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Accordions International
DA Series 100-255
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Concerto
Digital Accordion
User Manual
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The ultimate accordion
capable of producing an
entire World of sounds
with variety and contrast!
Accordions International
1760 South 450 West
Salt Lake City, UT 84115
www.AccordionInfo.com
Phone 801-485-5840
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  • Page 1 Accordions International 1760 South 450 West Salt Lake City, UT 84115 www.AccordionInfo.com Phone 801-485-5840 Accordions International Concerto DA Series 100-255 Digital Accordion User Manual The ultimate accordion capable of producing an entire World of sounds with variety and contrast!
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  • Page 3 Concerto Grill – Split, Range, Volume Control & Display Concerto Grill Concerto Small Display Effects, Exit & Next Bass CH 1 CH2 Solo OR1 OR2 Concerto Grill – Sounds & Registers Page - 3...
  • Page 4 Thanks for selecting Concerto. We are here to serve you! Best Wishes We at Accordions International wish to thank you for choosing the incomparable Concerto D/A Digital Acoustic Accordion. Concerto combines high levels of technology, rich CD quality sound, and an easy to use format.
  • Page 5 Overview Concerto is a simple to use, yet powerful system providing complete control at the touch of a button. Simply touching a register button recalls an entire, global setup, which includes sounds, volumes, octaves, effects, effect levels, velocities, and many other parameters. Concerto features eight factory registers for instant playing pleasure, and the ability to set 128 of your own favorite registers.
  • Page 6 level, repeat and other effects, tempo settings for external drum, and sequencer devices. We urge you to study this manual carefully and to keep it as a handy reference to your Concerto. This manual has been written for the Concerto DA-250 but is also valuable for the DA-100 and DA-200 models.
  • Page 7 Chapter One Concerto Setup Inventorying Your Equipment After unpacking your new Concerto carefully place all of the items in front of you. Check that you have all of the following: 1 Concerto accordion 1 Concerto generator 1 Concerto power supply I Volume pedal (expression pedal) 1 Four-way foot switch 1 Foot-switch cable (with a five pin connector on one end and a...
  • Page 8 Connecting Your Concerto The following steps will assist you in correctly connecting your Concerto. A. Connect the firing cable to the bottom of the Concerto and to the generator connector labeled "accordion" B. Connect the volume pedal to the generator jack labeled "pedal 1" C.
  • Page 9 Chapter Two Factory Set Registers Exploring the Eight Factory-set Registers Each time Concerto is turned on an automatic systems check will be performed. At the same time the large display identifies the software version currently being used. After about four seconds the display will go immediately to factory-set song register 1.
  • Page 10 v Register 5 (64): Features solo clarinet with soft brass on the right hand, and acoustic bass and soft brass on the left hand. v Phantom*: Clarinet v Register 6 (65): Features solo trumpet with brass on the right hand, and acoustic bass and brass on the left hand.
  • Page 11 Chapter Three Fixed Footswitches & Panel Buttons In this chapter you will learn the functions of the two side switches on the expression pedal, the phantom pedal on the four-way pedal, and the buttons on the front of the Concerto. Fixed Foot Switches Expression Pedal The expression pedal is equipped with two side switches.
  • Page 12 screen saver function that allows register changes to occur as fast as possible. When notes are played during a register change, the screen is not fully displayed which saves time and allows the register change to be immediate. If you wish to view the entire screen, simply touch the exit button and the full screen will be displayed.

  • Page 13: Panel Buttons

    Panel Buttons The buttons on the Concerto panel, or grill, are described below. See attachment A for a picture of Concerto with accompanying reference numbers. (Panel buttons will be italicized throughout these manuals). Important: We have placed settings in your Concerto that should suffice for your immediate needs.
  • Page 14 Chord range one (left LED on): Chords are formed in the octave F# to F Chord range two (right LED on): Chords are formed in the octave C to B Chord range three (both LED's on): Chords are formed in the 1.5 octave range of F# to B3 forming open harmony.
  • Page 15 #7. T.Start Reserved for future use. #8. Select Used to select screens, sub-menu screens, second functions such as manual drums, and record a register. Each function is discussed in detail under the appropriate sections later in this manual. #9. Track Used to access Manual Drum Sounds with pressed together with SELECT.
  • Page 16 #17. Rhythm Sends Program Change numbers 1 to 64 on Channel 10 #18. Solo Volume for solo section #19. Orch. I Volume for orchestra 1 #20. Orch. 2 Volume for orchestra 2 Additional Information about volume keys: Volume Range There are 64 increments of volume ranging from 0 (volume off) to 64 (maximum volume).
  • Page 17 Other Functions Important: Buttons 14 - 20 are also used as value keys for other menus. The only time they perform the descriptions above is during the main screen. Each button controls the information present in the screen. There are four rows of information in the screen and four rows of volume/value keys on each side of the screen.
  • Page 18 b. Effect menu: Includes repeat, reverb, chorus, bellow, pedal 2, foot pedal A, foot pedal B, and foot pedal C. c. Global screens: These are used to set master tune, master reverb, chorus amounts, and constant bass. To select a global screen press select + next (again remember exit gets you out).
  • Page 19 Additional Information about Small Display (68 and 69) Small Display The small display is your navigation guide – it tells you (68) what song bank you are on – and therefore you will know what bank of 8 registers you are playing (buttons 60 – 67) whether they are FACTORY or USER registers.
  • Page 20 Chapter 4 Making and Recording Your Own Registers In this chapter you will learn to record your own user registers. The ability to select sounds and record registers assists you in making your Concerto a very unique and personal instrument. The following examples will lead you through the steps necessary to record user registers.
  • Page 21 You now have a jazz guitar on both the left hand chords and the right hand along with an acoustic bass. Using steps a through d practice making other changes. Important when you select or touch a volume button you must change the volume setting to activate the section.
  • Page 22 Example 2: Jimmy Smith B3 organ with key click Step 1. Selecting an appropriate register and then make selections and alterations (Since we are dealing with an organ register we will begin with factory song register 2). a. Select factory song 2 b.
  • Page 23 a. Select factory register 4 b. Select arpeggio #1 (left LED on next to arpeggio button) c. Raise volume of both chord 1 and chord 2 to about 50 Step 2 Record to song bank 1 register 4 a. Press select/exit b.
  • Page 24 3 positions up to total possible 14 Archival positions. Should you be interested in purchasing more memory please contact Accordions International. Below is a listing of how many archival positions are available with 1, 2 , 3 or 4 memory units.
  • Page 25 Now - back to the Archival positions - say you have 3 positions only in your Generator box. Then when you enter the ARCHIVAL SCREEN area, in the bottom half of the screen with the <ORCH 1> button you select the Archive positions and they will scroll only from 1 to 3 but should you have a second FLASH memory unit installed you will then have a total of 7 positions should you have 3 units installed you will then have 10 total archival positions and with all 4 units installed you...
  • Page 26 2. Step with the NEXT key until you see the ARCHIVE MEMORY screen ARCHIVE MEMORY RECALL SONGS [1 TO 8] FROM ARCHIVE PUSH SPLIT & T. START 3. Follow the instructions in the screen. 4. Decide if you want to do by pressing the SOLO button < q or p > RECALL SONGS 1 TO 8 RECALL SONGS 9 TO 16 SAVE SONGS...

  • Page 27: Master Settings

    Master Settings The following global settings are important depending on which sound engine you have in your Concerto Generator box. The settings below may need to be restored manually if your Concerto has experienced a static shock and has lost temporarily these settings. First-generation Concerto DA-100 accordions Global Reverb 64 Global Chorus 64...
  • Page 28 All the best to you and if you have any questions please feel free to call me – it will be my pleasure to personally assist you. And again thank you for caring enough to own a Concerto! Sincerely, Paul Pasquali Accordions International (Home of the Concerto) Page - 28...
  • Page 29 Song Register to the previous Register. If you require STOP/START to be on the floor with version 1.07 then an optional footswitch is available. Please contact your dealer or Accordions International Version 1.10c Release Version 1.10c incorporates all previous upgrades including version 1.07 and provides two new features to the Concerto.
  • Page 30 Acoustic Bass & Piano again in the left hand and the Song Registers will now apply to both Left and Right sides of the Concerto. Accordions International 1760 South 450 West Salt Lake City, UT 84115 www.AccordionInfo.com...
  • Page 31 Step 5 – When the data transfer reaches 64 the Archive Screen returns – you either save or recall more groups of 64 registers or press [EXIT] to exit the archive menu. Accordions International 1760 South 450 West Salt Lake City, UT 84115 www.AccordionInfo.com...
  • Page 32 (soft touch on keyboard plays first sound while a harder touch on the keyboard plays a second sound in the same patch). Accordions International 1760 South 450 West Salt Lake City, UT 84115 www.AccordionInfo.com...
  • Page 33 APPENDIX B Concerto DA-250 Sound List & Drum Charts On page 34 starts the library list of sounds contained in your Concerto DA-255 accordion. Please note that the chart contains under the word Display the exact name as it appears in your Concerto display screen. The list is also it the same alphabetical order as they appear in the display for each section of the library.
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  • Page 43 Concerto Drum Sounds Chart A Note STANDARD PC=1 ROOM PC=9 POWER PC=17 ELECTRIC PC=25 TR-808 PC=26 24 - C1 Fingers Snap Left Fingers Snap Left Fingers Snap Left Fingers Snap Left Fingers Snap Left 25 - C#1 Finger Snap Right Finger Snap Right Finger Snap Right Finger Snap Right...
  • Page 44 Concerto Drum Sounds Chart B JAZZ PC=33 BRUSH PC=41 ORCHES. PC=49 SOUND FX PC=57 24 - C1 Fingers Snap Left Fingers Snap Left Fingers Snap Left 25 - C#1 Finger Snap Right Finger Snap Right Finger Snap Right 26 - D1 Snare Roll Snare Roll Snare Roll...
  • Page 45 Appendix C This Section For DA-100 Owners ONLY Concerto DA-100 Memory Card Memory Card Device Prior to Archival Overview The RAM-64 Memory card will hold 64 Performance Registers at one time from your Concerto. These can be either from Songs 1 to 8 or from Songs 9 to 16. The memory card must be inserted with the chrome cover face down and going in first.
  • Page 46 *RECALL SONGS 1 to 8= COPY from CARD to *Concerto song banks 1 to 8 *RECALL SONGS 9 to 16= COPY from CARD to *Concerto song banks 9 to 16 SAVE SONGS 1 to 8= Save from Concerto to CARD song banks 1 to 8 SAVE SONGS 9to 16= Save from Concerto to CARD song banks 9 to 16 *RECALL will ERASE registers in the accordion and replace them with registers...

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