Controls And Connectors; The Top Panel - Viscount DB-5 Operating Manual

2. CONTROLS AND CONNECTORS

2.1 THE TOP PANEL

1. PRESET DRAWBARS UPPER – LOWER & BASS section.
This section contains the buttons for selection of the six PRESETS relating to the timbre
of the UPPER, LOWER and BASS manuals (the BASS is the section of the lower manual
assigned to the bass, or to the optional pedalboard if this is connected to the rear
PEDALBOARD connector), and for manual operation of the Drawbars.
2. VIBRATO & CHORUS section.
This section includes a knob for selection of the six types of VIBRATO (V1 – V2 – V3) and
CHORUS (C1 – C2 – C3) effects and the two switches for assigning the selected effect to
the UPPER and LOWER manuals.
3. Drawbars for the UPPER section.
The harmonic bars or Drawbars can be used to set the basic features of the timbre in use.
Each Drawbar sets the volume of the harmonic in relation to the fundamental (8'), indicated
above the respective bar. In this Drawbars section, the sound of the UPPER manual can
be adjusted.
4. Drawbars for the BASS section.
In this section, the two drawbars provided can be used to adjust the sound of the pedalboard
of the BASS section of the LOWER manual.
5. Drawbars for the LOWER section.
This Drawbar section contains the drawbars for the LOWER manual.
6. PERCUSSION section.
These buttons allow the user to add percussion to the timbre in use on the UPPER manual,
as follows:
- to add second harmonic percussion using the [2nd] key
- to add third harmonic percussion using the [3rd] key
- to vary the volume of the percussion using the [SOFT] key
to vary the percussion decay time using the [DECAY] key
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7. [POWER] switch.
You will use this switch to turn the OB5 on and off.
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