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Vox Continental 73

CurrentReleased 2017

The 73-note Continental (E1 to E7), same engines and Nutube valve drive as the 61 in a board that still comes in at 8.4 kg. It ships with Vox's ST-Continental stand and wooden end cheeks, and a leather-textured black 73 BK version joined the scarlet original.

Specifications

General

Manufacturer
Vox
Status
Current
Released
2017

Keyboard

Keys
73
Key action
Semi-weighted
Aftertouch
None
Keybed
73-note semi-weighted waterfall keys (E1 to E7), velocity-sensitive, no aftertouch

Sounds

Sections
Organ, Electric piano, Piano, Synth, Sample playback
Drawbars
LED (buttons)
Sound engine
Korg multi-engine: modelled organs and electric pianos, sampled pianos, analogue-modelling synth and PCM
Organ models
Three organ types: CX-3 tonewheel, VOX transistor (Continental) and COMPACT transistor; drawbars on capacitive touch strips
Polyphony
Tonewheel organ 128, transistor organ 100, electric piano 80, piano 60 stereo (240 max), analogue synth 36, PCM 64 stereo (128 max)

Connections

Outputs
1/4-inch unbalanced, XLR balanced, Headphones
MIDI ports
DIN in, DIN out, USB
Pedal inputs
Sustain, Footswitch, Expression

Features

Features
Nutube 6P1 valve drive, Capacitive touch-strip drawbars, 150 preset variations and 16 scenes, Four sections: Organ, E.Piano, Piano, Key/Layer, Chorus, phaser, flanger, compressor, drive and wah inserts, Four delay and five reverb types, 9-band stereo EQ, Bend lever (rotary speed, tremolo or pitch), Half-damper support, USB Type-A scene storage, V861 volume/expression pedal included, ST-Continental stand included, Wooden side panels

Size & weight

Colours
Red, Black
Dimensions (W × D × H)
1103 × 350 × 86 mm
Weight
8.4 kg

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    Keys
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    Key action
    Semi-weighted
    Sections
    Organ, Electric piano, Piano, Synth, Sample playback
    Drawbars
    LED (buttons)
    —2017