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Viscount - Advanced Manual
Prestige
1. Display: display of 40 characters on two lines for display of all the video pages relating to the
organ’s functions.
2. Menu selection buttons: these buttons allow you to select the four display function menus, as
follows:
o [VOICES] (chap. 4): voice adjustment parameters.
o [SET-UP] (chap. 5): organ general settings (tremulant and reverb effects, equalizer, etc.)
o [MIDI & UTILITY] (chap. 6): settings relating to the MIDI interface and rear outputs.
o [DISK] (chap. 7): functions for the management of floppy disks and the files saved on
them.
3. MIDI TO Section: this section contains the buttons used to activate the transmission of MIDI
note codes on the A and B channels of each manual and the pedal board. The LED of each
button displays the status of transmission on the relative MIDI channel as follows:
o LED on: note code transmission enabled
o LED off: note code transmission disabled
4. VOLUMES Section: these controls allow you to adjust the organ’s individual volumes, as
follows:
o [PEDAL]: pedal board volume.
o [CHOIR]: Choir volume (in 3-manuals versions only)
o [GREAT]: Great volume
o [SWELL]: Swell volume
o [ORCH.]: volume of the Orchestra voices
o [REVERB]: reverb effect level
o [GENERAL]: the organ’s general volume
5. Sequencer: this section contains the buttons for control of the multitrack sequencer incorporated
in the Prestige.
o [PLAY]: this button allows playback of the MIDI sequences recorded.
o [RECORD]: button for starting a recording session.
o [METRONOME]: press quickly to activate the audio metronome; press for a few moments
to recall the metronome setting video page.
o [START-STOP]: starts / stops recording or playback of the MIDI sequence.
See chap. 8 for a complete description of sequencer functions.
6. Display function control buttons: these buttons allow you to move the cursor (identified by
the flashing display field), set values, select video pages and confirm or reject prompts from the
system.
o [VALUE]: rotary encoder for setting parameters.
o CURSOR [], [], [], []: buttons used to move the cursor around within the display
video pages. The [] and [] buttons have LEDs which come on to indicate the availability
of a video page before and/or after the one displayed, respectively. Press the relative button
to display the video page you require.
o [ENTER]: button for displaying the content of functions or confirming any system prompts.
o [EXIT]: button for exiting the current video page or rejecting any system prompts.