by Bevh » 14 Feb 2024 01:30
Hello Ken,
Sorry to take so long but we were just looking through the January postings and noticed your question.
Yes & No. All the sounds on the AR100 are sample sounds so one might claim they are pre-sets. However that fails to understand the complexity available on the AR organs. There are two manuals and pedals and for each manual there are two sets of orchestral sounds plus a set of flute/diapason sliders. There is also a set of Solo sounds which normally are allocated to the upper manual but can be transferred to the lower. Each set of orchestral sounds has 14 option buttons and pressing on a button brings forth up to 16 selections from that genre. In fact any sound available in the organ can be pulled into either of two buttons of the 14.
With the flute voices there are four options available - Theatre,Jazz, Electronic & Classical and for the upper manual pitches available are 16',8',51/3',4',22/3',2',13/5',11/3',&1'. On the lower some are left out so 8',4' 22/3',2',13/5',11/3' &1' are available. Each footage is selected by a slider which also regulates the volume of that pitch.
Then the AR 100 has 16 memory thumb pistons which catch every nuance of the way the organist has selected their sounds. Bev made maximum use of these to make changes throughout any piece. In fact only 8 setting changes were made in this piece.
To get back to your original question the opening has the upper manual with 16' Tibia at 6/7 volume plus 8' at 3/7 vol and 4' at 7/7 vol together with Dixie Clarinet at 5/7 volume. This then morphed into just Dixie Clarinet alone at full volume. I missed noting what was on the lower manual & pedal.
I hope this answers your question Ken.
Cheers
Ian Harrison
Organ: Yamaha AR100 Keyboard: Korg EK-50
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