Xk3 hammond manual

As a key was depressed, the contacts sequentially touched, and the circuits were completed to produce the Organ tone that was registered by the Drawbars. The very nature of Electric circuitry dictated a click could be heard at the top of each note played when the current-carrying key contacts touched.

Laurens Hammond considered that click to be a nuisance, and worked to no avail in order to rid his organ of that imperfection. The jazz players who embraced the Hammond Organ, however, found the click to be a percussive highlight, and wanted nothing to do with its eradication.

To make matters worse, as the Vintage Hammonds aged, the click became more pronounced, and by the Rock and Roll era, the Key Click assumed a role of importance that Laurens Hammond could never imagine.

The timbre of the click may also be adjusted. Hammond would have greatly approved of the Xk-1c, as you can turn the click all the way off if you desire, creating a Vintage Hammond Organ that could not exist in the physical world. The inclusion of this obscure feature demonstrates the commitment to authenticity Hammond has brought to the Xk-1c Series.

The advent of transistor electronics brought forth smaller, more affordable portable Organs. The Thomas Organ Company in the U. Thomas sold their Combo organs under the Vox name and their premier offering was the "Continental". Farfisa's organs became Rock icons, and the marque reached its height with its "Professional" model.

The sound of the transistor Combo Organ never went out of style, and has even flourished in the "Indy" scene of the 21st Century. The sounds of both of classic instruments are faithfully reproduced in the Xk-1c, with the ability to register them in the exact way you were able to on the originals. Both models employed a variation of Hammond's Drawbars, and an accompanying legend on the control panel marks the functions for each drawbar, for each model.

The Pipe Organ division uses the Drawbars as Drawknobs to select the stops you choose. Now you can take this majestic sound wherever you desire, whether it is to accompany Worship, Perform Classical Organ Literature, or Practice with Headphones in your Dormitory Room. Progressive Rock groups have relied on the sounds of Classical Pipe Organs, and have had to compromise with the few inflexible samples contained in Synthesizers and Samplers, but now the sky is the limit with a Classical Pipe Organ that can be registered in the traditional manner.

As is customary with Hammond, each rank of pipes may be voiced independently to the user's specification, and stored for instant recall. The main difference between Church Pipe Organs and Theatre Organs was the deep Tremulant that took the edge off the Theatre Organ's pipes and made them emotionally "sob". Making use of an acoustic phenomenon called the "Doppler Effect", Mr.

Leslie constructed a speaker cabinet that used a simple system of rotating horns and baffles to give the Hammond tone "motion" and "depth". This created a different instrument altogether, one that could play "Popular" music.

Hammond intended his organ for the Church and Classical Music, looking at "Popular" Music with disdain-he wanted nothing to do with Mr. Leslie's invention when Mr. Leslie demonstrated it. The public however, took the combination of Hammond and Leslie to heart, and so it remains to this very day. It is difficult to think of one without the other, although Mr. Hammond never allowed Hammond Dealers to sell Leslie Speakers.

After Mr. Hammond's death, the two companies became partners, and now Hammond owns and manufactures Leslie Speakers. For both Hammond and Leslie, the golden goal was to produce a Leslie that did not require motor-driven speakers, and the goal has been reached in the Xk-1c, with the finest Digital Leslie we have ever produced.

Now the elusive effect can be had where space and mobility have heretofore denied it. As an added benefit to being produced in the Digital realm, many aspects of the effect can be adjusted and tailored to ones own taste and requirement.

In addition, 8 factory Cabinets, comprising the most popular Leslie Models like the , , , Vintage H, and others are available for instant choice. A button on the Control Panel allows the bypass of the Digital Leslie circuit and sends the Organ tones directly to the Stereo Outputs.

A Manual button on the control panel renders the entire control panel current. The keypad in the center of the control panel are assignable to any of the presets for instant recall of your favorites.

The same panel may be switched to a numeric input pad for direct selection of presets. The Drawbar and Combo Organ Divisions have a number of effects that may be applied. You can play these external zones with or without the Xk-1c voice sounding.

But who would want to? In many ways, the Xk-3c has surpassed the legend. Thomas sold their Combo organs under the Vox name and their premier offerings were the "Continental" and the budget priced "Jaguar".

The sound of the transistor Combo Organ never went out of style, and has even flourished in the "Indy" scene of the 21 st Century. Enter text from picture: Internal service operations can expose the technician to hazardous line voltages and accidentally cause these voltages to appear on exposed metal parts during repair or reassembly of product components. It currently is not available, but if enough people asked for it maybe Hammond would produce it.

We would not need all theose parameter settings. I have not had any trouble figuring the manual out, but I have had to deal with technical manuals written in Japlish in the past.

Each setup takes up about 28Kb of memory, so a 64Mb card will hold about setups. Parts List XK-3 8. Dave BryceStephen Fortner. I have e-mailed Hammond a few times asking for a preset parameters list that shows all the settings for all the presets. Page of 46 Go. I had the same problem with my XK2, and other keyboards for that matter.

I find that XK3 pretty easy, but the manual is confusing. Page 33 XK-3 3. Wiring Chart 5. The XM-1 had one and it was very useful.

There is a danger of electrical shock if you touch components in this circuit. The hammpnd filter prevents noise from the organ leaving through the AC line cord. Use caution when testing this circuit, damage will occur to the Main board and other ICs If you short the high voltage circuit to other components on the board. Page 44 These three boards contain the tab switches and LED indicators and controls for the entire organ. I ahve saved it as a future reference.

You are not logged in. You may find info of some use in this thread: Parts List XK-3 8. To print manuak manual completely, please, download it. The line filter prevents gammond from the organ leaving through the AC line cord. Hammond XK3 Owners Manual. This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are as essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website.

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