Johannus Opus 250, User Manual

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Page 2: ...form johannus com Website www johannus com Version 2 0 Date November 2012 2012 Johannus Orgelbouw b v All rights reserved Nothing in this publication may be reproduced stored in a data file or made public in any form or in any way either electronically mechanically by way of photocopying recording or in any other way without the prior written permission of Johannus Orgelbouw b v ...

Page 3: ...ions 12 4 OPERATION 13 4 1 Volume controls 13 4 2 Expression pedals 13 4 3 Adaptive Surround Reverb ASR 12 13 4 4 Intonations 14 4 5 Stops 14 4 6 Couplers 14 4 7 Accessories 15 4 8 Pre programmed memory locations 15 4 9 Capture memory 16 4 10 Transposer 16 4 11 Crescendo pedal 17 4 12 Quick Access 17 4 12 1 Programming mode crescendo pedal 17 5 JOHANNUS MENU 18 5 1 Crescendo 18 5 2 Datadump 19 5 3...

Page 4: ...nual Opus 250 350 4 6 1 1 Maintenance of the cabinet 33 6 1 2 Maintenance of the manuals 33 6 2 Problems 33 6 3 Warranty 33 7 MIDI IMPLEMENTATIONS 34 7 1 MIDI Implementation Chart 34 7 2 MIDI Specifications 35 ...

Page 5: ... 2 Relative humidity within the storage area 40 to 60 Position the organ on a stable horizontal surface Connect the organ to a grounded power socket Turn off the organ when it is not in use Do not place the organ in a damp area Do not expose the organ to liquids Follow the instructions and precautionary measures in this user manual Keep this user manual with the organ The organ may only be opened ...

Page 6: ...he music desk A on top of the organ see 2 1 2 3 Lean the organ slightly backward 4 Slide the pedal board D against the organ 5 Set the organ upright 6 Place the organ bench C over het pedal board 7 Make sure the voltage of the organ matches the voltage of the main See the serial plate B 8 Connect the organ to a grounded power socket A B C D Shown model Opus 250 ...

Page 7: ...oles D 3 Tight music desk with screw driver The use of an electric screw driver is not recommended 2 2 Switch on Switch on the organ with the on off piston at the right next to the manuals Wait several seconds Starting the control functions and the settings will take some time The lamps of the 0 piston and the as standard set functions light up The settings appear on the display Initializing Pleas...

Page 8: ...us 250 350 8 3 DESCRIPTION OF THE ORGAN 3 1 Overview of the main components 3 1 1 Opus 250 A Music desk B Loudspeakers C Surround loudspeakers D Organ bench E Swell pedal F Crescendo pedal G Pedal board A B C D G F E ...

Page 9: ...User Manual Opus 250 350 9 3 1 2 Opus 350 A Music desk B Loudspeakers C Surround loudspeakers D Organ bench E Swell pedal F Crescendo pedal G Pedal board A B C D G F E ...

Page 10: ...ing capture 4 9 H Capture memory locations 4 9 I CH Chorus 4 7 J Pre programmed memory locations 4 8 K RO Reeds Off 4 7 L S S All Swells to Swell 4 7 M CR Crescendo 4 11 N MB Manual Bass 4 6 O CF Cantus Firmus 4 6 P TRANS Transposer 4 10 Q and pistons 5 R ENTER 5 S MENU 5 T 0 Recall Reset 4 7 U Manual Great V Manual Swell W On Off pistons 2 2 X Display 5 Y Intonation styles 4 4 Z Intonation variat...

Page 11: ...memory locations 4 9 J CH Chorus 4 7 K Pre programmed memory locations 4 8 L RO Reeds Off 4 7 M S S All Swells to Swell 4 7 N CR Crescendo 4 11 O MB Manual Bass 4 6 P CF Cantus Firmus 4 6 Q TRANS Transposer 4 10 R and pistons 5 S ENTER 5 T MENU 5 U 0 Recall Reset 4 7 V Manual Positif W Manual Great X Manual Swell Y On Off pistons 2 2 Z Display 5 AA Intonation styles 4 4 AB Intonation variations 4 ...

Page 12: ...nnus Sequencer or PC with the optional Johannus Intonat program for example AUX IN A stereo audio input for playing the sound of an external device through the amplifiers of the organ For example an expander connected to the organ through the MIDI MOD can be played through the instrument s loudspeakers AUX OUT A stereo audio output for connecting an external device amplifier or recording device fo...

Page 13: ...of the stops By this the effect of the swell box shutters of a pipe organ is simulated 4 3 Adaptive Surround Reverb ASR 12 The ASR 12 reverb system produces a digital acoustic effect This effect provides a spatial reproduction of the organ sound that can be adjusted continuously Turn the volume control CATHEDRAL to adjust the reverb volume The reverb length can be set using the Johannus Menu See 5...

Page 14: ... Activates the stops associated with the Great Swell Activates the stops associated with the Swell 4 6 Couplers Manual couplers POSITIF GREAT Opus 350 only Fully couples all keys of the Positif to the Great SWELL GREAT Fully couples all keys of the Swell to the Great SWELL POSITIF Opus 350 only Fully couples all keys of the Swell to the Positif Pedal couplers POSITIF PEDAL Opus 350 only Fully coup...

Page 15: ...the RO piston to activate the Reeds Off function S S All swells to swell All Swells to Swell transforms the swell pedal for the Swell to a swell pedal for the whole organ 0 Recall Reset function The 0 piston cancels registration in two ways 1 A short press on the 0 piston Only the last change is cancelled 2 A long press on the 0 piston All registrations are cancelled KT Keyboard Transfer Opus 350 ...

Page 16: ... capture memory location 1 Select the desired stops 2 Use the and pistons to select a level 1 75 on the display 3 Press the SET piston Hold in the piston 4 Press the desired memory location 1 8 5 Release the SET piston Calling up a capture memory location 1 Use the and pistons to select the desired level 1 75 on the display 2 Press the desired memory location 1 8 The active stops light up 4 10 Tra...

Page 17: ...ys with Cr Use the CR piston to activate the crescendo pedal The display indicates the actual step Crescendo pedal as additional swell pedal The crescendo pedal can also be configured as a swell pedal See 5 5 Expression Pedals If the crescendo pedal is set as additional swell pedal all functions of the crescendo pedal are deactivated 4 12 Quick Access Quick Access is a function to quickly access c...

Page 18: ...eraments 5 12 Tuning 5 13 Version 5 14 5 1 Crescendo The crescendo pedal contains 20 pre programmed registrations These registrations start with very quiet pianissimo to very loud tutti These pre programmed registrations can be changed 1 Press the MENU piston 2 Use the and pistons to select the Crescendo function on the display 3 Press the ENTER piston The first step of the crescendo pedal appears...

Page 19: ...ears on the display 4 Make sure the desired storage medium is properly connected 5 Press the ENTER piston When data is being sent Sending data appears on the display Sending data will take some time 6 If the data dump is complete the main menu appears on the display 7 Press the MENU piston to exit the Johannus Menu b Uploading data to the organ Opus 250 Mem 1 Tr 0 440 Cr 0 Johannus Menu Datadump J...

Page 20: ...elect the demo song 6 Use the and pistons to choose whether to play only the selected demo song play one demo or all demo songs play all demo s 7 Press the ENTER piston to start playing the selected demo song s The title and composer of the demo song appears on the display 8 Press the MENU piston 2x after having played the demo song s to exit the Johannus Menu 5 4 Display Contrast The Display Cont...

Page 21: ...n a pipe organ this is achieved by closing or opening the swell shutters of a swell box See also 4 2 Expression pedals Crescendo pedal dynamics by increase or decrease the amount of stops See also 4 11 Crescendo pedal 1 Press the MENU piston 2 Use the and pistons to select the Expr Pedals function on the display 3 Press the ENTER piston The first expression pedal appears on the display Johannus Me...

Page 22: ...s the MENU piston to return to the Expression Pedal menu 11 If necessary repeat steps 4 to 10 for another expression pedal of press the MENU piston 2x to exit the Johannus Menu 5 6 Keyboard Config The Keyboard Config function sets the operation of the keys 1 Press the MENU piston 2 Use the and pistons to select the Keyboard Config function on the display 3 Press the ENTER piston The actual setting...

Page 23: ...each stop The Key Volumes function consists of the following sub functions Adjust Reset one stop Reset ALL stops a Adjust The Adjust function sets the volume per key stop and intonation style 1 Switch off all stops 2 Select an intonation style or variation 3 Press the MENU piston 4 Use the and pistons to select the Key Volumes function on the display 5 Press the ENTER piston The first sub function...

Page 24: ...select No if the changes still has to be saved and press the ENTER piston 15 Press the ENTER piston The display requests confirmation 16 Use the and pistons to select Yes Press the ENTER piston for confirmation 17 Press the MENU piston 3x to exit the Johannus Menu b Reset one stop The Reset one stop sub function resets the key volumes for one stop in one intonation or variation to the factory sett...

Page 25: ...n 3 Use the and pistons to select the Key Volumes function on the display 4 Press the ENTER piston The first sub function of the Key Volumes menu appears on the display Key Volumes Adjust Select a stop to reset Reset this stop No Yes Reset this stop No Yes Key Volumes Reset one stop Opus 250 Mem 1 Tr 0 440 Cr If you are asked to enter a code the Key Volumes function has been secured at the request...

Page 26: ...e the and pistons to select the MIDI Config function on the display 3 Press the ENTER piston A question to select a MIDI stop to configure appears on the display 4 Activate the MIDI stop which has to be configured MIDI from the Swell for example The display shows on the first line Swell Channel the selected MIDI stop and the first part of the MIDI code and on the second line the settings of all fo...

Page 27: ...Reset Procedures appears on the display 4 Use the and pistons to select the desired reset procedure Crescendo def Resets the factory settings of the 20 steps of the crescendo pedal Expr Pedals Resets the factory setting of the expression pedals Memory default Clears the entire capture memory MIDI default Resets the factory settings of the MIDI stops Preset default Resets the factory settings of th...

Page 28: ...function which has to be changed The following functions are available Reverb Program Reverb Length and Reverb 3D Surround 6 Press the ENTER piston to confirm The activated intonation style or variation appears on the first line of the display The setting of the selected reverb function appears on the second line of the display 7 Use the and pistons to change the setting of the selected reverb fun...

Page 29: ...s which intonation style is selected at startup of the organ 1 Press the MENU piston 2 Use the and pistons to select the Startup Settings function on the display 3 Press the ENTER piston The first item of the Startup Settings appears on the display 4 Use the and pistons to select the Default Into function 5 Press the ENTER piston The actual setting appears on the display 6 Use the and pistons to s...

Page 30: ... pointer jumps to the set level 8 Use the and pistons to select the desired level for example 25 9 Press the ENTER piston to confirm and to return to the Side Speakers menu 10 Press the MENU piston 3x to exit the Johannus Menu 5 12 Temperaments The Temperaments function sets the temperament There is choice out of eleven different temperaments Equal normal temperament Opus 250 Mem 1 Tr 0 440 Cr Joh...

Page 31: ...ning The Tuning function shifts the pitch in steps of 1 Hz from 426 Hz to 454 Hz standard pitch is a 440 Hz The set pitch can be read on the display directly behind the transposer setting 1 Press the MENU piston 2 Use the and pistons to select the Tuning function on the display 3 Press the ENTER piston The actual Tuning setting appears on the display 4 Use the and pistons to select the desired tun...

Page 32: ...version number of the software of the organ 1 Press the MENU piston 2 Use the and pistons to select the function Version on the display 3 Press the ENTER piston The data of the software of the organ appears on the display 4 Press the MENU piston 2x to exit the Johannus Menu Opus 250 Mem 1 Tr 0 442 Cr Johannus Menu Tuning Johannus Menu Version Johannus Menu Crescendo Opus 250 Mem 1 Tr 0 442 Cr JHOX...

Page 33: ...2 Problems Overview Problem Cause Solution Pedal board does not work properly The pedal magnet is making poor contact with the magnetic switch at the rear of the pedal front cover Reposition the pedal board Organ functions do not work properly The organ is not earthed Connect the organ to a grounded power socket 6 3 Warranty The conditions are specified in the warranty certificate The warranty is ...

Page 34: ...127 9nH v 0 8nH v Velocity ON Velocity OFF irrelevant After Touch Keys Channels N N Pitch Bend N Control Change 7 11 100 101 6 100 101 6 Y Y Y Y General Volume Expr pedals Pitch Transposer Program Change True See MIDI Specs See MIDI Specs See MIDI Specs See MIDI Specs See MIDI Specs System Exclusive See MIDI Specs See MIDI Specs See MIDI Specs Common Song Pos Song Sel Tune N N N N N N System Real ...

Page 35: ...ges recognized Controller 7 07h General volume with volume values 0 00h 127 7Fh Volume values less than 40 28h are treated as 40 28h Controller 11 0Bh Expression Pedal with volume values 0 00h 127 7Fh Volume values less than 55 37h are treated as 55 37h Program changes transmitted recognized Organ stops Depends on the number of stops and the sequence of stops MIDI stops programmable 1 128 See 5 8 ...

Page 36: ...piston that is pressed for example PP 00 P 01 through the MIDI MOD output These sys ex codes are only important when the Johannus sound module CSM 128 is connected to your instrument Other MIDI codes transmitted Press the 0 piston to transmit the sys ex code all stops off and all volume settings through the MIDI SEQ output ...

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