XB2 Kit
7
Button functions
Almost all buttons are double assigned. After
switching on, the organ is in standard mode. The
buttons are assigned to the functions marked in white
letters.
Press the
Edit
button on the front panel to access the
other functions, which are printed in
cyan
.
The display shows the accessed HX3 functions -
useful especially for the unlit buttons.
The HX3 sound engine is designed for a fully equipped organ with upper manual, lower manual
and bass pedal. You can connect another manual or pedal via MIDI (see chapter MIDI control).
You can split the XB2 manual and play either the lower manual or bass with the left hand.
Split functions
: In Edit mode, press the
Keyb Split
button to split the keyboard into two zones.
There are the following options:
o
Pedal to Lower: Press a
single key
on lower manual key while switching SPLIT on to obtain a
custom split point.
o
Lower Add Pedal: Press a
two keys
on lower manual key while switching SPLIT to link the
pedal to lower manual up to the split point.
o
Lower to Upper: Press a
single key
on upper manual while switching SPLIT on to map lower
to upper manual up to this key.
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 manual keyboards without bass pedal).
o
Lower to Upper +1: Press
three keys
simultaneously on upper manual while switching SPLIT
on to map lower to upper manual up to highest of all keys pressed. Lower notes range is
transposed one octave up (useful for left-hand
8’ accompaniment chords on single manual
keyboards).
o
Lower to Upper +2: Press
four keys
simultaneously on upper manual while switching SPLIT
on to map lower to upper manual up to highest of all keys pressed. Lower notes range is
transposed two octaves up (useful for left-hand
16’ accompaniment chords on single manual
keyboards).
With the
Drawbars U | L | P
button you assign the drawbars cyclically to the manuals or the pedal.
Press the button once, the LED lights steadily, drawbars now affect the lower manual. Press
again, the LED flashes, drawbars now act on the pedal. Press next time, LED turns off, drawbars
act on upper manual again. When switching to pedal, the first two drawbars are assigned to 16'
and 8' harmonics, with the third you can set the pedal decay ("sustain"). The other drawbars have
no function.
Drawbar settings only become effective when the drawbars are actuated.