Korg EASYSTART CX-3 manual

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    EasyStart CONTENTS Making connec tions 2 Playing the demo songs 2 Selecting Program s, “Signature” Pre sets 2 CX-3 Preamp types, A word o n Expression/Overdrive 3 Understanding the Drawbar Select switc hes 3 Understanding the Rotary switches 3 Editing the Drawbar setti ngs of a Program 4 Splitting the keyboard, Changin g Split Point, Changin g [...]

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    CX3 EasyStart 2 Making connections 1. Connect the CX-3’s L and R outputs to a stereo monitoring system, or plug in headphones to the headphone jack, located on the left front edge. 2. Connect the included OXP-1 expression pedal (or any compatib le expression/CV pedal) to the appropriate jack on t he rear panel. ! You may need to calibrate the CX-[...]

  • Page 3

    CX3 EasyStart 3 The CX-3 features two types of preamp sounds… Type 1 models the classic tonewheel organ through a rotary speaker. Type 2 models the classic British Rock sound of a tonewheel organ run through both a rotary speaker and a tube gui tar amplifier. For a couple examples of the Type 2 sound, try Presets A7 – DS Balls! , B7 – Turkish[...]

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    CX3 EasyStart 4 ! The Rotary Stop function can be assigned to a second PS-2 footswitch on a per-Program basis, for hands-free Rotary control! Editing the Drawbar settings of a Program: “ Live” drawbars in Drawbar Pres et mode 1. Press the [EDIT] key, then press key #2. The Display reads “UPP ER” and shows a graph of the programmed drawbar l[...]

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    CX3 EasyStart 5 Using another keyboard as the ‘Lower Manual’ …Taking advantage of the two independent tone generators: 1. Using a short MIDI cable, connect the MIDI Out of any MIDI ke yboard/controller to the MIDI In of the CX-3 and set its MIDI channel to Ch. 2. 2. The parameter for the MIDI Channel of the CX-3’s Lower t one generator defa[...]