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User Guide
Viscount
Sonus 60
/
60
Dlx
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45
/
45
Dlx
-
40
/
40
Dlx
11. Organ general controls.
These controls do not refer to individual sections but to the entire instrument.
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[MEM. BANK +] and [MEM BANK -]: they select the memory bank displayed by the additional
[MEM. BANK] display (point 8).
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[ENC]: enables the Enclosed function, which allows the organ’s general volume to be controlled
using the swell pedal [MAN. III] in the
60 / 60 Dlx
or [MAN. II] in the
45 / 45 Dlx
and
40 / 40 Dlx
.
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[A.P.]: enables the Automatic Pedal which allows the pedal voices to be played on Man.II in the
60 /
60 Dlx
or Man.I in the
45 / 45 Dlx
and
40 / 40 Dlx
. In this case, the organ’s pedal board is deactivated
and the voices become monophonic, with priority to the lowest note.
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[T]: piston and foot piston for recalling the Tutti. The Tutti can be modified; the procedure for saving
it is described in point 10.
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[C]: Cancel piston
NOTE
Memory bank n. 1 is always selected when the instrument is switched on.
12. Front connections panel.
This panel, on the left underneath the manuals, contains the connectors and settings most often used, for
convenient access.
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[MASTER VOLUME]: regulates the organ’s general volume.
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[REVERB VOLUME]: regulates the level of the reverb effect.
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MIDI [IN]: the MIDI input connector for allowing the organ to receive the data transmitted by a
remote MIDI unit.
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MIDI [OUT]: the MIDI connector that transmits the MIDI data generated by the organ.
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MIDI [THRU]: retransmits the data received by the [IN] port for connection of several MIDI devices
in series.
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[USB]: two USB connectors. The one on the left is used for connecting to a computer to allow the
instrument’s setup programme to be used. The one on the right is for use of an USB stick (not
supplied with the instrument) for use as a mass memory for the organ instead of the internal memory.
For further information refer to chap. 11.
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[PHONES]: the socket for connecting a headphone set.
13. Coupler controls.
These toe-pistons control the couplers of manuals and pedalboard.
14. [CRESCENDO] sweller.
You can use this sweller to select the Crescendo steps which activate a preset series of stops. The step
currently selected is displayed by the additional [CRESCENDO] display (see point 8).
Each Crescendo step is programmable. The procedure for saving them is described in point 10.
15. Swell expression pedals.
The
60 / 60 Dlx
have two swell pedals for continuous control the expression of Manual I and Manual
III. The
45 / 45 Dlx
and
40 / 40 Dlx
models has continuous control of the volume of Manual II only.
The swell pedal on the right also incorporates a special lever system for control of the Sustain effect for
the Orchestra voices.
