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ContentsIntroduction ............................................... 1
1. About the CX-3 ............................................1
Main features .........................................................1
The modes of the CX-3.......................................... 1
2. Controls and their functions ......................2
Front panel............................................................. 2
Rear panel .............................................................5
Connections........................................................... 6
1. Power cable connections............................. 6
2. OUTPUT jack connections ..........................6
3. Pedal connections........................................6
4. MIDI connections .........................................6
Basic operation .........................................7
1. The display screen...................................... 7
Switching the display .............................................7
In Normal mode ...............................................7
In EX mode...................................................... 7
Drawbar levels and icons....................................... 7
Shortcut ................................................................. 7
2. About programs ..........................................8
How a program is organized.................................. 8
Selecting a program............................................... 8
3. Playing the CX-3.......................................... 8
Play using the drawbars ........................................8
Normal mode ...................................................8
EX mode ..........................................................9
Play using the drawbar parameter settings of a
program................................................................ 10
Normal mode .................................................10
EX mode ........................................................10
Dividing the keyboard into left and right ..............11
4. Applying effects to your performance ....11
Percussion ........................................................... 11
Normal mode .................................................11
EX mode ........................................................12
Key settings of the PERCUSSION section.... 12
Vibrato and chorus............................................... 12
Rotary speaker ....................................................12
Key settings of the ROTARY section .............13
Other effects ........................................................13
Overdrive ....................................................... 13
Reverb ........................................................... 13
5. Listening to the demo songs ...................13
6. Editing a program...................................... 14
Editing the drawbar parameters........................... 14
Copying drawbar parameters ..............................14
Parameters unique to a combo organ .................15
Other editing ........................................................15
Writing a program ................................................15
Writing global settings .........................................16
Copying a program ..............................................16
Returning a program to the factory settings ........16
Parameters............................................... 17
1. Normal Edit mode / EX Edit mode ...........17
2. Global mode............................................... 22
Appendices.............................................. 27
1. How the drawbars work............................ 27
2. MIDI applications....................................... 27
About MIDI........................................................... 27
Connecting an external MIDI sequencer or
computer........................................................ 27
MIDI data dump ...................................................28
Transmission.................................................. 28
Reception....................................................... 29
Receiving a data dump.................................. 29
MIDI messages that the CX-3 transmits and
receives................................................................ 29
3. Voice name list........................................... 31
Normal mode programs................................. 31
EX mode programs........................................ 31
Demo song names......................................... 31
4. Troubleshooting ........................................ 32
5. Specifications and options ......................33
6. MIDI implementation chart .......................34