Page 2 SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL Böhm S user manual INFONIA 480/500SE / EMPORIO 600SE version 1.1 provisional art.-nor. 65510E state: 06.03.2019 The information contained in this documentation is subject to change without notice and does not constitute a commitment on the part of Keyswerk Musikelektronik GmbH. The description is based on the information available at the time of printing.
Page 3: Table Of Contents
Congratulations! ............................7 Installation of the organ .......................... 9 Switching the organ on and off ......................10 Turn on the SEMPRA: ........................10 Turn off the SEMPRA: ........................11 Notes for organs with Cloud Studio ....................11 Lightning ..............................12 Panel Overview: .............................
Page 4 SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL Chorus ............................53 Key zone ............................54 Octave - / Octave + ........................54 RealOrgan Presets ..........................55 Calling up Presets .......................... 55 Save your own RealOrgan Presets ....................56 Delete RealOrgan Presets ......................57 Play with Styles ............................
Page 5 AMADEUS sound data ......................... 150 "Old" data ............................ 155 Total backup of all user data (backup) ..................158 Update of the SEMPRA firmware (operating software) ..............163 Performing the Firmware Update on the SEMPRA ................. 163 Appendix 1: System settings ....................... 165 Calibrating the Touch Display ....................
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Page 7: Congratulations
An overview of the special features of SEMPRA: Extremely fast - The fastest start time of all current organs: SEMPRA is ready to play in just 5 seconds! With the SEMPRA Realtime Performance OS, we are introducing a state-of-the-art industrial standard to organ building for the first time.
Page 8 With the SEMPRA, the possibilities go even further: you can turn any manual or pedal instrument into a solo chord instrument. And each of these instruments can also play with one of over 20 different Solochord types.
Page 9: Installation Of The Organ
SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL Installation of the organ Your SINFONIA 480/500SE or EMPORIO 600SE consists of several parts: The organ consists of the stand with active loudspeaker system (not for "concert edition"), the console and the 30 keys full pedalboard (17 or 25 pedal keys for the SINFONIA 480SE).
Page 10: Switching The Organ On And Off
SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL Switching the organ on and off Turn on the SEMPRA: • The main power switch of the organ is located at the bottom right of the pedal box on the connection plate. It can remain switched on when the organ is in a fixed position.
Page 11: Turn Off The Sempra
Power synchronization of organ and Cloud Studio If you turn the SEMPRA off and on again too quickly - before the Cloud Studio has also been completely shut down and turned off - it can happen that the Cloud Studio does not restart with the organ, because the shutdown process is still running while the organ is already restarting.
Page 12: Lightning
SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL Lightning Your organ has several lights for the console, the pedalboard and the music stand. The lighting for the console (Light 1 and 2) is automatically activated when the organ is switched on. The lighting for the music stand or the pedal room can be switched on as required.
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Page 14: Panel Overview
Cancel Reg: With this button you can "clean up" the Low Bass: The bass of the automatic accompaniment SEMPRA at any time. The "Basic Song" and the preset plays the lowest chordal tone, depending on the chord "Clear Reg." will be called. With this preset, all settings inversion.
Page 15 If you press both If the button is pressed longer in one of the four settings, buttons simultaneously, the SEMPRA will return to the the type of preset switching functions can be set. initial pitch C.
Page 16 Menu: Opens the BMC (Böhm Music Computer) menu in the display, which takes you to various functional areas button group Keyboard Control of the SEMPRA. [Pedal Sustain] button: Turns on/off the sustain function Esc (Escape): Use this button to cancel entries or always for the pedal sounds.
Page 17 SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL Semi-Automatic: When playing on the accompanying The buttons [Rotor] and [Fast] on the left of the Style manual or pedal, up to two percussion instruments can control panel are used to switch on the rotary effect or be heard.
Page 18 SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL MIDDLE (Emporio): Upper Parts 1-2 right and 1 left Pitch-/Modulation wheels LOWER: Lower Parts 1-2 left and 1 right PITCH: Pitch diffraction by +/- up to a full octave. The All other instrument/part volumes can be edited in the wheel has a central detent and automatically returns to part editor with the drawbar SEQUENCER/VOL.
Page 19: Connectors
Plug in the mains cable here and connect it to an Note: You can also make MIDI connections via the USB sockets on the front of the console. The SEMPRA works on these sockets electrical outlet. like a PC as MIDI master! Therefore, a MIDI adapter must be used for connection to a PC.
Page 20: The Touch Display
The Touch Display Even though we deliberately designed SEMPRA so that most of the functions can be accessed via the display as well as via the buttons, drawbars etc. on the control panel, the large 9" touch display is of course the "control centre"...
Page 21 SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL At the lower edge of the display you will find 8 functions, which you can select via the 8 [F buttons] located below: In most displays there is a second function level for the 8 F buttons at the bottom of the display. You can either call up this second function level temporarily as long as you press the [SHIFT] button at the bottom right of the display, or switch permanently to the second level when you press the [SHIFT Lock] button (LED in button flashes].
Page 22 SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL At the top of the display you will find a status line showing the current SONG name or - if you edit in the BMC menu - the menu name, the style or playback name, etc. In addition, you will always find the time on the right and some symbols for different functions on the left and right: BACK to the Current...
Page 23 SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL SONG-PRESETS Here you can select the up to 6 individual SONG PRESETS (= Global Presets, i.e. complete settings of the organ) by tapping directly or using the 6 [F buttons] to the right of the display. Sound selection for the manual, pedal and solo chord parts Here you can see the currently set sounds for the parts of the...
Page 24: The Bmc Menu
The BMC (Böhm Music Computer) menu is your gateway to numerous interesting functions and options of your SEMPRA. Here you get to know the basic handling of the menu. The individual menu items that you can access via the menu will then be dealt with in the course of this manual in the corresponding function descriptions.
Page 25 An example: Calling the Style Editor, in which you can edit the instrumentation of the styles or the playbacks (internally stored MIDI files) in your SEMPRA: Step 1: Press the [MENU] button to open the BMC menu.
Page 26 Therefore, simply exit the menu by pressing the [Esc] key or the [Menu] key again and return to the basic screen of the SEMPRA. Another tip: You have probably noticed the small numbers with which the individual menu items are...
Page 27: First Playing On The Sinfonia/Emporio Se
With this basic preset, you can hear a piano sound while playing on all keyboards. With this SONG or Preset, your SEMPRA is "tidied up" and various basic settings have been made. Later, we will go into detail on the BASIC SONG and its individualization options. But now we accept it first of all in the way it was given ex works.
Page 28: Select Songs And Presets
"Sequences" or "Midifiles"). SONG means on SEMPRA: The tune you want to play. Like a small folder, the SONG contains all the settings required to play the tune in the form of up to 6 individual SONG- or Global Presets. With these you can arrange the sequence of the tune while playing by direct recalling of different attitudes varied - and that on simple button and/or display pressure.
Page 29: The Preset Names
This provides clarity and security when playing with the presets. However, some of the factory SONGS (Bank "SEMPRA Basics") are not designed for specific pieces of music, but rather for specific sounds. There are SONGS for accordion, piano, brass, saxophone, strings, etc.
Page 30: Searching Songs By Name
SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL Searching SONGS by name Would you like to quickly get to a specific SONG without having to scroll through the list for a long time? Nothing easier than that! You can jump directly to a specific position in the SONG list by entering letters or names (if the sorting of the SONG list in alphabetical order is activated): Let's say you are standing somewhere on a SONG position in the list and would like to jump directly to the SONG "Amor Amor":...
Page 31: Filter Song List
[No Filter]. By the way: Your SEMPRA "remembers" the last selected song filter when you switch it off. So if you switch off the organ e.g. with activated filtering by banks, this filtering will be activated again the next...
Page 32 By pressing the same button again, you can select within the selected filter category: Bank: The SONGs in your SEMPRA are organized in a total of 80 banks of 64 SONGs each. 16 of them are USER banks, which you can fill with your own SONG files. The 64 other banks are factory banks that contain the factory SONGs and cannot be overwritten.
Page 33 SELECT] button on the right side of the control panel when album filtering is enabled. More about this later in a separate chapter of this manual. ATTENTION: In the delivery state of the SEMPRA the albums are of course still "empty". •...
Page 34: How To Select And Divide Sounds
SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL How to select and divide Sounds Of course, you can also change the factory SONGS and presets at any time, for example by adding or changing sounds, choosing a different style, or by adding additional presets to the SONGs, etc..Let us begin with the selection and dividing of the sounds.
Page 35: Select Sounds
In the button group you will find the 12 buttons [Piano]...[Bass] for the sound categories of the SEMPRA. These buttons are also assigned a matching sound from the respective category. If none of the 5 selector buttons [Upper]...[MIDI IN] is active, the 12 category buttons act on the Upper 1 right part of the basic screen.
Page 36 SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL Further below, you will learn how to define the sounds that are called by the buttons yourself. Use the SELECTOR buttons below the sound categories to call up the so-called Part Editor for the respective manual in the display.
Page 37 SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL If no split point is set, all parts play parallel on the entire manual. To make settings, e.g. the sound selection for the individual parts, simply tap on the desired part in the display or select it using the buttons to the right or left of the display. All parameter fields in the middle column of the editor or on the [F buttons] below the display refer to the currently selected part.
Page 38 SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL • On the right side you will find up to 6 subgroups per sound category for a better overview. You can also select these group fields by tapping them. • Finally, in the middle of the display you will find the list with the individual sounds of the currently selected category/group.
Page 39 SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL • You can use [SHIFT] and the [F1] view to switch between the two views for sound selection at any time. The last selected variant remains active as long as you do not switch the view again.
Page 40: Drawbar Organ (Realorgan)
SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL Drawbar organ (RealOrgan) The typical drawbar sound is still the heart of every organ. With the RealOrgan, your SEMRA has a particularly unusual drawbar organ. It reproduces the sounds of the legendary electromagnetic Hammmond® organs in detail as well as the typical organ sounds of the legendary analog organ era of the 1970s and early 80s.
Page 41: Activating The Realorgan For The Manuals Or The Pedal
SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL The RealOrgan is equipped with two sets of 9 drawbars (upper or middle manual and lower manual) and one set of two drawbars (pedal). Via the DRAWBAR MENU you can call up different organ types, which then offer up to 15 choirs (single and mixed footages, depending on the organ type) in the upper manual.
Page 42: Setting The "Real" Drawbars
SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL Setting the “real” drawbars • Now switch on the RealOrgan for the upper or middle manual, the lower manual and also the pedal. You will see the sine symbol displayed in the field for the first instrument or part of the corresponding manual.
Page 43 SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL You can also adjust the drawbars via the display. • In the upper row of the display, you can select the manual/pedal for which you want to change the settings. For example, tap Lower to switch to the drawbar display for the lower manual drawbars.
Page 44: Rotary Effect (Leslie/Phasing)
(button off) and fast (button on) rotation speed. Organ Types in the RealOrgan A unique selling point of the SEMPRA RealOrgan is the large number of different organ types which can be reproduced in detail by the RealOrgan. While other organs usually content themselves with a successful replica of the Hammond organ "B-3"...
Page 45 SE-eds dark / clean / bright: these three types are compatible with the former Böhm-eds- drawbar system and should be used if the SEMPRA (in case of organs that have been converted) still contains the eds module. These types have 12 footages in the upper manual. Like the eds the additional upper-manual footages are built from the lower manual- and pedal generator.
Page 46: Selecting Organ Types
SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL Klaus' H-100: the 11-choir electromagnetic Hammond H-100 with Leslie rotary and typically "fat" scanner vibrato sound, as known from many recordings by Klaus Wunderlich. Percussion on all foot positions Chicago: soft transistor organ sound of American design You can find out more about the installation of these additional packages in the separate operating instructions, which you receive when you purchase these additional packages Selecting organ types...
Page 47: Further Realorgan Functions
SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL If you switch through the organ types once with the same drawbar setting, you will notice that the basic character of the sound differs sometimes more, sometimes less. The RealOrgan also takes into account differences in sound generation (electromagnetic tonewheel generator or electronic generator with transistor or IC technology) and also in keying (mechanical key contacts or electronic keying on the other hand).
Page 48: Chorus/Vibrato
SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL Att.: With the drawbar [Attack] you can change the sound insert. When the drawbar is fully pushed in, the sound is inserted directly. The further the drawbar is pulled out, the slower ("softer") the sound begins.
Page 49: Rotary Settings (Leslie / Phasing)
These effects could not only be rotary sound, but also other beat effects such as ensemble, celeste and fading were possible, and those in different intensity levels. The SEMPRA RealOrgan brings these effects back to life in lifelike quality.
Page 50 SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL Balance: Volume balance between bass and treble rotor Distance: Distance of the microphone to the cabinet. Spread: Stereo width of the effect Rotor parameters for bass and horn A Leslie cabinet usually has two rotary aggregates, one for the bass and one for the treble. Different parameters can be set for both rotors: Slow: the slow rotary speed...
Page 51: Percussion
With many organ types (SEMPRA, H-100, Böhm, Wersi) you will find far more extensive percussion functions. These offer not only two, but all drawbars also for percussion. With these organ types (in the picture as an...
Page 52: Key Click
SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL • For some organ types (WE-lios, WE- ctra) the footages are not set via switches (on/off), but - according to the original organs - continuously via drawbars. • Depending on the organ type, you will also find Volume (Level) and envelope Drawbars in the Percussion menu for Attack, Length (fades while...
Page 53: Drive And Distortion
SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL Drive and distortion The classic tonewheel organs were mostly played via tube amplifiers. Characteristic, especially in rock music, was the typical overdriving of these amplifier stages by particularly high input levels. Musicians such as Jon Lord of Deep Purple use this effect as a stylistic device for a particularly aggressive organ sound.
Page 54: Key Zone
SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL Key zone With this function on the Upper menu page, you can define an individual keyboard area (split area) (in the upper manual) in which the drawbar organ can be played. • To set the zone, press the [F] button Key-Zone.
Page 55: Realorgan Presets
Press both [Transpose] buttons simultaneously to cancel the octave shift. RealOrgan Presets As mentioned at the beginning of this chapter, all RealOrgan settings are stored in the SEMPRA global presets. This gives you maximum flexibility, as each preset can contain its own individual organ setting.
Page 56: Save Your Own Realorgan Presets
SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL U-01...U32: User presets (empty ex works, can be filled with your own settings). F-01...F-32: Factory presets. The positions 1-16 are occupied with example presets • Highlight the desired preset with the cursor and confirm with [Enter]. The selected preset is activated and the list disappears.
Page 57: Delete Realorgan Presets
SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL • The preset is saved at the selected position and can be recalled there after pressing the F button [Presets]. Delete RealOrgan Presets You can also delete your User-RealOrgan presets individually or in blocks using the Delete F button function: •...
Page 58: Play With Styles
Of course, you want to support your playing with a swinging accompaniment. Nothing is easier than that, because SEMPRA offers you a comprehensive and flexible accompaniment section, that offers you hundreds of professional accompaniment styles ex works, as well as the opportunity to be interactively accompanied by midifile sequences, called "playbacks"...
Page 59 SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL The controls for the accompaniment can be found in the top left corner of the control panel in the ACC Functions area: Further functions can be found on the control panel to the left of the manuals: Mute accompaniment groups (LED on) Accompaniment...
Page 60: Select Styles And Other Companions
Select styles and other companions The most frequent accompaniment type are of course the styles. Your SEMPRA has a variety of ready styles from all styles ready for you. You can also directly invite and use additional styles, such as almost all styles in Yamaha®...
Page 61 SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL You can also tap directly on the currently displayed style name in the basic screen to call up the list selection: Up to 6 groups Accompaniment 12 accompaniment list per category categories Choose type of accompaminemt Scroll list Scroll categories...
Page 62 SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL • The display changes to the alternative view: In this view, the focus is on the individual escorts. You can select the groups of the current category using the F buttons below. The accompaniment categories are selected using the 12 buttons of the ACCOMPANIMENT SELECT group on the left of the control panel.
Page 63: The Style/Pattern Functions
SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL The style/pattern functions On the left control panel you will find the functions for controlling the accompaniment while playing: Start / Stop: The normal Start/Stop function: Press once to start playback of the accompaniment, press again to stop playback. Intro /Ending: With this button you can start the style directly with an intro.
Page 64: Tempo Functions
SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL the button - depending on the time signature of the style - 4 or 3 times in the desired quarter tempo. From the next press on, the style automatically starts at the suggested tempo. Fade in/out: Pressed while style is running: The volume of the accompaniment and organ is gradually faded out.
Page 65: Accompaniment Functions
SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL Drum Mute The DRUM MUTE button group is a particularly valuable play aid for your SEMPRA. These 8 buttons allow the direct switching on and off of the corresponding percussion instrument groups Bassdrum... Percussion2.
Page 66 SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL Less number of keys for chord detection: By entering 1...3 you can determine the minimum number of keys that must be played on the accompaniment manual for the chord recognition to respond. With the factory setting "3", for example, you can play with up to two keys on the accompaniment manual without changing the chord in the accompaniment.
Page 67 SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL 1 finger Böhmat The lowest octave of the accompaniment manual indicates the basic tones of the chord to play; in connection with the first four keys of the second octave, which are additionally pressed, the further possibilities arise: Major = Basic note input via the first 12 keys (C - H)
Page 68 SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL An example: You press a G major chord in the (left split area of the) lower manual: ➔ the complete accompaniment (bass, combo 1 - combo 3) plays G major. You now press individual keys: ➔...
Page 69: Solochord
The [Solochord] button always switches the function on. Register Solochord A big advantage of your SEMPRA: In contrast to many other organs, the tones generated by the Solochord do not simply sound with e.g. the upper manual tone color. You can rather register your...
Page 70 Multi Solochord But SEMPRA goes one step further: A completely new function now allows every part on every manual or pedal to become a Solochord part and to be controlled by the Solochord. And even more: Each of these parts can also play with an individual Solochord type. This has never been done before and is one of the special and unique new features of SEMPRA! •...
Page 71 Depending on the type of solo chord used, the striking impression of a "3rd hand" playing freely can be created. The Solochord in combination with the various sounds and part functions is an extremely creative tool of your SEMPRA that you should try out extensively!
Page 72: Adjusting Volumes
SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL Adjusting volumes In the left area of the drawbar profile you will find several drawbar groups for adjusting the different volume levels. Also included is the rightmost drawbar [Master], which controls the overall volume of the organ.
Page 73 SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL Drawbar group SUBMIXER / INSTR. VOLUME These controls of the SUBMIX ORGAN group act as summing controls or so-called submixers, comparable to the corresponding controls on a mixing console. Each drawbar contains all parts/sounds of the respective manual area (or pedal).
Page 74 Drawbar assignments or by the small yellow illuminated dots in the parts (MIDI indicator). Not in use Later, you will learn how you can individually assign all drawbars of your SEMPRA with the most varied functions.
Page 75: Keyboard Split
SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL Keyboard split Surely, you've already noticed: On every manual of the SEMPRA there are parts for right (right), as well as for left (left). There is a - musically extremely interesting – reason for this:...
Page 76: Set Split Point
SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL Of course, this classification is only valid if a split point is actually set in the manual. If no split point is set in a manual, all parts (right/left) play parallel on the entire manual. By the way: The type of manual division into a right and left playing area presented in this section is of course not the only way to set split zones! Later, when we discuss the part editor in detail, you will learn how to define individual split zones, the so called "key zone"...
Page 77: Cancel Manual Split
SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL Cancel manual split Of course, you can also cancel a manual splitting just as quickly: upper manual • Press the button [Split] (LED lights up, the display shows the above- mentioned prompt). • Now press the lowest key in the upper/middle manual to completely cancel the manual split.
Page 78: Special Features Lower Manual Split
But of course, SEMPRA also allows this: Later you will learn how you can save the lower manual split into individual SONGS/global presets if required and how you can play particularly comfortably with...
Page 79: The Part Editor Setting Sounds And Their Playing Parameters
But before we go to store our own registrations, let's first get to know in this chapter, how we can register the SEMPRA at all. The way there leads us more or less directly to the so-called part editor. Calling the Part Editor On pages 34ff.
Page 80 SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL With the SELECTOR buttons below the sound categories, on the other hand, you can directly call up the part editor for the respective manual in the display: Upper: Upper manual Lower: Lower manual Pedal/Solo: Pedal and Solo manual of the 600SE User 1/2: freely definable part group MIDI in: Parts that are played via MIDI IN from an external instrument or e.g.
Page 81 The number of available parts and thus the number of simultaneously playable sounds per manual/pedal varies depending on the model or equipment of your organ. Here is an overview of the standard configuration of the SEMPRA models: SINFONIA 480/500SE: Upper:...
Page 82: Sound Selection
SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL You can select the parts either by tapping directly on the respective part field or by pressing the button to the right or left of it. The selected part is outlined in red and displayed with a lighter background color.
Page 83 SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL • The [Shift] (hold down) and [F1] View buttons can be used to switch between the two display modes: This view focuses on the individual sounds. You can select the groups of the current category using the F buttons below.
Page 84 SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL You can change the assignment of the sound buttons according to your wishes: • In the display, select the sound you want to assign to a sound button: • When you have selected the sound, press the [Shift] button while pressing [F8] to button below the display.
Page 85: Setting The Part Parameters
SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL There is another type of sound selection that you can use to search through the sounds sorted by banks. • Tap the sound box at the top center of the display. • In addition to the sound name of the currently selected part, the bank number and the program number within the bank are also displayed...
Page 86 This control determines the intensity with which this part is influenced by the Chorus Effect DSP of the Crystal Mixer (digital preamplifier of the SEMPRA). The setting is carried out as described directly via the display controller or the data wheel.
Page 87 SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL Panning This slider controls the position of the part within the stereo base between the right and left channels. In this way, you can broaden the sound of your registration by making certain parts sound more from the left and others more from the right.
Page 88 SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL To change the transposition up or down in octave steps, use the [Transp. -] or [Transp. +] buttons on the control panel. Each time one of the two buttons is pressed, the octave position of the part is changed up or down by one octave.
Page 89 SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL This function is useful, for example, to control the settings of an individual part within an overall registration, to select a different sound for the part, and so on. When the solo function is activated, the [F] button in the part editor flashes yellow. When you exit the part editor and return to the basic screen, the solo function is canceled and all active parts and any accompaniment that may be in progress are played again.
Page 90 Ssolo chord The Solochord function or the extended Multi-Solochord, which allows you to turn any part on any SEMPRA keyboard into a Solochord part, has already been introduced to you on pages 66ff of this manual. This [F] button function switches the currently selected part to solo chord mode.
Page 91 SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL Monophone Usually the manual and pedal parts of the SEMPRA are set polyphonic, thus allowing polyphonic playing. With this function, on the other hand, a part can be switched to monophonic playing. So, you can play e.g. a solo instrument in one voice while at the same time playing a full string section "behind...
Page 92 SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL Using the parameters to the left of the curve graph, you can change the dynamic curve with the corresponding changes in dynamic behavior when playing for the part: Offset: determines the vertical starting point and thus shifts the dynamic curve and thus the dynamic range that the curve covers up or down.
Page 93 SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL Minimum value: This parameter defines the horizontal starting point of the curve and thus the minimum velocity that is always reached, even if the keys are only struck very weakly. Maximum value: This sets the maximum possible stroke strength, even at the strongest keystroke.
Page 94: Key Zones - Define Individual Split Zones For Parts
SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL Key Zones – Define individual split zones for parts In the chapter "First play" you have already learned how to enter a manual division for the keyboards using the [Split] button on the left upper control panel. So, we have divided the manuals into two areas with the same number of parts for the left and right area.
Page 95 SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL • You will now be prompted to enter the last key of the Key Zone. This is the key that is to limit the key zone to the right. • Press the desired key on the corresponding keyboard.
Page 96: Part Options
(no singer has the tone range of the SEMPRA!). If you now set the Repeat mode, you can play the choir on the entire keyboard, and it always...
Page 97 SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL Fixed note: You can define a fixed note for the part, which sounds on all keys of the keyboard, then. So, the part plays the same pitch on all keys. This mode is interesting for certain effect sounds that overlap the same sample on all keys of the manual with the other - normal playing - parts.
Page 98 SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL If Max. is set, the part is only influenced by its own part volume control and of course also by the overall volume control of the SEMPRA. Mono key: This option parameter refers to the monophonic mode we've already learned about above.
Page 99: Part Setup
"MIDI" so that the relationships become clearer. Just this: The MIDI out parts of the manuals or the pedal of the SEMPRA are preconfigured in the factory so that you can use these parts directly to play sounds of a MIDI...
Page 100 In the global part parameters, you can specify whether the relevant part should be saved in the global presets, i.e. the complete settings of SEMPRA, or not. For example, if you want to assign a fixed configuration to a part that should always be kept regardless of calling any SONGS/Global presets, you can remove the part from the preset management completely, or just prevent the saving of the party settings in the presets or the calling of the party settings when calling a preset.
Page 101: Initialize Part
Initialize Part With as many setting options for the parts as the SEMPRA Part Editor offers, it can sometimes be useful, e.g. if you want to fundamentally change a registration, to "clean up" a part first, i.e. to set all parameters for this part back to a defined initial state.
Page 102 SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL S-Crd mode (Solochord mode) When the [Shift] button is activated, the [F] 6 button contains the function [S-Chrd-Mode] - i.e. Solochord mode. We have already learned about this function on pages 66f. It is mentioned again here for completeness: If you press the [F] button, you can select the desired solo chord type from the displayed list with the data wheel.
Page 103 SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL • Press the F button function paste on the SHIFT level. • The settings of the source part are now copied to the target part and can be used here.
Page 104: Songs And Global Presets
During the conception of the SEMPRA, the BÖHM development team has given particular thought to this point. With the so-called 3-D presets, a completely new, innovative preset management system...
Page 105: Organization Of The Songs / Global Presets
Before we save Global Presets and SONGs ourselves, we will show you how they are organized in SEMPRA. SEMPRA has a total of 80 internal SONG banks, each with 64 individual SONGS. In addition, there is a USB bank that allows direct access to a previously selected SONG bank on a USB stick and thus to...
Page 106 For your own For your own SONGS/Presets SONGS/Presets 64 SONG banks for factory data: 1 SONG bank from USB: Bank 17 Bank 18 Bank 80 Bank 81 SEMPRA SEMPRA FIRM songs Basic songs I-1 songs …… ……………………… 64 SONGS 64 SONGS...
Page 107: Save Songs / Global Presets
Your own data will always been written to a separate memory area of the internal flash memory of the SEMPRA. You can overlay factory data, but you cannot delete or overwrite it. If, for example, you delete a modified and newly saved global preset on a preset position of a SONGS that is already occupied by the factory, the factory preset, if there is one, will reappear at this position.
Page 108 SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL Whichever of the two options you choose, the saving process itself is always triggered by pressing the [Store] button on the control panel to the right of the display. • Press the [Store] button, the LED in the button flashes. Now pay attention to the display: You will see that the 6 preset fields on the right and also the field for the [F] button 8 on the bottom right of the display flash.
Page 109 SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL • An input box appears in the display: In this input box, you not only enter the name for your new SONG, but also define the following characteristics in the other fields at the same time: Style type: the style category for the SONG Genre: the musical genre to which the song should belong.
Page 110 SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL But now we want to finally save the new SONG: • Enter the name of the new song using the letter/number buttons on the control panel. Use the [SHIFT] key to switch between upper and lower case. •...
Page 111: Edit Song
SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL • Tap on the desired position (in the example "VERS 1") or press the corresponding [F]-button to the right. • The preset is saved. The saving process is completed. If required, you can now register and save additional presets for the new SONG. And you've already created a new SONG with all presets for the new piece of music.
Page 112: Re-Sort Global Presets In Song
SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL • The display now shows the input box with the SONG characteristics already known from the saving process. Make the desired changes here and then confirm with ENTER. • The song is saved with the changed characteristics.
Page 113: Delete Songs / Global Presets
SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL Delete SONGs / Global Presets What you have saved yourself can of course be deleted if necessary. This applies to individual global presets in a SONG as well as to entire SONGS (including the global presets contained therein, of course!).
Page 114: Copying Global Presets To Another Song
SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL Copying Global Presets to Another SONG You've created a preset that would actually go well with another piece of music for which a SONG already exists? You can't just copy a global preset within a song by simply saving it to another of the 6 positions. •...
Page 115: Usb Functions - Data Backup
USB socket(s) to establish a MIDI connection to external MIDI instruments or devices via the up to 8 USB MIDI interfaces of the SEMPRA. This special function of the USB ports is dealt with in a separate MIDI chapter of this manual.
Page 116: Overview Of The Usb Menu
SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL Overview of the USB menu In this display menu you will find all the functions you need to save or load data to/from USB media: List of available actions (load or install, save, format, delete). Overview of Table of contents List of file types that...
Page 117: Folders And Files
"USB 1", "USB 2", etc: Display USB1 and USB2 Note: You cannot access the "System" and "Work" storage media that are also displayed. These are the internal storage levels for the SEMPRA. Folders and Files folders...
Page 118 SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL You can open a folder by tapping it directly or by moving the cursor up/down with the data wheel or cursor buttons and pressing [Enter]. Move cursor to desired With the F-button files/folders 8 [<==] you can leave a folder and return to the next higher directory...
Page 119: Usb Sticks
SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL USB sticks You can use almost any USB stick on the SEMPRA. On the other hand, Böhm - like other manufacturers - cannot guarantee that every available USB stick will work perfectly on the SEMPRA. The range of different sticks and their suppliers is simply too large.
Page 120 Note: The note refers to drive C. In the SEMPRA, the drives or storage media are marked with code letters - similar to a PC. The internal drives "Syst." and "Work", which are also displayed above...
Page 121: Save / Load Data
SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL Save / load data The basic operation for loading and saving data is always the same: • On the left side, select the file type you want to save to or load from a USB stick. Use the arrow buttons (F1 / F2) at the bottom of the display to scroll the list of file types in ascending or descending order.
Page 122 User data stored on a USB stick can also be uploaded to another SEMPRA if you have multiple instruments, or if you want to share your data with friends who also play SEMPRA.
Page 123: File Types
SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL File Types Let's now look at the different choices in the list of file types on the left side of the display and the particularities of saving and loading these files. Reminder: Use the two arrow keys below the file types to scroll through the list.
Page 124: Installation Of Factory Data
We recommend that you do not store any user data to that factory stick. This stick should be reserved for factory data only. The stick is configured to the ID number of your SEMPRA, so it can be used only on your instrument. An installation of data into another SEMPRA via this stick is not possible!
Page 125 SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL • When you insert the factory stick and access the USB menu, you will see an "Installation" folder on the flash drive. • Select the Installation field in the Data Type column on the left, the folder will open and you will see various subfolders with the individual factory data packages.
Page 126: Themes (Albums)
SEMPRA using the action Load/Install File. Here's another example: We want to install the first bank from the package "59103 Sempra-Songs": •...
Page 127 SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL The files created here do not contain the actual SONGS/Presets, but only the theme and the contained album structure. The actual SONG data must be saved as a separate file type (see following section). Save/load Theme file: In our following example, we have created a theme "Classic"...
Page 128 "Classic V-00.THM". Note: Theme/album files are saved with the ".THM" extender. Just as easily as you saved the file, you can upload it back to SEMPRA, for example to another account:...
Page 129: Songs
Select this file type to save or load your own SONGS/Presets. You can secure individual SONG banks or all banks in one operation. Individual files per SONG bank are created on the stick, which can then be loaded back into the SEMPRA using the Load/Install file action.
Page 130 SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL Alternatively, you can tap on the field and get a list selection of all User SONG Banks. Tap here on the bank to be saved or select it with the cursor keys or the data wheel and confirm with [Enter].
Page 131 SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL Load SONG files Just as easily as you saved the file, you can upload it back to SEMPRA, for example to another account: • Place the cursor on the file to be loaded (if you access the stick again,...
Page 132: Styles
Bank filter button (press again to go to bank selection). Note: In this case, the USB stick must of course remain plugged in so that the SEMPRA can also access the SONGS of the USB SONG bank Styles Select the Styles file type if you want to save user styles you have created on a USB stick or reload them from there.
Page 133 SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL Alternatively, you can tap on the field and get a list selection of all user style banks. Tap here on the bank to be saved or select it with the cursor keys or the data wheel and confirm with [Enter].
Page 134 SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL If you open one of these folders, you will find the individual styles contained in the corresponding bank: Note: Styles are saved with the Extender ".STL". Loading Style Files You have various options for loading style files: load complete style bank •...
Page 135 SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL • The display asks if the file should really be loaded. Confirm the query with [Enter] (abort with [Esc]). • The display will ask, if you really want to load the style. Confirm with [Enter] (abort with [ESC]). •...
Page 136: Playbacks
SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL Play Style Direct You can also use a style directly to play without inviting it to SEMPRA. The style is only temporarily loaded and can be used until another style is activated manually or by a SONG/Preset call.
Page 137 You can also select the data carrier if you are using multiple sticks on the SEMPRA. • If you want to save all banks, confirm directly with [Enter]. • If you want to save a certain bank, you can select the bank to be saved in the "Bank" field with the data wheel.
Page 138 SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL After saving a playback file for the first time, you will find the PLAYBACK folder in the Accounts folder. When you open this folder, you will find the subfolders for each stored playback bank. If you open one of these folders, you will find the individual playbacks contained in the corresponding bank:...
Page 139 SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL • Tap on the action field load / install folder on the right. • The display asks if the file should really be loaded. Confirm the query with [Enter] (abort with [Esc]). The folder is now loaded, you can see how the individual playbacks are processed. Afterwards the invited playbacks can be used.
Page 140 Play a playback directly You can also use a playback directly for playing without inviting it to the SEMPRA. The playback is only temporarily loaded and can be used until another playback or style is activated manually or by a SONG/Preset call.
Page 141: Sound Presets
Soundpreset banks at once or only one specific bank. You can also select the data carrier if you are using multiple sticks on the SEMPRA. • If you want to save all banks, confirm directly with [Enter]. •...
Page 142: Setups
The file is now loaded and can be used. Setups To load/save your self-created setups. During setup, various settings of your SEMPRA are automatically saved internally when you make these settings. Here in the USB menu you can save setups as a file on a USB stick or reload them from there. When saving, you can specify in detail which of the settings contained in the setup should be included in the file to be saved on the stick.
Page 143 SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL • At the same time, the LED in the [Edit] button starts flashing: • To select which settings should be included in the setup file to be saved, tap the Data Types field in the selection box.
Page 144 SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL In order not to include data types in the setup file to be saved, you can deselect them individually by selecting them with the cursor and pressing the [Edit] button. Selected data types are marked with a red cross.
Page 145 Note: Setup files are saved with the Extender ".SUP" Load Setups Just as easily as you saved the file, you can upload it back to SEMPRA, for example to another account: • Place the cursor on the file to be...
Page 146: Midi Files
SONG switch. Save MIDI file as playback in SEMPRA • Insert a USB stick with MIDI file files into the USB socket of the SEMPRA and call up the USB menu using the [USB] button. • Select the file type MIDI files on the left side of the display.
Page 147 Play MIDI file directly from USB stick You can also use MIDI files directly for playing without loading them into the SEMPRA. The MIDI file is only loaded temporarily and can be used until another MIDI file, playback or style is activated manually or by a SONG/preset call.
Page 148: Midi Styles (Loading Yamaha Styles)
MIDI Styles (loading Yamaha Styles) This file type is used to load styles in the Yamaha ® Style formats (.STY, .PSR...) directly into the SEMPRA. These styles are directly converted into the SEMPRA style format on loading and can then be used and edited like the SEMPRA styles.
Page 149 SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL • The display asks if the file should really be loaded. Confirm the query with [Enter] (abort with [Esc]). • A box appears in which you can change the name for the style and the sorting settings must be made: - Style category and group - Style bank...
Page 150: Amadeus Sound Data
Play MIDI styles directly You can also use a MIDI style directly for playing, without having to load it into the SEMPRA. The style is only temporarily loaded and can be used until another style is activated manually or by a SONG/Preset call.
Page 151 SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL If there are several AMADEUS modules in your SEMPRA, you can determine which of the existing AMADEUS sound modules of your organ you want to save the data from when saving sound data. In addition, all user sound banks can be saved at once or individual banks or even just sections of a single bank.
Page 152 SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL • Once you have selected and confirmed the sound system, a box will appear in which you can select whether to save all sound banks or just a single bank. • In the Bank field, select "all banks" or use the data wheel to select the bank you wish to save.
Page 153 SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL • Confirm your selection with [Enter]. The sound file is now saved on the stick. After saving a sound file you will find a folder "AMADEUS" on the USB stick. This folder is automatically created when sound data is saved to a stick for the first time.
Page 154 Confirm with [Enter]. The file will now be loaded. Press [Esc] to cancel the operation. Attention: For more information on handling sound data, please refer to the separate SEMPRA Sound Editor manual.
Page 155: Old" Data
Amadeus "old" global presets If you load an "old" global preset file, the SEMPRA creates a SONG with a first preset from each contained global preset. If, for example, the old data contained several presets for the same piece of music, you will find several SONGS for this title on the SEMPRA after loading the file, named according to the previous preset names.
Page 156 The data was organized in 100 virtual directories. These sticks cannot be read by SEMPRA. So you first have to save your old data on a standard formatted USB stick on the PC, from where the data can then be loaded into the SEMPRA.
Page 157 SEMPRA due to the more differentiated classification. All routing settings are set to the SEMPRA default values. For sound presets for external MIDI devices, the routing may have to be adapted to the MIDI port configuration used so that the sound presets "find"...
Page 158: Total Backup Of All User Data (Backup)
Your complete setup with all included settings, mixer presets, button and knob presets, etc... Please note: If you have saved a complete backup on a USB stick and (re)load this file into the SEMPRA or a user account, the internal user data for this account will first be completely deleted and then replaced by the newly loaded data.
Page 159 SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL Saving the complete Backup • Insert the USB stick on which you want to save the backup into the SEMPRA and open the USB menu using the [USB] button. • On the left, select the Entire Store file type and tap the Save selected type action box on the right.
Page 160 SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL The folder contains a subfolder, here BOEHM V-00.BAK, which contains the backup data (or several versions of this folder, if you have saved several times). Attention: You cannot open this folder. It can only be loaded as a whole.
Page 161 USB menu. The left column of the file types contains the operating system field for this purpose. • Insert a stick containing the operating system to be loaded into the SEMPRA and use the [USB] button to open the USB menu. •...
Page 162 SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL • Confirm the security prompt with [Enter]. The operating system is loaded and will be used after the next restart of the SEMPRA.
Page 163: Update Of The Sempra Firmware (Operating Software)
SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL Update of the SEMPRA firmware (operating software) From time to time we offer e.g. the Böhm website www.boehm-orgeln.de Updates of the operating system for your organ. With such updates, functions are optimized or even added completely new, in order to extend the playing comfort and the musical possibilities.
Page 164 SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL • press [ENTER] to confirm that you want to install the new operating system. The data will be loaded now. • When the installation is complete, show the display: • Confirm the message with [Enter]. The installation is now complete.
Page 165: Appendix 1: System Settings
3. Setting the basic velocity curve for each keyboard 4. Setting the clock time These settings are automatically saved in the global basic setting of your SEMPRA, and remain valid until they are reset by you and thus saved again if necessary.
Page 166: Calibrating The Touch Display
SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL • You will now see the submenu for the system settings in the display: • Tap on console settings here. The corresponding settings menu is opened: 1. Calibrating the Touch Display • Tap on the field [Calibrate Touch Display] •...
Page 167: Calibration Of Pitch And Modulation Wheels, Sill And Aftertouch
SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL • An empty display appears with a cross in the upper left corner. Tap the cross. The cross is then displayed at the bottom left. Type here, too. The cross now moves to the lower right corner. Tap it again.
Page 168 SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL When you enter the menu, you will see the "OK" entry in the setting fields for the pitch and modulation wheels and the aftertouch facilities of the manuals, i.e. these operating functions are currently working with a specific calibration setting.
Page 169: Setting The Basic Touch Velocity Per Keyboard
You can configure an individual velocity curve for each manual (in the sub manual even separately for the left and right split area) or the pedal of your SEMPRA. Use this option to adjust the sensitivity and intensity of the touch response to your personal touch strength or preferences. All other velocity settings, e.g.
Page 170 SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL • Use the F-buttons below the display to select the keyboard for which you want to change the dynamic settings. • Tap on the [Curve] field in the display and select a dynamic curve with the data wheel: Curve 1: Linear dynamics Curves 2...5:...
Page 171 SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL Minimum: Determines the lowest achievable dynamic value and trims the curve at the lower end accordingly. This value cannot be undercut even with lower settings under Offset. maximum display of the played velocity amplification minimum offset •...
Page 172: Setting The Time/Date
SINFONIA500SE / EMPRIO 600SE OWNERS MANUAL 4. Setting the time/date The time is shown in the upper right corner of all displays. To ensure that the time is displayed correctly and that files to be stored on a USB stick, for example, can also be provided with the correct date and time, you should set the time and date correctly once.
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