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3.EX mode

Selecting a program

Here's how you can select and play program B-3 (number

3 of bank B).

1. From Normal mode, press the [EX MODE] key.

The [EX MODE] key LED will light, indicating you are

in the EX mode.

The display will show an “E” at the left, and the

program number.

If an LED is lit for a mode other than EX mode (i.e., if

the [EDIT] key or [GLOBAL] key LED is lit), press the

lit key once, or press the [EXIT] key and then press the

[EX MODE] key.

2. Use the [-] [+] keys to select bank B, and press the

PROGRAM [3] key.

Program B-3 will be selected, and the display will

show the program number and program name.

Playing

Playing Using the Program’s drawbar

settings

Here's how to play the drawbar settings saved with the

program, instead of using the Drawbar 1 and 2 settings of

the front panel.

1. In EX mode, select a program.

Use the [-] [+] keys to select a bank, and PROGRAM

[1]–[8] keys to select a number.

2. In the DRAWBAR SELECT section, press the

[DRAWBAR PRESET] key to make the key LED

light.

If you are not using the Split function, the keyboard of

the CX-3 will operate as the upper keyboard, so press

the upper [DRAWBAR PRESET] key for this example.

3. Play the keyboard.

You will hear the sound specified by the Drawbar 1

and EX Drawbar settings of the “EX DRAWBAR &

PERCUSSION” parameters.

If you are using the Split function, the notes to the

right of the split point will be the upper keyboard,

and the notes to the left of (and including) the split

point will be the lower keyboard.

The [DRAWBAR PRESET] key will automatically be

selected for the lower keyboard, and the lower

keyboard will play the “EX LOWER” parameter

settings of the program.

Since you can assign a separate MIDI channel to the

upper and lower keyboards, you can connect an

external MIDI keyboard to the CX-3 and use the

external MIDI keyboard to play the CX-3's lower

keyboard sound.

Play using Drawbar 1 and 2

We will use both Drawbar 1 and 2 of the front panel. The

EX mode footage and percussion settings are assigned to

Drawbar 2, letting you create richer and more expressive

sounds than in Normal mode.

1. In EX mode, press the [DRAWBAR 1] or [DRAW-

BAR 2] key of the upper DRAWBAR SELECT

section.

Notice that the LEDs of the two keys are lit.

2. While you play the keyboard, create the desired

sound by pulling out the Drawbar 1 and 2 bars of

the front panel.

Drawbar 1 will adjust the volume of the footage

printed on each bar.

For Drawbar 2, the EX Drawbars (the four bars at the

left) will adjust the volume of the corresponding

footage, and the EX Percussion (the five bars at the

right) will adjust the volume of the corresponding

percussion sound.

These bars are assigned as follows.

EX PercussionEX Drawbar

Drawbar 2

16’

5-1/3’

Depends on the setting of the

Ex Drawbar Type parameter*

Depends on the setting of the

Ex Drawbar Type parameter*

Depends on the setting of

the Ex Drawbar Type

2-2/3’ or 4’

*Refer to EX Edit mode Ex Drawbar Type (p.26), and Global mode Group 6 (p.35).

EX Drawbars

16'–4': The footage that is assigned to each of these

bars is specified by the “Ex Drawbar Type” param-

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