Organteq 2

Organteq 2 Is Coming!

To be honest it is rather like waiting for Santa as a young child. In one's hopes there are all sorts of musical things that one desperately wants, if not necessarily needs. Daydreams abound with wonderfully tuneful wishes for what could be in the stocking when you wake on that anticipated morn.

There is the horrible realization though that, one has not been especially good for the entire year, if not particularly naughty though; that discordant combination of stops at full volume was not my fault, honest! A lump of coal in the bottom of the sack may be all that one gets, but if Organteq is really, really kind then one might get a new rank of pipes to tootle on.

Organteq 2 is coming! Are we there yet!? Are we there yet!?

Michael

I didn't even know they were done with v1.

And here, for comparison, a similar piece played on Viscount. (Next, I'll add something with the same French music vibe played on Organteq.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlhKWNe9nQQ

I mean microscopic buttons that activate voices (registers).

I promised to record something from the same French music series on Organteq - for comparison:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_VmtTV12tg

ok, this is my take on it and I'll say this as a blind organist and composer.

Organteq really needs to improve on a number of factors, these include the following features and changes:

1: Greater quantity of pipe ranks, stops, etc.
2: Ability to custom voice per stop including the ability to create new variants as stops, etc.
3: 4th Manual support.
4: Improved sequencer system for registrations
5: an improved library system supporting different organ specifications, such as English, french, german, italian, then other options such as symphonic, baroque, etc like we have from manufacturers like johannus, etc.
6: expand expression pedal support to a maximum of 4 expression shoes (Crescendo, Swell, Choir, Solo)
7: Better implementation of functions including adding SET, Divisional cancels, gen cancel, etc. better midi support to assign physical buttons  for more couplers, sequence functions, etc.
8: A redesigned UI for touch screens: a window which can full screen or a setup for 2 screens for stops for each manual, pedal and essential functions including couplers.
9: Better accessibility for blind and sight impaired users. already it's usable but needs better functionality.

If this was me, I'd be looking for a setup that meets the above needs as a professional solution to build a console specification with. This is the only accessible solution for blind users through the mac, linux isn't viable any more for building a custom organ platform with accessibility needs.

When it comes to accessibility interaction, one vital function is needed. the ability that when a stop, coupler or function directly related either to the touch screen environment or a physical console output would be that a stop or coupler name is spoken with state active or on / off, announcement of registration name and change, such as "Registration Name - Bank X, preset X selected" These spoken announcements don't need to go to the main audio outs for the organ, but can be used by the system output like would be used for VoiceOver, or rely on the system speech engine's defined output to a separate interface or output for headphones or an earbud or inner console panel speaker.

It's time Organteq evolved beyond what we're using now, yes, it's a good instrument, but it lets me down on several needs and holds me back. I don't have the option to move to another organ software system such as hauptwerk as it's completely unusable with a screen reader. So, this is where I'm from on this. I have to admit, I've given up asking. I've even given up asking if I could as an accessibility advisor / developer, join as a beta developer. so, like you all, I'll just have to wait.

Hello DEZ,

Well, quite a lot of amazing theatre music can be made already with the tools we have: Organteq, many different Pianoteqsounds (and all those sounds that are not ”pianos” + using morphing, layering and combining all these sounds, sound fusion, using a DAW.
I gave it a little try, called it Theatre Organ OrgPiano. Using Organteq & Pianoteq ”fusion”. Most theatre organ musical arrangements are improvised or created by the organist, so did I here too, improvising in my first testdemo in this genre but I’m not an organist  
There is soooo much we can do with this layering/morphing and using a daw. Here was my little try, (in thread Wurlitzer Organs? 9.4-21)

https://youtu.be/0RkFejcE1Ts

And about hammond sound, for theatre organ, reminiscent of old hammond X-66 and more, using organteq and other pianoteq sounds  Some of my examples, Shared files 17.4  21

https://forum.modartt.com/uploads.php?f...20like.mp3

Of course I'm waiting for vers 2 like everyone else. I love Organteq already and have made several hundreds recordings, in these forums and on my yt site.

Best wishes,

Stig

Pianoteqenthusiast, Organteqenthusiast, Harpteqenthusiast, Harpsichordteqenthusiast and experimenter

Pas des nouvelles, bonnes nouvelles - dicton...

MODARTT, on vous écoute...

Does anyone know the price for the upgrade from Organteq 1.x.x to version 2? I can only see the full price for purchasing Organteq 2 outright. I've seen that the upgrade is free for recent Organteq 1 owners (i.e. "This upgrade is free and automatic for users who registered their Organteq licence for the first time after 27 September 2022."), but I'm wondering about prior owners...

I would recommend that you send an email via the support page, which is at https://www.modartt.com/support and select "my question is not on this list.. give your user details and the license you have and they will let you know where to go from there.

As today has been the official launch date, there's still a few things to do, so you should find out shortly, if not, just contact support and you'll get the help you need.

lew

Ah yes, I see it now, thanks to both of you, looking forward to trying this! I hope the VST load time has decreased as well, fingers crossed :-)

Ever since Organteq 2 was mentioned in Modartt's newsletter 2 years (!) ago, I've often gone to their webpage hoping today is the day! And today it is, and Organteq 2 is wonderful, just wonderful, and I've only been playing for 30 minutes. Congrats to the Modartt team, and THANK YOU!

Nikola

Unfortunately I can't yet share in the joy. I purchased the upgrade, but I get this message.

"You have no authorization to download this file (organtek_setup_v200.exe)"

Maybe I'll try again later.

Later:

I tried it from my music PC, and it worked. Successful download.

I had this problem as well. I had to sign out and then log back in in order to download it.

OrganTeq II - A Quick Play

Here is a short video - the only think I would say is that the keyboard graphics at 150% jump around as keys are coloured show which note is currently playing. (I'm not talking of the deliberate moving of the whole console for 'artistic' considerations.)

Enjoy!

https://youtu.be/6ZchG12D6xg

OrganTeq II - A Quick Play "2"

Here is a second short video - you can definately see the black keys getting fatter and thinner as white keys are coloured to show they are sounding.No 'artistic' movement of the whole console this time!

Enjoy!

https://youtu.be/aA5c2x-EQ3w

It is nice to have the list of presets in Organteq-2.
One that I miss is a "Continuo Organ" or some small organ to use as a continuo instrument in a group (I would use it for practicing).
It should not be hard to make one myself though: Just need single flute type pipes and a little less reverb, I guess.

there is a 2 manual historic which can be treated as a single manual. Organteq 2 is more customisable in terms of stops, reverb management, voicing, etc, just sit back and play with the software, learn the new functions and you'll be stunned.

lew

The Hammond B3 wouldn't be something Modartt would add as part of organteq because it requires different modelling. As Organteq is a pipe modelling instrument and not tonewheel, organteq will offer different pipe voicings and maybe in the future, further stops / pipe configurations.

The B3 has been modelled / sampled by various developers over the years from the likes of Native Instruments, Arturia, etc, where as Organteq is the first pure mathmatical modelling of a pipe organ as a software instrument, so Organteq 2 breaks some serious ground with more to follow no doubt.

lew

I'd support the harmonium and pump organ. the harmonica wouldn't be something beneficial to organteq on the principle that organteq is a fully fledged 3 manual console. harmoniums are between 1 and 2 manuals and reed based, so the simulations could be taken as would be modelled the same way as the pipe voicing, same for the pump organ..

What we would benefit from is the option of blower noise, that includes volume, pitch, randomness of wind jitter, etc It's nice to hear the mechanical actions, but we don't have the blower noise, which would really be a nice finishing touch.

lew