Viscount UNICO CL 7, UNICO CLV 8, UNICO CL 8, UNICO CLV 7 User Manual

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INDEX

1. Important notes .............................................................................................................................. 2

1.1 Looking after the product .............................................................................................................................. 2

1.2 Notes about the manual.................................................................................................................................. 2

2. Introduction.................................................................................................................................... 4

3. General description ........................................................................................................................ 5

4. Switching on and main video page ............................................................................................... 11

5. Setting the volumes (Volumes function).......................................................................................12

6. Tuning the instrument (Tuning menu) ........................................................................................ 13

7. The organ styles (Styles menu) ..................................................................................................... 14

8. Selecting and regulating the voices (Voices menu) ...................................................................... 15

8.1 Regulating the volume (Volume Level function) ....................................................................................... 15

8.2 Regulating the audio parameters (Edit Parameters function) ..................................................................16

8.3 Selecting the alternative voices (Alternative Voice function)................................................................... 17

8.4 Saving different orchestral voices and parameters in the combinations ................................................ 19

9. Instrument general settings (Set-Up menu) .................................................................................20

9.1 Setting the routing of the voices on the rear audio outputs (Ext. Out Router function) ................... 21

9.2 Configuring the audio outputs on the rear (Ext. Out Config function) ................................................ 23

10. Utility and MIDI functions (Util. & MIDI menu) ...................................................................... 24

11. File management functions (File Manag. menu)........................................................................ 25

12. Playing and recording of musical sequences (Sequencer).........................................................26

12.1 Playing back a piece (Play mode)............................................................................................................... 26

12.2 Recording a piece (Record mode) ............................................................................................................. 28

12.3 Sequencer playback options (Play Options menu).................................................................................. 30

12.4 Songlists (Songlist function)....................................................................................................................... 30

13. Appendix ......................................................................................................................................32

13.1 Stop Local Off ............................................................................................................................................. 32

13.2 Factory Settings............................................................................................................................................ 32

13.3 Upgrading the operating system ................................................................................................................ 33

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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.

• Do not place the organ close to heat sources, in damp or dusty places or in the vicinity of strong magnetic
fields.

• Do not expose the instrument to direct sunlight.

• Never insert foreign bodies inside the instrument or pour liquids of any kind into it.

• For cleaning, use only a soft brush or compressed air; never use detergents, solvents or alcohol.

• Always use good quality screened cables for connection to amplification or diffusion systems. When

disconnecting cables from sockets, always take hold of the connector and not the cable itself; when
winding cables, do not knot or twist them.

• Before making the connections ensure that the other units (especially amplification and diffusion systems)
you are about to connect are switched off. This will prevent noisy or even dangerous signal peaks.

• Connect the net cable to an earthed socket.

• Check that the voltage corresponds to the voltage shown on the serial number plate of the organ.

• If the organ is to be out of use for lengthy periods, disconnect the plug from the power socket.

1.2 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 right to
make any modifications to parts, details or accessories considered appropriate to improve the product or
for requirements of a constructional or commercial nature, at any time and without undertaking to
update this publication immediately.

• All rights reserved; the reproduction of any part of this manual, in any form, without the manufacturer’s
specific written permission is forbidden.

• All the trademarks referred to in this manual are the property of the respective manufacturers.

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• Read all the information carefully in order to obtain the best performances from your product and waste
no time.

• The codes or numbers in square brackets ([ ]) indicate the names of the buttons, sliders, trimmers and
connectors on the instrument. For example, [ENTER] refers to the ENTER button.

• Illustrations and screens showed are for information purposes only and may differ from your product.

• The instructions provided in this manual only concern the instrument's operating system version that

was up to date when the document was released. Therefore, such instructions might not describe faithfully
your current operating system release. Please, visit the website http://www.physisorgans.com/
download.asp to check for the newest operating system release and manual.

• Check the Reference Manual for detailed descriptions on the organ's functions. The manual can be
downloaded from the Download page of the website http://www.physisorgans.com.

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2. INTRODUCTION

Dear Customer,

Thank you for choosing the organ Viscount
Unico. The Company, a world leader in the

construction of fine classical organs, has installed
in this instrument the latest and most sophisticated
technology dedicated to the high fidelity
reproduction of pipe organ sounds, with
impressive flexibility and remakable quality of
timbre.

After years of research exploring musical synthesis
techniques, our Research and Development unit,
is the FIRST in the world to create the sounds of
a pipe organ by using the “physical modeling
technology” upon which the Physis is based.

Instead of using “sound samples” from pipe
organs (previously the standard method) this
revolutionary sound generation system involves the
real-time calculation of the waveform generated
by a precise mathematical model based on the
sound emission physics of a pipe organ,
incorporating the principal physical parameters ie. construction geometry, materials used, and pertaining air
pressure, etc.

The fact that the simple reproduction of memorized “sound” has been disregarded, permits the achievement
of unimaginable realism, with the level of detail previously only created by a traditional pipe organ.
For example, the mathematical model allows the production of a different sound for each key since it provides
the virtual reproduction of the original instrument by assigning a different pipe to each note, similar to a pipe
organ. Furthermore, it will generate a different sound for each consecutive pressure of the same note, thus
simulating the precise condition of the air volume inside the pipe as it is pressed.

The Unico also permits the “physical” editing of the sounds produced, by adjusting the parameters - just as
the organ builder constructs the pipes. If however, “editing” is not your forte, you may choose your sound
from a big library of pre-programmed pipe organ voices already in the instrument’s memory.

To conclude we suggest that you visit our web-sites www.viscount-organs.com and www.physisorgans.com
where you will find information, updates, documents and news about our unique range of instruments.

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3. GENERAL DESCRIPTION

UNICO CL / CLV 8

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1. PEDAL Section.

Contains the pedal’s stops and couplers for linking the manuals to the pedal board.

2. GREAT Section.

Contains the stops, manual couplers and tremolos of the Great.

3. SWELL Section.

Swell stops and tremolos.

4. CHOIR Section.

Stops, manual couplers and tremolos for Choir.

For CL / CLV 8 model, in these sections it is possible to play one or two orchestral voices. To do so, activate
the desired voice through the functions described on chapt. 8.3 and 8.4. The list of stops available to play
orchestral voices may change, according to the sound configuration of the organ. Check the web page
www.physisorgans.com/download.asp for further information.

5. Lighting button.

On-off button for the music stand and manuals lights.

6. Instrument on/off switch.

7. AMPLIFICATION Section.

Organ amplification controls.

- [CONSOLE ON] switches on the instrument’s internal amplification system.

- [EXT. SPEAKER ON] enables the PROG. OUT external outputs in the rear panel (point 26).

8. CANCEL Section.

Cancel buttons which allow disabling of all the Reed voices ([REEDS] tab) and the Plenum voices
([MIXTURE] tab).

9. MIDI Section

These controls, provided for each manual and the pedal board, allow transmission of the note MIDI
codes on the MIDI [OUT] port to be enabled and disabled. All the instrument’s other MIDI messages
will continue to be transmitted, even with the MIDI control off.

10. Control and programming section.

Contains the buttons and display for viewing and programming all the instrument’s setup and sequencer
functions.

11. ORCHESTRA Section.

This section contains the organ’s Orchestra stops.

12. Additional displays.

- [CRESCENDO]: shows the step currently reached by the [CRESCENDO] pedal (point 23)

- [M. BANK]: displays the memory bank of the combinations (general and customised) selected using

the [MEM. BANK +] and [MEM. BANK -] pistons (point 19).

13. General pistons.

These pistons recall the general combinations of the memory bank selected using [MEM. BANK +] and
[MEM. BANK -] (point 19). These combinations can be modified; the procedure for saving them is
described in point 18.

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19. Organ general controls.

These controls do not refer to individual sections but to the entire instrument.

- [MEM. BANK +] and [MEM BANK -]: they select the memory bank displayed by the additional
[MEM. BANK] display (point 12).

NOTE

If the LED of the [S] piston is off, programming of the organ is locked out by the Lock Organ function
(chapt. 10), so it will not be possible to save combinations and/or view internal programming functions.

[HR] restores the voice setup prepared in manual mode before a memory was recalled.
General combination sequencer controls are also provided, [PREV] in descending order, [NEXT] in
ascending order.

14. Pedal Board divisional pistons.

This section contains the six pedal board combinations and the [HR] control for restoring the pedal
board voice setup prepared in manual mode before a pedal board combination was recalled. These
combinations can be modified; the procedure for saving them is described in point 18.

15. Swell divisional pistons.

Pistons of the dedicated combinations of Swell. [HR] for restoring the Swell voice setup prepared in
manual mode before a Swell combination was recalled. [SW/P] coupling. The combinations can be
modified; the procedure for saving them is described in point 18.
The CL / CLV 8 model also have the [M.SOLO] (MIDI Solo) piston, which allows mono transmission
of the notes played on this manual on the MIDI [OUT] output, with priority to the highest note.

16. Great divisional pistons.

Pistons of the dedicated combinations of Great. [HR] for restoring the Great voice setup prepared in
manual mode before a Great combination was recalled. [G/P], [SW/G] and [C/G] couplings (the last
one in the CL / CLV 8 only). The combinations can be modified; the procedure for saving them is
described in point 18.
The CL / CLV 8 model also have the [O.SOLO] (Organ Solo) pistons, which allow the Swell voices to
be played in mono mode with priority to the highest note when the [SW/G] coupling is active, and the
[M.SOLO] (Midi Solo) piston, which allows mono transmission of the notes played on this manual on
the MIDI [OUT] output, with priority to the highest note.

17. Choir divisional pistons.

Pistons of the dedicated combinations of Choir. [HR] for restoring the Choir voice setup prepared in
manual mode before a Choir combination was recalled. [C/P] and [SW/C] couplings. The combinations
can be modified; the procedure for saving them is described in point 18.
It’s also present the [M.SOLO] (MIDI Solo) piston, which allows mono transmission of the notes played
on this manual on the MIDI [OUT] output, with priority to the highest note.

18. [S] piston.

Fixing piston for saving the general and dedicated combinations, the Tutti and the Crescendo steps.
To set a combination or the Tutti, after setting the voices as required, press [S], hold it down and then
press the piston of the combinations you wish to save.
To save a Crescendo step, select it using the pedal of the same name, press [S], hold it down and press the
[HR] of the general memories. To copy the contents of one step into another, select the step you wish to
copy, hold down the [S] piston, select the step into which you wish to copy the contents, then press the
[HR] of the general memories.

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NOTE

Memory bank n. 1 is always selected when the instrument is switched on.

20. Front connections panel.

This panel, on the left underneath the manuals, contains the connectors and settings most often used, for
convenient access.

- [MASTER VOLUME]: regulates the organ’s general volume.

- [REVERB VOLUME]: regulates the level of the reverb effect.

- MIDI [IN]: the MIDI input connector for allowing the organ to receive the data transmitted by a
remote MIDI unit.

- MIDI [OUT]: the MIDI connector that transmits the MIDI data generated by the organ.

- MIDI [THRU]: retransmits the data received by the [IN] port for connection of several MIDI devices
in series.

- [USB]: two USB connectors. The one on the left is used for connecting to a computer to allow the
instrument’s setup programme to be used. The one on the right is for use of an USB stick (not
supplied with the instrument) for use as a mass memory for the organ instead of the internal memory.
For further information refer to chap. 11.

- [PHONES]: the socket for connecting a headphone set.

21. Cover lock.

22. Coupler controls.

Pistons, tabs and stops to enable and disable the couplers.

23. [CRESCENDO] sweller.

You can use this sweller to select the Crescendo steps which activate a preset series of stops. The step
currently selected is displayed by the additional [CRESCENDO] display (see point 12).
Each Crescendo step is programmable. The procedure for saving them is described in point 18.

24. Swell expression pedals.

The CL / CLV 8 model have two swell pedals for continuous control the expression of Choir and Swell.
The CL / CLV 7 model has continuous control of the volume of Swell only.
The [SWELL] pedal also incorporates a special lever system for control of the Sustain effect for the
Orchestra voices.

25. Reversible toe-studs.

When activated, these pistons can be used to turn off the controls associated to them. Deactivating the
pistons turns the control functions back on.

- [MIDI REVERS.]: switches off the MIDI controls. The MIDI control setup required can still be set
even with MIDI Reversible activated.

- [32’ FLUTE REVERS.]: switches off the 32’ flutes.

- [32’ REED REVERS.]: switches off the 32’ reeds.

- [SWS]: enables the “All swells to Swell pedal” function, which allows the organ’s general volume to be
controlled using the swell pedal [SWELL].

- [A.P.]: enables the Automatic Pedal which allows the pedal voices to be played on Great. In this case, the
organ’s pedal board is deactivated and the voices become monophonic, with priority to the lowest note.

- [T]: piston and foot piston for recalling the Tutti. The Tutti can be modified; the procedure for saving
it is described in point 18.

- [C]: Cancel piston

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26. Rear connections.

On the back of the organ, there are various connections for making the audio connection to external
speaker systems, and the line and microphone input for use of the organ’s internal amplifier.

- [EXT. +12V DC] connectors: +12 Volt can be obtained from these connectors to switch-on any
VISCOUNT speaker connected to the PROG. OUT. outputs.

- OUT [GEN. SUB] (General Sub-Woofer): dedicated output for the connection of low-frequency
speakers (sub-woofer).

- PROG. OUT (Programmable Outputs): the instrument’s general line outputs, allowing simulation of the
wind-chests of pipe organs. The signals are distributed over the outputs on the basis of the display function
settings, which allow setting of the type of wind-chest, its size and the position in space of the speakers
used, for each stop. Each output also has dedicated level and equalisation controls.

- INPUT [L(+R)] / [R]: line inputs which allow other instruments to be played using the organ’s
internal amplification. If the source is monophonic use the [L+(R)] connector only.

- INPUT [MIC]: microphone input allowing amplification of the signal from a microphone.

- [GAIN]: trimmer for regulating the gain of the input signal received at the [MIC] connector.

WARNING!

This group of connections on the rear is not visible from the outside and the organ’s wooden rear
panel has to be removed to access it. Contact qualified staff for this procedure.

27. Switch which enables the power supply on the [EXT. +12V DC] socket.

This socket is located in the back panel (see point 26).

28. [TREMULANTS] section: here you will find the Tremolos for both manuals.