Hammond A-162, Owner'S Manual

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Setting the P
aramet
ers
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PEDAL DRAWBARS
TONE WHEELS (P)
Th is allows you to select the tone wheel set (waveform) of the PEDAL Drawbars.
Normal: The traditional B-3/C-3/A-100 tone wheel sound.
Muted: Analog-oscillating sound represented by the vintage Hammond X-5.
Synth1: Sawtooth waveform with sweep fi lter.
Synth2: Dull square waveform.
ATTACK (P)
Th is allows you to set the Attack Rate and the Key-Click Volume at ATTACK and
RELEASE.
MAX CLK: Immediate attack and the key-click is loud.
NORM CLK: Immediate attack and the key-click is normal.
SOFT CLK: Immediate attack and the key-click is soft.
NO CLK: A slightly slower attack without key-click.
SLOW ATK: Slow attack without key-click.
DECAY RATE (P)
Th is allows you to determine whether the PEDAL voice remains at the same volume as
a note is held, or if the voice decays, as a plucked string.
Th
e setting range is 1 - 5 and C. Th e higher the value, the longer the decay time. Th ere
is no decay at C.
SUSTAIN LENGTH (P)
Th is allows you to set the Release Rate (= the decay time after you release the pedal),
when the [PEDAL SUSTAIN] button is ON.
1 is the shortest, and 5 is the longest decay time.
NOTE: You can locate this page by holding down the [PEDAL SUSTAIN] button as well.
VELOCITY (P)
Th is allows you to set the response to the Velocity. Th e setting range is OF and 1 - 4. At
OFF, the volume does not change however hard you play the key. As the value increases
from 1 - 4, the sounds gets louder even if the key is played softly.
NOTE: This parameter is enabled only when using the [PEDAL TO GREAT] or [PEDAL TO SWELL]
function. The pedalboard of this organ has no velocity sensor.
PEDAL - KEY MODE (P)
Th is allows you to set the PEDAL voice mode.
POLY: Makes it possible to play harmony (up to 8 notes).
MONO: Only one note sounds. If multiple notes are played, only the last note depressed will
sound.
NOTE: When [PEDAL SUSTAIN] is “ON,” each new note played will cancel the previous note. This
is so that the pedal tones will not overlap and “bleed into” each other.
Time
Loudness
Attack
Note On Note Off
Decay = "C"
Decay =
"1" - "5"
Sustain =
"On"
SUSTAIN
In organ terminology, unlike Synthesizer no-
menclature, the word “Sustain” refers to note
decay after note release. On a synth envelope
generator this setting would be called “T4” or
“Release”.
NOTE: All the parameters in these modes
(P) are Preset Parameters. They are
recorded into the Combination Pre-
set.