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The guy running the organ is a legend. He completely trusted you with his baby.
Eh, we're usually pretty chill about letting people use our organs. They're meant to be played, and good ones are rugged enough to last for hundreds of years under regular use. You're not gonna break them by playing them, and we're more than willing to let you experiment. A lot of us got into organ because of the enormous number of possibilities they have, so seeing this stuff as a classical organist is pretty cool. And the added benefit is that videos like this spread the organ to a wider audience, which it definitely deserves. Cheers!
@@JoshuaSobel uuuhhh I would die to play an organ like that honestly. I'm not an organist, but a pianist and an accordionist. I have a tiny organ in my basement, but yk its not this and it only has one octave of pedals. But the organ is an entire orchestra and the only thing coming close to that I own is the accordion which pales in comparison to this beast
@@sophiaseth2769 If you're ever in North Carolina, I could set you up to try one out lol I've actually played this organ before. Pretty cool experience, and VERY loud sitting at the console!
Seriously, dude was a bro through and through.
@@JoshuaSobel I'm in South Carolina :D
alternative video title: "Connecting a building to my laptop"
Everytime I connect to the internet lol.
Seriously though many corporate buildings are fully automated and maintenance personnel routinely controls the entire thing with a laptop to test stuff. a/c, heating, blinds, door access, closing fire doors, lights, sometimes even certain windows can open and close electronically. And if it's a mall, you can blast your tunes through the PA system :D
You wouldn’t download a church
@@cythereanmusic aww shit
Alekseyl solid gold
On the contrary, this is exactly what the engineers had in mind when they put a midi-in port on the instrument.
100% those engineers were like "OH MY GOD LET'S PUT A MIDI PORT ON IT SO IT CAN PLAY DOOM."
@@slizer452 Surely they gotta play E1M1 on this organ
@@slizer452 the irony of playing doom in a church on an organ lmao
The engineers definitely thought of it. The people installing it didn’t.
@@mr.voidroy6869 To be fair, you are slaying demons in Doom
As an IT guy, I simply love the video beginning with people flipping through owner’s manuals and calling Chris and then giving up and calling for the official external repairman to come in.
also as an IT guy: "why isn't it working? Oh, it's just not plugged in..."
same bro. same.
@@jk9554 “Hello IT, have you tried turning it off and on again?”
as someone in HVAC: that is basically my life.
lol someone took weeks to optimize this thing perfectly then they just throw a midi device into the mix that probably doesn't understand the limits of the device and they push it out.
Rob got these people to wire a midi in to their building sized pipe organ so he could play super Mario on it.
Wouldn't say got them to wire a Midi...More like connect what was already installed.
Over the course of several months... Yup... That happened. This might be the best thing this year so enjoy!
Rob got these people to wire a midi in to their building sized pipe organ so he could play Necrophagist on it.
Is there really any other reason to wire a midi into a building-sized pipe organ?
@@austinmartin6918 Yes Usually we use midi to control other instruments or to expand the amount of stops that are accessible to the instrument.
Props to the guy so willing to give his time for you to play music on the organ. He seemed enthusiastic about it
Musicians love jammin.
I assure you he's just as excited to be able to blast random silliness on it.
I bet he got a surge in people coming in after the last video
He immediately understood the new possibilities.
Definitely, seems like such a nice guy! And now they can do midi concerts :D win-win
The organist is a blast. He pulled all the stops (lol) to get this working. And he's having a great time, I hope he uses/used the hell out of this after Rob left.
@BumbleBee Wait, what!? I thought the second one was it!😬
Given where he works, he probably won’t be using the “hell” out of it lol
The phrase "pulling all the stops" actually originally referred to an organist playing with them all pulled out.
The organist immediately playing with the stops to find different sounds had the *exact same energy* as Andrew Huang playing with his modular synths.
musicians are musicians
Organs are one of the first forms of synth! Essentially you're just playing with different harmonics and waveforms depending on the design of the pipes!
Dude spot on!
@@AA-gl1dr exactly!
As an organist, that is a necessary step in playing a piece. The instructions will say stuff like Swell: 8’ Reed, 4’ Flute and you have to find what fits best and put it on a piston for later.
"Lemme just hook up my computer to this church"
@Nathaniel Hill *Y e s *
aphex twin would love this
Well Silver no *_ L I K E T H I S_*
Adeptus Mechanicus moment
you wouldnt download a church
My Friend: Hey what instrument are you playing in music? Me: B U I L D I N G
Just a bit hard to take on the road.
@@greggv8 Just Open the Doors
Copy🤬
Wasnt very funny on the original pipe organ videos. Hasn't gotten better with copy/paste.
@@94XJ what are you on about?
a good organist wont be replaced by a MIDI sequencer. this would only make him unstoppable.
With the power of several instruments and midi he could just power through anything
Ironically, mega churches and music and organs do this all the time. Yup I can get a computer to do this... but would God approve?
@@justimagine2403no doubt God would approve. We're using the talent He gave us to _invoke emotion._ It's said that to sing is to praise God twice. What is this but singing to a higher degree?
@@existenceispain_geekthesirenwhat
The music all belongs to God no matter who composed it. :) @@existenceispain_geekthesiren @justimagine2403
I'm getting married next month and while at the church I noticed the organ had a midi input. Obviously I recalled this video and thought, well we've got to have a go. It was, to be honest, about as hard as you found it. Thankfully the reverend and Organist were game, and many weeks later we now have a fully midi programmable church organ for our wedding. Unexpected benefit is also the church can now freely program their organ too which is fantastic for them. So thanks for this video and inspiring me
Let’s just agree that this organist is the coolest guy ever.
By far!
I find oddly endearing how John called all his professional colleagues, and didn't try to hide the fact that they were shooting a music video. I feel that many people would've omitted that, as KZhead still appears as a childish job to the eyes of many. That showed how much faith he had in Rob.
I don't know. I think he didn't recognize Bohemian Rapsody.
He let homie play metal on a pipe organ. I would be afraid he would break it with such intensity 😂
each comment starting with "let's" is pure shit.
taking the aux cord in your friends car on a whole different level
Bastis gebastel when you have an aux plug in the wall of your house
Not Picky beautiful commentary you’ve got there.
llol
This made me ugly snort into my hot chocolate 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
7:16 The astonished reaction of a man who thought he fully understood the limitations and potential of his instrument...and this was just the discovery phase. Imagine MIDI CC controlling the stops...
It literally looked like a real life application of someone using isekai to get to change the world, and it's effects on the original inhabitants... WOW Rob is crazy good
It might be MIDI SysEx that is used to control the stops rather than CC, either way, it would be fascinating to see the MIDI output that is produced when changing stops.
The man embodies the word "flummoxed"
Oh, absolutely no doubt the stops could be controlled with SysEx commands! If the organ console is that modern and implements MIDI, I'm sure they allowed for external control of the stops. You can essentially do that with the registration pistons under each keyboard already. It's how organists change "patches" so quickly. They set up the stops, then save them as a registration on one of the pistons. These consoles are amazing. They often have couplers between manuals (keyboards) so one manual can play pipe stops from another manual, or the pedals. It's super cool stuff. 😊
The best part is that it did! Look at the stops at 11:00!
Imagin that he can now literally record midi for his songs and how HE plays them, and even if he'll pass away that position... church can still operate
Yes. Especially if they can use signals to represent the division controllers.
For solo pieces, yes. When accompanying singers, the organist needs to adjust the tempo in real time in order to stay together.
@@skyclaw or singers need to learn how to keep in time when accompanying an organ perhaps
It already had that function he showed it off in the beginning
@@juliansedor7101never in a million years
Imagine sitting there mourning a loved one, and all of a sudden super mario starts playing.
your loved one is in another castle
Alright alriiiight
@@99bajakid *_SWEET MOTHER MARIO_*
🤣🤣🤣!!!
Perhaps it would be more fitting if they played the Super Mario "game over" music.
I love how open minded and even exited John is about using modern tricks on a very traditional instrument. I can see how some purists might object but he seems all for it and I really like that
I guess this is partially thanks to a super-humble attitude of Rob. Which is totally OK and seemingly opens new opportunities for the music world (as a musicologist, this makes me extremely excited).
Jiří Čevela Rob seems like one of the nicest guys ever
Hey, it's good publicity, and since he's already met Rob, he already knows what he's in for. He may even be a fan of the channel. It's probably hard to get new organ players these days, especially since the kids have wisened up a little about the sex abuse required to get there.
Way to spoil a positive sentiment with a tasteless Joke, Alex.
@@amoliski You're welcome.
My favorite part of this is John Sherer having absolute focus on making each part sound as amazing as possible, while still having a good time. the mechanics behind these instruments are mindblowing, and he is making it look so easy and effortless
didn't think id ever see someone essentially play a building with a computer
“if i play metal through a pipe organ, is it just bach?” APPARENTLY YES HOLY SHIT
Absolute proof that Toccata and Fugue in Dm is the FIRST metal song!
But tocata e fugue song are using the pipe organ not bell Is pipe organ metal Or what you just talked is the other metal instrument?
@@chillymoozy7093 metal is a genre of music.
@@chillymoozy7093metal genre
@@somefuckingrandom oof
People outside: "oh, I guess Jesus likes to play super Mario."
Lolololololololololololololololol
I was also wondering what was going through peoples heads outside of the church
"I guess we should just start worshipping Freddie Mercury now."
Ex0byte he’s also a fan of rob
@@tmf866 we already are
This is amazing and agreed... the Organist deserves a HUGE thank you for allowing you to not only touch his instrument but play around with it. That organ is probably worth more than anyone can imagine.
The underground Mario theme when he increased the base gave me goosebumps!!! I LOVE THIS!
People: I bet in the future they will have flying cars! 2020: My pipe organ just crashed
🤣🤣🤣
LOL
I have a computer organ
And it does chrash
Pipe organ got cyber attacked!
People outside: "Oh, he finally lost it completely."
Christian Andersen this comment made me ugly laugh.
The day they called 911 on the organist.
@@dimitrioslykissas7981 hello, my church played super mario for some reason
Little did they realize that all 9 divisions have their own MIDI channel. The channels weren’t tied to the keyboards or pedalboard. You could have 9 unique parts & sounds running at the same time, not just 6. The 3 divisions (portions) that aren’t explicitly tied to a keyboard have a switch (‘coupler’) that connects them to an existing keyboard. These are called floating divisions.
This was all worth it for the Mario theme played on an instrument the size of a building.
This man just played Necrophagist in a church. What a legend.
To see if it would come out like bach lol
He didnt play it in a church, he used a church to play it.
Not _in_ but _with_
@@everydaydwarf8063 Actually, a church building, since the church is actually the people.
@@davidfrischknecht8261 It can also be the building. At least in the US, when folks refer to "a church" it's generally accepted to be the building, not the congregation.
transhumanists: I want to plug a microchip in my brain Rob: yea lemme hook up my laptop to this church
Hugo ArdekO he’s a transmusicianist
Transhumanist Ancom approval
*Adeptus Mechanicus wants to know your location*
Does the transitive property apply here, allowing the building to be connected to your brain?
Skip6235 do not trigger the trans musicians
I grew up around pipe organs. My grandmother was a master pianist, and organist. She unfortunately passed away several years ago The organ in this video is the best sounding organ I've ever heard. If you've ever been to a cathedral and heard The organ there you have an idea how powerful and rich sounding the organ in this video is. To hear toccata in D heard on this gave me goosebumps. It is and always will be my favorite piece of music by Bach.
John at the church is so darn cool. I love this guy. Please convince him to go do this again with other epic songs that would impress over such a magical instrument.
Rob: plays Necrophagist on a church The whole Metal community: "Confused Death Metal Grunting"
*Headbangs in Castlevania*
Only time "Oh please God, wake me" from One sounds like an actual prayer. XD
The most holy unholy music I’ve ever heard.
The whole christian community: "Confused lord-praising"
@@thomasway0320 that actually legit sounded like something you could here in a church but makes sense as many metal guitarists have classical guitar backrounds
Imagine walking by the church and being like: "Is that rain?"
More like walking past a church and thinking "Is that Metallica?"
Jose Heininen is that super Mario?
@@girderstrongproductions6737 I'm thinking the same: "hu super mario" 🤔😎
“Weird that’s like necrophagist”
“Oh shit bro, is that xavlegbmaofffassssitimiwoamndutroabcwapwaeiippohfffx?!”
I'm a church regular. The organ is my favorite part of the service. I bet this was so cool to hear.
John discovered a new way to do things on that massive machine! I've never seen someone so open to something so crazy as midi-controlling the organ. This opens new avenues and possibilities. Crazy!
Your grandma just died, and you walk yourself lonely, to church. You silently start praying, while in the background, the super mario theme starts playing, and tears of joy fill your eyes. *thanks, rob scallon* you whisper.
Its sad how the west treats its spiritual inheritance... Couldn't imagine any other current society doing stuff like this... It doesn't matter if you're religious or not... Your ancestors that built this church were, and treating it like this is actually a shame. I'm surprised that the guy let Rob do it. And I mean... Im sorry to be that guy and I do love Rob and his Content... But I think aside from how technically awesome it is, it is also disrespectfull.
GoodToGo 2 sorry what how
@@goodtogo2876 It almost feels blasphemous, I can definitely see what you're saying.
Sure they would probably not do this in Saudi Arabia. As a side note, this isn't actually damaging the organ you know. It's still there.
@@goodtogo2876 How is it disrespectful? This absolutely monumental engineering challenge of an instrument was created because we, as humans, collectively acknowledge the incredible importance of music to connect us, to bring us joy. By extending the capabilities of this instrument beyond what a single person, or even the most synchronized orchestra, can play (which was the original thesis of the organ), we are not only respecting it, but going that one step further in honoring it's spirit.
Freddie said “Do what you like with my music, just never make it boring...” I think you guys have carried out his final wish in style.
"Now that's what I'm talking about!'
Damn you hit the right note with that man. You see alot of “blank would be proud” in the comments of covers but i really think freddy would appreciate hearing their music played on this instrument
@@bigamsterdam9513 especially a sonh that failed when it was first released much to Freedys disappointment. Im pretty sure the songs popularity didnt rise until after his death, correct me please if im wrong. I am not 100 percent sure.
@@devinaschenbrenner2683 nope ma man, they've been the most successful band of their time, and the song became popular long while before his death
damn this song on organ just... goosebump inducing one word, beautyful
The organ is an instrument of all superlatives. Its size, complexity, versatily, history... I can imagine someone who's learnt to play such an incredible instrument could easily overlook Rob's interest, like "who's that guy anyway ? Some random musician making videos on the internet ?"... On the opposite, John has always been keen on sharing is knowledge and passion. And he is seen here sharing the joy and excitement of Rob, experimenting something no one has tried before. This is what real musicians are about. They are so dedicated to music, they love it so deep in their heart, that they're not making it a matter of ego. And that's what made this video even more enjoyable to watch for me.
This video, having come back for like the 8th time in the past 18 months, is one of those rare cases of being a video that manages to draw you in completely and entirely. The technical curiosity to chase this idea of feeding midi into the organ, the problem solving and desire to push on despite it not functioning, the absolute awe when it first works and the majesty of hearing your own (Rob's) music in a fresh and interesting environment. Playing with this new and fun idea, getting Necrophagous and testing a pipe (hehe) dream about it sounding like Bach, giggling at Super Mario and then the utterly awe inspiring, triumphant but sombre Bohemian Rhapsody. A very poignant and present reminder of just how significant the impact Queen had universally in the reactions of everyone there. Thank you Rob, thank you John, thank you everyone who made this happen, thank you Freddie, you're dearly missed, this was truly magical
This was like watching my dad back in the 80's trying to hook up the new VCR
UkeliDokeli haha funny
Ha!
Lol...l remember those days
Next up: Deadmau5 builds pipe organ into his house.
Gotta be able to play Ghosts n' Stuff with a real organ.
Given the number of pipe organs that go wanting for good homes today... that would be awesome!
Rob, you made a friend for life! If you ever compose a piece for organ(or let Adam Neely know he can) John will surely help, and we'll get some fantastic performances! Nice one! I'm so glad you persisted with the MIDI question.
I think a big problem with Rain also was the (in comparison to the church's length relatively slow) speed of sound, cause it definitely ruined that neatly timed delay.
The solution might be to adjust (i.e. time align) the playback within the Midi file or rather the DAW accordingly. A similar thing is done with delay lines in huge venues all the time ... but on the other hand ... you'd have to define where in the building the sweet spot (acoustic point zero) is supposed to be.
12:39 Just imagine that you were confessing your biggest fault in life and you heart this.
brilliant!
Well I mean: "Mama, just killed a man Put a gun against his head Pulled my trigger, now he's dead"
The millionth confession!
"Forgive me father, for I have sinned. I... I don't know how to say this, but I, well--" (DOO-DOO DOO DADOO DOO! DOO!) "... Is that Super Mario?"
🤣
Studio Engineer: Rob, what do you want me to mic up? Rob: a FREAKING BUILDING
Remember how we did that wax recording? It's gonna be like that but different.
Not studio engineer, sound engineer lol. This is a bit larger than a studio
Love John Sherer, the organist, having so much fun with these KZhead kids, while continuously showing his skill and his intimate knowledge of the instrument to enrich the sound even more.
Literally would empty my wallet to sit in the middle of this and listen to them play all kinds of music! Amazing instrument, I have no doubt in my mind. I can only hope and wish to hear an organ of this size in person let alone even play it. One of the only downsides to having such cool, expensive and hard to reach instruments.
Once COVID is over, you need to sell tickets and do a show so people can hear this thing live!
And/or, you can come to some live organ concerts and hear some contemporary music :)
That would be a reason for me to go to church :-). I really love the organ "cover" from One. It just sounds so cool and impressive, even on headphones. I think I'd pay to hear that live.
Guaranteed this guy was so juiced to let Rob try it out because he had this in mind... wonderful way to take a venue like that and monetize it. It’d have to be such a cool experience to hear your music or music you love played there. Surely worth tickets IMHO
That sounds pretty rad tbh
Just go to the church it's free lol
They gotta open this as a service: email them your midi files and how you want it to sound, they record it with good mics and send back the wav files. Could charge some good money for it, I think there'd be a market
Good luck with the mixing lol
hiqwertyhi I’d definitely utilize that service
Especially with how no one is going to church currently,
If there is a market for such a service, why can't you just have an organ player play your song and have the sound recorded?
Soundrecorder won't cut it though, you'll need a ton of mics all over the room. But yes you could hire a player as well I guess. Would take more time though as they have to learn the parts.
I see organ music, I click. The sheer level of range and customization on one of these is staggering. I love it.
In the first video he taught us what pulling all the stops means. Pulling out the MIDI stop is even better. Wish I could hear this in person. Thank you to everyone that made this happen. =]
I just want Rob and Wintergatan, going around the world, messing with building sized instruments
Fuck yeah that'd be so great
piratecheese13 Einstürzende Neubauten live at Palast Der Republik. Check it out.
oh yeah fucking great
piratecheese13 that’s an official KZhead show waiting to happen @youtube
I wish this existed
*looks like a 1940s Organ* "Oh yea it can do midi!"
@Judy G. Remade in 2016.
it's a classic concert-style pipe organ. They can run into Million$, sometimes more than the hall into which they are built.
*Crazy Hair* Aliens!
I feel as if that one who plays one of those messed up Midis that had all the sounds of a song uploaded to the point where you could hear the lyrics being recreated would certainly mess up the whole building.
@@ashofthefallen5550 \\ Incidentally, MIDI doesn't record "sounds," just the metadata, i.e., information about the particular key or control being activated in time. + MIDI recorders typically don't "care" which instrument or device uses the data it plays back. \\ *
I love how, later in the video when the MIDI is playing, you can see the gears turning in John's head.
If you got one of those stereo ear style microphones they use for ASMR you could probably capture the effect you had in the room, at least for headphone users.
you might get some of the space and direction, but it would be nothing compared to the real thing, especially considering they didn't have recording equipment optimized for the room. Maybe you can get pretty damn close to the real thing with professional recording equipment and headphones, but it would never really match the live sound. Not whith the distance involved in such a large, live room and how it echoes about so much. You can feel the low notes of the organ through the pews you sit in, through your feet. I think these pipe organs are some of the greatest sounds people can possibly make. The cathedral is the body of the instrument just as much as a violins body.
@@AshBarkPerson At minimum you'd need full surround sound to really capture the way the sound travels (since you're dealing with an instrument that rings out from all around the room, not just in front of you), and I can only imagine the difficulty in capturing the various quiet overtones and reverberation without the louder pipes completely blowing out the recording. Being able to feel the sound is more down to your speaker system, as anyone with a subwoofer can attest to, but trying to capture that powerful sound without losing detail? An engineer's ultimate test, or perhaps their worst nightmare.
@BumbleBee you’d be surprised, when you dive into the Audiophile spectrum of headphones most people don’t understand why it cost so much but it does for a reason
@@ES_ETP those still don't recreate the feeling of being in a room with a large pipe organ your whole body feels the low notes however, an audiophile surround sound setup, with idealy a 7.2.4 speaker setup, will be able to recreate it pretty well theoretically
This video made realise two things, 1) Metal is basically just distorted classical music and also, 2) I wanna see more Pipe Organ videos
Not very good classical music in the slightest though.
after this im convinced Castlevania music are just metal songs to begin with
Every Pop/Rock and Metal song is basically classical music with other instruments. I'd recognize the Pachebell-Song matchup, so many songs are based on this chord progression!!
Classical is very different from metal. Not to say one is better but they are so very very different, even on a organ.
Different, yes. Admittedly so. However, some schools of metal are more directly descended from Classical/Baroque music.
Me: What’s your favourite instrument???? Him: Church
Reminds me of when Patrick (from Spongebob) asked if Mayonaise is an instrument lol
@Matthew Ridgeway The church is basically the resonating body of the organ. The pipes themselves wouldn't sound nearly as loud, if they weren't amplified by the massive walls of the church.
😂
If its the church then it must be the bell 😂 instead of the pipe organ
I closed my eyes when you guys played bohemian rhapsody and I almost fell asleep it was so beautiful on the organ.
That church was very cool to let these guys experiment on that very expensive organ. It's great that everything worked out the way it did.
I love that John is an enthusiastic instrumentalist not a stodgy curator. He hears a crazy idea and doesn't shoot it down because it's not traditional but instead says, "That'd be awesome"
What a great guy John is. He was so willing to just do whatever to help. The man was ready to take apart his organ for you. I am not religious but he is the type of man I would want to encounter at a church. Why did this make me teary eyed? I guess it gave me hope that good people do exist? I don't know this is weird. its late im rambling.
Most people who go to Church and listen to the bible are like that
Darek225 guess we grew up in different families
yeah I said the same thing, John is such an amazing guy. Most people wouldn't let anyone play with the organ, let alone try interact with it in this way. But John was totally willing to share the instrument and his knowledge to help make this happen. And then especially when he started calling the engineer and stuff, like most people would have just stopped at that point and said welp, we can't do it. It wasn't hooked up and I can't go through all that to make this work. But he was more than willing to work through that hurdle and make this happen. It shows John's creative passion for this instrument and his willingness to share it with the world, and that's such an amazing gift.
My guess is that the kids making the video are the sons of someone very important, someone the church is happy to be in good relations with
@@glipoi6528 I don't think thats the case. Rob Scallon is just pretty popular.
This may be an odd question, but could the MIDI system be used to complement the organist’s playing, allowing them to play pieces too complex to do without the computer (or a second organist)?
I'm sure it could
I do that regularly.
@@primethread That must have been an issue with that program. If I am only sending output from my playback program and have no MIDI input selected, there’s no way for notes played on the organ to impact the program. Naturally, you would want to avoid playing the same manual (keyboard) as the computer, if possible. If not, avoid playing the same notes.
Or he can do what they're doing - play it like a synth, play the knobs, while the sequencer plays the notes, at church
RUSH E
Bless the organist for his patience.
E1M1 on the organ. Demon trying to take over the church: “why do I hear boss music?”
John: *loads shotgun with religious intent*
You can record the true sound of this place using a binaural audio microphone. The video titled "Hear New York City in 3D audio" does an incredible job at explaining this and I'm dying to hear the true power of this instrument. Please like so he can see.
Why has nobody liked this :( literally the only thing I was thinking that whole time
@@QuinnHartmann I just posted the same above..
Those microphones aren't particularly great for dynamics though. The more ideal setup in this scenario would be to have 2 decent mono mics with a few feet of separation. Then you still get the stereo field similar to binaural and better dynamics.
Wouldn't reach anywhere near the same feeling. Neither those microphones nor youtube would capture the full range made by a pipe organ. A big part of their "power" comes from sub sonic frequencies with some of the largest organs (quite possibly including this one) going into deep into single digit frequencies.
They would still do this organ no justice. Yes, it would be better but Organs create a music you feel in your chest. Not your head
The Organ guys enthusiasm is immeasureable, it's truly a blessing to come across someone with his personality and really cool that you found the MIDI control, brilliant video
i swear, not the person who invented the organ or the person who invented midi would've imagined this.
People waking past the church that day "are they playing bohemian rhapsody on the organ???"
Imagine hearing the Super Mario theme coming out of a massive cathedral
@@lcarpetrondookmariot7620 'Your princess is in another castle'
I’d think I’d be more surprised hearing Metallica’s one coming out of a church
TheVeel This comment killed me
I can play it myself on the organ and here ist the best version(kzhead.info/sun/ishvob6LaJFnlI0/bejne.html)
I like how the guy just started his phone calls with “ so we’re making a KZhead video and we need to use the midi for the organ”
I was thinking the same thing… He just picked up the phone and said… “We want to wire A to B… Can we do that?” That was just so cool because you have to put his query into context… This is a multi-million dollar $$$ instrument that he wants to “tinker“ with… Many kudos to this organ master!
When you have a multi million dollar organ you tend to get 24/7 365 service calls....
@@bubbyshome1794 but you also tend to have only a few people with the knowledge to solve it
@@nicholasmattera6802 I'm shocked that the church isn't excited about this too! Imagine being able to play when the good organist isn't in town!
And that dudes answer was "Yeah, it's right next to the INTERNET connector." That thing has an RJ45 plug, aka Ethernet networking. Please tell me it's plugged in.
When you made that organ play Bohemian Rapsodie my eyes begame wet, like Freddy was singing it to us from heaven. What a wonderful tribute to this remarkable group of people ❤️❤️👍👍Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful video with me.
I truly believe this is just a bunch of musicians just seeing what they can actually do and how to use this massive and gorgeous instrument in any new way they can and I absolutely fucking love it
7:03 - Rain testing 8:52 - Rain 10:55 - Anchor 12:39 - Super Mario Bros. 13:41 - Necrophagist - Stabwound 14:31 - Metallica - One 15:21 - Animals As Leaders - The Woven Web 16:51 - Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Hero!
Beautiful
Thank you!
Holy sht there's fukin AAL hahaha they should've played "Brain Dance"
Renzo Yangson should’ve been CAFO😂
I want to thank the organist, church, and organ builder for making this possible. I will assume that it cost some money and time to fix the MIDI connection. The fact that the church was willing to partake in this adventure is incredible. Thanks also to Rob, his audio/video team, and certainly the sponsors. I teach audio engineering will be using this video as a tool when we explore MIDI in the future. I think it's really cool that the organ designers thought enough to create separate channels for each keyboard rank. The possibilities are now endless!
I’m betting when they spend that kind of money they get a pretty good warranty, then again they might get phone calls from India saying we have been trying to reach you about your organs warranty.
@@lancetheman28 Pretty sure they'd have an OrganCare subscription.
More than likely they saw a use for the functionality in the future as well, and thought it might be a good investment to be able to use the functionality
@@Sturmischer I agree! The ability to use MIDI input means, at the very least, the organists can take days off and simply have someone press "play" on a computer to play the music
@@lancetheman28 Good one. Nice laugh. Of course, I get about 4 of those type calls every day.
I can't stop watching at 7:00 mark their reaction when it starts playing. Especially John, his surprise/excitement is so genuine.
20:50 really made me tear up. You can hear the ending guitar solo so clearly through the organ and it’s perfect. Almost like Freddie is coming though the instrument himself.
Someone has to start investing in a binaural recording setup
yeah...
Big mood
really
Will it work with KZhead though ?
@@jeanpignondepied Yes, if you search you can find plenty
John Sherer has to be the coolest "church person" i have ever seen. 10/10 would attend church
Organist's were the first DJ's. A whole orchestra played by 1 person.
Well, this is freakin' awesome. I mean a human is great an all, but now you've given this guy the equivalent of infinite hands, with the ability to push infinite keys for any and all divisions of time. I am 1000% enthralled...
I just picture the nearest couple of blocks are just like: "oh, Rob scallon is back at it again."
If I am John, I just had a whole world of possibilities opened. With his intimate knowledge of how his organ works, where sounds come from in the building, and what the organ is capable of, he could write some some absolutely mind bending stuff. I'm excited for him. I hope he jumps all over the possibilities.
I'd love for the church to set up a good mic system for surround sound. Then they could make recordings of the organ and that would be amazing to hear. I hope John does much, much more with that organ!
I'd follow that channel!
John was already using the built-in midi record and playback before this video was made.... nothing new to him. what was new to those in the video is that midi-out can be connected to midi-in.... BIG NEWS... this has been happening since the 1980's.
From someone who grew up in a church with a pipe organ, i can literally only imagine how Rain sounded in that room, chills thinking about it
I would totally go to a performance of songs written in midi, played through a full church organ
You just turned one of the greatest organists into a DJ.
Church rave.
@@21owlgirl72 i have raved in a church before and lemme tell you it's actually insane
@@thecreator4333 Did you stage dive from the organ gallery?
@@thecreator4333 *Ghosts n Stuff by Deadmau5 intensifies*
Time to play some black midi in the best way possible.
Bob THIS HAS TO HAPPEN
What a great idea xDDD
Poor people of Chicago.
*flandre spawns*
Earthquake on approach
the organist goes from enthusiastic, to elated, and then begins to realise that he has become his own undoing in arranging for the connection of a function that allows his replacement....
to hear your Anchor booming through a midi organ was a treat
Imagine going into the church and suddenly *mario castle boss music plays* I`m in trouble.
What would be scarier (for me atleast) is if it played the the music when you’re fighting a guardian in BOTW
why do I hear boss music.
Sharko The Shark what’s botw
@@thrashercentral1792 Zelda: Breath of the Wild
@@sharko3211 Megalovania from sam's bossfight
With a lot of people stuck in doors right now. This is the kind of entertainment we need on our screens. When the music started playing I realised how big the smile on my face was. This was Rob, bringing people together to experience old being connected to new. Was amazing seeing everyone involved here getting fully stuck into the troubleshooting and then all being amazed by the pure delight that music can be
Yeah, I hate it when I get stuck in my door!
Ok, if someone was able to learn the limits of what you can do with this stuff, I'd imagine that you could throw some insane, super powerful sounding concerts. Because I saw at some points those buttons can move on their own so you could go insane with charting.
still my favorite youtube video, 4 years later
Imagine walking into the church and hearing bohemian rhapsody being played on the organ. That is insane. So cool!
Don't need Midi for that, I'm almost through with learning it on the organ.
I'm not overly impressed with the midi version. I'd like to hear Bohemian Rhapsody played by an accomplished organist who could bring some life and depth to the performance.
Go to Robs 2nd channel, they did that actually
@@guitargod63 It's the same one as this one.. Just edited to be standalone
God is gay
Imagine passing by a church and hearing FREAKING NECROPHAGIST blasting through the pipes
That's the kinda of thing that would attract a lot of people to the church lol
I cant believe how good it sounded
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
This is way beyond incredible!!!!!!!😀
I wonder in John actually knows what he heard. I mean he might have, tho. I betcha there's a verse somewhere in the old testament saying nearly the same thing as "Stabwound" anyway..
thank you rob scallon for proving you can plug a church into a laptop
Rob Scallons videos always manage to make me smile, its so wholesome seeing people genuinely enjoy their lives in a world full of passion-less monotony. The world needs more people who have the will to do things like this.
Imagine just sitting there trying to pray and then the super Mario theme song starts playing
*then necrophagist starts playing, IN A CHURCH
@@lurezpe8655 “Take and eat; this is my body.” -Matthew 26:26
It's a sign from god!
"In the name of the father, GROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO."
I want to hear this play one of those midi transcriptions of human speech. Like I really, really want to hear that.
It wouldn't sound good since the organ cannot play sounds very quickly and abruptly. Everything would become a big hazy sound.
Shrek midi
@@rubino7 so make it say the world's longest "yeah boy"
@@mublysnubly3407 yeeeah booooy
I think as a musician, Rob is living his life at best!
I love the organist he is such a nice person :) Genuenly made me happy. You should have asked him what his favorite song is and played it for him!