"Derived from the technology of the already legendary New B-3,

now a portable keyboard with digital tone-wheels"

 This new instrument does what has never been done before - offering you the classic "tone-wheel" sound by utilizing 96-DIGITAL TONE WHEELS! This new VASE III sound generator now makes it possible to reproduce all of the characteristics of the vintage Hammond B-3. Additionally, the Hammond XK-3 houses two INTERNAL VACUUM TUBES that will change continuously from PRE-AMP MODE to OVERDRIVE MODE via control knob. But wait! The new Hammond XK-3 also includes 12 REVERSE COLOUR KEY PRESETS, 3 SETS OF DRAWBARS, A 2-ROTOR DIGITAL LESLIE, AND A 6 -POSITION ROTARY VIBRATO/CHORUS KNOB, all the features you would expect to find on a Hammond Vintage B-3.

Specifications

KEYBOARD 73 (61+12 Preset Keys)
Water-fall Keys with Velocity
DRAWBARS  3 sets of Drawbars,   9-Upper, 9-Lower, 2-Pedal
SOUND GENERATOR   Vase III sound generator creates 96 digital Tone-wheels. Tone-wheel leakage-noise and motor-noise are adjustable wheel by wheel 
PRESETS  Original B-3 reverse-colour preset-keys
11 Presets x 12 Banks + Cancel
POLYPHONY Full polyphony (unlimited)
LESLIE© Next generation digital Leslie© and scanner vibrato
PREAMP & OVERDRIVE Real dual tube amp for pre-amplification and Leslie© overdrive
REVERB 8-Modes
TONE CONTROL  Bass, Mid range, Treble
SUSTAIN    Pedal Drawbars
WHEEL Pitch Bend, Modulation
PANEL CONTROLS
LESLIE© Slow/fast, on/off, break/thru, effect, send/return
Vibrato/Chorus ON, V1, V2, V3, C1, C2, C3 with 6 position rotary knob
Percussion Second, third, decay fast, soft
Control Manual bass, split
Effect Tube amp, reverb on
Demo Demo/pedal sustain
Display switch Page up/down, parameter value +/-, rotary-encoder, Menu/exit, play, rec, bank
Volume control Master volume, tone control, tube overdrive
DISPLAY 20-Character, 2-Line back-light LCD
TERMINAL AC-input, Line out L/R, 11-Pin Leslie©, Midi IN1/IN2/OUT/THRU (Addition of lower keyboard and/or pedal possible via midi), Headphone, Foot-switch/Leslie©-switch, Expression pedal (EXP-100AN or EXP-100F with Leslie©-switch).  
CARD SLOT Compact Flash Card slot
POWER SUPPLY 230V (CE), 240V (BS)
DIMENSIONS 119cm(W) x 40cm (D) x 12cm (H)
WEIGHT/FINISH 19,5Kg / Walnut finish

The XK-3 will perform like no previous tone-wheel Hammond could ever do, with features like PITCH BEND/MODULATION, TRANSPOSE and MIDI.

A library of 132 PROGRAMMABLE PATCHES allows you to save and store your own Drawbar combinations, MIDI information, whatever you like.

And just think, all this in a 19,5 Kg. package that won’t break your back or your budget.

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