C-190 Portable Organ r

Selecting sounds

4.Using the orchestral sounds

The C-190 contains orchestral sounds that can be used in isolation or together with the organ sounds. The orchestral sounds are velocity sensitive (their volume and timbre depend on the force with which you press the keys).

Selecting sounds

There are three sections: the MANUAL I and II sections that can span the entire keyboard, and the PEDAL section that allows you to play a bass part.

Let us first look at how to select a MANUAL I or II sound:

(1) Press the [ORCHESTRA] button so that it lights.

There are three ORCHESTRA tone banks: 3 for the PEDAL section, 5 for the MANUAL I section and 5 + chimes for the MANUAL II section.

(2)Press a tilt tab to select the sound whose name is printed below it (indicator lights).

Example: to select the “N.GUITAR” sound for the MANUAL I section, press the [OCTAVE¥2’] tab.

To add a harpsichord sound to it (using the MANUAL II section), press the [BOURDON¥8’] tab.

You can layer the MANUAL I and II sounds (play them together) or play them via separate keys (when the [II÷I] tilt tab is off). The PEDAL part follows the same rules as in organ mode.

Note: Each division can only play one orchestral sound at any one time.

(3)Press the [ORCHESTRA] button again (it goes dark) to leave the orchestral selection mode.

Remember that is perfectly possible to add orchestral sounds to organ divisions.

Using a sustain pedal

Connect an optional DP-2, DP-6, or BOSS FS-5U foot- switch to the C-190’s EXP/SUST socket to be able to hold the notes of the PEDAL, MANUAL I and II sections in the same way as on an acoustic piano.

Orchestra Melody function

In addition to using the MANUAL II division’s orchestral sound together with the MANUAL I sound (or in a separate keyboard zone), you can use the MANUAL II sound as “melody voice”.

That voice (any orchestral sound you choose in the MANUAL II section) is monophonic and therefore cannot play chords. It always sounds the highest (right- most) note you play on the keyboard. Here’s how to select that function:

(1) Press the [ORCHESTRA] button so that it lights.

(2)Press and hold the tilt tab of the MANUAL II orchestral voice you want to use until the indicator below it starts flashing.

(3)Start playing and notice how the highest notes are doubled by the MANUAL II orchestral sound you selected.

(4)Press the tilt tab above the flashing indicator again to switch off this melody function.

Using a chime sound

The C-190 provides a chime sound that may come in handy for a variety of occasions (Christmas masses, for example).

That sound is assigned to the MANUAL II [TREMULANT] tilt tab.

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