Hammond XK-2 - Color Groups; White Drawbars; Black Drawbars

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Hammond XK-2 Quick Features Guide
TRY THIS:
1. Make sure all Drawbars, are "IN" (off) and that the LED above the UPPER Touch Button in the
DRAWBAR SELECT Group is “ON.”
2. Hold down a C chord, starting with E above middle "C,” ("E,” "G" & "C" notes) with your right hand on
the manual.
3. Starting with the 8' Drawbar, pull out and push in each of the FOUNDATION Drawbars one group at a
time until you have a sound that you like.
4. While still holding the "C" chord down, pull each of the brown SUB Drawbars out until you like the
sound.
5. Now do the same with the BRILLIANCE Drawbars.
It's that easy to create your own custom Drawbar settings.
Color Groups
Ë White Drawbars
The first white Drawbar represents the "fundamental" or "8' base" tone. All of the
other white Drawbars are octave intervals or harmonics of the fundamental tone.
The tonal brilliance is greatly increased by adding white Drawbars, but the harmonics
added are always in "consonance" or harmony.
TRY THIS:
1. Make sure all Drawbars are pushed "IN" (off) and that the LED
above the UPPER Touch Button in the DRAWBAR SELECT Group is “ON.”
2. Hold down middle "C" on the Upper Manual.
3. Pull the first white Drawbar in the UPPER DRAWBARS group, marked “8'”, all the way out.
4. Now, one by one, pull the other Upper white Drawbars out in sequence.
As you add each Drawbar, you will hear the addition of the same note an octave higher in each case.
Ë Black Drawbars
The Black Drawbars represent the dissonant (discordant) harmonics which are also
necessary in building rich tone colors.
The mellowness of a horn, the pungency of strings, and the brilliance of reed voices
owe much of their character to the presence of these harmonics in different degrees.
TRY THIS:
1. Make sure all Drawbars are pushed "IN" (off) and that the LED
above the UPPER Touch Button in the DRAWBAR SELECT Group is “ON.”
2. Hold down middle "C" on the manual.
3. Pull the first white Drawbar, marked “8'”, all the way out.
4. Now pull the 3 Black Drawbars all the way out.
The sound produced by the Drawbars is that of a clarinet.