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Quick Start

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 [DRA

WBAR 1] or [DRAW-

BAR 2] key of the upper DRA

WBAR 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 Percussion

EX 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’