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Real-time Controls in KB3 Mode
You have real‐time control over many components of KB3 programs directly from the front
panel. The sliders emulate the drawbars that are so essential to the tone wheel sound, while the
buttons above them (they're called the Mute buttons, because they normally mute and solo
zones in Setup mode) can control the KB3 effects: Leslie, vibrato, chorus, and percussion.
When you're in Program mode, the Mute buttons always control KB3 effects. In a setup
containing a KB3 program, if you want the Mute buttons to control KB3 effects, you'll have to
edit the setup, because in Setup mode, the Mute buttons mute and unmute zones by default.
1. Go to Setup mode, and select the setup you want to edit. Press Edit.
2. Press either more soft button until you see the COMMON soft button. Press it, and your
display should show the following screen:
3. Select the Mutes parameter and change its value to KB3 Control.
4. Don't forget to save.
Playing KB3 Programs
One of the standard performance features of many tone wheel organs is the set of drawbars for
emulating the stops on a pipe organ. Moving the drawbars controls the amplitude of either the
fundamentals or the harmonics of the notes (out to increase amplitude, in to decrease it).
The PC3K's sliders serve as the nine drawbars found on most tone wheel organs. Pushing the
sliders up is the equivalent of pushing the drawbars in (removing fundamentals or harmonics).
Subharmonics
16'
1
5
Slider A
Slider B
Table 6-1
KB3 Mode Buttons (Mute Buttons)
When the Mute buttons are enabled for KB3 control, their LEDs indicate the status of the
various effects for the current KB3 program. This status is saved as part of each program. You
can change the effects in real time by pressing the buttons (or by sending the appropriate MIDI
Controller values from your MIDI controller).
Fundamental
8'
/3'
Slider C
Standard Drawbar Settings for the Hammond B3
Harmonics
4'
2
2'
2
/3'
Slider D
Slider E
Slider F
Program Mode
KB3 Program Structure
3
1
1'
1
/5'
1
/3'
Slider G
Slider H
Slider I
6-5
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