The sequencer in Worship Studio in a complete package unto itself.
If you are using different wind and brass instruments in your worship services, Worship Studio allows you to create parts from your basic chart as long as you know the name of the instrument! No one will ever know you slept through first year music theory. Using a Midi keyboard makes this process faster but in no way are you limited by the fact you don't have a Midi input device. Very simple, very fast and all without the manual. At this point the finished product is ready to print. All of this is accomplished with simple point and click actions, in fact the only time I used the keyboard was to enter the lyrics. Dynamics and articulations markings are entered in the same manner and you can have up to sixteen verses of lyrics, please don't send me songs with sixteen verses unless have written the next American Pie! Worship Studio will use its chord analyzer to add chord symbols and you can edit the entire piece with the Inspector.
I started with the track view and selected the music palate and with my mouse entered the notes using the virtual ruler that insures proper placement. You can work with a page view or a track (scrolling stave) view. You have 35 templates to choose from, including hymn templates, rhythm chart, four-part chorale and piano or you can do as I did and start from scratch. Many of you might not have a Midi keyboard on your desk at church so I decided to first create a chart using just the basic computer mouse and keyboard. In fact, the copy they sent me was so new it didn't even have a box, more importantly it didn't have a manual! Not one to let a manual keep me from loading a program and diving right in I wasn't upset, but even a non-manual reader like me was amazed at how easy Worship Studio is to use. It needed to be easy to use and please make it affordable! Well, now it's my job to see how they did.įirst of all this is a new product, not one of Midisoft's other programs in a new package. What music ministers told Midisoft is that they wanted notation, sequencing and digital audio all in one package. In fact they even consulted music ministers across the country to see what should be in a complete church music software program. Midisoft has created a software package with you in mind. Every week you have charts to write, new music to listen to, songs to transpose, worship bands and choirs to rehearse and we haven't even talked about the weekly services! If you are a worship leader, minister of music, choir director, or in some cases all of the above you know what I'm talking about. The job of the church musician has never been more complex. By Ralph Sappington, courtesy of Magazine
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