KEYBOARDPARTNER HX3 Drawbar Expander User Manual
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- Page 1 User Manual HX3 Drawbar Expander Standard License and Extended License (as of firmware version 5.736, November 2022) 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 Manager ..........................8 TouchOSC for HX3 ........................8 Menu Panel ............................9 Saving settings ......................... 9 Menu Overview .......................... -
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 Manager application. USB and MIDI IN 1 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
Apple App Store or Google Play. For wireless connection of iOS or Android mobile devices we offer a WLAN interface. iOS devices can also communicate with TouchOSC via MIDI over USB. HX3 Drawbar Expander... -
Page 9: Menu Panel
Change the number as desired and press the knob again. "Save Upper to #XX", "Save Lower to #XX" or "Save Pedal to #XX" ("XX" stands for the number of the currently active Voice). Change the number as desired and press the knob again. HX3 Drawbar Expander... -
Page 10: Menu Overview
Selection of a script file on the SD card when the SD card adapter is connected. WiFi Init Def: Reset WLAN interface to factory default. Preset Init: Sets the live preset 0 to a basic B3 organ sound. HX3 Drawbar Expander... -
Page 11: Upper Voice
UpperGM Prg 2: Selection of second GM instrument (overlay) UpperGM Lvl 2: Level setting of second GM voice UpperGM Hrm 2: Harmonic transposition of second GM voice UpperGM Detn2: Detuning of second GM voice HX3 Drawbar Expander... -
Page 12: Lower Voice
Selection of the second GM instrument (overlay) LowerGM Lvl 2: Level setting of the second GM Voice LowerGM Hrm 2: harmonic transposition of the second GM voice LowerGM Detn2: Detuning of the second GM-Voice HX3 Drawbar Expander... -
Page 13: Pedal Voice
Selection of the second GM instrument (overlay) PedalGM Lvl 2: Level setting of the second GM Voice PedalGM Hrm 2: harmonic transposition of the second GM voice PedalGM Detn2: Detuning of the second GM-Voice HX3 Drawbar Expander... -
Page 14: Audio Setup
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. HX3 Drawbar Expander... -
Page 15: Rotary Setup
Then only (EG ADSR) appears to indicate that a percussion effect can be achieved here by shaping the ADSR envelope. PercNormLvl: Level in position NORMAL. PerSoftLvl: Level in position SOFT. PercLongTm: Decay time in position LONG. PercShortTm: Decay time in position SHORT. HX3 Drawbar Expander... -
Page 16: Vibrato Setup
Ensemble and Celeste options as well as Celeste and Fading. These effects can be used, for example, as an additional vibrato channel for the H100 emulation. Sync PHR/Rotr: The fast / slow switching of the phasing takes place together with the rotor switching. So one footswitch can serve for both functions. HX3 Drawbar Expander... -
Page 17: Reverb Levels
LC Gen 91 (free running single sine tone generator, 91 tones, not phase-locked) o 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 18 Sine TOSGen – square wave generator with sine wave filtering, sounds slighty hollow TG Flutter: Adjusts tone generator "sloppyness" (spring clutch tension, bearing precision, and resulting slow phase shifts and pitch changes). Sets tone generator leakage (crosstalk noise of adjacent notes, “growl”). TG Leakage: HX3 Drawbar Expander...
- Page 19 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 20: Keyboard/Midi
Lower +2 to Upper: Press four keys simultaneously on upper manual while switching SPLIT on to map lower to upper manual up to highest of all keys pressed. Lower notes range is transposed two octaves up (useful for left-hand 16’ accompaniment chords on single manual keyboards). HX3 Drawbar Expander... - Page 21 MIDI Swell CC: CC number for swell pedal (default 11, expression pedal). MIDI VolumeCC: CC number for Master Volume (default 7, volume pedal). MIDI PresetCC: CC number for presets (default #32 bank select LSB) HX3 Drawbar Expander...
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Page 22: Midi Control
2nd and 3rd harmonic percussion ON at same time. HX3 implementation regards "2nd ON" as "Percussion ON" tab in this case. Panic button In case of stuck notes just press the upper or lower menu panel button to switch the tone generator off. HX3 Drawbar Expander... -
Page 23: 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 24: Serial Numbers And Licenses
HX3 will refuse to work after 2 minutes. Licences may be re-installed by means of the HX3 Manager at any time. Please contact KeyboardPartner to obtain a valid licence key. We need your serial number (issued on startup and by HX3 Manager application) to generate new licences for you.
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