Viscount Chorale 8, User Manual

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Chorale 8 Owner’s Manual
PLENUM
REED
TUTTI
GT/PD
SW/PD
CHR/PD
SW/GT
CHR/GT
SW/CHR
CHOIR SWELL CRESCENDO
2.4 PEDAL BOARD CONTROLS
The bottom part of the organ, above the pedal board, contains the swell pedals and a number of foot
pistons for controlling the couplers, the Plenum and Reeds functions and the Tutti.
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N.B.
The display volume controls which can be displayed by pressing the [VOL.] button allow balancing
of the sections; once you have set the levels best suited to your taste and the sound balance you
require, they will not require frequent adjustment.
The swell pedals, on the other hand, allow continuous control of the volumes, enabling you to obtain
all the dynamic effects you wish. Apart from regulating the volume, the swell pedals also simulate
the variation in timbre of the stops which would occur in the swell boxes of pipe organs.
1. Coupler pistons: these pistons activate the organ couplings described in par. 2.1 (point 1 e 2).
2. [CHOIR] Swell Pedal: swell pedal used to regulate the volume of the Choir.
3. [SWELL] Swell Pedal: this swell pedal is used to regulate the volume of the Swell.
4. [CRESCENDO] pedal: you can use this pedal to select the Crescendo steps which activate a preset series
of stops. The step currently selected is displayed by the [CRESCENDO] LED bar on the central panel (see
also point 2.1, subsection 3).
Each Crescendo step is programmable. To do this, use the [CRESCENDO] pedal to select the step you
require, switch on the voices and couplers of your choice, press [S], keep it pressed and then press the
general memories [HR] button.
5. [PLENUM] piston: piston which activates the Plenum, which will be added to the existing sound setup.
6. [REEDS] piston: piston which activates the reed registers, which will be added to the existing sound setup.
The sound compositions of the Plenum and Reed functions are programmable. To save a new configuration,
switch on the registers of your choice, press the [S] piston, keep it pressed and then press the [PLENUM]
or [REEDS] piston.
7. [TUTTI] foot piston: piston used to activate the Tutti. For a more detailed description, refer to point 13 of
section 2.2.
8. Sustain switch pedal: Sustain pedal to be used with the Orchestra voices.
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