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Physis Organs

Reference Manual

DOUBLE WING

: the highest notes sound in the centre. As the pitch lowers, the signal is

gradually distributed further and further to the outside, alternating.

Left

Right

Left

Right

100%

Left

Right

48%

50%

52%

50%

30%

70%

30%

70%

SINGLE WING

(from left) : the tallest, broadest pipes are installed on the left, so the lowest

notes are played by the speakers furthest to the left. As the pitch rises the notes are played more and more
to the right.

Left

Right

Left

Right

100%

Left

Right

49%

51%

49%

51%

98%

100%

SINGLE WING

(from right): the tallest, broadest pipes are installed on the right, so the lowest

notes are played by the speakers furthest to the right. As the pitch rises the notes are played more and
more to the left.

Left

Right

Left

Right

Left

Right

49%

51%

49%

51%

100% 98%

98% 100%

C-C# ALTERNATING

: the notes sound alternated (one right, one left) from C (left) to C#

(right).

Left

Right

Left

Right

Left

Right

100%

Summary of Contents for Physis Organs

Page 1: ...x 8 Oboe 8 Trompete 8 16 Contra Trompete Regal 16 8 Spanische Trompete 8 Krumm horn Swell Swell Great Great Pedal Cello Chimes Oboe Harps Strings Choir Piano Choir Harpsich On Reed Mixtur Pedal Swell Great Choir Console On Speaker Ext CRESCENDO M BANK PEDAL SWELL POWER 0 1 AMPLIFICAT CANCEL MIDI SEQUENC VOLUMES FIELD EXIT ENTER FIELD VALUE VALUE ORCHESTRA GREAT CHOIR UNICO 500 viscount CHOIR SWELL...

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Page 3: ...on 33 9 5 Stereophonic balance of the side speakers Int Amp Tune Up function 37 9 6 Options of the combinations the Cancel function the Crescendo and Volume control Programmable functions 38 9 7 Programming the SWS piston function Sws Programming function 41 9 8 Regulating the rear outputs equalizer Ext Out Equalizer function 42 9 9 Regulating the rear output GEN SUB equalizer Ext Sub Equalizer fu...

Page 4: ...nfo function 68 11 9 Error messages File management functions 69 12 Playing and recording of musical sequences Sequencer 71 12 1 Playing back a piece Play mode 71 12 2 Recording a piece Record mode 73 12 3 Play options of the sequencer Play Options menu 78 12 4 Error messages Sequencer 78 13 Stop Local Off 80 14 Appendix 80 14 1 Temperament 80 14 2 Temperaments in the Physis organs 83 14 3 The win...

Page 5: ...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 the power socket 1 2 NOTES ...

Page 6: ...R refers to the ENTER button Illustrations and screens showed are for information purposes only and may differ from your product The instructions provided in this manual only concern the instrument s operating system version that was up to date when the document was released Therefore such instructions might not describe faithfully your current operating system release Please visit the website htt...

Page 7: ...etry materials used and pertaining air pressure etc The fact that the simple reproduction of memorized sound has been disregarded permits the achievement of unimaginable realism with the level of detail previously only created by a traditional pipe organ For example the mathematical model allows the production of a different sound for each key since it provides the virtual reproduction of the orig...

Page 8: ...well Great Great Pedal Cello Chimes Oboe Harps Strings Choir Piano Choir Harpsich On Reed Mixtur Pedal Swell Great Choir Console On Speaker Ext CRESCENDO M BANK PEDAL SWELL POWER 0 1 AMPLIFICAT CANCEL MIDI SEQUENC VOLUMES FIELD EXIT ENTER FIELD VALUE VALUE ORCHESTRA GREAT CHOIR UNICO 500 viscount CHOIR SWELL CRESCENDO 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 GEN SUB 1 2 3 4 L R R MIC GAIN PROG OUT PROG OUT INPUT OUT MA...

Page 9: ...ant 4 Open Fluit 4 Octaaf 2 Terts 1 3 5 Larigot 1 1 3 Sifflet 1 Sesquialter II Mixtuur IV Chamade Trompete 8 Tremolo Swell to Choir UNICO 400 UNICO 400 viscount CHOIR CHOIR SWELL CRESCENDO MIDI REVERS 32 FLUTE REVERS 32 REED REVERS GREAT Bourdon 16 Prestant 8 Roerfluit 8 Gamba 8 Vox Celeste 8 Octaaf 4 Koppel fluit 4 Quint 2 2 3 Woudfluit 2 Terts 1 3 5 Cymbal III Regal 16 Trompet 8 Hobo 8 Kromhorn ...

Page 10: ...stant 8 Roerfluit 8 Gamba 8 Vox Celeste 8 Octaaf 4 Koppel fluit 4 Quint 2 2 3 Woudfluit 2 Terts 1 3 5 Cymbal III Regal 16 Trompet 8 Hobo 8 Kromhorn 8 Swell to Great Tremolo On Reed Mixtur Console On Speaker Ext AMPLIFICAT CANCEL SEQUENC SEQUENC VOLUMES FIELD EXIT ENTER FIELD VALUE VALUE ORCHESTRA MIDI Pedal Cello Swell Harp Swell Strings Great Chimes Great Harpsich Pedal Swell Great UNICO 300 UNIC...

Page 11: ...to Great Choir to Great CHOIR Choir to Great GT PD SW PD CH PD SW GT CH GT SW CH CHOIR SWELL Great to Pedal Swell to Pedal Choir to Pedal MEM BANK MEM BANK S HR 1 2 3 4 7 8 9 10 HR 1 2 3 4 5 6 HR 1 2 5 3 4 6 SW P HR 1 2 5 3 4 6 G P HR 1 2 5 3 4 6 5 6 C P C T SWS A P SW C SW G C G M SOLO M SOLO M SOLO O SOLO PREV NEXT 18 14 19 15 16 19 15 17 13 Tremolo Tremolo Tremolo PREV NEXT MIDI REVERS 32 FLUTE...

Page 12: ...T ENTER FIELD VALUE VALUE 24 28 10 8 9 12 3 11 viscount 22 19 21 23 24 13 6 20 27 SWELL GREAT Great to Pedal Swell to Pedal Swell to Great Swell Great Swell Great SW PD SW G T PREV SWELL HR 1 2 3 4 5 6 S HR 1 2 5 3 4 6 SW P HR 1 2 5 3 4 6 G P PREV NEXT SW G C A P MEM BANK MEM BANK SWS T HR 1 2 3 4 5 6 18 14 15 16 13 19 13 Swell Swell Great Great TREMOLO GT PD ...

Page 13: ...300 mA MASTER VOLUME REVERB VOLUME 1 2 3 12 5 6 27 20 21 10 25 GREAT Tremolo Swell to Great Great to Pedal Swell to Pedal SWELL Tremolo HR 1 2 3 4 5 6 S HR 1 2 5 3 4 6 SW P HR 1 2 5 3 4 6 G P PREV NEXT SW G C A P MEM BANK MEM BANK SWS T HR 1 2 3 4 5 6 18 14 13 16 15 13 19 GT PD SW PD SW GT TUTT I 1 2 3 4 5 6 SWELL CRESCENDO 13 24 22 19 23 ...

Page 14: ...nual UNICO CL CLV 4 viscount CL 4 UNICO MASTER VOLUME REVERB VOLUME PROG OUT INPUT OUT GEN SUB 1 2 3 4 L R R MIC GAIN EXT 12V DC 300 mA 25 5 6 1 2 3 12 21 10 30 20 13 19 18 23 SWELL Tremolo GREAT Tremolo Swell to Great SWELL GREAT PEDAL SWS ...

Page 15: ...CLV 2 CL 2 UNICO MASTER VOLUME REVERB VOLUME viscount PROG OUT INPUT OUT GEN SUB 1 2 3 4 L R R MIC GAIN EXT 12V DC 300 mA 25 6 27 20 21 10 1 12 13 19 18 23 SWELL GREAT PEDAL 2 SWELL Tremolo 3 GREAT Tremolo Swell to Great SWS Great to Pedal Swell to Pedal ...

Page 16: ...orchestral voices To do so activate the desired voice through the functions described on chapt 8 3 and 8 5 The list of stops available to play orchestral voices may change according to the sound configuration of the organ Check the web page www physisorgans com download asp for further information 5 Light switch On off button for the music stand and manuals lights 6 Power switch Instrument on off ...

Page 17: ...tores the voice setup prepared in manual mode before a memory was recalled PREV NEXT general combinations sequencers PREV displays them in descending order NEXT in ascending order 14 Pedal pistons 1 6 pedal divisional combinations These combinations can be modified To do so follow the procedure described at point 20 HR only available for some models restores the voice setup prepared in manual mode...

Page 18: ...and Crescendo steps To save a combination or the Tutti after setting up the voices press and hold the S piston then press the piston toe piston corresponding to the combination you wish to save To save a Crescendo step select it through the Crescendo pedal press and hold S and then press the general memories HR piston To copy the content of one step to another first select the step you wish to cop...

Page 19: ...int 13 The Crescendo controls all the registers and modifies the stops configuration Each level of the crescendo can be programmed To save the Crescendo configuration see point 18 25 Rear connections On the rear of the organ there are various sockets to connect it to an external speaker systems together with line and microphone input EXT 12V DC connectors 12 Volt can be obtained from these connect...

Page 20: ...nctions will be re activated MIDI REVERS turns off all the MIDI controls see points 9 1 2 3 4 However even when MIDI REVERS is active it is still possible to program the MIDI controls 32 FLUTE REVERS deactivates all 32 flutes 32 REED REVERS deactivates all 32 reeds 27 Power switch for the EXT 12V DC connector This connector is situated on the rear panel 28 TREMULANTS section here you will find the...

Page 21: ...d press ENTER EXIT quits the menu and returns to the main screen The bottom of this screen displays the instrument parameters which are always useful to know o box on top left Equal in the screen shown above displays the temperament currently in use selected in the TUNING menu o ENSEMBLE the ENSEMBLE value set in the TUNING menu o AIR PRESS the AIR PRESSURE parameter value set in the TUNING menu o...

Page 22: ...ES MAIN SCREEN USB PORT MALFUNCTION USB PEN IS INACTIVE PLEASE CALL FOR SERVICE The USB port is malfunctioning please contact the technical assistance at the e mail address service viscount it This error message might also appear when accessing the FILE MANAGEMENT functions the Sequencer or launching an operating system update 5 SETTING THE VOLUMES VOLUMES function 3 manuals models 2 manuals model...

Page 23: ...fine tuning of the pitch indicated as the frequency of A4 an 8 pipe To quit the video page press EXIT NOTES When the instrument is switched on its transposition value is set to zero Transposition does not have any effect on playback of pieces with the internal sequencer unlike recording where the notes are acquired with the current transposition A specific transposer is provided for this purpose s...

Page 24: ...les can be freely modified and customised to personal taste making the organ extremely flexible Select the STYLE field on the main page for the Style selection As we have already stated the styles contain the information regarding each register that is which stops to activate and the sound parameters Again the first four Styles cannot be modified so accessing to the VOICES function the display sho...

Page 25: ... and the sound generation parameters and volume are automatically saved in the current Style This means that when another style is recalled the voices will be reset with new parameters taken from the last style recalled The changes made earlier are not lost and will be made available when the style in which they were made is selected again While programming this functions in order to assign a voic...

Page 26: ...n the rocker tab for a few moments in the voice on position while the cursor is on the VOLUME LEVEL field in the VOICES menu or in the function itself The LED of the stop the volume of which is being adjusted will flash to prevent modification errors the stop will be on and can be played for better quicker adjustment Other stops can also be switched on to assess the overall effect of the changes T...

Page 27: ...ies have specific setting parameters not required for other types of voice The settings which can be made are o CHARACTER harmonic richness o AIR NOISE noise of the air blowing through the pipe o REED NOISE imperfect synchronisation of the reed throb period o ATTACK attack time the sound takes to reach the maximum volume o REL DETUNE Release Detune detuning in the release phase o FREQ SKEW gradual...

Page 28: ...rectly by holding out the draw stop except in the models with electromechanical draw stops or holding down the rocker tab for a few moments in the voice on position while the cursor is on the ALTERNATIVE VOICES field in the VOICES menu or in the function itself The LED of the stop being replaced will flash to prevent modification errors the stop will be on and can be played for better quicker adju...

Page 29: ...tions described in the chapter above can be performed also with orchestral voices with a single exception the list of alternative voices and audio parameters are the same regardless of which register is selected at the moment To see the list of alternative voices access the ALTERNATIVE VOICES function then press and hold for a few seconds the ORCHESTRA stop or the normal organ stop which has orche...

Page 30: ...learly relate to the single stop Parameters of the Split voices identified by an L relate to the stop active on the left of the split point while parameters identified with an R relate to the stop active on the right half of the manual pedalboard Parameters of the Layer voices identified with 1 relate to the first stop of the voice the one before the symbol Parameters identified with 2 relate to t...

Page 31: ...ing these voices the video page shows parameters for each voice indicated as L Left and R Right for the voices in Split mode and 1 and 2 for voices in Layer mode Split sounds has also the SPLIT KEY parameter to set the split point note To quit the edit menu press the EXIT button After Orchestra sounds are programmed it is possible to store them in the desired combination If you wish to set a diffe...

Page 32: ...istons the Crescendo and the trimmers underneath the manuals par 9 6 o SWS PROGRAMMING Enclosed programming program the SWS piston function chap 9 7 o EXT OUT EQUALIZER External outputs equalizer setting of the equalizers of the PROG OUT outputs on the rear par 9 8 o EXT SUB EQUALIZER External sub equalizer equalizer adjustment for the external output on the back GEN SUB par 9 9 o EXT OUT ROUTER E...

Page 33: ... 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 ...

Page 34: ...meter controls on thee scales the level of reverberated signal and from the continuous line on in the VOLUMES screen the quantity and quality of acoustic reflections of the environment simulating an ever deeper and mellow effect Wet Dry Low Wet Dry Med o Hi Wet Dry Off Press EXIT to go back to the SET UP menu and save the new settings NOTE The internal reverberation also affects the signal from th...

Page 35: ...e left and right channels The simultaneous diffusion through both channels simulates a third central channel models with 7 internal audio channels models with 5 internal audio channels models with 3 internal audio channels L 3x R 3x L 2x R 2x L 1x R 1x Arranging the voices in the two channels simulates the position of the windchests of real pipe organs since they were usually placed in different a...

Page 36: ...ing set up screen by pulling or pressing the draw stop or stop for a few seconds while the display cursor is on the INT AMPL PANNING field of the SET UP menu or while in the panning function screen already The LED of the stop the panning of which is being adjusted will flash to prevent modification errors the stop will be on and can be played for better quicker adjustment Other stops can also be s...

Page 37: ...speakers furthest to the left As the pitch rises the notes are played more and more to the right Left Right Left Right 100 2 Left Right 49 51 49 51 98 98 2 100 SINGLE WING from right the tallest broadest pipes are installed on the right so the lowest notes are played by the speakers furthest to the right As the pitch rises the notes are played more and more to the left Left Right Left Right Left R...

Page 38: ...ght 100 100 100 LEFT MONOPHONIC all notes play on the left channel Left Right Left Right Left Right 100 100 100 100 100 100 RIGHT MONOPHONIC all notes play on the right channel Left Right Left Right Left Right 100 100 100 100 100 100 COMPLETE MONOPHONIC all notes sound on both channels left and right Left Right Left Right 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 Left Right 50 50 50 50 ...

Page 39: ...mation about the types of windchest and how they work see the par 14 3 9 5 STEREOPHONIC BALANCE OF THE SIDE SPEAKERS INT AMPL TUNE UP function The stereophonic distribution of signal panning of the side speakers can be adjusted To do so selec the INT AMP TUNE UP field on the display The following page will appear Set the SURR BAL surround balance parameter as 0 to distribute the signal evenly on b...

Page 40: ...ops to turn on or set the MASTER potentiometer not only to control the main volume but also the general volume of the rear connection panel signals Select the PROG FUNCTIONS field In the following screens you can activate or deactivate several functions In the first screen you can decide whether you want select YES or do not want NO to save the manual couplings to the divisional memories on models...

Page 41: ...when the Cancel piston is pressed In models equipped with a CRESCENDO pedal the following options are available CRESCENDO control the Crescendo steps GREAT PEDAL control the swell box of Great and Pedalboard DISABLED the Crescendo pedal is disabled In models equipped with both CRESCENDO pedal and GREAT PEDAL the following options are available ENABLED the CRESCENDO pedal is enabled DISABLED the CR...

Page 42: ...n the lowest note Select PED AUTOM PIANO to activate the Pedal Automatic Piano function with piston on This function automatically adjusts the sound composition of the pedalboard according to the manual currently played INT GEN VOLUME only the internal amplification volume INT EXT VOLUME the volume of both the internal amplification and of the signal of the rear outputs PROG OUT and GEN SUB EXT GE...

Page 43: ...TON FUNCTION SWS CONFIGURATION function This function allows to choose the expression pedal that regulates the volume of each section while the SWS piston is on To do so select the SWS PROGRAMMING field on the display The following page will appear The organ sections can be found on the left side while on the right the expression pedal can be selected This pedal will regulate the volume of the cor...

Page 44: ...rk in real time and can be adjusted anytime and quickly For more sound controls and panning see par 9 11 and 9 10 To access this menu select the EXT OUT EQUALIZER field under the SET UP menu The screen looks like the one of the internal equalizer see par 9 3 with the only difference that on the top of the display will appear the name of the output that you are setting To select a different externa...

Page 45: ...d under the SET UP menu The parameters that can be customized are o SLOPE sets the filter slope to FLAT 12dB oct or 24dB oct o FREQ adjusts the cutoff frequency of the filter ranging from 80 to 300 Hz 14 dB 12 dB 10 dB 8 dB 6 dB 4 dB 2 dB 0 dB 2 dB 4 dB 6 dB 8 dB 10 dB 12 dB 14 dB Level F Freq 14 dB 12 dB 10 dB 8 dB 6 dB 4 dB 2 dB 0 dB 2 dB 4 dB 6 dB 8 dB 10 dB 12 dB 14 dB Level F Freq 14 dB 12 dB...

Page 46: ... its location in space defined by the number of outputs used NOTE For further information about the types of windchest and how they work see the par 14 3 3 manuals models 2 manuals models this displays the screen for selection of the section which contains the stop to set up which has to be chosen from the list of the stops in a section To access the rear audio output setting video page select the...

Page 47: ...of wind chest from C C alternated keys 1 2 3 4 PROG OUT 100 100 1 2 3 4 PROG OUT 1 2 3 4 PROG OUT 100 100 100 100 MONO mono 1 2 3 4 PROG OUT 1 2 3 4 PROG OUT 1 2 3 4 PROG OUT 100 100 100 100 100 100 DOUBLE CUSP double cuspide 1 2 3 4 PROG OUT 55 45 45 55 1 2 3 4 PROG OUT 100 100 100 100 1 2 3 4 PROG OUT ...

Page 48: ...to FROM and C values set to 1 TO and C to 4 POSITION to 2 and they are to be intended as examples only The real percentage of the signals may vary especially according to the stops selected and the output levels CUSP cuspide 1 2 3 4 PROG OUT 60 40 100 100 40 60 1 2 3 4 PROG OUT 50 50 50 50 1 2 3 4 PROG OUT o FROM and TO they select the limits of the area set in outputs within which the wind chest ...

Page 49: ...tereophonic panning is allowed with left and right signal rearranged to the PROG OUT outputs Models with 12 outputs on the rear connections panel Models with 4 outputs on the rear connections panel The LEFT CHANNEL and RIGHT CHANNEL inputs and the orchestral voices can be connected to a pair of outputs or intermediate positions between the two 9 11 REGULATING THE VOLUME OF THE REAR OUTPUTS EXT OUT...

Page 50: ... 3 4 STANDARD As set in Ext Router Conf function As set in Ext Router Conf function GENERAL REVERB General signal Reverberated signal only Models equipped with 12 ore more audio outputs NOTE In the models equipped with 4 audio outputs it is not possible to configure the registers output router in the EXTERNAL OUT ROUTER function selecting the GENERAL REVERB outputs mode MODE OUTPUTS 1 8 or 1 16 OU...

Page 51: ...ll warn you that the external panning of the stops will be modified automatically according to the outputs in use Press EXIT to abort and go back to the SET UP menu Press ENTER to continue the following screen will show The CURRENT MAIN OUTS USED parameter points out the amount of outputs currently used by the External Routers as set in the EXTERNAL OUT ROUTER function Instead the RESIZE TO parame...

Page 52: ...P KB when a pedalboard combination is loaded the same is activated on the manual KB P when a combination on either pedalboard or manual is loaded the same is activated on the other section Place the cursor on the PIST COMBINE field and press ENTER to select which manual will be synchronized o KEYBOARDS INV Keyboard Inversion inverts the manuals so that the stops for one section play on a selected ...

Page 53: ...ANGE SEND Program Change send saving of the combinations and transmission of MIDI Program Change and Bank Select messages o KEYBOARD VELOCITY selection of the dynamic curves of the manuals for use of the Orchestra voices and the transmission of MIDI notes o COUPLED NOTES links the channels 10 1 REGULATING THE INTERNAL CLOCK SET DATE TIME function The organ is equipped with an internal clock mainly...

Page 54: ...er the UTILITY MIDI menu Press VALUE and VALUE to select the characters Use the FIELD and FIELD buttons to move the cursor Press ENTER to save the code and EXIT to abort When the organ has been succesfully locked the display shows the following message Here you can select which sections will be locked o CMB MEMORIES locks combination memories Tutti Crescendo and Plenum o USER PARAMS User Parameter...

Page 55: ...CK ORGAN function and then select OP SYS INFO enter the right password with the buttons described above If the password is correct the following message will show 10 3 RESTORING FACTORY SETTINGS RESTORE FACT SET Function The organ has several options to restore the original factory settings To recall this function select the RESTORE FACT SET field under the UTILITY MIDI menu ...

Page 56: ...ns from the TUNING VOICES the four User styles SET UP UTILITY MIDI menus general and divisional memories crescendo steps Tutti Local Off states and mixtures o SETTING PARAMETERS settings from the TUNING SETUP and UTILITY MIDI menus o USER STYLES register settings from the VOICES menu related to the four user styles o COMB MEMORIES combination memories all the general and divisional memories cresce...

Page 57: ...ignal is channelled The Control Change filter for example blocks these MIDI messages in the MIDI OUT port on all MIDI channels of the organ In the same way the receiving filter blocks CC on all channels received from the MIDI IN port To configure the MIDI filters select the Tx AND Rx FILTER field under the UTILITY MIDI menu 10 4 UPGRADING THE OPERATING SYSTEM OP SYS UPGRADE function The operating ...

Page 58: ...MIDI messages that can be filtered CC Control Change PG Program Change SysEx System Exclusive RealTime Real Time Through the Tx and Rx colum the state of filters transmission and reception can be modified Select YES to activate the filter NO to deactivate it When a filter is active the relating MIDI message is not transmitted received Press EXIT to leave the screen and save the current settings TR...

Page 59: ...e pedalboard MIDI Channel AND on the Man II MIDI Channel Select NO to send only the notes physically played in this example notes will be transmitted only on the pedalboard channel In models equipped with sub and super octave couplers and or with unison off couplers the user can also select which of these couplings will send out MIDI data NONE no couplers STD only couplings between two manuals or ...

Page 60: ...identifies the memory unit currently in use As the video page shows the bottom of the screen identifies the memory unit currently in use INTERNAL MEMORY USB STICK DRIVE The functions available are as follows o DIR displays the contents of the mass memory par 11 1 o LOAD load files par 11 2 o SAVE save of the set up of the organ or parts of it in the mass memory par 11 3 o COPY copy files from one ...

Page 61: ... and letters which must all be lowercase Always use USB pens formatted with FAT or FAT32 file system no NTFS We advise to use dedicated utilities created by the drive producer usually available on CD ROM or website 11 1 FILE MANAGEMENT DIR function In order to visualize what files are in your memory select the DIR field under the FILE MANAGEMENT menu Then select which files are to be shown o ALL T...

Page 62: ...verwritten with the current organ configurations See par 11 3 NOTE Load and Save functions are not available for MID and LST files 11 2 LOADING ORGAN COMBINATIONS AND OR SETTINGS LOAD function The Physis organs can save the current configurations The LOAD function allows to recall into the work memory these configurations and combinations already saved to the mass storage memory internal or extern...

Page 63: ...n a file is loaded all the related information settings memories styles etc currently present in use on the organ will be lost To avoid this first save the current settings see par 12 3 and then load a file When the system load a ALL or STY file it might not be able to find the sound described in the file for a certain register because the sound is not available in the list of the alternative voic...

Page 64: ...n see the file extension see description at beginning chap 11 on the left of the display and the content in the middle Select the file extension field with the cursor and press VALUE and VALUE to scroll all the possible extensions To write the file name move the cursor to the first character with FIELD e FIELD and then select the character with VALUE and VALUE Press ENTER to start the saving proce...

Page 65: ... TO field called from now on destination Once again the available memories are an external flash drive USB PEN DRIVE in the video page or INTERNAL MEMORY To select use the VALUE and VALUE buttons Copy from internal memory to pen drive Copy from pen drive to internal memory Now press ENTER to continue The display shows all the files inside the source memory Use FIELD e FIELD to select the source fi...

Page 66: ... of an overwritten file will be completely lost The system does not allow two mid files on the same memory to have names beginning with the same three characters Press ENTER to save and overwrite or EXIT to cancel an go back to the name composition screen As stated above the COPY function is also able to create two or more copies of the same file in the same memory unit It can be used to create ba...

Page 67: ...e same memory unit Also you cannot change extension Write the file name as described above If a file of the same name is already present the display will show this error message 11 5 RENAMING FILES RENAME function To rename a file select the RENAME field under the FILE MANAGEMENT menu The display will show all the files in the current memory unit Select the file you wish to rename To modify a name...

Page 68: ...irst three characters of a mid file name must be digits followed by _ The system does not allow two mid files on the same memory to have names beginning with the same three characters Then press ENTER to confirm 11 6 DELETING FILES DELETE function When you wish to eliminate one or more files from the current memory recall the DELETE function from the FILE MANAGEMENT menu Press FIELD and FIELD to s...

Page 69: ...e SONGLIST function the system asks whether you wish to create a new one or modify an existing one Select the NEW LIST field to create a new list or select an lst file to modify the list it contains In both cases the first operation is to select the pieces you wish to include in the list Use the FIELD and FIELD buttons to select the MIDI file VALUE to add it to the list and VALUE to remove it Its ...

Page 70: ...ove the cursor and VALUE and VALUE to select the character Press ENTER to confirm the name and proceed to save or EXIT to return to the previous video page NOTE When using a computer to rename files stored on the USB pen remember that names can only contain numbers and letters which must all be lowercase 11 8 OPERATING SYSTEM VERSION O S INFO function To check what release of the operating system ...

Page 71: ...emory try again or contact the technical support at the e mail address service viscount SOURCE FILE AND NEW FILE COINCIDE NO OPERATION PERFORMED For a file to be copied or rename you need to change its name NO FILES FOUND There are no files of that type in the current memory If these errors occur before trying anything else If having problems with an USB pen drive check that the pen is properly co...

Page 72: ...ename or overwrite a file FILE SAVE FAILED CAN T CREATE FILE The system failed to save a file because it could not create a new file FILE SAVE FAILED CAN T WRITE FILE S HEADER The system failed to save a file it could not write the file s header FILE SAVE FAILED CAN T WRITE FILE S DATA The system failed to save the file because it couldn t write the file s data FILE LOAD FAILED CAN T OPEN FILE The...

Page 73: ...r 12 1 o PLAY OPTIONS options for playing back pieces par 12 3 o RECORD recording of pieces of music par 12 2 The memory unit currently used appears in the bottom of the screen Remember that the USB stick has priority over the internal memory to use the latter first remove the USB device NOTES Once the USB pen is inserted please wait a few seconds before recalling the sequencer Transposition set i...

Page 74: ...op left as percentage 100 in the picture above Once the playback of a song has been started the display changes to as the screen shows the functions of the ENTER and EXIT buttons have changed to ENTER pause restart playback of the piece EXIT stop playback of the piece FIELD FIELD VALUE VALUE keep the functions already described USING RECORDED AND OR MODIFIED PIECES WITH DEDICATED SOFTWARE MIDI fil...

Page 75: ... with cancel enclosed coupling settings etc are recorded as Exclusive System We advice you not to alter these codes If you wish to add or remove stops from a recording you should know its exclusive system code To do so you should monitor the MIDI OUT port of the organ and switching on and off a stop check the MIDI code transmitted Add or remove this code only from the stops track When saving the M...

Page 76: ...ing as a MIDI file o PLAY playback of the recoding before saving it o OVERDUB creation of a new recording to be added to the sequence just acquired o DISCARD AND EXIT delete the recording and quit sequencer Record mode If the SAVE field is selected the system prompts the user to assign a name to the MIDI sequence about to be saved When composing the name use the FIELD and FIELD buttons to move the...

Page 77: ... pressed while in the save screen i e when the recording has been acquired but not saved the system warns that the recording is about to be lost and that ENTER must be pressed to confirm that you wish to quit and delete the data acquired or EXIT to return to the save screen NOTE When using a computer to rename files stored on the USB pen remember that names can only contain a maximum of 12 numbers...

Page 78: ...d It can be seen on top left as percentage 100 in the picture above VALUE press and hold rewind VALUE press and hold fast forward As the recording begins the controls change again ENTER pause start recording EXIT stop recording VALUE and VALUE maintain the functions described above NOTES When overdubbing tracks with changing tempo it is impossible to rewind or Fast Forward while recording However ...

Page 79: ...overdubbing You can choose one of the following options o ACCEPT accept the overdubbing In case the overdub track is shorter than the original piece it will not be shortened o TRIM AND ACCEPT accept the overdubbing If the overdub track is shorther than the original piece this will be trimmed to end together with the overdubbing o PLAY play the piece with the overdubbing so as to assess the track T...

Page 80: ... is over without pressing the FIELD button Only works with song lists o LIST LOOP select YES to automatically loop a song list 12 4 ERROR MESSAGES SEQUENCER FILESYSTEM ERROR An error occurred while reading from the current memory unit If the unit is a pen drive try disconnecting it and reconnecting it shortly thereafter If nothing changes try formatting your pen drive using a computer If the error...

Page 81: ...e The system cannot read the file that has to be copied SONG SAVE FAILED CAN T REMOVE EXISTING SONG The system failed to save a mid file The system wasn t able to delete the file that has to be removed SONG SAVE FAILED CAN T OPEN THE MIDI FILE The system failed to save the mid file It could not open the file that has to be overdubbed SONG SAVE FAILED CAN T WRITE THE MIDI FILE The system failed to ...

Page 82: ...will trigger display of the status of the stops as follows Light on stop in Local On mode plays with internal generation Light off stop in Local Off status 14 APPENDIX 14 1 TEMPERAMENT Tuning a fixed intonation instrument e g organs consists of creating a chain of twelve fifths properly crafted so that at the extremes the interval can be reduced through division or multiplication to a perfect octa...

Page 83: ... be split in larger parts and divided among a few less than 12 fifths This leads to other temperaments such as the Werckmeister III which spreads the comma in four equal parts between C G G D D A and B F A very important interval in the history of tuning is the major third A chain of four pure fifths makes 3 2 4 A major third interval is represented by a 5 4 ratio Therefore rounding off the freque...

Page 84: ...ch wider than the rest and becomes unusable It is called the wolf fifth The circle of fifths of each temperament can start from any key editing the parameter called Base Key Follows an explicating graph in the first half is rapresented Meantone temperament with Base Key set on C after on G and finally on B The second half shows Werkmeister temperament with the same three values of the Meantone Wit...

Page 85: ...rnberger II Kirnberger II pure pure 5th ETS12 Equal Tempered 5th sc synthonic comma pc pythagorean comma pure pure 5th ETS12 Equal Tempered 5th sc synthonic comma pc pythagorean comma Pure Meantone ETS12 WERCKMEISTER III Based on four fifths each reduced by Pythagorean comma the others are pure Creates three Pythagorean major thirds on C F G As the number of alteration in the piece performed incre...

Page 86: ...pc pythagorean comma pure pure 5th ETS12 Equal Tempered 5th sc synthonic comma pc pythagorean comma Pure Meantone ETS12 VALLOTTI Based on six fifths each decreased by 1 6 of Pythagorean comma The others are pure fifths The major thirds on Eb B Bb E F A are equivalent as the ones on C G and D Thirds on F C and G are Pythagorean instead Vallotti pure pure 5th ETS12 Equal Tempered 5th sc synthonic co...

Page 87: ...c pythagorean comma Pure Meantone ETS12 KELLNER 1975 This tuning was created by Kellner who figured out its structure from the symbols on the first page of the Wohltemperierte Klavier by Bach 1722 The tuning is based on five fifths each reduced of 1 5 of Pythagorean comma This originates three Pythagorean major thirds on C F G None of the thirds is pure The major third closer to being pure is on C...

Page 88: ...ger III pure pure 5th ETS12 Equal Tempered 5th sc synthonic comma pc pythagorean comma pure pure 5th ETS12 Equal Tempered 5th sc synthonic comma pc pythagorean comma Pure Meantone ETS12 WERCKMEISTER IV Based on five fiths each reduced of 1 3 of Pythagorean comma and two more thirds increased of the same amount Very pleasant with mostly unaltered tonalities it becomes harder as the alterations incr...

Page 89: ... comma pure pure 5th ETS12 Equal Tempered 5th sc synthonic comma pc pythagorean comma Pure Meantone ETS12 SILBERMANN Based on fifths reduced of 1 6 of syntonic comma Wolf fifth is located on G Thirds that in meantone tuning are pure here are 1 3 syntonic comma wider The wolf fifth is less prominent not cacophonic yet not completely acceptable Silbermann pure pure 5th ETS12 Equal Tempered 5th sc sy...

Page 90: ...p created by 11 others and becomes a wolf fifth Tonalities with little alterations sound very pleasant Well characterised chromatic scale Move the wolf on C to use the G key as Ab Meantone 3b Meantone 3b pure pure 5th ETS12 Equal Tempered 5th sc synthonic comma pc pythagorean comma pure pure 5th ETS12 Equal Tempered 5th sc synthonic comma pc pythagorean comma Pure Meantone ETS12 Meantone 3 Meanton...

Page 91: ...acter Meantone Pure Minor 3rd Meantone Pure Minor 3rd pure pure 5th ETS12 Equal Tempered 5th sc synthonic comma pc pythagorean comma pure pure 5th ETS12 Equal Tempered 5th sc synthonic comma pc pythagorean comma Pure Meantone ETS12 ZARLINO Eleven fifths are reduced by 2 7 of syntonic comma The wolf fifth very wide and therefore unusable lies on G Eight third majors are usable and reduced by 1 7 of...

Page 92: ...lf is less prominent Well tuned tonalities are particularly warm and pleasant Sauver 1 Sauver 1 pure pure 5th ETS12 Equal Tempered 5th sc synthonic comma pc pythagorean comma pure pure 5th ETS12 Equal Tempered 5th sc synthonic comma pc pythagorean comma Pure Meantone ETS12 Sauver 2 Sauver 2 pure pure 5th ETS12 Equal Tempered 5th sc synthonic comma pc pythagorean comma pure pure 5th ETS12 Equal Tem...

Page 93: ...each and one fifth on Eb reduced of the remaining skisma Therefore there are no Pythagorean thirds and tonalities with many alterations still sound well Barca pure pure 5th ETS12 Equal Tempered 5th sc synthonic comma pc pythagorean comma pure pure 5th ETS12 Equal Tempered 5th sc synthonic comma pc pythagorean comma Pure Meantone ETS12 ...

Page 94: ...ted further and further to the outside alternating 14 3 THE WINDCHEST IN PIPE ORGANS The wind chest is a crate where the air from a bellows manual or electric is spread equally among the pipes Usually each manual has its own wind chest However there are different kinds of wind chests some contain only one stop while other have an additional crate filled with air from the bellows that spreads air t...

Page 95: ...The pipes are placed alternating in two positions e g C in one position C in the other Single wing left The tallest pipes are placed to the left and the smaller with higher pitch pipes to the right Single wing right This pipe configuration is the opposite of the previous one the lowest pitched pipes are placed on the right and the highest pitched ones to the left ...

Page 96: ...UT EQUALIZER function Ext Sub Freq SETUP menu EXT SUB EQUALIZER function Ext Sub Slope SETUP menu EXT SUB EQUALIZER function Mode SETUP menu EXT OUT ROUTER function From SETUP menu EXT OUT ROUTER function if Mode is not setted as Mono To SETUP menu EXT OUT ROUTER function if Mode is not setted as Mono Position SETUP menu EXT OUT ROUTER function if Mode is setted as Mono External Input Left Channel...

Page 97: ...ipped with the surround loudspeakers PRS VOLUMES if organ is equipped with the presence loudspeakers COMBINATIONS CONTENT NOTE Tutti all stops all couplers all tremulants tremulants depth and speed Enc Sws MIDI controls Ap Organ Solo Section off MIDI Program Change and Bank Select Orchestra parameters if enabled in Programmable Functions if present in the organ in the USA organs version General ma...

Page 98: ...e MIDI data generated by the transmitter 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 c...

Page 99: ...ly be interpreted by an instrument made by the same producer as the transmitter device in some cases only by the same model They mainly relate to the instrument s sound generation and programming parameters The Unico 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 f...

Page 100: ...0H 0EH 1 15 vv bank MSB number 00H 7FH 0 127 Volume CC 7 Message which controls the sections volume Data format BnH 07H vvH n channel number 00H 0EH 1 15 vv volume value 00H 7FH 0 127 14 6 DETAILED MIDI IMPLEMENTATION Expression CC 11 Message which controls the sections expression Data format BnH 0BH vvH n channel number 00H 0EH 1 15 vv expression value 00H 7FH 0 127 Bank Select LSB CC 32 Controll...

Page 101: ...uning Data format F0H 31H 2FH 2FH vvH F7H F0H Exclusive status 31H Viscount ID 2FH system control 32H Base key vvH Base key value 00H 0BH F7H EOX Temperament Parameter Temperament Video page Tuning Data format F0H 31H 2FH 31H vvH F7H F0H Exclusive status 31H Viscount ID 2FH system control 31H temperament vvH temperament type 00H Equal 10H Kirnberger II 11H Werckmeister III 12H Pythagorean 13H Mean...

Page 102: ...nt ID 2FH system control 72H orchestra volume vvH orchestra volume value 00H 7FH F7H EOX Orchestral Voice Change Data format F0H 31H 2sH 41H xxH yyH iiH ttH v1H v2H b1H b2H o1H o2H u1H u2H kkH F7H F0H Exclusive status 31H Viscount ID 2sH channel number s 0H EH 41H orchestral voice change xxH voice id first byte yyH voice id second byte iiH alternative voice id ttH timbre type 05H single 06H layer ...

Page 103: ...FTER Key s X X TOUCH Ch s X X PITCH BENDER X X CONTROL O O Bank Select MSB CHANGE 7 O O Volume 11 O O Expression 32 O O Bank Select LSB 64 O O Sustain 120 O O All sound off 123 O O All Notes Off PROGRAM O X CHANGE True SYSTEM EXCLUSIVE O O SYSTEM Song Pos X X COMMON Song Sel X X Tune X X SYSTEM Clock X X REAL TIME Commands X X AUX Local On Off X X MESSAGES All notes off O O Active Sense O O Reset ...

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Page 105: ...t different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced Radio Tv technician for help The user is cautioned that any changes or modification not expressly approved by the party responsable for compliance could void the user s authority opearate the equipment INFORMATIONS FCC NOTE Cet instrument a été controlé et il est garanti pour etre en conformité avec les s...

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