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HAMMOND

ORGAN

O W N E R ’ S

P L A Y I N G

G U I D E

FOR THE

New B-3 / New C-3

CONSOLE MODEL ORGAN

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Page 1: ...HAMMOND ORGAN O W N E R S P L A Y I N G G U I D E FOR THE New B 3 New C 3 CONSOLE MODEL ORGAN...

Page 2: ...pinched particularly at plugs convenience receptacles and the point where they exit from the apparatus Only use attachments accessories specified by the manufacturer Use only with the cart stand tripo...

Page 3: ...Y THERE IS A DANGER OF SEVERE ELECTRICAL SHOCK IF THE CUT OFF PLUG IS INSERTED INTO ANY 13 AMP SOCKET If a new plug is to be fitted please observe the wiring code as shown below If in any doubt please...

Page 4: ...or performance of your Hammond Organ the Information Center Display is provided for that purpose Each feature is treated as an explanation unto itself and does not require you to already have prior w...

Page 5: ...d the electric organ in 1935 Hammond ingenuity has developed a unique digital sound voicing system combined with the traditional Hammond sound and quality You own one of the world s great sounding ins...

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Page 7: ...HA O ORGAN New B 3 New C 3 Owner sPlayingGuide T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S...

Page 8: ...ontrols 13 Normal Soft Volume 13 VIBRATO SWELL 13 VIBRATO GREAT 13 Amount of Vibrato and Chorus 14 Vibrato 14 V 1 Small Vibrato 14 V 2 Wide Vibrato 14 V 3 Full Vibrato 14 Chorus 15 C 1 Small Chorus 15...

Page 9: ...c Display with parameters 47 MENU Mode 49 Menu A 49 Menu B 50 Menu C 51 Menu D 52 Advanced Features DRAWBARS 53 Tone Wheel Select SWL GRT 54 Tone Wheel Select PEDAL 55 Drawbar Fold Back 56 Advanced Fe...

Page 10: ...NE Reverb Level 110 EX ZONE Chorus 111 EX ZONE Velocity Curve 113 EX ZONE Zone 114 Advanced Feature EX DAMP 116 Advanced Feature MIDI CH 117 SPECIAL UTILITY FEATURES 120 DISPLAY LOCK 120 Advanced Feat...

Page 11: ...HA O ORGAN New B 3 New C 3 Owner sPlayingGuide F E A T U R E C A L L O U T...

Page 12: ...sPlayingGuide ON OFF VIBRATO SWELL SOFT NORMAL VOLUME ON OFF VIBRATO GREAT FEATURE CALLOUT 1 ON OFF Power Switch Motor Control Switch 2 Swell Manual Drawbars 3 Great Manual Drawbars 4 Pedal Drawbars...

Page 13: ...F E A T U R E C A L L O U T HA O ORGAN New B 3 New C 3 Owner sPlayingGuide 7 Preset Keys 8 Rotary Control Panel 9 Information Center 10 Accessory Panel 11 Leslie MAIN ECHO Switch 12 Leslie Speed Switc...

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Page 15: ...HA O ORGAN New B 3 New C 3 Owner sPlayingGuide I N T R O D U C T I O N...

Page 16: ...end into your A C power outlet Connecting the organ to a single Leslie Speaker A Leslie Speaker will usually be included with your organ Before turning the organ power ON the Leslie Speaker should be...

Page 17: ...n To do this 1 Follow steps 1 through 3 under Connecting the organ to a Leslie Speaker to connect the first Leslie Speaker 2 Plug the female end of the Connector Cable into the receptacle on the back...

Page 18: ...rgan is supplied with a 25 note Pedal Keyboard which should be connected to the organ To set up the Pedal Keyboard 1 Lay the Pedal Keyboard on the floor in front of the organ 2 Locate the Pedal Keyboa...

Page 19: ...seconds the organ will be ready to play However if you are using a Leslie Speaker cabinet with a tube amplifier wait about 20 seconds until the tubes warm up To shut off the organ simply pull the ON...

Page 20: ...ements of these Harmonic Drawbars The principle behind the Harmonic Drawbars of the Hammond Organ is simplicity itself yet it results in providing you with incredible versatility See the Harmonic Draw...

Page 21: ...es of intensity volume plus OFF the eight numbers being marked on the Drawbars These numbers are used to record a tone quality so that the organist can duplicate exactly any tone which he desires to r...

Page 22: ...d The Expression Pedal To the center and just above the Pedal Keyboard is the Expression or Volume Pedal which you operate with your right foot and with which you vary the volume of the organ to creat...

Page 23: ...r soft volume in a small room or for practice While of course you can also play the organ softly by keeping the Expression Pedal partly closed the soft volume position reduces volume while giving you...

Page 24: ...organ To select the amount of Vibrato or Chorus simply turn the knob to the desired position Vibrato V 1 Small Vibrato This is the lightest depth and produces the vibrato equivalent of most orchestral...

Page 25: ...eard with Vibrato C 1 Small Chorus This is the lightest depth and produces the light chorus effect C 2 Wide Chorus This is the standard depth of the chorus effect C 3 Full Chorus This is the fullest a...

Page 26: ...Tablet regulates the volume of the Percussion tone When it is set to its NORMAL position the Percussion effect will be very prominent for the tones produced by the Swell Manual Drawbars It will also...

Page 27: ...HA O ORGAN New B 3 New C 3 Owner sPlayingGuide H A R M O N I C D R A W B A R S...

Page 28: ...at can be produced by these Drawbars Each Drawbar consists of sine waves of different pitches which means tone depth The illustration below shows how each Drawbar relates to the manual when middle C i...

Page 29: ...ure all Drawbars are IN off 2 Press the B Preset Key on the Swell upper Manual 3 Hold down a C chord starting with E above middle C E G C notes with your right hand on the Swell Manual 4 Starting with...

Page 30: ...In off 2 Press the B Preset Key on the Swell Manual 3 Hold down middle C on the Swell Manual 4 Pull the first white Drawbar in the second group for the Swell Manual marked 8 all the way out 5 Now one...

Page 31: ...ave of the fundamental 8 Drawbar It is one octave lower in sound TRY THIS 1 Make sure all Drawbars are pushed in 2 Press the B Preset Key on the Swell Manual 3 Hold down middle C on the Swell Manual 4...

Page 32: ...Flute Reed String and Diapason can be quickly set up on the Drawbars by relating a pattern or shape to each family These are the generalities which apply to the tonal resources of the organ and in the...

Page 33: ...plus a heavier fundamental you can get a solo tibia 00 8020 000 Any combination of white Drawbars provides various flute tones the first brown Drawbar adds depth Flute Tones Accompaniment Flute 8 Blo...

Page 34: ...t creates a triangle pattern that is easy to remember The triangle pattern of a less powerful registration 00 2333 200 is a useful accompaniment tone Reed Tones Bassoon 16 Bassoon 8 Bombarde 16 Chorus...

Page 35: ...tones which are almost devoid of upper harmonics and the string tones which are characterized by strong upper harmonic development Diapason Tones Accomp Diapason 8 Chorus Diapason 16 Chorus Diapason...

Page 36: ...atile of the four tone families can be soft or loud single strings or groups and used as solos or accompaniments String Tones Cello 8 Cello 8 Dulciana 8 Gamba 8 Gamba 8 Gemshorn 8 Gross Gamba 8 Harmon...

Page 37: ...l and Great Manuals control the sounds produced by the Pedal Keyboard The first Pedal Drawbar produces a tone at 16 pitch for a deep foundation bass while the second Pedal Drawbar produces a tone at 8...

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Page 39: ...HA O ORGAN New B 3 New C 3 Owner sPlayingGuide P R E S E T S...

Page 40: ...led Adjust Keys are actually on off switches to control the tones created and set up on the four groups of Drawbars The organ has three built in Preset Banks Liturgical Jazz and Theatre For the Liturg...

Page 41: ...ual B Adjust harmonic Drawbars in 2nd group Swell Manual Great Manual PRESET KEY DRAWBAR SETTING TONE QUALITY LOUDNESS VALUE C Cancel C 00 4545 440 Cello mp D 00 4423 220 Flute String mp D 00 7373 430...

Page 42: ...t harmonic Drawbars in 2nd group Swell Manual Great Manual PRESET KEY DRAWBAR SETTING TONE QUALITY C Cancel C 83 8000 000 Jimmy 1 Bass D 00 8800 000 Accomp D 84 8000 000 Jimmy2 Bass E 82 8000 000 Squa...

Page 43: ...group Swell Manual B Adjust harmonic Drawbars in 2nd group Swell Manual Great Manual PRESET KEY DRAWBAR SETTING TONE QUALITY C Cancel C 00 4545 442 Cello 8 D 00 4432 000 Dulciana 8 D 00 4800 000 Vibr...

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Page 45: ...R O T A R Y C O N T R O L P A N E L...

Page 46: ...for the Maximum amount of Bass TREBLE This control allows you to adjust the Treble response of the organ Turn the control to the left counter clockwise for the Minimum amount of Treble or high frequen...

Page 47: ...ECHO switch so that you can switch among two or more Leslie Speaker cabinets HEADPHONE Use this jack to connect a set of stereo headphones so that you may play or practice in privacy NOTE If a Leslie...

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Page 49: ...HA O ORGAN New B 3 New C 3 Owner sPlayingGuide E F F E C T S...

Page 50: ...he appropriate Control Tablet ON V 1 Small Vibrato This produces the vibrato equivalent of most orchestral solo instruments V 2 Wide Vibrato This is the standard depth vibrato to produce the effect of...

Page 51: ...pedal is pressed and then fade away gradually when the pedal is released NOTE You can change the length of the Pedal Sustain using the Information Center To see how to do this turn to page 70 of this...

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Page 53: ...HA O ORGAN New B 3 New C 3 Owner sPlayingGuide I N F O R M A T I O N C E N T E R...

Page 54: ...accessed using the Information Center This allows you to see and make changes The Information Center Display and Touch Buttons are located on a drawer underneath the manuals on the extreme right side...

Page 55: ...Menu Mode is explained starting on page 37 Touch Buttons Bottom Group These three Touch Buttons allow you to choose from among the various options for using the Information Center Display The followin...

Page 56: ...ack ON Also the Drawbars should be OFF pushed in so no numbers are showing PLAY Mode There are two 2 screen displays to the PLAY Mode Graphic with parameters and Numeric with parameters PLAY Mode Grap...

Page 57: ...the display shows the following information from left to right 1 Currently active Preset Bank 2 Pedal Sustain setting ON or OFF Touching the black PLAY Select Touch Button again will return to the ini...

Page 58: ...s settings of the type used by jazz and blues organists 4 From the above screen touch the PARAM X Select Touch Button once The Information Center Display should now look similar to this Notice that th...

Page 59: ...h 4 should now appear in the display window with the letter A in the upper left hand corner Touching a numbered gray Select Touch Button will enter the Information Center Display into an Advanced Feat...

Page 60: ...dow with the letter B in the upper left hand corner Touching a numbered gray Select Touch Button will enter the Information Center Display into an Advanced Feature selection This is a brief explanatio...

Page 61: ...and corner Touching a numbered gray Select Touch Button will enter the Information Center Display into an Advanced Feature selection This is a brief explanation of these 3 Advanced Feature functions C...

Page 62: ...eft hand corner Touching a numbered gray Select Touch Button will enter the Information Center Display into an Advanced Feature selection This is a brief explanation of these 3 Advanced Feature functi...

Page 63: ...you to select different Drawbar Voicings for the Pedal tones 3 Drawbar Fold Back Allows you to set the Drawbar Fold Back points for both the 16 8th harmonic 1 Drawbars of the Upper and Great Manuals...

Page 64: ...changes However they allow you the ability to create the differences in the sound of Hammond Drawbars over the years TRY THIS 1 From either of the PLAY Mode Displays touch the black MENU EXIT Select...

Page 65: ...From either of the PLAY Mode Displays touch the black MENU EXIT Select Touch Button to display the A Menu of the MENU Mode 2 Touch the Number 1 Select Touch Button once to select the DRAWBAR Menu 3 To...

Page 66: ...hest C 5C on the manual The other higher pitched Drawbars perform similarly The default settings for both the 16 and 1 foot Drawbars will replicate the original B 3 C 3 RT 3 or A 100 On a B 3 the lowe...

Page 67: ...eter represents the range of the Drawbar marked 16 and can be set from 1C through 2C while the HIGH parameter represents the range of the Drawbar marked 1 and can be set from 4G through 5C Use the VAL...

Page 68: ...ercussion 2 Percussion Decay Allows you to set the rate of decay for the Percussion tones 3 Percussion Drawbar Cancel This Advanced Feature allows you to select whether or not the 1 Drawbar will cance...

Page 69: ...by the PERCUSS SOFT Control Tablet with the sound produced by the Drawbars NOTE This Advanced Feature works independently of the PERCUSS SOFT Control Tablet TRY THIS 1 From either of the PLAY Mode Dis...

Page 70: ...en the PERCUSSION VOLUME Control Tablet is set to SOFT or NORM the Percussion Volume when the PERCUSSION VOLUME Control Tablet is set to NORMAL Use the VALUE Select Touch Button to decrease the Percus...

Page 71: ...sion Decay number to 16 maximum setting will cause the Percussion tone to sound continuously without decaying The effect will be similar to that produced by the SECOND VOICE Tab on certain older Hammo...

Page 72: ...the following Use the PARAM Select Touch Buttons to select SLOW the Percussion Decay when the PERCUSSION DECAY Control Tablet is set to SLOW or FAST the Percussion Decay when the PERCUSSION DECAY Cont...

Page 73: ...that the 1 Drawbar would continue to play while Percussion is ON The Percussion 1 Cancel Advanced Feature allows you to select whether the 1 Drawbar will continue to sound when Percussion is turned ON...

Page 74: ...nd off 5 Now select the option you wish by doing the following Use the VALUE Select Touch Button to turn 1 Cancel OFF Use the VALUE Select Touch Button to turn 1 Cancel ON The data chart below shows t...

Page 75: ...tween Swell and Great Manuals However some pros would perform a modification so that the B Preset Drawbar settings would remain at full volume even if Percussion were ON at normal volume This Advanced...

Page 76: ...g the following Use the VALUE Select Touch Button to select 0dB Use the VALUE Select Touch Button to select 3dB The data chart below shows the options that you may select DRAWBAR LEVEL WITH PERCUSSION...

Page 77: ...ou may select SLOW MID NORMAL MIDFST and FAST The default setting is NORMAL TRY THIS 1 From either of the PLAY Mode Displays touch the black MENU EXIT Select Touch Button to display the A Screen of th...

Page 78: ...Select Touch Button to scroll down through the selections Use the VALUE Select Touch Button to scroll up through the selections The data chart below shows the options that you may select VIBRATO RATE...

Page 79: ...Make sure the Information Center is in PLAY Mode If it is not touch the PLAY Select Touch Button 2 Touch the Number 4 Select Touch Button The Information Center Display should now look like this 3 Now...

Page 80: ...rom 1 short through 5 long The default setting is 3 medium amount TRY THIS 1 From either of the PLAY Mode Displays touch the black MENU EXIT Select Touch Button to display the A Menu of the MENU Mode...

Page 81: ...doing the following Use the VALUE Select Touch Button to decrease the Sustain Length Use the VALUE Select Touch Button to increase the Sustain Length The data chart below shows the options that you m...

Page 82: ...or the entire organ Reverb Type This Advanced Feature allows you to select the type of Reverb that you prefer TRY THIS 1 From either of the PLAY Mode Displays touch the black MENU EXIT Select Touch Bu...

Page 83: ...selections Use the VALUE Select Touch Button to scroll up through the selections The data chart below explains the options you may select The Reverb Programs increase in length from approximately 1 se...

Page 84: ...to store Preset Banks to a CompactFlash Card because the Card can store several Setups or collections of three Preset Banks TRY THIS 1 Make sure the Information Center is in PLAY Mode If it is not tou...

Page 85: ...ond When the PLAY Mode screen returns your registration has been saved to the selected Preset You can save up to 9 Presets C through A on both the Swell and Great Manuals NOTE Percussion and Vibrato s...

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Page 87: ...HA O ORGAN New B 3 New C 3 Owner sPlayingGuide S P E C I A L P E R F O R M A N C E F E A T U R E S...

Page 88: ...use an electro mechanical tone generator requiring a separate Start motor and therefore does not require a START switch however the first toggle switch has been retained in order to provide the addit...

Page 89: ...ontinuing to hold the chord move the Motor Control switch backward You will now hear the chord you are holding slowly decrease in pitch until two octaves down The pitch will continue to be down as lon...

Page 90: ...he pitch A This is the international standard used to tune most musical instruments TRY THIS 1 From either of the PLAY Mode Displays touch the black MENU Select Touch Button to display the A Menu of t...

Page 91: ...her up or down six 6 semitones from the center position Transpose consists of two separate switches The VALUE Touch Button is for ascending transposition and the VALUE Touch Button is for descending t...

Page 92: ...mes The pitch of the entire organ will be raised one semitone half step The Information Center will now show 1 Each time you touch the VALUE Touch Button the display will change showing each step up 2...

Page 93: ...can be programmed to activate one of several different functions This Advanced Feature allows you to select the functions to be controlled by the Foot Switch TRY THIS 1 From either of the PLAY Mode D...

Page 94: ...XTERNAL DAMPER SWELL MOMENTARY Notes played on the selected Manual or Pedals will be damped or sustained indefinitely EXTERNAL DAMPER GREAT MOMENTARY Notes played on the selected Manual or Pedals will...

Page 95: ...ng on and off 4 Now select the option you wish by doing the following Use the VALUE Select Touch Button to select SOFT Use the VALUE Select Touch Button to select ZERO The data chart below explains th...

Page 96: ...g three different curves which are explained below TRY THIS 1 From either of the PLAY Mode Displays touch the black MENU EXIT Select Touch Button to display the A Menu of the MENU Mode 2 Touch the Num...

Page 97: ...s the options you may select EXPRESSION CURVE OPTIONS Option Function 1 Duplicates the expression curve of the tone wheel B 3 2 Similar to 1 but with a slightly different point at which the volume pea...

Page 98: ...t the option you wish by doing the following Use the PARAM Select Touch Buttons to select SWL Swell Manual Presets or GRT Great Manual Presets Use the VALUE Select Touch Button to select OFF Use the V...

Page 99: ...HA O ORGAN New B 3 New C 3 Owner sPlayingGuide U S I N G C o m p a c t F l a s h C A R D S...

Page 100: ...s Type 1 and Type 2 They are electrically identical however Type 1 cards are 3 3mm thick while Type 2 cards are 5mm thick Your New B 3 Hammond Organ uses Type 1 CompactFlash Cards NOTE CompactFlash an...

Page 101: ...nce when a card is new however you may find it useful to re format a card you have previously used to make sure it is empty TRY THIS 1 Insert a CompactFlash Card into the Card Slot 2 From either of th...

Page 102: ...een will appear If you want to format the card touch the Number 4 YES Select Touch Button After a short time from 1 to 5 seconds the Information Center Display will flash the following message The Car...

Page 103: ...ok similar to this If you see the above screen and you want to update or overwrite Setup Data on the card proceed to step 5 If you see the above screen and you DO NOT wish to erase Setup Data that alr...

Page 104: ...ash the following 7 As soon as the above message disappears your Preset Banks will have been Saved to the Card Loading Setups from a Card TRY THIS 1 Insert a CompactFlash Card containing Setup Data in...

Page 105: ...e Preset Data you want 5 When you have found the Setup you want touch the VALUE Select Touch Button to Load it The Information Center Display will flash the following 6 As soon as the above message di...

Page 106: ...The Information Center Display should now look similar to this 5 Touch the number 4 Select Touch Button to select YES If you DO NOT wish to delete the Setup touch the Number 3 Select Touch Button to s...

Page 107: ...nt to name 5 After you have made your selection touch the Number 3 Select Touch Button You will now see a cursor underneath the first character of the Preset Name flash ON and OFF 6 Name the Preset Ba...

Page 108: ...tedly until ENT appears in the lower right hand corner of the Information Center Display 8 Touch the Number 4 Select Touch Button The Information Center Display should now look similar to this You wil...

Page 109: ...HA O ORGAN New B 3 New C 3 Owner sPlayingGuide M I D I...

Page 110: ...and implemented by all musical instrument manufacturers worldwide instruments made by different manufacturers can communicate with each other via MIDI MIDI OUT Jack Your Hammond Organ has a MIDI OUT j...

Page 111: ...n setting etc The Parts are referred to by manual and by number SWELL 1 SWELL 2 SWELL 3 GREAT 1 GREAT 2 GREAT 3 and PEDAL 1 PEDAL 2 and PEDAL 3 The first letter of the manual designation is used in th...

Page 112: ...External MIDI voice for each Part 5 EX ZONE Octave Allows you to select the octave in which the External MIDI voice will sound for each Part You can select 2 up to two octaves down through 2 up to two...

Page 113: ...y the C Menu 3 Touch the Number 1 Select Touch Button to select the EX ZONE Menu Notice that the word ON is flashing on and off 4 Now select the option you wish by doing the following Use the PAGE Sel...

Page 114: ...MENU Select Touch Button to display the A Menu of the MENU Mode 2 Touch the PAGE Select Touch Button two times to display the C Menu 3 Touch the Number 1 Select Touch Button to select the EX ZONE Men...

Page 115: ...ignificant Bit of the Bank Number or PRG Program Number Use the VALUE Select Touch Button to scroll down through the numbers Use the VALUE Select Touch Button to scroll up through the numbers NOTE You...

Page 116: ...lashing on and off 5 Now select the Volume for each Part by doing the following Use the PAGE Select Touch Buttons to make your Manual Pedal and Part selections SWELL 1 SWELL 2 SWELL 3 GREAT 1 GREAT 2...

Page 117: ...U Select Touch Button to display the A Menu of the MENU Mode 2 Touch the PAGE Select Touch Button two times to display the C Menu 3 Touch the Number 1 Select Touch Button to select the EX ZONE Menu No...

Page 118: ...l Use the VALUE Select Touch Button to move the sound into the right channel The data chart below shows the options that you may select EX ZONE PAN All Parts L64 C R63 NOTE You can exit by touching th...

Page 119: ...the Octave setting for each Part by doing the following Use the PAGE Select Touch Buttons to make your Manual Pedal and Part selections SWELL 1 SWELL 2 SWELL 3 GREAT 1 GREAT 2 GREAT 3 or PEDAL 1 PEDA...

Page 120: ...t Touch Button to display the A Menu of the MENU Mode 2 Touch the PAGE Select Touch Button two times to display the C Menu 3 Touch the Number 1 Select Touch Button to select the EX ZONE Menu Notice th...

Page 121: ...or the selected Part Use the VALUE Select Touch Button to increase the Reverb amount for the selected Part The data chart below shows the options that you may select EX ZONE REVERB All Parts 0 127 NOT...

Page 122: ...ff 5 Now select the Chorus amount for each Part by doing the following Use the PAGE Select Touch Buttons to make your Manual Pedal and Part selections SWELL 1 SWELL 2 SWELL 3 GREAT 1 GREAT 2 GREAT 3 o...

Page 123: ...black MENU Select Touch Button to display the A Menu of the MENU Mode 2 Touch the PAGE Select Touch Button two times to display the C Menu 3 Touch the Number 1 Select Touch Button to select the EX ZON...

Page 124: ...to scroll up through the choices The data chart below shows the options that you may select EX ZONE VELOCITY OPTIONS OFF 1 5 NOTE The Pedal velocity setting is permanently set at 100 NOTE You can exit...

Page 125: ...uch Buttons to make your Manual Pedal and Part selections SWELL 1 SWELL 2 SWELL 3 GREAT 1 GREAT 2 GREAT 3 or PEDAL 1 PEDAL 2 and PEDAL 3 Use the PARAM Select Touch Buttons to move between LO and HI LO...

Page 126: ...damper pedal to sustain notes indefinitely such as a Piano sound from a connected MIDI device TRY THIS 1 From either of the PLAY Mode Displays touch the black MENU Select Touch Button to display the...

Page 127: ...ouch Button to turn the Damper feature ON for the selected Part NOTE You can exit by touching the MENU EXIT Select Touch Button Advanced Feature MIDI CH This Advanced Feature allows you to select the...

Page 128: ...ct Touch Buttons to make your Manual and Part selection S1 S2 S3 G1 G2 G3 or P1 P2 and P3 Use the VALUE Select Touch Button to scroll down through the channel numbers Use the VALUE Select Touch Button...

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Page 130: ...DISPLAY LOCK This Advanced Feature allows you to put the organ into a special playing mode whereby the Information Center Display is rendered inoperative Touching any of the Select Touch Buttons will...

Page 131: ...will be able to access the Advanced Features normally A Advanced Features SYSTEM There are three System Advanced Features which allow you to make the following changes to the organ 1 Pedal Key Mode M...

Page 132: ...of the PLAY Mode Displays touch the black MENU EXIT Select Touch Button to display the A Menu of the MENU Mode 2 Touch the PAGE Select Touch Button three times to display the D Menu 3 Touch the Numbe...

Page 133: ...the last Pedal key pressed will sound default setting NOTE You can exit by touching the MENU EXIT Select Touch Button LESLIE TYPE This Advanced Feature allows you to tailor the organ to the type of Le...

Page 134: ...Select Touch Button to select Tube Use the VALUE Select Touch Button to select SolidState The data chart below shows the options that you may select LESLIE TYPE OPTIONS Mode Description Tube A settin...

Page 135: ...see the software version of your organ This page is simply an information screen TRY THIS 1 From either of the PLAY Mode Displays touch the black MENU EXIT Select Touch Button to display the A Menu of...

Page 136: ...ersion of your organ by doing the following Use the PARAM Select Touch Buttons to select the Software Module you wish to see The data chart below shows the Software Modules and a description of each o...

Page 137: ...Doing the following will ERASE all parameters settings and registrations you may have programed Make sure you are completely backed up before performing a Reset of the organ TRY THIS to restore factor...

Page 138: ...will reset the Global Parameters ALL This will reset the entire organ 5 After you have made your selection touch the Number 4 OK Select Touch Button once to Reset the organ to the settings you have ch...

Page 139: ...HA O ORGAN New B 3 New C 3 Owner sPlayingGuide R E F E R E N C E...

Page 140: ...ttom shelf showing a mirror image of the jacks INPUT LINE IN L R Left Right Use to connect the organ to the LINE OUTs of an external sound device such as a keyboard or a tape recorder The volume of th...

Page 141: ...Off On Off Sustain Length Off 1 5 3 Percussion Level Normal 1 8 7 Voice Level Soft 1 8 3 Drawbar 1 Cancel Off On On Drawbar Level 0 3dB 3dB Decay Rate Slow 1 16 10 Decay Rate Fast 1 16 5 Extra Part O...

Page 142: ...gram 00 7F 1 128 Volume 00 7F Pan 00 40 7F Left Center Right Vel Curve 00 05 Off Normal String Reverb Send Level 00 7F Chorus Send Level 00 7F Octave Shift 3E 40 42 2 0 2 Key Range Low 24 5F Key Range...

Page 143: ...at 00 01 Off On Vibrato Mode 6 position knob 00 05 V1 C3 Percussion Voice Percussion On 00 01 Off On Harmonic 00 01 Second Third Decay 00 01 Fast Slow Soft Normal 00 01 Soft Normal Controller Master V...

Page 144: ...0h After Touch Key s X X Ch s X X Pitch Bender O X Control Change 32 O X Bank Select 7 O X Volume 10 O X Pan 11 O X Expression 64 O X Damper Off 00H On 7FH 91 O X Reverb Send Level 93 O X Chorus Send...

Page 145: ...contacts w velocity POLYPHONY Full Polyphony GENERATOR Manual 96 Digital Tone Wheels GENERATOR Pedal VASE II PERCUSSION Harmonic Selector Second Third Decay Slow Fast Volume Soft Normal VIBRATO CHORUS...

Page 146: ...e AC plug inserted into a wall socket Is the Leslie cable connected Is the AC plug of the Leslie Speaker connected to a wall socket Is the MASTER VOLUME Rotary Control underneath the manuals on the le...

Page 147: ...y and please contact your Authorized Hammond Dealer for Service assistance and ask them to exchange the battery If the battery is completely dead the information Center Display will show this message...

Page 148: ...aterials are available and can be obtained by mailing a request to the appropriate address listed above marked ATTENTION SERVICE DEPARTMENT Manufacturer SUZUKI MUSICAL INSTRUMENT MFG CO Ltd 25 12 Ryok...

Page 149: ...HAMMOND SUZUKI LTD Hamamatsu Japan Printed in Japan 00457 40074 V1 0 0203...

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