The Virtual Organist

Whenever an organist plays a particular instrument they may have to compromise on the selection of stops depending on the specification of the organ. These decisions are made not on an individual basis, but reflect both the capabilities of the organ as well as the demands of the performance.

When translating pieces between instruments it may be necessary to adjust the registration.  To achieve this OrganAssist contains a Virtual Organist.  This makes all the decisions about how best to replicate the original performance using the available stops.  These decisions may involve substituting or sometimes even ignoring registration changes depending on the scope of the instrument.

These changes are done during playback and in real time.  Every single time a stop is changed the Virtual Organist considers the required registration as a whole, calculates what might be the best option on the current instrument and then makes any changes as required. 

This system has been developed using the expertise of several experienced organists and has been tested on many instruments.  However, as each instrument is individual, there will be times when you wish to change the registration yourself.  This can either be done by changing stops on the screen during playback or you can using the editing features of OrganAssist to amend and save your preferred registration.

The technical details of generating the correct MIDI codes are the responsibility of the Virtual Organ.  For further details please click here.