VOX Continental 73 BK Live Performance Instrument (73 Keys, Black)

E. PIANO

• Three electric piano sound engines are provided. TINE is the most representative electric piano sound. Along with TINE, REED is used in many famous songs. FM features the metallic sound often heard in songs from the 1980s. This is an electric piano with a high-definition FM sound, carefully created to be rich in harmonics, using a realistic sound generator model with amp and cabinet modeling.

PIANO

• Features three sound categories, including the GRAND with a high-grade sampled grand piano, an UPRIGHT sound that’s easy to use in settings like pop music, and an E.GRAND sound that’s often heard in music from the 1970s. The GRAND and UPRIGHT sounds go all the way with nonlooped, high-resolution sampled sounds in stereo across the entire key range to recreate the delicate and powerful sounds of the piano.

KEY/LAYER

• This part features six categories of sounds including KEY (clavinet, pipe organ and so on), BRASS (brass and woodwind sounds), STRINGS (strings and choir), LEAD, SYNTH and OTHER. These sounds give you the power to handle a wide range of genres with this instrument alone, and can be layered with piano and other parts.

ORGAN

• This part features three different sound engines. The CX-3 tonewheel organ sound engine models the sound of the KORG CX-3 combo organ and works well for any genre from rock to popular music. The VOX transistor organ sound engine features a unique high-end sound and perfectly reproduces every detail of the original VOX Continental from the 1960s. The COMPACT transistor organ sound generator offers a characteristically cheap sound, recreating the sound of this compact organ that came out around the same time as the VOX organ. These sounds offer touch control that lets you use your fingers to control the harmony and tone, much like real drawbars.
• The CX-3 and VOX let you switch between upper (the upper part of the keyboard) and lower (the lower side of the keyboard) or create a split with the touch of a button. You can also connect an external MIDI keyboard to play the upper part on this keyboard and the lower part with an external MIDI keyboard, like using two manuals (levels) on an organ. You can also use vibrato/chorus and the rotary speaker simulation. And, you can use the bend lever on the side of the keyboard to change the speed of the rotary speaker effect when you play.

• This unit features a vacuum tube distortion effect that works especially well with organ and electric piano sounds. The Nutube vacuum tube-powered-valve drive lets you create rich harmonics that are impossible to create using modeling, for a warm vacuum tube sound with smooth distortion. You can use the dedicated button to turn valve drive on/off. The amount of effect used can be adjusted in detail using the knob, and you can see how much effect is applied by looking at the brightness of the LED that lights the Nutube.
• Adding stunning presence and warm valve drive sound, the Nutube is a new type of vacuum tube developed by KORG in conjunction with Noritake Itron Corporation. As with conventional vacuum tubes, the vacuum tube is constructed with an anode grid filament, and operates as a complete triode tube. Further, the Nutube offers the characteristically rich harmonics that create the vacuum tube sound. The tube construction utilizes technology from vacuum fluorescent displays to create a vacuum tube that uses far less power than previous vacuum tubes, with a more compact design and better quality.

• The balance between your key touch and the sound generated determines how the instrument responds to what you play on the keyboard. Your preferences will vary considerably depending on whether you play jazz music (which requires a delicate touch with expressiveness) or rock music (which calls for loud volumes with a strong key press), a gap that’s difficult to fill using only the velocity curve settings. 
• For this reason, this unit features a DYNAMICS knob that gives you even more detailed control over the volume and how the sound changes according to how hard or soft you play the keys. Turn the knob counterclockwise to get the full range of inflection with velocity and turn the knob clockwise for a stronger sound with more uniformity in volume. This makes it easy to choose the setting you want according to your playing style.

• Three series of master effects plus EQ are available. The first stage is an insert effect to the master, with six selectable types including chorus, phaser and wah. You can turn the effects on/off and make basic adjustments to the parameters.
• The second-stage delay and reverb are sends from the master, with four types of delay and five types of reverb. The third stage includes a nine-band EQ that can be set using the touch controller. The final stage features a valve drive circuit with a Nutube 6P11.

Attachable Wooden Side Panels are a special accessory for the 73-key BK model only.

• Intuitive user interface that emphasizes playability onstage
• Organ part that meticulously models three vintage organs
• High-quality electric piano part with attention paid to every detail
• Rich piano part powered by high-capacity samples
• Key/layer part with a wide range of variations
• Intuitive and powerful effects that are optimized for live use
• Touch sensor that can control a variety of parameters
• 9-band EQ that allows detailed control of your sound
• Real valve-drive sound powered by Nutube, Korg's latest vacuum tube technology
• Newly developed waterfall keyboard provides responsive playability
• Dynamics knob lets you freely customize the playing feel of the keyboard
• Scene memories let you instantly switch between settings
• Lightweight and compact body is built of sturdy sheet metal and aluminum
• Carries on the scarlet color that's traditional for VOX organs
• V861 volume/expression pedal included
• ST-Continental keyboard stand included