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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
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  • Page 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: Table Of Contents

    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 applied to exacting musical tasks. The result is a musical instrument of remarkably advanced tone quality and performance.

  • Page 3: Description Of Stops

    Some of these are protected by copyrights owned by the Allen Organ Company. The voices stored in memory are covered by United States copyright laws, pursuant to Title 17 of the United States Code, Section 101 et seq.

  • Page 4: Tremulants

    Following is a discussion of individual ranks of the organ. ‘D’ Trumpet Very imitative trumpet stop found on the style ‘D’ Wurlitzer theatre pipe organ. Open Diapason Foundation stop that adds fullness to ensemble. The 16’ stop is usually called “Diaphone” because bottom octave of the 16’...

  • Page 5: Transposer

    prevents unwanted tampering with capture combinations. See the Console Controller™ instruction booklet later on in this manual regarding the setting of pistons. THINGS TO REMEMBER The “R” Piston, when activated, will recall the last combination set prior to using any general or divisional piston.
  • Page 6 Solo A solo combination is one in which a melody is played on one keyboard, the accompaniment on another keyboard, and the pedal often provides a light bass line. Almost any stop or combination of stops will sound good as a solo voice. A contrasting tone quality should be chosen for the accompaniment, so that the accompaniment is softer than the solo voice.

  • Page 7: Virtual Acoustics

    Wherever your Protégé Theatre Organ may be situated, careful installation is a prerequisite to achieving successful results. Your Allen representative is well qualified to guide you in planning for this. Allen Organ Company factory assistance with planning the installation is available and may be sought by your local Allen representative. Once the organ is installed, be mindful of changes made to the room it is located in.
  • Page 8 VOICING The organ presents unprecedented accuracy in the scaling and voicing of each note of every stop. Should your needs be such that these parameters need to be changed, your Allen Organ representative is able to help make these changes. This musical breakthrough is an inherent part of the engineering design of the instrument.

  • Page 9: Safety Instructions

    wring it thoroughly damp dry. Loosen the dirt with this cloth, and then polish immediately with the dry cloth. Do not use soap or detergent on keys or rocker stops. You have purchased a remarkable organ that not only faithfully reproduces the organ traditions of the past but also anticipates the innovations of the future.

  • Page 10: Midi Guide

    X. MIDI GUIDE FOR ORGANISTS WHAT IS MIDI? The term MIDI is an acronym for Musical Instrument Digital Interface and is nothing more than a communications system. MIDI has been adopted by the music industry as a standard means of communication between musical devices. MIDI enables devices of different types and manufacturers to easily communicate with each other.
  • Page 11 MIDI IN MIDI OUT If you are connecting to external MIDI devices not made by Allen Organ Company and more specific information is required, please consult the owner’s manuals of the external devices being connected. Contacting the local Allen Organ representative also will be helpful.
  • Page 12 MIDI Out ports, one switched and one un-switched, allow unprecedented control over external MIDI devices attached to the organ. Under normal circumstances, MIDI sound modules should be connected to the switched MIDI port labeled MIDI OUT 2. Doing so allows the organist to disable the sending of MIDI data from the organ to the sound module.
  • Page 13 MIDI SETTINGS FOR ALLEN’S MDS-EXPANDER II™ Your Allen Organ comes pre-programmed with organ registration and MIDI preset selection information for an Allen MDS Expander II™ sound module. The pre- programmed settings allow organists to access various presets from pistons of each of the organ’s capture memory levels when connected to one of these.
  • Page 14 DIVISIONAL PISTONS PRE-PROGRAMMED MIDI SETTINGS - C-19c Divisional Pistons are programmed for the four memories of the organ. Here is how it works: There are four divisional pistons for the Swell, and four for the Great/Pedal divisions. You can choose one MIDI voice per piston and set them to Pistons 1 through 4. This example programs the Oboe with Trem on Swell piston 3 of Memory 4: 1.

  • Page 15: Console Controller Guide

    XI. Chamber Series Console Controller™ Guide A. BASIC OPERATION..................16 1. Start-Up Sequence 2. Advancing Through All Windows 3. Selecting the 4 Capture Memories 4. Saving Registrations Using Pistons 5. Locking Capture Memories 6. Unlocking Memories Using Your Code 7. Unlocking Memories-Even If No One Remembers the Code 8.
  • Page 16 Introduction The Console Controller™ is an interface that controls many organ functions and a variety of MIDI functions. It includes a window that displays functions one at a time, two function buttons and a rotary dial that may be used to make selections. Each window function is described here in detail.
  • Page 17 The 4 memories allow you to save different registrations on each piston/toe piston 4 times. This means General Piston 1 on MEM-1, may be totally different from General Piston 1 on MEM-2, MEM-3, or MEM-4. NOTE: On standard models a factory pre-registered set of registration examples is stored on each piston of the last capture memory (Memory 4).
  • Page 18 The Main window function in the Console Controller™ must be displayed, (See Section A-2). Select the memory (2 to 4) you wish to lock by highlighting the memory number and turning the ROTARY DIAL to the memory you want to lock. Once you have stored your registrations to pistons, (See Section A-4) choose three digits you can easily remember (e.g., 1-2-3, 1-1-1, etc.).
  • Page 19 highlight OFF then turn the ROTARY DIAL until the display changes to ON. In a second or two, the self testing process will begin. During this self testing procedure each stop will illuminate ON then OFF sequentially. If any stop does not illuminate, notify your Allen Organ authorized service technician.
  • Page 20 select one of the seven tuning temperaments. The organ’s overall tuning will be changed to the selected Alternate Tuning, once you turn on the stop labeled ALTERNATE TUNING. The selected tuning will remain the Alternate Tuning until either another Alternate Tuning shown in the Console Controller™...
  • Page 21 selected division. You must return to the Main window function to store Divisional registrations to this General piston (See Section A-4). CONFIGURING DIVISIONAL PISTONS (Applicable for some models) Several examples of how this feature might be used are: (1) Divisional Pistons can be configured to respond like General Pistons.
  • Page 22 REMEMBER: The above examples determine only which stops will become accessible by the reconfigured pistons; they will not change previously saved registrations. 3. RESTORING ORIGINAL FACTORY SETTINGS Advance to the Re-Initialize window function (See Section A-2). It will display: "RE- INITIALIZE PISTON CONFIG."...
  • Page 23 2. SELECTING PROGRAM CHANGE MODES, VIEWING PROGRAM NUMBERS or GENERAL MIDI SOUND NAMES Program change modes establish how MIDI program changes will be sent from the organ to receiving MIDI devices when a piston is pressed. Once a particular program change mode is selected, the organ will retain this same program change mode (even if the organ is turned off) until a new program change mode is selected.
  • Page 24 GENERAL MIDI SOUND NAMES: First, make certain the word USER is selected as the program change mode. Then by using the "CURSOR" button on the Console Controller™, place the cursor on the second line of the display following the word DISPLAY. Turn the ROTARY DIAL until the display shows GEN MIDI following the word DISPLAY.
  • Page 25 Use the CURSOR button on the Console Controller™ and the ROTARY DIAL to change the Program Change Numbers and also to change the BANK Numbers (See Section C-5, Selecting BANK numbers). NOTE: Allen Organs use MIDI Program Change 0 as a message for "MIDI OFF." Therefore, MIDI Program Change 1 corresponds to the General MIDI sound "Grand Piano".
  • Page 26 Therefore, it is possible that a MIDI device that is only High Bank or Low Bank compatible, to have 128 BANK Numbers, each could contain up to 128 voices/sounds, for a total of 16,384 sounds. Think of these BANK Numbers as floors or stories in a tall building.
  • Page 27 6. CHANGING the MIDI BASE CHANNEL This operation allows you to change the setting of the MIDI Base Channel. The Base Channel is a reference point to establish the positioning of the other 15 MIDI channels in relationship to it. On Allen Organs, the Base Channel equals the Swell Division’s channel of transmission (i.e., if the Base Channel = 1, then the Swell Channel = 1, if the Base Channel = 2, then the Swell Channel = 2, etc.).
  • Page 28 in velocity until a new key is struck. Use this mode only when a velocity-sensitive external MIDI device is connected. If this mode is selected when recording to a sequencer, the expression on the organ will not function when playing back from the sequencer.
  • Page 29 NOTE: Capture Memories must be unlocked (see section A-6) before you press “Play” on the sequencer, allowing the organ’s 4 memories to receive capture information. It is a good idea to first save whatever is stored in the organ’s memory because, it will be erased by this procedure.

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