From drjoho@swbell.net Sun May 09 09:21:22 2004
Subject:Re: XK3 at work

What is the model of the pedal so I get the right one.

joho

> Joho,
>
> Seperately.
>
> Mitch
>
> --- Josiah Hoskins wrote:
> > Tony does the expression pedal come with the XK3 or
> > does it have to be
> > purchased separately?
> >
> > joho
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "tonysounds"
> > To:
> > Cc:
> > Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2004 9:46 AM
> > Subject: [CWSG] XK3 at work
> >
> > > Hey Y'all....
> > >
> > > Did a couple shows this weekend with the XK3.
> > Before you ask: No, I have
> > not yet even tried its leslie sim! I haven't
> > plugged it into my Pro-145 yet
> > either. I've been having too much fun playing it
> > through a real leslie!
> > >
> > > Friday morning I did some modifications to my road
> > rig to ready the XK3s
> > introduction. I use a Motif 8 and an Invisible
> > Keyboard stand. The Motif
> > has some extruded knobs that need protecting, and
> > even with my Electro, I
> > had strategically placed 3 islands of gaffers tape
> > and velcro to the Motif
> > so that when the Electro hangs over the top of the
> > Motif, it doesn't damage
> > those knobs. I used soft foam with velcro backs
> > between the Motif and
> > Electro which is plenty as the Electro is so light
> > and small. I had to
> > replace those soft foam blocks with hard foam blocks
> > (which I was able to do
> > as I had just pulled the little "shelf" out of the
> > case for my departed
> > Vcombo, and after making the endblock for the case
> > to now hold my XK3, I had
> > enough hard foam left to do the job). After gaff
> > taping and velcro-ing the
> > bottom of my XK3, I was ready for business. The
> > larger girth and weight of
> > the XK3 demanded the hard foam blocks, and more
> > velcro to the organ itself
> > to safely secure it!
> > > to the
> > > Invisible Stand. No problems!
> > >
> > > The band just obtained a "new" vehicle and this
> > was its maiden voyage...we
> > had some mechanical problems and arrived later than
> > we wanted, but still in
> > time for the gig; just not enough time for me to
> > spend cranking and tweaking
> > before show time. Luckily I had been perusing the
> > manual (a very short
> > read) en route to the gig, and figured out a couple
> > things I needed to know,
> > such as how to save a program, which is slightly
> > cumbersome at first...or at
> > least when you're in a hurry on a dark stage. I
> > went to the last bank which
> > had registrations I normally wouldn't use (very
> > reedy and tibia-like things)
> > and decided to make that my go-to bank. I set up a
> > couple programs, and
> > figured just like a real Hammond, I'd tweak
> > endlessly all nite long.
> > >
> > > Man, this thing is AWESOME, simply freakin
> > AWESOME!!! First off, if
> > you're getting one, you must get the Expression
> > pedal. As much as I liked
> > my FC7 for my Electro, this thing is a must for the
> > XK3. Like its keyboard,
> > this adds as much to the realism of the Hammond
> > experience, and playing the
> > XK3's keyboard and expression pedal is like driving
> > a big Mercedes. Once
> > you've done it, you know what the fuss is all about.
> > >
> > > The combination of the XK3 and Speakeasy and my
> > Bulldog leslie was nothing
> > short of thrilling. The Speakeasy was singing after
> > getting the added juice
> > of the XK3 (the Electro's output is very weak and I
> > could never get the
> > overdrive I was looking for), and hit that thick,
> > creamy grind I was looking
> > for pretty quickly. YESSSSS!!!!!!
> > >
> > > I started with the "Jimmy 1" program as my base,
> > and made a couple
> > adjustments from there, and saved it to a preset in
> > the last bank. On a
> > couple of our songs, I have some extreme
> > registration shifts that I would
> > not have been so adventurous with had I not been
> > playing an Electro when we
> > started putting them together. Those songs are
> > harder to get right on my
> > real Hammond because of the number of bars and
> > levels used, but now, saving
> > them to a few black key presets, and I was totally
> > in business. And what a
> > pleasure it is to have a Hammond that has more than
> > 2 black key presets I
> > can use!!! Too F N cool!
> > >
> > > The tone is much thicker and much much smoother
> > than my Electro, and was
> > noticeable immediately. Of course the percussion is
> > as well. It has a
> > fatter thunk than either of my cutdown Hammonds, and
> > I found using the
> > "soft" button tamed it exquisitely; I could never
> > use the "soft" button on
> > either of my Hammonds as it would tame it too much.
> > C3 chorus, which I like
> > to use every once in a while on my Electro but not
> > on my Hammonds, is still
> > a little strong, but as I noticed from the manual,
> > that can be tamed pretty
> > quickly. C1 sounded great right away....I used it
> > quite a bit. The
> > overdrive has a dedicated knob which I found I was
> > playing with all night
> > long....very useful, and in conjunction with the
> > Speakeasy and leslie, was
> > very musical. It has a groovy little feature which
> > is an LED under the knob
> > that glows yellow (or was it green?) at its most
> > minimum setting, glows more
> > amber then red the harder it's being pushed. Oh
> > yeah, that's another area
> > where this is more li!
> > > ke a REAL
> > > Hammond: It's hard to see things in the dark, and
> > you'll find yourself
> > wanting to learn the layout really quickly to
> > navigate it and get what you
> > want the first time. The LCD is in the upper left
> > corner, and if you have
> > the XK3 stacked on another keyboard, you won't be
> > able to see it too well.
> > (I couldn't find a contrast adjustment anywhere
> > either, but you probably
> > don't need: I couldn't see it so I can't verify
> > that!) No big deal: Just
> > like a real Hammond, you have black preset keys to
> > save your base settings
> > (except this Hammond won't require a tech to rewire
> > 6 of them) and you'll
> > learn the location of your "spices" quick enough:
> > and if you have played a
> > real Hammond for any length of time, everything is
> > just about in the right
> > place, but like in the case of the percussion
> > buttons, there are a couple
> > extra little things you want to make sure you're
> > aware of so that you don't
> > hit the wrong thing. (The split and manual bass
> > buttons are near the
> > percussion and in the dark!
> > > at
> > > first, you could accidentally grab them.) The
> > drawbars, which looked to
> > be kinda funky in pictures, make total sense from a
> > playing POV: The left
> > drawbars function as the "top manual" or top half of
> > a potential split
> > keyboard and are comfortable to grab, and the right
> > drawbars are for the
> > "lower manual" or bottom half of a split, and are in
> > the right place for
> > that exactly. I found myself disengaging the split
> > on my presets: I don't
> > play LH bass (my bassist despises when I get
> > anywhere near his space, so I
> > respect that and grab a fist of piano instead), and
> > the left side of the
> > split is only adjustable by ONE OCTAVE, which I
> > think is an oversight on
> > Hammond's part. The Electro 73's lower split can be
> > adjusted by a few
> > octaves, which makes left hand organ comping for
> > your right piano or organ
> > playing sweet and comfortable as you can keep your
> > left hand on the left
> > side of your keyboard! You can't do this on a real
> > Hammond though, so it's
> > not a big deal...I'm used to that!
> > > dilemma
> > > when I use the cutdowns live, so I'm used to it.
> > It would be a nice
> > update for the future though.
> > >
> >
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>
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