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KeyB Duo

KeyB Duo Mark III

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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

Full set of drawbars

Drawbars

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.

Waterfall keyboards

Waterfall Keys

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.

Reverse Colour Preset Keys

Reverse Colour Preset KeysFor 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.

Harmonic Percussion

Percussion Controls 

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.

Volume, vibrato and chorus

Vibrato and Chorus Controls

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.

Real-time controls

Controls

In response to your requests we have added a number of real time controls to the left hand panels of the organ.

Next to the upper manual you will find:

Master Volume, Reverb level, Key Click Level, Overdrive level, Crosstalk Level, Transpose/clonewheel control (you can have three different organ models loaded into the KeyB)

Pitch Bend which now controls local sound for those generator slowdowns!

Against the Lower Manual you will find:

EQ for on the fly adjustment of bass and treble, Percussion Volume and Decay. Fine Tuning control.

Controls for Bass Pedals with coupler. Bass Mute, String Bass/Organ Bass with Sustain level

Half Moon Multi Control Unit

Half Moon switch

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.

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