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Farfisa

Farfisa FAST 4

Discontinued 1971
Released 1968

The FAST 3 grown to five octaves, with Piccolo 4', two mixtures and percussion you can apply separately to bass, treble and mixtures, plus light/heavy vibrato. The percussion is nothing like a Hammond's but has a character of its own.

Replaced by FAST 5

Replaces FAST 3

Specifications

General

Manufacturer
Farfisa
Status
Discontinued
Released
1968

Keyboard

Manuals
1
Keys per manual
61
Key action
Waterfall
Keybed
Five octaves with a bass section switchable to treble; unweighted organ keys

Sound

Drawbars
Tab switches
Sound engine
All-silicon-transistor top-octave divider organ
Organ models
Voice tabs: Bass 16', Bass Clarinet 16', Flute 8', Oboe 8', Trumpet 8', Strings 8', Flute 4', Piccolo 4', Mixture, Brilliant Mixture; soft/sharp bass
Polyphony
Full polyphony

Connections

Pedal inputs
Expression, Pedalboard

Features

Features
Percussion (bass, treble, mixture; long/short), Vibrato (slow/fast, light/heavy), Two mixture stops, Passive 1/4-inch volume pedal

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