My new music making toy

Hi, Sherry:

No advance thus far. It's a winter project, I think -- or rather two or three winters.

Actually, I've got as far as laying out what I intend to do, interface-wise. It involves about 1,000 wiring connections, just to connect to the "midi-brain". I'll be using a product called MidiBox.

When finished it will put out midi signals on 7 channels simultaneously (primary output for three manuals and pedals, second touch output on pedals, accompaniment and swell manuals. No second touch on the solo manual, as per genuine Wurlitzer TPO specs.

Second touch on a pipe organ, by the way, is different from aftertouch on a midi keyboard. A deeper press on a key will bring out a totally separate registration, meaning that (if you're much better than I) you could play four or five different voices at once.

I also intend that it should be connectable to any midi instrument or computer, for recording, playback and control.

No sound from it yet, then. The console lights, however, are very pretty to look at.

David