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Choir Master
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1. Important notes ............................................................................... 69
1.1 Looking after the product ........................................................................69
1.2 Notes about the manual ............................................................................70
2. Introduction ..................................................................................... 71
3. Connections and controls................................................................. 72
3.1 Front panel .................................................................................................72
3.2 Rear panel ...................................................................................................75
4. Finding and loading a song ............................................................. 77
4.1 Song Select function ..................................................................................77
4.2 Searching by digits .....................................................................................80
4.3 Searching by notes .....................................................................................81
5. Playing a song .................................................................................. 83
5.1 Main video page and play ......................................................................... 83
5.2 Tap Conductor advancement ...................................................................85
5.3 Adjusting the play speed ...........................................................................89
5.4 Adjusting volume and transposition .......................................................90
5.5 Controlling the organ stops ...................................................................... 91
5.6 Song lyrics display ......................................................................................93
6. Quick Selection locations ................................................................. 96
7. Recorder ........................................................................................... 98
7.1 First recording ............................................................................................99
7.2 Overdubbing ............................................................................................100
8. File Manager .................................................................................. 103
8.1 Copying files or folders ...........................................................................105
8.2 Moving files or folders ............................................................................107
INDEX
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8.3 Deleting files or folders ..........................................................................110
8.4 Rename files or folders ...........................................................................111
8.5 Create folders ...........................................................................................113
9. General settings ...............................................................................115
9.1 Selectiong MIDI channels ......................................................................116
9.2 Locking Quick Selection .........................................................................117
9.3 Pedal settings ............................................................................................117
9.4 Setting display contrast ...........................................................................119
9.5 Selecting the numerical panel transmission mode...............................120
9.6 Selecting TV signal - PAL or NTSC .....................................................121
9.7 Upgrading operating system...................................................................121
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1.1 LOOKING AFTER THE PRODUCT
•Do not apply excessive force to the product’s structures or the controls
(knobs, connectors, 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 product close to heat sources, in damp or dusty places or
in the vicinity of strong magnetic fields.
•Do not expose the product to direct sunlight.
•Never insert foreign bodies inside the product 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 product.
1. IMPORTANT NOTES
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•If the product 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 product. The descriptions and
illustrations in this publication are not binding.
•While the product’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.
•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 product. For example,
[ENTER] refers to the ENTER button.
•Illustrations and screens showed are for information purposes only and
may differ from your product.
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2. INTRUDUCTION
The Choir Master is a music player for compatible MIDI instruments.
In addition to all the common functions of a hardware sequencer, it also has
peculiar features allowing users without a musical training to play songs with
the flexibility of an organ/piano player.
Particular features are:
•play only certain parts of the (verses can be selected, intro and ending can
be activated/deactivated);
•real time advancement control of each music beat via button or pedal
(Beat Advance);
•real time advancement control of each syllable of the lyrics via button or
pedal (Note Advance);
•select the stops used to play the song as an expert organist would do, with
just two buttons.
•adjust the song’s tempo without modifying the coherence of the track,
even in the case of tempo variations in the same track.
Furthermore, it is possible to:
•show the song lyrics on both internal or external (optional) displays. A
cursor indicates the current syllable;
•show on the external display (optional) the digits assigned to the current
song, or any other code (e.g. the page on which the hymn can be found);
•select a song or playlist just by pressing one of the 16 quick selection buttons.
The four memory banks can memorize up to 64 track that can be recalled
through quick selection, without browsing files and folder. Therefore, Choir
Master can be also used by people with little proficiency with electronic
devices.
When lacking an organist/pianist, somebody with just some musical experience
can use the Choir Master to provide an excellent accompaniment while avoiding
the usual and too often inadequate backing track. In particular, the Choir Master
works well as accompanist of choir and solo singing, during religious services.
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3. CONNECTIONS AND CONTROLS
3.1 FRONT PANEL
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3
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5
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8
9
10
1. QUICK SELECTION section: this section contains the buttons for the
quick selection of the tracks (see chapt. 6).
-[BANK]: selects one out of four Quick Selection banks
-[A] ... [D]: shows the currently selected Quick Selection bank.
-[SET]: press this button to save a song on a Quick Selection location.
-[1] ... [16]: these buttons recall the 16 Quick Selection locations from
the bank indicated by the [A] ... [D] LEDs.
2. MANAGER section: use these buttons to select the file management
and general settings menus.
-[FILE]: recalls the file management menu. Both for internal and
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external (USB drive) memory (chapt. 8).
-[SETUP]: Choir Master setup options (chapt. 9).
3. SELECT section: use these buttons to browse and load songs (chapt. 4).
-[SONG]: shows the content of internal and external (USB drive)
memories.
-[KEYBOARD]: activates the KEYBOARD function: the [SONG
STRUCTURE] buttons simulate a keyboard. If the button is pressed
while on the SONG SELECT menu, it activates the SMART HYMN
SEARCH function (see par. 4.3). This function recalls a song by playing
some of its notes on the SONG STRUCTURE buttons (see point 5).
4. STOPS section: these buttons control the active stops in the current song.
(par. 5.5).
-[DIM.]: decreases the amount of stops and couplers.
-[CRESC.]: increases the amount of stops and couplers.
5. SONG STRUCTURE section: contains buttons to skip or activate/
deactivate the verses, and the LEDs showing the verses of the song (par.
5.1).
-[0/INTRO] .... [ABC / ENDING]: selects and activates/deactivates
the verse.
6. Play and record controls: here you can find the Play (par. 5.1), Record
(chapt. 7) and other similar buttons.
-[ ]: starts the Recorder.
-[]: plays the current song.
-[]: stops the current song.
-[]: pauses temporarily the song (still).
-[]: rewind.
-[]: fast forward.
-[NOTE]: plays the song note by note.
-[BEAT]: plays the song beat by beat.
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7. Display: display with backlight, showing information on the stops, beats
and notes graph, and song lyrics (if available). Buttons to navigate menus
and screens and to enter data can be found nearby.
-[EXIT]: exit the current screen.
-[ENTER]: access the function or directory highlighted by the cursor.
Use this button to read information about the loaded song while on
the main screen.
-[S]: moves the cursor on the field above.
-[T]: moves the cursor on the field below.
-[+]: increase the value highlighted by the cursor. Use this button to
show the beats and notes graph while on the main screen.
-[+]: decrease the value highlighted by the cursor.
8. TEMPO section: use these button to adjust the song speed.
-[SLOW]: decrease the metronome time (by percentage).
-[FAST]: increase the metronome time (by percentage).
9. ENABLE section: buttons activating the following functions.
-[LYRICS]: show the lyrics of the current song.
-[A.PANEL]: activate the Annunciator Panel. The external (optional)
display shows the index of the loaded song, or any digit chosen by the
user (read the user manual of the numerical display for further
information).
10. GENERAL section: general controls of the song.
-[VOLUME]: adjusts the general volume of the instrument connected
to the Choir Master.
-[TRANSP.]: adjusts transposition.
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