FREE ORGAN Author : Dr-Eng Pascal Leray FREE ORGAN is a first beta version. Many functionalities must be added. It’s the proof that a simple VPO organ can be done with only Microsoft sound functions. With similar sound quality as professional ones.

INSTALLATION : • • •

Create a folder called : free_organ Put the free_organ.exe file de above this directory : Place in the free_organ folder 61 keys wav files, whose names are similar to those : GOMontre8 GOFlute4 And so on … Wav formats must be identical to GrandOrgue or Hauptwerk first formats : 036-C.wav 037-C#.wav 038-D.wav ….

Create a text file : freeorgan.org Containing the stop names you put in the free_organ folder terminated by “END”. For example : GOMontre8 GOFlute4 GOTrompette8 PosHautbois8 i_trompette END • • • •

Copy the « boutons » folder in the same folder. Connect a MIDI/USB keyboard to your PC le PC Launch free_organ. Open « fre_organ.org » file in the File menu. And play !

At present, sound is polyphonic, but for only one stop. You can select the stop as you want. Sound is stopped immediately after key release. The last hitted stop is the one who is played.

FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS : • • •

Keys attack and decay thanks to loop processing. Multiple stops simultaneously. Transposer (very simple)

That’s all !