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Viscount Allegro

INDEX

1. IMPORTANT NOTES

2. CONTROL PANEL

3. REAR PANEL

4. SWITCH-ON

5. LISTENING TO THE DEMONSTRATION PIECES

6. THE PEDALS

7. TRASPOSITION

8. FUNCTIONS

9. THE METRONOME

10. USING THE RECORDER

11. MIDI FUNCTIONS

12. MIDI COMMANDS

13. FACTORY SETTINGS

ANNEX

ASSEMBLY DIAGRAM

Summary of Contents for Allegro

Page 1: ...Allegro Digital Piano Manuale Operativo Operating manual ...

Page 2: ...rnings 4 Follow all instructions 5 Do not use this apparatus near water 6 Clean only with dry cloth 7 Do not block any ventilation openings Install in accordance with the manufacturer s instructions 8 Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators heat registers stoves or other apparatus including amplifiers that produce heat 9 Do not defeat the safety purpose of the polari ed or grounding...

Page 3: ...28 3 REAR PANEL 30 4 SWITCH ON 32 5 LISTENING TO THE DEMONSTRATION PIECES 33 6 THE PEDALS 34 7 TRASPOSITION 34 8 FUNCTIONS 35 9 THE METRONOME 39 10 USING THE RECORDER 40 11 MIDI FUNCTIONS 42 12 MIDI COMMANDS 43 13 FACTORY SETTINGS 45 ANNEX 46 ASSEMBLY DIAGRAM 48 ...

Page 4: ...d to guarantee you years of troublefree use we urge you to read the whole of this manual with the maximum attention CHARACTERISTICS Eight different sounds The Allegro s range of sounds gives you the opportunity of playing in every different musical style eight different sounds BASS sound You can give your Allegro the attractive sounds of the acoustic or electric bass Digital effects Your Allegro h...

Page 5: ...subject to strong vibrations This instrument may interfere with radio and television reception so do not use it in the vicinity of these appliances Make sure that the instrument is on a stable surface and horizontal Maintenance For routine cleaning wipe a soft dry or slightly damp cloth over the instrument To remove more difficult dirt use a gentle neutral detergent and dry thoroughly with a dry c...

Page 6: ...iant sound or to the left for a more mellow sound 3 AC BASS and EL BASS buttons The ACOUSTIC BASS AC BASS button allows the typical acoustic bass timbre to be added to Allegro s sound For a typical electric bass sound press the ELECTRIC BASS EL BASS button 4 Timbre selection keys The Allegro offers a choice of timbres Simply press one of the preset keys to select the corresponding voice The LED ab...

Page 7: ... or PLAY to play back the last recording made 8 FUNCTION button Pressing the FUNCTION button gives access to the Allegro s ten general functions 9 POWER switch The instrument s on off key When switched on the Allegro automatically activates the voices set during the last session When purchased and thus at the first switch on the Allegro activates the PIANO 1 timbre 10 PEDALS The Allegro s SOFT lef...

Page 8: ...ing sound characteristics is always recommended 2 INPUT L MONO and R connectors These connectors are provided essentially for use with external sound generator modules The stereo outputs from the remote sound generation module are connected to the INPUT L MONO and R connectors allowing the device s sound to be reproduced through the Allegro s amplification system 3 MIDI IN OUT and THRU connectors ...

Page 9: ... to your Allegro to regulate its volume control 6 PITCH knob This knob is used to adjust the general tuning of the instrument With the knob in the central position the keyboard s central A has a frequency of 440 Hz Turn the knob towards the symbol to raise the pitch or in the opposite direction to lower it The two limit settings of the knob correspond to a variation in pitch of 1 4 of a tone above...

Page 10: ...n when you start to play adjust the volume as you prefer 3 Selecting a voice Then set the timbre or timbres you require by pressing one of the voice selectors shown here You can play with more than one voice simultaneously two plus the bass timbre thanks to the LAYER mode To activate the LAYER mode simply press the key of the timbre desired and keeping the key pressed that of the second voice and ...

Page 11: ... from the painstaking sampling of some of the world s best grand pianos As well as the quality of the stereo samplings the instrument also contains a number of special features to give the most faithful reproduction possible of all the shades of the original instrument s sound such as reproduction of the vibration of the frame the noise emitted by the hammer mechanism and all the other typical com...

Page 12: ...iano when it is pressed all the notes played will be sustained for a longer time When the pedal is released the notes will be damped immediately 7 TRASPOSITION The Allegro s TRANSPOSE function allows the pitch of the whole keyboard to be moved up or down in intervals of one semitone by a maximum of 12 semitones Transposing the keyboard makes it easier to play in difficult keys and simplifies accom...

Page 13: ...ve the effects which can be applied to the various timbres etc All the settings made are memorized automatically and remain unchanged until the next modification The setting selection procedure for the DYNAMIC CURVES TEMPERAMENT SELECT BASS MODE EFFECT TYPE SELECT REVERB MODULATION is identical and is as follows 1 Activate the function Press the FUNCTION key the LED will start to flash and then th...

Page 14: ...tion layering EL PIANO key BASS CYMBAL function adds a metronome with the sound of the RYDE CYMBAL to the acoustic bass sound HARPSI key EL BASS CYMBAL function as above but for the electric bass N B a few explanations with regard to the values of the layer mode the OVERLAP mode allows the bass timbre active at the moment to be added to the other timbre present in the area of the keyboard assigned...

Page 15: ...ng Now press the FUNCTION key to exit from the functions environment or if you wish to select another function press its key and repeat the procedure described above The VOICE SPLIT function divides the selected timbres over the keyboard so that each one will sound on a part of the keyboard which you have defined By default the split point on the keyboard is the F 2 key It can be set at any point ...

Page 16: ... voices being played without distinction When the timbres selected are changed the volume levels remain the same as those of the previous voices set this might cause unpleasant combinations To avoid this and to set new volume levels proceed as follows Activate the new function and set the new volume level Press the FUNCTION key and when its LED flashes press the key relative to the timbre the leve...

Page 17: ...during recording only HARPSI key REC PLAY during both recording and playback NY GUITAR key ALWAYS 3 Set the metronome speed The metronome speed of your choice can be set using the part of the keyboard between C1 and A1 inclusive as shown in the diagram on the left The permitted values are from 035 to 250 The instrument will not take note of your selection until you have selected three figures Afte...

Page 18: ...he function 10 USING THE RECORDER The Allegro has a built in recorder which allows you to record your performances and then play them back The recording feature provides useful backup for anyone learning to play the piano so they can re examine their performances from the impersonal point of view of an outside listener It can also just be fun You may use any timbre to play any kind of music you li...

Page 19: ...ong as the playback is in progress except for a brief switch off coinciding with the down beat To stop the playback before it finishes press the PLAY key again To speed up the tempo of the recorded piece press the FUNCTION and REC keys together To slow down the tempo press the FUNCTION and PLAY keys together To restore the original tempo press FUNCTION REC and PLAY simultaneously N B Keyboard can ...

Page 20: ... as a synthesizer or an expander this latter device will provide a precise response to the notes played on the transmitter keyboard This will allow you actually to play two instruments simultaneously obtaining full multi instrument sounds Allegro M IDI OUT M IDI IN MF 01 Playback data Data during recording M IDI IN M IDI IN M IDI OUT The same type of musical information transfer is used to record ...

Page 21: ... MIDI Program Change code is received See the next chapter for information about the commands to be used with regard to Program Changes Control Change Data The Control Change data refer to the operations relating to the controls e g the Soft Sustain and Damper pedals and are transmitted by the Allegro when the controls are used If the receiver device is a sound generator or another keyboard it wil...

Page 22: ...G1 i e 0 and 7 After the second number has been entered the LED of the selected section will remain on for two seconds after which it will go out and only the LED of the FUNCTION key will flash Press this key to exit from the function or pass the relative key to move to another MIDI function 4 Select the status of the Control Change pedal pressure or Program Change filters To select the filter sta...

Page 23: ...1 i e 0 4 and 5 Once the third figure is entered the Program Change will be transmitted to indicate this the LED of the STRINGS PG SEND key will remain on for two seconds and will then go out leaving the LED of the FUNCTION key flashing Press this key to exit from the MIDI function or press the relative key to pass to another MIDI function ...

Page 24: ... TEMPERAM BASS MODE FUNCTION POLY MONO OVERLAP REPLACE AC BASS CYMBAL EL BASS CYMABL BASS MODE EFFECT TYPE SELECT REVERB FUNCTION SMALL ROOM LARGE ROOM MEDIUM HALL LARGE HALL PLATE SPRING DELAY MLTP DELAY REVERB TYPE EFFECT TYPE SELECT MODULATION FUNCTION AUTO PAN POT CHORUS CHORUS PANN FLANGER PHASER VIBRATO VIBRATO SCAN MODULATION TYPE TREMOLO VOICE SPLIT FUNCTION ON OFF VOICE SPLIT SECTION VOLU...

Page 25: ...unt Allegro 47 METRONOME TIME SIGNATURE FUNCTION 1 4 2 4 3 4 4 4 5 4 7 4 3 8 SIGNATURE TIME 6 8 METRONOME SETTING FUNCTION OFF REC REC PLAY ALWAYS METRONOME SETTING MIDI FUNCTION 1st 2nd BASS CC PG PGS MIDI ...

Page 26: ...Viscount Allegro 48 ASSEMBLY DIAGRAM ...

Page 27: ...CH Ch s X X X X PITCH BENDER X O CONTROL 7 CHANGE 11 64 66 67 74 91 93 120 123 O O O O O O O O X O O O O O O O O O O O Main Volume Expression Contr Damper Pedal Sostenuto Pedal Soft Pedal Brightness Reverb Chorus All Sound Off All Note Off PROGRAM CHANGE True 0 127 0 15 0 15 0 15 SYSTEM EXCLUSIVE O O SYSTEM Song Pos COMMON Song Sel Tune O O X O O X SYSTEM Clock REAL TIME Commands O O O X AUX Local...

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Page 29: ...tem since this version of the manual was completed The information contained in this version of the owner s manual supercedes all previous version NOTE This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital Device persuant to Part 15 if the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installati...

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