WELS: [Welstech] Hymnsoft

[Jeffery Clark]

I just taught a lesson on hymnsoft this last Wednesday at MLC for EFE 
week (and I found out that contrary to popular belief, 8th graders can 
indeed sing when they want to). While it is old, the player module is 
pretty versatile. You can change the speed at which the program plays 
back the hymns (tempo) and the duration of pauses between verses. While 
it can't speed up or slow down in the middle, I have found that as long 
as the congregation can hear it well enough, it works ok. The biggest 
hangup for me is the sound quality of midi. I have fixed this by using a 
VSTi library called Garritan Personal Orchestra. It contains some pretty 
nice pipe organ samples and a great piano. Last I heard, Garritan was 
also working on a pipe organ library with several different types of organs.

Jeff Clark

Stephanie wrote:
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>     Is this the one that has only one verse of each hymn recorded so
>     you have to hit a button for each verse the congregation sings?
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>     John and others,
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>     **There is a part for you to listen to the hymns one verse at a
>     time to select hymns.
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>     But when you program the worship service Hymnsoft will play a long
>     or short intro (you pick) and then 1 or all the hymns (you pick).
>     In between the hymns you add the liturgical portions you desire.
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>     Part of the "clunkiness" is that there is no human interaction. It
>     seems devoid of emotion and the pace often does not match the
>     singing pace of the congregation.
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>     Correct. But when you have no organist.... this is an acceptable
>     replacement. We used this program for 2 years for each service
>     before we had an organist. and we still use it. I am using it
>     tomorrow (our organist will be out of town).
>      
>     Stephanie
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