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Selecting and Playing Sounds  

1. Selecting a sound

Selecting and Playing 
Sounds

1. Selecting a sound

The VOX Continental features four sound parts, ORGAN, E. 
PIANO, PIANO and KEY/LAYER. You can select a variation 
for each part to play.

1

Press a part select button 
to turn on the part you 
wish to play. (the button 
will light)
Pressing down two part 
select buttons at the 
same time (the button 
will light) will allow you 
to play a layered sound 
with both parts (for 
instance, piano and strings together).

2

Turn the LEVEL knobs to adjust the volume of each sound 
part.
Use the master control VOLUME knob to adjust the overall 
volume.

3

Press the type buttons for each sound part to select the 
sound type.
The LED on the respective button will light when the type 
is on.
For example, the types that can be selected for the ORGAN 
part are shown below. 
CX-3: Tonewheel organ
VOX: transistor organ
COMPACT: transistor organ
See the pages listed below for other parts.
E. PIANO part (See page 14)
PIANO part (See page 14)
KEY/LAYER part (See page 14)

4

Press the VARIATION 

 buttons to select the variation.

The variation number will be shown in the VARIATION 
display.

Note: 

Changing parts or variations will have no effect on the 

settings in EFFECTS control, or on the octave or transpose 
settings.

2. Selecting the scene

Scenes are used to store your favorite variations or effect 
settings and instantly recall them. There are 16 scenes (4 scenes 
× 4 banks).

Tip: 

Each scene is already set by factory default, but you can 

overwrite them.

1

Press the BANK 

 buttons to select a bank (from A to 

D). (The LEDs on banks A–D will light)

2

Press a button from SCENE 1–4 to select a scene (from 1 to 
4).
The saved scene will be recalled, allowing you to play the 
sound.

Note: 

If you change the part variation, effect, octave and other 

settings, the currently selected SCENE button will blink. Press 
the blinking SCENE button to undo the changes and revert to 
the saved state.

Note: 

For details on how to save a scene, see page 11. Scenes 

do not contain EQ or other settings.

3. Using controllers

Touch sensors

On the ORGAN part, the touch sensors are used to adjust the 
drawbars. On the KEY/LAYER part, the touch sensors adjust 
the filter, EG and LFO. 
The overall audio output characteristics are adjusted using the 
nine-band equalizer.

Adjusting the organ drawbars

1

Turn the ORGAN part select button on.

2

Use the type button to select the ORGAN type.

Note: 

The drawbar operations will differ with each organ 

type. (See page 15)
Select the variation that will be the starting point for 
adjusting the drawbars, as necessary. Use the VARIATION 

 buttons to select. The drawbar settings will switch to 

the settings that are saved for that variation.

3

Press the UPPER/LOWER button to switch between 
playing either UPPER (upper part of the keyboard) or 
LOWER (lower part of the keyboard).
The button will go dark for UPPER, and the button will 
light for LOWER.

Note: 

The UPPER/LOWER button can be used when the 

organ type is CX-3 or VOX.

Tip: 

Refer to page 20 for how to create a split or how to 

control an external MIDI keyboard as LOWER.

4

Select ORGAN using the CONTROL button.

Tip: 

The drawbar names for each ORGAN type (CX-3, 

VOX and COMPACT) are shown above each touch sensor. 
(See the upper right side of the following diagram.)

Part select
buttons

1

4

3

2

Type

buttons

Variation

number

Part

ORGAN

E.PIANO

PIANO

KEY/

LAYER

SCENE BANK 

 buttons

SCENE 1–4
buttons

1

2

Summary of Contents for CONTINENTAL-61

Page 1: ...a Scene 11 Saving a scene to the SCENE 1 4 buttons 11 Listening to the demo songs 11 Playing back the demo songs 11 Detailed Functions 12 1 Master control 12 2 Part select 12 3 ORGAN part 13 4 E PIAN...

Page 2: ...Model VOX CONTINENTAL 61 VOX CONTINENTAL 73 This device complies with Part 15 of FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 t...

Page 3: ...unction About the Owner s Manual The VOX Continental Owner s Manual is organized as follows VOX Continental Owner s Manual printed this document VOX Continental MIDI Setting Guide PDF VOX Continental...

Page 4: ...in full stereo sound across the keyboard for both delicate and powerful richly expressive sound See page 14 6 KEY LAYER part Selects various types of sound variations such as clavinet brass strings s...

Page 5: ...rt of the keyboard 3 Lower part MIDI channel see page 20 MIDI IN OUT connectors 5 USB USB A port Connect an USB storage device such as a USB flash drive commercially available to save and load scene d...

Page 6: ...he DAMPER jack When you press the pedal the notes you ve pressed will be sustained so that they will continue even after you take your hands off the keyboard Tip With the Korg DS 1H damper you ll be a...

Page 7: ...will light and the keyboard will be ready to play once a number is shown in the VARIATION display 3 Turn on the power of the external output devices that are connected to the OUTPUT jacks of the VOX...

Page 8: ...2 Press a button from SCENE 1 4 to select a scene from 1 to 4 The saved scene will be recalled allowing you to play the sound Note If you change the part variation effect octave and other settings the...

Page 9: ...he lever will move back to center position when released The functions that are changed by the bend lever will differ depending on which part is on ORGAN part Switches the rotary speaker simulation be...

Page 10: ...REVERB button 2 Select the effect type Press the type button to select the effect type Note When you switch to a different effect the factory default settings for that effect will be applied To set th...

Page 11: ...ble See page 23 Listening to the demo songs Playing back the demo songs The VOX Continental comes with 16 demo songs that are appropriate for each sound on the keyboard Organ sounds 4 electric piano s...

Page 12: ...dynamics effect of the DYNAMICS knob on or off Note The DYNAMICS settings are not saved in scenes This will always be off when the power is turned on Turning this button on will cause the dynamics to...

Page 13: ...aying the VOX Continental with UPPER and playing an external MIDI keyboard with LOWER Turn the UPPER LOWER button off and set the VOX Continental and the drawbars to UPPER To control the drawbars of a...

Page 14: ...ON display Select the variation for the acoustic piano you selected with the PIANO type button The variation number is shown in the VARIATION display Note When the PIANO part is off the VARIATION disp...

Page 15: ...CX 3 Each drawbar can be used to add overtones to the basic sounds The drawbar pitches are listed below 16 5 1 3 8 4 2 2 3 2 1 3 5 1 1 3 1 UPPER the upper part of the keyboard and LOWER the lower par...

Page 16: ...to use the touch sensors Note The settings shown here are saved when a scene is saved Amp EG Adjusts the amp EG of the variation This sets how the volume will change over time 1 ATTACK Sets whether t...

Page 17: ...ed when the power is turned off and will be recalled when the instrument is turned on 8 Scene select Up to 16 sounds that are set on the VOX Continental can be saved and you can recall those settings...

Page 18: ...fault settings for that effect will be applied 3 EFFECT knob Adjusts the effect that you select using the EFFECT type button The way the sound changes will differ depending on the effect type and vari...

Page 19: ...sed in some guitar amps and organs Press the EXIT button to exit from type selection 7 REVERB knob Adjust the amount of reverb The way the sound changes will differ depending on the effect type and va...

Page 20: ...ION buttons For minus values a dot appears beside the number on the right side of the cent value in the VARIATION display Press the VARIATION and buttons at the same time to reset the value to 0 3 Pus...

Page 21: ...N buttons 1 2 3 These curves produce an effect when you play strongly 4 This is the typical curve 5 6 These curves let you produce dynamic change without having to play very hard 7 This curve provides...

Page 22: ...hen bring the pedal all the way down towards you When calibration is finished the SCENE 3 button will light 10 When all pedals have been calibrated you will be able to play the keyboard again after se...

Page 23: ...sage Err will be shown in the VARIATION displays of the PIANO and KEY LAYER parts Press the EXIT button to escape and format the storage media on your computer If there is very little free space remai...

Page 24: ...ause the delay time is being abruptly changed and becomes non continuous This is not a malfunction The sound is distorted Are the inputs of the mixer powered monitor speakers and so on being overloade...

Page 25: ...CHORUS PHASER FLANGER COMP DRIVE WAH controllable via pedal Master effects DELAY 1 DELAY 2 CROSS 3 TAPE 4 MOD DLY REVERB 1 HALL1 2 HALL2 3 ROOM1 4 ROOM2 5 SPRING EQ 9 band stereo input output VALVE DR...

Page 26: ...ifications Error messages Accessories All product and company names are the registered trademarks of their respective companies Damper pedal KORG DS 1H Pedal switch KORG PS 1 PS 3 Keyboard stand ST Co...

Page 27: ...2017 VOX AMPLIFICATION LTD 3 E...

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