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NEW HAMMOND XB-2 KBBBBB < W BlBMW»SW»O«il BeIBIBIIBIiI wmmnmnisia 1 WJL' — - w New Sampling Technology. SPECIFICATIONS REAR PANEL B - Now, the all-new DRH® sampling - Keyboard ernes 61-Key “ : technology captures the sound and feel of - . , the incomparableß-3. ~' . .Drawbars® 9 Pitches ~ [® - Q >Q' -Q--0- |g>oj® ' The idea of sampling a B-3 has been around B-TVD6 < -,' : /BBB > B-- K ————IKJBC — -imuwiUL- > The idea of sampling a B-3 has been around Mellow for a long time. So has the notion of making - ‘ B B nte w . Power — a portable instrument with Drawbars. But siowAttack On/Off * just sampling and adding Drawbars was not . Sustain On/Off * Les n e standard 11 pinout enough. Hammond has also recreated ' Upper/Lower • •' - those idiosyncrasies of the tone-wheel Foldback Adjustable * Headphone Stereo generator that eluded all previous : i digital systems. Percussion 2nd , Send/Return For external effects device - 3rd The XB-2 flawlessly generates the pure-flute ' - Decay Fast/siow • —-—— — — sound ofthe B-3. And then goes on to add Volume Soft * Line out (mono) . .. such things as the Drawbar foldbacks at the . Velocity On/Off * Foot Switch Programmable ’ ~ top and bottom octaves, the variances in ‘ key click, and the effect of overdriving a Vibrato . “ ppe^° wer On/Off ’ . lcd Contrast adjustable tube amplifier. The total effect of the XB-2 C 1 C2 C 3 . .. is the look, sound, and feel Of the B-3. And • Speed ' Slow Norm Expression . Internal/External • * it weighs only 30 pounds instead of over 400. ■ Mid, Fast • ' tu , 11 . . . , MIDI In/Out/Thru There s more. Hammond has incorporated ———— -—- : p r , a K i„ B ;r. Key Click Normal/Soft/Off ■ * Function Programmable features that were never dreamed of in the original B-3. ; . Overdrive On/Off * Tone Control ■ Bass/Treble MIDI. Depth ■ MOD Wheel __ The XB-2 can perform in virtually any MIDI : - : environment. SEND and RECEIVE channels Tuning iHzSteps • . ~3- >-l> -x.>,.W are programmable. LOCAL keyboard . 430-450 . .. - r control can be turned ON or OFF. And the — TTc : - ' -.BL - ‘ keyboard can be split intotwo MIDI ZONES • rans e ” emiones . . With separate SEND Channels, program LCD Display 16 Characters. 2 Lines ■ Ik. numbers, and high and low limits for each I ' j ZONE. The keyboard will also transmit MIDI Presets Cancel, 1 - 8 memorized - velocity information, and outboard MIDI ... , , Patch Library ' 8- g ***?!” modules can be silenced With the ORGAN 128 User Programmable 'I , SOLO control. A SYSTEM EXCLUSIVE DATA , Patches I 7 u"I OUT feature allows the player to send . BB>B% S complete preset and patch information in Leslie' siow/Fast ■ - , v- • * A '. . Ibatch form to external MIDI devices. - ' * *■ j ' f .r' -B' /B'-"*? 1 * - ' ■ ; ; . . .? Velocity MIDI Keyboard Off/1/2 •* Patch Library. • , Percussion On/Off •< * ‘ The XB-2 contains a built-in library of 128 . - . patches. Twenty-four of these are factory set ' Key split , On/Off . • XB-3 with * and represent the most commonly used B-3 - Split Point Assign * latest 5 channel Leslie $19,800 settings. The remaining patches can’be. ' Split Drawbar Set . * = *-—— l —— — o<>q QC - user-defined and saved either as patches, Octave Shift . Normai/up * ' oor-L . or as presets. Presets are accessible from LowerCancei On/Off * CjJNI Ljl $1995 . the eight controls on the front panel. — ; jr s r ■ y-x Digital Reverb 4 Intensity. Adjustable jf#. * JSJg _* Leslie Ready. 4 Programs Room/Live/ ' srvvnune/ruuic Any 11-pin Leslie tone cabinet can be Haii/Church * pr: jar WT'/w w '"‘ft. l * v-w-w plugged directly into the XB-2. An integral — it Wtir W-yL.JLL.M»S electronic circuit permits the Leslie effect to ■ Pitch Bend - - ±l-12 Semitones * . be heard even when connected to a' ' ————— — I anaroto Rd, i akapuna standard amp. Mod Wheel Ph (09) 4862285, (09) 4895919