Advanced eXperience: Difference between revisions

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Advanced eXperience^™ (AX) virtual bell instruments represent the leading edge of bell ringing technology. All Advanced eXperience™ instruments are made in Ohio by Chime Master.

Web page
Online operating manual for AX virtual bell instruments
Demonstration Remote with audio coming soon

All models include

Front Panel Touchscreen

Quickly access any feature you need with quick function buttons that you can customize with easily recognizable icons and colors. Create new buttons for special occasions. Set up your system and ringing schedules with simple screens. Organize your home menu with only the features you need.

Remote Control App

Simply tap the front touchscreen Remote button to view a QR code that you can scan with your smartphone. Doing so instantly installs the remote control app and authenticates your phone with your bell system. You can use this remote app to ring your bells with the same quick function buttons you set on your touchscreen.

Chime.Center

Access your schedules and settings from your home or office with the Chime.Center management web portal. Available options include multiple user support where you can customize home screens for your staff on both the front panel touchscreen and their remote controls. Your system will regularly receive updates and upgrades.

Connected systems continually synchronize their clocks to accurate time servers.

SmartAlmanac AX

Chime Master’s unique set-it-and-forget-it SmartAlmanac^™ provides appropriate music automatically with seasonal changes year after year. With the Advanced Experience features of Chime Center you can add seasons, change their starting and ending dates and select seasonal music. Preview or review selection play lists and make adjustments to the SmartAlmanac song by song.

Support for automatic daylight time correction for world-wide time zones for both the ringing schedule and tower clocks.

Available AX Models

Specifications

Compare **Advanced eXperience** models
Feature	Bravo™	Millennium^®	Platinum™

Storage	32GB	64GB	128GB
Front Panel speakers	Single 3-watt	Single 15-watt	Dual 15-watt stereo
Chime.Center subscription included	Free (upgradable)	Free (upgradable)	1-Year Premium
Audio package requirements	Value or Outreach¹	inSpire™ or Outreach¹	inSpire™
Balanced line outdoor speaker zones	one	one	Two directional or stereo
Balanced line indoor PA outputs	mono	mono	Stereo
MIDI keyboard/organ input	—	Single manual	Dual manual²
Keyboard recording and MIDI file loading	—	YES	YES
Audio file loading	—	—	YES
High Definition Bell voicing⁴	140 Bells 5 Voices Largest bell 2,000 lb.	282 Bells 7 Voices Largest bell 5,200 lb.	900+ Bells 23 Voices Largest bell 40,000 lb.
Tolling bells	17	25	300 (10 foundry voices)
Swinging bells	17	20	90 (4 foundry voices)
Included liturgical ringing⁵	70+	200+	300+
Included musical selections (expandable)	Hundreds	Thousands	Thousands
Selectable Music arrangements	3	4	5
Included clock chimes	Westminster	Westminster	All available³
Customer recorded clock chimes	Not MIDI capable⁵	YES	YES
Audio recordings	Bugle:Taps Bagpipes:Amazing Grace	All available bugles and bagpipes	All available bugles and bagpipes
Tower bell interface option	—	YES	YES
Outside clock interface option	—	YES	YES

Notes: 1 - Bravo and Millennium can replace existing carillon systems with a working amplifier and speakers. Available tower output filtering protects horn loudspeakers that have been installed on many existing systems. All orders that do not include an inSpire audio package will ship with a protective high-pass filter engaged on the tower output. Built-in high-pass filtering is not provided on the Platinum AX.; 2 - Platinum supports two full five octave keyboards for simultaneous Carillon and Harp performance and recording.; 3 - As of this specification date, Platinum comes with 13 clock chiming melodies; 4 - Music can be played on any included bell instrument except swinging bell instruments and Bravo's Tolling bells.; 5 - Premium Chime.Center can be used to create unlimited additional ringing selections: Select tolling bell and number of strikes. Combine swinging bells into peals. Create new sequences for Angelus or time strike melodies. Set tempos and durations. Give your ringing functions a unique name for easy lookup from schedulers and home screen editor.

Amplifiers and speakers

Tower Audio packages

Tower bell controls

All of the following bell tower automation systems also support clock movements.

Millennium^® AX and Platinum AX^™ systems can optionally control up to six tower bells for time strikes and other ringing.
Bell Control AX - Swinging, tolling, Angelus and time striking for up to six bells (no music capability)
Libertas AX^™ - Rings music using real chime and carillons. Also features built-in electronic practice sounds that match the tower bells.
Veritas AX^™ - Rings music using real chime and carillons. Available virtual bell instruments play inside and through tower audio systems to supplement and augment the real bells.

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 Access your schedules and settings from your home or office with the [[Chime.Center]] management web portal. Available options include multiple user support where you can customize home screens for your staff on both the front panel touchscreen and their remote controls. Your system will regularly receive updates and upgrades.
+Connected systems continually synchronize their clocks to accurate time servers.
 === SmartAlmanac AX ===
 Chime Master’s unique set-it-and-forget-it [[Using_Chime_Center#Schedules_and_settings|SmartAlmanac]]<sup>™</sup> provides appropriate music automatically with seasonal changes year after year. With the Advanced Experience features of Chime Center you can add seasons, change their starting and ending dates and select seasonal music. Preview or review selection play lists and make adjustments to the SmartAlmanac song by song.
+Support for automatic daylight time correction for world-wide time zones for both the ringing schedule and tower clocks.
 == Available AX Models ==