Excelsior MIDIVOX "Serie II" Instructions

EXCELSIOR MIDIVOX "Serie II" CONDENSED INSTRUCTIONS
1) Make all connections when mains power is off.
2) At power up the accordion is set to POLY Mode by default: "POLY" and "TREBLE"
lights come on.
The following controls are available in POLY Mode:
EDIT To enter EDIT Mode (see later)
PRESET To enter PRESET Mode (see later)
B.OCT To transpose the Bass range one octave up
T.OFF Treble Off. Switches off midi transmission from the treble keyboard.
CONST To switch off swell pedal volume control over Bass and Chord sounds.
POLY - When off, switches to OMNI Mode (see later in EXPANDER SET -UP)
TREBLE Also called "section switches". They select the section CHORD(or
Midi Channel) where the Program Change Messages are BASSsent, thus
allowing
sounds.
recognize Midi Program Change Messages separately over the proper
Channels (see later: EXPANDER SET-UP).
SOLO The
keyboard over Midi Ch. #4.At power off the SOLO section is not
enabled and no messages are sent over Midi Ch. #4.
Press "SOLO" to enable the SOLO section: the red light comes on and all
information related to the treble keyboard are now sent over CH. #1 and CH. #4
simultaneously.
If the expander units connected to the accordion are correctly programmed, it is
possible to get two different sounds at the same time playing on the right hand
side.
The "SOLO" switch has a double function: it works as section switch like
"TREBLE", "CHORD" and "BASS" to allow separate effect selection for the SOLO
section (Midi Ch. #4), and also as ON/OFF to enable or disable Midi transmission
over Ch. #4.
When "SOLO" is on, if you want to select a different section without disabling
Solo transmission, press another section switch (i.e. TREBLE, CHORD, or BASS).
The SOLO light goes off, but the operation over Midi Ch. #4 is still enabled.
Instead, when "SOLO" is on, if you want to switch off midi transmission over
CH.#4, press "SOLO" once more : the red light goes off and the TREBLE light
comes on.
BANK Bank Hold : useful when selecting effects and presets. See OPERATING
GUIDE for more details.
+64 To be used in conjunction with the numbered pushbuttons, to select up
to 128 effects or presets.
1 Numbered pushbuttons. In POLY Mode they are used to
2 select effect numbers which will be sent to the expander
3 units over the midi channel selected by the section
4 switch (TREBLE: Ch.#1, CHORD: Ch.#2, BASS: Ch.#3, SOLO
5 Ch.#4).
6 Always a two-digit number must be selected (octal code).
7 See the OPERATING GUIDE (page 4-6) for larger details 8and a useful
cross-table.
3) OPERATION IN EDIT MODE.
In EDIT Mode it is possible to store up to 128 "presets" or, in better words,
combinations of effects for all four sections, which can be recalled during a
musical performance in a very simple way.
Professional players can store their own combinations of effects, and won't have
to worry any more about switching the right effects for each section during
their perfomances.
Thank to the VLS system (Volume Level Scaling) it is also possible to store,
(To be used side by side to the Operating Guide)
separate
Please note
SOLO section sends
effect selection
that the expander
midi information
for treble, bass
units must
related to
and chord
be able to
the treble