Viscount Unico 300, Unico 400, Unico 500 User manual

For hundreds of years the classic organ has offered power, majesty and creativity to the musician that commands all the sounds possible through its

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conﬁguration. It transforms the performer’s inner feelings and the composer’s intentions into an experience of magniﬁcent proportion to the listener.

Viscount now makes it possible for organists throughout the world to experience the thrill that here-to-fore could only be experienced by those

musicians and listeners fortunate enough to play on, and listeners to hear in person, organs in the ﬁnest cathedrals and venues around the world.

Physis technology, through its Unico instruments, can now perfectly reproduce the sound, ambience, and conﬁguration of any organ found in

famous venues around the world.

Physis technology, using an advanced multi-processor platform, allows an unprecedented huge calculation power. The DSP array architecture is

based on the ﬂoating-point state of the art, third generation of SHARC® Processors by Analog Devices. Each of them is capable of 2.4 GFLOPS

peak performance. Physis, with up to 8 SHARC® Processors, can send and process in excess of 12 Billion instructions per second (sustained

rate), thus providing the power to accomplish what digital sampling cannot.

It is difﬁcult to separate the natural sound an organ produces from its interaction with its surrounding architecture. Each has an effect on the other.

Space and volume are the main architectural contributors effecting sound, especially when the sound is produced by something as unique as a

windblown pipe. Each hand-made pipe, with its own height, thickness, design and imperfections, speaks differently into its environment.

Physis physically models the sound by measuring an organ’s natural and physical attributes, as well as its interaction

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with its environment. Then Physis rebuilds that sound through modeling technology, not storing samples like older

technologies, but rebuilding all the details through complex algorithms, down to the smallest imperfections - those

elements that give the original instrument its character and warmth. Physis creates its sound so that it is ever

changing, like the organ used for the model; however it can be adjusted to accommodate the desires of the most

demanding organist, or acoustically deprived environment.

Today, with the introduction of Physis Technology, Viscount has succeeded in reproducing sound waves just as they

would emanate from a windblown pipe organ-each with its own autonomy, individuality and unique characteristics.

Viscount’s Unico instrument, using Physis, produces a reproduction of each note’s sound wave just as it sounded in

the original organ. Since there are no “breaks” or “split-points”, as found in sampling technologies, the progression

of sound across the keyboard is accurate, smooth and natural.

However, the shapes of Physis sound waves are open, thus, making it is possible to edit, modify and extend their structure.

They produce a tri-dimensional sound. Physis speaks, not just with “Left-to-Right” motion, as currently done with older

technologies, but also with “Front-to-Back” and “Up and Down” motion as they do in real windblown pipes.

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Technology

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The electronic organ,as with all sophisticated electronic devices, comes from an information technology

environment.

The electronic organ, as with all sophistycated electronic devices, comes from an information technology

environment. For this reason, in the Unico series we adopted Linux , a unix-like and open source

operating system, developed for personal computers. Linux is totally transparent to the organist, who’ll

continue to use his instrument like he does today, but with a lot of beneﬁts in terms of connectivity

and integration with the personal computers world. Linux supports, for example, the whole USB world

(both as master or device), ethernet connection, IP protocol (Internet) and many other protocols and

hardware peripherals.

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unico500

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Man I

Prinzipal 8’ Flöte 8’ Prestant 4’ Offenﬂöte 4’ Doublette 2’ Larigot 1 1/3’ Sifﬂöte 1’ Sesquialtera II Mixtur IV

Regal 16’ Spanische Trompete 8’ Krummhorn 8’

Tremulant Coupler III/I

Man II

Prinzipal 16’ Prinzipal 8’ Hohlﬂöte 8’ Gedackt 8’ Gamba 8’ Unda Maris 8’ Oktave 4’ Spitzﬂöte 4’ Quinte 2 2/3’ Superoktave 2’ Kornett IV Mixtur V

Contra Trompete 16’ Trompete 8’ Klarine 4’

Tremulant Coupler III/II Coupler I/II

Man III

Bourdon 16’ Geigen Prinzipal 8’ Rohrgedackt 8’ Viola di Gamba 8’ Vox Celeste 8’ Oktave 4’ Gemshorn 4’ Rohrﬂöte 4’ Nasard 2 2/3’ Blockﬂöte 2’ Terz 1 3/5’ Scharf III

Fagott 16’ Trompete 8’ Oboe 8’ Vox Humana 8’ Clairon 4’

Tremulant

Pedal

Untersatz 32’ Prinzipalbass 16’ Subbass 16’ Gedackt 16’ Oktavbass 8’ Gedackt 8’ Choralbass 4’ Mixtur IV

Contra Bombarde 32’ Posaune 16’ Trompete 8’ Schalmei 4’

Coupler II/P Coupler III/P Coupler I/P

unico500

with its three manuals ,56 voices, drawsrops arrangements and luxury cabinet, offers the perfect environment to experience the amazing capabilities of Physis.

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unico500 / speciﬁcations

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Keyboards 3 x 61 notes “tracker touch” keyboards, with velocity control for MIDI and Orchestra sections.

Optional with wooden keys

Pedalboard 32 notes straight, straight concave, radiating concave Stop Type Wooden Drawknob Audio Ampliﬁers 6 x 60 Watt + 1 x 100 Watt, 7 channels internal ampliﬁcation system Speakers 13 Expression Pedals 2 Wooden Pedal Crescendo Pedal Wooden Pedal 16 step programmable

STOPS and VOICES

Pedal 12 Man I 12 Man II 15 Man III 17 Total Speaking Stops 56 + 7 Orch. Hundreds voices in the internal sound bank Sound Styles 4 Preset + 4 User. Hundreds Sound Styles can be loaded and/or stored from/to internal memory and

Pen Drive

Alternative Voices Selectable additional sound for each Stop Orchestra Voices Selectable additional sound for each Stop

ACCESSORIES

General Pistons 10 Divisional Pistons 6 Memory Bank 16 Memory Segments 6 (A,B,C,D,E,F) Total Memories 960 General, 3840 Divisional, tens of thousands with Pen Drive Piston Sequencer Prev - Next Pistons and Toe Studs Return to Handset Registration Individual HR for General and Divisional Pistons Toe Studs 22 Console On - Ext. Out Speakers On Can be programmed as Main Out On and Antiphonal On Reed Cancel - Mixture Cancel Yes Automatic Pedal Yes Enclosed piston Yes Couplers 6 With Stops, Pistons and Toe Studs Transposer -6/+5 General Volume - Reverb Volume With Rotary Potentiometers Divisional Midi Enable Yes Organ Solo Piston Solo Coupler Midi Solo Piston Solo on Midi Out Orchestra and Midi Sustain With Expression Pedal Switch Pen Drive Mass Storage Usual Usb Pen Drive can be used as Mass Storage Key ON/OFF Power Switch Yes Sequencer Remote Control Optional Radio no directive 50 mt distance Remote Control with built in 2x16 display

DISPLAY 128 x 64 dots Graphic with Backlight

Edit Voice Parameters Stop by stop adjustable voice parameters Divisional Volume Separate for each Division Tremulant 3 Separately for each manuals Depth and Speed adjustable

Reverberation 8 Types Ensemble Effect Adjustable Air Pressure Effect Proportional to the active Voices Tracker Keyboard Effect Yes Historic Temperaments Kirnberger II, Kirnberger III, Werckmeister III, Werckmeister IV, Werckmeister V, Vallotti, Silbermann

I, Silbermann II, Kellner 1975, Meantone, Meantone pure minor third, Zarlino, Sauveur I, Sauveur II, Barca, Rameau, Pythagorean; each with programmable “Tonic” Key Note

Choir/Great Keyboards Inversion Yes Piston Combine Great/Pedal Divisional Piston Combine Output Router Stop by stop adjustable Windchest layout External Out Volume Control 13 (21) indipendent out volume control External Out 5 Band Equalizer 13 (21) indipendent out 5 Band Equalizer Internal Ampl. 5 Band Equalizer Yes Midi Programmable Tx/Rx Midi Ch., Tx/Rx Midi Filter, Send PG, Keyb. Midi Velocity: progammables Sequencer Interactive Song Sequencer with Overdubbing function Demo Songs Yes File Management Copy, Load, Save, Rename, Delete etc. under Linux Operating System Lock Organ With Password

CONNECTIONS

Midi In, Out, Thru Yes Stereo Headphone Out Yes Stereo Aux In Yes Mic In With Gain Control Multiple Line Out 13, 21 with Output Expansion Board USB to PC (For Viscount Organ Editor) For ﬁnest ﬁnishing and personalization like Stop by Stop, Note by Note Volume and Pitch

Regulation, Stop disposition, Internal and External Routing, etc.

USB for Pen Drive Yes

CONSOLE

Width x Height x Depth with Pedalb. cm 178x131.5x117 Width x Height x Depth without Pedalb. cm 178x131.5x78 Description Elegant Wooden Console Moldings, Elegant Wooden Lighted Music Rack, Wooden Roll Top with Key-

Lock, Bench with Music Storage Shelf

Weight Kg. 292

400

unico400

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Man I

Prinzipal 8’ Flöte 8’ Prestant 4’ Offenﬂöte 4’ Doublette 2’ Larigot 1 1/3’ Sifﬂöte 1’ Sesquialtera II Mixtur IV

Regal 16’ Spanische Trompete 8’ Krummhorn 8’

Tremulant Coupler III/I

Man II

Prinzipal 16’ Prinzipal 8’ Hohlﬂöte 8’ Gedackt 8’ Gamba 8’ Unda Maris 8’ Oktave 4’ Spitzﬂöte 4’ Quinte 2 2/3’ Superoktave 2’ Kornett IV Mixtur V

Contra Trompete 16’ Trompete 8’ Klarine 4’

Tremulant Coupler III/II Coupler I/II

Man III

Bourdon 16’ Geigen Prinzipal 8’ Rohrgedackt 8’ Viola di Gamba 8’ Vox Celeste 8’ Oktave 4’ Gemshorn 4’ Rohrﬂöte 4’ Nasard 2 2/3’ Blockﬂöte 2’ Terz 1 3/5’ Scharf III

Fagott 16’ Trompete 8’ Oboe 8’ Vox Humana 8’ Clairon 4’

Tremulant

Pedal

Untersatz 32’ Prinzipalbass 16’ Subbass 16’ Gedackt 16’ Oktavbass 8’ Gedackt 8’ Choralbass 4’ Mixtur IV

Contra Bombarde 32’ Posaune 16’ Trompete 8’ Schalmei 4’

Coupler II/P Coupler III/P Coupler I/P

unico400

with its 3 manuals, 56 voices, tilt -tab stop arrangement and the same Unico 500 stop library, provides everything conveniently at your ﬁngeritps to experience the power of Physis’s modeling technology.

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unico400 / speciﬁcations

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Keyboards 3 x 61 notes “tracker touch” keyboards, with velocity control for MIDI and Orchestra sections.

Optional with wooden keys

Pedalboard 32 notes straight, straight concave, radiating concave Stop Type Tilt Tab Audio Ampliﬁers 4 x 60 Watt + 1 x 100 Watt, 5 channels internal ampliﬁcation system Speakers 9 Expression Pedals 2 Wooden Pedal Crescendo Pedal Wooden Pedal 16 step programmable

STOPS and VOICES

Pedal 12 Man I 12 Man II 15 Man III 17 Total Speaking Stops 56 + 7 Orch. Hundreds voices in the internal sound bank Sound Styles 4 Preset + 4 User. Hundreds Sound Styles can be loaded and/or stored from/to internal memory and

Pen Drive

Alternative Voices Selectable additional sound for each Stop Orchestra Voices Selectable additional sound for each Stop

ACCESSORIES

General Pistons 10 Divisional Pistons 6 Memory Bank 16 Memory Segments 6 (A,B,C,D,E,F) Total Memories 960 General, 3840 Divisional, tens of thousands with Pen Drive Piston Sequencer Prev - Next Pistons and Toe Studs Return to Handset Registration Individual HR for General and Divisional Pistons Toe Studs 22 Console On - Ext. Out Speakers On Can be programmed as Main Out On and Antiphonal On Reed Cancel - Mixture Cancel Yes Automatic Pedal Yes Enclosed piston Yes Couplers 6 With Stops, Pistons and Toe Studs Transposer -6/+5 General Volume - Reverb Volume With Rotary Potentiometers Divisional Midi Enable Yes Organ Solo Piston Solo Coupler Midi Solo Piston Solo on Midi Out Orchestra and Midi Sustain With Expression Pedal Switch Pen Drive Mass Storage Usual Usb Pen Drive can be used as Mass Storage Key ON/OFF Power Switch Yes Sequencer Remote Control Optional Radio no directive 50 mt distance Remote Control with built in 2x16 display

DISPLAY 128 x 64 dots Graphic with Backlight

Edit Voice Parameters Stop by stop adjustable voice parameters Divisional Volume Separate for each Division Tremulant 3 Separately for each manuals Depth and Speed adjustable

Reverberation 8 Types Ensemble Effect Adjustable Air Pressure Effect Proportional to the active Voices Tracker Keyboard Effect Yes Historic Temperaments Kirnberger II, Kirnberger III, Werckmeister III, Werckmeister IV, Werckmeister V, Vallotti, Silbermann

I, Silbermann II, Kellner 1975, Meantone, Meantone pure minor third, Zarlino, Sauveur I, Sauveur II, Barca, Rameau, Pythagorean; each with programmable “Tonic” Key Note

Choir/Great Keyboards Inversion Yes Piston Combine Great/Pedal Divisional Piston Combine Output Router Stop by stop adjustable Windchest layout External Out Volume Control 13 (21) indipendent out volume control External Out 5 Band Equalizer 13 (21) indipendent out 5 Band Equalizer Internal Ampl. 5 Band Equalizer Yes Midi Programmable Tx/Rx Midi Ch., Tx/Rx Midi Filter, Send PG, Keyb. Midi Velocity: progammables Sequencer Interactive Song Sequencer with Overdubbing function Demo Songs Yes File Management Copy, Load, Save, Rename, Delete etc. under Linux Operating System Lock Organ With Password

CONNECTIONS

Midi In, Out, Thru Yes Stereo Headphone Out Yes Stereo Aux In Yes Mic In With Gain Control Multiple Line Out 13, 21 with Output Expansion Board USB to PC (For Viscount Organ Editor) For ﬁnest ﬁnishing and personalization like Stop by Stop, Note by Note Volume and Pitch

Regulation, Stop disposition, Internal and External Routing, etc.

USB for Pen Drive Yes

CONSOLE

Width x Height x Depth with Pedalb. cm 162x127x111 Width x Height x Depth without Pedalb. cm 162x127x69.5 Description Elegant Wooden Console Moldings, Elegant Wooden Lighted Music Rack, Wooden Roll Top with Key-

Lock, Bench with Music Storage Shelf

Weight Kg. 195

300

unico300

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Man I

Prinzipal 16’ Prinzipal 8’ Hohlﬂöte 8’ Gedackt 8’ Gamba 8’ Unda Maris 8’ Oktave 4’ Spitzﬂöte 4’ Quinte 2 2/3’ Superoktave 2’ Kornett IV Mixtur V

Contra Trompete 16’ Trompete 8’ Krummhorn 8’ Klarine 4’

Tremulant Coupler I/II

Man II

Bourdon 16’ Geigen Prinzipal 8’ Rohrgedackt 8’ Viola di Gamba 8’ Vox Celeste 8’ Oktave 4’ Gemshorn 4’ Rohrﬂöte 4’ Nasard 2 2/3’ Blockﬂöte 2’ Terz 1 3/5’ Scharf III

Fagott 16’ Trompete 8’ Oboe 8’ Vox Humana 8’ Clairon 4’

Tremulant

Pedal

Untersatz 32’ Prinzipalbass 16’ Subbass 16’ Gedackt 16’ Violone 16’ Oktavbass 8’ Gedackt 8’ Choralbass 4’ Flöte 4’ Mixtur IV

Contra Bombarde 32’ Posaune 16’ Trompete 8’ Schalmei 4’

Coupler II/P Coupler I/P

unico300

A distinctive 2 manuals with a 32 note Ago pedalboard, with 47 tilt-tabstops, USB connection and all the features provided by the Unico line.

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unico300 / speciﬁcations

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Keyboards 2 x 61 notes “tracker touch” keyboards, with velocity control for MIDI and Orchestra sections.

Optional with wooden keys

Pedalboard 32 notes straight, straight concave, radiating concave Stop Type Tilt Tab Audio Ampliﬁers 4 x 60 Watt + 1 x 100 Watt, 4 channels internal ampliﬁcation system Speakers 9 Expression Pedals 1 Wooden Pedal Crescendo Pedal Wooden Pedal 16 step programmable

STOPS and VOICES

Pedal 14 Man I 16 Man II 17 Total Speaking Stops 47 + 5 Orch. Hundreds voices in the internal sound bank Sound Styles 4 Preset + 4 User. Hundreds Sound Styles can be loaded and/or stored from/to internal memory and

Pen Drive

Alternative Voices Selectable additional sound for each Stop Orchestra Voices Selectable additional sound for each Stop

ACCESSORIES

General Pistons 6 Divisional Pistons 6 Memory Bank 16 Memory Segments 6 (A,B,C,D,E,F) Total Memories 576 General, 1728 Divisional, tens of thousands with Pen Drive Piston Sequencer Prev - Next Pistons Return to Handset Registration Individual HR for General and Divisional Pistons Toe Studs 7 Console On - Ext. Out Speakers On Can be programmed as Main Out On and Antiphonal On Reed Cancel - Mixture Cancel Yes Automatic Pedal Yes Enclosed piston Yes Couplers 3 With Stops, Pistons and Toe Studs Transposer -6/+5 General Volume - Reverb Volume With Rotary Potentiometers Divisional Midi Enable Yes Organ Solo Piston Solo Coupler Midi Solo Piston Solo on Midi Out Orchestra and Midi Sustain With Expression Pedal Switch Pen Drive Mass Storage Usual Usb Pen Drive can be used as Mass Storage Key ON/OFF Power Switch Yes Sequencer Remote Control Optional Radio no directive 50 mt distance Remote Control with built in 2x16 display

DISPLAY 128 x 64 dots Graphic with Backlight

Edit Voice Parameters Stop by stop adjustable voice parameters Divisional Volume Separate for each Division Tremulant 2 Separately for each manuals Depth and Speed adjustable Reverberation 8 Types

Ensemble Effect Adjustable Air Pressure Effect Proportional to the active Voices Tracker Keyboard Effect Yes Historic Temperaments Kirnberger II, Kirnberger III, Werckmeister III, Werckmeister IV, Werckmeister V, Vallotti, Silbermann

I, Silbermann II, Kellner 1975, Meantone, Meantone pure minor third, Zarlino, Sauveur I, Sauveur II, Barca, Rameau, Pythagorean; each with programmable “Tonic” Key Note

Great/Swell Keyboards Inversion Yes Piston Combine Great/Pedal Divisional Piston Combine Output Router Stop by stop adjustable Windchest layout External Out Volume Control 5 (13) indipendent out volume control External Out 5 Band Equalizer 5 (13) indipendent out 5 Band Equalizer Internal Ampl. 5 Band Equalizer Yes Midi Programmable Tx/Rx Midi Ch., Tx/Rx Midi Filter, Send PG, Keyb. Midi Velocity: programmables Sequencer Interactive Song Sequencer with Overdubbing function Demo Songs Yes File Management Copy, Load, Save, Rename, Delete etc. under Linux Operating System Lock Organ With Password

CONNECTIONS

Midi In, Out, Thru Yes Stereo Headphone Out Yes Stereo Aux In Yes Mic In With Gain Control Multiple Line Out 5, 13 with Output Expansion Board USB to PC (For Viscount Organ Editor) For ﬁnest ﬁnishing and personalization like Stop by Stop, Note by Note Volume and Pitch

Regulation, Stop disposition, Internal and External Routing, etc.

USB for Pen Drive Yes

CONSOLE

Width x Height x Depth with Pedalb. cm 162x127x111 Width x Height x Depth without Pedalb. cm 162x127x69.5 Description Elegant Wooden Console Moldings, Elegant Wooden Lighted Music Rack, Wooden Roll Top with Key-

Lock, Bench with Music Storage Shelf

Weight Kg. 185

Beauty and craftmade skill

We have over a century of experience manufacturing keyboard instruments and were the

ﬁrst company to combine elegant furniture- style cabinets with innovative physical modeling

technology .

The Italian styling tradition that is evident in Art, Architecture and Music- can be found in our

hand crafted instruments. An Italian passion for design and aesthetic that helps our instruments

maintain,and increase their value over time.

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