Vega Ketron, Owner'S Manual

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D rawbars
Thanks to the very powerful sound engine of the VEGA, it is possible to also reproduce very accurately the sounds of classic electromagnetic
organs, among which the Hammond ©‚ certainly is the most famous one with the most important timbre. If you do not know what an electro-
magnetic organ is, keep in mind that their timbres used to be mixed using so-called drawbars, with a specific harmonic corresponding to each
of them. In order to compose the timbre, the required harmonics used to be added on different levels. The VEGA reproduces these sounds dis-
playing the drawbars that can be controlled in real time by a number of buttons on the panel.
If you wish to use the Drawbars to call up an organ sound, enable
USER VOICE and then select BASS-FX 12 that corresponds with the bank of
Voices dedicated to these timbres. To call up the single timbre among the 10 available, use the F1-F10 function buttons.
PROGRAMMING THE ORGAN TIMBRE
If you wish to modify a preset and program your own settings, from the main display page, press USER VOICE , then press BASS-FX 12 . Select
the voice you wish to modify, using the function push buttons. Once you have selected the voice, press the same function push button once
more to access the edit page.
The VEGA allows you to control a number of particular features relevant to the original organ timbre, to be called up with the function buttons
and the
/- buttons and modified with the VALUE +/- buttons. These parameters are described in detail in the following:
Drawbar: use the /- push buttons to select the drawbar, and use the VALUE +/- buttons to modify its level.
F1 Click: activates the typical noise when the sound of the electromagnetic organ starts. Use the VALUE +/- buttons to modify its level.
F2 Sustain: an effect used on the electronic organs of the sixties and seventies, extending the decline time of the timbre; the relevant value
is programmed using the VALUE +/- buttons.
F6 Percussion: this is a basic feature of the Jazz and Rock organ sound. The percussion introduced is to be chosen among 4’ and 2 2/3’ by
pressing the F6 function key. The percussion volume is modified using the VALUE +/- keys.
F7 Effects: this allows you to access the typical effects associated to the electromagnetic organ, i.e. Chorus and Vibrato. The Vibrato can be
applied to the oscillator (Dco), the amplitude (Dca) or the filter (Dcf) with a global speed control (Rate). Pressing /- you select the
parameter and pressing VALUE +/- you modify the quantity. To go back to the Drawbars page, press once more the F7 function button.
Each Drawbars configuration can be saved on the Drawbar bank replacing the existent ones.
Proceed as follows to store a Drawbars combination:
● Press SAVE/ENTER .
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If you do not wish to modify the name, press F10 Save to confirm.
● If you wish to modify the name, enter the letters using the keys of the keyboard and move with the /- buttons. Then press F10
Save to confirm.
● The F9 Default function restores the original factory set combinations.
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The F4 Undo function restores the last combination prior to the current modifications.
● The F5 Escape function aborts the storage operation.
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