Johannus LiVE III AGO, User Manual

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Sample banks
The Johannus LiVE III is a fully fledged digital organ that uses sample sets, through
which you can play numerous international pipe organs. The organ is equipped
with the LIVEreverb II
TM
system. This system produces a natural reverb using
recordings of the acoustics of existing international pipe organs.
4.3.1
Sample sets
Sample set(s) are stored on one or more USB sticks, containing a professional,
authentic set of recordings from an actual pipe organ. You can upload sample sets
for dozens of international pipe organs on the Johannus III.
These sample sets contain a large number of unique stops for these organs.
The result is that every sample set for the Johannus LiVE III contains minimal 50
stops, most of which come from the original pipe organ, the rest being
supplementary stops in the spirit of and complementary to the character of the
pipe organ concerned.
The LiVE III organ has enough capacity to store five complete pipe organs.
Practically speaking that means that you can copy five USB sticks containing full
recordings into the Johannus LiVE’s memory. With the pistons ORGAN 1 to
ORGAN 5 you can easily switch between pipe organs:
- Press the ORGAN piston once to see the overview of available sample sets.
- Press the ORGAN piston twice to switch to another pipe organ that is saved at
that location. The organ stop names will change on the small dynamic displays
above each stop individually. See §3.2 Overview of Controls, point A.
If you have more than five sample sets, you can easily reload a new one by
overwriting one of the existing sample sets. If you want to go back to your original
selection, simply reload the sample set that you overwrote. The sample sets can
be uploaded into the organ with an USB stick. See §5.4 Upload Organ.
Ordering sample sets
When you purchase a Johannus LiVE III, it comes with two sample sets.
New pipe organ recordings can be ordered individually from your dealer.
Listening positions
The Sampled Listening Positions
TM
is a function which works with the LIVEreverb
II
TM
to position the organ sound in the church. It lets you choose where to sit in
the church to enjoy the sound of the organ.
The Johannus LiVE gives you essentially four different recordings for each organ:
the organ bench, about ten meters from the front, the middle of the church, and
The sets are protected by a unique code, so they can only be used on your own
organ.