Specifications

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Program Mode
The Program Editor
Number of Tone Wheels
ThisparameterletsyouspecifythenumberoftonewheelsusedbyaKB3program.Theclassic
tonewheelorgansused91tonewheels,thoughthelowest12wereforthepedalsonly.
Therefore,youmayfind79agoodnumberoftonewheelstospecifyforrealisticorgan
emulations.
Thiswouldleaveyou88voicesforotherprograms.Youcanspecifyupto91tone
wheels.ThenumberofPC3LEvoicesusedbyaKB3programis(numberoftonewheels+1)/2,
roundedtothenexthighestwholenumberiftheresultisafraction.So,for
example,with79
tonewheelsspecifiedyouwoulduse40voices.Keepinmindthatthesevoicesarepermanently
allocatedandrunningwhiletheKB3programisselected,andcannotbestolen.Theadditional
voiceusedbyKB3programsisforkeyclick.
Organ Map
Theorganmapcontrolstherelativeamplitude of
eachkey,perdrawbar.Likethewheelvolume
maps,thesemapsarebasedonmeasurementswe’vemadeonactualorgans.Equalusesthe
samevolumeforeachkeyanddrawbar,andisnotbasedonarealB3.Peck’sisagoodnormal
map,fromaB3ingoodcondition.Eric’s
isabitmoreidealized;it’ssmoothedout,butless
realistic.Bob’sismoreuneven,basedonanoldB3.
Wheel Volume Map
Thewheelvolumemapdeterminesthevolumelevelforeachtonewheel.We’veprovided
severaltonewheelvolumemapshere,basedonmeasurementswe’vetakenondifferentorgans.
Equalis
amapwithalltonewheelsatthesamevolume.It’snotbasedonarealB3.Brightisa
goodnormalmap,basedonaB3ingoodcondition.JunkyisbasedonaB3withanuneven,
rolled‐offresponse.MellowissomewherebetweenBrightandJunky.
You
canalsoapplyEQtocontrolwheelvolumesbasedonthefrequenciesofeachtonewheel.
SeeKB3Editor:TheEQPage on page 6‐69.
Globals
Thisisanothertoggle,whichaffectsLFO2,ASR2,FUNs2and4.Whenoff,thesethreecontrol
sourcesarelocal;theyaffecteachindividualnoteinthe
layersthatusethemasacontrolsource.
Theybeginoperatingeachtimeanoteinthatlayeristriggered.
WhentheGlobalsparameterissettoOn,thesecontrolsourcesbecomeglobal,thatistheyaffect
everynoteineverylayerofthecurrentprogram,notjusttheoneto
whichthey’reapplied.When
thesecontrolsourcesareglobal,theybeginoperatingassoonastheprogramisselected.When
Globalsareon,LFO2,ASR2,andFUNs2and4willappearontheirrespectivepagespreceded
bytheletterGtoindicatethatthey’reglobal.You’lluseglobalcontrol
sourceswhenyouwantto
affecteachnoteinagivenlayeruniformly,andlocalcontrolsourceswhenyouwanttoaffect
eachlayer’snoteindependentl y.
Lower Transpose / Upper Transpose
Thesetwoparametersletyoutransposetheupperand/orlowertonewheelsinsemitonesteps
awayfromtheirdefaulttunings.