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Anyone who has sat at the console of a vintage tonewheel console will immediately find the KeyB Duo very familiar. All the controls are exactly where you would expect to find them - with the addition of a few more to give you complete 'on the fly' control over your sound.
Specifications |
Sound Generation | |
Keyboards | Upper Keyboard - 61 notes (waterfall keyboard) |
Lower Keyboard - 61 notes (waterfall keyboard) | |
Optional Pedal Keyboard - 25 notes | |
Drawbars | Upper 2 sets of nine drawbars: |
Upper | 16’- 5(1/3)’- 8’ - 4’ - 2(2/3)’ - 2’ - 1(3/5)’ - 1(1/3)’ - 1’ |
Drawbars | Lower 2 sets of nine drawbars: |
Lower | 16’- 5(1/3)’- 8’ - 4’ - 2(2/3)’ - 2’ - 1(3/5)’ - 1(1/3)’ - 1’ |
Pedals | 2 drawbars: 16’ & 8’ |
Drawbar Set | Upper Drawbar Set A or Set B (via preset keys) |
Select | Lower Drawbar Set A or Set B (via preset keys) |
String Bass | String Bass On/Off, Length Control |
Vibrato/Chorus | Upper On/Off, Lower & Pedal On/Off |
Select, V-1, V-2, V-3, C-1, C-2, C-3 | |
Harmonic | On/Off, Volume Soft or Normal, Decay Fast or |
Percussion | Normal, Harmonic Percussion 2nd or 3rd |
Percussion Level and Percussion Decay | |
Effect Controls | Front Panel: |
Volume, Volume soft/normal, Reverb, Overdrive, Key | |
Click, Crosstalk, Bass, Treble, Pedal to Lower, Pedal | |
Rotary Simulation (with three-way switch), Tuning | |
Back Panel: | |
Gospel Drawbar Mode | |
Connectors | AC (110-240V) |
TRS Left & Right Balanced Line Out | |
TRS Balanced Line Out (Tone Generator Only) | |
11 pin Rotary Speaker connector | |
TRS Stereo Headphone | |
TRS Digital Expression Pedal | |
1/4" Rotary Simulation Footswitch | |
1/4" Sustain Pedal | |
USB Port (KeyB Organ Upgrade only) | |
Midi | 2 x MIDI OUT, 1 x MIDI IN, 1 x MIDI THRU |
1 x KeyB Organ Pedalboard IN | |
Dimensions | Width: 118cm |
Height: 19cm | |
Depth: 59cm | |
Weight | 26kg / 57 pounds |
If you have been playing a classic tonewheel organ, then you will feel at home with the KeyB Duo. The drawbars look and feel vintage with their original looking end caps and metal bars. It has two full sets of 9 drawbars for the upper keyboard, two full sets of 9 drawbars for the lower keyboard and 2 pedal drawbars.
Along with the best sound and being easy to play, the KeyB Duo has two heavy-duty 61-note keyboards with the feel of an organ, not a synthesizer or cheap portable keyboard. If you play pedals, then you can purchase the optional 25 full-sized console pedals. The KeyB pedals are heavy-duty and are same radius as the classic tonewheel organs, which makes playing the pedals feel right.
For authenticity the new KeyB Duo features two sets of reverse colour preset keys to the left of the upper and lower manuals.
Programmed with original settings it is very simple to make up your own drawbars combinations and save them to the presets - unlike an original tonewheel organ however, you do not need to open the back and play with patch wires! Just quickly record the setting and go.
Soft, unobtrusive LED's are incorporated in the key itself for low level lighting on stage.
Located right where they belong are the rocker tabs to control the 2nd and 3rd harmonic percussion. Soft and normal percussion volume, fast and slow percussion attack.
You can use vibrato/chorus independently for the upper and lower manuals or together just like the classic drawbar organ. Use the familiar rotary control to select all three Vibrato and Chorus settings.
The New KeyB Duo features a revolutionary Quick Release control unit which is free from cables! From here you can control the Rotary Speaker (external or internal) speed with original feeling SLOW - BRAKE - FAST switch. Also Direct and Direct Out decide how the pedals respond to audio and Midi.