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Millennium with optional Oak cabinet

Description

The Chime Master Millennium is a MIDI-based digital carillon instrument. In addition to being able to play live carillon performances from a keyboard, the user can also record and save new music. This product is a stand-alone professional audio component, designed and built specifically for the purpose of bell ringing.

Four beautiful bell voices are provided on the Millennium carillon. Each bell voice features multisamples of real bells, providing realistic high definition bell ringing reproduction.

Millennium carillon distinguishing features

Four musical bell voices
Seven year Chime Care warranty
Keyboard input for live bell performances and recording
Permanently save keyboard performances

Voicing

Four musical bell voices:
English-Tuned Cast Bronze Carillon (61 bells)
English-Tuned Chime (27 bells)
Concert Tubular Orchestral Chime (27 bells)
Concert Harp Bells (61 bells)
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Bugles:

Taps with and without 21-gun salute

Features

Made in Ohio, USA
No Moving Parts
Seven Year Chime Care Warranty
"Set it and forget it" ease of use
Premium Management Suite software
- Windows™ 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
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

Chime Master 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
- Control for modern minute impulse clock movements
- Automatic correction of clock dials after power interruption
- Clock status monitoring and error display
Tower bells driver and interface box
- Support for 1 to 6 bells with clappers or hammers
- Swinging bell motor control
- Integrate tower bell clock toll with electronic Westminster
Choice of music library - Catholic, Protestant, General or All
- Management Suite support for totally custom random music
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 - Unbalanced)
- Tower Control (Din-4 - balanced line output and amplifier control signal)
- PA Output (Quarter Inch - Unbalanced)
Data
- MIDI Keyboard Input
- USB Computer Interface (supports Management Suite)
- Tower Accessory Interface
  - Supports Chime Master Clock Drive
  - Supports Chime Master Tower Bell Relays (up to six ringing channels)
- Remote Control (eight-function proprietary serial interface)
Optional Switched AC Receptacle for Tower Amplifier

Physical

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

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 == Description ==
-The Chime Master Millennium is a MIDI based digital carillon system. In addition to its keyboard performance capability music style options, the Millennium carillon offers higher quality sound for a reasonable price.
+The Chime Master Millennium is a MIDI-based digital carillon instrument. In addition to being able to play live carillon performances from a keyboard, the user can also record and save new music. This product is a stand-alone professional audio component, designed and built specifically for the purpose of bell ringing.
+Four beautiful bell voices are provided on the Millennium carillon. Each bell voice features multisamples of real bells, providing realistic high definition bell ringing reproduction.
 '''Millennium carillon distinguishing features'''
-*High quality bell reproduction
+* Four musical bell voices
-*Play from a keyboard or add custom bell music to the system
+* Seven year Chime Care warranty
-*Generally adequate choice of bell voicing (more available with the [[Platinum Carillon|Platinum carillon]])
+* Keyboard input for live bell performances and recording
+* Permanently save keyboard performances
 ==Voicing==
-Musical bells:<br />
+Four musical bell voices:<br />
 [[File:Platinum-ebca.ogg|Listen]] English-Tuned Cast Bronze Carillon (61 bells)<br />
 [[File:Platinum-echm.ogg|Listen]] English-Tuned Chime (27 bells)<br />
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 *"Set it and forget it" ease of use
 * Premium Management Suite software
-** PC compatible
+** Windows™ compatible
 ** Mobile remote app support (Apple and Android)
 *** Administer remote user names and passwords
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 == Options ==
-* inSpire full-range output (removal of horn protect filter)
+* Chime Master 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)
+* Tower clock driver and interface box
-<blockquote>
+** Control for modern minute impulse clock movements
-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.
+** Automatic correction of clock dials after power interruption
-</blockquote>
+** Clock status monitoring and error display
-* Tower bells driver and interface box (-T option)
+* Tower bells driver and interface box
-<blockquote>
+** Support for 1 to 6 bells with clappers or hammers
-**Millennium carillon can control from one to six tower bells
+** Swinging bell motor control
-**Combine electronic clock chime melody with tolling on the tower bell
+** Integrate tower bell clock toll with electronic Westminster
-</blockquote>
 * Choice of [[Electronic_Carillon_Music_Library|music library]] - Catholic, Protestant, General or All
+** Management Suite support for totally custom random music
 * Choice of Easter almanac dates - Eastern Orthodox or Western Standard (at time of order)
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 ***Supports Chime Master Clock Drive
 ***Supports Chime Master Tower Bell Relays (up to six ringing channels)
-**Remote Control (proprietary serial interface)
+**Remote Control (eight-function proprietary serial interface)
 *Optional Switched AC Receptacle for Tower Amplifier