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  • Page 1 Rodgers T797 Owner’s Manual Copyright  Rodgers Instruments LLC...
  • Page 3 SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Lithium Battery warning Caution: Danger of explosion is lithium battery is incorrectly replaced. Replace only with same or equivalent type. Manually operated mains power switch Caution: The mains power switch does not completely disconnect this equipment from the mains power when the switch is in the off position.

  • Page 4: Fcc Notice

    FCC NOTICE Radio and Television Interference Rodgers Trillium organs use and generate small amounts of radio-frequency (RF) energy. The instrument complies with the limits set for Class B computing devices. FCC Rules, Part 15, Subpart J define the limits for radio and television interference in a residential installation.

  • Page 5: Notice To Users

    Richmond, B.C. V6V 2M4 (604) 270-6332 ©Copyright 2000. Rodgers Instruments LLC, a member of the Roland Group. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. QuickMenu™, Rodgers®, Rodgers Classic Organs®, Digital Dynamic Wind™, Dimensional Sound Modeling®, Parallel Digital Imaging®, Voice Palette™, DVM™, PDI™, TrueChimes™, Rodgers SmartCard™, and Trillium™...

  • Page 7: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS......................I FCC NOTICE ..........................II Radio and Television Interference .................... ii NOTICE TO USERS ........................III CONTENTS............................V INTRODUCTION ...........................2 How to Use this Manual ......................2 QUICK TOUR ..........................4 Console Controls........................4 Turn On/Turn Off ........................4 Manuals and Pedalboard ......................5 Activating Stops.........................5 Couplers .............................5 General Cancel...........................6 Using Pistons to Select Registrations ..................6...
  • Page 8 Setting Range of Bass Coupler ..................27 Antiphonal On/Main Off......................28 Controlling Pipes ........................28 Pipes Off/Ancillary On ......................28 Automatic Shutdown Timer.....................29 Rodgers SmartCard Memory System...................29 Inserting a SmartCard ......................30 Saving to a SmartCard .......................30 SmartCard Folders ......................31 Selecting a SmartCard Folder ....................31 Storing Tutti Settings on a SmartCard ................32...
  • Page 9 Storing Additional Settings on a SmartCard..............33 Deleting Settings from a SmartCard ..................33 Deleting a Memory Level from a SmartCard ..............33 Using your SmartCard on Other Rodgers Organs .............33 About Stop Families ........................34 Other Families..........................34 Pitch Designations ........................35 Celeste ranks ..........................36 More about Couplers........................36...
  • Page 10 MIDI Save..........................75 Saving MIDI Control Settings ...................75 Saving a Combination Memory to a Sequencer ..............75 Saving a Combination Memory ..................75 Restoring a Combination Memory..................76 SPECIFICATIONS........................78 Rodgers T797 Controls Specification..................78 RODGERS T797 CONSOLE DIMENSIONS ................79 FACTORY DEFAULT COMBINATION SETTINGS ..............80 viii...
  • Page 11 Restoring Factory Default Combination Settings ..............80 DEMONSTRATION TOOLS .......................82 Accessing the Rodgers Ambiance Demo................82 Playing the Demo Songs....................82 CARE AND MAINTENANCE.....................84 Console and Pedalboard......................84 Keyboards and Stop Drawknobs....................84 Pipes on Pipe-Augmented Instruments..................84 INDEX ............................86...

  • Page 13: Introduction

    To keep abreast of the latest news and other items of interest, visit the Rodgers website at: www.rodgersinstruments.com.

  • Page 15: Quick Tour

    Turn On/Turn Off To turn the organ on: Press and hold the top part of the On/Off switch in the left panel until RODGERS T797 CLASSIC ORGAN or your personalized greeting appears in the Console Display. Release the switch. The organ then performs a self diagnostic test of its systems over the next few seconds.

  • Page 16: Manuals And Pedalboard

    Manuals and Pedalboard The T797 has two keyboards played by the hands, commonly referred to as manuals. In order from bottom to top, they are the Great manual and the Swell manual. Each manual plays an assortment of stops, known as a division. Stops played by the Great manual make up the Great division, and stops played by the Swell manual are referred to as the Swell division.

  • Page 17: General Cancel

    Obviously, once you’ve found a desirable registration, you’ll want to be able to recall it quickly and easily. This is done through the combination action of the T797. With Rodgers’ powerful digital technology, you can store and recall stops, pistons and even MIDI settings.
  • Page 18 There are five divisional pistons for the Great and Swell; these pistons are numbered 1 to 5 and are located under the corresponding manual. For example, Great divisional pistons are located underneath the Great manual near the middle of the keyboard, and Swell divisional pistons are under the Swell manual.

  • Page 19: Setting A Piston

    Setting a Piston The Rodgers T797 is equipped with factory registrations, each of which can be used for a wide variety of wonderful musical effects. However, the contents of any piston can be easily changed to suit your particular needs.

  • Page 20: Unlocking And Locking A Combination Memory

    Unlocking and Locking a Combination Memory When shipped from the Rodgers factory, all memory levels are unlocked so that pistons can be changed easily. If desired, each memory level can be locked individually so that it cannot be changed. To lock a memory level so that it cannot be changed: 1.

  • Page 21: Expression Shoes And Controls

    Expression Shoes and Controls The Rodgers T797 has two expression shoes which are used to control the volume of the organ. The left shoe normally controls the volume of the Great and Pedal divisions and the middle shoe controls the volume of the Swell division. See figure 3 below.

  • Page 22: Tremulants

    In some gospel and evangelical musical traditions, tremulants with a wider and deeper excursion are frequently used. There are two types of tremulant controls on the Rodgers T797; divisional tremulants which affect only the stops in their respective division and general tremulants which affect all divisions.

  • Page 23: Melody Coupler

    Sometimes, however, it is difficult to separate the hands on two manuals. For this reason, the Rodgers Melody coupler was devised. When a Melody coupler is activated, the highest note played on the Great manual uses a registration from another manual.

  • Page 24: Features

    Rodgers instrument. Console Displays, Indicators, and Menus The Rodgers T797 is equipped with an informative display for many of the console functions described in this section. The Console Display normally indicates the Transposer setting, however, it can be used to adjust many other controls and preferences including MIDI settings, Voice Palette selections, Dimensional Sound Modeling parameters, Tremulant rate and depth, and many others.

  • Page 25: Changing A Setting With Quickmenu

    Category • • • • • • MIDI Settings Pipe Modeling Room Modeling Names of Menus Item (Rotate Alpha Dial to Change Setting) Figure 4. Category and Menu Hierarchy Now that you have an idea about how the menus are organized, we’ll discuss how to navigate through the menus using QuickMenu or by using the Select Knob and Alpha-Dial.
  • Page 26 3. Rotate the Alpha dial to change settings in the selected menu. To recap the differences between using QuickMenu and using SET and the Select Knob to navigate through the menus in the Console display: From QuickMenu QUICK Press and release. MENU Turn Select knob to select a desired category (it becomes highlighted).

  • Page 27: Getting Menu Information

    Getting Menu Information The T797 is also equipped with “help screens” which briefly describe the currently selected Category, Menu or Item. This is especially helpful when you want a hint about how to use a particular control. To see the help screen for a particular window: 1.
  • Page 28 Category Menu Item Settings Comments MIDI Couplers Tone Tone Names PGM, MSB, LSB Sets PGM, MSB, & LSB numbers or tone names. Tone names & numbers displayed. Coupler GT A, GT B, See page 50. PD A, PD B, SW A, SW B Channel 1 –...
  • Page 29 Category Menu Item Settings Comments Audio Control Master -20.00 – 5.00 Volume Aux In Audio Main Volume OFF– 6.25 This menu appears only when headphones are disconnected. Main Balance -10 – 10 See page 44 and following. Ant Volume OFF, -31.25 – 6.25 Ant Balance -10 –...
  • Page 30 Category Menu Item Settings Comments Pipe Modeling Temperament Equal, Mean-Tone, Pythagorean, Kirnberger, See page 38. Werckmster I, Werckmster III, Young I, Young II Wind Supply Flexible, Normal, Fixed See page 39. Shutters PD, GT, SW See page 40. pppp UnEncl Tremulants GT Main, GT Main II, GT...
  • Page 31 Category Menu Item Settings Comments Room Room Size Modeling Room Stage Sml hall See page 48. Med hall Sml Church Med church Lrg church Cathedral Wall Type Drapery Carpet Acou Tile Wood Brick Plaster Concrete Marble Rvb Lvl OFF, -20 – 5 Console Lamp Level BRIGHT, DIM...

  • Page 32: Master Tuning

    Master Tuning Normally, the Rodgers T797 is set to standard concert pitch (A=440.0Hz). However, it can easily and quickly be tuned flat or sharp to match the pitch of another musical instrument, such as a piano or harp. The Master Tuning control adjusts one-half semitone sharp or flat.

  • Page 33: Adjusting Pitch

    Adjusting Pitch Once the Master Tuning control has been unlocked, you can change the pitch of the T797 by rotating the Alpha dial clockwise to raise the pitch or counterclockwise to lower the pitch. The Transposer function is still controlled by the Select Knob. This setting is retained when the organ is turned off.

  • Page 34: Crescendo

    P i p e M o d e l i n g T r e m u l a n t G T M A I N D e p t h R a t e 0 (this screen would be displayed if the Great tremulant had been selected) 4.

  • Page 35: Locking Crescendo

    C r e s c e n d o S e t C r e s c e n d o S e t M o d e S T D S T A G E : The stops and couplers currently set on stage one of the 63 stages in the Crescendo sequence turn on.

  • Page 36: Restoring Factory Crescendo Setting

    Restoring Factory Crescendo Setting 1. Press and hold the GT/PED UNENCL piston for approximately five seconds. The Console Display reads CRESCENDO LOCKED or CRESCENDO UNLOCKED. While holding GT/PED UNENCL, press and hold SET for an additional five seconds. The Console Display reads CRESCENDO FACTORY DEFAULT. 3.

  • Page 37: Setting Tutti

    Setting Tutti To change the contents of Tutti: 1. Make certain Tutti is unlocked (see “Unlocking or Locking Tutti” on Page 25). 2. Select the desired stops. 3. Press and hold SET and press the Tutti piston. You may want to lock the Tutti again after programming to prevent accidental changes. Restoring Factory Tutti Setting The factory defaults for Tutti is stored within the instrument, even after the Tutti settings has been changed.

  • Page 38: Melody And Bass Couplers

    Melody and Bass Couplers These controls provide great flexibility. The Melody Coupler allows you to use a different registration for the top note played on the Great so that you can accentuate the melody note even though both hands are on one manual. When MEL is activated, the top note on the Great will use the Swell registration.

  • Page 39: Antiphonal On/Main Off

    One of the great innovations from Rodgers is the successful, elegant marriage of traditional organ pipes and digitally sampled voices. In fact, any of the stops in the Rodgers T797 can be programmed to control real wind-blown pipes, allowing the opportunity to expand the instrument at any time.

  • Page 40: Automatic Shutdown Timer

    Operating any key, stop, or control resets the timer for another two hours. Playing the organ from a remote MIDI keyboard or sequencer also resets the timer. Rodgers SmartCard Memory System    The T797 is equipped with a powerful SmartCard Memory System. This exclusive feature provides the ability to store all registrations in multiple memory levels, Crescendo, Tutti and other settings in a removable SmartCard.

  • Page 41: Inserting A Smartcard

    Inserting a SmartCard To insert a SmartCard so that it can be used: 1. Insert the card firmly in the slot with the gold contacts facing down. The red LED will light for a few seconds as the contents of the card are loaded into the organ. Saving to a SmartCard A new card contains no combination memories.

  • Page 42: Smartcard Folders

    SmartCard. See page 33. SmartCard Folders The capacity of a Rodgers SmartCard is much greater than that of the organ’s internal combination memory. In order to make easy use of this additional capacity, Rodgers uses the concept of memory folders.

  • Page 43: Storing Tutti Settings On A Smartcard

    S m a r t C a r d F o l d e r : M : 1 3. Rotate the Alpha dial until the desired folder appears in the display. Folders are labeled A through Z. Each folder is completely independent. For example, each folder can contain its own pistons, Tutti and other settings.

  • Page 44: Storing Additional Settings On A Smartcard

    Using your SmartCard on Other Rodgers Organs The same SmartCard can be used in more than one Rodgers organ equipped with the SmartCard feature. The information on the SmartCard is kept separate for each organ model.

  • Page 45: About Stop Families

    The Percussion family contains voices such as the Chimes and Harpsichord. These stops have a percussive attack and gradually grow softer as you hold the note. Rodgers’ advanced TrueChimes™ system insures that all aspects of the digital chimes voice is exceptionally realistic.

  • Page 46: Pitch Designations

    Pitch Designations The stops and couplers on your Rodgers T797 each have a pitch designation, listed in “feet”, (8’, 4’, 16’, etc.). 8’ refers to concert pitch; a note played on an 8’ stop will have an identical pitch as the same note played on a piano. 16’ represents an octave below concert pitch; a note played on a 16’...

  • Page 47: Celeste Ranks

    Larger organs will often have one or two mutation stops from the principal family. In most cases, these ranks are used to add color to the principal chorus. Celeste ranks Celestes are unique among organ stops in that they are intentionally tuned sharp or flat in relation to the rest of the instrument.

  • Page 48: Temperaments

    The Rodgers T797 offers a choice of eight temperaments: Equal, Mean-Tone, Kirnberger, Werckmeister I, Werckmeister III, Young I, Young II and Pythagorean. This selection of temperaments allows the organist to hear these historical works as their composers heard them, or to explore the application of unequal temperament to new music.

  • Page 49: Selecting A Temperament

    Werckmeister I and III: Andreas Werckmeister experimented with temperaments in the latter part of the 17th century. In Werckmeister I he further refined the Mean-Tone temperament. In Werckmeister III, four tones are practically tuned identical to Equal Temperament (C, D#, F# and A).

  • Page 50: Digital Dynamic Wind

    Even though this results in significant detuning, the human ear seems to perceive instead an increase in ensemble effect. A part of Dimensional Sound Modeling, Rodgers’ exclusive Digital Dynamic Wind emulates these characteristics by modeling the behavior of pipe organ wind regulating devices and the response of pipes to a slightly unsteady wind supply.

  • Page 51: Random Detuning

    Thus, the tuning of the instrument is a little different each time it is powered on, as it would be with a pipe organ. The amount of Random Detuning present in the organ is set by a Rodgers representative during final voicing. Shutter Thickness The minimum volume of each division when its Expression Shoe is closed can be adjusted to suit specific musical needs or personal tastes.

  • Page 52: Setting Shutter Thickness

    installing a pipe/electronic combination organ with enclosed pipe divisions. When speakers for the enclosed division (Swell) are placed inside a pipe organ swell box, the digitally sampled electronic stops in this division can sound at a constant volume by setting the shutter control menu item to Unenclosed.

  • Page 53: Voice Palette

    Voice Palette Many of the speaking stops on the Rodgers T797 have alternate voices that can be selected and used in performance via Rodgers’ exclusive Voice Palette feature. Voice Palette gives you a tremendous amount of added flexibility; for example, not only can you choose whether to use the Great Principal 8’...
  • Page 54 A complete listing of T797 stops and their Voice Palette alternatives (if any) follows. T797 STOP LIST WITH VOICE PALETTE ALTERNATIVES DIVISION STOP VOICE PALETTE ALTERNATIVES Great Principal 8’ Diapason 8’ Rohrflöte 8’ Harmonic Flute 8’ Gemshorn 8’ Flûte Celeste II 8’ Erzähler Celeste II 8’...

  • Page 55: Resetting Voice Palette Selections

    Resetting Voice Palette Selections All stop drawknobs return to their default voices when the organ is turned off, or when you press and hold General Cancel (‘0’) and momentarily press SET (this Reset procedure also returns MIDI couplers to their last saved status and returns Temperament to Equal). Master Volume Control Special situations and individual preferences sometimes require a temporary change in the overall volume of the organ.

  • Page 56: Audio Save

    Audio Save Changes made to audio settings are temporary, i.e., they are lost when the organ is turned off. If desired, however, audio settings can be saved and so that they are retained when the organ is powered off. Saving Audio Control Settings To save the Audio Control Settings: 1.

  • Page 57: Auxiliary Controls

    Auxiliary Controls The Rodgers T797 is equipped with stereo auxiliary input jacks (one for the left channel and one for the right channel) located on the connector panel under the keydesk to the right. When using these input jacks, audio signals from other sound generating devices like synthesizers, MIDI sound modules, and tape players are mixed into the organ’s main audio system.
  • Page 58 3. Press the QUICKMENU piston to select the Audio Controls category. 4. Rotate the Select knob to highlight Aux In Audio. 5. Press the QUICKMENU piston to select the Auxiliary Audio category. The following screen is displayed: A u d i o C o n t r o l s A u x I n V O L U M E 0.

  • Page 59: Room Modeling

    The sound that reaches our ears directly and the sound that reaches us with some delay after it reflects off of walls and other surfaces. A component of Dimensional Sound Modeling, the Rodgers Sound Modeling™ system allows you to specify the acoustic you desire for the T797.

  • Page 60: Console Settings

    4. Rotate the Select knob to highlight the menu above to be adjusted. 5. Press and release the QUICKMENU piston to select the desired menu. 6. Rotate the Alpha dial to change the setting. Some of these Console settings can be stored on a Rodgers SmartCard.

  • Page 61: Midi (Musical Instrument Digital Interface)

    MIDI (MUSICAL INSTRUMENT DIGITAL INTERFACE) Rodgers organs have tremendously powerful MIDI capabilities, offering remarkable possibilities for musical expression. MIDI, which is an acronym for Musical Instrument Digital Interface, allows you easily control a myriad of sounds and effects. These additional musical colors are located in a separate device, typically a MIDI sound module.
  • Page 62 Tones in external MIDI sound modules can be selected in one of two ways: by name or by number. Either of these techniques works well, and you may find that you use both operations from time to time, depending on which is most appropriate and expeditious. Selecting Tones by Name When a GS Format or General MIDI (‘GM’) sound module is connected to the organ, tones can be selected by name using the console display.
  • Page 63 To preview tones by name: 1. Hold SET and press the MIDI coupler (it will flash). 2. Release SET and press the flashing MIDI coupler again (it will stop flashing). 3. Rotate the Alpha dial to scroll through the list of available tones. You may also play on the corresponding keyboard or pedalboard to hear each sound as it is selected.
  • Page 64 3. To specify Bank Select MSB, use the Select knob to highlight MSB and rotate the Alpha dial to change the value. 4. To specify Bank Select LSB, use the Select knob to highlight LSB and rotate the Alpha dial to change the value. The tone selection procedure is complete.

  • Page 65: Midi Channel

    The GS Format, for example, uses MSB for Bank Select. This also means that, when the Tone Names parameter is set to GS, the LSB field cannot be altered, since this message is not used. The General MIDI, or GM, standard uses Program Changes only; no Bank Select messages are used.
  • Page 66 The Great A MIDI coupler normally sends on MIDI channel 1, however, it can be set to send on any of the 16 available MIDI channels. All of the channels for other couplers are fixed. Following are the MIDI coupler pistons and their MIDI channels: Division Coupler MIDI Channel...

  • Page 67: Octave Shift

    The Great A MIDI coupler channel assignment is saved with other settings in a combination piston. It can also be saved permanently by performing the MIDI Save procedure. See “MIDI Save” on page 75. Instead of saving, you may press and hold General Cancel (‘0’) and momentarily press SET to return MIDI couplers to their defaults.

  • Page 68: Velocity

    Rodgers organs can send out a constant (fixed) velocity value from the keyboard, a changeable velocity value sent relative to the position of the expression shoe, or a keyboard- responsive velocity controlled by the actual force of the fingers.
  • Page 69 you could reduce the Fixed Velocity value for that coupler and achieve a more satisfying balance. Selecting Fixed Velocity To set a Fixed Velocity value for a MIDI coupler: 1. Hold the SET piston and press a MIDI coupler piston. (The MIDI coupler will flash).
  • Page 70 and velocity are set to full, the instrument will be significantly louder than when using a lower fixed velocity value. Selecting Expression Velocity To set a coupler to Expression Velocity mode: 1. Hold SET and press the MIDI coupler piston. (The MIDI coupler will flash). 2.

  • Page 71: Pan

    Selecting Keyboard Velocity To select Keyboard Velocity for a MIDI coupler: 1. Hold SET and press the MIDI coupler piston. (The MIDI coupler will flash). 2. Rotate the Select knob to highlight the Velocity field in the display: M I D I C o u p l e r G T A C h a n n e l O c t a v e N O R M...

  • Page 72: Sustain/Sostenuto/Soft

    Setting the Pan value for a MIDI Coupler To set the Pan value for a MIDI coupler: 1. Hold SET and press the MIDI coupler piston. (The MIDI coupler will flash). 2. Rotate the Select knob to highlight the Pan field in the display: M I D I C o u p l e r G T A O c t a v e N O R M...

  • Page 73: Reverb

    3. Rotate the Alpha dial to select the desired setting (Off, Sust, Sost, or Soft) 4. Press either the flashing MIDI coupler or the General Cancel to exit. The Foot Switch Function selection procedure is complete. Combination pistons which are set while the MIDI coupler is activated will also store this setting. A MIDI Save may be performed to save this setting as the default.

  • Page 74: Chorus

    Chorus An independent chorus level (from 0-127) may be set for each MIDI coupler. Chorus adds a slight pitch fluctuation to a given sound; it is often used for guitar and electric piano tones. Setting the Chorus Level for a MIDI Coupler To set the Chorus level for a MIDI coupler: 1.

  • Page 75: Global Midi Settings

    desired. If you don’t want to send either Volume or Expression from the shoes for a given MIDI coupler, set this parameter to OFF. Setting the Expression/Volume Parameter for a MIDI Coupler To set the Expression/Volume parameter for a MIDI coupler: 1.

  • Page 76: Master Channels

    MIDI sound module. However, the stops and divisions of the Rodgers T797 can also be recorded by a sequencer and played back, either with or without sounds from an external sound module.

  • Page 77: Registrations

    MIDI information related to registrations. This information can be used to control the stops and couplers of a separate Rodgers organ or, more commonly, can be recorded by a sequencer (along with the note and volume information on the Master Channels) and then recreated during playback.
  • Page 78 Registration settings are saved when the organ is turned off. Using Pistons to Control a Second Rodgers Console In cases where two Rodgers organs are available, it is possible to play either or both instruments from one location. This configuration is often seen in situations where two Rodgers organs are installed in the same building.

  • Page 79: Multitrack Mode

    when a certain piston is pressed on the Master console, the same piston is selected at the Slave console. To set up both consoles so that pistons are used to control registrations: 1. Select Pistons in the Registrations Send field of the Master console. 2.

  • Page 80: Local On/Off

    However, the instrument still transmits MIDI information which can be recorded or used to control a separate Rodgers organ. This feature can be used to silence the Master console completely when one Rodgers organ is use to control another Rodgers console.

  • Page 81: Sequencer Update

    Also, in the Local Off condition, “Local” organ voices can still be played by a sequencer or remote keyboard connected to the T797 MIDI IN jack; this means that the sounds of the T797 can be controlled by a remote source even when “Local Off” is selected. Finally, Local Off can be useful in specific sequencing applications when you are recording both organ and MIDI voices.
  • Page 82 When the Continue message is received the stored expression value is restored, ensuring that the sequence continues to play at the correct volume. Most hardware sequencers (like the Rodgers PR-300S) transmit the Start, Stop and Continue values automatically unless you manually disable them. Some software sequencers may need to have the Start/Stop/Continue transmission enabled from within their MIDI configuration menus.

  • Page 83: Setting Velocity Sensitivity

    Setting Velocity Sensitivity As stated in the “Keyboard Velocity” section on page 59, sounds played from MIDI couplers can be controlled by velocity-sensitive keyboards, where the strength of a key strike determines the volume and attack characteristic of a note. In addition to this parameter in the MIDI coupler settings, there is also a global setting which determines the velocity sensitivity of the keyboards —...

  • Page 84: Midi Device Id

    The number can be set to 1, or 17 through 32. Setting the ID to 1 produces Stop Control messages that are compatible with older Rodgers PDI and C-Series organs. In most cases, the ID will not need to be changed.

  • Page 85: Tone Names

    Tone Names As detailed in the “MIDI Coupler Settings” section starting on page 50, the T797 can display the names of tones which are selected in the MIDI Coupler screens. This allows you to select instruments by name, if desired. When you specify tones by name using either the GM or GS tone maps, the T797 automatically generates the appropriate Program Change and Bank Select messages.

  • Page 86: Midi Connections

    There are multiple MIDI jacks on the T797, labeled SEQ IN/OUT and MIDI IN/OUT/THRU. Always connect a sequencer or sequencer/sound module combination (such as the Rodgers PR- 300S) to the SEQ IN/OUT ports on the organ. The sequencer must not be in Soft Thru mode.

  • Page 87: Restoring A Combination Memory

    2. Start the sequencer in Record mode. 3. Wait until sequencer is recording (after the count-in measures, if any) then hold SET and momentarily press the memory piston (M1, M2, M3 or M4) corresponding to the memory you wish to store. 4.
  • Page 88 It is necessary to transfer each memory to its destination memory in the organ before playing back the next. If a Rodgers SmartCard is inserted when recording or playing back combination memories, and the card memory is in use for the memory level being saved/restored, the memory is saved from or restored to the SmartCard rather than the internal memory.

  • Page 89: Specifications

    SPECIFICATIONS Rodgers T797 Controls Specification GREAT (Manual I) PEDAL COMBINATION PISTONS Principal 8’ (Diapason 8’) Contre Violone 32’ General 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10 Rohrflöte 8' (Harmonic Flute 8’) Principal 16’ (Violone 16’) General 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10 (toe) Gemshorn 8’ Subbass 16’ (Bordun 16’) Swell 1-2-3-4-5 Flûte Celeste II 8’...

  • Page 90: Rodgers T797 Console Dimensions

    RODGERS T797 CONSOLE DIMENSIONS...

  • Page 91: Factory Default Combination Settings

    FACTORY DEFAULT COMBINATION SETTINGS The Rodgers T797 is shipped from the factory with default settings on combination memories M1, M2, and M3. Registrations on these memories can be changed, but if the original factory default settings are desired, they can be restored by performing the following procedure.

  • Page 93: Demonstration Tools

    The T797 organ has two demonstration tools which allow you to display the exceptional functionality and sound quality of your instrument. One of these tools presents the power of the Rodgers Sound Space system; the other plays demo songs located in the internal memory of the organ.
  • Page 94 To play songs: 1. Hold General Cancel (‘0’) and press SET. 2. Rotate the Select knob to move to the Demo Song screen: D e m o D e m o S o n g S o n g # 1 <...

  • Page 95: Care And Maintenance

    Your new Rodgers organ is not only a fine musical instrument, but also a fine piece of custom- made furniture finished to hold its attractiveness through generations of use. Only the best woods are used, carefully checked for uniformity of grain and intensity of figure and carefully hand assembled.

  • Page 97: Index

    INDEX additional settings Crescendo shoe, 10 deleting from card, 33 deleting a memory, 33 storing on card, 33 detuning ancillary on, 28 random, 40 antiphonal speaker system, 28 device ID, 73 automatic shutdown, 29 MIDI, 73 auxiliary inputs Dimensional Sound Modeling, 2 adjusting, 46 Digital Dynamic Wind, 39 basic operations, 4...
  • Page 98 menus on memory card, 32 console, 13 sequence MIDI adding stops, 24 coupler pistons, 55 building new, 24 device ID, 73 sequencer, connecting, 75 note velocity, 57 shift MIDI settings, 13 octave, 56 save, 33 shoes, 10 MIDI update with Start, Stop, Continue, 70 shutdown modifying features, 13 automatic, 29...
  • Page 99 Tuning master viewing Crescendo sequence, 24 see Master Tuning, 21 Voice Palette, 2, 13, 42 user menus accessing, 42 with SET and Select, 14 volume velocity master volume, 44 keyboard, 59 wind supply, 39 MIDI, 57...
  • Page 100 INSTRUMENTS LLC 1905-910B 1300 N.E. 25 AVENUE, HILLSBORO, OREGON 97124 • (503) 648-4181...

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