Hauptwerk. Midi Pedalboard. Bach Fugue in A Minor BWV 543

This video shows some of the highlights of my midi pedalboard project. Using standard microswitches, I used a MIDI controller from http://www.midiboutique.com - the end result is reliable, accurate, and was complete for less than $200 including all the parts. The music is Bach's Fugue in A Minor BWV 543, recorded on Ken Bale's Casavant organ sample set http://www.organsamples.com and Hauptwerk 3.21 http://www.milandigitalaudio.com - a Lexicon MX200 is used for reverb

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Music

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• Hauptwerk
• MIDI
• pedalboard
• Bach
• Organ
• BWV
• 543
• casavant
• lexicon
• mx200

[gilbertoagostinho]

Hello my friend. Very nice playing here, and very nice organ as well. If you don't mind, let me ask you a couple of questions (I also want to mount a home organ for myself). I already have a main MIDI keyboard, if I buy a second one, how do I connect both to the computer? Two USB entrances or do they connect to each other? And how did you transform the ugly M-Audio Keystation 61es into this nice look you have here? Thanks a lot, cheers.

[jerrymartin79]

@gilbertoagostinho In my case I have two primary midi interfaces. (M-Audio Midisport) - these allow for individiual MIDI inputs from the pedals and keyboard. The Keystation manuals are connected by USB. As far as the 'transformation' - I removed the plastic housing and mounted the keybaords on some wooden blocks which worked quite well!

[zorkb1]

Man, that's something great you have done!!! I'm also planning to do something like this, but now I realised that it may be difficult to learn to play on pedals... Is it hard to learn playing simultaneously on pedals, something like this, for a person, who has only played piano? Widor's toccata, has a very simple and slow pedal bass melody in comparison with this.

I'm really impressed of your work and playing on these pedals even more.

[jerrymartin79]

Thanks for the kind words! Most organists start off as pianists... so I think you have a good start! Good luck!

[VeniVidi2009]

No one has said anything about the music in this clip - really great performance, and which I will add to my clips.

By the way, what type are the three keyboards you have?? And how do you merge the five different midi signals from the keyboards and the Behringer device?

[jerrymartin79]

The top two are M-Audio Keystation 61es keybords minus the plastic casings. The primary manual is a Roland F-130e digitial piano.

I have several MIDI-USB converters which go through a single USB hub to the computer.

Hauptwerk/windows figures out the rest!

[SuperGhettoGamers]

This is fantastic

[hartleymartin]

@zorkb1 - Start of with music that has very simple pedal parts and work from there. I recommend the 8 short preludes and fugues by JS Bach. The one in F major is particularly easy - even I managed to learn it in a few sessions. In fact it is the manual technqiue in a couple of spots which I need to work on most!

[DAVIDDAMIENR]

Very nice

[SuperBabel2]

Trés belle interprétation et jeu trés propre D.BABEL

[manga12]

I did not think I was being that harsh, just by being an organ purest, and if you like steam engines thats fine too, I dont know if you were being sarcastic or not, but I know of plenty of people that collect steam engines and old tractors. No I dont travel by horse though they are fun to ride, for most of my off road travel I like to get my running shoes on and race up the trail its good fitness, or I just use the new ranger utv we bought.

I just like the anolog of something, not computer.

[marhama]

@manga12

what a cock

everyone has room for a pipe organ in the home

i keep mine next to the steam traction engine

do you travel everywhere by horse......no car can replicate the feel of a real animal based propulsion system

[manierob]

a real slap in the face of organists.

[sebabjt]

exelente! =)

[grandmasterIII]

Truly magnificent performance! Thank you!