Thanks, Wonder why no one ever makes a 2 manual model such as this. you can put a lot into a small package these days!!!! I wonder if anyone knows of a "midi channel changer" that could be used between the keyboad and the added keyboards or sound modules.......like a midi-merge or some such device.?? Thanks Patrick ----- Original Message ----- From: "noel jones" <gedeckt@xxxxxxxx> To: <rodgersorgan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, September 01, 2003 9:48 AM Subject: [rodgersorgan] Re: C-180 question ON LINE ORGANISTS - WEBCAM > > > Patrick, > > On the 527 it is possible to change the GT MIDI channel by selecting MIDI to GT > and then using a key to reset the MIDI CH, a change which can be set to a piston. > > Since you do not have that kind of access and the documentation does not > mention it, there is probably no way. > > So the only way to do it is to reassign the midi Ch to 12. > > But the good news is that you always know that CH is the C-180...which could > make life easier in doing arrangements, no? > > Gain...I plug in a dummy 1/4" jack in the headphones jack midi keyboards all the > time and then turn up the volume slider beyond what would cause distortion in > the local speakers to get a higher gain. Does this work on the C-180? > > For those who don't fool with this stuff all the time, it is possible to play a > Rodgers Organ from a MIDI keyboard, and if it has pistons, even send piston > messages to the Rodgers. > > This can come in vary handy of the organist the only musician - you can go out > on the platform, teach the congregation new music, while playing the Rodgers > from the keyboards. > > In fact, with a web cam, you could play from home, in your bathrobe and slippers > with a cup of coffee in your hand. > > As a solution to the organist shortage, one organist could play in two churches > at once. This may sound ludicrous, but there are organists today who view the > service using video monitor in church becuase they can't wee anything from where > they are located.... > > -- > noel jones, aago > noeljones@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > 423 887-7594 > www.frogmusic.com > rodgers organ users group, moderator > frogmusic press, executive director > > ! > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Find new MIDI music and Guides to Rodgers Organs at www.frogmusic.com > > To post send messages to: rodgersorgan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe or change mail delivery (digest, vacation) > go to www.frogmusic.com/rodgersmem.html > > ! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Find new MIDI music and Guides to Rodgers Organs at www.frogmusic.com To post send messages to: rodgersorgan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change mail delivery (digest, vacation) go to www.frogmusic.com/rodgersmem.html