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Viscount
Physis Organs
Reference Manual
9.2 SELECTING THE REVERBERATION STYLE (REVERBERATION function)
Reverberation is the result of a series of sound reflections in a closed environment.
Order and value of each reflection depend on many factors of the environment, such as the size of the
room, the number and material of the objects inside the room, the listener’s position and so on.
The digital processors of the
Physis
organs can recreate artificially the complex factors affecting the
reverberation of a real pipe organ, generating the right reverberation to complete an already excellent sound
quality.
The REVERBERATION function (in the SET-UP menu) allows to select the kind of reverberation, ranging
from great churches – with wide reflections - to small rooms with short and soft reverberation. There is a
total of eight styles. The quality of the simulated environment and the amount of reflections generated by
the ambience can be adjusted as well.
The [REVERB] potentiometer, on the left panel, modifies the level of reverberation. Through the display
settings it is possible to choose whether this potentiometer should also control the acoustic reflections or
not.
To set the desired effect, select the REVERBERATION field under the SET-UP menu and press [ENTER]:
3 manuals models
2 manuals models
That show the current
DPT
(depth) and
SPD
(speed) values of the manuals’ tremolo.
Press [EXIT] to go back to the SET-UP menu and save the new settings.
Physis organs have two tremolos for each section so as to customise further the sound, or to add more
tremolo to certain registers, such as Vox Humana. Access the EDIT PARAMETERS function under the
VOICES menu (see chap. 8.2) to select which tremolo will be applied to each register. To adjust the second
tremolo speed and depth, select the 2nd TREMOLO field under the SET-UP menu. The video pages look
exactly like the ones of the first tremolo. These variations allowed to add a "tremulant" effect to the sound,
which made some registers sound more pleasant, and gave more expression to the reed stops.
NOTE
Tremolo depth and speed can be saved with a different value for each general or divisional
combination and for the Tutti. To do so, activate this function in the PROGRAMMABLE FUNCTIONS
menu (par. 9.5).
The 1st TREMOLO functions adjust the speed and depth of the first tremolo of each manual.