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Viscount

Chorale 8

Owner’s Manual

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Page 3: ...Style 17 6 Replacing voices and regulating voices volumes 18 6 1Regulatingthevoicesvolumes 19 6 2Replacingvoices 20 7 Instrument general settings 22 7 1Settingthetremolo 23 7 2 Selecting the type of reverb 23 7 3Equalizersadjustment 25 7 4Signalroutingontheaudiooutputs 26 7 5Regulatingtheaudiooutputvolumes 26 7 6Generalmanualsettings 27 7 7Pistonsettings 28 7 8Combinationsavingsettings 29 8 MIDI 3...

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Page 5: ...onnections ensure that the other units especially amplification and diffusion systems you are about to connect are switched off This will prevent noisy or even dangerous signal peaks Connect the net cable to an earthed socket Check that the voltage corresponds to the voltage shown on the serial number plate of the organ If the organ is to be out of use for lengthy periods disconnect the plug from ...

Page 6: ... of the buttons sliders trimmers and connectors on the instrument For example ENTER refers to the ENTER button The illustrations and display pages are purely guideline and may differ from those actually shown on thedisplay Theinstructionsprovidedinthismanualonlyconcerntheinstrument soperatingsystemversionthatwasupto datewhenthedocumentwasreleased Therefore suchinstructionsmightnotdescribefaithfull...

Page 7: ...ree manuals contains the stop keys arranged section by section used to activate the registers and the Crescendo LED bar Each stop key may be marked with the name of more than one register since the associated register may change depending on the organ style selected with the STYLE parameter on the display see also chap 5 2 CONTROLS AND CONNECTIONS 2 3 1 PEDAL section this section contains the peda...

Page 8: ...ore during use of the combinations the hand made stop setup created when the HR button was on Remember that an HR setup is not modified if the stops are switched on and off by hand when a combination on the same section is selected i e with the HR off N B The contents of the HR are not retained when the organ is switched off 2 2 THE MANUAL SPLITTER CONTROLS The pistons used to recall the adjustabl...

Page 9: ...o G P 4B coupling of the Great with the pedal board o C P 4C coupling of the Choir with the pedal board 5 NEXT and PREV stops general combination sequencers NEXT selects combinations in ascending order PREV in descending order 6 Great couplers these pistons control the status of the Great couplings as follows o SW G coupler of the Swell to the Great o C G coupler of the Choir to the Great 7 SW C P...

Page 10: ... on and off The voice composition of the Tutti function is programmable To set a new configuration switch on the stops and couplers of your choice press S keep it pressed and then press the T piston or the TUTTI foot piston 14 C piston Cancel piston which switches off all the stops tremolos couplers and pistons on any manual divisions active then resets the general and dedicated HRs 9 SWS piston p...

Page 11: ...28x64 pixels for display of all the screens relating to the organ s functions 2 FIELD S and FIELD T buttons buttons used to move the cursor around within the display screens The FIELD S button moves the cursor to the field above the one currently selected while FIELD T selects the field below 3 VALUE and VALUE buttons buttons for adjusting parameters VALUE increases the value VALUE decreases it 4 ...

Page 12: ...al 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 thi...

Page 13: ...entswithMIDIinterface The IN connector allows receipt of MIDI data generated by remote MIDI sources the OUT connector transmits the MIDI messages generated by the Chorale 8 and the THRU connector transmits the MIDI data exactly as received at the IN connector 3 INPUT connectors RCAlineinputswhichallowotherinstrumentstobeplayedusingtheorgan sinternal amplification IfthesourceismonophonicusetheL MON...

Page 14: ...points 7 3 7 4 and 7 5 1 1 EXT 12VDC connectors these sockets can be used to obtain the 12VDC voltage needed to supply the VISCOUNT speakers connected to the AUX OUT outputs 2 AUX OUT 1 and AUX OUT 2 connectors Jack line outputs carrying the organ signal in accordance with the routing set by means of the function on display With the Factory Settings active the signals are distributed as follows AU...

Page 15: ...he internal graphic equalizer and the piston functions 3 1 SWITCHING ON AND MAIN VIDEO PAGE When the organ is switched on using the POWER switch on the left hand panel the instrument becomes operational after a few seconds during which time all the amplification circuits are activated and the internal systems are configured While this is taking place the display shows the introductory screen onwhi...

Page 16: ...t the current screen use the EXIT button To adjust parameters or select the various settings options use the VALUE and VALUE buttons A BRIEF NOTE ON TEMPERAMENTS In the natural tuning system based on the acoustic phenomenon of harmonic sounds two important musical intervals the major third and the perfect fifth cannot be made to coexist in the pure state i e beat free Therefore over the centuries ...

Page 17: ...y Johann Philipp Kirnberger pupil of J S Bach is also suitable for playing the German baroque composers and the works of Bach PYTHAGOREAN In this temperament all the fifths are natural except for the wolf fifth in the interval A flat E flat which is greatly diminished It dates from the Middle Ages up to the 15th century and can therefore be used for compositions of that period VALLOTTI This Italia...

Page 18: ...oir Voices Volume Great Voices Volume Swell Voices Volume Alternative Voices Pedal Alternative Voices Choir Voices Alternative Great Alternative Voices Swell Alternative Voices SETUP Tremolo Tremolo setting Reverberation Reverberation Type Equalizer Internal Equalizer setting Out1 2 Equalizer setting Speaker Out Equalizer setting optional External Out Router External Out Router setting External Ou...

Page 19: ...n the stops if the user programmes them to do this Each style automatically saves the modifications made to the sound setup using the voice replacement functions and voice volume adjustments This means that each style can be modified and customised to personal taste making the organ extremely flexible When a specific basic setup is required during programming the instrument also allows a style whi...

Page 20: ...edto thefrontpanelstopswithothervoicesalreadyprovidedintheorgan sinternalmemory In practice this gives quick easy voice replacement which however enables you to set your organ s entire sound setup exactly as you wish and at any time with considerable advantages for the customisation of the instrument and for its use by more than one organist each of them will be able to have their own set of voice...

Page 21: ...ined in the memory within the style To recall this function select the VOICES VOLUME option from the SETTING MENU the display will show Inthefirstexamplethedisplaywillshowthefirst4voicesofeachsection Incasethisprocedureisdonethrough the tab insert il will immediately show the volume of the voice In both cases use buttons FIELD S and FIELD T for having on the display the volume of another voice To ...

Page 22: ...t case the display shows the first four voices in the sectionselected while if you hold pressed the stop the display immediately shows the screen shown below Now use the FIELD S and FIELD T buttons to select the voice you wish to replace After locating the cursor on the voice concerned press ENTER Thetopofthedisplaycontainsinformationconcerningthevoiceyouareabouttoreplace whilethecentralpart of th...

Page 23: ...vely replace the old voice and give confirmation with the following screen IMPORTANT NOTES The voices for loaded for each stop are automatically saved in the current Organ Style see also section 5 This means that when another style is recalled the voices will be reset to the last style recalled When the style in which the voices were changed is reloaded the voices will be reset to the latest adjus...

Page 24: ...o EQUALIZER for the equalizers adjustment o EXT OUT ROUTER routing of the manuals and pedal board on the audio outputs AUX OUT 1 AUX OUT 2 and SPEAKER OUT optional o EXT OUT VOLUME regulates the volume of the audio outputs o KEYBOARD SETTING manual operation settings o PISTONS SETTING operation of the pistons on the section control boards o FUNCTION STORED combination fixing settings As usual use ...

Page 25: ...ere pipe organs are normally installed and thus generate the right reverb effect to complete the instruments excellent timbre qualities The purpose of the REVERBERATION TYPE function in the SET UP menu is to allow you to select the type of reverb effect ranging from a large church with strong reverb and many sound reflections to a small room with short muffled reverb You may use this function to s...

Page 26: ...esque church o MODERN CHURCH reverb typical of a modern church o PARISH reverb typical of a church hall o CAPPELLA reverbtypicalofachapel Use the VALUE and VALUE buttons to select the type of reverb and press EXIT to save the selection and return to display of the SET UP menu N B The organ s internal reverb also affects the input signals reaching the INPUT connectors underneath the manuals The Org...

Page 27: ...signals with frequencies close to that stated in the FREQ parameter The FIELD S e FIELD T buttons can be used to select the trigger frequency then use the VALUE and VALUE buttons to regulate the attenuation negative values or enhancement positive values of the signal in a range of 9 dB A graphic indication of the equalizer is also displayed on the right of the screen in real time Here again after ...

Page 28: ...he signalsourcesectionforeachoutput asfollows o PEDAL GREAT o GREAT o SWELL o PEDAL GREAT CHOIR o PEDAL GREAT SWELL o CHOIR SWELL o GENERAL OUT1 only o REVERB ONLY OUT2 only As usual use the FIELD S and FIELD T buttons to move the cursor and VALUE and VALUE to adjust the values To conclude press EXIT to save the new settings and return to the SET UP menu 7 5 REGULATING THE AUDIO OUTPUT VOLUMES Ano...

Page 29: ...er relating to operation of the organ manuals The video page displayed is as follows containingthefollowingdisplayoptions o CH GT INVERS inversion of the manuals so that the Choir registers are played with the Great and vice versa o KEY VELOCITY activates the manual key dynamics When this function is active you can play the Orchestral voices and transmit the MIDI notes in response to the speed at ...

Page 30: ...ETTINGS TheChorale8setupprocedureallowsyoutosetthefunctionofsectorcombinationpistonsandthepistonsused forsequentialrecallofthegeneralcombinations PREV and NEXT To set these functions select the PISTONS SETTINGS field in the SET UP menu the display shows the screen If GENERALMEMORY is selected the pistons operate like ordinary sequencers recalling the individual general combinations in ascending or...

Page 31: ...eAll Swells to Swell pedal and theAutomatic Pedal Here again set YES to enable saving or NO to disable it Press FIELD T again to display the last setting usedtoenableordisablesavingofthecouplersinthedivisionalcombinations Finally press EXIT to save the changes made and return to display of the SET UP menu 7 8 COMBINATION SAVING SETTINGS The FUNCTION STORED INTO PISTONS function in the SET UP menu ...

Page 32: ...ransmitter instrument If these recorded data are sent back to the instrument it automatically repeats the recorded performance MIDI is able to transmit a multitude of digital data by means of just one cable and thus just one connector this is thanks to the MIDI channels There are 16 MIDI channels and in a similar way as for radio communications in which two stations can only communicate if they ar...

Page 33: ...nly relate to the instrument s sound generation and programming parameters The Chorale 8 uses these messages to control all the internal parameters and for switching the voices on and off REAL TIME These messages are used for the real time control of specific modules or functions of a connected instrument These messages include the Start Stop Pause Continue and Clock commands START the sequencer h...

Page 34: ... port directly from the organ itself To display the relative video page select the SEND PROG CHANGE field in the MIDI menu and press ENTER To transmit a PG message locate the cursor on the section to which the MIDI channel of choice is associated and use the VALUE and VALUE buttons to set the number of the PG required o TX RXFILTER MIDIfiltersetting Use the FIELD S and FIELD T and ENTER buttons to...

Page 35: ...eception For example the Control Change transmission filter allows you not to transmit these MIDI messages on the MIDI OUT port on all the MIDI channels controlled by the organ Similarly the reception filter cuts out the CCs received by the organ by means of the MIDI IN port on all the channels i e the CCs are not applied To set up the MIDI filters select the TX RX FILTERS field in the MIDI submen...

Page 36: ...rgan lock function 9 1 STYLE COPY The STYLE COPY function in the UTILITY submenu allows the contents of a style i e the registers and their volumes the reverb type and the equaliser settings to be copied into another User style This is particularly useful to avoid having to make settings which already exist when the user wishes to programme a style starting from a preset style Baroque French Engli...

Page 37: ... The Factory Setting procedure allows you to restore the factory settings of all the instrument s internal functions deleting all the changes made by the user To recall this function use usual buttons to select the FACTORY SETTING option in the UTILITY submenu the display will show Beforemakingthecopy thesystemwarnstheuserthatthestyleshownonthedisplayisabouttobeoverwritten and its data will be irr...

Page 38: ...the organ lock function is active To do this select the LOCK ORGAN option in the UTILITY and press ENTER To release the lock and restore access to the functions described at the start of this section press the ENTER button or the MENU piston The display will prompt input of the password As usual use the FIELD S and FIELD T buttons to move the cursor and VALUE and VALUE to adjust the values then EN...

Page 39: ...system but the relative MIDI System Exclusive message will be transmitted so that it can be turned on and played on a connected instrument To set a voice Local Off press the S Set button keep it pressed and also press the C Cancel button All the draw stops will come on and the display will show the video page To set a voice in Local Off mode press its draw stop so that its light goes out After set...

Page 40: ...rface or Joyport if a computer is used to the MIDI IN connector of the Chorale 8 Start the updating procedure when the organ starts to receive the data the display will show now the display will start to show a percentage of the data received At the end of the procedure the following video page is displayed Whentheorganisswitchedon ifthedisplayshowsoneofthefollowingvideopage Ifthedisplaylooksliket...

Page 41: ...Controllers 123 All Notes Off PROGRAM CHANGE True SYSTEM EXCLUSIVE SYSTEM Song Pos COMMON Song Sel Tune SYSTEM Clock REAL TIME Commands AUX Local On Off MESSAGES All notes off Active Sense Reset NOTES Mode 1 Omni On Poly Mode 2 Omni On Mono O YES Mode 3 Omni Off Poly Mode 4 Omni Off Mono X NO X X X X X X O X X O O X X O X X O O X X O O O O O X O O O O O O O O X X X X X X 30 101 36 96 0 127 30 101 ...

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Page 43: ...n which can be determinated by turning the equipment off and on the user is encuraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experi...

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