Regent 356
Viscount Physis Technology
The Physis technology used in all Regent instruments is totally unique and allows us to continually update your instrument as improvements become available. Over 10 years of voice programme development have already taken place but as this is a dynamic process, there is no limit to the level of accuracy that can be developed for the phonic model. It is simply a matter of time. As each improvement is made we just send you a file by email which you can then choose to implement. With Regent Physis technology you can therefore be confident that you will always have available to you the very latest improvements that will have been introduced since you purchased your instrument.
How Does Physis Work?
The Viscount Physis instruments have been made possible by the vastly increased power of current microprocessor technology. Unlike sampledsound solutions more commonly used in digital organs, the Physis model is interactive and constantly makes small and subtle changes to the sound depending on the number of stops drawn and the number of notes being played. These small changes also occur in a real pipe organ although it is a characteristic that most pipe organ builders try to reduce to a minimum. These small variations make the pipe organ unique, and the Physis model has been able to accurately reproduce this magic ingredient that is missing from sampled-sound instruments. The end result is that a Physis organ sounds dramatically more exciting and life-like. This is especially noticeable when the instrument is played in a small environment and on its internal speakers.
you to enter and reset these parameters as well as other features on the instrument. Alternative Stop Voices The most versatile and perhaps commonly used function in our Regent organs is the ability to change stop voices for others inside the huge internal library. The picture below shows the display that controls the voice selection, and you can see a short part of the list of alternative voices that in this case are available to replace the Open Diapason 16. The voice to be changed is shown at the top of the image and the alternatives are listed below.
Management of the instrument
General Features A comprehensive range of instrument management is available to the player without the need for a computer link up. The features are controlled through a display that can be readily seen at the console.
Alternate voice selection display
The list extends beyond the screen to upwards of 20 alternative voices for each stop. These can be viewed by scrolling through the list. The new voice is selected at the push of a single button. This feature, which is unique to Viscount Physis instruments, allows the musician to set up a totally custom-voiced instrument based on the library of over 1000 individual stops stored in the memory. The organ has 4 factory-fixed organ styles that cannot be changed. These are English, Baroque, Symphonic and Romantic, which has a strong French flavour. Each of these four styles is copied into a fully accessible part of the memory where all the voices and features can then be changed by the musician, as required, to create a completely personal organ configuration. The 4 fixed styles ensure that it is always possible to return quickly to a perfectly balanced instrument as set up by the factory if any personal editing generates an unwelcome result.
Initial instrument display
From the above picture you can see that the instrument is set to Equal temperament with A at 440 Hz and with the English voice setting. The Pedal and Great piston functions have been combined and the instrument has not been set to transpose. Other sections of the display allow
Single cusp sound distribution
Sound Distribution The above picture shows the wind chest layout for a particular stop. In this case the sound for the Double Diapason 16 is being spread across 4 speakers with the lowest notes in the centre of the array and the highest notes towards the outside. This particular arrangement is known as a cusp and this is shown on the display. The technology allows many alternative wind chest layouts to be created and the picture below shows a double cusp where the stop is distributed across 4 speakers.
The Regent 356 is one of the fine range of Physis instruments produced by Viscount International in Mondaino, Italy. Viscount, a third generation family-controlled business is now one of the largest companies in the world that specialises in the design and development of electronic church organs. Over 5000 instruments are sold worldwide each year and a group of over 40 engineers work continually on their design and development. Standard instruments range from single manual keyboards to 4-manual organs of over 80 speaking stops. There is an instrument to suit every requirement from modest home practice to full choral accompaniment in the largest of church or concert hall environments. In addition, Viscount Classical Organs based in Bicester, Oxfordshire, and working with colleagues in Italy, will undertake the design and construction of completely custom-built instruments. This includes giving advice on the installation of instruments in venues where external speaker systems will be required. For information on all other instruments please consult your local dealer or visit our website at www.viscountorgans.net The Regent 356 is a comprehensive 3 manual instrument that will easily meet the needs of any organist for home practice or church use. The Physis technology is used in all Regent and Envoy instruments and the sound quality is truly amazing. It can only be fully appreciated on listening to one of the instruments and this can be done in our main Bicester showroom or in one of our many regional dealers. We can also send you a demonstration DVD, but this will only convey in a limited way the remarkable sound quality that these new instruments provide.
Double cusp sound distribution
The above features are available for both internal and external speaker systems. When used exclusively on internal speakers we also employ an additional feature called Smart Sound distribution that ensures that combinations of notes that would normally fight against each other, can never be routed to the same speaker. These unique features together with the remarkable sophistication of the Physis physical model, combine to create an instrument which faithfully reproduces the truly living sound of a traditional organ, that the ear never tires of listening to.
Regent 356
Principal Features
Display and Software Features
3 x 61-note tracker touch keyboards with touch sensitivity for orchestral voices 32-note radiating and concave pedalboard 56 speaking stops with hundreds of alternatives from internal memory bank Illuminated rocker tabs 4 preset organ styles English, Baroque, Romantic and Symphonic 4 adjustable User styles 18 alternative temperaments Tremulants fully adjustable for speed and depth
Backlit display with 8 control buttons to access all organ Styles and set-up features Fully upgradable software platform via USB socket Record and Playback using USB or Internal Memory
Dimensions and Finishes
Dark, Medium or Light oak wood veneer console with solid wooden roll top cover Illuminated music desk 178 cm (W) x 132 cm (H) x 78 cm (D), 118 cm (with pedalboard) Weight 292 kg
Playing Aids
Swell and Choir expression pedals Crescendo pedal programmable over 16 steps 10 General pistons duplicated by toe pistons 16 capture memories 6 thumb pistons to Swell, Great and Choir 6 toe pistons to Pedal Gt/Ped, Sw/Ped, Ch/Ped, Sw/Gt, Ch/Gt, Sw/Ch reversible thumb pistons Gt/Ped, Sw/Ped, Sw/Gt reversible toe pistons Tutti and 32 Pedal reed reverser toe pistons Gt and Ped combinations coupled 2 sequencer previous and next pistons Gt/Ch keyboard inversion Transposer with 6/+5 semitone range
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Audio System and Sound Management
13 internal speakers split across 7 channels 6 x 60 watt and 1 x 100 watt amplifiers Stop-by-stop selection of simulated wind chest layout Stop-by-stop and divisional volume controls Stop-by-stop tonal adjustment using 6 voicing parameters Internal 5-band graphic equaliser Fully adjustable reverberation with live acoustic selection Stereo headphone output socket External outputs for up to 21 independent audio channels
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