Expression Range Adjustments; Setting The Expression Range - Rodgers 835 Manual

EXPRESSION RANGE ADJUSTMENTS

The minimum volume of each division when its Expression Shoe is closed can be
adjusted to suit specific musical needs or personal tastes. The "MINIMUM EXPRESSION"
menu allows three settings— "NORMAL", "ppp", and "pppp". The "NORMAL" setting
produces the amount of expression obtained on most pipe instruments with typical swell
shades. The "ppp" setting produces a greater range than the "NORMAL" setting, and the
"pppp" setting produces the amount of expression one might expect from very heavy and
thick swell shades. The settings do not affect the sound at all when the expression shoe is
open.
There are special settings of the Expression Range that can be selected when installing a
pipe/electronic combination organ. When speakers for the enclosed divisions (Swell) are
placed inside a pipe organ swell box, the digitally sampled electronic stops in those divisions
can sound at a constant volume by setting the Expression Range to "Unenclosed". Then the
expression of those stops, like the pipes in the swell box, will be controlled by the swell
shades.
 SETTING THE EXPRESSION RANGE:
1. Press and hold the SET piston.
Turn the Select Knob counter clockwise (left) to " MINIMUM EXPRESSION",
2.
and place the cursor over the division name.
3. Rotate the Alpha Dial to select the desired division.
4. Turn the Select Knob clockwise (right). The cursor moves to the bottom line.
5. Rotate the Alpha Dial to select the desired expression range. If the expression
shoe is closed and notes are played on voices in the division being adjusted, the
change is heard immediately. All expression range settings are saved when the
organ is turned off.
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