> Subj: RE:  Blowers, Registration
>
> From: "Glenn A. Gentry" <[log in to unmask]>
>
>    And people do NOT sing
> in the chop-chop manner. Granted, it is sometimes helpful to disconnect
> notes slightly especially in a live room, but in the typical space in
> the USA excessive liveness is not a problem, and yet people play as if
> there were 10 seconds of reverberation!

          Hi.  I am a newbie to this list (a synthesist who was
          trained on an Allen organ some over years ago), but if I
          correctly interpret the phrase "chop-chop playing" to refer
          to that abhorrent sempre staccato style that some folks use
          all the time, even on hymns, then I gladly join the
          anti-chop hotheads.

          By the way, the current thread on expressiveness is doubly
          fascinating to me in that modern synthesizers are directly
          descended from organs.  Do any of y'all have opinions on the
          integration of MIDI with theater and church organs?  Do you
          see a place in organ technology for velocity or aftertouch
          as expressive aids (e.g., kick in a tremulant with a little
          extra pressure on the manual)?

                                                -Tom Williams
                                                 Computer Center Manager
                                                 Alderson-Broaddus College
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