Introduction

As part of the refurbishment in 2020, the organ at St Mary's, the link between the console and the pipes was replaced with a digital system. There are now some MIDI connectors on the front of the console which allow the organ to be connected to various other digital music equipment.

We have been exploring the options and have discovered a piece of software called OrganAssist which is specifically designed to control MIDI-enabled pipe organs. This allows us to record human performances from the organ onto the laptop, and to play them back identically.

We hope to build up a library of hymns over time, so they can be played in services when there is no organist available.