Percussion; Percussion Does Not Sound; 1´ Drawbar Cancel - Hammond XK-5 Owner's Manual

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One of the most importan t features introduced with the Classic B-3 was "Touch-
Response" Percussion, which added a distinctive and bright percussive highlight to
the top of the Drawbar tone.
[ON] button
Switches the percussion "ON"(LED lit) and "OFF".
[SOFT] button
Th is reduces the volume of the Percussion.
When the LED is OFF, it is "NORMAL". If you press the [SOFT] button (LED is lit
on), the Percussion level is "SOFT".
[FAST] button
When this button is OFF (LED not lit) the percussion tone will decay slowly like a bell.
When it is "ON" (LED is lit) the percussion tone will decay rapidly like a xylophone.
[THIRD] button
Switch the harmonic of the percussion.
When this button is OFF, the second harmonic speaks at the same pitch as the 4´ Draw-
bar.
Th e third harmonic tone speaks at the same pitch as the 2 ⅔ ´ Drawbar. To select, press
the [THIRD] button (light on).
NOTE: Percussion is available on 4 Organ types; A-100, B-3, C-3 and Mellow.
NOTE: You can fi ne-tune the parameters of the Percussion (P. 84).
Owner's Manual

PERCUSSION

ON SOFT
PERCUSSION

PERCUSSION DOES NOT SOUND

Th e Percussion sounds only on the Preset Key [B] when the Preset Bank is [B] in
factory default (left fi gure). Th is is same as B-3/C-3.
NOTE: You can set the Percussion sounds at every Preset Keys (P. 76 #8).
1´ DRAWBAR CANCEL
As on the B-3/C-3, the 1´ Tone Wheel Drawbar is inoperative when the Percussion
is engaged.
NOTE: If you wish the 1´ Drawbar to remain operative, you can change the parameter (P. 84).
FAST THIRD
SECOND
DECAY
On the piano, the sound gradually fades out
even if you keep touching the key. It is called
Decay. The violin sound, on the contrary, keeps
sounding at a certain volume. It is called Sus-
tain.