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 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.
- Traditional drawbar organ tone reproduced in detail by the new sound engine “MTW2”.
- 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.
- Hammond's exclusive 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 Hammond (optional) XPK-130G/XPK-200GL/SK25 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.
- 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.
