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XK-5

Owner’s Playing Guide

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CUSTOM SETS LIST

CUSTOM TONE WHEELS

A-100, B-3, C-3

F1: Normal

Simulates the organ’s Tone Wheels with precision.

F2: Rumble less

Cut off the motor rumble by using high-pass filter.

F3: Mixture

Sounds leakage tones with harmonized.

Mellow

F1: Full Flats

Like the electronic organ, oscillates at flatly.

F2: Husky

Dips the middle frequency.

F3: Flute Lead

Boosts the middle frequency.

CUSTOM CONTACT

F1: B-3 A27563

Simulates the organ as above.

F2: Regular

Physical contact 1 sounds 8´, 2´, 1´
Physical contact 2 sounds 5-1/3´, 2-2/3´, 1-1/3´
Physical contact 3 sounds 16´, 4´, 1-3/5´

F3: Single

All the footages sounds at deepest physical contacts.

CUSTOM SUB DRAWBARS

F1: B-3 A27563
F2: B-3 #87396
F3: A-100 #33339

All the customs simulates the organs as above.

CUSTOM PIPES

Normal

A basic, general-purpose Pipe set.

No Chiff

Similar to Normal, but with reduced Chiff.

Heavy Detune

Pipe Voices intentionally detuned for a “chorus” effect.

CUSTOM CABINETS

122 Gentle

Simulates 122 cabinet (Large body, peaking horn driver) heard from a distance, rear.

122 Wild

Simulates 122 cabinet heard from closer, front.

31H-Type

Simulates 31H cabinet heard from a distance, rear.

147 Gentle

Simulates 147 cabinet (Large body, wide range) heard from a distance, rear.

147 Wild

Simulates 147 cabinet heard from closer, front.

145 Gentle

Simulates 145 cabinet (Middle body, slightly narrow range) heard from a distance, rear.

145 Wild

Simulates 145 cabinet heard from closer, front.

PR-40

Simulates a stationary speaker system.

Summary of Contents for A-3

Page 1: ...which produces the sound and contains the features of a classic Hammond Tone Wheel organ Please take a moment to review this manual thoroughly in order to famil iarize yourself with the features of t...

Page 2: ...all servicing to qualified service personnel Servicing is required when the apparatus has been damaged in any way such as power supply cord or plug is damaged liquid has been spilled or objects have...

Page 3: ...OSED OF SAFELY THERE IS A DANGER OF SEVERE ELECTRICAL SHOCK IFTHE CUT OFF PLUG IS INSERTED INTO ANY 13 AMP SOCKET If a new plug is to be attached to the cord please observe the wiring code as shown be...

Page 4: ...must allow it to stand for several hours until the condensation has completely evaporated u Do not allow rubber vinyl or similar materials to remain on the unit for long periods of time Such objects...

Page 5: ...5 HA O XK 5 Owner s Playing Guide INTRODUCTION...

Page 6: ...E 32 u MULTI EFFECT 32 SPLIT DIVIDE THE KEYBOARD BY PARTS 33 PEDAL TO LOWER ADD BASS TO LOWER 33 PEDAL SUSTAIN SMOOTH DECAY WHEN RELEASE 33 INFORMATION CENTER 35 INFORMATION CENTER 36 PLAY MODE 37 HOW...

Page 7: ...111 PATCH BANKS 112 WHAT ARE PRESET KEYS 112 RECALL BY PRESET KEYS 112 u ex Recall C G 112 RECORD THE PATCH TO MEMORY 113 u Example RECORD TO U32 113 u Example RECORD TO D D U32 113 ASSIGNING PATCHES...

Page 8: ...A USB FLASH DRIVE 144 u FOLDER STRUCTURE 144 FORMATTING A USB FLASH DRIVE 145 SETUP FILES 146 USB MASS STORAGE 147 WHAT IS USB MASS STORAGE 147 SWITCHING THE FUNCTION OF THE USB TO HOST JACK 147 SAVE...

Page 9: ...which allows you to use the XK 5 with a Leslie Speaker having an 11 pin interface u AMPLIFIER SIMULATOR EFFECTS The tube circuits simulate the pre amplifier of the B 3 C 3 to provide tube warmth Four...

Page 10: ...a single manual instrument P 112 BANK Touch Button This allows you to select different Preset Banks called up by the Preset Keys P 112 RECORD Touch Button Records a Patch Favorite Leslie Cabinet etc...

Page 11: ...nd the B Preset Key is selected u PERCUSSION ON Touch Tab Adds the Percussion effect to the Upper Manual P 57 SOFT Touch Tab Selects NORMAL or SOFT Percussion Volume P 57 FAST Touch Tab Selects SLOW o...

Page 12: ...SSORY PANEL Recessed HEADPHONE jack Connect a set of stereo headphones NOTE Connecting headphones does not mute the LINE OUT jacks or the 11 pin Leslie connector CU 1 jack Connect the CU 1 Leslie mode...

Page 13: ...ed Foot Controller The following Foot Controllers have been approved for use on the XK 5 HAMMOND FS 9H EXP 50 EXP 50J EXP 20 VFP1 V 20H V 20R NORM KORG EXP 2 XVP 10 REV ROLAND EV 5 EV 7 NORM YAMAHA FC...

Page 14: ...simulator USB Audio Leslie Simulator Vibrato Chorus Tube 1 Tube 2 Overdrive Matching Transformer TC Equalizer Master Equalizer Patch Level Virtual Tonewheel Set Pedal Drawbars Lower Drawbars Upper Dra...

Page 15: ...at the upper right of the control panel Percussion is available only on the Upper Manual and normally only when the B Preset Key is active MATCHING TRANSFORMER The Matching Transformer on a tone wheel...

Page 16: ...HA O XK 5 Owner s Playing Guide 16 THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK TO PRESERVE PAGE FORMATTING...

Page 17: ...17 HA O XK 5 Owner s Playing Guide MAKING THE CONNECTIONS...

Page 18: ...o headphones to the HEADPHONES jack you can hear the sound through the headphones even if an external amplifier is not connected TO AC OUTLET NOTE The Expression Pedal and Foot Switch parameters must...

Page 19: ...In order to use the EXP 100F Expression Pedal the EXP SOURCE switch in the CONTROL Edit Menu must be set either to EXP PEDAL or BOTH This is explained on page 123 1 Make sure the power to the instrume...

Page 20: ...Leslie 2121 Leslie LS 2215 or Leslie LS 2210 Keyboard Amplifiers for these applications how ever any high quality keyboard amp may be used 1 Connect the LINE OUT jacks on the XK 5 to the desired inpu...

Page 21: ...control of the 2101 2101mk2 at the desired volume MIDI CONTROL OF THE LESLIE SPEAKER To control the parameters of the Leslie Speaker 2101 2101mk2 fine adjustment of the rotor speed or the rise time e...

Page 22: ...required Each device is configured automatically NOTE The above diagram shows only the connections for the Pedal Clavier and Expression Pedal For information on other connections such as AC power audi...

Page 23: ...as Lower Manual and Pedals respectively If you wish to use the connected MIDI keyboard as the Upper Manual the MIDI IN mode of the MIDI Edit Menu must be set to UPPER See page 135 for instructions on...

Page 24: ...using a single con nection IMPORTANT Use the cable provided with this instrument for all connections DO NOT use a 4 pin XLR or other type of connector Doing so may result in damage to the instrument...

Page 25: ...Menu and select 2or3 KBD as a MIDI Template See page 135 for instructions on how to do this NOTE If a MIDI Template other than Basic such as 2or3 KBD is recalled a connected MIDI Keyboard or Pedal Cla...

Page 26: ...r Keyboard a dedicated Lower Manual model XLK 5 a 25 note Pedal Clavier model XPK 250 an Expression Pedal model EXP 250 and a Bench a complete organ in other words The designation A 3 is an homage to...

Page 27: ...27 HA O XK 5 Owner s Playing Guide TURN ON PLAY...

Page 28: ...hear a sound when keys are pressed The C key is normally used as a Cancel key 6 Adjust the volume of the amplifiers etc NOTE Reverse the above steps when you turn the power OFF Also be sure to turn th...

Page 29: ...us ways These are described on page 123 You can use a Foot Switch to control various functions for example switching between Slow and Fast Leslie rotor speeds sustaining or damping notes etc NOTE For...

Page 30: ...ettings become active allowing for real time registration and the creation of new Patches LOCATE THE MENU Mode Press the MENU EXIT Touch Button The A screen of the MENU Mode should now appear If it do...

Page 31: ...st or Slow Decay and Second or Third Harmonic tone quality For this example turn all of the Percussion Touch Tabs ON THIRD FAST SOFT ON red LEDs lit UPPER and LOWER MANUALS The diagram on the left sho...

Page 32: ...s when a Leslie Speaker cabinet is connected via the 11 pin plug BYPASS Touch Button Disengages the Leslie effect resulting in a straight organ sound NOTE The BYPASS Touch Button will have no effect i...

Page 33: ...USTAIN Touch But ton so that the LED is lit When you play and release either a pedal or a bass note on the Manual when using Pedal To Lower the Pedal note will decay smoothly NOTE You can adjust the P...

Page 34: ...HA O XK 5 Owner s Playing Guide 34 THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK TO PRESERVE PAGE FORMATTING...

Page 35: ...35 HA O XK 5 Owner s Playing Guide INFORMATION CENTER...

Page 36: ...sed by the top panel Rotary Knobs and switches are here There are 3 modes PLAY MENU and FUNCTION The FUNCTION Mode allows you to change specific parameters within each Edit Menu The PLAY Mode allows y...

Page 37: ...Y Mode is the normal performance mode The information necessary for ordinary performance will be displayed PLAY Mode is normally displayed when the instrument is first powered ON However if you need t...

Page 38: ...ages in the MENU Mode labeled A through F Each page has up to four items Select the item you wish to edit using the direction buttons then press the ENTER Touch Button to enter the FUNCTION Mode for e...

Page 39: ...ve and Multi Effects P 83 2 VIB CHO This allows you to adjust the characteristics of the Vibrato Chorus P 71 3 LESLIE This allows you to adjust the characteristics of the inbuilt Leslie effect and ext...

Page 40: ...TION Mode In this example the flashing value indicates the value of the Leslie FAST speed setting for the Horn rotor PARAMETER ITEM name PAGE name VALUE CURSOR flashing VALUE Moves the page up or down...

Page 41: ...tton The display will show Recording Assign for about 2 seconds You will be able to access the desired page immediately by pressing the CONTROL Touch Button UPPER BANK KEY PATCH PEDAL LOWER SHORTCUTS...

Page 42: ...ed SELECT THE MENU PAGE Press the Touch Button once Menu B will appear MOVE THE CURSOR TO THE FUNCTION MODE YOU WISH TO LOCATE Press the Touch Button twice The word PERCUSS will blink ENTER PERCUSSION...

Page 43: ...nges to any of the User Patches and record your changes Page see the PATCHES FAVORITES section of this Manual for more information about Patches NOTE A Patch Parameter is a parameter which is unique t...

Page 44: ...OR Touch Buttons P 112 are still enabled To unlock the display repeat steps 1 through 3 above The display will show Display UNLOCKED NOTE The RECORD Touch Button can still be used in Display Lock mode...

Page 45: ...45 HA O XK 5 Owner s Playing Guide DRAWBARS PERCUSSION...

Page 46: ...umber followed by a footage mark This follows the tradition of Hammond Organs made starting from the late 60 s For example the first white Drawbar is marked 8 This is pipe organ terminology indicating...

Page 47: ...ht of the group makes available a different tone color which is drawn from the inbuilt Patch Library The Preset Keys can also be used to store your own settings NOTE When recalling a patch the positio...

Page 48: ...0 3564 534 Dulciana 8 00 7770 000 Gamba 8 I 00 3484 443 Gemshorn 8 00 4741 321 Orchestral String 8 00 1464 321 Salicional 8 00 2453 321 Solo Viola 8 00 2474 341 Solo Violin 8 00 3654 324 Viola da Gamb...

Page 49: ...awbar registration patterns shown on the previous page are intended to simulate the four basic families of tone found on a classical pipe organ since this was the original intention of the Hammond Org...

Page 50: ...ose you then select a Patch with a Drawbar setting of 86 8426 216 If you wish instantly to switch to the A Drawbar setting do the following 1 Press and Hold the UPPER PRESET SELECTOR Touch Button unti...

Page 51: ...The default range of the Pedal To Lower is from 1C the lowest note on the manual to 2B the second B key PEDAL TO LOWER u SETTING THE AMOUNT OF PEDAL SUSTAIN The default setting is 2 which is a short S...

Page 52: ...the lower octave of the keyboard The bottom key on the keyboard is displayed as 1C The setting range is 1C to 2C FOLD BACK HIGH This allows you to set the key point at which the Drawbar pitches fold b...

Page 53: ...set the Organ type for the Pedals Normal Traditional Tone Wheel sound of the B 3 C 3 ENVELOPE This allows you to set the Attack and Release characteristics of the Pedal tones NOTE See for details KEY...

Page 54: ...ions on naming Custom Pedal Registrations SUB DRAWBAR 16 PR This allows you to adjust the registration for the 16 Pedal Drawbar Adjustable footages are 16 51 3 8 4 22 3 2 13 5 and 11 3 NOTE The footag...

Page 55: ...h Button three times PED REG should blink SELECT THE PED REG EDIT MENU UPPER BANK KEY PATCH PEDAL LOWER LOCATE THE MENU Mode Press the MENU EXIT Touch Button MENU Mode will be displayed 1 2 4 3 6 Make...

Page 56: ...LOWER NAMING A CUSTOM PEDAL REGISTRATION LOCATE THE MENU Mode Press the MENU EXIT Touch Button MENU Mode will be displayed 1 2 4 6 3 SELECT THE PED REG NAME PAGE Press the p Touch Button to select th...

Page 57: ...ercussion effect is much less prominent The volume of the Drawbar tones remains unaffected by the addition of the Soft Percussion effect FAST Touch Tab When this tab is OFF LED not lit the Percussion...

Page 58: ...uck KEYBOARD KEY TRACK On a tone wheel Hammond Organ with Touch Response Percussion Control the Percussion sounds would taper off slightly at higher frequencies This feature replicates this characteri...

Page 59: ...igure below shows how the Drawbars are allocated in Vx mode The type of combo organ replicated by Vx mode had drawbar type controls but they functioned differently from Hammond Harmonic Drawbars Organ...

Page 60: ...mode The above configuration follows the layout of the Combo Compact series of combo organ which used rocker type tilt tablets rather than Drawbars to turn voices ON and OFF On the XK 5 the Drawbars...

Page 61: ...gure below shows how the Drawbars are allocated in Pipe mode IMPORTANT NOTE When Pipe mode is activated the Drawbars will function similar to drawstops on a traditional pipe organ pull ing a Drawbar o...

Page 62: ...h Buttons to move the cursor then use the VALUE Rotary Knob to select characters NOTE See page 65 for detailed instructions on naming Custom Pipes PIPE VOICE This allows you to select the Pipe Voice y...

Page 63: ...d right until they meet in the center or FIX no imaging all the notes sound from the center WHAT IS CHIFF There are two classifications of or gan pipes based on the method used to produce sound Flue o...

Page 64: ...tton three times PIPE should blink SELECT THE PIPE EDIT MENU UPPER BANK KEY PATCH PEDAL LOWER LOCATE THE MENU Mode Press the MENU EXIT Touch Button MENU Mode will be displayed 1 2 4 3 6 Make whatever...

Page 65: ...T MENU UPPER BANK KEY PATCH PEDAL LOWER NAMING A CUSTOM PIPE LOCATE THE MENU Mode Press the MENU EXIT Touch Button MENU Mode will be displayed 1 2 4 6 3 SELECT THE CUSTOM PIPE NAME PAGE Press the p To...

Page 66: ...ight hand and the Lower Manual would be played by the left hand Therefore when Split is ON the area to the right of the Split Point is referred to on the XK 5 as the Upper Manual and is abbreviated UM...

Page 67: ...Press and Hold the LOWER Touch Button and press the UP Touch Button w To lower the Lower Manual Press and Hold the LOWER Touch Button and press the DOWN Touch Button Octave of LOWER is at 1 NOTE When...

Page 68: ...HA O XK 5 Owner s Playing Guide 68 THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK TO PRESERVE PAGE FORMATTING...

Page 69: ...69 HA O XK 5 Owner s Playing Guide DRAWBAR EFFECTS...

Page 70: ...wering of pitch comparable to the effect produced when a violinist moves his finger back and forth on a string while playing varying the frequency while maintaining constant volume On a tone wheel Ham...

Page 71: ...Chorus is obtained when the vibrato output signal is mixed with a portion of dry or non vibrato signal This allows you to adjust the balance between the vibrato and non vibrato signals The setting ra...

Page 72: ...models would be known simply as Leslie Speakers Many models of Leslie Speakers have been made over the years probably the best known being the models 122 142 145 and 147 The built in digital Leslie ef...

Page 73: ...ulating various ways Leslies are miked either for recording or live performance etc All of these parameters can be saved as a Custom Leslie Cabinet The XK 5 has 16 different Custom Leslie Cabinets Eig...

Page 74: ...use the VALUE Rotary Knob to select characters NOTE See page 70 for detailed instructions on naming Custom Leslie Cabinets SPEAKER L This allows you to select the virtual speaker type 145 Leslie 145...

Page 75: ...anging when the mode is switched The setting range is 0 to 0 8 sec MIC WIDTH HORN DRUM L These allow you to set the Virtual Leslie Speaker at which location the Micro phones should be placed Width set...

Page 76: ...nnel Leslie Speaker cabinet such as a 122XB 3300 3300W or 981 3ch For connecting a 3 channel Leslie such as a model 2101 or 2101 mkII The Drawbar and Percussion sounds will play through the Rotary cha...

Page 77: ...uch Button twice The word LESLIE should blink SELECT THE LESLIE EDIT MENU UPPER BANK KEY PATCH PEDAL LOWER LOCATE THE MENU Mode Press the MENU EXIT Touch Button MENU Mode will be displayed 1 2 4 3 6 M...

Page 78: ...PATCH PEDAL LOWER NAMING A LESLIE CABINET LOCATE THE MENU Mode Press the MENU EXIT Touch Button MENU Mode will be displayed 1 2 4 6 3 SELECT THE LESLIE NAME PAGE Press the p Touch Button to select Pa...

Page 79: ...st the Overdrive parameters to your liking The Overdrive parameters are contained in the AMP EFF Edit Menu which is described on page 83 Overdrive adds distortion to the sound by increasing the pre am...

Page 80: ...IZATION Equalization is a term used by sound engineers to describe changes or alterations they make to the character of sound For example if a piano is being miked its sound output being picked up by...

Page 81: ...le to plus the settings as well u PATCH EQUALIZER AND MASTER EQUALIZER GAIN BASS P G GAIN MIDDLE P G GAIN TREBLE P G These allow you to adjust the Boost Cut of Bass Mid range and Treble respectively T...

Page 82: ...t to the sound similar to several instruments sounding in unison Delay Recycles the tone to create an echo effect EFFECT ON Touch Button Turns the selected Multi Effect ON LED lit or OFF LED not lit E...

Page 83: ...he sound TRANS DEPTH UPPER PERCUSSION LOWER PEDAL This allows you to set the amount of the MT modeling for each Manual The setting range is 0 127 The higher the value the deeper the effect u OVERDRIVE...

Page 84: ...s you to adjust the depth of the tremolo effect The setting range is 0 to 127 At 0 the volume does not modulate The higher the value the deeper the effect At 127 a repeated no sound maximum volume is...

Page 85: ...the sound WAH WAH RATE When the SOURCE is set at LFO the cycle rate is adjusted The setting range is 0 to 127 The rate becomes faster as the value increases WAH WAH FREQUENCY This allows you to adjus...

Page 86: ...also suddenly to bass Saw Sawtooth wave The ring sound repeatedly drops from treble to bass S H Sample hold wave The ring frequency changes randomly RING MODULATOR RATE When the SOURCE is set at LFO...

Page 87: ...middle frequency of the phase effect The setting range is 0 to 127 The frequency becomes higher as the value increases PHASER MIX This allows you to adjust the volume balance between the dry and the...

Page 88: ...At 127 the ratio between the dry and the effect sounds becomes 1 1 FLANGER HPF This allows you to control the frequency range of the effect The setting range is 0 to 127 At 0 the effect is added to al...

Page 89: ...to adjust the volume balance between the dry and the effect sound The setting range is 0 to 127 At 0 only the dry is heard The effect level becomes greater as the value increases At 127 the ratio bet...

Page 90: ...D BACK This allows you to set the repetition amount of the effect sound The setting range is 0 to 127 The repetition becomes greater as the value is increased DELAY MIX This allows you to adjust the v...

Page 91: ...ound caused by sound bouncing or reflecting off of hard surfaces such as floors walls or ceilings It is measurable by the interval of time required for the sound to decay to inaudibility after the sou...

Page 92: ...ntrol the delay time for Reverb Types Delay PanDly and RevDly The setting range is 4 7 to 2000ms The delay becomes longer as the number value is increased NOTE You can program the Foot Switch to set t...

Page 93: ...93 HA O XK 5 Owner s Playing Guide CUSTOM TONE WHEELS...

Page 94: ...net each second determines the musical note produced If for example 440 teeth pass the magnet each second the result will be the note A 440 After going through a number of other processes the electric...

Page 95: ...he overall condition of the instrument whether it has been in a home for the bulk of its life and played only rarely whether it has been used by a touring musical ensemble and been moved frequently pe...

Page 96: ...e the Touch Buttons to move the cursor then use the VALUE Rotary Knob to select characters NOTE See page 99 for detailed instructions on naming Custom Tone Wheels WHEEL NUMBER TW This allows you to se...

Page 97: ...e saved as a Custom Tone Wheel which can then be saved to a Patch See page 98 for instructions on how to do this Level Adjustment Frequency Level 100Hz 1kHz 10kHz Fundamental tone Leakage tone Leakage...

Page 98: ...TE THE MENU Mode Press the MENU EXIT Touch Button MENU Mode will be displayed 1 2 4 3 6 Make whatever changes you wish to the Custom Tone Wheel you have selected 7 Press ENTER to record the Custom Ton...

Page 99: ...ess the MENU EXIT Touch Button MENU Mode will be displayed 1 2 3 5 SELECT THE TONEWHEEL NAME PAGE Press the p Touch Button to display Page 2 of the TONE WHEEL FUNCTION Mode UPPER BANK KEY PATCH PEDAL...

Page 100: ...HA O XK 5 Owner s Playing Guide 100 THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK TO PRESERVE PAGE FORMATTING...

Page 101: ...101 HA O XK 5 Owner s Playing Guide VIRTUAL MULTI CONTACTS...

Page 102: ...ical contacts of three 3 different depths under each playing key The effect of 9 physical contacts is created by software See the diagram below for a visual representation of how this works The XK 5 V...

Page 103: ...is allows you to name the Custom Contacts set using up to 10 letters Use the Touch Buttons to move the cursor then use the VALUE Rotary Knob to select characters NOTE See page 98 for detailed instruct...

Page 104: ...YSICAL CONTACT NUMBER CT This allows you to select which physical contact to use for sounding the selected Virtual Contact on the keyboard of the XK 5 or XLK 5 The setting value is 1 3 Physical contac...

Page 105: ...the Touch Button once The word CONTACT should blink SELECT THE CONTACT EDIT MENU UPPER BANK KEY PATCH PEDAL LOWER LOCATE THE MENU Mode Press the MENU EXIT Touch Button MENU Mode will be displayed 1 2...

Page 106: ...PPER BANK KEY PATCH PEDAL LOWER NAMING A CUSTOM CONTACT LOCATE THE MENU Mode Press the MENU EXIT Touch Button MENU Mode will be displayed 1 2 4 6 3 SELECT THE CONTACT NAME PAGE Press the p Touch Butto...

Page 107: ...107 HA O XK 5 Owner s Playing Guide PATCHES FAVORITES...

Page 108: ...y the term Patch has remained Each time a Patch is selected it will register a particular set ting of the sounds and controls on the instrument HOW TO RECALL A PATCH u Example Recall Patch U41 1 Enter...

Page 109: ...e designated by the letter F Each category contains 100 Patches for a total of 200 NOTES The XK 5 comes from the factory with default settings for all 200 Patches The U Patches duplicate the Factory P...

Page 110: ...o copy a Patch from another Manual u PATCH LEVEL PATCH LEVEL P This allows you to adjust the volume of the selected Patch Patch Volume is also controlled by MIDI Controller 7 Volume The setting range...

Page 111: ...Each Patch Load parameter B is a Bank Parameter Bank Parameters are common for each Patch in the current Bank and are recorded when the value is set u PRESET KEYS PRESET KEY HOLD G This allows you to...

Page 112: ...o the playing keys except reversed in color These keys are not playing keys but are used to recall registrations similar to the combination pistons found on pipe organs On the XK 5 the Preset Keys are...

Page 113: ...ed with that key When doing the above the LED above the D Preset Key will light indicating the D Preset Bank When the BANK Touch Button is released the LEDs above the Preset Keys will show which Prese...

Page 114: ...r example the C Preset Key may recall Patch U45 and the D Preset Key will recall Patch U19 The FAVOR ITES feature allows you to save individual Patches to the Preset Keys in any order you desire and r...

Page 115: ...the ENTER Touch Button to enter PATCH FUNCTION Mode 4 LOCATE THE PRESET KEY PAGE Press the Touch Button four times and the Touch Button once The word underneath FAVORIT will now blink 5 CHANGE THE VA...

Page 116: ...Button and press a Preset Key to select a Preset Bank D is shown in the example above NOTE If you have already selected a Preset Bank you may skip this step 4 SELECT A PRESET UPPER BANK KEY PATCH PED...

Page 117: ...Z and Lower case Letters a z NOTE This procedure is for naming the UPPER Manual The LOWER Manual Patch is named separately P 110 Press the Touch Button twice The word PATCH should blink SELECT A PATC...

Page 118: ...HA O XK 5 Owner s Playing Guide 118 THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK TO PRESERVE PAGE FORMATTING...

Page 119: ...119 HA O XK 5 Owner s Playing Guide SPECIAL ADVANCED FEATURES...

Page 120: ...nal Zones 4 MIDI Note Data sent from a connected MIDI Pedal Clavier NOTE TRANSPOSE is a temporary parameter and is not recorded to a Patch When the power to the instrument is turned OFF it will reset...

Page 121: ...ent The reference pitch is A 440 The selectable range is from A 430 through A 450 Turn the VALUE Rotary Control to the right to raise the pitch Turn the VALUE Rotary Control to the left to lower the p...

Page 122: ...mode Additionally if the Foot Switch is pressed and held for longer than 1 second the Leslie Rotors will go to the Off or Stop position GLIDE The Foot Switch will bend the pitch The amount of pitch be...

Page 123: ...g range is OFF 40dB to 0dB At OFF the sound totally disappears but at other value points the set value is retained even if the Expression Pedal is at minimum EXPRESSION GAIN S This allows you to adjus...

Page 124: ...of the Spring Reverb DELAY TIME Sets the Delay Time P 92 by tapping the button at the desired speed If the Touch Button is pressed and held the Delay sound disappears u DRAWBARS CONTROL MODE S This al...

Page 125: ...On Always A On u DISPLAY DISPLAY SHORT CUT G This allows you to set the short cut waiting time The setting range is 0 to 2 seconds At NO the Shortcut feature is disabled DISPLAY TIME OUT G This allow...

Page 126: ...ODE Expression and Leslie Mode can be operated by more than one control Occasionally the status shown may be different from the actual status For example if you are using a CU 1 switch to control Lesl...

Page 127: ...L All User Cabinets CUSTOM TONE WHEELS This allows you to initialize the contents of Custom Tone Wheels Select the number you want to initialize with the VALUE Rotary Knob The selecting range is shown...

Page 128: ...ected CU 1 unit Leslie Speed switch is active via the H BUS connection IS ACTIVE XPK This shows whether a Pedal Clavier e g XPK 250 is active over the H BUS jack IS ACTIVE AUDIO This shows the status...

Page 129: ...129 HA O XK 5 Owner s Playing Guide MIDI USB...

Page 130: ...rol the XK 5 from external MIDI equipment USB FLASH DRIVE PORT This allows you to use a USB Flash Drive to store Setups Patches etc or to upgrade the system software USB TO HOST PORT This allows you t...

Page 131: ...ives changes made to the playing controls of the XK 5 including all Organ Performance Drawbars Vibrato Chorus Percussion Leslie Expression Foot Controls and External Zone MIDI Program and Controller c...

Page 132: ...seful for recording and playing back MIDI sequences NOTE The Upper Keyboard Channel transmits both Keyboard and Controller data u EXTERNAL ZONE CHANNELS The External Zones are MIDI OUT only they do no...

Page 133: ...de u EXPANDED KEYBOARDS A Lower Manual and Pedal Clavier attached via MIDI can play the sounds from the XK 5 internal sound engine and can also trans mit MIDI Data via the MIDI OUT jack using both Key...

Page 134: ...t Menu for more information about setting Zone parameters BASIC CONNECTION MIDI Keyboard MIDI Pedalboard MIDI OUT MIDI OUT Optional IN OUT THRU MIDI Synth Set the MIDI template at Use Ex PHONES HEAD C...

Page 135: ...not retransmitted OFF The XK 5 will play only the sounds from a connected MIDI device and the internal sounds are silenced Incoming MIDI data on the Keyboard Channels are re sent by the External Zones...

Page 136: ...channels listed below regardless of the setting of the MIDI Channel patram eter Physical Contact MIDI Channel UPPER First 1 UPPER Second 2 UPPER Third 3 LOWER First 4 LOWER Second 5 LOWER Third 6 PED...

Page 137: ...ows you to set the MIDI Channel for the selected Zone ZONE LOW ZONE HIGH This allows you to set the upper and lower limits for the selected Zone Set the lower limit with LO and the upper limit with HI...

Page 138: ...ansmit Damper infor mation OFF No transmission CTRL1 Transmits to the controller connected to the CTRL1 jack CTRL2 Transmits to the controller connected to the CTRL2 jack ON EXP Transmits to the contr...

Page 139: ...3 Set the MIDI channels of the sequencer DAW NOTE If you play only the Upper MIDI Channel 1 will record If play on Upper Lower and Pedals MIDI Channels 1 2 and 3 will record 4 Start recording of the s...

Page 140: ...Tx and Receive Rx This is nec essary because selecting the UseEx MIDI Template automatically turns the Keyboard Channels OFF 2 Set the MIDI Channels of your synthesizer or module to recognize ONLY dat...

Page 141: ...By using a USB cable to connect the XK 5 to a com puter it is not necessary to change the connections between Record and Playback as it is with MIDI cables If you are using the XK 5 in conjunction wit...

Page 142: ...FF Mute the parts according to the XK s keyboard channels to sound only via External Zones Sending Keyboard Channels only except External Zones Reflective transmission of the External Zones MIDI Keybo...

Page 143: ...143 HA O XK 5 Owner s Playing Guide USING THE USB PORTS...

Page 144: ...ving Restoring Setups Each Setup file consumes 32Kbytes of memory w Saving Restoring Patches NOTE One USB Flash Drive can save up to 99 Setup files and up to 99 Patches ABOUT USB FLASH DRIVES u COMPAT...

Page 145: ...Menu Press the Touch Button four times to display the E Menu Press the Touch Button 3 times so that FORMAT blinks Press the ENTER Touch Button You will see the screen shown above Press the ENTER Touch...

Page 146: ...e Custom Tone Wheel settings and custom Leslie Cabinets create your own Patches etc After you have made your changes you can save your edits and custom settings as one bundle or Setup In this way you...

Page 147: ...e Press the Touch Button once You will see the screen shown above Use the VALUE Rotary Knob to turn USB MASS STORAGE ON or OFF UPPER BANK KEY PATCH PEDAL LOWER UPPER BANK KEY PATCH PEDAL LOWER UPPER B...

Page 148: ...a USB Flash Drive is inserted If there is no USB Flash Drive the Setup will be saved to the Internal Memory If you wish to save your Setup as a new file press the Touch Button or turn the VALUE Rotary...

Page 149: ...ase Letters a z NOTE Each time you save a new Setup it will automatically be assigned a name followed by a number SETUPXX If you wish you may skip this step Press the ENTER Touch Button to save the Se...

Page 150: ...hat the USB Flash Drive is correctly inserted If there is no Flash Drive the Setups are recalled from the Internal Memory Follow the steps in the diagram at the top of the page to access the LOAD Edit...

Page 151: ...u want to recall and press the ENTER Touch Button The display will show Loading xxx Please wait After the Load procedure is completed the display will show the the selected Setup file name Press the P...

Page 152: ...a Setup file Select the USB Flash or the INTERNAL MEM with the VALUE Rotary Knob and make your selection with the ENTER Touch Button NOTE This message only displays when a USB Flash Drive is inserted...

Page 153: ...the ENTER Touch Button again to delete the selected file UPPER BANK KEY PATCH PEDAL LOWER UPPER BANK KEY PATCH PEDAL LOWER When the above screen displays the Delete procedure is finished Press the PLA...

Page 154: ...his message only displays when a USB Flash Drive is inserted NOTE If there are no System SYS files on the USB Flash Drive the display will show No system files UPPER BANK KEY PATCH PEDAL LOWER UPPER B...

Page 155: ...PEDAL LOWER When the above message displays the Update procedure is Com pleted When the Update procedure is complete 1 Remove the USB Flash Drive from the USB Port 2 Turn the power to the instrument...

Page 156: ...HA O XK 5 Owner s Playing Guide 156 THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK TO PRESERVE PAGE FORMATTING...

Page 157: ...157 HA O XK 5 Owner s Playing Guide FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS...

Page 158: ...are using the XK 5 in conjunction with the XLK 5 or XLK 3 Lower Manual the SPLIT feature is disabled The Lower Manual Drawbars tones will play from the connected Lower Manual u PEDAL TO LOWER does not...

Page 159: ...159 HA O XK 5 Owner s Playing Guide APPENDIX...

Page 160: ...r Manual connected to the MIDI IN OTHER jack and a Pedal Clavier connected to the MIDI IN PEDAL jack This template is used for re cording playing back a perfor mance to from an external se quencer wit...

Page 161: ...44 Tibia 16 8 F45 Tibia 16 4 F46 Tibia 16 8 4 F47 Tibia 16 8 4 2 F48 Tibia 16 8 4 2 1 F49 Full Tibia Category Name Church F50 Gedeckt 8 F51 Flute 8 4 F52 Principal 8 F53 Principal Chorus F54 Rohr Flut...

Page 162: ...3rd Byte BnH 5CH vvH n MIDI Channel Number 0H FH Ch 1 16 vv Control Value 00H 7FH 0 127 0 63 Off 64 127 On This control change is only for receive NRPN MSB LSB CC 98 99 Status 2nd Byte 3rd Byte BnH 63...

Page 163: ...H 32 29H 41 32H 50 3BH 59 44H 68 4DH 77 05H 5 0EH 14 6 06H 6 0FH 15 18H 24 21H 33 2AH 42 33H 51 3CH 60 45H 69 4EH 78 06H 6 0FH 15 7 07H 7 10H 16 19H 25 22H 34 2BH 43 34H 52 3DH 61 46H 70 4FH 79 07H 7...

Page 164: ...IDENTITY REPLY TX ONLY F0 System Exclusive 7E Universal non real time dd Device ID 06 Sub ID 1 02 Sub ID 2 55 SUZUKI ID 00 10 Device Family code 00 22 Device Family number 00 00 00 00 F7 End Of Exclus...

Page 165: ...r 05 Glide 06 Spring Shock 07 Delay Time 00 Origin Octave Up Mode 03 0D 00 03 0D 01 Same as above 00 Origin Octave Lower Mode 03 0E 00 03 0E 01 Same as above 00 Origin Patch Load Drawbar Regist 6b 00...

Page 166: ...0 06 03 01 3E 40 42 2 0 2 Key Octave Lower Real 0B 04 00 06 04 01 3E 40 42 2 0 2 External Zone MIDI Channel 4n 00 00 4n 00 01 00 0F 1 16 EXT Switch 4n 01 00 4n 01 01 00 01 Off On Key Range Lo 4n 02 00...

Page 167: ...A 01 00 7F 0 127 Custom Pipe 20 0B 00 20 0B 01 00 04 U1 3 F1 3 Custom Contact 20 0C 00 20 0C 01 00 04 U1 3 F1 3 Custom TW A 100 20 0D 00 20 0D 01 00 04 U1 3 F1 3 Custom TW B 3 20 0E 00 20 0E 01 00 04...

Page 168: ...0 8 Organ Effects Leslie Bypass 09 00 00 09 00 01 00 01 Enable Bypass ANI Leslie Fast 09 01 00 09 01 01 00 01 Slow or Stop Fast Leslie Stop 09 06 00 09 06 01 00 01 Slow Stop Leslie Cabinet Number 09 0...

Page 169: ...Parameter 6 30 0C 00 30 0C 01 00 7F Multi Effect Parameter 7 30 0D 00 30 0D 01 00 7F EQ Bass Gain 30 0E 00 30 0E 01 00 09 12 9 0 9 EQ Mid Gain 30 0F 00 30 0F 01 00 09 12 9 0 9 EQ Treble Gain 30 10 00...

Page 170: ...Time Horn 06 09 7F 08 00 06 09 01 00 24 0 8 12 5 sec 08 27 0 8 12 5 sec Brake Time Drum 06 0A 7F 09 00 06 0A 01 00 23 1 0 12 5 sec 01 22 1 0 12 0 sec Delay Time Horn 06 0B 00 06 0B 01 00 05 0 0 1 0 s...

Page 171: ...3 00 04 Fixed L R R L Pyramid Inverted Pyramid PEDAL SUB DRAWBARS PARAMETERS Category Parameter SysEx Address SysEx Length Data Description MSB to LSB Temporary Ped al Sub Drawbars Name 50 00 00 0A 10...

Page 172: ...Zone Program 70 00 07 01 Off On Tx Ext Zone Control 70 00 08 01 Off On Tx Multi Contact 70 00 09 01 Off On Tx Channel Upper 70 00 0A 01 1 16 Off Tx Channel Lower 70 00 0B 01 1 16 Off Tx Channel Pedal...

Page 173: ...the Farf Vx and Pipe Drawbar Organ Types If you wish you may copy and cut these and place them in front of the Drawbars on the top panel NOTE Be sure to use removable tape when affixing these templat...

Page 174: ...l contacts CUSTOM SUB DRAWBARS F1 B 3 A27563 F2 B 3 87396 F3 A 100 33339 All the customs simulates the organs as above CUSTOM PIPES Normal A basic general purpose Pipe set No Chiff Similar to Normal b...

Page 175: ...SB LSB 7 O O Volume 10 O X Pan 11 O O Expression 12 20 80 O O Drawbar Reg Upper 21 29 81 O O Drawbar Reg Lower 33 35 82 O O Drawbar Reg Pedal 48 O O Spring Shock 49 O O Glide 64 O O Damper 69 O O Sust...

Page 176: ...old 1 64 O O O O Hold 2 69 X O O X Drawbar Reg X CC 80 12 20 Upper 21 29 Lower 33 35 Pedal CC 81 CC 82 Spring Shock 48 X O X X Leslie Fast 92 X O X O RPN 100 101 X X X X NRPN 98 99 X O X X All Notes O...

Page 177: ...Reverb Digital 11 programs Control On Depth Leslie On Reverb Master Equalizer Bass Mid Treble Keymap Buttons Pedal To Lower Split Transpose Octave Down Octave Up Lower Adjustable Coupler Highest note...

Page 178: ...on Mode 40 G Glide 117 H Harmonic Drawbars see Drawbar H BUS 24 I Internal Zone 131 K Key Click 52 Key Mode 53 L Leakage Tone 52 91 Leslie Mode Switch 29 Leslie Speaker 20 L MONO 13 Load 144 Lock 44 M...

Page 179: ...following addresses In the United States Contact HAMMOND SUZUKI USA Inc 743 Annoreno Dr Addison IL 60101 UNITED STATES In Europe contact HAMMOND SUZUKI EUROPE B V IR D S Tuynmanweg 4A 4131 PN Vianen...

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