Vox CONTINENTAL-61, Owner'S Manual

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Detailed Functions  

3. ORGAN part

3. ORGAN part

1:

ORGAN type 
button, LEDs

This selects the ORGAN 
type.

CX-3

: Tonewheel organ

VOX

: VOX transistor organ

COMPACT

: Compact 

transistor organ

Note: 

Refer to “Touch 

sensors” (see page 15) for 
how the touch sensors 
operate on each organ type.

Note: 

The VOX and the 

COMPACT organs apply 
compression when you 
play several notes at a time.
This slightly decreases the 
individual volume of each 
note played.

2:

VARIATION 



, 



 buttons

3:

VARIATION display

Select the variation for the organ that you selected using the 
ORGAN type button.
The variation number is shown in the VARIATION display.

Note: 

When the ORGAN part is off, the VARIATION display 

will dimly light.

4:

LEVEL knob

This sets the volume for the ORGAN part.
The volume level is shown by the LEDs surrounding the knob.

5:

UPPER/LOWER button

There are two types of settings for the organ sounds, one for 
UPPER (the upper part of the keyboard) and one for LOWER 
(the lower part of the keyboard).



Press the UPPER/LOWER button to switch between 
playing the keyboard and using the drawbars (touch 
sensors) for either UPPER (upper part of the keyboard) or 
LOWER (lower part of the keyboard).

UPPER/LOWER button

When lit: 
Keyboard and drawbars  operate the LOWER side.
When dark: 
Keyboard and drawbars operate the UPPER side.

Note: 

The UPPER/LOWER button is enabled when the organ 

type is CX-3 or VOX.

Split off (when using the keyboard without splitting 
the sound)

Press the UPPER/LOWER button to switch between playing 
the entire keyboard and using the drawbars on either UPPER 
(the button goes dark) and LOWER (the button is lit).

Split on (when splitting the keyboard into UPPER 
and LOWER)

When split is on (see “6. SPLIT button” below), the higher 
notes will be assigned to the UPPER part, and the lower notes 
will be assigned to the LOWER part, with the dividing point 
being called the “split point”.

During split mode, press the UPPER/LOWER button to switch 
between using the drawbars on either UPPER (the button goes 
dark) and LOWER (the button is lit). This has no effect on the 
keyboard itself.

Playing 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 an external MIDI keyboard, press 
the UPPER/LOWER button (the button will blink) while 
pressing the EXIT button.
The LOWER drawbars will display, and you will be able to 
control them.

Note: 

Refer to “3. Lower part MIDI channel” (see page 20) for 

the settings in order to play instrument with UPPER and play 
an external MIDI keyboard with LOWER.

6:

SPLIT button

This splits (divides) the UPPER (upper part of the keyboard) 
and LOWER (lower part of the keyboard), assigning them to 
the higher notes and the lower notes on the keyboard.

Note: 

The SPLIT button is enabled when the organ type is 

CX-3 or VOX.

1

On the ORGAN part, select the organ type and variation.

2

Press the SPLIT button (the button will light).
The UPPER (upper part of the keyboard) will be assigned 
to the higher notes, and LOWER (lower part of the 
keyboard) will be assigned to the lower notes on the 
keyboard.

3

To set the split point (the note on the keyboard where the 
parts are divided), press a key while holding down the 
SPLIT button.
This note will be the lowest note of the new UPPER region.

7:

PERC/MTB button

Turning on/off the percussion

This switches the percussion on/off.

Note: 

This is enabled when the organ type is CX-3.

When percussion is turned on, a pitched attack will be added 
to the sound, making it sound more dynamic. When playing 
legato, the attack sound will be added to only the first note 
played in a phrase.

Note: 

This effect will be added only to the UPPER region of the 

keyboard.

Turning MTB on/off

This switches the MTB (Multi-Tone Booster) on/off.

Note: 

This is enabled when the organ type is COMPACT.

When this is on, the tone stop settings will be disabled, and a 
sound ranging from full and mellow all the way up to a 
characteristic sharp sound can be created.
Refer to “3) Compact” (see page 16) for how to operate the 
touch sensors.

8:

VIB/CHORUS button

This switches the vibrato/chorus effect on/off.
The effect will differ, depending on the organ type and 
variation.

Note: 

Only vibrato can be used with the VOX organ type.

9:

ROTARY button

This switches the rotary speaker simulation on/off for the 
organ.

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