Hi Dick,

Got the manuals OK. I believe I now know what is going on.

The XMc-2 controller and XM-2 sound module appear to be designed to work with dumb midi controller keyboards that only send on one channel. They are not capable of distinguishing data coming over different channels. That means that the many channels being sent by the KN7000 are confusing the Hammond gear and we need to make the KN7000 act like a dumb midi controller keyboard.

This is what I would do:

CABLES: Connect the KN7000 midi OUT to the XMc-2 controller midi IN. Connect the special HMC-1 cable between the XMc-2 controller and the XM-2 sound module.

KN7000: At the KN7000 press Program Menus – Midi – Midi Presets (Page 194 of the KN7000 manual). At the Midi Presets display, go to page 2 and select Sound Module and click OK. That sets up the KN7000 as the master with Right Hand 1 notes being sent out midi channel 1. Other stuff is sent on other channels. That may confuse the XMc-2 controller. So I believe all the other channels need to be turned off.

Exit to the Program Menus Midi display and select Part Setting (Page 190 of your KN7000 manual). That display shows all the various Parts and the midi channel assigned to each part. At the Channel column, set all the Parts to OFF except RIGHT 1, which should show as being set to channel 1. Be sure to scroll down the PART column to set all parts to off except Right 1.

If you use KN7000 Panel Memories to change rhythm and voicing as most of us do, be sure that the Expanded Mode filter is set to off for midi settings.

I believe that should solve your problem. At least that’s my best guess. It’s hard to work without having the hardware here.