- 61-key Dual-manual Digital Organ.
The SKX Stage Keyboard – the smallest, lightest, full-featured
dual-manual in the company’s history. Evolving from the highly
successful line of Sk series Stage Keyboards, the SKX has
embraced design recommendations from Professionals and Hobbyists
alike. The result is a comprehensive instrument combining an
authentic Hammond Organ featuring 3 sets of Harmonic Drawbars,
Vibrato-Chorus, Touch-Response Percussion, and digital Leslie;
with a complete array of the most desired Keyboard Voices, such
as Grand Pianos, Electric Pianos, Clavs, Orchestral and
Percussive voices, and more. These may be combined with the Tone
wheel voices, or with each other, in the twin Extra voice
divisions. The Organ division is further equipped with 32 ranks
of Hi-Def Classical Pipe Organ voices, and accurate models of the
two most popular combo organs of the Sixties, which may be
registered and played exactly as the originals. Further
improvements are found in the expanded Voice Library memory
allowing users to install their choices of custom voices obtained
without charge from the Hammond. Multiple banks of favorite
preset collections are now standard, as is a new set of factory
presets created by Hammond’s Artist roster. New to this
instrument is the traditional 11-pin Leslie jack for connecting a
Leslie Speaker cabinet. The classic “Half-Moon” switch (optional)
can be added to control the speed of either the onboard digital
Leslie or external Leslie Cabinet. THREE SETS OF DRAWBARS The
Professional Organist desires an independent set of DRAWBARS for
each Manual as well as the Pedal clavier, The SKX offers exactly
that: REAL Drawbars in the style and operation of every classic
HAMMOND ORGAN, allow you to register each manual and the pedal in
the traditional manner. DUAL INDEPENDENT EXTRA VOICE DIVISIONS
The SKX features TWO independent EXTRA VOICE Divisions, allowing
you to layer different voices on one Manual, or assign a
different voice to either Manual. You may also combine the EXTRA
VOICES with the Tone wheel, Transistor or Pipe Organ voices.
Balance between the chosen EXTRA VOICES is easily controlled with
a dedicated MIX/BALANCE knob. EASY TO PLAY, READY FOR THE STAGE
The SKX is designed for smooth use onstage and off. Define your
10 most-used patches from the 100 “User” and 100 “Factory”
patches and assign them to the 10 “Favorite” quick-recall buttons
on the SKX control panel. Adding even more versatility, there are
now 10 “banks” of “Favorites” available for instant recall. The
New SKX also has an expanded EXTRA VOICE LIBRARY storage memory,
allowing you to load in more voices downloaded from the HAMMOND
website than previous models. THE VINTAGE SOUND, WITH NO MOVING
PARTS The SKX’s authentic HAMMOND tone is produced by a “Virtual
Tone wheel” Generator closely following Mr. Hammond’s original
design, but executing it in the Digital Realm, without moving
parts. This provides all the characteristics, and yes, all the
imperfections that have come to define the classic HAMMOND sound.
“Out of the box” the SKX is set to the same factory tolerances a
B-3 was set to during its production run, but the Digital control
allows you to tailor nearly every aspect of the tone to your
personal taste. Our Wave Composition system adds the popular
“Transistor Combo Organ” Voices, which you can register in the
original fashion, plus 32 ranks of High-Definition Digital
Classic Pipe Organ Voices. The SKX is perfectly at home in all
types of music, from Blues to Rock to Jazz and Sacred, and all
points in-between. PERCUSSION Hammond's exclusive Touch-Response
Percussion as found on vintage Hammonds is included, and its
parameters are user-tweakable. CHORUS-VIBRATOAs the Virtual Tone
wheel Generator provides tonal accuracy, the classic “Mechanical
Scanner” is precisely Digitally-Modeled, providing the timeless
Hammond Chorus-Vibrato effect. The effect may be applied
independently to each Manual, and again, nearly every aspect of
the effect can be tailored to your taste, including the
characteristics relating to “age and wear” so desired by
discerning players. LESLIE77 years of building Don Leslie’s
Masterpiece has given us the edge in developing its 21st Century
Digital Edition. The HAMMOND’S essential partner is yours at
every moment, with 8 factory profiles of the most famous Leslie
models (122, 147, et. al. ), and 8 User-definable profiles
allowing you to tailor the response matching the Hammond you
create with its perfect mate. The accuracy of sound is
remarkable. Of course, should you wish to hook up a physical
Leslie Cabinet, the traditional 11-pin jack is located on the
rear panel, and the onboard controls (including the optional CU-1
“half moon” switch) perform exactly as you expect. THE EXTRA
VOICE DIVISION The inclusion of Hi-Definition Acoustic and
Electric Pianos, Clav, Bass, and Accordion voices compliment the
Organ tones, and create in the SKX a comprehensive foundation
keyboard, the back of any serious keyboard rig. The SKX’s
keying system replicates the feel of a weighted keyboard when
playing piano-type voices, yet remains supple and responsive to
every Hammond Organ technique. Stepping further, the most-wanted
Orchestral Voices-Strings, Woodwinds and Brass are represented,
many featuring Hammond’s exclusive ProChord, which brings complex
voicing to single key play based on the chords YOU provide. An
extensive Library of elective EXTRA VOICES is available without
charge from to expand the SKX in directions YOU choose. DIGITAL
EFFECTS Two independent high-quality DSP units are aboard to
provide Overdrive and other multi-effects to both the Organ and
Extra voice Divisions. ●Over Drive ●Tremolo ●Auto Pan ●Wah-Wah
●Ring Modulator ●Phase ●Flanger ●Chorus ●Delay ●Reverb
PERFORMANCE OPERATIONS OCTAVE Digital Control allows flexibility
of performance a Vintage Hammond is incapable of. You may
independently raise or lower the Upper and Lower Manual’s range
by one octave, allowing greater comfort of playing. PEDAL
SUSTAINA popular option for playing the Pedals or Manual Bass is
Pedal Sustain, which allows the Pedal voice to smoothly decay
upon release, much in the manner of a string bass. MANUAL BASS
Allows the PEDAL part to be played on the LOWER manual of the
SKX. You can choose from 3 modes, : Lowest played note only /
Chord / Root notes as discriminated by chord played. LOWER to
PEDAL Couples the LOWER manual registration to the PEDAL Part.
TRANSPOSE Allows you to shift the entire pitch of the keyboard to
match singers, soloists and the other instruments, or to simplify
key changes. MASTER EQUALIZER Bass/Mid Gain/Mid Frequency/Treble
PROCHORD Certain Extra Voice instruments are enhanced with the
ProChord function. This allows complex voicings to be played with
one finger, based on chords played on the lower manual. 26
distinct chords are “parsed” by the ProChord function, with
proper passing tones provided to insure proper enharmonic
continuity. MIDI MASTER KEYBOARD External Zones are available to
enable the SKX to be used as a MIDI master keyboard. 3 on the
Upper Keyboard, 2 on the Lower Keyboard, and 1 on the Pedal
Clavier. USB TYPE “A” PORTA USB Type “A” port is included,
intended for saving/loading setups, system updates, downloaded
Extra Voice libraries, and the music player. The Music Player
allows WAV/MP3 audio files to be controlled and played through
the SKX Audio Outputs. LESLIE 11-PIN JACKA standard 11-pin Leslie
jack is included on the rear panel. Attaching a Leslie here
disables the Digital Leslie effect from the output, and allows
the Leslie Cabinet to respond to the onboard Leslie Controls. If
the attached Leslie is a 1-channel Model, the EXTRAVOICE Division
remains at the LINE OUT Jacks. (requiring an additional
non-rotary keyboard amplifier such as the Leslie Model LS2215 or
LS2012)
