New Miditizer 260

I upgraded my Miditizer setup to the newest version (.883) and the graphics are spectacular. My registration carried over so there was no extra charge. Unfortunately my settings for my midi keyboards and my piston registrations did not carry over. After some fiddling, I got it working. In a way it was good to lose my piston memory since it made me think about and listen to the sounds. Some of the ranks were noticeably different.. better, so I had to rethink some of the registrations. I will also have to spend some time on the relative volume balance between the ranks, but it is a pleasure to play. In this version, they illiminated the three general piston which is more true to the Wurlitzer that did not have general pistons.

16' stops

Lately I have been experimenting with adding 16' stops to my registrations. WOW if you are careful about not playing too low, this makes a VERY lush full sound. For example, I have been adding a 16' tuba to my frequent registration of 8' tuba with 4' tibia. This makes a wonderful variation of a sound I frequently use.

My Silent Love

I love it when I find a new tune that is great on the organ. I a cd of someone playing "My Silent Love" by David Suesse and was able to locate a copy of it on "musicnotes.com." It is great finding a new tune that fits so nice on the organ. This one has a great swelling of two measures with triplets.. just great opportunities here!

5 1/3 rank

I have never gotten the 5 1/3' rank to sound good. After reading Walter Strony's book again, I now realize it is a harmonic of the 16' sound so you need strong 16's. I was always just using it with a 16' Tibia and it wasn't working. You need to use 16' color reeds and strings to give a good solid 16' base. I now hear how it should sound.

When Sunny gets Blue

I finally worked out the bridge chords so they sound good on the organ. The piano arrangement that I have sounds fine.. but trying to work out the chords and pedals on the organ has not been working. As usual.. I woke up the morning with an idea of different inversions and pedal notes and it sounds great. It is such a haunting tune. I am glad I have it worked out (at least acceptably.) I guess persistence pays off.