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UPPER PERCUSSION
UPPER PERCUSSION - Touch-Response Percussion
An important component of the Hammond Sound is Touch-Response Percussion Control. On a vintage
Hammond console organ, this feature is controlled by four tilting tablets on the extreme right of the
control panel which look like this:
The PERCUSSION controls on the SKX PRO consist of four separate buttons, located immediately to the
right of the Drawbars, which control harmonic Percussion tones playable from the UPPER Keyboard. They
control all the same functions as the tilt tablets on a vintage Hammond.
IMPORTANT NOTE: To hear the tones produced by the PERCUSSION Voice buttons, the keys
normally must be played in a detached (non-Legato) manner. If you play a single note and then hold it
down while playing other keys, the Percussion voice will not play again until you release all keys and again
play detached notes.
u ON
This button turns Percussion “ON” and “OFF.” When this button is “ON” and the other buttons
in the PERCUSSION section are “OFF,” the tone for this harmonic is the same as the sound derived from
the 4' Drawbar. Combining this Percussion tone with the Drawbars will produce bright and clear sounds.
u SOFT
This button regulates the volume of the Percussion tone. When it is in its normal state (LED not
lit),
the Percussion effect will be very prominent compared to the tones produced by the Drawbars.
When this button is "ON" (LED lit) the Percussion effect is lower in volume or much less prominent.
u FAST
When this button is “OFF” (LED not lit), the Percussion tone will decay (die away) slowly like a
chime. When FAST is "ON" (LED lit), the Percussion effect will decay rapidly like a xylophone or
glockenspiel.
u THIRD
When this button is “OFF” (LED not lit), the Percussion tone is the same as the sound produced
from the second white (4' or second harmonic) Drawbar. Combining this 2nd harmonic to the Drawbars
will produce bright and clear sounds.
When this button is “ON” (LED lit), the Percussion tone is the same as the sound produced one produced
by the first blank (2 2/3' or third harmonic) Drawbar. Combining this Percussion tone with the Drawbars
will produce powerful and heavy sounds.
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