Hammond A-3, Playing Manual

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HA<O> XK-5 Owner’s Playing Guide
Tone-wheel
Coil
Magnet
Soft
Loud
❺
LEVEL (TW)
This allows you to set the volume of the selected Wheel.
The setting range is “-INF” (OFF), “-73” (soft) to “+4” (loud) dB.
❻ CUT OFF FREQUENCY - HPF (TW)
This allows you to set the frequency to cut the bass of the wheel.
If you decrease the value, a “motor hum” is heard besides the original virtual Tone Wheel
sound.
The setting range is “0” to “127.”
❼ LEAKAGE WHEEL NUMBER (TW)
This allows you to add a Leakage Tone to any of the Wheels from “01:0C” to “72:6B”
(“Fundamental Wheels”) by using the “Leakage Wheels” (“61:6C” through “91:8F
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- see
the diagram on the right).
The selected Leakage Wheel will sound in conjunction with the Fundamental Wheel.
To select the Leakage Wheel, use the [VALUE] Rotary Knob or move the desired Drawbar
while holding down the key which represents the pitch you want to edit.
❽ LEAKAGE WHEEL LEVEL (TW)
This allows you to adjust the volume of the selected Leakage Wheel.
The setting range is “-INF” (OFF), “-73” (soft) to “+4” (loud) dB.
NOTE: The parameters described on pages 90 and 91 can be 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 Tone
“F” WHEEL NUMBERS
During the time when tone-wheel organs
were manufactured, several different schemes
were used. The most common one is the one
used in the B-3, C-3, etc., which uses twelve
specially-shaped tone wheels for the bottom
12 notes of the pedals. These tone wheels are
used to furnish depth and richness to the deep
bass notes and are NOT playable from either
Manual. These Complex Tone Wheels are pro-
vided for in the XK-5 and are designated by
the letter “F.” Therefore, when you see “F01”
through “F12” in the Menu page for adjusting
the sound of individual Tone Wheels in the
TONEWHEEL Edit Menu, these are the Com-
plex Tone Wheels used for the bottom twelve
Pedal tones. (See the diagram below.)
01 12
F01
F92
F12
uses special wheels
uses original wheels
F96
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13 91
 
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
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Manual:
Pedal:
common with
manual parts
Tone Wheels used for Manual and Pedal tones
DECIBEL (dB)
A “decibel” (abbreviated “db”) is a unit for
measuring the level of audio waves. If the vol-
ume of a sound is increased by “+6dB,” it is ap-
proximately twice its previous level.
❶
❷
❸
❹ ❺ ❻
❼ ❹ ❽