KEYBOARDPARTNER HX3 Drawbar Expander User Manual
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- Page 1 User Manual HX3 Drawbar Expander (Firmware version 5.6x, July 2020) keyboardpartner.com...
- Page 2 Only use appropriate power supply as advised. Input voltages exceeding 15V may damage the device. Designed for indoor use only. Do not use HX3 Drawbar 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.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Contents HX3 Drawbar Expander ........................4 Features ............................4 Jack Connections ..........................5 Controls............................6 Volume Control ..........................7 HX3 Apps and Tools ........................8 HX3.5 Panel ..........................8 TouchOSC for HX3.5 ........................8 HX3.5 Editor ..........................8 HX3.5 Updater ..........................8 Menu Panel ............................ -
Page 4: Hx3 Drawbar Expander
Trademarks Hammond®, B3® and Leslie® belong to Hammond Suzuki Corporation (Japan). Trademark NI B4 belongs to Native Instruments GmbH, Germany. Product and company names used in this document apply for illustration and example purposes only. Keyboardpartner is not related to these trade marks in any way. HX3 Drawbar Expander... -
Page 5: Jack Connections
USB USB B-type connector for MIDI over USB, for updates and configuration by HX3.5 Editor application. USB and MIDI IN 2 cannot be used simultaneously. MIDI OUT Sends MIDI data of HX3 Drawbar Expander’s own controllers HEADPHONE Stereo output of internal rotary simulation, headphone amplifier ... -
Page 6: Controls
Controls The HX3 Drawbar Expander has the typical controls of a classic tonewheel organ: two sets of drawbars for shaping the organ sound, three bass-pedal drawbars, buttons for effects. The VOLUME knob adjusts the overall volume of all 4 audio outputs. -
Page 7: Volume Control
We recommend connecting an expression pedal Yamaha FC-7 or similar (1/4" jack, 10k to 47k total resistance) directly to the HX3 module. MIDI CC #11 and #7 may be altered via menu to any valid MIDI CC Number. HX3 Drawbar Expander... -
Page 8: Hx3 Apps And Tools
HX3 Apps and Tools The following chapter describes how you can control the HX3 Drawbar Expander completely via the built-in menu panel. However, there are other, more convenient options: HX3.5 Panel Connect the device to a PC or Mac via USB and launch the HX3.5 Panel App. -
Page 9: 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 Drawbar Expander... -
Page 10: 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 Drawbar Expander... - Page 11 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 Drawbar Expander...
- Page 12 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 Drawbar Expander...
- Page 13 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 Drawbar Expander...
- Page 14 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 Drawbar Expander...
- Page 15 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. On the following pages you will find further explanations of some menu items that may not yet be adequately described by the short comments in the overview. HX3 Drawbar Expander...
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Page 16: 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 Drawbar Expander... -
Page 17: Voice Lower
If activated the respective “o”-symbol is filled white.. For the lower manual the same choice of General MIDI instruments is available as for the upper manual. HX3 Drawbar Expander... -
Page 18: 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 Drawbar Expander... -
Page 19: Percussion 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 Drawbar Expander... - Page 20 LC Gen 91 (free running single sine tone generator, 91 tones, not phase-locked) Cheesy 84 (84 tones generator, phase-locked frequency divider, „cheesy sound“, rich harmonics Each setting includes its own vibrato parameters, which can be customized in the Vibrato Setup submenu. HX3 Drawbar Expander...
- Page 21 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 Drawbar Expander...
- Page 22 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 Drawbar Expander...
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Page 23: 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. With the "scanmidi_split.dat" driver, however, it is not possible to use the GM instruments. HX3 Drawbar Expander... -
Page 24: 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 25: Midi Control
HX3 functions that are relevant for the organ player may be remote-controlled by MIDI commands. For details please see “HX3 MIDI Implementation” on keyboardpartner.com, section Support & Download. To recall presets via MIDI use bank select LSB (CC #32, changeable via menu). To recall voices use program change on the respective channel. -
Page 26: How To
GM program selection. Briefly press the knob and select the desired instrument. Set the desired level at the next menu position. If you do not want the GM instrument to sound as a layer with the organ, set the drawbars to zero. HX3 Drawbar Expander... -
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.