Electro-Harmonix C9

C9
Tranform your guitar tone into 9 classic organ and keyboard sounds with no additional equipment!

The EHX C9 Organ Machine springboards off the revolutionary B9 to mine another rich vein of classic gold and provide players with nine more definitive organ and keyboard sounds.The C9 will transform your instrument into a convincing full body, electric organ or vintage electronic keyboard. For each preset chosen, it also provides precise control over important elements of that sound’s sonic fingerprint like percussive click, modulation, attack/sustain, drawbar setting or high frequency content. Blend your dry signal to create beautiful layers. Lovers of classic organ and keyboard rejoice!

Controls:

1. DRY VOLUME: Controls the volume of the untreated instrument at the ORGAN OUTPUT jack.
2. ORGAN VOLUME: Controls the overall volume of the ORGAN preset.
3. MOD: Controls the speed of modulation. The different types of modulation available are vibrato, tremolo and chorus.
4. CLICK: Controls percussive click level. It was designed to simulate the harmonic percussion effect on classic B3 and C3 organs.

PRESET DESCRIPTIONS:

1. Tone Wheel - Classic tone wheel-esque organ sound.

• MOD type: Chorus.
  
• CLICK sets level of click sound.
  
  

2. Prog – Paying homage to the massive sound of Keith Emerson of Emerson Lake and Palmer.

• MOD type: Chorus.
  
• CLICK adjusts the level of two intervals: a fifth above and an octave below.
  
  

3. Compact - This preset imitates a sound similar to Ray Manzarek’s tone on the Door’s “Light My Fire.”

• MOD type: Vibrato.
  
• CLICK adjusts the level of upper harmonics.
  
  

4. Shimmer - This preset is based on an effect made popular by Brain Eno and Daniel Lanois.

• MOD adjusts the attack time.
  
• CLICK controls the sustain amount.
  
  

5. Lord Purple – Our salute to the Jon Lord-ish type organ sound of Deep Purple. The ORGAN level controls the level of one set of 3 drawbars.

• MOD Type: Chorus.
  
• CLICK adjusts the level of a second set of 3 drawbars.
  
  

6. Mello Flutes – A tribute to the classic Mellotron flute tape sound of The Beatles’ song “Strawberry Fields Forever.”

• MOD Type: Vibrato.
  
• CLICK adjusts the depth of the vibrato.
  
  

7. Blimp - Led Zeppelin type sound.

• MOD Type: Chorus.
  
• CLICK adjusts the level of upper harmonics.
  
  

8. Press Tone – EHX’s nod to the great organ sound found on The Beatles’ song “Let It Be.”

• MOD type: Chorus.
  
• CLICK sets level of click sound.
  
  

9. Telstar - Envisions the legendary sound of a Clavioline as used on The Tornadoes song “Telstar.”

• MOD Type: Vibrato.
  
• CLICK adjusts the level of upper harmonics.
  
  

Specifications:

• Circuit : Digital
  
• Bypass : Buffered Bypass
  
• Audio : Mono
  
• Power Supply : 9.6VDC-200mA power adapter included
  
• Dimensions (in) : 4.75 x 4 x 2.25
  
• Current Draw : 100mA