Hammond B-3, Owner'S Playing Manual

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M I D I 100
HA<O> ORGAN New B-3 / New C-3
Owner’s Playing Guide
ON
OFF
PERCUSSION
NORMAL
SOFT
PERCUSSION
VOLUME
FAST
SLOW
PERCUSSION
DECAY
THIRD
SECOND
PERCUSSION
HARMONIC
SELECTOR
ON
OFF
VIBRATO
SWELL
SOFT
NORMAL
VOLUME
ON
OFF
VIBRATO
GREAT
MIDI
The letters MIDI stand for Musical Instrument Digital Interface. MIDI is an international standard
for allowing electronic musical instruments equipped with MIDI capability to exchange
performance information. For example, a synthesizer can be used to communicate with a drum
machine, an electronic piano can interface with a computer, and so forth. Additionally, since MIDI
is an international standard recognized and implemented by all musical instrument manufacturers
worldwide, instruments made by different manufacturers can communicate with each other via
MIDI.
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MIDI OUT Jack
Your Hammond Organ has a MIDI OUT jack which is located
underneath the organ on the left side.
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Using the MIDI Jack
To control another MIDI instrument (synthesizer, sound module, etc.) from the organ, connect the
MIDI OUT from the organ to the MIDI IN of the instrument you wish to control using a MIDI
cable, as shown in the diagram below.
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Special Note - MIDI IN and THRU
Many MIDI devices, in addition to MIDI OUT, also have MIDI IN and MIDI THRU jacks to
allow incoming MIDI data from another instrument as well as to allow MIDI data to “pass through”
to another instrument in multiple MIDI hookups.
Due to the unique tone-generation system of the New B-3, it does not implement MIDI IN or
MIDI THRU.