The VK-7 is designed to recreate the organ sounds of the 1960s and 1970s jazz and popular music. The instrument has nine harmonic drawbars so that the organist can control the volume of different overtones. The instrument also provides vibrato, chorus, and reverb effects and an overdrive knob, which adds simulated tube amplifier "growl". As with most clonewheel emulator keyboards, the drawbars are positioned to the left of the keyboard. Unlike the Hammond organ, which had two manuals (keyboards), the VK-7 has only a single manual with 61 keys.
Nevertheless, the keyboard can be split into two sections, so that the bass drawbars are applied to the low end of the keyboard, and the nine upper drawbars are applied to the rest of the keyboard. This keyboard-split function allows an organist to perform low-register bassline and high-register chords and solos on a single keyboard. The organist can view the effect and registration settings on a small LCD screen.
As well, the instrument contains an orchestral voice section that can be layered with the organ sounds. The sounds include strings, brasses, choirs, percussion instruments (e.g., glockenspiel) and bass sounds. The keyboard has an 11-pin rotary cabinet connector which allows it to be connected to external rotary speaker, such as a Leslie speaker. It has MIDI inputs, which means that bass Pedal Keyboards can be used with the instrument, or an additional MIDI keyboard can be connected to the VK-7 (so that the player can have lower and upper manuals with different pre-set tones set up). The chassis has a wood finish with alder wood sideboards.
KEYBOARD:
61 keys (with velocity)
SOUND GENERATOR:
Virtual ToneWheel Method
PARTS:
Main, Sub, Pedal, Orchestral
MAXIMUM POLYPHONY:
Organ: Full Polyphony
Orchestral: 64 notes
ORGAN:
AMP simulator
Type |
Type ||
Stack ||
Stack |
Stack Mix
Combo
Percussion
SECOND, THIRD, SOFT, SLOW
Vibrato / Chorus
V – 1, V – 2, V – 3, C – 1, C – 2, C – 3
Ring Modulator
INTERNAL MEMORY:
User Presets: 16
Organ Presets: 64
Orchestral Voices: 39
CONTROL:
HARMONIC BAR
16, 5 – 1 / 3, 8, 4, 2 – 2 / 3, 2, 1 – 3 / 5, 1 – 1 / 3, 1
HARMONIC BAR PART
PEDAL, SUB, MAIN
ROTARY SOUND
BYPASS, BRAKE, FAST / SLOW
PERCUSSION
SECOND, THIRD, SOFT, SLOW
ORGAN PRESETS
EDIT, MANUAL, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, BANK
SPLIT
PDL / MAIN, SUB / MAIN
ORCHESTRAL ASSIGN
PEDAL, SUB, MAIN
ORCHESTRAL VOICES
STRINGS, CHOIR, BRASS, BASS, ATTACK,
OTHERS
VARIATION
ORCHESTRAL LEVEL
Miscellaneous
VIBRATO / CHORUS
OVERDRIVE
USER PRESETS
ORGAN MUTE
REVERB
MASTER VOLUME
ROTARY LEVEL
MIDI select switch (SUB KEYBOARD / SEQ)
POWER
DISPLAY:
16 Characters, 2 lines (Backlit LCD)
CONNECTORS:
OUTPUT Jacks (L (MONO), R)
PHONES Jack (Stereo)
MIDI Connectors (KEYBOARD IN / IN 1, PEDALY IN / IN 2, OUT)
EXP PEDAL Jack
CONTROL PEDAL 1(2) Jacks
ROTARY TONE CABINET connector (11 pins)
AC Inlet
POWER:
AC 117V, AC 230V, AC 240V
POWER CONSUMPTION:
18 W (AC 117V), 19 W (AC 230V), 19 W (AC 240V)
FINISH:
Top Panel: Traditional Walnut
Side Panel: Solid Alder Walnut Finish
DIMENSIONS:
1160(W) x 339(D) x 100(H)mm
45-11 / 16 x 13-1 / 8 x 3-15 / 16 inches
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