KEYBOARDPARTNER HX3.5 User Manual
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- Page 1 User Manual HX3.5 Mainboard (Firmware version 5.6x, July 2020) keyboardpartner.com...
- Page 2 Ithweg 37, D-30851 Langenhagen info@keyboardpartner.de hereby declares, that the product HX3.5 Mainboard 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:...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Panel Buttons ........................... 6 Connectors and Jumpers on the Mainboard ..................6 HX3 Apps and Tools ........................7 HX3.5 Panel ..........................7 TouchOSC for HX3.5 ........................7 HX3.5 Editor ..........................7 HX3.5 Updater ..........................7 Menu Panel ............................8 Menu Overview ..........................9 Voice Upper .......................... -
Page 4: Hx3.5 Mainboard
HX3.5 Mainboard HX3.5 is a tonewheel emulator with all the features of a classic electromagnetic organ. It is controllable via MIDI with selectable CC sets for various keyboards. Alternatively, it may be controlled directly by Fatar or other keybeds as well as drawbars, switches and buttons. HX3 provides unlimited polyphony, 100 presets, parameters tweakable by menus. -
Page 5: Jack Connections
For full control of parameter settings, we recommend the use of our MenuPanel. Installing the menu panel and other peripherals is described in the HX3.5 Installation Manual. The menu system for a standard organ configuration, using drawbars, our Panel16 switch button board, and keybeds connected through our key scanning boards is described below. -
Page 6: Panel Buttons
JP8: Use USB for power supply (not recommended) Default jumper setting: Insert JP6. Insert 2 jumpers on PL10 pin 2-3 and 5-6 (leftmost pin is 1) for secondary MIDI IN. Please find more details and larger mainboard picture in the HX3.5 Mainboard Installation Manual. HX3.5 Mainboard... -
Page 7: Hx3 Apps And Tools
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 the HX3.5 for all conceivable hardware configurations, perform firmware updates, fine tune sounds and effects, and manage presets. For full details, please refer to the User_Manual_HX35_Editor. -
Page 8: Menu Panel
Press the lower button to go to a submenu. An “S” symbol appears at the bottom right of the display. Press the upper button to return to the main menu. The menus are arranged as a loop. So you may reach any menu entry by either scrolling upwards or downwards. HX3.5 Mainboard... -
Page 9: Menu Overview
EG Mask for ADSR harmonics (ON: ADSR envelope) H-Perc/EnvEna 1 3/5' or H100 Percussion harmonics H-Perc/EnvEna 1 1/3' H-Perc/EnvEna 1'' H-Perc/EnvEna Mixt 1 H-Perc/EnvEna Mixt 2 H-Perc/EnvEna Mixt 3 EnvEna ToDry EG Mask harmonics not through Vibrato and PHR HX3.5 Mainboard... - Page 10 Mixture drawbars for H100 and EG Mode LowerDB Mix 3 Lower Attack Envelope Attack Time Lower Decay Envelope Decay Time Lower Sustain Envelope Sustain Level Lower Release Envelope Release Time LowerADSR Hrm Shortens/lengthens ADSR times dep. on harmonic HX3.5 Mainboard...
- Page 11 PedalGM Harm1 Harmonic Transposition GM Voice 1 PedalGM Prg 2 GM program number Voice 2 (Overlay) PedalGM Lvl 2 Level GM Voice 2 (Overlay) PedalGM Harm2 Harmonic Transposition GM Voice 2 (Overlay) PedalGM Detn2 Detuning GM Voice 2 (Overlay) HX3.5 Mainboard...
- Page 12 Rotor SLOW speed HornFastSpeed Horn FAST speed RotrFastSpeed Rotor FAST speed HornRampUp Horn run-up time RotorRampUp Rotor run-up time HornRampDown Horn run-down time RotorRampDown Rotor run-down time Rotary Throb Microphone placement Rotary Spread Stereo width Rotary Balnce Rotor/Horn balance HX3.5 Mainboard...
- Page 13 Reverb Levels Reverb Prgm Reverb program selection (OFF, I, II, I+II) Reverb 1 Lvl Reverb portion in position REV I Reverb 2 Lvl Reverb portion in position REV II Reverb 3 Lvl Reverb portion in position REV I+II HX3.5 Mainboard...
- Page 14 KeybTranspos, Local On/Off, Split Keyb, Split Point and Split Mode are only available with keybeds directly attached, not with MIDI keyboards. Menu items that are not available in the selected configuration are marked as “(invalid)”. With HX3.5 Editor, menu items can be removed from the menu.
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Page 15: Voice Upper
If activated the respective “o”-symbol is filled white.. In addition there ist he following option in EnvelopeGen mode: EnvEna ToDry - harmonics selected by EnvEna Mask are bypassing vibrato and phasing rotor “dry. HX3.5 Mainboard... -
Page 16: Voice Lower
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. Lower Attack – affects rise time of lower manual envelope. -
Page 17: Voice Pedal
AO28 Gain Cap – Overall gain of AO28 preamp. AO28 MinSwell – Minimum volume of swell pedal in heel position. AO28 Tube Age – Age of the preamp tubes. The older, the more clearly the triode distortion becomes audible. Rotary Setup (see overview) HX3.5 Mainboard... -
Page 18: Percussion Setup
Generator Setup Organ Preconf Organ Model Selection affects Gating Mode and Gen&Vib Mode (see below). With standard license only B3 Mode is available. TG Tuning – allows organ generator tuning in range from A = 433 through 447 Hz. HX3.5 Mainboard... - Page 19 Gating Mode The HX3.5 default setting (B3 mode B3/9 Drb) implies mechanical key contacts, 2 2/3’ or 4’ percussion, and 9 drawbars per manual. The following options require the extendend license. Select H100/12 Drb for the H100 organ model including 3 additional mixtures. This activates the respective drawbars.
- Page 20 Year 1955 (very aged caps, mellow sound) o Year 1961 (aged wax caps, jazz-type sound) o Year 1972 (new “red” caps, rock-type sound) o Recapped (more aggressive) o StraightLin (no tapering, equal loudness) o Twangy (emphasises higher notes) HX3.5 Mainboard...
- Page 21 Full – no foldback ("all way down") with full level (like H 100®) or o Foldback muted – foldback with muted level (original B3® behaviour), o Full muted – no foldback ("all way down") with muted level. HX3.5 Mainboard...
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Page 22: Keyboard/Midi
HX3.5 Editor to optionally install the older scan driver "scanmidi_split.dat" on the HX3 MIDI Expander. The split functions described in the following section will then be executed by the HX3 Generator. -
Page 23: Updates/Scripts
(useful for left-hand 16’ accompaniment chords on single manual keyboards). Updates/Scripts Update files, scripts, and documentation are made available on keyboardpartner.com under Support & Download. SD File Exec – Selection of an update or setup script from a SD card. For details please see http://wiki.keyboardpartner.de/index.php?title=HX3.5_SD_Card_Usage. -
Page 24: Midi Control
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 suitable for controlling HX3.5 by the HX35 Panel app, firmware updates via MIDI SysEx, and DSP updates via DFU data transfer. -
Page 25: Using Hx3 With Voce Midi Drawbars
HX3 supports most of Hammond XK MIDI controller functions. For convenience, some controllers have been relocated to other HX3 functions: XK Overdrive knob controls HX3 Rotary tube Amp Volume XK Reverb button controls HX3 lower manual Vibrato On XK Tube On button controls HX3 Reverb HX3.5 Mainboard... -
Page 26: How To
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 also determines the power-up settings. -
Page 27: Serial Numbers And Licenses
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 KeyboardPartner to obtain a valid licence key. We need your serial number (issued on startup and by HX3.5 Editor application) to generate new licences for you.
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