Korg CX-3 manual Using another keyboard as the ‘Lower Manual’, Overview of the Edit Mode Groups

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Using another keyboard as the ‘Lower Manual’

…Taking advantage of the two independent tone generators:

1.Using a short MIDI cable, connect the MIDI Out of any MIDI keyboard/controller to the MIDI In of the CX-3 and set its MIDI channel to Ch. 2.

2.The parameter for the MIDI Channel of the CX-3’s Lower tone generator defaults to Ch 2, but it can be set to any channel: Press GLOBAL, then press key #4, and CURSOR [>] four times until the display reads “MIDI Lower Rx ch:”.

3.If you call up a Program that has an active Split (SPLIT Key is lit), press the SPLIT Key once to turn it off. You now have a dual-manual tonewheel organ, with each manual having its own fully-polyphonic (61-note) tone generator.set of drawbars!

Overview of the Edit Mode Groups

Group 1	LEVELS	Output, tone wheel type, overtone level, leakage noise level, key on and key off click levels
Group 2	DRAWBARS	Settings of the drawbar levels (some different parameters in EX Mode)
Group 3	PERC	Percussion level, soft perc. Offset, normal perc, attenuation, perc fast decay, perc slow offset
Group 4	AMP	Amp Type, Amp Gain, Tone: treble, middle and bass
Group 5	REVERB	Reverb type, time, mix level, and routing (before and after the Rotary effect)
Group 6	ROTARY	Horn/Rotor balance, Horn and Rotor fast and slow speeds, Horn and Rotor Down, Up and Stop
		transitions, miking characteristics
Group 7	SPLIT PT/PEDAL	Split Point, Split Octaves, Pedal assignments (different parameters in EX Mode)
Group 8	NAME	Rename the Program

Brief Explanation of Extended Drawbar Mode

…The CX-3 is the only organ to extend the harmonic possibilities of the tone wheel organ tradition!

Drawbar set #1 is governing the levels of the standard nine harmonics of a traditional tonewheel organ, while Drawbar set #2 controls the extended harmonics of EX Mode. This included four additional tone generator harmonics, and four additional percussion tone harmonics.

•The first four drawbars of set #2 add additional, higher harmonics to the basic tone-generating system. There are four Presets for these extended harmonics. These tables can be found in GLOBAL mode, Page 8 > scroll right.

•EX Drawbar #5, [2 2/3] controls the level of the entire traditional percussion section when it is ON.

•EX Drawbars #6 and 7 provide 16’ and 5 1/3’ percussion harmonics; and EX Drawbars #8 and 9 provide a percussion harmonic of the pitches assigned to EX Drawbars #1 and 2.

CX-3 Version 2 Features

•Rebalanced drawbars for better performance across the full key range (Drawbar Level Curve=“Mellow”). Original setting (“Bright”) is available for those that like the extra “scream” in the upper octaves.

•Noise parameter added to recreate the standing-state noise of an old, beat-up organ when desired.

•Improved Vibrato/Chorus emulation as well as Rotary Speaker algorithm improvements

•Speaker simulator bypass in the Preamp for a whole new world of tonalities.

•Added a 4th Reverb algorithm (Dark)

•Added a three-drawbar sound source for the lower manual in EX mode, allowing for split-keyboard settings.

•Pedal assignments can now be set to momentary or alternating and Wheel Brake “return” setting has been sped-up to better-emulate the classic effect.

•Selectable key triggering (Shallow and Deep) to allow tailored response of the keyboard based on a player’s style

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