Anything is possible...if you're willing to spend enough.
Rodgers has never offered an "upgrade kit" for analog models--it's not
really feasible and would be a support nightmare (when you play out the
implications).
An "upgrade" to newer technology (digital) really means a complete
rebuild--gut the console and start over. The challenge is the availability
of a complete system--there are not many choices. Artisan is a modestly
priced option, but I don't recommend it. I got it to use in a complete
"rebuild" of a model 205, but gave up and am using Hauptwerk. We're using
the Artisan I/O and microMIDI boards for the keying and MIDI, but abandoned
the Artisan "engine" in favor of HW.
We've made a large investment of time and $$ in the 205 project....and the
only reason I went down this path was because I wanted to preserve the
uniqueness of the 205 console with the pipes, but give it a
state-of-the-art digital sound engine. We've been working on it for two
years (spare time project!) and have it playing now...down to the short
strokes of getting it finished.
The average 2-manual analog console would not warrant or justify the
effort. Just buy a newer organ. It's kind of like trying to "upgrade" an
old B/W TV to color....hmmm: why would you do that other than to preserve
some really cool 1960s piece of TV furniture? And now that I think about
it, retrofitting an old B/W TV with the guts of a color TV would probably
be easier than these organ "rebuilds!"
With your 760 there is another important issue: it is 2-manuals. For that
much effort and expense, wouldn't you want three manuals out of the deal?
I have the same issue with the 205--and we even added some stops (because
we could--there was space on the jambs). So now we have rather large
divisions (like your 760) but stuffed onto two manuals. Again, my
motivation was preserving the pipes and the unique design of the 205--a 760
would not have been worth this much work and investment.
Your 760 has MIDI, so it shouldn't be too much work to simply plug it into
a HW system. If the console were a digital model, I believe you could
configure HW to work with the draw knobs, but it seems somewhat impractical
to me since HW by design is any organ you want it to be and you would
typically have several. Each sample set is going to be rather different
and won't map cleanly or necessarily logically to the existing draw knobs.
Touch screens are the pragmatic and effective solution.
Consider plugging your 760 into a HW system with screens and going for it.
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On Fri, Oct 6, 2017 at 8:26 PM, Jeff White <jawhite1967@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
All -
Is it possible to upgrade a Concord 760 from analog to more modern
equipment? I’m not talking Hauptwerk, although that’s a possibility. I’d
just want it to work with the existing stop knobs, not touch screens. I
thought there was a time when you could upgrade the internal system…but
maybe that wasn’t Rodgers that did that?
Just curious.
Jeff
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