Description
PRICE
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NOK 4 999Price in other currencies
- Euro: 495
- GBP: 434
- USD: 530
Shipping will be added to the price (60 USD for shipping to the US). In addition you will have to pay import duty (20-25% depending on country).
DESCRIPTION
FC-3 is the top model of the Fosse Controllers drawbar MIDI controllers. The B3-X Edition is a handmade MIDI controller* made specifically to control the Hammond B3-X software from IK Multimedia: https://www.ikmultimedia.com/products/hammondb3x/. The drawbars, potentiometers and switches are fully programmed to work with B3-X (both the Mac/PC version and the iPad version) with no need for mapping. It’s just plug and play!
Along with a computer/iPad with the B3-X software, a MIDI keyboard and an audio interface, FC-3 gives you an affordable (and portable) alternative to a true tone wheel organ, both for studio and live use. The controller can easily be brought to gigs (in a dedicated flight case) and can be connected to a standard MIDI keyboard or stage piano via a MIDI cable (supplied).
The FC-3 is solidly built (by hand). The front panel is made of aluminium with CNC engraved text and symbols and the side panels are made of solid cherry wood. The electronics are based on the Arduino Uno (developer-board based on an open-source platform). It cannot transmit MIDI over USB, but it can be connected to PC / Mac via external sound card with MIDI cable, or it can be connected to “MIDI In” on keyboard / stage piano (which in turn is connected to PC / Mac/Ipad with USB ).
It is possible to use the FC-3 controller for controlling other organ software using the MIDI-learn function in the organ software (for instance the Acoustic Samples B5) , but I cannot guarantee that all knobs and buttons will work for all organ software (since various organ software can operate with different MIDI values for buttons and switches, etc., reverse drawbar settings and so on).
THE CONTROLLER WILL BE MADE TO ORDER SO PLEASE ALLOW A MINIMUM OF 3-4 WEEKS OF PRODUCTION TIME (depending on how many parts I have in and how many orders I have). I currently have a waiting list so there is a few months of waiting before I can make a new order. If you would like to order, just contact me and I will put you on the list.
I recommend buying the Fosse Controllers flight case for shipping and live performances.
SPECIFICATIONS
- 9 drawbars mapped to “Upper” in B3-X (Midi C.C. 12-20)
- 3 potentiometers mapped to Volume (C.C. 7) and Leslie cabinet gain (C.C. 42) and Wah pedal (C.C. 55)
- Vibrato On / Off switch (mapped to C.C. 40)
- Vibrato volume switch (mapped to Normal/soft, C.C. 41)
- Vibrato/Chorus Switch. Wired as a potentiometer with 6 stops. Mapped to CC 73
- Percussion on/off switch (mapped to: On / Off, C.C. 36)
- Percussion volume switch (mapped to soft/normal, C.C. 37)
- Percussion decay switch (mapped to fast/slow, C.C. 43)
- Percussion harmony selector (mapped to 2nd/3rd, C.C. 44)
- 6 on/off toggle switches to select the stomp effects. Mapped to Overscream on/off (C.C. 50), EQ PG on/off (C.C. 51), Chorus C1 on/off (C.C. 52), Spring Reverb on/off (C.C. 53) and Wah on/off (C.C. 54)
- 3 way Leslie switch (halfmoon type): Mapped to Leslie speed, Slow/Stop (C.C. 1) and Leslie brake, via slow (C.C. 93).
- Pedal input for controlling Rotary speaker speed. Mapped to C.C. 1, Slow / Fast (values 0 and 127/toggle). Use a regular sustain pedal (On / Off).
- Pedal input for Swell (volume): Connect an expression pedal (with linear 10K potentiometer), for example Studiologic VP/25 (mapped to C.C. 11).
DIMENSIONS
- L: 22 cm (8,8″)
- W: 21,5 cm (8,6″)
- H: 9,5 cm (3,8″)
- Weight: 1,3 kg
INCLUDED ACCESSORIES
- 9V power supply (EU, UK or US type)
- MIDI cable (3 meters)
* There is no internal sound engine inside the controller, it sends MIDI signals to control organ VSTi software (which makes the sound).
SHORT DEMO
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