OREGANO: Play a concert organ using your voice

This paper describes the first version of Oregano, a system that allows people to interact with a large concert organ using their voices and a touch display. The main objective of the design was to increase the organ's accessibility for the general public and enhance their experience when visiting the Studio Acusticum concert hall in Pitea, Sweden. A number of built-in prerecorded songs allow visitors and concert-hall personnel to easily experience and demonstrate the instrument's capabilities. In addition, the voice interaction facilitates new types of fun interaction and musical expressions using the instrument. The concept will be set up in a permanent installation inside the concert hall during upcoming work.