UCG Musician
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Does anyone have experience running an Allen MDS-50S (or any similar Allen organ) using MIDI? I have lots of MIDI experience with synthesizers, digital pianos, sound modules and even some soft synths using Sonar on a computer but this will be a new venture for me. My church is soon to have use of an Allen MDS-50S, which has a "Console Controller" that is supposed to be fully MIDI capable. There is also a synthesizer in the new hall that we are moving into and it could be used to drive the organ.
This may sound odd, but my church congregation is rather small and we have never owned a building. None of the halls we've rented has been a church and few of our members are likely to appreciate the use of the organ until they get used to it. All hymn accompaniment in the past has been with piano or synthesizer. As a result, I may need to be careful and start accompanying first with the piano, then with the synthesizer, then with the synthesizer driving the organ and finally on the organ itself.
Eventually, I'd like to use a computer to run the organ for choir acompaniment, as I do not normally have an accompanist at all, let alone someone who is able to play the organ.
This may sound odd, but my church congregation is rather small and we have never owned a building. None of the halls we've rented has been a church and few of our members are likely to appreciate the use of the organ until they get used to it. All hymn accompaniment in the past has been with piano or synthesizer. As a result, I may need to be careful and start accompanying first with the piano, then with the synthesizer, then with the synthesizer driving the organ and finally on the organ itself.
Eventually, I'd like to use a computer to run the organ for choir acompaniment, as I do not normally have an accompanist at all, let alone someone who is able to play the organ.