Hammond XK-4 61-Key Portable Organ

The B-3 Experience in a 20 lb Portable Package

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.

Highlights and Features

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

All the Hammond Essentials

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)

Hammond XK-4 Overview