Substitute Organist Service

We love the Substitute Organist Service, and the music it provides, but the SOS app has always been very frustrating due to its lack of flexibility. We wanted to be able to run it on iPhones, and we wanted a dark mode for the app to reduce the glare from the excessive white spaces in the app. We also needed separate expression controls for swell and great to match our organ console more accurately. As the app plays music, there is also no way to see which pipe stops and couplers are being used, so we have difficulty associating music that sounded out of tune with pipes that need tuning.

The app works great, but it needs music controls beyond play and stop. For example, our first hymn this Sunday is "For All the Saints." Since we stop halfway through to remember the departed, I have to put the hymn on the service twice with different verses. A pause button would eliminate that problem. The stop button cannot be used there because it advances the program to the next song. Speed controls would also help because not all congregations are used to singing certain songs at the speed they are supposed to be played at. Regardless, the program, music quality, and customer service are great. Roland, Sarah, and Lynea are some of the best people I've had a chance to work with. If your church needs a backup plan or a full time organist, this is the way to go. Keep up the great work.