read more

OrganDesigner is a graphical tool for editing and configuring virtual
pipe organs. OrganDesigner can read and write GENPO organ files.
GENPO is a virtual organ which uses an ".org" XML file to store
the configuration of an instrument.
OrganDesigner can also convert SoundFont files to GENPO files
with user guidance.

New features in release 0.5.3:

-- The Edit Divisions command enables users to add new divisions
(i.e., keyboards, manual or pedal), change the name or MIDI channel of
a division, rearrange the order of divisions, and delete divisions.... read more

OrganDesigner is a graphical tool for editing and configuring virtual
pipe organs. OrganDesigner can read SoundFont files and can both read
and write organ description files for use by the virtual organ MIDI
player GENPO.

Starting from scratch, OrganDesigner reads a SoundFont file to
determine the list of available stops ("voices," "instruments") for
the organ. The user then chooses the divisions or keyboards (manual
or pedal) and assigns stops to each division. Stops can be moved and
copied both within a division and from one division to another. The
user can also delete unwanted stops. The resulting configuration is
saved as a GENPO organ file, which is an XML document type.... read more

This is the initial release of OrganDesigner, a graphical tool for
editing and configuring virtual pipe organs. OrganDesigner can read
SoundFont files and can both read and write organ description files
for use by the virtual organ MIDI player GENPO.

Starting from scratch, OrganDesigner reads a SoundFont file to
determine the list of available stops ("voices," "instruments") for
the organ. The user then chooses the divisions or keyboards (manual
or pedal) and assigns stops to each division. Stops can be moved and
copied both within a division and from one division to another. The
user can also delete unwanted stops. The resulting configuration is
saved as a GENPO organ file.... read more