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VISCOUNT
CM-100
Pipe Organ Module
INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION
Dear Customer,
Thank you for choosing the VISCOUNT CM-100 sound module. The Company, a world leader in the
construction of fine classical organs, has installed in the CM-1000 the latest and most sophisticated
technology dedicated to the high fidelity reproduction of pipe organ sounds, with impressive flexibility and
remakable quality of timbre.
After years of research exploring musical synthesis techniques, our Research and Development unit, is
the FIRST in the world to create the sounds of a pipe organ by using the "physical modeling technology"
upon which the ACCUPIPE is based.
Instead of using "sound samples" from pipe organs (previously the standard method) this revolutionary
sound generation system involves the real-time calculation of the waveform generated by a precise
mathematical model based on the sound emission physics of
a pipe organ, incorporating the principal physical parameters
ie. construction geometry, materials used, and pertaining air
pressure, etc.
The fact that the simple reproduction of memorized "sound"
has been disregarded, permits the achievement of
unimaginable realism, with the level of detail previously only
created by a traditional pipe organ.
For example, the mathematical model allows the production of
a different sound for each key since it provides the virtual
reproduction of the original instrument by assigning a different
pipe to each note, similar to a pipe organ.
Furthermore, it will generate a different sound for each
consecutive pressure of the same note, thus simulating the
precise condition of the air volume inside the pipe as it is
pressed.
The CM-100 also permits the "physical" editing of the sounds produced, by adjusting the parameters -
just as the organ builder constructs the pipes. If however, "editing" is not your forte, you may choose your
sound from a library of 176 different pre-programmed pipe organ voices already in the module's memory.
To conclude we suggest that you visit our web-site: www.viscount-organs.com where you will find
information, updates and news about of the CM-100, together with details about our unique range of
instruments.
viscount
Classic Organs Division
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  • Page 1 INTRODUCTION Dear Customer, Thank you for choosing the VISCOUNT CM-100 sound module. The Company, a world leader in the construction of fine classical organs, has installed in the CM-1000 the latest and most sophisticated technology dedicated to the high fidelity reproduction of pipe organ sounds, with impressive flexibility and remakable quality of timbre.
  • Page 2 VISCOUNT CM-100 Pipe Organ Module WARNINGS WARNINGS Switching on and off When switching the module on and off, make sure that the audio amplification system is switched off first: this will prevent signal peaks which may damage speaker components and people's hearing.

  • Page 3: Controls And Connections

    VISCOUNT CM-100 Pipe Organ Module 1. CONTROLS AND CONNECTIONS 1. CONTROLS AND CONNECTIONS 1.1 Description of the front p anel 1.1 Description of the front p anel VOICE key: Selection key used to access the menus for modifying everything relating to the voice, such as the timbre parameters, replacement of voices in the stops, the levels of each voice, and so on.
  • Page 4 VISCOUNT CM-100 Pipe Organ Module VOICES MEMORY keys (from 1 to 8). Press these keys for easy recall of 8 stop (voice) setups saved earlier by the user. The CM-100 offers a total of 64 memories divided into 8 banks of 8 memories each.
  • Page 5 MIDI messages generated by the CM-100, and the THRU connector transmits exactly the MIDI data received by the IN connector. RS-232 connector. Serial connector for connecting the CM-100 to a computer running the “Viscount Organ Editor” Software...
  • Page 6 VISCOUNT CM-100 Pipe Organ Module 1.3 Connections 1.3 Connections Connect the power supply lead supplied with the instrument to the CM-100's A.C. input connector (rear panel). Then connect the other end of the lead to the mains plug. Now connect the Loudspeaker boxes (or the amplification system) to the OUTPUTS connectors on the CM-100's rear panel.

  • Page 7: Positioning The Loudspeaker Boxes

    VISCOUNT CM-100 Pipe Organ Module The fundamental connections have been made and the CM-100 is ready to be switched on. However, the interfacing options available do not end here: the instrument can be included in complex MIDI networks or connected to sequencers, computers or other devices.
  • Page 8 VISCOUNT CM-100 Pipe Organ Module - 4 boxes configuration (outputs 1, 2, 3 and 4) - 5 boxes configuration (outputs 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5) - 6 boxes configuration (outputs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6) Page 8...

  • Page 9: Main Page And Demo Mode

    VISCOUNT CM-100 Pipe Organ Module The CM-100 offers a number of setup parameters for each output, as well as a range of windchest customisation possibilities: refer to the next chapters for more informations 2. MAIN PAGE and DEMO MODE 2. MAIN PAGE and DEMO MODE 2.1 Main Page...
  • Page 10 VISCOUNT CM-100 Pipe Organ Module The procedure for modifying these parameters is easy and intuitive: Use the cursor keys to locate on the value of the parameter you wish to modify (the field will start to flash), then turn the encoder to enter the value you require.
  • Page 11 VISCOUNT CM-100 Pipe Organ Module 2.2 Display Messages 2.2 Display Messages INFO MESSAGE: LINE OUTs NOT CONNECTED press EXIT The CM-100 has detected that there are no loudspeaker boxes connected to the outputs: you can only listen to the instrument using the headphones. Press EXIT to return to the main page...

  • Page 12: Voice Edit

    VISCOUNT CM-100 Pipe Organ Module The association between the VOICE MEMORY keys and the demo songs is as follows key 1: Johann Gottfried Walther - Allegro (from Concerto in F maj.) key 2: Johann Pachelbel - Von der Geburt Christi key 3: Domenico Zipoli - Allegretto in G min key 4: Johann Gottfried Walther - Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele...
  • Page 13 VISCOUNT CM-100 Pipe Organ Module Once the selection has been confirmed with ENTER, the display will show the relative parameter modification page, which will differ depending on the type of voice selected. The stop which contains the voice being modified will flash.
  • Page 14 VISCOUNT CM-100 Pipe Organ Module Oboe8A Character: 0 Noise:-3 Volume: 0 Attack:4 FreqSkew:4 The parameters are basically the same as described above, except for the FREQUENCY SKEW field, which regulates the amount of the typical detuning skew the reeds cause when the note is released.

  • Page 15: Keyboard T Racking

    VISCOUNT CM-100 Pipe Organ Module Voice being edited. This is the voice being modified: it can be changed by simply selecting the field (cursor keys) and turning the encoder, or by pressing the stop rocker key. CHARACTER: changing this value makes the sound more "open" and immediate (positive values) or more "closed"...

  • Page 16: Voice Change

    VISCOUNT CM-100 Pipe Organ Module This parameter allows you to set the scaling of the voice's volume for the upper and lower parts of the manual. These two zones are fundamental in providing the right timbre and often their volume has to be slightly reduced or increased compared to the central part of the manual.
  • Page 17 VISCOUNT CM-100 Pipe Organ Module Replace:CtBourd32 With:CtPrinc32 Press ENTER to replace You can now turn the encoder to select the voice of your choice, contained in the family you choose in the step before. Note that the name of the voices is shown in abbreviated form: the appendix to this manual contains the name of the voice in full, its acronym, the family to which it belongs and the consecutive number consigned to it.
  • Page 18 VISCOUNT CM-100 Pipe Organ Module For each voice, the system is able to set an output configuration which reflects the layout of the pipes in real wind-chests, as follows: Wedge Chromatic Left Wing Right Wing Mono Alternate Keys Moreover, each of these layouts can be further specified with regard to the width of the wind-chest and its central location in relation to the number of outputs connected.
  • Page 19 VISCOUNT CM-100 Pipe Organ Module Right Wing This layout is the reverse of the previous one, so the lowest notes sound on the right and the highest on the left. Mono This setting allows the sound of a voice to be sent to a single output, or a position midway between two outputs.
  • Page 20 VISCOUNT CM-100 Pipe Organ Module For example, if only two speakers are connected, they will be shown as follows: Gedackt16 Width:15 Windchest:0 Center: 8 If there are 3 speakers, the instrument automatically redistributes the windchest effect in the new configuration, so speaker 2 will carry the central part of the panorama and the third the left part. On the...

  • Page 21: Important Note

    VISCOUNT CM-100 Pipe Organ Module The Center parameter allows a narrow windchest (i.e. one which does not cover the whole acoustic panorama) to be placed more to the left or right, with the centre of the windchest itself as reference. In...

  • Page 22: Rest Ore Parameters

    VISCOUNT CM-100 Pipe Organ Module o RESTORE PARAMETERS: this option allows the parameters of a single voice, chosen from the 12 currently active on the instrument, to the factory values o RESTORE LIST. Restores the list and order of the voices active on the CM-100's 12 stops to their factory settings.
  • Page 23 VISCOUNT CM-100 Pipe Organ Module WARNING: Factory voices list has been restored - Please check labels will remind you that some voices have changed their positions, so presumably the labels on the stops will not correspond to the voices they refer to. The label check function, described in the previous section, will help you to solve this problem.
  • Page 24 VISCOUNT CM-100 Pipe Organ Module 3.7 SORT VOICES 3.7 SORT VOICES Once individual voices have been replaced by new ones it may be necessary to rearrange their progression across the 12 tabs on the front panel. Normally, the voices in an organ’s various sections are arranged with a stop progression that starts from the lower to the higher footages (32’, 16’, 8’, 4’, 2’, 1’).

  • Page 25: Setup Section

    VISCOUNT CM-100 Pipe Organ Module 4. SETUP SECTION 4. SETUP SECTION The setup section, accessed by pressing the button with the same name on the left of the CM-100 display, contains all the instrument's general functions, such as management of the outputs, the MIDI interface, the reverb and tremulant effects and the display contrast.
  • Page 26 VISCOUNT CM-100 Pipe Organ Module 4.1.1 TEMULANT effect settings 4.1.1 TEMULANT effect settings The CM-100 allows you to adjust the two fundamental parameters that set the character of the tremulant effect: the SPEED (modulation speed) and the DEPTH (modulation depth). You can also decide on which of the module's voices the tremulant effect is to act.

  • Page 27: Reverb Effect Settings

    VISCOUNT CM-100 Pipe Organ Module TREMULANT TO MIDI CHANNELS IN SPLIT MODE 13> - 14> - 15> - which cover all the 16 midi channels which can be assigned to panel voices. To exit the video page use the cursor key...
  • Page 28 VISCOUNT CM-100 Pipe Organ Module The possible selections are: CATHEDRAL BASILICA GOTHIC CHURCH BAROQUE CHURCH ROMANIC CHURCH MODERN CHURCH PARISH CAPPELLA Use the encoder to select the type of reverb and press EXIT to save the selection and return to display of the SET-UP menu.

  • Page 29: Program Change

    If the "master" instrument is a Viscount church organ, remote control of the switch-on and switch-off of the individual voice stops will also be possible.

  • Page 30: Channel Select

    VISCOUNT CM-100 Pipe Organ Module 4.3.1 The WHOLE and SPLIT modes 4.3.1 The WHOLE and SPLIT modes The CM-100 sound module has two different modes for the reception of MIDI messages, called WHOLE and SPLIT. They are selected using a special button on the instrument's front panel.
  • Page 31 VISCOUNT CM-100 Pipe Organ Module Once the settings have been made, press EXIT to return to the MIDI menu: the settings will automatically be saved, and will be retained even if the instrument is switched off. From the MIDI menu, you may return to the main page by pressing EXIT twice.
  • Page 32 VISCOUNT CM-100 Pipe Organ Module Press the cursor key from the second split mode modification page and the display will show PEDAL CHOIR GREAT SWELL MIDI CHANNEL Where you can tell the CM-100 which midi channel corresponds to each manual, allowing it to obtain the couplings from other messages instead of from the channel.

  • Page 33: Midi Filter

    VISCOUNT CM-100 Pipe Organ Module The last page of the filter menu allows you to enable the filters for the Control Change (CC) and System Exclusive (Sys) messages the instrument transmits on the MIDI OUT port, that means for the...
  • Page 34 The classical organs in the large Viscount range have their own Exclusive coding with which the CM-100 is totally compatible; this means that you can use a Viscount console as master instrument and control the sound setups in remote mode without taking your hands off the organ.
  • Page 35 CAPTURE ID FOR LOCAL REGISTER Gedackt16 ID ALREADY USED by Tab press EXIT N.B. The CAPTURE ID function can only be used with VISCOUNT classical organs. The function will not be completed if the organ is by a different constructor. 4.4 OUTS CTRL 4.4 OUTS CTRL...
  • Page 36 VISCOUNT CM-100 Pipe Organ Module 4.5 FINISHING 4.5 FINISHING A tonal finishing memory is a special memory area which stores all the settings made on the instrument, from tuning through to the parameters of the individual voices and the midi reception channel.
  • Page 37 VISCOUNT CM-100 Pipe Organ Module ORGAN FINISHING Store to location:1 Press ENTER to Store If the selection is correct, press ENTER to proceed. You can press EXIT to abort the operation and return to the previous menu. 4.5.2 RECALL FINISHING 4.5.2 RECALL...

  • Page 38: Factory Settings

    VISCOUNT CM-100 Pipe Organ Module 5. FACTORY SETTINGS 5. FACTORY SETTINGS The Factory Settings procedure allows you to restore the factory settings of all the instrument's internal parameters (voices inclueded), deleting all the changes made by the user. To perform the Factory Settings procedure, switch the instrument on while keeping the Voice memory...
  • Page 39 VISCOUNT CM-100 Pipe Organ Module APPENDIX APPENDIX - CM100 VOICES LIBRAR - CM100 VOICES LIBRAR Family: PRINCIP Family: PRINCIP Long name Display Abbreviation Voice # Contra Principal 32' ....CtPrinc32 ......0 Double Open Wood 32' .
  • Page 40 VISCOUNT CM-100 Pipe Organ Module Family: STRINGS Family: STRINGS Long name Display Abbreviation Voice # Contra Violone 32' ....CtVioln32 ......50 Gross Gambe 16' .
  • Page 41 VISCOUNT CM-100 Pipe Organ Module Family: BOURDONS Family: BOURDONS Long name Display Abbreviation Voice # Bourdon 8' .....Bourdon8 ......96 Chimney Flute 8' .
  • Page 42 VISCOUNT CM-100 Pipe Organ Module Family: REEDS Family: REEDS Long name Display Abbreviation Voice # CTromba 8' ....Tromba8 ......148 Trompette 8' A .

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