Table of Contents

Introduction

5

1. About the BX-3

5

Main features

5

The modes of the BX-3

5

2. Parts of the BX-3 and what they do

6

Front panel

6

Rear panel

9

Connections

10

1. Power cable connections

10

2. OUTPUT jack connections

10

3. Pedal connections

10

4. MIDI connections

10

Quick Start

11

1. Listening to the demo songs

11

2. Normal mode

11

Selecting a program

11

Playing

11

Playing using the Program’s drawbar settings

11

Using the Drawbar 1 and 2 settings

12

3. EX mode

12

Selecting a program

12

Playing

12

Playing Using the Program’s drawbar settings ....

12

Using the Drawbar 1 and 2 settings

13

Basic functions

14

1. About the display

14

Switching the display

14

Normal mode

14

EX mode

14

Drawbar levels and icons

14

Shortcuts

15

Normal Edit mode / EX Edit mode

15

Global mode

15

6.

Effects

19

 

Reverb

19

 

Vibrato and chorus

19

 

Overdrive

19

7.

Saving your data

19

 

Writing to internal memory

19

 

Writing a program

19

 

Writing the Global parameters

20

 

MIDI data dump

20

8.

Editing

20

 

Editing the sound

20

 

Other parameters

21

 

Editing the drawbar parameters

21

 

Normal mode

21

 

EX mode

21

 

Copying drawbar parameters

21

 

Copying a program

22

 

Swapping two programs

22

 

Editing the name of a program

22

Parameters

24

1.

Normal Edit mode / EX Edit mode

24

2.

Global mode

30

Appendices

36

1.

How the drawbars work

36

2.

MIDI applications

36

 

About MIDI

36

 

Connecting an external MIDI sequencer or

 

 

computer

36

 

MIDI data dump

37

 

Transmission

37

 

Reception

38

 

MIDI messages that the BX-3 transmits and

 

 

receives

38

2.

About the programs

16

 

How a program is structured

16

3.

Restoring the factory settings

16

 

Initializing one program

16

 

Initializing all programs

16

 

Initializing the Global parameters

17

 

Initializing programs and Global parameters

17

4.

Percussion

17

 

Normal mode

17

 

Checking the “DB Preset's Perc” parameter

17

 

EX mode

18

 

EX Percussion in Drawbar 2

18

5.

Rotary

18

3.

Voice name list

40

 

Normal mode programs

40

 

EX mode programs

40

 

Demo song names

40

4.

Troubleshooting

41

5.

Operation of included Expression

 

 

pedal

42

6.

Specifications and options

43

7.

Assembling the stand

44

8.

MIDI implementation chart

47

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