Viscount Prestige 50, Quick Manual

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Page 3: ...thumb pistons 7 2 4 Pedalboard controls 9 2 5Connectionsunderneaththemanuals 10 2 6 Connections on the rear panel 11 2 7 The remote control optional 13 3 Central control unit 14 4 Organ general settings 17 4 1Settingthetremulants 17 4 2 Selecting the type of reverb 18 4 3Generalsettingsforthemanuals 18 5 Recording and playing back musical performances 20 5 1 Recording a performance 20 5 2 Playing ...

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Page 5: ...ng cables do not knot or twist them Beforemakingtheconnectionsensurethattheotherunits especiallyamplificationanddiffusionsys tems 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 Connect the net cable to an earthed socket Check that the voltage corresponds ...

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: ...switch on and off the power supply on the EXT 12 VDC connector that will be used by the external speakers RIGHT PANEL 5 GREAT drawstops this section contains the drawstops of the Great as well as the coupler o Swell to Great the voices of Swell will also play on the Great 6 PEDAL drawstops section for the remaining pedal voices and couplers o Great to Pedal the voices of the Great will also play o...

Page 8: ...3 SWELL LED bar shows the position of the SWELL expression pedal 4 CRESCENDO LED bar these LEDs display the step of the Crescendo currently set with the pedal of the same name 5 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 6 M BANK selector in order to select one of ...

Page 9: ...cPedal byactivatingtherelevantfunction seepar 4 3 For the memory saving procedure see point 3 3 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 memory you wish to save whether it is dedicated or general 4 Pedalcouplersbuttons thesebuttonsactivatethecouplingsofthemanualswiththepedalboard as follows o...

Page 10: ...ice 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 footpiston 9 SW G button thisbuttonenablesthecouplingoftheSwellwiththeGreat 10 O SOLO button thisbuttoncontrolsthestatusoftheOrganSolofunction Byactivatingthisfunction plus the coupling SW G the voices of th...

Page 11: ... the CRESCENDO LED bar on the centre panel see also point 4 of par 2 2 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 Couplerpistons these pistons activate the organ couplings described in par 2 1 5 TUTTI piston the pist...

Page 12: ...fication If the source is monophonic use the L MONO connector only 4 OUTPUT sockets RCA sockets to output the non amplified signal for connecting optional amplified speakers remote amplification systems or recording systems For monophonic signals connect to the L MONO socket only 2 5 CONNECTIONS UNDERNEATH THE MANUALS 2 MIDI sockets five pin DIN plugs for connecting instruments with MIDI interface...

Page 13: ...ROUTER are described in the Advanced Manual WARNING In order to reach a proper pipes simulation you have to locate the speakers boxes according to the output numbers The speaker box connected to output 1 has to be located on the extreme left followed by all other speakers connected to outputs 2 3 and 4 will be located to the extreme right The volume controls for the manuals the pedal board and the...

Page 14: ... CONNECTIONS EXT 12V DC 300 mA 1 2 3 4 L R R MIC GAIN OUTPUT INPUT Expander sequencer etc Microphone Powered boxes o MIC Microphone input for amplifying any signal coming from a microphone o GAIN trimmer for adjusting the input signal connected to the MIC input ...

Page 15: ...e main sequencer functions at a distance Refer to your dealer to purchase this device The button functions are 1 PLAY STOP press repeatedly to start stop recording playback the MIDI sequence 2 PAUSE stops the MIDI sequence temporarily during playback NOTE The Led on the PLAY STOP switch indicates the datas transmission of the remote control In case of flashing please replace the batteries located ...

Page 16: ... 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 17: ...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 p q t u these buttons are used to move the cursor within the page on the screen The p and q buttons are additionally equipped with LEDs which wh...

Page 18: ...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 19: ...nal equalizer NOTE The INTERNAL EQUALIZER function is described in the Advanced 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 re...

Page 20: ...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 21: ... 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 2 If you push CURSOR q the display will show...

Page 22: ... 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 50 is equipped with a multitrack sequencer used to record save to floppy disk ...

Page 23: ...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 24: ... the light goes 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 lig...

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Page 26: ...USIVE O O SYSTEM X X COMMON X X X X SYSTEM O O 2 REAL TIME O O AUX X X MESSAGES O O O X X X NOTES O YES X NO Viscount Prestige Version 1 0 Classic Organ Changed Messages Altered True Voice Key s Ch s Expression Sustain All sound off Reset All Controllers All Notes Off True Song Pos Song Sel Tune Clock Commands Local On Off All notes off Active Sense Reset 1 received Pitch Bend code is applied to t...

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