The M-solo Burgundy is the smallest and lightest Hammond in almost 90 years of company history and masters synthesizer, ensemble and organ sounds. Weighing only 3.6 kg, the M-solo is exceptionally portable. The 49-key Waterfall keyboard is as usual well playable and sufficient for the range of use in most cases. Highlight of the M-solo are the six different tone generators, which all get by with few parameters and are easy to use. With TYPE you select the desired tone generation, the function of the nine drawbars, buttons and knobs results from the label color. Gold stands for synthesizer and ensemble, the four white modes are dedicated to different organ types.
Organ types
SYN - Polyphonic subtractive synthesizer with two oscillators
ENS - String ensemble in 70s style
ACE - Japanese transistor organ (Ace Tone)
FARF - Italian transistor organ (Farisa)
VX - British transistor organ (Vox Continental)
B-3 - Classic B-3 sounds
Classic organ effects with character
The percussion mode is of course also present in the M-solo and complements the organ sounds in four stages in a familiar way. For the favorite settings there are three memory locations and of course the Manual Mode, which behaves according to the current settings. The M-solo also has a lot to offer in terms of effects. For the Organ modes, there is a virtual Leslie effect as well as Overdrive, Vibrato and a switchable Chorus effect. With delay respectively reverb, which are adjustable in the mixing amount, the effect section finds its conclusion. The rear panel is equipped with two pedal inputs, headphone jack, audio output, aux input, MIDI In & Out as well as USB MIDI fully practical.
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