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  • Page 1 DRAWBAR EFFECTS...
  • Page 3 (B-2, B-3, etc.) consist of two tilt tablets and a six-position rotary knob to the left of the Drawbars which look like this: The same Vibrato and Chorus choices are made on the SKX by means of two Touch Tabs and the VIB/CHS Edit Menu. Vibrato/Chorus ON / OFF To turn the Vibrato or Chorus effect "ON,”...
  • Page 4 Drawbar Effects - Vibrato VIBRATO Edit Menu (VIB&CHO Menu) This Advanced Feature Menu allows you to make changes to the Vibrato/Chorus effect. Accessing the VIBRATO Edit Menu using the MENU/EXIT Touch Button: From the PLAY Screen, touch the MENU/EXIT Touch Button to see the first screen of the MENU Mode.
  • Page 5 Drawbar Effects - Vibrato Touch the ENTER Touch Button. The Information Center Display should now look like this: Accessing the VIBRATO Edit Menu Using the Shortcut: Touch and hold any of the VIBRATO/CHORUS Touch Tabs. After approximately 1 second, you will see the screen shown above.
  • Page 6 Drawbar Effects - Vibrato VIBRATO Edit Menu - Page 1 If you followed the instructions on the previous page, you should now see Page 1 of the VIBRATO Edit Menu. The legend underneath the word “MODE” should now be blinking. Vibrato and Chorus Modes There are three Modes each for Vibrato and Chorus.
  • Page 7 Adjusting the Vibrato and Chorus Modes using a Shortcut The SKX has a “Shortcut” feature that enables you quickly to access the portion of the VIB/CHS Edit Menu which contains the settings for Vibrato and Chorus (V-1, V-2, V-3, C-1, C-2, C-3). The following paragraphs will explain how to do this.
  • Page 8 Drawbar Effects - Vibrato While continuing to Hold the VIBRATO Touch Tab, touch any of the six FAVORITE Touch Buttons associated with Vibrato/Chorus Modes - for example, #8: The Vibrato Mode will be set according to which of the FAVORITE buttons you touched. Release both Buttons.
  • Page 9 On an organ, a periodic raising and lowering of the pitch is called Vibrato, while a periodic raising and lowering of volume is sometimes known as a Tremulant. In a vintage Hammond Organ, the Vibrato effect contains not only a periodic shift in pitch, but also a slight amplitude, or volume, change, particularly in the higher frequencies.
  • Page 10 This Advanced Feature Menu Page allows you to select whether you want Vibrato to also affect the Pedal Drawbar tones when the VIBRATO LOWER Touch Tab is “ON.” This replicates the Vibrato function on a vintage Hammond Organ. Turn the VALUE Rotary Control to turn Vibrato on or off for the Pedal Drawbar tones.
  • Page 11 Drawbar Effects - Vibrato From the previous screen, touch the PAGE UP Touch Button once. The word underneath the word “PEDAL” should now be blinking: Vibrato/Chorus Depth This Advanced Feature allows you to set the depth of each of the six Vibrato/Chorus amounts. The screen shown above displays the depth settings for the Vibrato Chorus.
  • Page 12 Your Hammond SKX has a built-in digital Leslie effect that replicates the sound of a twin-rotor Leslie Speaker cabinet. In addition, the SKX can also be used with a variety of different Leslie Speaker cabinets. There is a full explanation of how to use the SKX with a Leslie Speaker cabinet starting on page 20.
  • Page 13 Drawbar Effects - Leslie What Are “Horn” and “Bass?” The basic Leslie Speaker design, as represented by the 122 and 147 families of cabinets, divides the sound between “treble” (above 800Hz) and “bass” (below 800Hz). The treble frequencies are routed to a treble speaker or “driver,” while the bass tones sound through a bass speaker (typically 15").
  • Page 14 New digital technology has now made it possible to recreate the Doppler effect without using moving parts. This technology has been incorporated into the SKXs. The following pages explain how the internal digital Leslie of your Hammond SKX works. LESLIE Touch Tabs These three Touch Tabs allow you to control either the internal digital Leslie or the rotors of a connected Leslie Speaker cabinet.

  • Page 15: Menu Mode

    Drawbar Effects - Leslie LESLIE Edit Menu These Advanced Feature Menu Pages allow you to make various changes to the characteristics of the inbuilt digital Leslie. Accessing the LESLIE Edit Menu Using the MENU/EXIT Touch Button: From any of the PLAY Screens, touch the MENU/EXIT Touch Button to see the first screen of the MENU Mode.
  • Page 16 If you followed the instructions on the previous page, you should now see Page 1 of the LESLIE Edit Menu. Leslie Parameters Your Hammond SKX has a special group of Leslie Parameters. Using these special Leslie features, you can define different characteristics of how the built-in digital Leslie effect will perform. The Leslie Parameters are: Slow Speed for both Horn and Bass Rotor.
  • Page 17 All of these parameters can be saved as a Leslie Cabinet. The SKX have 16 different Leslie Cabinets. Eight (8) of these are User Cabinets (indicated by a “U”) while the other eight (8) are Preset Cabinets (indicated by a “P”). The Preset Cabinets are permanently written in memory, but the User Cabinets can be overwritten with your own settings.
  • Page 18 Drawbar Effects - Leslie From the previous screen, touch the PAGE UP Touch Button once. The Information Center Display should now look similar to this: LESLIE Edit Menu - Page 2 - Leslie Cabinet Name This Advanced Feature allows you to name a Leslie User Cabinet. NOTE: This would normally be the final step after you have made the rest of your parameter settings and are satisfied with the results.
  • Page 19 Drawbar Effects - Leslie SPECIAL NOTE: These Advanced Features DO NOT affect a connected external Leslie Speaker. LESLIE Edit Menu - Page 3 From the previous screen, touch the PAGE UP Touch Button once. You should now see Page 3 of the LESLIE Edit Menu.
  • Page 20 A “stationary” cabinet with no rotors such as a traditional Hammond speaker (PR-40, PR-20, HR-40, etc.). Turn the VALUE Rotary Control to make your selection. NOTE: For more information about Leslie Speaker types as well as Hammond speakers, please consult page 7.
  • Page 21 Drawbar Effects - Leslie From the previous screen, touch the PAGE UP Touch Button once. The Information Center Display should now look like this: The legend underneath the word “SLOW” should now be blinking. LESLIE Edit Menu - Page 4 - Leslie Horn Settings This Advanced Feature Menu allows you to select the settings for the digital Leslie Horn that you prefer.
  • Page 22 Drawbar Effects - Leslie From the previous screen, touch the PAGE RIGHT Touch Button once. The Information Center Display should now look like this: The legend underneath the word “LEV” should now be blinking. Leslie Level - Horn This Advanced Feature allows you to adjust the volume level of the digital Horn. You can select from “0” through “-12db.”...
  • Page 23 Drawbar Effects - Leslie From the previous screen, touch the PAGE RIGHT Touch Button once. The Information Center Display should now look like this: The legend underneath the word “FALL” should now be blinking. Leslie Fall Time - Horn This Advanced Feature allows you to adjust the amount of time the Horn Rotor will take to accelerate to Fast (Tremolo) speed.
  • Page 24 Drawbar Effects - Leslie From the previous screen, touch the PAGE RIGHT Touch Button once. The Information Center Display should now look like this: The legend underneath the word “MID” should now be blinking. Leslie Sound Character - Horn This Advanced Feature allows you to change the sound characteristics of the Horn Rotor. The data chart below shows the options you may select.
  • Page 25 Drawbar Effects - Leslie LESLIE Edit Menu - Page 5 - Leslie Bass Settings This Advanced Feature Menu allows you to select the settings for the digital Leslie Bass that you prefer. You can change the Slow and Fast speed settings as well as the Level or volume setting. From the previous screen, touch the PAGE UP Touch Button once.
  • Page 26 Drawbar Effects - Leslie From the previous screen, touch the PAGE RIGHT Touch Button once. The Information Center Display should now look like this: The legend underneath the word “LEV” should now be blinking. Leslie Level - Bass This Advanced Feature allows you to adjust the volume level of the digital Leslie Bass frequencies. You can select from “0”...
  • Page 27 Drawbar Effects - Leslie From the previous screen, touch the PAGE RIGHT Touch Button once. The Information Center Display should now look similar to this: The number underneath the word “FALL” should now be blinking. Leslie Fall Time - Bass This Advanced Feature allows you to adjust the amount of time the Horn Rotor will take to accelerate to Fast (Tremolo) speed.
  • Page 28 Drawbar Effects - Leslie From the previous screen, touch the PAGE UP Touch Button once. The Information Center Display should now look similar to this: The legend underneath the word “ANGLE” should now be blinking. LESLIE Edit Menu - Page 6 - Leslie Microphone Settings When a Leslie Speaker cabinet or combination of cabinets is used in a large facility such as an auditorium or outdoor arena, the Leslie(s) are frequently "miked"...
  • Page 29 Drawbar Effects - Leslie From the previous screen, touch the PAGE RIGHT Touch Button once. The Information Center Display should now look similar to this: The legend underneath the word “DISTANCE” should now be blinking. Leslie Microphone Setting - DISTANCE The DISTANCE setting recreates the effect of setting the microphones at different distances from a Leslie Speaker cabinet, since distance has an effect on how the Leslie Speaker reproduces through a sound system.

  • Page 30: Important Note

    3300, 3300W 981. Connect one end of the cable to the 11-pin jack on the cabinet and the other end to the corresponding jack on the SKX, as shown below. Connecting the SKX to a 6- or 9-pin Leslie Speaker You can connect your SKX to a Leslie Speaker cabinet having a 6- or 9-pin interface by doing the following: 1.
  • Page 31 Creating your own Leslie Cabinets As stated on page 11, the SKX has 16 different Leslie Cabinets. Eight (8) of these are User Cabinets (indicated by a “U”) while the other eight (8) are Preset Cabinets (indicated by a “P”). The Preset Cabinets are permanently written in memory, but the User Cabinets can be overwritten with your own settings.
  • Page 32 Drawbar Effects - Leslie Saving a custom User Cabinet TRY THIS: Access the LESLIE Edit Menu using one of the two procedures described on page 10. You should now see Page 1 of the LESLIE Edit Menu. Use the VALUE Rotary Control to select the Leslie Cabinet you want to modify. Be sure to select one of the “U”...
  • Page 33 Drawbar Effects - Leslie If you want to overwrite the Leslie Parameters with your new edited settings, touch the ENTER Touch Button. The bottom line of the Information Center Display will scroll the following: Recording Cabinet... After the above stops scrolling, your edits have been saved as a User Cabinet. IMPORTANT: It is recommended that you create and then save a Leslie User Cabinet before re-naming it.
  • Page 34 Drawbar Effects - Leslie After you have finished editing, Touch and Release the RECORD Touch Button. The Information Center Display should now look similar to this: If you DO NOT wish to save the name, touch the MENU/EXIT or PLAY Touch Button. If you want to overwrite the Leslie Cabinet Name, touch the ENTER Touch Button.