The Hammond SKX!
Open Box Special: SKX Pro from promotional display. Call us for details.
This is the instrument that really created some excitement at the
2018 Winter NAMM Show in Anaheim! With an MAP of just $2,995,
the New Hammond SKX is the natural extension of the very popular
Hammond SK2. 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 Tonewheel voices,
or with each other, in the twin Extravoice 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 Website. 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 Tonewheel, 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 Tonewheel” 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-VIBRATO
As the Virtual Tonewheel 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.
LESLIE™
77 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 backbone 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 www.hammondorganco.com, 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 Extravoice
Divisions.
●Over Drive ●Tremolo ●Auto Pan ●Wah-Wah ●Ring Modulator ●Phaser
●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 SUSTAIN
A 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” PORT
A 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 JACK
A 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)
MAP: $2,995 We have financing available with payments as low as $68.49 monthly. Church and Professional customers should ask us about our special Lease Program. Call now.