managing drawbar presets by HX3 controller

[gabriele]

Hi to everybody,
this is my first topic in this useful forum.
My question is especially referred to HX3 expander owners.
I'd like to buy the bundle "HX3 expander + drawbar controller" but I don't understand in the owner manual if the controller can manage the 15+15 drawbar presets of the expander. Same thing for the "HX3 drawbar expander" equipped with upper+lower+pedal set of drawbars.
Thank you for your help.

Best regards to the community!
Gabriele

[happyfreddy]

Hi

The MIDI Routing for normal HX 3 Expander is "one way " :
MIDI KEY --> Drawbar Controller -- > HX 3 Expander
The Presets are chosen direct at HX 3 Expander ( not at Drawbarcontroller )
If any drawbar from Drawbarcontroller is driven, the value for this drawbar in HX 3 Expander is overwritten ( but not stored ! )
So any recall of that preset will give the old values

MIDI Routing for Drawbar-Expander is same " one way "
MIDI KEY -- > Drawbar Expander
For the Presets ( 4 general Presets ) there is a separate button to chose the wanted preset
If no Preset is chosen the drawbars are in " LIVE " Mode

If any preset is chosen a changed value at drawbars will also overwrite the stored value from preset ( but also not stored in preset ! )
A recall of preset will be same as at Drawbarcontroller with HX 3 Expander and will give the old values.

[gabriele]

Thanks Happyfreddy for information on MIDI routing.
Anyway, for the Drawbar-Expander is the dial knob near the display to choose presets, right?
I wonder if it's possible to add the "Preset16" board to the Drawbar-Expander module in order to recall presets in an easier and faster way, such as Hammond inverted keys.

Best regards,
gabriele

[happyfreddy]

Hi
Right , the dial knob is besides Display and You can turn it and push it too (details in user manual )

Sorry , I must correct my former posting
The drawbar expander has no 4 general presets with separate buttons
Only normal buttons like Perc , Vib etc are realized.
In normal use of this panel in organs the four buttons for VIB / CHORUS are used for those general presets.
In drawbar expander is a other software used to realize the function of the rotary VIB/CHORUS by 4 buttons

Prinzipially it will be possible to change that if a real rotary switch is used.
To realize real inverted Hammond keys for preset You must buildt up Your own expander in special way.
Such thing is possible - no question - and Your task to realize it ( mechanically )
The result will be a organ model without keys. Negative preset key also can be realized as buttons.
The software configuration of those organ expander will be :
normal organ but MIDI IN for the keys

[gabriele]

Thanks again Happyfreddy!
Therefore to build a double-manual clone starting from the "Drawbar-Expander", and to avoid MIDI connections, I could plug a "fatarscan2" inside the HX3-mk4 board of the expander, using two Fatar 61TP/80 as upper/lower keybed, right?

[happyfreddy]

Hi
When buildt in a FATAR SCAN board You realize a real organ.
Things I mean was to buildt up like a expander with all needed features but without any key
The input from a midi key will then run via MIDI same as at normal expander

Any way the HX3 mainboard must be programmed with the correct software .
So it´s best to tell what You want to realize when ordering Your basket

[gabriele]

Yes, my idea is to realize a real organ, without the use of MIDI between keybeds and HX3 board in the drawbar-expander to reduce latency.

thanks for all your replies

[happyfreddy]

@gabriele
I´ve sent You a PN