Hammond XK-4
The Hammond XK-4 Portable Organ bridges tradition and cutting-edge technology, bringing the "King Of Instruments" to every musician in a compact and affordable package !
The XK-4 is equipped with a new sound engine we call "Modelled Tone Wheel 2 (MTW2)" precisely reproducing the 91 tone wheels at the heart of all vintage Hammond organs. This new technology allows the expression of imperfections giving vintage Hammonds their distinction, such as pitch fluctuations due to tone wheel backlash and volume fluctuations due to decentering.
The freedom to customize your tone has never been greater.
You can have all the "B-3" experience you've always wanted.
The XK-4 is equipped with eight discrete Leslie speaker models such as 122, 145, and 147 with variations of each.
You can program the volume, "fast and slow" rotation speeds, "ramp" up and down speeds, and microphone position for each horn and drum element.
The XK-4 uses real Beechwood for the side panels, in a warm nod to the fine cabinetry heritage of Hammond Organs
Hammond's proprietary "Chorus/Vibrato" and "Touch-Response Percussion" are included, with the ability to choose between three generations of the virtual Chorus/Vibrato scanner and the characteristics of the Percussion. You may also apply authentic vibrato for the transistor organ models and authentic tremulants for the pipe organs models.
Four distinct overdrive profiles: Tube, Solid, Clip, EP amp
• Multi effects 1: Tremolo, Wah, Ring Modulator, Compressor
• Multi effects 2: Phaser, Flanger, Chorus, Delay, Auto Pan
The XK-4 features a versatile array of output jacks, including L&R LINE OUT, ROTARY OUT and ORGAN PEDAL OUT, allowing easy connection to external amplifiers or sound reinforcement inputs determined by your needs. A HEADPHONE jack allows silent operation. An AUX IN jack with discrete volume control allows connection of external sound sources such as a music player, drum machine or cellular phone/tablet.
Exclusive jack for (optional) CU-1 "Half Moon" Leslie switch: This jack is pre-wired/programmed for the traditional (optional) CU-1 "Half Moon" switch requiring no additional programming.
- Intuitive and easy-to-understand user interface for easy access to all functions.
- A color display enables highly visible and intuitive operation, in both performance and programming situations.
- Pitch bend and programmable modulation wheels.
- User-assignable knobs and switches which can be used to control internal functions and external devices.
- A Master Equalizer providing tonal control of any performance environment.
- Our exclusive 9-level virtual multi-contact system expresses the distinctive feel of a vintage Hammond's multi-contact keyboards. Additionally, multi-contact feel on the pedals will be present if you connect any of our (optional) XPK-130G/XPK-200G/XPK-200GL MIDI pedalboards.
- The onboard Digital Leslie adopts a new-generation algorithm modeling the airflow of Leslie rotors, faithfully reproducing their unique tone and three-dimensional effect.
- A new tube modeling system reproducing "vacuum tube warmth"-highly desired by all Hammond players.
- An exclusive system emulating the "matching transformer" of vintage Hammond organs adds fullness to the sound.
- In addition to hyper-accurate drawbar tones, the XK-4 also features Italian, British, and Japanese transistor combo organ models, with the ability to register these instruments in the authentic manner.
- The XK-4 is equipped with multiple ranks of Classical and Theatre Pipe Organ tones, which can be registered in the traditional manner. These sounds may be custom tailored to your liking.
- Euroguitar Reference : 106849
