HAMMOND XK-4 | Portable Organ Keyboard

XK-4

61-Key Portable Organ Keyboard

Thrill yourself and your audience with the Hammond XK-4, a single-manual portable organ with the sound, the feel, and the soul of a B-3 in a 20 lb compact and cost-effective package—the perfect instrument for gigging musicians who want the classic Hammond sound onstage. All the Hammond essentials are there: 91 virtual tonewheels, 9 drawbars, chorus/vibrato, touch-response percussion, and a built-in digital Leslie.

The Modeled Tone Wheel 2 (MTW2) engine emulates the charm and imperfections that give vintage Hammonds their distinction, such as pitch fluctuations due to tone-wheel backlash and volume fluctuations due to decentering. And with a 61-key virtual-multicontact system expressing the distinct feel of a traditional Hammond electromechanical keyboard, the XK-4 is a modern instrument that truly sounds and plays like a 60-year old classic. The XK-4 uses real Beechwood for the side panels, in a warm nod to the fine cabinetry heritage of Hammond Organs.

• Traditional drawbar organ tone reproduced in detail by the Modeled Tone Wheel 2 (MTW2) sound engine
• Virtual multicontact system for the feel of vintage Hammond multicontact keyboards
• Additionally, multicontact feel on the pedals will be present if you connect any of Hammond's XPK-130G / XPK-200GL / SK25 MIDI pedalboards (all available separately)
• Intuitive and easy-to-understand user interface for easy access to all functions
• Color display enables highly visible and intuitive operation in both performance and programming situations
• User-assignable knobs and switches, which can be used to control internal functions and external devices
• Master Equalizer provides tonal control for any performance environment
• Pitch-bend wheel and programmable modulation wheel
• Proprietary system emulates the matching transformer of vintage Hammond organs to add fullness to the sound
• Tube-modeling system reproduces the vacuum-tube warmth highly desired by Hammond players
• In addition to hyperaccurate drawbar tones, the XK-4 also models Italian, British, and Japanese transistorized combo organs
• A full range of Classical Pipe Organ voices and a range of Theatre Pipe organ voices are also included
• A standard AC cable (IEC C14) is used for power connection, and the built-in universal power supply automatically adapts to the voltage of each country

Chorus/Vibrato and Touch-Response Percussion

Hammond’s proprietary Chorus/Vibrato and Touch-Response Percussion are included, with the ability to choose between three generations of the virtual Chorus/Vibrato scanner; and the characteristics of the Percussion. You may also apply authentic vibrato for the transistor organ models and authentic tremulants for the pipe-organ models.

Overdrive and Effects

• Four distinct overdrive profiles: Tube, Solid, Clip, EP amp
• Multi effects 1: Tremolo, Wah, Ring Modulator, Compressor
• Multi effects 2: Phaser, Flanger, Chorus, Delay, Auto Pan

Digital Leslie

• The XK-4 is equipped with eight discrete Leslie speaker models such as 122, 145, and 147 with variations of each. You can program the volume, fast and slow rotation speeds, ramp-up and ramp-down speeds, and microphone position for each horn and drum element.

Leslie 11-Pin Terminal

• A proprietary 11-pin Leslie speaker cable (available separately) can be used to connect a Leslie speaker cabinet

Connections

• The XK-4 features a versatile array of output jacks, including L/R Line Out, Rotary Out, and Organ Pedal Out, allowing easy connection to external amplifiers or sound-reinforcement inputs
• Jack prewired/programmed for the traditional CU-1 Half Moon Leslie switch (available separately)
• A headphone jack allows silent operation
• An aux-in jack with discrete volume control allows connection of external sound sources such as a music player, drum machine, or phone/tablet
• USB-B and USB-A ports for storage and MIDI-over-USB functions (Mac/Windows)

Specifications

• Keyboard
  • 61 Organ Keys with Semi-Weighted Action
• Touch Sensitivity
  • Yes
• Expression Controls
  • 1x Pitch Bend
  • 1x Modulation
  • 9x Digital Drawbar
  • 4x Button
• Display
  • Color LCD
• Number of Sounds, Kits, or Samples
  • 100x Factory Sound Preset
  • 100x User Sound Preset
• Maximum Polyphony
  • Organs: 61 Voice
• Built-In Effects
  • Chorus, Compressor, Delay, Drive/Overdrive, EQ, Flanger, Phaser, Ring Modulator, Tremolo, Vibrato, Wah-Wah
• Performance Functions
  • Octave Shift, Split, Transpose
• Audio I/O
  • 1x 1/4" Headphone Output
  • 2x 1/4" Stereo Line Output
  • 1x 1/8" / 3.5 mm Aux Input
• Pedal Support
  • 1x 1/4" Sustain
  • 1x 1/4" Expression
  • 2x 1/4" Footswitch
• MIDI I/O
  • 1x DIN 5-Pin Input
  • 1x DIN 5-Pin Output
• USB I/O
  • 1x USB-B (Host Connection)
  • 1x USB-A (External Memory)
• AC Input Power
  • 100 to 240 VAC, 50 / 60 Hz
• Dimensions
  • 39.5 x 12.7 x 4.3" / 100.4 x 32.2 x 10.9 cm
• Weight
  • 20.7 lb / 9.4 kg