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  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Quick Guide - Viscount Prestige 50 CONTENTS 1. Important notes ........................3 1.1 Looking after the product ..................... 3 1.2 Notes on floppy disks ......................3 1.3 Notes about the manual ......................4 2. Controls and connections ......................5 2.1 The side panels ........................5 2.2 The central panel ........................
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  • Page 5: Important Notes

    Quick Guide - Viscount Prestige 50 1. IMPORTANT NOTES 1.1 LOOKING AFTER THE PRODUCT • Do not apply excessive force to the organ’s structures or the controls (knobs, stops, push-buttons, etc.). • When possible, do not place the instrument close to units which generate strong interference, such as radios, TVs, computer videos, etc.

  • Page 6: Notes About The Manual

    Prestige 50 Viscount - Quick Guide 1.3 NOTES ABOUT THE MANUAL • Take good care of this manual. • This manual is an integral part of the instrument. The descriptions and illustrations in this publication are not binding. • While the instrument’s essential characteristics remain the same, the manufacturer reserves the...

  • Page 7: Controls And Connections

    Quick Guide - Viscount Prestige 50 2. CONTROLS AND CONNECTIONS 2.1 THE SIDE PANELS LEFT PANEL 1. [PEDAL] drawstops: this section contains the first six voices of the pedal board. 2. [SWELL] drawstops: these drawstops can be used to activate the voices of the Swell on and off.

  • Page 8: The Central Panel

    2. ORCHESTRA Section: this section contains the organ’s Orchestra voices. One of the most important feature of the Prestige 50 is the Orchestra section, which can be added to the organ voices, enhancing the organ’s voice range. The buttons are divided into three sections: o [PEDAL ORCHESTRA]: pedal board voices.

  • Page 9: The Controls For The Manuals Thumb Pistons

    [MEM-] to recall them in descending order. 2. Dedicated memories: the Prestige 50 memories also include six dedicated memories for Swell (2A), Great (2B) and the pedal board (2C). In the dedicated memories it is only possible to save the set up of the section coupled to the selected memory.
  • Page 10 Prestige 50 Viscount - Quick Guide 5. [MEM+] and [MEM-] buttons: these buttons can be used to select the general memories in ascending and descending order. 6. [M.SOLO] button: these buttons control the status of the MIDI Solo function for the Swell (6A) and Great (6B).

  • Page 11: Pedalboard Controls

    Quick Guide - Viscount Prestige 50 2.4 PEDAL BOARD CONTROLS 1. General memory pistons: these pistons can be used to recall the organ general memories. 2. [SWELL] pedal: this expression pedal is used to control the volume of the Swell.

  • Page 12: Connections Underneath The Manuals

    Prestige 50 Viscount - Quick Guide 2.5 CONNECTIONS UNDERNEATH THE MANUALS 1. [HEADPHONES] socket: Jack socket to which a headphone set can be connected. With headphones connected, the organ’s internal amplification is cut off. NOTE For optimum performance from the [HEADPHONES] output it is recommended that headphones with a minimum impedance of 16 Ω...

  • Page 13: Connections On The Rear Panel

    1. [EXT. +12V DC] connectors: these sockets can be used to obtain the +12V DC voltage needed to supply the VISCOUNT speakers connected to the [OUTPUT]. The external boxes can be switched on and off by using the [EXT. SPK.] switch located on the left side panel.
  • Page 14 Prestige 50 Viscount - Quick Guide o [MIC]: Microphone input for amplifying any signal coming from a microphone. o [GAIN]: trimmer for adjusting the input signal connected to the [MIC] input. EXAMPLE OF REAR OUTPUTS CONNECTIONS Powered boxes EXT. +12V DC...

  • Page 15: The Remote Control (Optional)

    Quick Guide - Viscount Prestige 50 2.7 THE REMOTE CONTROL (OPTIONAL) The Prestige 50 can be equipped with a radio remote control which can be used to control the general volume of the organ and the main sequencer functions at a distance. Refer to your dealer to purchase this device.

  • Page 16: Central Control Unit

    3. CENTRAL CONTROL UNIT The drawer located under the keyshelf contains the central control unit for all the internal functions of the Prestige 50. This “Quick Guide” describes the basic functions of this system, for a detailed description of all the remaining functions and parameters please see the “Advanced Manual”.
  • Page 17 Quick Guide - Viscount Prestige 50 Manual”. 4. VOLUMES section: these controls are used to adjust the individual volumes of the organ, as follows: o [PEDAL]: pedal board volume. o [GREAT]: Great volume. o [SWELL]: Swell volume. o [ORCH.]: volume of the Orchestra voices.
  • Page 18 Prestige 50 Viscount - Quick Guide o TEMPERAMENT: this parameter provides a selection of historical temperaments from various ages and different national origin. A perfectly tuned EQUAL temperament can be selected, or alternatively the classic MEANTONE, CHAUMONT, WERCKMEISTER, KIRNBERGER, PYTHAGOREAN, VALLOTTI and KELLNER.

  • Page 19: Organ General Settings

    Quick Guide - Viscount Prestige 50 4. ORGAN GENERAL SETTINGS Pressing the [SET-UP] button on the central panel gives access to the organ’s general settings. The page displayed is as follows: [TREMULANT] [REVERB] [KEYBOARDS SETTING] [INTERNAL EQUALIZER] containing the following selection fields: o TREMULANT: for setting the Tremulant on each manual.

  • Page 20: Selecting The Type Of Reverb

    Prestige 50 Viscount - Quick Guide As the display states, the number to the left of the “/”symbol represents the Depth, while the number to the right is the Speed. To change the values use the [CURSOR] buttons to move the cursor and the encoder [VALUE].
  • Page 21 Quick Guide - Viscount Prestige 50 Using the GREAT/SWELL KEYBOARDS INVERSION the positions of Great and Swell can be inverted. Using the [VALUE] encoder, select enable to turn it on or disable to turn it off. The status of this setting is also shown by the [K. INV.] LED on the front panel (see also par. 2.2).

  • Page 22: Recording And Playing Back Musical Performances

    5. RECORDING AND PLAYING BACK MUSICAL PERFORMANCES The Prestige 50 is equipped with a multitrack sequencer used to record, save to floppy disk and playback musical performances. The following are the basic directions for using these functions; a detailed description of all the sequencer functions is given in the “Advanced Manual”.

  • Page 23: Playing Back A Performance

    Quick Guide - Viscount Prestige 50 5.2 PLAYING BACK A PERFORMANCE To play back a track recorded using the sequencer, insert the floppy disk in the drive and press [PLAY]. The system will proceed to read the floppy disk: *** Reading disk contents *** Please wait after which all the tracks (.MID files) saved on the disk will be displayed:...

  • Page 24: Voice Local Off

    Prestige 50 Viscount - Quick Guide 6. VOICE LOCAL OFF Setting a voice in Local Off mode means that it will not be played by the organ’s internal sound generation system but the relative MIDI message is sent (System Exclusive) so that it can be turned on and played on a connected instrument.
  • Page 26 MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHART Viscount Prestige Version: 1.0 Classic Organ Date: 19/07/05 FUNCTION… TRANSMITTED RECEIVED REMARKS BASIC Default 1÷15 1÷15 CHANNEL Changed 1÷15 1÷15 MODE Default Mode 3 Mode 3 Messages ******** ******** Altered ******** ******** NOTE 30÷101 30÷101 NUMBER True Voice 36÷96...
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