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KB3 Program Structure
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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 (key
click).
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 look like this:
EditSetup:COMMON|||||||||||||||All|Zones
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Song||:O|None||||||||||||||||Sync|:Off||
Mutes|:Zone|Mutes|||||||||||||||||||||||
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<more|||||||||COMMON|ARPEG||RIBCFG|more>
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 sliders and Mod Wheel 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). The Mod Wheel is the other way around, since you’re probably used to the Mod
Wheel being off when it’s down, and on when it’s up. So remember, for the Mod Wheel, down
(off) is like pushing the drawbar in (decreasing amplitude), and up (on) is out (increasing
amplitude).
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
Subharmonics Fundamental Harmonics
16'
5
1
/3'
8' 4'
2
2
/3'
2'
1
3
/5' 1
1
/3'
1'
Slider A Slider B Slider C Slider D Slider E Slider F Slider G Slider H Mod Wheel
Table 6-1 Standard Drawbar Settings for the Hammond B3