Hammond Skx PRO User manual

REFERENCE
GUIDE

IMPORTANT - PLEASE READ
Your Hammond SKX PRO is designed to give you the true and authentic
sound of Hammond Harmonic Drawbars, as well as provide you a large
variety of other sounds and features to allow great flexibility in how you
want to play. This Guide is designed to explain the operating features of
your Hammond SKX PRO as simply and graphically as possible.
Because we want to make this Guide as easy to understand as possible, the
explanations are grouped by subject matter, and not necessarily in the order
in which they appear in the Information Center Display (the screen on the
front panel). For example, all functions pertaining to Drawbars are grouped
together, all Percussion features are treated as a group, and so on.
Also, each feature is treated as an explanation unto itself, and does not
require you to have prior working knowledge of some other feature. The
explanations are presented such that, if you follow the steps outlined, the
message you see in the Information Center Display screen will be identical
to that shown in the keyboard at that stage of the explanation.
Do not be daunted by the number of steps required to perform each
operation. Each step is simple. Simply bear these things in mind:
2. Read each step carefully.
2. Don't skip any of the steps.
2. Don't perform the steps out of sequence.
With these guidelines, you are well on your way to mastering all of the many
sounds and features of your Hammond SKX PRO.

TABLE
OF
CONTENTS

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INTRODUCTION.........................................................................................................2
FrontPanel...................................................................................................... 2
ORGANVoiceSection......................................................................................... 2
PIANOVoiceSection......................................................................................... 2
ENSEMBLEVoiceSection...................................................................................... 2
MONOSYNTHVoiceSection.................................................................................... 3
FAVORITESSection.......................................................................................... 3
ALLOCATESection .......................................................................................... 3
INFORMATIONCENTERDISPLAY................................................................................. 3
AccessoryPanel................................................................................................... 4
ACPOWER............................................................................................... 4
ACIN............................................................................................4
PowerSwitch ......................................................................................4
AUDIOCONNECTIONS........................................................................................ 4
PHONESjack.......................................................................................4
LINEOUTjacks.....................................................................................4
LESLIE11-PINsocket ................................................................................ 4
ROTARYOUTjack...................................................................................4
ORGANPEDALOUTjack..............................................................................4
INDIVIDUALOUTjacks................................................................................5
AUXINjack........................................................................................5
CONTROLLERJACKS......................................................................................... 5
FOOTSWITCHjacks..................................................................................5
EXPPEDALjack.....................................................................................5
DAMPERPEDALjack.................................................................................5
MIDIPorts................................................................................................ 5
MIDIIN...........................................................................................5
MIDIOUT .........................................................................................5
USBPORTS............................................................................................... 5
TOHOST.......................................................................................... 5
TOFLASHDRIVE....................................................................................5
INTRODUCTION.........................................................................................................6
BasicHook-Up.................................................................................................... 6
ACPower................................................................................................. 6
AudioConnections........................................................................................... 6
Connectingtoanexternalsoundsource ...................................................................6
ConnectingaLeslieSpeaker............................................................................6
ConnectingaFootSwitch...................................................................................... 7
ConnectingaDamperPedal..................................................................................... 7
ConnectinganExpressionPedal.................................................................................. 7
ConnectingaMIDIpedalclavier.................................................................................. 7
OtherMIDIConnections....................................................................................... 7
ConnectingaSetofHeadphones................................................................................. 7
BasicControls.................................................................................................... 8
ON/OFFPowerSwitch ....................................................................................... 8
MASTERVOLUMEknob....................................................................................... 8
InformationCenterDisplay...................................................................................... 8
Drawbars................................................................................................. 9
Buttons.................................................................................................. 9
AdditionalControls................................................................................................. 10
OCTAVE/TRANSPOSEbuttons................................................................................. 10
AdditionalButtonControls..................................................................................... 10
CONTROL........................................................................................ 10
PEDALSUSTAIN................................................................................... 10
PEDALTOLOWER.................................................................................. 10
LOWERTOPEDAL.................................................................................. 10
USER........................................................................................... 10
PORTAMENTO..................................................................................... 10
PitchBend&ModulationWheels................................................................................ 11
USBPorts...................................................................................................... 11
TOFLASHDRIVE........................................................................................... 11
TOHOST................................................................................................ 11
Playingtheinstrument.............................................................................................. 12
POWER-AUTOOFF............................................................................................... 13
RecordingaSystemSetup........................................................................................... 15
INFORMATIONCENTERDISPLAY...........................................................................................18
MENU/EXIT,PLAYandENTERbuttons................................................................................... 18
MENU/EXIT............................................................................................... 18
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PLAY................................................................................................... 18
ENTER.................................................................................................. 18
DIRECTIONandPAGEbuttons......................................................................................... 19
DIRECTION(Cursor)buttons................................................................................... 19
PAGEbuttons............................................................................................. 19
DISPLAYMODES................................................................................................. 20
PLAYModes.................................................................................................... 21
PLAYMode-COMBINATIONPage............................................................................... 21
PLAYMode-ORGANPage.................................................................................... 22
PLAYMode-MONOSYNTHPATCHPage.......................................................................... 22
PLAY Mode - INTERNAL / EXTERNAL ZONES Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
MENUMode.................................................................................................... 24
PATCHEDIT.............................................................................................. 24
CUSTOM................................................................................................ 25
SYSTEM................................................................................................ 25
FILE................................................................................................... 26
FUNCTIONModes................................................................................................. 27
UsingtheDIRECTIONandPAGEbuttons........................................................................... 27
SelectingFUNCTIONModePages....................................................................... 27
SelectingPageswithineachFUNCTIONMode.............................................................. 31
UsingtheVALUEknobtoadjustParameters......................................................................... 33
“Shortcuts”..................................................................................................... 35
APP(APPLICATION)MENUS.......................................................................................... 36
VoiceSectionsandMANUAL................................................................................... 36
COMBINATIONAPPMENU.................................................................................... 36
ORGANAPPMENU......................................................................................... 37
PIANOAPPMENU.......................................................................................... 37
ENSEMBLEAPPMENU....................................................................................... 38
SYNTHAPPMENU......................................................................................... 38
CUSTOMEDITAPPMENU.................................................................................... 39
AccessingaPageRegisteredtoaFAVORITE............................................................... 39
Locking/UnlockingtheDisplay........................................................................................ 40
ALLOCATINGVOICESECTIONS............................................................................................42
UsingtheALLOCATEbuttons......................................................................................... 42
AllocatingVoices-UPPER........................................................................................... 43
AllocatingVoices-LOWER........................................................................................... 44
AllocatingVoices-PEDAL........................................................................................... 46
UsingtwoormoreVoiceSectionssimultaneously............................................................................ 47
AddingVoiceSectionstogether........................................................................................ 47
COMBINATIONS/PATCHES/BUNDLES/FAVORITES...........................................................................52
COMBINATIONS.................................................................................................. 52
COMBINATIONFUNCTIONMode................................................................................ 52
Accessing the COMBINATION FUNCTION Mode using the MENU/EXIT button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Accessing the COMBINATION FUNCTION Mode using the APP MENU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Accessing the COMBINATION FUNCTION Mode using the SHIFT button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
SETTING......................................................................................... 55
PATCH.................................................................................... 55
ALLOC.(Allocate)............................................................................ 56
VOL-Volume............................................................................... 57
VEL-VelocityCurve.......................................................................... 57
OCT-Octave............................................................................... 58
XPOSE-Transpose........................................................................... 59
KEYLO-KeyRangeLow...................................................................... 60
KEYHI-KeyRangeHigh....................................................................... 60
CONTROL........................................................................................ 61
EXP.MIN-ExpressionMinimumLevel............................................................. 61
DAMP.-Damper ............................................................................ 61
P.BEND-PitchBend.......................................................................... 62
MOD-ModulationWheel....................................................................... 62
REVERB......................................................................................... 63
Accessing the REVERB FUNCTION Mode Page using the MENU/EXIT button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Accessing the REVERB FUNCTION Mode Page using the Shortcut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Accessing the REVERB FUNCTION Mode Page using the APP MENU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Accessing the REVERB FUNCTION Mode Page using the SHIFT button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
SWITCH................................................................................... 65
DEPTH.................................................................................... 65
LEVEL.................................................................................... 66
TYPE..................................................................................... 67
TIME..................................................................................... 68
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PRE-LPF(LowPassFilter)...................................................................... 68
INTERNALZONES.................................................................................. 69
Accessing the INTERNAL ZONE FUNCTION Mode Page using the MENU/EXIT button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Accessing the INTERNAL ZONE FUNCTION Mode Page using the APP MENU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
OCTAVE-OctaveSetting....................................................................... 71
MONO/POLYPEDALMODE..................................................................... 72
PEDALSUSTAINLENGTH...................................................................... 72
LOWERTOPEDALLIMIT....................................................................... 73
PEDALTOLOWERLIMIT....................................................................... 74
PEDALTOLOWERMODE...................................................................... 74
EXTERNALZONES.......................................................................................... 75
Accessing the EXTERNAL ZONE FUNCTION Mode Page using the MENU/EXIT button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Accessing the EXTERNAL ZONE FUNCTION Mode Page using the APP MENU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
SW-ExternalZoneSwitch ..................................................................... 80
CH-ExternalZoneChannel..................................................................... 82
BNK-M-ExternalZoneBankSelectMSB........................................................... 82
BNK-L-ExternalZoneBankSelect(LSB)........................................................... 83
PROG - External Zone Program Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
ALC-ExternalZoneAllocate.................................................................... 84
OCT-ExternalZoneOctave..................................................................... 85
XPOSE-ExternalZoneTranspose................................................................ 86
LOW-ExternalZoneLowerNoteLimit............................................................. 86
HIGH-ExternalZoneUpperNoteLimit............................................................. 87
VOL-ExternalZoneVolume .................................................................... 87
PAN-ExternalZonePan....................................................................... 88
VEL-ExternalZoneVelocity.................................................................... 88
DAMP-ExternalZoneDamper................................................................... 89
BEND-ExternalZonePitchBend................................................................. 89
MOD-ExternalZoneModulationWheel............................................................ 90
EXP-ExternalZoneExpressionON/OFF............................................................ 90
E.MIN - External Zone Minimum Volume. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
E.MAX-ExternalZoneMaximumVolume........................................................... 91
E.CC - External Zone Expression Control Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
What Is the Difference Between “Volume” and “Expression?” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
SelectingaCombination...................................................................................... 93
SelectingaPatchwithinaCombination............................................................................ 96
CreatingaUserCombination................................................................................... 98
ExampleofRecordingaUserCombination.......................................................................... 99
COMBINATIONAPPMENU................................................................................... 101
INITIALIZECOMBINATION.................................................................................... 102
REGISTERPAGETOFAVORITE................................................................................ 103
PATCHES..................................................................................................... 105
VoiceSections........................................................................................... 105
CreatingaNewUserPatch................................................................................... 108
EditingaFactoryPatch...................................................................................... 112
RecordingaUserPatchtoaCombination.......................................................................... 116
PATCHLOADFUNCTIONMode................................................................................ 120
SECTION................................................................................. 121
OTHER................................................................................... 121
ORGANPATCHLOAD............................................................................... 122
REG.UPPER............................................................................... 122
REG.L/P.................................................................................. 122
DBPARAM................................................................................ 123
ANIMATION............................................................................... 123
PERCUSSION.............................................................................. 124
EFFECT.................................................................................. 124
BUNDLES..................................................................................................... 125
WhatIsA“BUNDLE?”...................................................................................... 125
CreatingandRecordingaBundle............................................................................... 125
FAVORITES.................................................................................................... 129
BANKbutton..................................................................................... 131
ACCESS........................................................................................ 134
MODE................................................................................... 134
BANK.......................................................................................... 135
PATCHNUMBER ........................................................................... 135
MENU................................................................................... 138
PAGE.................................................................................... 139
MANUALbutton................................................................................................. 140
INITIALIZEMANUAL........................................................................................ 140
ORGANVOICESECTION................................................................................................. 144
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ORGANVOLUMEknob............................................................................................. 144
PlayingtheORGANVoiceSection...................................................................................... 145
UsingDrawbars................................................................................................. 147
PLAYModeParameters............................................................................................ 149
PATCH................................................................................................ 149
PARTOCT.............................................................................................. 150
VOL.................................................................................................. 150
UPPER&LOWER......................................................................................... 151
PEDAL................................................................................................. 152
PATCHEDIT-ORGANFUNCTIONMode................................................................................. 153
Accessing the PATCH EDIT -ORGAN FUNCTION Mode using the MENU/EXIT button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Accessing the PATCH EDIT -ORGAN FUNCTION Mode using the Shortcut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Accessing the PATCH EDIT -ORGAN FUNCTION Mode using the APPMENU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Accessing the PATCH EDIT -ORGAN FUNCTION Mode using the SHIFT button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
GENERAL............................................................................................... 156
LOUDNESS...................................................................................... 156
VOLUME................................................................................. 156
PITCHBEND..................................................................................... 156
RANGEUP................................................................................ 156
RANGEDOWN............................................................................. 157
DRAWBARSParameters..................................................................................... 158
DRAWBARREGISTRATION........................................................................... 158
UPPER&LOWER.................................................................................. 159
TYPE.................................................................................... 159
ENVELOPE................................................................................ 160
WHATIS“KEYCLICK?”...................................................................... 160
LEAKAGELVL ............................................................................. 161
WHAT IS“LEAKAGE?”....................................................................... 161
CUSTOMORGANSET .............................................................................. 161
PEDAL ......................................................................................... 162
TYPE.................................................................................... 162
ENVELOPE................................................................................ 163
PEDAL .................................................................................. 164
CONTACT/SUSTAINParameters............................................................................... 165
V.MULTICON.................................................................................... 166
OFFSETTIME.............................................................................. 166
DAMPING................................................................................. 166
MODE................................................................................... 167
DEPTH................................................................................... 167
IMPEDANCE ..................................................................................... 168
AMOUNT................................................................................. 168
SUS.UPPER...................................................................................... 169
SWITCH.................................................................................. 169
LENGTH.................................................................................. 169
SUS.LOWER..................................................................................... 170
SWITCH.................................................................................. 170
LENGTH.................................................................................. 170
Vibrato&Chorus ................................................................................................ 171
TheVibratoandChorusControls...................................................................................... 171
AmountofVibratoandChorus........................................................................................ 173
Vibrato................................................................................................. 173
V-1(SmallVibrato)................................................................................. 173
V-2(WideVibrato)................................................................................. 173
V-3(FullVibrato).................................................................................. 173
Chorus................................................................................................ 174
C-1(SmallChorus)................................................................................ 174
C-2(WideChorus)................................................................................. 174
C-3(FullChorus).................................................................................. 174
SPECIAL NOTE - Vx., Farf., Aceand PipeOrgan Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
VIBRATO&CHORUSFUNCTIONModePage....................................................................... 175
Accessing the VIBRATO & CHORUS FUNCTION Mode Page using the MENU/EXIT button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Accessing the VIBRATO & CHORUS FUNCTION Mode Page using the Shortcut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Accessing the VIBRATO & CHORUS FUNCTION Mode Page using the APP MENU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
VIBRATO & CHORUS MODE, UPPER / LOWER ON / OFF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
TW.ORGAN...................................................................................... 178
TYPE.................................................................................... 178
RATE.................................................................................... 179
MIX..................................................................................... 179
PEDAL ......................................................................................... 180
VIBCHO.................................................................................. 180
TR.ORGAN ...................................................................................... 180
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RATE.................................................................................... 180
PIPEORGAN..................................................................................... 181
TREMRATE............................................................................... 181
MATCHINGTRANSFORMERFUNCTIONModePage................................................................... 182
WHATISA“MATCHINGTRANSFORMER?”........................................................................ 182
M.TRANS....................................................................................... 182
SWITCH.................................................................................. 182
DRIVELEVEL.............................................................................. 183
HYSTERESIS.............................................................................. 184
DEPTH......................................................................................... 185
ORGAN.UPPER............................................................................. 185
PERCUSSION.............................................................................. 185
ORGAN.LOWER............................................................................ 186
ORGAN.PEDAL............................................................................. 186
LESLIE....................................................................................................... 187
WhatIsA“LeslieSpeaker?” .................................................................................. 187
WhatAre“Horn”and“Bass?”................................................................................. 188
LESLIEbuttons........................................................................................... 189
BYPASS........................................................................................ 189
STOP .......................................................................................... 189
FAST........................................................................................... 189
LESLIEFUNCTIONModePage................................................................................. 190
Accessing the LESLIE FUNCTION Mode Page using the MENU/EXIT button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Accessing the LESLIE FUNCTION Mode Page using the Shortcut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Accessing the LESLIE FUNCTION Mode Page using the APP MENU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
BYPASS/ROTOR ................................................................................. 193
REVERB........................................................................................ 193
LESLIEONREV............................................................................ 193
CUSTOM ....................................................................................... 194
MULTIEFFECT1&2,OVERDRIVEandEQUALIZER.......................................................................... 195
ORGANTYPES.................................................................................................. 196
A-100,B-3,C-3,Mellow..................................................................................... 196
Accessing the Organ Types from a PLAY Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Accessing the Organ Types using the MENU/EXIT button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
SoundGroups.................................................................................... 199
ColorGroups..................................................................................... 200
WhiteDrawbars............................................................................ 200
BlackDrawbars............................................................................ 200
BrownDrawbars............................................................................ 201
ToneFamiliesByShape............................................................................. 201
TypicalDrawbarRegistrationPatterns................................................................... 202
Flutefamily ............................................................................... 202
Reedfamily............................................................................... 202
Diapasonfamily............................................................................ 203
Stringfamily............................................................................... 203
JazzandPopDrawbarRegistrations ............................................................. 204
PedalDrawbars................................................................................................. 204
Vx.................................................................................................... 205
Accessing the Vx Organ Type from a PLAY Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Accessing the Vx Organ Type using the MENU/EXIT button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Farf................................................................................................... 208
Accessing the Farf Organ Type from a PLAY Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Accessing the Farf Organ Type using the MENU/EXIT button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Ace................................................................................................... 211
Accessing the Ace Organ Type from a PLAY Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Accessing the Ace Organ Type using the MENU/EXIT button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Pipe.................................................................................................. 214
“Pipe”(classical).......................................................................................... 214
Accessing the Pipe Organ Type from a PLAY Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Accessing the Pipe Organ Type using the MENU/EXIT button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
F1-Classic...................................................................................... 216
“Pipe”(Theatre)........................................................................................... 217
F2-Theatre1.................................................................................... 219
F3-Theatre2.................................................................................... 219
ORGANSOLO.................................................................................................. 220
UsingORGANSOLO ....................................................................................... 221
ORGANAPPMENU............................................................................................... 222
INITIALIZEORGAN......................................................................................... 222
SNAPSHOTORGAN........................................................................................ 223
REGISTERPAGETOFAVORITE................................................................................ 223
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