Doepfer d3c Midi/USB Organ Controller - Manual (Page 5)

d3c Page 5 User's Guide V1.0
Introduction
d3c is part of the modular organ masterkeyboard system d3 that is intended as a control
unit for organ emulations like Native Instruments B4 or Emagic evb3. The system has two
modules available: the keyboard unit d3m and the drawbar control unit d3c. Each of the
modules can be used alone or in combination with the other modules. The maximum system
consists of two keyboards d3m and one control unit d3c (and one bass pedal d3b as soon as
it is available). The bass pedal d3b is in preparation as the third module of the system.
The second part of the modular concept is drawbar control unit d3c: This unit contains all
elements required to control a typical organ emulation: 9 drawbars for upper manual, 9
drawbars for lower manual, 2 drawbars for bass pedal, 6 rotary controls for the parameters of
tube and percussion and a lot of additional buttons for vibrato, chorus, key click, rotary
speakers and so on. Even the 10 + 12 program selection buttons of the keyboard unit d3m
are available. This is necessary if the (one or two) d3m are mounted with hidden button
sections.
The connection between the d3 modules is established via Midi. The control unit d3c is
equipped with both Midi and USB interface. This allows to connect the d3 combination to
both worlds Midi and USB (e.g. a laptop that runs B4 or evb3).
The control unit d3c can be used as a stand-alone device or in combination with one
or two of the d3m keyboards (or even with other Midi keyboards). The mechanical
connection between the units is made with mounting angles or wooden side plates
that are available as accessories. Details about the available accessories and the
different mounting versions of d3m and dc3 can be found on our website
www.doepfer.com.