Platinum carillon specification

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Description

The Chime Master Platinum is a MIDI-based digital carillon instrument. It is the most versatile electronic carillon instrument available. In addition to being able to record and save live carillon keyboard performances, the user can also store audio files on an SD card for manual or automatic playback. This product is a stand-alone professional audio component, designed and built specifically for the purpose of bell ringing.

As Chime Master's flagship product, the Platinum carillon includes every musical bell voice we offer. Each bell voice features multisamples of real bells, providing realistic high definition bell ringing reproduction.

Platinum carillon distinguishing features

• The most musical bell voicing choices
• BEST Chime Care warranty available
• Keyboard input for live bell performances and recording
• User SD card slot for user-loaded audio files

Voicing

Musical bells:
English-Tuned Cast Bronze Carillon (61 bells)
English-Tuned Chime (27 bells)
Flemish-Tuned Cast Bronze Carillon (61 bells)
Flemish-Tuned Cast Bronze Chime (27 bells)
Concert Tubular Orchestral Chime (27 bells)
Welsh Tubular Tower Chime (27 bells)
Millennium Vintage Electromechanical Chime (27 bells)
Concert Harp Bells (61 bells)
Millennium Harp Bells (61 bells)
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Bugles:

• Taps with and without 21-gun salute
• 19 additional military bugle calls

Bagpipes:

• Amazing Grace
• The Battle is Over
• Goin' Home
• I'll Fly Away

Features

• Made in Ohio, USA
• No Moving Parts
• Ten-Year Chime Care Warranty
• Set it and forget it ease of use
• Premium Management Suite software
  • PC compatible
  • Mobile remote app support (Apple and Android)
    • Administer remote user names and passwords
    • Set user access times and functions
    • Customize remote functionality
  • Graphical weekly schedule editing
  • Custom seasonal playlists
  • Annual and special event scheduling
  • Tempo adjustments
  • Transposition adjustments
  • Special concert Jukebox
  • Backup
    • System settings
    • Schedules
    • Recorded music library
• User SD card slot for user-loaded audio files
• Chime Master exclusive SmartAlmanac™ for automatic liturgical season changes through 2099 AD
• Automatic Daylight time switching
• Music library of over 1700 selections
  • Full five-octave carillon arrangements
  • Split keyboard harp bells with chime arrangements
  • Solo chime without accompaniment arrangements
• MIDI input (input connection for modern organs and keyboards)
  • Live bell performances
  • Bells can be tuned to organ pipes
  • MIDI keyboard recording capability
  • Recording librarian can save 2000 additional music selections from keyboard or MIDI file import
• Authentic swinging bells and peals with the most natural manual stop function available
  • Peals with more combinations of bells and flexible timing than other products
• Funeral tolls, Angelus and DeProfundis bells
• Selectable time strike melodies
  • Westminster (5-bell)
  • Westminster (4-bell)
  • Whittington
  • St. Michaels
  • Christus Vincit
  • Lourdes (Immaculate Mary)
  • Praise (Holy God We Praise Thy Name)
  • Warren
  • Bigelow
  • Parsifal
  • Avondale (Ding-Dong)
  • Nautical (authentic Ship's Time)
  • User (record or import your own with Record Librarian)
• High definition audio quality
  • 24bits at 48Khz digital mixer output
  • 16-bit linear sample storage
  • Up to 64 bells can sound simultaneously
• Rack Mountable
• Built-in monitor speaker and 1W amplifier

Options

• inSpire full-range output (removal of horn protect filter)
• Optional walnut or oak cabinet
• System rack for carillon and amplifiers
• Built-in 60W monitor amplifier (omit Switched AC Receptacle)
• Tower clock driver and interface box (-D option)

Control for minute impulse tower clock movements. The clock setting menu changes to ask for the 'hands' position and also will display an error if the clock is not powered.

• Tower bells driver and interface box (-T option)

The Platinum carillon can control from one bell to a five-octave tower bell carillon. Single bell controls also allow mixing the electronic clock chime melody with tolling on the tower bell. Music on tower bells replaces the Flemish bell electronic voice.

• Choice of music library - Catholic, Protestant, General or All
• Choice of Easter almanac dates - Eastern Orthodox or Western Standard (at time of order)

Connections

• Power
  • 120 VAC 50-60 Hz
  • Optional 240 VAC 50-60 Hz
• Audio
  • Tower Line Output (Quarter inch TS connector)
    • Horn protection filter (unless ordered with inSpire system)
    • Tower Control (Din-4 connector)
      • Balanced line output
      • Amplifier ON/Standby control signal
  • PA Output (Quarter inch - unbalanced)
• Data
  • MIDI keyboard input
  • USB computer interface
  • Tower accessory interface
    • Supports Chime Master clock movements
    • Supports Chime Master tower bell relays (up to six ringing channels)
  • Remote control (six-function serial interface)
• Optional switched AC receptacle for standard tower amplifier

Physical

• Rack mounting dimensions
  • Height is 5-1/4 inches (3U rackspace)
  • Width is 19 inches
  • Depth is 15-3/4 (allow 17 inches for cabling)
• Optional wooden cabinet dimensions
  • 7-1/2 H x 20-1/2 W x 16-3/4 D
• Weight
  • No options: 21 lb.
  • Oak cabinet +14 lb.
  • Walnut cabinet +13 lb.
  • Monitor amplifier +4 lb.