The XK-3c has been designed with the professional musician in mind. Built upon the outstanding features and astounding tone-wheel type sound found on the legendary XK-3 keyboard which is no longer being produced, our engineers have added many of the most requested advanced features and effects never before found on a Hammond keyboard of this price range.
"Out of the Box", the XK-3c is set up to be reminiscent of a very fine vintage Hammond B-3 Organ. However, the XK-3c allows you advanced and comprehensive control over all of the different features of a Hammond Organ. This allows you to mold your XK-3c into your "Dream Organ" which will sound and play exactly as you wish. Until now, technicians have commanded high prices to customize a B-3 to individual tastes-Now you have all of this control at your fingertips, in a simple interface. Or you can just play your XK-3c without modification-either way the XK-3c is designed to be "mirror image" of a classic Hammond Organ.
Like the XK-3 keyboard, the new XK-3c can be used strictly as a single keyboard or expanded into a two-manual B-3 like organ when used in conjunction with either our innovative PRO or Traditional XK Systems.
Vase III sound engine
Control multiple keyboards and sound modules from the XK3C improved digital leslie sound quality
New MIDI Control features make it easy to integrate your computer based software and MIDI instruments.
Assignable controllers for MIDI instruments
Advanced digital Leslie and vibrato scanner
Advanced MIDI Master "real-time" controller functions.
Digital Tone Wheel
The XK-3c's digital tone wheel generator is the latest generation Hammond engine based on the same principles as the vintage mechanical tone-wheel generator. The 96 digital tone-wheels are constantly oscillating and re-create the original Wow and Flutter. In the vintage Hammonds, the close proximity of the mechanical wheels produced an imperfection called "leakage" that came to be part of the original charm of the instrument. This effect has been recaptured and may be introduced incrementally into your personal sound setup. The XK-3c has full polyphony, and the keyboard has been updated to feel and play like a vintage B-3.
Every vintage B-3 has its own personality and voice, based on the age and condition of the mechanical tone-wheel generator. The XK-3c allows you to tailor the organ's digital tone-wheel generator to your own specification and further, to recall it in an instant. There are 5 basic tone-wheel sets: B-Type 1, B-Type 2, Mellow, Brite, and Saw., with variations of each. There are also further levels of control for the user who seeks a wider variation and customization of sound. Each of the 96 digital tonewheels can be individually voiced for volume, timbre, motor noise and leakage, and recalled as a complete custom setup. Note that these settings are not compiled effects, but are controls of the sound generators themselves.
playa vintage B-3 will feel right at home on the XK-3c.
Split & Manual Bass
You can split the 51-note keyboard into "upper" and "lower" ranges, or have the lowest part of the keyboard serve as "manual bass". Yet another variation of the "manual bass" feature plays the "pedal" part on the lowest note played. With the keyboard spiit, this can mimic the characteristics of a two-manual and pedal performance.
HAMMOND XK3C Specs
Keyboard: 73 (61 + 12 preset keyys) Waterfall keys with velocity
Drawbars: 2 sets of 9 and 1 set of 2 drawbars
Sound Generator: VASE ill sound generator creates 96 digital tone-wheels. Tone-wheel leakage noise and motor-noise are adjustable wheel by wheel
Presets: Original B-3 reverse color keys presets 11 Presets X 12 Banks + Cancel
Polyphony: Full polyphony (unlimited)
Leslie: Advanced digital Leslie and scanner vibrato
Pre-amp & Overdrive: New dual tube amp (using Tube type 12AX7,12AU7) for pre amplification and overdrive
Reverb: 10 Modes, Leslie on Reverb
Tone Controls: Bass, mid range, treble, B-3 tone control
Sustain: On Pedal Drawbars
Wheel: Pitch bend, Modulation
Panel Controls: LESLIE" Slow/fast, on/off, breaklthru, effect
Vibrato/Chorus Upper On, Lower on, V1, V2, V3, C1, C2, C3 with 6 position rotary knob,
Emphasis and Depth are adjustable for each position
Panel Controls:
Percussion Second, third, decay fast, soft
Control Manual bass, split
Assignable MIDI controllers Upper 1, 2, 3, Lower 1, 2,
Pedal, on/off, Value knobs
Effect Tube amp, reverb on
User Assignable function
Display switch Page up/down, parameter, value ±, rotary encoder,
Menu/exit, play, rec/jump, bank
Volume Control Master volume, tone control, tube overdrive
Display: 20-Characters, 2-Line backlight LCD
Terminal: AC input, Line out UR, send/return, LESLIE" 11-Pin, MIDlln1/ln2/ Out, Headphone, input for expression Pedal EXP-100F, expression Pedal V-20R and input for foot-switch FS·9H & Leslie half moon switch CU-1 Adding Lower keyboard and Pedal possible via MIDI
Card Slot: CompactFlash
Power Supply: 100V(JPN), 120V(CUL), 230V (CE), 240V(BS & SAA)
Dimensions:119cm(W) X40cm(D) X 12cm(H) (46Yo"X 15WX4W)
Weight/Finish18.5 kg (40.8 Ibs), Walnut Finish
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