[HAM] XB3 mod?

[Harold]

From: "Warren Seale"

>  things considered it's really not that horrible. I've owned
>  most of the clones and since
>  I kick bass too it's bearable.
>   Here's the question,  can the original XB3 be somehow modified to have 
> all the extra sounds, toy counter, drum percussion, bells and whistles as 
> the XB3M?  If so how?

Since the clone's keyboard is MIDI almost anything can be added with MIDI 
cables to other kesyboard units and also to modules. These can provide other 
sounds and also rythmm machines and the like. Very adaptable.

You could actually play the Hammond sound plus 1, 2,3 or a dozen other 
sounds each time you press a key. Quite enthralling. I guess actually some 
comples pipe organs has similar capability built in sometimes before midi 
made it simple. I heard of a pipe organ having had the capability to play 7 
octaves of piano from a manual on the pipe organ.

You may not find overlay sounds to be completely compatible together with 
the incomparable Hammond sound. Even acoustic piano from a module could be 
played from the XK3 keyboard (although purist would "miss the hammer action 
keys".

There are probably a lot of used modules out there too.

Harold