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Viscount - Advanced Manual
Prestige
8. SEQUENCER
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Prestige organs are equipped with a multitrack sequencer allowing the user to record, save on
floppy disk and play back musical performances. The system also allows MIDI sequences to be
recorded in multidubbing mode (i.e. in a number of stages).
Each of the organ’s sections (Man.I, Man.II, Man.III and pedal board) is recorded on a different
track, while a fifth track records the states of the registers, Tutti, Crescendo, Couplings and the
manual settings. The names of these tracks are as follows:
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PD (Pedal): the track used to record the note and volume events performed on the pedal board.
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M.I (Man.I): the track used to record the first manual events.
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M.II (Man.II): the track used to record the second manual events.
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M.III.. (Man.III, only in Prestige 100 and 80): track for the third manual events.
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CM (Common): “common” track which can be used to record:
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Voices (pipe organ and Orchestra)
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Couplings
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Reed and Mixture Cancel
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Enclosed
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Automatic Pedal
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Midi To A / B
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Organ Solo
The sequence is able to record musical sequences up to a maximum of 60,000 MIDI events with a
resolution of 192 tpqn (ticks per quarter note, or crotchet).
The recordings are saved on floppy disks as MIDI (.mid) files in format 1. In this format, the
channels used to record the accompaniments are subdivided by tracks (unlike format 0, which
combines all the channels on a single track), keeping the organ’s sections subdivided for quicker,
easier interpretation.
This means that the songs recorded are compatible with even the most run-of-the-mill computer
MIDI software packages (for creating and printing out scores, modifying the song’s advanced
parameters, and so on).
8.1 RECORDING A PERFORMANCE
FIRST RECORDING
To start a recording session, simply press the [RECORD] button after inserting a floppy disk in the
drive.
The system will proceed to read the disk and display:
