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.
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.
Available AX Models
Specifications
| Feature | Bravo™ | Millennium® | Platinum™ |
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| 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 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.