Allen Organ Company Protege C-19C, User Manual

Page 1: ...1 Protégé Theatre Organs C 19c and Protégé Theatre Compact Copyright 2003 Allen Organ Company All Rights Reserved AOC P N 033 00084 Revised 5 27 03 ALLEN ORGAN COMPANY ...

Page 2: ...icrocircuits In 1971 Allen produced and sold the world s first musical instrument utilizing digitally sampled voices Your organ is significantly advanced since the first generation Allen digital instrument Organs with Renaissance technology are the product of years of advancements in digital sound and control techniques by Allen Organ Company This system represents the apex of digital technology a...

Page 3: ...iapason tones flute tones and string tones Compound stops and hybrid stops are variations within these three families The term imitative means that the organ stop imitates the sound of the corresponding orchestral instrument for example an imitative Violin 8 would be a stop voiced to sound like an orchestral violin In reed pipes a metal tongue vibrates against an opening in the side of a metal tub...

Page 4: ...s Glockenspiel Chrysoglott and the Cymbal Imitative of their orchestral counterparts II TREMULANTS Your Protégé theatre organ has the most advanced authentic sounding tremulant system available In addition to digitally sampling individual ranks without tremulant Allen also samples individual ranks with tremulants on When more than one rank is on the same tremulant system in a pipe organ the tremul...

Page 5: ...ate the knob clockwise until a 1 is displayed in the illuminated box The organ has now been raised one half step Rotating the knob clockwise until a 2 is displayed in the box will cause the organ s pitch to be raised two half steps Each advancement of the number up to and including number 5 will raise the organ one half step Note When the organ s pitch is altered by the transposer the red LED will...

Page 6: ...en written on the subject of ensemble registration Following is a summary of the major points Ensembles are created by combining stops Two factors are always to be considered tone quality and pitch Ensembles begin with a few stops at the 16 8 and or 4 pitch and expand outward in pitch as they build up Ensembles are generally divided into three tonal groupings or choruses The Tibia Clausa chorus is...

Page 7: ...e a room s changing acoustical properties For example a room s reverberation characteristics change as the number of people present changes Differences in reverberation time also occur when a room s windows are opened or closed The rocker switch labeled VIRTUAL ACOUSTICS in the Console Controller must be ON to hear the selected reverb The amount of reverb can be changed on the 20 adjustable select...

Page 8: ...weak and needs to be replaced Have the Console Controller open before the organ is turned on If there is a problem the window will display for about six seconds after the organ is switched on Power Failure REPLACE BATTERY Should the battery in your Chamber Series organ require replacement contact your local authorized Allen Organ service representative CLEANING AND POLISHING Your Allen Organ const...

Page 9: ...d installed to prevent its being accidentally switched off Read and comply with all instructions and labels that may be attached to the instrument Warning This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause interference to radio communications It has been type tested and found to comply with the limi...

Page 10: ...ossible to control several devices from one manual simultaneously or separately control different devices from each manual of the console MIDI AS A PRACTICE TOOL For the organist choir director the MIDI organ console and sequencer are valuable rehearsal tools for both choral and organ works Anthem accompaniments may be recorded in advance and played back by the sequencer during choir rehearsal fre...

Page 11: ...to a computer and have their performance printed as conventional five line musical notation Because MIDI is an industry wide standard today s Smart MIDI instruments will be compatible with tomorrow s MIDI innovations The MIDI capable Allen Organ consoles may be connected to a variety of MIDI devices The drawing below illustrates the proper procedure for connecting the Allen MDS Expander II and All...

Page 12: ...vices are connected to the organ it is important to make sure that the devices channels of transmission and reception match the MIDI channels of the Allen organ divisions to which they are assigned For example the C 19c and Protégé Theatre Compact transmit MIDI information on the following channels Solo Manual Channel 1 Accomp Manual Channel 2 Pedal Manual Channel 3 General Pistons Channel 8 MIDI ...

Page 13: ...s Preset 15 through 21 of the MDS Expander II Memory 4 Pistons 1 through 5 access Preset 22 through 28 of the MDS Expander II The following example demonstrates how to program General Piston 5 on Memory 3 with a corresponding set of preset Voices from the MDS Expander II 1 First access Memory Level 3 in the Console Controller 2 Next program the MDS Expander II Consult the Owner s Manual for the MD...

Page 14: ... press the Voice button then use the Up Down buttons to scroll to the Oboe Once the word Oboe appears in the window press the Trem button and an asterisk appears 4 Next press the Set button which is directly below the Trem button the window now displays Please set capture Press Swell Divisional 3 piston and you have now locked the Oboe with Trem onto this piston Note The organ must be in User Mode...

Page 15: ...B ADVANCED OPERATION 19 1 Selecting an Alternate Tuning 2 Configuring Pistons 3 Restoring Original Factory Settings C MIDI FUNCTIONS 22 1 Standard MIDI Channel Assignment 2 Selecting Program Change Modes 3 GENERAL MIDI Sound Names or Program Numbers 4 Assigning MIDI Program Changes to the Organ s Pistons 5 MIDI Bank Selecting 6 Changing the MIDI Base Channel 7 MIDI Expression Settings 8 MIDI Susta...

Page 16: ...WARNING If a warning is displayed in the start up sequence contact your authorized Allen representative immediately 2 ADVANCING THROUGH ALL WINDOWS To advance the Console Controller display to each next window press the CURSOR button until the blinking CURSOR is over the abbreviation MEM in the display Once the abbreviation MEM is highlighted slowly turn the ROTARY DIAL clockwise and the display w...

Page 17: ... are illuminated press and hold the SET piston and while holding it press and release General Piston 1 Finally release the SET piston General Piston 1 will now store in Memory 1 the stops you selected NOTE General Pistons are sometimes set gradually from soft to loud General 1 is softest and General 5 or 7 the loudest Save Registrations to a Divisional Piston Applicable for some models The Main wi...

Page 18: ...trations however they will not be able to change them Again it is important to choose a three digit code that will be easy to remember 6 UNLOCKING MEMORIES USING YOUR CODE The Main window function on the Console Controller must be displayed See Section A 2 To unlock a memory using your three digit code select the memory to be unlocked Once selected press and hold the MEM button on the Console Cont...

Page 19: ...rberation can be changed on the 20 customized selections The amount of reverb is shown in dB decibels The range of control is from Ø dB to 3Ø dB 3Ø dB is the least amount of reverb and Ø dB is the most reverb available To access the Virtual Acoustic settings advance to the Set Reverb window function See Section A 2 The window will display SET REVERB and list one of 20 reverb types on the window s ...

Page 20: ...ion of a piston will not affect the registrations previously remembered by that piston prior to its reconfiguration Piston configurations apply to all memories NOTE II Reconfiguring a piston does not change its MIDI channel assignment Divisional Pistons cannot make Expander II preset group selections TO RECONFIGURE PISTONS Advance to the Configure Pistons window function See Section A 2 It will di...

Page 21: ...e registrations to this General piston See Section A 4 TO ADD SWELL TO GREAT INTERMANUAL COUPLER TO GREAT DIVISIONAL PISTONS Advance to the Configure Pistons window function See Section A 2 It will display CONFIGURE PISTONS Press the CURSOR button until the cursor is on the D of disabled Turn the ROTARY DIAL to change the display to ENABLED instead of DISABLED Select all of the Great Division stop...

Page 22: ...ties of your organ Knowledge of this section is not required for everyday use of the organ normal service playing or normal use of Allen SmartMIDI devices This information s usefulness will ultimately be determined by your needs along with the type and capabilities of any external MIDI devices you choose to use e g sequencers voice sound modules and external MIDI keyboards The MIDI topics covered ...

Page 23: ...ons will send program changes 1 through 5 or 7 depending on your model on MIDI Channel 8 the organ s General Piston control channel The Divisional Pistons check if applicable on your particular model for each division will send program changes 1 through 4 on the channels as shown in the MIDI channel assignment list See Section C 1 For example Swell Piston 1 would send Program Change 1 on Channel 1...

Page 24: ... on the display Press a General or Divisional Piston The Console Controller window will display the same MIDI program change number as the associated piston pressed A MIDI program change number will be displayed in PRESET mode no matter if NUMBERS or GEN MIDI is displayed You must select USER mode to view GEN MIDI sound names You must also select USER mode to assign MIDI program change numbers lar...

Page 25: ...le press the Swell Division Piston 1 The display will indicate that Swell Divisional Piston 1 has been selected and the current BANK number assigned to that piston The window also displays the MIDI program number registered to that piston Using the CURSOR button place the cursor on the second line of the display by the P Turn the ROTARY DIAL to raise or lower the program number A program number 1 ...

Page 26: ...e Section A 2 It will display MIDI BASE CH X along with the current BANK pointer Using the CURSOR button on the Console Controller place the cursor on the second line after the word BANK Turn the ROTARY DIAL to select either HIGH or LOW Bank priority SELECTING MIDI BANK NUMBERS Applicable for some models Bank Numbers are able to be assigned the same way MIDI Program Numbers are See Section C 3 exc...

Page 27: ...channels will shift higher by one number Now Swell 2 Great 3 Pedal 4 Choir 5 and General Pistons 9 NOTE Channel numbers will wrap i e channel numbers go only to 16 and will then repeat to 1 FOR NORMAL USE DO NOT USE A BASE CHANNEL LARGER THAN 9 7 MIDI EXPRESSION SETTINGS Advance to the MIDI Expression window function See Section A 2 It will display MIDI EXPRESSION along with the current setting on...

Page 28: ...IANO voice has been selected in a voice module When the sustain function is ON and the piano is played from the associated manual and the foot controlled lever is pressed the piano sound will slowly decay similar to the way a sustain pedal on a piano operates 9 TRANSFERRING SAVING CAPTURE MEMORY DATA TO A SEQUENCER CAPTURE MEMORY refers to all of the remembered piston registrations on all 4 Memori...

Page 29: ...ct either ON or OFF NOTE General Pistons or Divisional Piston changes will still be transmitted and received because they are program changes D QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE a ADVANCING THROUGH THE WINDOWS Press the CURSOR button so as to highlight the first letter of the first line then rotate the ROTARY DIAL b TO RETURN TO THE FIRST WINDOW Press and hold SET press CANCEL release both c SETTING PISTONS F...