Program P4: Basic; 4-1: Basic - Korg Electronic Keyboard Parameter Manual

EXi: CX-3 Tonewheel Organ

Program P4: Basic

4–1: Basic
4–1a
4–1b
4–1a: Drawbar Mode
Drawbar Mode
This is a basic control, which affects the parameters
available in the Drawbars and Percussion sections.
Normal mode models a standard tone-wheel organ,
with 9 drawbars and single-pitch percussion.
EX mode adds four additional drawbars, with pitches
adjustable in half-step increments between 16' and two
octaves above 1'. It also allows you to create the
percussion using up to five different pitches, each with
adjustable volume levels.
4–1b: Tone
Wheel Type
Vintage offers an organic, complex tone. It includes
some amount of additional harmonics for each note,
which can be further increased by using the Overtone
Level parameter, below. It also adds "leakage," a
pitched noise caused by the mix of all 91 tone wheels
"leaking" into each individual note–a characteristic
part of the authentic tone-wheel organ sound. The
Leakage Level parameter, below, controls the volume
of this component.
Clean gives you a pristine, perfect set of tone wheels,
with no leakage noise. By default, these tone wheels
have no additional overtones–but you can add them
by using the Overtone Level parameter, below.
216
Drawbar Level Curve
This controls the way in which the tone-wheel levels
[Normal, EX]
change in relation to pitch, which contributes to the
overall brightness of the sound.
Bright produces a crisp effect, slightly brighter than
traditional tone-wheel organs.
Mellow produces a slightly darker, more traditional
tone.
Overtone Level
This controls the timbre of the individual tone wheels.
Increasing the Overtone Level adds more harmonics,
for a brighter, richer tone.
The Wheel Type setting, above, determines both the
specific harmonics added and their volume levels.
[Vintage, Clean]
Leakage Level
This specifies the amount of drawbar leakage, both
into played notes and into the constant noise (see
Noise Level, below).
This parameter is available only when the Wheel Type,
above, is set to Vintage. When the Wheel Type is set to
Clean, it is grayed out.
Noise Level
This lets you add a constant amount of noise to the
outputs - just like you might find in older vintage gear.
The noise will be present whether or not any notes are
being played.
4–1PMC
4–1c
[Bright, Mellow]
[0...99]
[0...99]
[0...99]