This page gives you information about the installing process to get jOrgan running on you system. For more detailed instructions appropriate to your operation system please see the links you can find on the navigation.

You can download jOrgan contained in a ZIP file which you should extract anywhere on your local hard drive:

• jOrgan-x.x.zip

The extracted files contain a file jOrgan.jar, this is the main program that is executed by the JRE. Double click the file to start the program.

If your operation system doesn't support this, you have to start jOrgan on the command line with:

  java -jar jOrgan.jar

The program will open with a virtual keyboard on the bottom of the screen.

jOrgan comes with a small example Disposition. You should open it to verify that your system is set up correctly:

Please press some keys on the keyboard and operate the elements to hear some organ sounds. Once you have this setup up and running you should try to experiment with the example Disposition. Start by customizing it to your equipment.

To run jOrgan you need a Java Runtime Environment 5 or higher (6 recommended). If no JRE is already installed on your computer you can download it from the following locations:

Several add-ons are available for jOrgan:

• Skins
  Skins are used to style elements on a virtual Console.

• Extensions
  Extensions add additional features to jOrgan, e.g. they offer better integration with other programs.

Each add-on has to be downloaded separately and extracted into the same folder as the jOrgan installation.