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Where can one buy the actual draw stops? I see you have the controller for sale but not stops

You should take the time to speak to us in a quiet setting instead while driving to anywhere ... it is a matter of respect; the background noise is really annoying, especially for non native speakers, and apart from that it produces an atmosphere of restlessness.

I wand to do a project like this; however, I wonder if I want to keep the original sound as an option. Disconnect all keys, buttons and nobs from the original electronics, but connect them to a micro controller. Use the microcontroller to make MIDI. Replace all original keys, buttons and nobs with outputs from a microcontroller, possibly with some interface to make them work. Have MIDI input on the micro controller. Havenrgot the salvage unit yet, because I figured it wil take some time, and I have delayed untill I can find time to do it.

Recomending a wire size of gauge would be habdy.

My Roland C380 pedalboard also developed a peculiar problem with some reed switches. They work on their own. However, if a neighboring chromatic pedal is pressed, they fail most of the time, preventing a heel-tip legato from being made between these pedals. The reed switches had no strange appearance. I ended up changing the defective pairs (the reed switch of the pedal that failed and the other one of the neighboring pedal), which solved the problem.

I have the Grand Organ software because my PC is a 32 bit cpu instead of a 64 bit cpu. Everything else is exactly the same 👍

Very old fashioned systems?????? most have silicone systems ?

annoying background noise

Hello Pop i will need ypur assistance to assemble an organ conversation

Excellent explanation. I have a bunch of old draw-stops but gave up trying to build an organ some time ago. I started in the 70's with a Maplin design but technology keeps moving on and the latest plan is to use an FPGA.

Спасибо!

oh.. i saw an eminent grand theater 2000. played in past. like this organ

are there contacts that ate placed differently than in extension of the keys? I want to make a practice organ, and the keys are long enough as is, I want to keep the instrument as small as possible

Hi! - How would you go about connecting lighted pistons or lighted stops with LEDs?

Your intro volume blow my ear. Lol

easy breazy looking....dangerous for a newby😂

I am trying to do the same thing with my organ. But I am not getting it connected. Can you please help me. Like - I am troubling to do the right click on the organ but it is not working. I don`t know why, I seek your guidance and support.

Merry Christmas, Bob! My Tutti MIDI encoder that I bought from you has worked flawlessly for the past 7 months. I use 6 of the 7 inputs (3 manuals, pedal board, and 2 piston rows). I soldered every contact myself. You made my set up easy. I highly recommend your products and videos. Thanks again! Happy New Year too!

I would love a Hauptwerk for my Ahlborn Galanti. I am not good at computor. I need someone who can set it up for me.

If you have, say 35 stops, what would the power supply section of the controller look like with 35 power wires from each stop look like? Surely, they all wouldn't go to that one stops positive connection area....?

How do I get in touch with you? You mention what's available on the "website", but I can't find the website.

Enjoyed watching , not going to buy but a wyvern st30h 2m&32p organ is near me available for (Aus $100) Liked your "basic" description of the PSU - so interesting to see the innards of this Wyvern you are working on

Brilliant

Has anybody done this conversion with the Opus 240 organ ? I'd be interested to know how they got on

This is very helpful, thanks especially as it appears you're using an older Eminent organ as your guinea-pig, which is what I have. Must give this a try soon, even though I'm actually fairly happy with the sound (besides the diapasons which are a bit odd)!

Very helpful! Thanks Bob!

Thanks for your demo. I hope I can find the equipment I need.

That is so cool!

I think you have to study microcontroller programming. Arduino is not intended for production, as reported on official site. You use a clone Arduino but make it expensive with a break board PCB and a simple midi programming that you can find online. You have to make your own PCB and micro atmel or pic prog for a commercial product. And then, midi encoders for organ already exist from 15yrs

Simply Arduino

this is not for musicians. it's for engineer.

Thanks for this tutorial. It helped me a lot. Do you have any recommendation, how to reduce the noises of the pedal in a home setup?

Not unusual in my experience. Some minor oxidation of the contacts can cause eventual problems with this result; most electronics technicians with telecommunications experience learned about "wetting current" through contacts early on in their training. Although a reed relay is sealed, I don't think the relay is evacuated, so some air remains inside the glass tube. Decent design of the circuit should include some low current flow through the contacts to reduce the incidence of this type of failure.

Now do one about latency and ASIO drivers.

So have the same problem. Worked my way through ten reed switches, all failed after 5 minutes use. I fitted to model train to switch a micro led to simulate pantograph flash. But after a couple of circuits the reed switches fail. I can see a very small flash. So bought from different supplier, they are failing. Next step was to fit a capacitor, there visible some some micro flash on led. Or diode and treat reed like a relay coil. 3rd idea drive a transistor. But perhaps the soldering heat is causing the glass to unseal. I have soldered at the tip of wires. Perhaps i try next a screw block connector so no heat is involved or just wrap wire around with blob of super glue and on the glass bead ends. Otherwise stumped. Only switches used in past were epoxy sealed in a mounting block.

Hello, again! Hope all is well. I have now gotten the diodes, and am the wood away from starting on the pedal board. Getting closer to buying the encoder, I am wondering: Does the set-up program support macOS, or am I able to set it up on my Windows machine, then preserve those settings for my Mac? (I run Hauptwerk on Windows 11, and GrandOrgue on macOS Monterey.) Also, would it be possible to split one manual input group into several M. I. D. I. channels? I am thinking, sixty-four inputs cover almost half more than the total of thirty-three split sharps over all three manuals, plus six on the pedal. My question is basically: Can one assign specific actions for each input in a group, including M. I. D. I. channel, and which key to play? Best regards: Moses K. Frost

THE MIDI ON THESE OLDER ORGANS IS GOOD ONLY FOR KEY SWITCHES. TOO BAD! So there are encoders available to manage pistons, studs, and shoes. BUT...be aware if you plan to use the midi on your organ. It very well may NOT do stops, etc. The touch screen can ALSO be used to select stops and such however.

I'm stuck at 6:12 in your video as the USB MIDI interface option is not coming up for me to tick, only the Hauptwerk VST Link. I have the exact same type of cable, it's lighting up blue, red light comes when I'm pressing a key on my Cantorum Duo, so it all looks fine to me. What am I missing here? I'm trying this on Hauptwerk 4 also.

I have a probably silly question - if one uses the traditional 5-pin MIDI cable to connect the encoder, doesn't it need an external power supply to operate?

I reached out to Kimber Allen to ask about the key contacts but in case they say no, any chance I could order through you? -Victor

In case You see this trice, this is the _third_ time I am writing this, as CZcams seems to have aborted my former replies, for whatever reason. 😂 I shall now try sending this as another comment, though, instead of as a reply. What awesome customer support. The quick response is massively appreciated! (That video is actually what led me to this one, ha-ha.) Diodes allow for current to flow in only one direction, that I know, but I am confused about why the need of them in this case. Good point, regarding the switches. Perhaps I shall have springs touch the lines, instead of the pieces of copper. Thanks for the luck! :-) Now, Your M. I. D. I. encoder definitely seems the best option, as the _Virtual Pipe Organ_ I am building this for has overtones-for which I shall modify the manuals to have the corresponding split sharps-and Yours supports seven manuals! Anyhow, I want to purchase this from Your site, and have PayPal, but am located in Stockholm, Sweden. Is it possible to ship all way over here, when the time shall come?

Hello! I am planning to build an organ from scratch, repurposing the manuals or reed organs for this project. Obviously, I will have to set up all wiring myself, so what think You would be the simplest-and most affordable-option for all key switches? I am thinking to simply have a piece of copper under each tangent, which shall connect the main line and the individual line for that key, upon key press. I never thought of adding diodes to the system, and am wondering: Why would they be necessary, for this case?

Good morning. How to configure the Hauptwerk program so that the program with samples is loaded immediately after turning on the computer. To make an organ without a monitor turned on with one button. Regards.

Why have you decided on 6x12 for the keyboard and not for example 8x8 to save on inputs? Just to keep it in musical octaves? Are you using shift registers or is everything done in code?

How about no Swell and pedal? Or 1 keyboard only? How to set up a virtual organ ?

Thanks for this - I'm finally inspired to connect up my 17 year old Wyvern Sonata!🤞🏻

Is it possible to play using the speakers built into the organ?

Thanks. You are the only guy doing videos like this.I just sorted out my Allen ADC 3100 stops thanks to you.

Amazing, you’re a genius…

How can I buy midi bass pedal control which can be connected ?