User Manual
HX3.5 Mainboard
(Firmware version 5.6x, July 2020)
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Page 1: ...User Manual HX3 5 Mainboard Firmware version 5 6x July 2020 keyboardpartner com...
Page 2: ...inish and lettering Keep packaging in case of service shipment EU conformity declaration The producer distributor Entwicklung elektronischer Musikinstrumente Carsten Meyer Ithweg 37 D 30851 Langenhage...
Page 3: ...el 8 Menu Overview 9 Voice Upper 15 Voice Lower 16 Voice Pedal 17 Audio Setup 17 Rotary Setup 17 Percussion Setup 18 Vibrato Setup 18 Phasing Mode 18 Reverb Levels 18 Generator Setup 18 Keyboard MIDI...
Page 4: ...Compact organ emulator circuit board 200 x 100 mm Authentic reproduction of generator tapering key contacts percussion and vibrato by massively parallel physical modelling Extremely low internal late...
Page 5: ...larity positive voltage on inner tip AUDIO1 AUDIO2 Main audio stereo output Output level is approx 300 mV at full swell For full control of parameter settings we recommend the use of our MenuPanel Ins...
Page 6: ...nel Preset Boards I2C PL22 Analog Upper in mk4 compatibility mode PL23 Analog Lower in mk4 compatibility mode PL24 Vibrato Rotary Switch PL25 Buttons Switches Perc Vib Rotary control PL26 Buttons Swit...
Page 7: ...e with a tablet or smartphone You can get TouchOSC for a few Euros in the Apple App Store or at Google Play For wireless connection of iOS or Android mobile devices our WiFi interface is required iOS...
Page 8: ...ter Volume adjusts the overall volume for all outputs Higher values are recommended for the best signal to noise ratio Scroll down to the TubeAmp Gain setting TubeAmp Gain sets the internal tube amp s...
Page 9: ...B 4 UpperDB 2 2 3 Standard drawbars UpperDB 2 UpperDB 1 3 5 UpperDB 1 1 3 UpperDB 1 H E UpperDB Mix 1 H E UpperDB Mix 2 Mixture drawbars for H100 and EG Mode H E UpperDB Mix 3 E Upper Attack Envelope...
Page 10: ...verlay UpperGM Lvl 2 Level GM Voice 2 Overlay UpperGM Harm2 Harmonic Transposition GM Voice 2 Overlay UpperGM Detn2 Detuning GM Voice 2 Overlay Lower Manual Voice Lower Lower Voice Selection 0 15 Lowe...
Page 11: ...ing GM Voice 2 Overlay Pedal Voice Pedal Pedal Voice Selection 0 15 PedalDB 16 Pedal mixture 16 mellow PedalDB 16H Pedal mixture 16 bright PedalDB 8 Pedal mixture 8 mellow PedalDB 8H Pedal mixture 8 b...
Page 12: ...t w o Vibrato PHR Organ Sum Lvl Organ overall level adjustment GM Synth Lvl GM Synth layer voice level adjustment SeparatePedal Pedal on separate output not routed to tube amp AO28 Tone Pot TONE pot p...
Page 13: ...capacitors VibCh Respons Frequency response of delay line Ch ScannerLvl Scanner portion in chorus positions C1 C3 Ch Bypass Lvl Dry portion in chorus positions C1 C3 Vib V1 Mod Modulation depth in vib...
Page 14: ...or 16 drawbar lowest octave Keyboard MIDI Setup MIDI Transpos Generator transposition using MIDI IN KeybTranspos Keyboard transposition Local On Off Attached manuals ON OFF individually Split Keyb Spl...
Page 15: ...e selected harmonic that may be activated by turning the encoder is underlined If activated the respective o symbol is filled white In EnvelopeGen mode the envelope that is effective for the harmonics...
Page 16: ...drawbars Additionally in EnvelopeGen mode the ADSR settings are available for the lower manual LowerDB 16 LowerDB 1 Drawbar settings for lower manual H E LowerDB Mix1 LowerDB Mix3 Mixtur drawbar sett...
Page 17: ...h the equalizer settings For the mids a parametric EQ is available the bandwidth and the frequency are adjustable With Extended License these parameters are also adjustable for Bass and Treble when Pa...
Page 18: ...R Ensemble Strings effect with multiple modulation PHR Celeste deep modulation with feedback PHR Fading slow phasing effect PHR Weak weak modulation combinable PHR Deep deeper modulation combinable PH...
Page 19: ...ussion envelope is active on the harmonics selected by the EnvEna 16 EnvEna Mixt3 settings in submenu Voice Upper The percussion effect amount can be adjusted with the Envelope Generator Drawbars EGen...
Page 20: ...tor level with tapering setting StraightLin TG WaveSet determines the content of harmonics in the generated sound Automatically set for the selected generator but can be overridden in this menu o B3 2...
Page 21: ...contact NoDB1 Perc disables 1 drawbar cancelling when percussion ON as original B3 Perc LiveOnly If ON percussion is like the original only active with live preset voice 0 If OFF percussion can be sto...
Page 22: ...fault o VoceDrawbar Voce MIDI drawbars o KeyB Duo o Hamichord or Mojo same hardware o Hammond XK o Hammond SK Note Hammond changed MIDI CC set between XK and SK series so try out which fits o Versatil...
Page 23: ...r to Upper Press a single key on upper manual while switching SPLIT on to map lower to upper manual up to this key useful for playing 16 bass lines or 4 accompaniment chords on single manual keyboards...
Page 24: ...ting of any MIDI controller value until you touch use it once As default all HX3 controllers are OFF Do not use any controller button or drawbar unless HX3 is ready to accept its data it is a good ide...
Page 25: ...here so you may not adjust key click a real Hammond does not have key click adjustment either The Key Click knob controls the bass sustain instead Do not use the Harmonic content knob as it sends the...
Page 26: ...red 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 which are cannot be set live by drawbars or other controls It...
Page 27: ...rial number issued on startup and by HX3 5 Editor application to generate new licences for you Documents library Download repository https updates keyboardpartner de Join the HX3 community at http for...
