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Quick Guide -

EN

Ver. UK - 1.0

Prestige 40

K. INV.

POWER

EXT. SPK.

T

SWS

C

S

HR

3

4

5

6

1

2

A.P

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

25

27

28

29

30

31

32

33

34

35

36

SWELL ORCHESTRA

Harp

Voice

2

GREAT ORCHESTRA

Chimes

PEDAL ORCHESTRA

String

PEDAL

MAN I

MAN II

Prestige 40

8'

bass

Oktav-

4'

Choral-

bass

Bombarde

16'

8'

Trompete

Schalmei

4'

Coupler

II / P

Super-

2'

oktave

4'

Spitzflöte

4'

Oktave

Hohlflöte

8'

8'

Prinzipal

16'

Prinzipal

Coupler

I / P

16'

Prinzipal-

bass

Subbass

16'

Gedackt

8'

Fagott

16'

8'

Trompete

Tremulant

Coupler

II / I

Contra

Bourdon

32

4 f.

Mixtur

4 f.

Mixtur

Kornet

3 f.

8'

Prinzipal

8'

gedackt

Rohr-

8'

Gamba

Celeste

8'

Vox

4'

Rohrflöte

2

3

2 / '

Nasard

2'

Blockflöte

1 / '

Terz

3

5

Zimbel

3 f.

8'

Trompete

8'

Oboe

Tremulant

SWELL

CRESCENDO

41

40

39

44

43

42

38

37

THRU

OUT
MIDI

IN

L(MONO)

INPUT

R

L(MONO)

OUTPUT

R

HEADPHONES

4

5

6

SW/PD

MIDI

SUSTAIN

M. BANK TRANSPOSER

SWELL CRESCENDO

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Voice

3

Voice

2

Voice

3

Voice

2

1

2

3

GT/PD

TUTTI

SW/GT

Summary of Contents for Prestige 40

Page 1: ...uper 2 oktave 4 Spitzflöte 4 Oktave Hohlflöte 8 8 Prinzipal 16 Prinzipal Coupler I P 16 Prinzipal bass Subbass 16 Gedackt 8 Fagott 16 8 Trompete Tremulant Coupler II I Contra Bourdon 32 4 f Mixtur 4 f Mixtur Kornet 3 f 8 Prinzipal 8 gedackt Rohr 8 Gamba Celeste 8 Vox 4 Rohrflöte 2 3 2 Nasard 2 Blockflöte 1 Terz 3 5 Zimbel 3 f 8 Trompete 8 Oboe Tremulant SWELL CRESCENDO 41 40 39 44 43 42 38 37 THRU...

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Page 3: ... the manuals thumb pistons 6 2 4 Pedalboard controls 7 2 5 Connections underneath the manuals 8 2 6 Connections on the rear panel 9 3 Central control unit 11 4 Organ general settings 14 4 1 Setting the tremulants 14 4 2 Selecting the type of reverb 15 4 3 General settings for the manuals 15 5 Recording and playing back musical performances 17 5 1 Recording a performance 17 5 2 Playing back a perfo...

Page 4: ...2 Viscount Quick Guide Prestige 40 ...

Page 5: ...ys take hold of the connector and not the cable itself when winding cables do not knot or twist them Before making the connections 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 If the organ is to be out of use for lengthy periods disconnect the plug from the power socket 1 ...

Page 6: ...nd without undertaking to update this publication immediately All rights reserved the reproduction of any part of this manual in any form without the manufacturer s specific written permission is forbidden All the trademarks referred to in this manual are the property of the respective manufacturers Please read all the information carefully sothat you obtain the best performance and will from your...

Page 7: ...6 4 SWELL LED bar shows the position of the SWELL expression pedal 5 CRESCENDO LED bar these LEDs display the step of the Crescendo currently set with the pedal of the same name 6 K INV LED LED displaying the status of the KEYBOARDS INVERSION function which enables the positions of Swell and Great to be inverted LED on To set the function refer to par 4 3 7 M BANK selector in order to select one o...

Page 8: ...R Switch in order to switch the instrument on and off 5 EXT SPK switch in order to switch on and off the power supply on the EXT 12 VDC connector that will be used by the external speakers NOTE The couplers do not work with the Orchestra voices 1 S button Set button which enables memory saving To save a memory simply press the S button and keeping it pressed down then press the button of the memor...

Page 9: ...iority given to the lowest note 5 T button Tutti button which turns on a preset series of voices and couplers The voice composition of the Tutti function is programmable To save a new set up switch on the voices and couplers of your choice press S and keeping it pressed down then press button T or the TUTTI foot piston 6 C button Cancel button which switches off any voices couplers and buttons on ...

Page 10: ...see also point 5 of par 2 1 Each Crescendo step is programmable To do this use the CRESCENDO pedal to select the step required switch on the voices and couplers needed press button S and keeping it pressed down then press the general memories HR button 4 MIDI SUSTAIN piston Sustain piston of the Orchestra voices and by which CC64 is sent to the MIDI OUT 5 Coupler pistons these pistons activate the...

Page 11: ...also be possible to edit various parameters for these audio outputs individual volumes delays and equalisations and to set these outputs in such a way as to simulate the wind chests of the original church organs These functions called EXTERNAL OUTPUTS CONTROL and EXTERNAL VOICES ROUTER are described in the Advanced Manual WARNING In order to reach a proper pipes simulation you have to locate the s...

Page 12: ...he inputs through which the output signal of external equipment is amplified with the organ s internal amplification system The connections are as follows o L R R stereo line inputs for connecting instruments with line outputs For mono sources use only the socket L R o MIC Microphone input for amplifying any signal coming from a microphone o GAIN trimmer for adjusting the input signal connected to...

Page 13: ... these buttons are used to select the four main display function menus as follows o VOICES described in the Advanced Manual menu of the main functions relating to the organ voices o SET UP chap 4 general functions for organ settings o MIDI UTILITY described in the Advanced Manual settings for MIDI interface and the rear outputs o DISK described in the Advanced Manual functions relating to floppy d...

Page 14: ...6 Display function control buttons these buttons are used to move the cursor indicated by a flashing field on the display to set values to select pages and to confirm or reject prompts from the system o VALUE rotary encoder for setting parameters o CURSOR S T W X these buttons are used to move the cursor within the page on the screen The S and T buttons are additionally equipped with LEDs which wh...

Page 15: ...re are the six temperaments offered by the Prestige first of all the MEANTONE MEANTONE 8 pure major thirds E flat G B flat D F A C E G B D F A C E G 4 unusable major thirds diminished fourths B D F A C E A flat C 1 fifth known as the wolf very dissonant extended fifth G E flat Highly irregular chromatic scale meaning that chromatic compositions are given a very distinctive voice Keys usable with t...

Page 16: ...ced Manual To select the function required place the cursor on the relative field using the CURSOR buttons and press ENTER Otherwise press EXIT or SET UP to exit the current menu and return to the main menu page Instead by pressing a button in a different menu it will be possible to access directly the list of functions required 4 1 SETTING THE TREMULANTS The TREMULANT function can be used to set ...

Page 17: ...panel is used to adjust the level of reverb To set the type of ambient effect required select the REVERB field in the SET UP menu and press ENTER the following page will appear REVERBERATION type Cathedral Use the encoder to select the type of reverb and press EXIT to save the selection and return to the SET UP menu NOTE The organ s internal reverb also affects the Orchestra voices and any incomin...

Page 18: ... to disable it Now press the EXIT button to return to the SET UP menu and to save the settings Using the GREAT SWELL KEYBOARDS INVERSION the positions of Great and Swell can be inverted Using the VALUE encoder select enable to turn it on or disable to turn it off The status of this setting is also shown by the K INV LED on the front panel see also par 2 1 If you push CURSOR T the display will show...

Page 19: ... procedure use the CURSOR buttons to move the cursor and the encoder to select the characters Then press ENTER to save the recording or EXIT to abort the saving operation Otherwise use RECORD or EXIT to exit the sequencer function and return to the main page 5 RECORDING AND PLAYING BACK MUSICAL PERFORMANCES The Prestige 40 is equipped with a multitrack sequencer used to record save to floppy disk ...

Page 20: ...the CURSOR keys to select the song you wish to play and press ENTER The display will show the page PLAY SESSION1 Tempo 120 Meas 1 Ped Great PLY Swell PLY Comm PLY Press START STOP to start playing back the file While the track is playing back the voices can also be changed and it is possible to play along with the sequencer Playback can be paused temporarily using the PLAY button PLAY SESSION1 Tem...

Page 21: ...s out After creating the set up required press S and C together to save it Accessing the Local Off setting function after this will trigger display of the status of the voices as follows Light on voice in Local On mode sound generated internally Light off voice in Local Off mode In normal operation when a voice in Local Off is turned on the drawknob flashes twice and then a fixed light stays on 7 ...

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Page 23: ... a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception 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 a...

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