Omenie

Omenie was a software development company making Mellotrons and Pipe Organs for iPad, and is now just a musical memory.

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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT OMENIE LTD. AND OUR MELLOTRON / PIPE ORGAN APPS.

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Brilliant! And sounding very sweet indeed.

[Phil Atkin @RamonesKaraoke]

Here's Chris Hinkins using his excellent minimal, compact, battery-powered setup that lets him play piano and 2-manual organ in a church with no electricity! Organ sounds via the 'Pipe Organ' iPad app, and 30% of every sale goes to @friendschurches

https://t.co/YUCWUrufmn

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Having seen a *great* performance of this piece on Twitter today, I thought I would run a historic MIDI performance of it through Church Organ for Mac. 'Herr Jesu Christ dich zu uns wend' (BWV 655), performer unknown, via https://t.co/IXYY9UphDA

https://t.co/iVUbaHPGd6

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@willjfox @annalapwood @StPaulsLondon Nice!

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Also, many of these churches contain beautiful organs which also need expensive maintenance. Please help out if you can.

[Phil Atkin @RamonesKaraoke]

Dig deep folks - Rachel is virtually single-handedly keeping giant, beautiful, meaningful chunks of our architectural and spiritual heritage alive. Awesome job, but big repairs cost money - please help if you can.

[Omenie @omeniesoftware]

Brilliant, the pair of them.

[PipeUp Salisbury @PipeUpSalisbury]

Our very own @annagmhallett being let loose on the organ of @Ely_Cathedral after assisting at @annalapwood’s recording. Thanks for a great opportunity! @DioceseofEly @DioSalisbury @RSCMCentre

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There’s a new beta of Player Organ on TestFlight, introducing the 16’ Trombone. Should be on the store in a day or so.

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... with peaks hand-tuned to human vocal formants i.e. tweaked and pulled around until the low C sounded like a bass singing 'OOOH'. It's pretty compelling.

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My personal theory that ANYTHING turned into a wavetable sounds like an organ pipe is turning out to be pretty solid. The synthetic Vox Humana sounds really, really human in certain registers. Synthesized in Logic, ES1 pulse wave, cutoff to tame the sizzle, into a channel EQ ...

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Quick experiment - the Cornopean has been temporarily swapped out for the new Vox Humana - as the first chord on Vox Humana hits you, the sense of ‘human vocal tract’ is uncanny. It’s not singing, but it is a pretty sweet sound for half an hour’s playing with Channel EQ in Logic.

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There are unlikely to be any more stops added in the near future ... but having said that I can't stop thinking about a really good quality Vox Humana to do choir reinforcement!

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Pipe Organ for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch now refreshed in the App Store and contains a rather lovely new 16' Trombone in the pedal. Enjoy.

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@RectrixArwen A truly cracking record.

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@Proggie01 @RamonesKaraoke Not many people do! It’s the best-kept secret in the West.

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One more feature - build 32 has a new ‘share piston banks’ button, which makes it much easier to keep your piston presets synchronised between devices and computers.

This round of builds is complete, once feedback is collected and any issues resolved this will go on the store.

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Pipe Organ v 1.7 (26) now on TestFlight, includes new Trombone stop in the pedal.

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The 16' Trombone in the Pedal division is now integrated and tested in Pipe Organ (iOS) and Church Organ (Mac), but App Store Connect is closed for Christmas, so even Testflight users can't get to it for a few days. Think of it as a late stocking filler 😀

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Pedal Trombone!

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Today I dropped a reed into the pedal of Church Organ and Pipe Organ. It's a 16' Trombone, and it sounds *really* sweet - maybe not sweet, but ROBUST - but I need to ensure I can fit it in without affecting either the UI or the registrations of the existing repertoire / hymnal.

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@burningshednews @ElectronicMagUK @MuteUK Well, I’ve looked everywhere in the right hand picture - no leatherette, anywhere.