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Prestige! The most popular Lowrey features and sounds? You will find them in the Prestige. New features, new sounds, new rhythm styles, and more music than ever before? The Prestige has these, too.
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Table of Contents Category Name is followed by the page number. 12, 59 Music Rack Extender 4, 108 Equalizer 59, 87 VIRTUOSO Virtuoso 27, 35 6, 34 6, 34, 138 52, 105 Lights 52, 80, 104 3, 103...
Many of the features of the Prestige Organ are interconnected. Therefore, you may benefit from starting at the beginning and proceeding through the book, rather than jumping from section to section. The goal of this Guide is to help you fully enjoy the Prestige Organ and have an understanding of all the features you desire to use.
This button is located on the left side of the PEDALS lower keyboard. This button will light as well as sever- al other buttons on the button panel. Without touching another button, the Prestige gives you that “Sweet LIGHTS PEDALS ABC’S MUSIC Lowrey Sound”...
Place your right foot on the while playing. Moving VOLUME PEDAL this pedal controls the overall volume level of the Prestige. Pressing the pedal all the way down is maximum volume. Pressing the pedal all the way back is minimum volume.
Look at the big screen in the center of the button panel. This is the . When you turn COLOR TOUCH SCREEN the organ on, the Prestige screen, below left, evolves during startup. When the organ is fully powered and is ready to be played the , below right, appears.
Oak Theme will be the preset theme. The Cherry theme is preset if you purchased a cherry finished cabinet. The oak theme is not available in the cherry finished prestige, and the cherry theme is not available in the oak finished unit.
RHYTHM PLUS ORCHESTRATION SECTION 8. MONITOR SPEAKERS The Prestige has two full range/high range combination monitor speakers and two tweeter speakers mounted high in the cabinet to project sound for the seated player’s benefit. The player can adjust the EASY...
HEADPHONE MONITOR IMPORTANT: Before plugging headphones (stereo only) into the headphone jack, be sure the vol- OUTPUT ume knob labeled and the are set to minimum volume. Turn HEADPHONE + MONITOR EXPRESSION PEDAL the knob to the left until it stops. Place the expression pedal in the toe side up, heel side down position. After -VOLUME- plugging the headphones in and placing them on your ears, hold a note or play a rhythm style, and slowly increase the volume to a comfortable level.
11. SOUND SYSTEM The diagram below illustrates the powerful Prestige sound system. THE PRESTIGE SOUND SYSTEM 6 - 6” x 9” mid range speakers 4 - high range tweeter speakers 4 - high range tweeter speakers, within 4 of the mid range speakers 1 - 12”...
12. MUSIC RACK EXTENDER- LIGHTED Below the gold-colored Lowrey logo, at the top of the organ, is a music rack extender. PEDALS ABC’S MUSIC To deploy the rack, pull the wood knobs toward you. The tinted plexiglass music rack lays on the music rack shelf.
PREVIEW: The Presets section demonstrates the ease of operation and how to sound good right away using the numerous preset features found on the Prestige. The type of Preset active at any one time: General Preset, Rhythm Preset, Bank Preset, Category Preset, will be displayed in the screen, as illustrated below.
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TRY THIS: Try the following steps to see how the buttons work. GENERAL PRESET 1. Open your black Lowrey Songbook to page 6 Amazing Grace, or to page 20 Whispering Hope. 2. Press the button. RESET 3. When the screen appears press the button, turning it on.
ORGAN RHYTHM PRESETS tured in the Prestige. There are a total of 11 Organ Rhythm Presets for each of the 216 Rhythm Styles. How It Works:...
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TRY THIS: Try the following steps to see how the button works. NORMAL RHYTHM PRESET 1. Open your black Lowrey Song Book to page 18 “Aloha, Oe.” 2. Press the button. Wait for the ‘Power Up’ screen to appear. RESET 3.
Pressing the Category Preset button labeled MORE MORE reveals eight additional categories in MORE display: TOUCH SCREEN SACRED, MODERN, BELLS, HOLIDAYS, JAZZ, BRASS, NOSTALGIC LUSH category will be “boxed-in” SACRED indicating it is the category currently selected. Prestige Owner’s Guide...
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Easy button with no Rhythm Style being used. The 231 sounds in the Prestige can not be changed. You will never lose them. CATEGORY PRESET In some cases, the preset names displayed on the will be abbreviated.
E BANK BANK PRESETS A - D In addition to the registrations placed in the buttons by Lowrey, you have the option of BANK PRESET changing and saving your own registration creations using the button. MEMORIZE How to save your own registrations using the Memorize button and how to recover the original Bank Presets is found in the section “Customizing A Bank Preset,”...
Preset Information What It Does: feature displays a description of the Upper Keyboard sounds (in groups of 11) PRESET INFORMATION in the General Presets, Category Presets, Bank Presets, and Rhythm Presets. How It Works: Press the button, located to the CUSTOM 4 left of the lower keyboard, to display a listing of the 11 presets currently being...
SONG SET UP takes the guess work out of what Rhythm Style button to use. The 750 song titles in the database are listed in the back of the book in alphabetical SONG SET UP order. Prestige Owner’s Guide...
HERE IS A RECAP OF THE PRESET FEATURES Even if you never press another button, simply turning the organ on gives you a beautiful Lowrey organ sound. The Preset features are very powerful and valuable. By simply pressing one or two buttons the entire organ is set up and ready to play.
A - B - C - D - E trations to those of your own creation. How It Works: Read through this procedure before doing it. Customizing a Bank Preset involves the A TIP FROM LOWREY: lettered buttons, the numbered buttons, and the red-colored...
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RESET TIP FROM LOWREY: Even though the organ has the capacity of holding 55 customized presets, it’s hard to keep track of so many presets. One way is to name your customized presets. with a familiar title. See...
The organ features a USB data port that can be used to store a great number of custom Bank Presets permanently on your Lowrey memory stick. The memory stick storage feature is highlighted in the How To Use The Memory Stick Section, page 35.
RECORDING YOUR MUSIC The Prestige gives you the capability to record, edit, playback, and distribute your own musial PREVIEW: performances. Share your songs with other Prestige owner’s by utilizing the (included MEMORY STICK with your Prestige organ). ‘Burn’ your music-making to a compact disk, with the Prestige’s and play it back on any CD Player*, including the CD player on the Prestige.
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Gently push the front of the CD tray in until it closes on its own. 5. Set the Prestige up with the sounds, rhythms, and features you wish to use for the song. A newly inserted CD needs a few moments to be made ready.
At this point, your musical performance is on the CD, but can only be accessed from the Prestige. You may remove the CD and add new songs to it later, by recording directly to the CD or by recording a song from a memory stick to the CD.
VOLUME The Prestige will playback Music CDs recorded by you, on your Lowrey Prestige organ, and Music CDs pro- duced by other makers. Follow these steps to playback a music CD. Remember, the CD control buttons are located to the right of the lower keyboard, on the right end block.
For Memory Stick loaded onto your ‘Lowrey Prestige’ memory stick. All 50 songs from the Lowrey songbook that accompanied your Prestige organ are recorded on the Lowrey supplied memory stick. Much like a player piano roll, the memory stick does not contain an audio recording from the Music Recorder.
Close the USB DATA PORT DRAWER 2. Set the Prestige up with the sounds and features you wish to play. Use the Presets or make your own. 3. Press the button. The button will light up yellow and then flash red.
REGIS- REGIS- TRATION BASS LOWER UPPER TRATION BASS LOWER UPPER The ten buttons in the are subdivided into two sections: buttons and MUSIC RECORDER RECORDING TRACK buttons. CONTROL Note: DO NOT use the features if you wish to playback a pre-recorded memory stick, and hear LOCK REGIS- it as it was originally recorded.
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If you have not gone back far enough, keep pressing and holding the but- ton until you reach the part you want to hear again. This will keep you from having to start the recording over at the beginning. Prestige Owner’s Guide...
MERGE RECORD What It Does: Merge recording gives you the ability to record additional music onto a track that contains a recording. How It Works: Each track (Registration, Bass, Lower and Upper) is composed of two tracks, allowing two separate record- ings to be placed on the same track.
MEMORY STICK PLAYBACK The Prestige will playback memory sticks recorded by you and your friends on your Lowrey Prestige organs. Follow these steps to playback music from a compatible memory stick. 1. Insert the...
CD. FINALIZE 10. In order to playback the songs that have been placed on the CD on a player other than the Prestige, you will need to the CD. Follow the steps on page 25. The finalize process permanently FINALIZE burns’...
You have the option of plugging a Microphone into the jack, located to the right of the Lower MICROPHONE Keyboard, to sing through the Prestige’s sound system. The 1/4 inch microphone jack allows for monaural microphone MICROPHONE: INPUT HIGH IMPEDANCE input and features separate Microphone Volume control.
These two 1/4” jacks are stereo line level inputs. They are there to let you utilize the AUX IN, RIGHT-LEFT: premium sound system on the Prestige to listen to other audio sources: tape decks, CD players, MP3 Players, iPods, etc.
BANK PRESETS MUSIC RECORDINGS MEMORY (new being a Memory Stick other than the one that came with the Prestige) you will need a memory STICK stick that is compatible with the organ. The Formatting process does this. THE USB MEMORY STICK THAT WAS SUPPLIED WITH YOUR PRESTIGE ORGAN DOES NOT REQUIRE FORMATTING.
SAVE PRESETS How It Works: After you have customized the to your BANK PRESETS liking follow these steps to save them on a memory stick. 1. Insert the memory stick on which you wish to SAVE Presets into the USB DATA PORT 2.
SAVE PRESETS These can be Presets you have created on your instrument or they can be Presets that are in a Prestige at your Lowrey dealer. If you are playing for your class, you could put your registrations into the BANK PRESETS on your organ at home and then save them onto a memory stick.
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Pressing the words on the screen will load the ALL: entire Preset Group ( ) into the A - B - C - D - E BANK PRE- SETS Pressing the words on the screen can- CANCEL: CANCEL cels the procedure, leaving the presets in the organs unchanged.
Preset Group. The screen will display , then . The screen DELETING PRESETS PRESETS DELETED will return to the display. POWER UP How To Use It: Use the feature to remove unwanted Preset Groups from a memory stick. DELETE PRESETS Prestige Owner’s Guide...
LOAD SONG PRESETS How It Works: feature loads presets from song recordings, made on the Prestige using Bank LOAD SONG PRESETS Presets, into the Bank Preset buttons for use with other songs. The feature will not capture or create presets from non-Lowrey, non- Prestige memory sticks.
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Prestige recordings onto another mem- COPY SONG ory stick to give to another Prestige owner. It also allows you to change the order of the songs you record- ed on the memory stick to your liking.
RENAME SONG How It Works: Press the words on the screen to display the song titles on the memory stick. Titles are dis- RENAME SONG played four at a time on the screen. Press either button to display other titles that may be on the SCROLL memory stick.
There are numerous controls on the organ that are preset so the organ is ready to play right away. You need only use the preset controls in order to fully utilize all of the features on the Prestige. These preset controls can be reassigned to provide you with different ways to manipulate a variety of functions.
Prestige. For con- RHYTHM PLUS ORCHESTRATION venience, we will refer to the Rhythm Plus Orchestration Styles as simply Rhythm Styles. Many of Lowrey’s most popular Rhythm Styles are included along with many new and exciting ones.
Rhythm Style is controlled by the buttons. GENIE ORCH PLUS The volume for the “rest of the band” is preset and may be controlled with the two ORCH PLUS VOLUME buttons in the section. STYLE & LOCK Prestige Owner’s Guide...
VARIATIONS VARI- ATIONS What It Does: The Prestige has 216 Rhythm Styles. The button expands the 24 VARIATIONS Rhythm Styles buttons on the panel to the total of 216. All 216 rhythm style names are listed on a table on page 151.
2. Press the red colored screen button labeled Style List located in the bottom right corner of the screen. The first rhythm style titles, in alphabetical order, from the Style List that begin with the letter O will appear. 3. Touch the title Obladi-Polka on the screen to choose that rhythm style. Prestige Owner’s Guide...
ALTER STYLE What It Does: ALTER STYLE provides a moderate change to the entire Rhythm Style selected. ALTER STYLE How It Works: Press a Rhythm Style button, then press the button to change any of the 216 ALTER STYLE Rhythm Styles. How To Use It: DRUM VARIATION Use the Alter Style feature to add even more variety to a Rhythm Style.
A TIP FROM LOWREY The Prestige not only gives you the ability to control the volume of the Drum section, it also gives you the ability to “Balance” the drum sounds. For example, any particular drum pattern might include a snare drum and a cymbal.
The rhythm style remains the same, but you get a different Introduction and Ending. MINOR CHORD INTRODUCTIONS Many of the introductions on the Prestige are different when the rhythm style is started using a minor chord. FADE IN/OUT FADE...
Rhythm Style to stop playing. The Rhythm Style stays lighted and no other buttons change on the organ. Pressing the button START/STOP again or playing a lower keyboard chord begins the Rhythm Style playing again. Prestige Owner’s Guide...
How To Use It: when you wish to temporarily pause the Rhythm Style without changing the registration START/STOP of the organ. The Rhythm Style will always start again, on the “downbeat” of the measure (beat 1), when you play a chord on the lower keyboard. Besides the red button on the panel, there are other ways of acti- TEMPO vating this feature in addition to the button on the panel.
AUTO BASS 1 & 2 AUTO BASS What It Does: is the Lowrey easy-play feature that plays the bass pedals for AUTO BASS you. It gives you a choice of two dynamic bass patterns and/or sounds for each Rhythm Style.
GENIE & ORCH PLUS What It Does: GENIE ORCH PLUS buttons allow you to determine how much of GENIE ORCH PLUS the “rest of the band” you will hear when using a Rhythm Style. The GENIE buttons represent specific parts of the band or orchestra ORCH PLUS within a Rhythm Style that can be used separately or together.
Rhythm Style button. The screen COUNTRY 2 will display what is shown to the right. 3. Touch the screen on the words TOUCH HERE TO EDIT . Five different editing categories will appear, STYLE as shown in the next step. Prestige Owner’s Guide...
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The first line reads: GENIE, ACOUSTIC GUITAR, 100 • is the brown Genie button in the Rhythm Plus GENIE Orchestration section. is the instrumental sound used in • ACOUSTIC GUITAR Genie for this Country 2-EZ Country Rhythm Style. is the volume level for Genie, which is maximum. The next four sections on the screen provide similar infor- mation about the button, which can contain up...
1. Set the , or volume to the desired level. BASS ORCH PLUS LOWER 2. Press both volume buttons, of the section you wish to lock, at the same time. The volume indicator lights will turn yellow. Prestige Owner’s Guide...
RHYTHM PRESET NORMAL know the organ is completely set and ready to play. Each of the ten buttons now become GENERAL PRESET ten more registrations (rhythm presets normally found on Lowrey organs). NORMAL RHYTHM PRESET Rhythm Plus Orchestration...
Rhythm Preset is in ‘Standby’ mode when either button is lighted yellow. How To Use It: RHYTHM PRESET makes sure that you quickly and easily get the best sounds from the Prestige organ. MEMORY Rhythm Preset makes you sound good right away.
“C”, blue is for “F”, and green is for “G” chords. How It Works: is Lowrey’s chord recognition system that has the unique ability to respond to different methods of forming lower keyboard chords. MCS will reply whether you form one and two finger MCS chords or if you play multi-fingered chords.
THE NOTE YOU ARE STARTING ON. For example, to play a C7 chord, you need to play a C note and the B flat note to the left of that C note. Be sure to press both at the same time. Prestige Owner’s Guide...
When playing Minor chords, Seventh chords or Diminished chords with MCS, the organ requires two notes be played as described above. There is a new feature on your Prestige that will enable you to play that sec- ond note of the MCS chord from another part of the organ. For example, you can change the Left Touch Bar from the FX function to the “Chord - Minor”...
PREVIEW: sent the traditional organ sounds found on the Lowrey organ. Many of the tabs have a number on them. For example: Flute 16, Flute 8, Flute 4, Strings 8, and Reed 16. The numbers indicate pitch. The higher the number, the lower the pitch.
The Bass Tabs are on the far left side of the organ. BASS TABS Lower and Upper keyboard tabs are CLEAR, YELLOW, BROWN, GREEN, PURPLE and GRAY. The CLEAR tabs are the famous “Sweet Lowrey Organ Sounds.” The YELLOW tabs are the beautiful Symphonic Strings. The BROWN tabs are vocal sounds.
More detail about Bass Sustain and Pedal Genius will follow at the end of this section. NOTE: USING A PRESET OR A RHYTHM STYLE WILL SELECT THE PEDAL SOUND FOR REMEMBER: YOU AUTOMATICALLY. A TIP FROM LOWREY You never need to play the pedals. Using the button, , or playing with a EASY AUTO BASS 1 &...
Just like there are different ways of activating the FX function when a Rhythm Style is playing (FX button, Left Touch Bar, and Right Foot Switch) the Prestige gives you the ability to activate this FX feature by simply pressing on one of these long or short pedals. In the MCS section, you were given an example of how a pedal could be used to form a Minor chord.
How To Use It: You have the ability to use these buttons to turn your Prestige into many different and distinct types of organs. These settings can be saved into a BANK PRESET. Pressing the RESET button or turning the organ LOWER TABS off will restore this section back to the “Power Up”...
FLUTES 16, 8, 5 1/3, 4, 2 2/3, 2, The traditional organ sounds that produce the “Sweet Lowrey Sound.” These tabs offer 1 3/5, 1 1/3 & 1: many Flute (organ) sounds, alone or in combination, with the other Upper sounds. The Upper Flute tabs have a DRAWBAR feature which will be shown at the end of this section.
How It Works: Sustain levels are preset from Lowrey and do not need to be changed. The sustain length is adjustable and has a numeric value from 1 (no sustain) to 100 (maximum sustain). Sustain settings can be changed using the following methods.
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6. Press the button to return the screen to the standard display FEATURE (CLEAR) How To Use It: All Sustain levels are preset on the Prestige. Use either method to change the amount of sustain for any of the Sustain tabs.
GENIUS sounds and then make Genius Voice changes. If you find one you GENERAL, CATEGORY, BANK PRESET really like, save it in a BANK PRESET For more options, see , on page 121. FEATURE PAGE 4-EDIT GENIUS Prestige Owner’s Guide...
If you find one you really like save it in a BANK PRESET What It Does: The famous and unique sound of flute drawbar-type organs can be obtained with the Prestige. Lowrey’s feature allows you to control and customize the volume intensities of each individual (clear) DRAWBAR Flute tab and (orange) Bass 16 and Bass 8 tabs.
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FEATURE (CLEAR) FLUTE PERC A TIP FROM LOWREY: As you change the Drawbar settings you can instantly hear the results by playing notes on the appropriate keyboard. For example, while changing the Upper Drawbars play some notes on the Upper Keyboard to hear the change.
These percussion sounds are played from the key- boards and/or pedals just like an authentic theatre organ. This tab enables the player to turn the Lowrey Prestige into an authentic Theatre Organ.
A TIP FROM LOWREY: When you turn on the Prestige the upper keyboard Flute 16 & Flute 4 tabs are on. There may be times when you do not wish to use these Flute sounds together with any Orchestral and Solo sounds. To hear Orchestral and Solo sounds alone press off any upper Flutes, Strings and Vocal tabs that may be on.
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Still other buttons in this section control from where the sounds are played: Upper Keyboard and/or Lower Keyboard. Orchestral and Solo volume controls are in this section, as well. What It Does: Going beyond what the Presets will do, you can experiment for an almost unlimited amount of possibilities for “just the right sound.”...
The Repeat speed values range from 1 (very slow) to 100 (very fast). The Repeat effect may be applied to Solo sounds. See , on page 126. FEATURE PAGE 5 - REPEAT Pressing the button or turning the organ off will return this feature to the factory setting. RESET Prestige Owner’s Guide...
DYNAMIC KEYING What It Does: DYNAMIC KEYING adds authenticity to sounds like Piano and Vibes by making the DYNAMIC KEYING sounds Touch Sensitive. Traditionally, the volume of an organ is controlled by the expression pedal while the volume of a piano is controlled by the force applied to the keys.
“C.” The Prestige Transposer is cyclical. When you begin at “C” and Transpose up (pressing the button labeled with the Sharp # symbol) through all 11 steps to “B”...
KEYBOARD SPLIT What It Does: It turns your Prestige into a three keyboard instrument. The larger church and theatre organs have at least three keyboards. This gives the player the ability to have three contrasting sounds on each keyboard for quick and easy registration changes.
• While holding the first button, press and release the second button and then release the first. • The first button selected will light, while the second button will blink. The Orchestral sounds selected will play polyphonic and the Solo sounds will play monophonic. Prestige Owner’s Guide...
Trumpet, could sound too high. Using the left side button could bring down the UPPER OCTAVE pitch of the Trumpet sound while still playing at the higher end of the Upper Keyboard. UPPER OCTAVE ORCH SOLO UPPER OCTAVE ORCH SOLO Prestige NORMAL Owner’s Guide Orchestral & Solo...
Orchestral sounds. The buttons control the overall volume SOLO VOLUME level of the blue Solo sounds. The volume level for each sound is preset from the Lowrey factory. The numerous Presets also set the volume levels for you. VOLUME VOLUME...
How to Change the Sound in a Genius Tab or Button Every button and tab labeled with the word has a sound, preset from the factory, assigned to it. GENIUS Pressing a Genius button or tab activates that sound and changes the screen to display the name of that Genius sound.
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The beauty of the Lowrey organ is that when you use the preset features you are utilizing the Genius Sounds. We at Lowrey created the presets so you can get the benefit of great sounds and features by press- ing just one or two buttons.
Reverb. The REVERB organ features different types of reverb from which to choose. The type and amount of reverb is preset from BASS the Lowrey factory. See on page 137 for additional selections. FEATURE PAGE 9 - REVERB LOWER The orange buttons control the volume of the Pedals or Bass sounds.
Each setting changes the overall sound character of the organ. Once a setting is selected it remains active until another setting is chosen. Press the but- ton again, turning it off, to have no Equalizer setting applied to the sound. Prestige Owner’s Guide...
Many of the Presets use the effects found in the Animation section. For example, the buttons (the fac- FAST tory setting) give the Flute tabs that “Sweet Lowrey Sound.” Using the buttons will change the char- SLOW acter of the Flute sounds to a “church” type sound.
MORE Harmony is the act of playing two or more notes, at the same time, to create a pleasant sound. The Prestige fea- tures 15 different types of Harmony from which to choose. Each Harmony type is playable with just one finger. The LOWER RIGHT organ plays all the other notes for you.
MORE Pressing the button in either the Upper or Lower section of the Harmony buttons causes the MORE TOUCH to list 12 more choices. SCREEN MORE 4 PART Harmony adds three or four more notes to the melody note being played. This Harmony goes well 4 PART COUNTRY with General Presets #4.
Numerous Presets utilize Harmony and offer an easy way to become familiar with the Harmony features. Pressing the button or turning the organ off will return the harmony section to the “Power-Up” set- RESET ting. Harmony settings can be saved to a BANK PRESET Prestige Owner’s Guide...
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1. Press the button. RESET 2. Open your black to Amazing Grace. LOWREY SONGBOOK 3. Press and the button. GENERAL PRESET #1 EASY 4. Play a few notes of Amazing Grace using one-finger notes on the Upper Keyboard and one-finger chords on the Lower Keyboard.
, additional sounds may be assigned. Any sound from the GENIUS may be assigned to the Genius1 and Genius 2 buttons. SOUND EFFECTS AND DRUMS VOICE LIST Press and hold either button and press either button to change the sound. GENIUS SCROLL Prestige Owner’s Guide...
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TRY THIS: Try the following example to hear some of the that can be assigned to the Genius 1 and SOUND EFFECTS Genius 2 buttons. 1. Press the screen button on the GENIUS TOUCH SCREEN 2. Press the screen button, located in the lower right NEXT corner of the TOUCH SCREEN...
GENIUS VIRTUOSO time Lowrey feature. The Golden Harp effect may easily be added to any song. Golden Harp may also be used along with a Rhythm Style. The Prestige has eight dynamic Golden Harp patterns and a GENIUS GOLDEN HARP button for selecting a variety of sounds.
RESET ) pattern is not associated with the Virtuoso keyboard featured on the VIRTUOSO GOLDEN HARP 4 Prestige. patterns produce a Picking style pattern commonly heard on such instruments. The BANJO GUITAR patterns do not produce a Banjo or Guitar instrumental sound unless you select the sounds with the GENIUS button.
What It Does: Easily add your own arpeggios, glissandos, or musical accents to any song, and because it’s a Lowrey fea- ture, you only need one finger!
GOLDEN HARP VIRTUOSO button, located in the VIRTUOSO VIRTUOSO VIRTUOSO section, lets you select a GOLDEN HARP source for the sound heard when playing the virtuoso keyboard and choose a pattern for the sound. Press the button in the VIRTUOSO Source section.
2. Press either button several times to change the SCROLL display to FEATURE PAGE 9 3. Press the words on the screen. The display TOUCH BAR will change to show the left and right Touch Bar control settings. Prestige Owner’s Guide...
4. Press and release the red button (next to the MEMORIZE ) causing it to light. BANK PRESETS will read: Memorizing To: TOUCH SCREEN 5. Press the button. The will CUSTOM 1 TOUCH SCREEN read: MEMORIZING TO: CUSTOM #1. 6. Press the red button again, turning it off.
Custom button is selected. Certain features’ values, such as Drawbar settings, may not be saved in a Custom button using the screen button. The VALUE & SETTING screen will display the message at the end of the memorizing process. NOT MEMORIZED Prestige Owner’s Guide...
For details, refer to on page 132. FEATURE PAGE 8 - VOLUME PEDAL SETTING A TIP FROM LOWREY: controls the overall volume level of the organ. The volume level of specific sections VOLUME PEDAL is controlled by the individual volume level controls found on the panel and in the...
The factory setting for the Glide function is one-half step. Using the Glide lowers the pitch of the note a half step. Releasing the switch glides the sound back up to the original pitch. The Prestige has the capability of selecting different glide lengths.
Touch Bars-Left & Right LEFT TOUCH BAR RIGHT TOUCH BAR What It Does: are the black strips below the lower keyboard that are divided at the third F# key. Each TOUCH BARS side has a different factory preset function. A selection of 19 functions plus the Next Preset feature may be assigned to either Touch Bar.
When you play the pedals while Auto Bass is on, the organ will play the notes your feet play and cancel the Auto Bass. When you stop playing the pedals, Auto Bass will begin playing for you again. Prestige Owner’s Guide...
Diagram A Warning: The Prestige organ is very heavy. Do not attempt to lift the organ or adjust the glides unassisted. On the underneath side of the front cabinet feet are two adjustable glides. (Diagram “A”...
How It Works: Turning the dial adjusts the screen to make it easier to read, for each individual player. How To Use It: Use the dial to adjust the screen to your liking. Prestige Owner’s Guide...
TOUCH SCREEN (CLEAR) How It Works: There are 11 Feature Pages of controls and features on the Prestige. Pressing the FEA- button displays the first of these 11Feature Pages, or the last page you TURE (CLEAR) were on before your returned to the Power Up screen.
TOUCH SCREEN POWER UP screen. •Pressing the button, causing the button to light, changes the Touch Screen to FEATURE(CLEAR) FEATURE PAGE 1 •Pressing either button will change the display to the next (or previous) Feature Page. SCROLL Prestige Owner’s Guide...
•Pressing the button again,causing the button light to turn off, will return the FEATURE(CLEAR) Touch Screen to the screen. POWER UP •Pressing the button again returns the Touch Screen to the last Feature Page displayed. FEATURE(CLEAR) Each of the displays a different group of FEATURE PAGE features available to you.
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UPPER, LOWER, OTHERS •Touch one of the boxes containing numbers. The box will become highlighted. •Scroll to the desired volume. In addition to the numerical indicator, there is also a vertical graph which visually illustrates the level. Prestige Owner’s Guide...
How To Use It: is used to customize the volume of any of the 15 sections to your choosing. Settings LEVELS (BALANCE) can be saved to a . Pressing the button or turning the organ off returns the organ to BANK PRESET RESET the factory levels.
(pianos or orchestras). Use the Tune settings to create a cho- rusing effect between two or more sounds. You never need to use this feature. The Prestige will always sound good without any need for adjustments. Press the lighted button to return to the screen.
How To Use It: is used to customize the amount of sustain that is applied to certain sounds on the organ. Numerous SUSTAIN Presets automatically change Sustain. Pressing the button or turning the organ off will return all RESET Sustain settings to the factory preset. Any setting can be saved into a BANK PRESET 4.
(1 3/5, 2, 4, 16) on the image of Flute Tab Drawbar you wish to change. The Flute Drawbar image will shorten, decreasing its volume. Another method is to press the Flute Drawbar image, highlighting it and then repeatedly press the top button, causing the Flute Drawbar image to shorten, decreasing its volume. SCROLL Prestige Owner’s Guide...
To display the next two screens press the bottom right DRAWBARS of the screen labeled FORWARD display controls two sections. PEDALS/LOWER DRAWBARS The first two Drawbars are for the orange Bass 16 & 8 tabs. The next five drawbars are for the Lower Keyboard flutes. The third display is Flute Perc.
However, you do lose the top octave of the lower keyboard and you would lose an octave of notes if you were using the Keyboard Split feature. Press the lighted button to return to the screen. FEATURE(CLEAR) POWER-UP Prestige Owner’s Guide...
REVIEW: are moveable. If you like any of the factory keyboard settings, you can assign that sound SOUND EFFECTS effect to one of the green Sound Effects buttons without losing the use of the 12 notes on the Lower GENIUS Keyboard.
(U.Gen) - The sound in the Upper Genius Tab. UPPER GENIUS The10 listed below can be applied to the sounds from the five sections listed above. EFFECTS ROTARY FLANGER CHORUS TREMULANT ENSEMBLE AUTO WAH CELESTE AUTO PAN PHASER DELAY Prestige Owner’s Guide...
How It Works: Each is preset from the factory and need not be changed. EFFECT Press the word on the screen. The screen will display the EFFECT factory preset Effects settings for all five sections. You can turn the Effects on and off, for each section, by pressing the name of the sec- tion on the screen.
Any of the sounds from the list may be placed into any of these seven sections and then edited. 3. Sound Shaper Every sound in the Prestige organ has been tuned by Lowrey audio professionals to produce the best instru- mental sounds possible. You need never change any of the sounds in the organ. The Sound Shaper feature provides limited sound editing capabilities, if you wish to use them.
How To Use It: Press any button or tab, then press either button to select the desired sound. Press the word GENIUS SCROLL , which appears in the lower right of the screen, two times, to display the Screen. EDIT SOUND SHAPER Change Attack, Decay, and Release by directly touching the screen to highlight the labeled rectangle.
Distance can range down -1 to -12 and up +1 to +12. is the amount of time it takes for the Glide to travel the Distance selected. •GO TIME is the amount of time it takes for the Glide to return to normal tune. •RETURN TIME Prestige Owner’s Guide...
values range from from 0 (Fast takes almost no time) to 100 (Slow - • GO TIME RETURN TIME takes a long time). To set the three values, press the name on the screen and then press either button to reach the desired SCROLL value.
This feature is used to change the Repeat speed to your liking. Any changes can be saved into a BANK PRE- . Pressing the button or turning the organ off will return the speed to the factory setting. RESET Press the lighted button to return to the screen. FEATURE(CLEAR) POWER-UP Prestige Owner’s Guide...
Feature Page 6 PREVIEW: controls three features involving FEATURE PAGE 6 GENERAL PRE- SETS, CATEGORY PRESETS, BANK PRESETS, RHYTHM PRE- SETS PRESET INFORMATION. RENAME BANK PRESET. NEXT PRESET. 1. Preset Information - SHORTCUT=FEATURE+ANY GENERAL, BANK, OR CATEGORY PRESET BUTTON What It Does: feature displays the Upper Keyboard sounds, in groups of 11, in each of the PRESET INFORMATION General Presets, Category Presets, Bank Presets, and Rhythm Presets.
(0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10) when the RIGHT TOUCH BAR pressed. set to On will enable you to move through the presets in both Having them TOUCH BARS LEFT RIGHT directions, depending on which Touch Bar is pressed. Prestige Owner’s Guide...
FOOT SWITCHES - LEFT/RIGHT work the same at the Touch Bars. You are using your right foot on LEFT RIGHT FOOT SWITCHES the Foot Switches rather than your hand on the Touch Bars. Pressing gives you the ability to go from one set of to another.
Note: Standard MIDI files do not display notes on this dis- play. How To Use It: This is a particularly fun feature to use when playing a recorded memory stick. Press the lighted button to return to the screen. FEATURE(CLEAR) POWER-UP Advanced Features Prestige Owner’s Guide...
3. Keyed Bass What It Does: feature allows a player to play Bass sounds on the Lower Keyboard, rather than on the KEYED BASS pedals. How It Works: Press the words on the screen. Then press the box with KEYED BASS the word .
Connecting a device, such as a tape deck or CD player, to the Aux In jacks allows the audio to to be heard through the organ’s sound system. Prestige Owner’s Guide...
How It Works: Pressing the words on the screen displays two choices: AUX IN - The Aux In volume is controlled with the Volume Pedal. THROUGH -The Aux In volume is not controlled by the Volume Pedal. BYPASS The volume level is set on the screen and may be controlled by the device connected to the Aux In jacks.
Use the feature page to change the performance of the Virtuoso Keyboard to your liking. Match VIRTUOSO the sounds on the Virtuoso to those you are using on other sections of the Prestige. Press the lighted button to return to the screen.
This setting can be saved into a . Pressing the button or turning the organ off will BANK PRESET RESET return this feature to the factory settings. 2. Touch Bar 3. Foot Switches 4. Pedal Natural/Black Press the lighted button to return to the screen.
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C on the Lower Keyboard and play a Natural Bass Pedal to form the C Minor chord. These changes can be saved into a . Pressing the button or turning the organ off will BANK PRESET RESET return the changes to the factory setting. Prestige Owner’s Guide...
Feature Page 10 PREVIEW: controls four feature categories: FEATURE PAGE 10 REVERB MICROPHONE MIDI RESET 1. Reverb - SHORTCUT=FEATURE +EITHER REVERB LEVEL BUTTON What It Does: feature gives you the ability of selecting a Reverb type of your liking. There are ten types of REVERB Reverb: 1.
The setting will stay the same even if you press the button or turn the organ off. RESET You must activate this feature again to make changes or do a to return to the factory setting. TOTAL RESET Prestige Owner’s Guide...
As was mentioned above, this feature is only for those familiar with MIDI capabilities and want to use this instrument as a receiver or source for sounds. You will enjoy your Prestige without ever using this feature. Consult your Lowrey dealer for more information on MIDI, if necessary.
The Counter is useful when making a recording using a Rhythm Style and is a way of keeping track of the song, especially for multi-track recordings. Press the lighted button to return to the screen. FEATURE(CLEAR) POWER-UP Prestige Owner’s Guide...
A memory stick with songs recorded on it must be in the organ’s USB Data Port for the selections to func- tion. How To Use It: Use this feature to enjoy your Prestige when you are not playing it. Let it entertain you while you’re relax- ing or dining. Press the lighted button to return to the screen.
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Oak Theme will be the preset theme. The Cherry theme is preset if you purchased a cherry finish cabinet. The oak theme is not available in the cherry prestige, and the cherry theme is not available in the oak unit.
4. Clock/Timer. What It Does: screen controls three features: CLOCK/TIMER -The Clock tells you what time it is. Just like any other clock, CLOCK it has to be set. -Set the Wake Up Time to turn the organ on at a spe- WAKE UP TIME cific time of day.
SFX Voice Name SFX Voice Name SFX Voice Name 619 Cuica, Low 637 Hand Clap, Single 655 Snare Drum, Roll 620 Cymbal 1 638 Hi Hat, Closed 656 Tambourine 621 Cymbal 2 639 Hi Hat, Open 657 Tom High 1 622 Cymbal 3 640 Hi Hat, Pedal Close 658 Tom Mid 1...
D#/A/C# A/D#/G# N.C. - NO CHORD Pressing 3, 4, or 5 half steps at the same time, for example: C, C#, D -or- F, F#, G, A ; results in a No Chord (printed N.C. on music). Prestige Owner’s Guide...
Song Set Up List Abide With Me Aquarius Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive Ariva Derci Roma Ach, Du Lieber Augustine Around The World Achy Breaky Heart As Long As He Needs Me After The Ball As Time Goes By Again Auld Lang Syne Ain’t Misbehavin’...
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Du, Du Liegst Mir Im Herzen Chim Chim Cher-ee Dueling Banjos Chinatown, My Chinatown Earth Angel Chipmunk Song, The East Side, West Side Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting…) Easter Parade Church In The Wildwood, The Ebb Tide Cielito Lindo Edelweiss Prestige Owner’s Guide...
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Every Breath You Take Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas Everybody Loves Somebody (Sometime) Hawaiian War Chant Everything Is Beautiful Hawaiian Wedding Song Everything’s Coming Up Roses Exodus He Touched Me Fascination Heart And Soul Feelings Heartaches First Noel, The Hello, Dolly! Five Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue Hello, My Baby...
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Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! It Came Upon A Midnight Clear Let Me Call You Sweetheart It Had To Be You Let Me Entertain You It’s A Grand Night For Singing Let’s Fall In Love Prestige Owner’s Guide...
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Lida Rose Mona Lisa Liebestraum Mood Indigo Liechtensteiner Polka Moon River Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries Moonglow Listen To The Mockingbird Moonlight And Roses (Andantino) Little Brown Jug Moonlight Becomes You Little Drummer Boy Moonlight Serenade Londonderry Aire (Oh Danny Boy) More Long, Long Ago More I See You, The...
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Singin’ In The Rain Puttin’ On The Ritz Sixteen Tons Quando, Quando Sleepy Time Gal Que Sera Sera Sleigh Ride Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars Smoke Gets In Your Eyes Quiet Village Snow Bird Ragtime Cowboy Joe Some Enchanted Evening Prestige Owner’s Guide...
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Somewhere My Love That Old Gang Of Mine Somewhere Out There That’s Amore Song Sung Blue That’s Entertainment Sonny That’s Life Sound Of Music, The That’s What Friends Are For South Of The Border The Candy Man Southern Nights The Days Of Wine And Roses Spanish Eyes The Entertainer Spanish Flea...
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Your Cheatin’ Heart Where Do I Begin (from Love Story) You’re A Grand Ole Flag While Strolling Through The Park One Day You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ Whispering Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart Whispering Hope Zip-A-De-Doo-Dah Prestige Owner’s Guide...
Additional expenses of explaining features and organ operation not included. Lowrey shall not be responsible for any warranties offered in addition to this warranty. Lowrey shall not be liable for and excludes incidental or consequential damages which may be incurred. Implied warranties are limited to the expressed warranty.
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GROUNDING/EARTHING INSTRUCTIONS This product must be grounded/Earther. If it should malfunction or breakdown, grounding/earthing provides a path of least resistance for electric current to reduce the risk of electric shock. This product is equipped with a cord having an equip- ment-grounding/earthing conductor and a grounding/earthing plug.
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