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Please read this manual carefully before using the HX3 Expander.

Only use appropriate power supply as advised. Input voltages exceeding
15V may damage the device.

Designed for indoor use only. Do not use HX3 Expander in moist places.
Do not spill liquids or solvents into unit.

No user-serviceable parts inside. Refer to qualified technician or service
representative if problems occur.

Only clean with damp soft cloth. Using detergents or solvents may
deteriorate finish and lettering.

Keep packaging in case of service shipment.

EU conformity declaration

The producer/distributor

Entwicklung elektronischer Musikinstrumente
Carsten Meyer
Ithweg 37, D-30851 Langenhagen
[email protected]

hereby declares, that the product

HX3 MIDI Expander

has been designed, produced and examined in compliance with the DIN VDE 0580 standard and in
accordance with the EU Low Voltage Directive.

Following directives, standards and guidelines have been used:

EMV-Richtlinie 2014/30/EU
Niederspannungsrichtlinie 2014/35 EU

RoHS-Richtlinie 2011/65/EU

Langenhagen, July 2020

____________________________
Carsten Meyer / Geschäftsführer

Summary of Contents for HX3 MIDI Expander

Page 1: ...User Manual HX3 MIDI Expander Firmware version 5 6x July 2020 keyboardpartner com ...

Page 2: ...may deteriorate finish and lettering Keep packaging in case of service shipment EU conformity declaration The producer distributor Entwicklung elektronischer Musikinstrumente Carsten Meyer Ithweg 37 D 30851 Langenhagen info keyboardpartner de hereby declares that the product HX3 MIDI Expander has been designed produced and examined in compliance with the DIN VDE 0580 standard and in accordance wit...

Page 3: ...r 15 Voice Pedal 16 Audio Setup 16 Rotary Setup 16 Percussion Setup 17 Vibrato Setup 17 Phasing Mode 17 Reverb Levels 17 Generator Setup 17 Keyboard MIDI 21 Updates Scripts 22 MIDI Control 23 Panic button 23 Using HX3 with Voce MIDI Drawbars 24 Using HX3 with Doepfer d3c or other NI B4 drawbar controller 24 Using HX3 with Hammond XK SK series 24 How To 25 HX3 WiFi interface 25 Using HX3 with HX3 D...

Page 4: ...an emulator in aluminum box 222 x 150 x 42 mm Authentic reproduction of generator tapering key contacts percussion and vibrato by FPGA Field Programmable Gate Array and physical modelling Extremely low internal latency of 50 microseconds Key to Audio However MIDI transmission delay is about 1 ms per note played Natural key click by rattling contacts Authentic CaM Rotor simulation with 122 amp Gene...

Page 5: ...r Optionally internally jumpered to supply 5V 200ma to our Drawbar Controller phantom voltage May be changed to act as MIDI OUT by internal jumper swap See HX3 5 Mainboard Installation Manual in our library for details MIDI IN Primary input from MIDI keyboard DC IN Use stabilized DC wall wart 9 to 12V with at least 500mA current output inner outer plug diameter 2 1 5 5 mm on DC input jack Polarity...

Page 6: ...ith 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 devices can also communicate via MIDI over USB For details please refer to the UserManual_HX3 5_TouchOSC HX3 5 Editor The HX3 5 Editor is a powerful tool for setting up the HX3 5 allowing you to set up t...

Page 7: ...me 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 simulation The amplifier saturates and distorts at high values and higher swell pedal settings like a true tube amp The degree of distortion is thus also controlled by the swell pedal A star appears at the bottom right of the display if...

Page 8: ...rDB 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 Attack Time E Upper Decay Envelope Decay Time E Upper Sustain Envelope Sustain Level E Upper Release Envelope Release Time E UpperADSR Hrm Shortens lengthens ADSR times dep on harmonic H H100 HarpSu...

Page 9: ... Overlay 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 LowerDB 16 LowerDB 5 1 3 LowerDB 8 LowerDB 4 LowerDB 2 2 3 Standard drawbars LowerDB 2 LowerDB 1 3 5 LowerDB 1 1 3 LowerDB 1 H E LowerDB Mix 1 H E LowerDB Mix 2 Mixture drawbars for H100 and EG Mode H E...

Page 10: ...uning 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 bright Pedal Attack Envelope Attack Time Pedal Decay Envelope Decay Time Pedal Sustain Envelope Sustain Level Pedal Release Envelope Release Time Pedal Harmonc Shortens lengthens ADSR times dep on ha...

Page 11: ...ent 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 position on preamp AO28 Gain Cap Preamp gain AO28 MinSwell Swell pedal minimal volume AO28 Tube Age Age of preamp tubes triode distortion Rotary Setup Rotary Motor RUN STOP switch rotary motor Rotary...

Page 12: ...d 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 vibrato position V1 Vib C1 Mod Modulation depth in vibrato position C1 Vib V2 Mod Modulation depth in vibrato position V2 Vib C2 Mod Modulation depth in vibrato position C2 Vib V3 Mod Modulation depth ...

Page 13: ... for 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 Split keyboard ON OFF Split Point Split point when split is ON Split Mode Split mode U L P MIDI Channel MIDI base channel upper lower 1 pedal 2 MIDI Option MIDI routing options MIDI CC Set MIDI IN comp...

Page 14: ...The 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 activated by EnvEna 16 EnvEna Mixt3 see below may be adjusted by these five parameters E Upper Attack affects rise time of upper manual envelope E Upper Decay affects decay time of upper manual env...

Page 15: ...re 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 settings for lower manual Each mixture consists of up to three higher harmonics at individual levels Please note unlike the original H100 HX3 5 provides three mixes instead of two E Lower Attack affects...

Page 16: ...th the equalizer settings For the mids a parametric EQ is available the bandwidth Q and the frequency are adjustable With Extended License these parameters are also adjustable for Bass and Treble when Parametr B T is ON More settings Upper Lvl Adj allows separate upper manual default level setting Lower Lvl Adj allows separate lower manual default level setting Pedal Lvl Adj allows separate pedal ...

Page 17: ...PHR 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 PHR RotFast fast rotary effect PHR Ramp up ramp up effect for rotor slow fast combinable Without options a slow rotary effect is active Weak Deep RotFast and RampUp can be combined with it Two additio...

Page 18: ...rcussion 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 EGenvDB 16 Mixt3 EG TimeDrb as well works like EnvelopeGen EG but in this mode the Envelope Generator Drawbars EGenvDB 16 Mixt3 affect the decay and release times of the ADSR envelope on harmonics selec...

Page 19: ...rator 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 25 38 k2 B3 clean to rich harmonics new to old organ o Sine 2 k2 clean LSI transistor sine generator o Sawt Fltrd Sawtooth like tone o Sine LC Gen sine wave generator with moderate k2 content o Sine ...

Page 20: ...y 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 stored with all presets High Foldback Foldback mode for upper octaves ON B3 OFF M3 M100 DB16 1st Oct controls foldback behaviour on 16 lowest octave Foldback is configurable in 4 settings o Foldback fo...

Page 21: ...default 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 Versatile o Nord C1 C2 MIDI Swell CC CC number for swell pedal default 11 expression pedal MIDI VolumeCC CC number for Master Volume default 7 volume pedal MIDI PresetCC CC number for presets default 32 ban...

Page 22: ...wer 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 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 m...

Page 23: ...etting 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 idea to power up HX3 first and later your MIDI master keyboard or master controller HX3 5 supports MIDI over USB through its USB port connected to a USB host typically a PC The USB connection is also s...

Page 24: ... there 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 Percussion button s controller number like a continuous controller Why that No idea This is definitely of no use Preset buttons may be used but in a restricted way First HX3 yields 15 presets per ma...

Page 25: ...If you return to preset 0 the stored 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 also determines the power up settings How do I copy a stored preset to another preset Press the rotary knob twice to navigate to the preset drawbar menu Select the preset you wish to copy Keep the...

Page 26: ...rt to HX3 MIDI Expander Never connect the wall wart to Drawbar Controller when phantom power is enabled Doing so may damage the devices Serial numbers and licenses HX3 is protected against forgery by licence numbers If not set appropriately after firmware update HX3 will refuse to work after 2 minutes Licences may be re installed by means of the HX3 5 Editor at any time Please contact KeyboardPart...

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