Does anyone know if Organteq is still being actively developed? It's nearly 2 years since the last changes....
I'm a long-term Hauptwerk user who got attracted to trying Organteq and I do think it has great possibilities but it does need some more work.
This is especially true of the provided stops - great if you are after something with a French or German flavour but not much help if you favour English or American organ styles!
Anyone know if there are any plans??
Does anyone know if Organteq is still being actively developed? It's nearly 2 years since the last changes....
I'm a long-term Hauptwerk user who got attracted to trying Organteq and I do think it has great possibilities but it does need some more work.
This is especially true of the provided stops - great if you are after something with a French or German flavour but not much help if you favour English or American organ styles!
Anyone know if there are any plans??
Yes, as far as I know, Modartt is still actively developing and supporting Organteq.
As always, we just have to wait…..
Best wishes,
Stig
It probably goes slower but it's totally fine with me. I fully support Organteq 2 and will mention it among colleagues. I don't plan on buying Hauptwerk anytime soon and despise any iLok solution anyway.
I’d especially like to see more detailed refinements as the next step. Simple things like several well-designed presets for Baroque and Romantic organs would already be a great addition. The current large selection mainly differs in details and reverb, but they don’t really represent the kinds of organs you would actually find in churches. (German Baroque / French Romantic Presets)
It would also be great to have ready-made presets for something like a small village organ with around 10 useful stops. Perhaps there could also be a few stops that you often encounter in the Netherlands, such as 6' or 12'. Some more practical presets for combinations/setzers would be welcome as well. In my opinion, the currently available combinations are often somewhat unusual and don’t always reflect registrations that one would commonly use in everyday playing. Fixed combinations like p, mf, f, ff
Another useful feature would be MIDI output when controlling the interface. For example, if Montre 8' responds to MIDI signal X, then it should also send signal X when I change it through OrganTEQ.
Overall, OrganTEQ is already in a very good position by now, and besides the technical improvements, I think it would be worthwhile to focus more on these kinds of details. Ideally, this would make it equally appealing to organ players and DAW users.
I’d especially like to see more detailed refinements as the next step. Simple things like several well-designed presets for Baroque and Romantic organs would already be a great addition. The current large selection mainly differs in details and reverb, but they don’t really represent the kinds of organs you would actually find in churches. (German Baroque / French Romantic Presets)
It would also be great to have ready-made presets for something like a small village organ with around 10 useful stops. Perhaps there could also be a few stops that you often encounter in the Netherlands, such as 6' or 12'. Some more practical presets for combinations/setzers would be welcome as well. In my opinion, the currently available combinations are often somewhat unusual and don’t always reflect registrations that one would commonly use in everyday playing. Fixed combinations like p, mf, f, ff
Another useful feature would be MIDI output when controlling the interface. For example, if Montre 8' responds to MIDI signal X, then it should also send signal X when I change it through OrganTEQ.
Overall, OrganTEQ is already in a very good position by now, and besides the technical improvements, I think it would be worthwhile to focus more on these kinds of details. Ideally, this would make it equally appealing to organ players and DAW users.
Good ideas. I uploaded an Alsacian recording in recordings in your post Organteq historical organs....
Best wishes,
Stig
For those users who play on English organs, can we please have proper divisionals that we can link to rail pistons and use set button to properly set registrations on them?
Also, great and pedal combinations linked coupler.
Does anyone know if Organteq is still being actively developed? It's nearly 2 years since the last changes....
I'm a long-term Hauptwerk user who got attracted to trying Organteq and I do think it has great possibilities but it does need some more work.
This is especially true of the provided stops - great if you are after something with a French or German flavour but not much help if you favour English or American organ styles!
Anyone know if there are any plans??
I see that they have just released Airteq. Probably they were intensively working on this project since many months.
https://www.modartt.com/airteq_overview...h0PQ%3D%3D
I hope they have now time to come back to Organteq and release a new version with new (in particular several English) organ presets.
Best regards,
Andrei
How about a Spanish organ? Although I imagine it would be very difficult, if not impossible, unless new organ stops are designed, since they are very unique (the “tapadilla” and “bajoncillo,” for example), in addition to the “octava corta” and the “registro partido.”
Does anyone know if Organteq is still being actively developed? It's nearly 2 years since the last changes....
I'm a long-term Hauptwerk user who got attracted to trying Organteq and I do think it has great possibilities but it does need some more work.
This is especially true of the provided stops - great if you are after something with a French or German flavour but not much help if you favour English or American organ styles!
Anyone know if there are any plans??
How about a Spanish organ? Although I imagine it would be very difficult, if not impossible, unless new organ stops are designed, since they are very unique (the “tapadilla” and “bajoncillo,” for example), in addition to the “octava corta” and the “registro partido.”
I think Organteq can emulate the sound of absolutely ANY organ pipe, so of absolutely any organ stop.
Personally I am especially interested to have several English organ presets, because our Organteq based organ is in an Anglican Church.
But I will very much love to have some Spanish and Italian organ presets!
Best regards,
Andrei
How about a Spanish organ? Although I imagine it would be very difficult, if not impossible, unless new organ stops are designed, since they are very unique (the “tapadilla” and “bajoncillo,” for example), in addition to the “octava corta” and the “registro partido.”
steveg wrote:Does anyone know if Organteq is still being actively developed? It's nearly 2 years since the last changes....
I'm a long-term Hauptwerk user who got attracted to trying Organteq and I do think it has great possibilities but it does need some more work.
This is especially true of the provided stops - great if you are after something with a French or German flavour but not much help if you favour English or American organ styles!
Anyone know if there are any plans??
Definitely Spanish trumpets !
That’s my wish for the future
Is there any movement to make a version for iPad OS.
I'd like to see the current organ expanded to include more stops, including a 64 ft stop for pedal (along with a couple more 32 and 16 stops), and a "celestial" set of stops for that ethereal cloud of sound over the might of the great and swell. In other words, i'm looking for a "thunderous" organ to use with an orchestra. The tutti options in the current organ are ok, but lack that "holy crap" astonishment of a mighty organ going full belt. CAVEAT: I'm using an organ as a concert instrument, not based on liturgical correctness.
I can but dream.
Alex.
A 64' stop really pushes the limits of audio reproduction technology. Its lowest fundamental frequencies are in the infrasonic range, around 8 Hz, which is beyond the reproduction capabilities of most conventional audio systems, including typical PC setups.
However, the issue is not limited to the fundamental frequency. A 64' stop also contributes audible harmonics and changes the overall tonal balance when combined with other stops.
Consequently, the result might sound somewhat different – or even somewhat unnatural – compared to the actual pipe organ, simply because the playback system cannot reproduce the full frequency spectrum and physical impact of the original instrument.
I once had the opportunity to play an organ with a real 64' stop. In my experience, it is something you primarily feel physically rather than hear acoustically. It provides an additional sense of depth and weight, almost as if it completes the sound from below. To me, this is quite different from the impression created by a digitally reproduced 64' stop. The physical sensation is an essential part of what makes it special.
I have also found that 64' stops in some sample sets don't sound particularly convincing or authentic. Of course, this may not be entirely due to the samples themselves. Capturing and recording such extremely low frequencies, as well as reproducing the acoustics and physical impact of the original instrument, must be quite challenging in its own right.