At Music Experience, the name Hammond commands respect. It’s synonymous with the classic tonewheel organs such as the B-3 that played an outsized role in the music revolution of the 1960s and ’70s. In the digital era, Hammond assumed a leadership role in developing cutting-edge “clonewheel” organs that deliver those legendary organ sounds. Now, the B-3 experience reaches a breathtaking new level of realism with the Hammond XK-4 Portable Organ.
Equipped with Hammond’s powerful next-gen Modeled Tone Wheel 2 (MTW2) sound engine, the XK-4 brings sounds to life by meticulously reproducing the 91 tone wheels that drove all vintage Hammond organs. This advanced technology re-creates imperfections such as pitch and volume fluctuations that gave vintage Hammonds their distinctive sound. It also gives you unfettered freedom in customizing your tone. Hammond’s latest tube modeling system reproduces coveted vacuum tube warmth, while vintage Hammond “matching transformer” emulation fleshes out the sound with fullness and harmonic richness. Add in the tactile feedback of nine real drawbars, and you have the hands-on ability to tweak your tonewheel organ sounds to perfection in real time.
Hammond’s proprietary 9-level virtual multi-contact system delivers the distinctive feel of the mechanical multi-contact keyboard of a vintage Hammond organ. What’s more, if you connect any of the optional Hammond MIDI pedalboards, you’ll also get multi-contact feel on the pedal keyboard. Of course, the latest cutting-edge Digital Leslie algorithm is onboard, and it painstakingly models the airflow of Leslie rotors, faithfully reproducing their unique tone and 3-dimensional effect. Complete with the latest Digital Leslie and a selection of Italian, British, and Japanese transistor combos as well as classical and theater pipe organs, the Hammond XK-4 is a stunning achievement, and a worthy inheritor of the title, “King of Instruments.”.
The XK-4 is equipped with the new sound “Modelled Tone Wheel 2 (MTW2)” engine 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.
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 modelsd
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 elementd
The XK-4 uses real Beechwood for the side panels, in a warm nod to the fine cabinetry heritage of Hammond Organs.
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.
This jack is pre-wired/programmed for the traditional (optional) CU-1 “Half Moon” switch requiring no additional programming..
An exclusive 11-pin Leslie speaker cable (sold separately) can be used to connect a Leslie speaker cabinet. Such connection automatically removes the Drawbar and Transistor voices from the Line Out Jacks, and disables the on-board Digital Leslie. When connected as such, the “bypass” switch returns the voices to the Line Out jacks without the Digital Leslie applied. The Pipe Organ Voices remain exclusively output at the Line Out jacks.
Setups, patches, custom tone wheels, etc. can be saved to USB memory or PC/Mac. MIDI can also be directly connected to a PC/Mac with a single USB cable.
Selection A standard AC cable (IEC C14) is used for power connection. It will automatically adapt to the power supply voltage of each country..
| Number of Keys | 61 |
|---|---|
| Type of Keys | Semi-weighted, Waterfall-style |
| Other Controllers | Pitchbend, Mod wheel, Leslie (bypass, stop, fast) |
| Presets | 100 x Factory, 100 x User |
| Polyphony | 120 Notes Piano, 34 Notes Synth |
| Effects | Vibrato, Chorus, Overdrive, Matching Trance, Leslie, Reverb, Equalizer |
| Audio Inputs | 1/8" TRS (AUX) |
| Audio Outputs | 2 x 1/4" (R, L/mono), 1 x 1/4" (rotary), 1 x 1/4" (organ pedal) |
| Pedal Inputs | 1 x 1/4" (expression), 1 x 1/4" (damper), 1 x1/4" (foot switch), 1 x 1/4" (leslie switch) |
| MIDI I/O | In/Out/USB |
| USB | 1 x Type B (to host), 1 x Type A (to flash) |
| Storage | USB Flash |
| Power Supply | Standard IEC AC cable |
| Height | 4.3" |
| Width | 39.6" |
| Depth | 12.7" |
| Weight | 20.72 lbs. |
| Manufacturer Part Number | XK4 |
