Selecting The Alternative Voices (Alternative Voice Function) - Viscount Ouverture Guide De L'utilisateur

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The LED of the stop being modified will flash to prevent modification errors; the stop will be on and can be
played for better, quicker adjustment. Other stops can also be switched on to assess the overall effect of the
changes. The parameters displayed are not the same for every voice, since some families have specific setting
parameters not required for other types of voice. The settings which can be made are:
o CHARACTER: harmonic richness.
o AIR NOISE: noise of the air blowing through the pipe.
o REED NOISE: imperfect synchronisation of the reed throb period.
o ATTACK: attack time the sound takes to reach the maximum volume.
o REL. DETUNE: (Release Detune) detuning in the release phase.
o FREQ. SKEW: gradual change in the air's pitch during the attack and release phases.
o DETUNE: detuning to produce the throb effect in the voices concerned.
o DETUNE TYPE: Select one of the three types of beating:
- A: the beat frequency is almost constant over the entire range of the keyboard;
- B: the beat frequency increases moderately proceeding towards the top of the keyboard;
- C: the beat frequency increases significantly progressing towards the upper part of the keyboard.
o KEYB. LO LEV.: (Keyboard Low Level) gain (positive values) or attenuation (negative values)of the
volume in the low part of the manual.
o KEYB. LO LEV.: (Keyboard High Level) gain (positive values) or attenuation (negative values)of the
volume in the high part of the manual.
o TREMULANT: select the first (1st) or second (2nd) tremulant. The selected tremulant will be applied
to the register when activated through the dedicated stop or draw-stop.
To quit the function and save the values press [EXIT].
8.3 SELECTING THE ALTERNATIVE VOICES (ALTERNATIVE VOICE
function)
Each stop on the panel has a set of voices, the default voice set by the current Style and the alternative voices,
which are variants on the original. To select an alternative voice, the ALTERNATIVE VOICES function has
to be recalled:
As for the other VOICES menu functions, the next step is to select the section of the organ containing the
voice to be modified: this displays the list of the voices present in the chosen section.
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