User Manual
Hammond XB2 with HX3
(preliminary version, as of firmware version 5.710, November 2021)
keyboardpartner.com
Page 1: ...User Manual Hammond XB2 with HX3 preliminary version as of firmware version 5 710 November 2021 keyboardpartner com...
Page 2: ...ment EU conformity declaration The producer distributor KEYBOARDPARTNER UG Entwicklung elektronischer Musikinstrumente Carsten Meyer Ithweg 37 D 30851 Langenhagen info keyboardpartner de hereby declar...
Page 3: ...Button functions 7 Potentiometers 9 Volume Expression Control 9 Menu Panel 10 Menu Overview 11 Presets 11 Upper Voice 12 Lower Voice 13 Pedal Voice 14 Audio Setup 15 Rotary Setup 16 Percussion Setup 1...
Page 4: ...additions HX3 5 extension board menu control unit and WiFi interface Features Authentic reproduction of the tone generator Key contacts percussion rotary effect scanner vibrato and TubeAmp realized us...
Page 5: ...a file to the HX3 device or save them to a file The Editor lets you set up the HX3 5 for all conceivable hardware configurations gives you access to all available parameters and lets you fine tune so...
Page 6: ...e remote controlled by MIDI control change controller 11 Plug connection Sleeve ground potentiometer start ring potentiometer tap tip potentiometer end Footswitch stereo jack Single or double foot swi...
Page 7: ...ey o Pedal to Upper Press two keys simultaneously on upper manual while switching SPLIT on to map pedal to upper manual up to highest of both keys pressed useful for playing pedal bass lines on single...
Page 8: ...f the rotor rotation The Rtry STOP function is on the first button on the left of the front panel Even with the motors stopped the amp and speaker modeling is maintained so this is not a bypass functi...
Page 9: ...ers For example you can assign the Reverb Level and Percussion Level functions to them Volume Expression Control Output level of all output channels is controlled by Volume rotary knob or MIDI CC 7 Vo...
Page 10: ...settings and optionally tab switch settings percussion vibrato etc including rotary Run Fast Slow volume and 122 tube amp gain as well as all other effects Use the Panel in the HX3 5 Manager Presets p...
Page 11: ...ms are omitted or replaced by physical controls Rarely used parameters are not included in the menu for the sake of clarity These are adjustable with TouchOSC with the Panel or with the Editor of the...
Page 12: ...ke on the H100 Combined with drawbar voices on vibrato and 2nd Voice activated this results in a neat chorus effect H E H Perc 16 Mix 3 Selects harmonics for the percussion 2nd Voice circuit Each o sy...
Page 13: ...rDB Mix 3 Mixture drawbar settings for the lower manual Mixes consist of up to 3 higher harmonics with individual levels Unlike the original H100 HX3 5 also provides three mixtures for the lower manua...
Page 14: ...ction of General MIDI controllers is available for the bass pedal as for the manual PedalGM Prg 1 Selection of the GM instrument by program number PedalGM Lvl 1 Level setting of the GM Voice PedalGM H...
Page 15: ...andwidth Treble Equal Treble level adjustment Treb Equ Frq Treble filter frequency invalid if Parameter B T is set to OFF Treb Equ Q Treble filter Q bandwidth invalid if Parameter B T is set to OFF Pa...
Page 16: ...ramp up time RotorRampUp Rotor ramp up time HornRampDown Horn runout time RotorRampDown Rotor runout time Rotary Throb Microphone placement Rotary Spread Stereo width Rotary Balnce Level balance betw...
Page 17: ...al insert effect The Phasing Mode menu items have a common submenu PHR We Boe Selection of different phasing rotor models On We OFF Boe PHR Ensemble Strings effect with multiple modulation PHR Celeste...
Page 18: ...ack for higher tones o H100 96 96 tones sound generator o TR Sine 96 phase stable frequency dividing generator like Wersi B hm o TR Square 96 as above more harmonics o LC Gen 91 free running single si...
Page 19: ...transient and decay effects similar to a Fourier synthesizer by using time settings depending on the respective harmonics TG WaveSet Determines the content of harmonics in the generated sound Automati...
Page 20: ...ncludes 5 octaves Notes outside this range do not sound KeyTranspos Transposes the note number generated by a directly connected keybed Local On Off Interrupts the connection from a directly connected...
Page 21: ...ammond SK Note Hammond changed MIDI CC set between XK and SK series so try out which fits o Versatile MIDI CC Set o Nord C1 C2 C2D MIDI CC Set o VoceDrawbar Voce MIDI drawbars o KeyB Duo o Hamichord o...
Page 22: ...or master keyboard to HX3 MIDI input HX3 cannot determine the setting of any MIDI controller value until you touch use it once As default all HX3 controllers are OFF Do not use any controller button o...
Page 23: ...t a preset different from 0 your live settings will remain stored If you return to preset 0 the live settings will be recalled In addition to that the HX3 5 preset 0 preserves other parameter settings...
Page 24: ...r issued on startup and by HX3 5 Manager application to generate new licences for you Documents library Download repository updates keyboardpartner de Join the HX3 community at http forum keyboardpart...
