The design of Hammond’s new flagship portable draws on the original B-3’s blueprints, capturing its sound and feel with unmatched accuracy and soul. Its patent-pending technologies include an all-new sound engine that combines modeling and sampling, and reproduces every nuance of the classic electro-mechanical tonewheel generator. A proprietary custom keyboard action provides the heft, bounce, key travel and multi-contact behavior of classic Hammond consoles. Further features include four full sets of drawbars plus pedal drawbars, a control layout identical to the B-3, plus the latest generation, ultrarealistic Digital Leslie. The depth of control gives it the ability to duplicate individual Hammonds down to the model, year, condition and serial number, with downloadable tonewheel profiles upcoming from famous Hammond organists. The XK-5 also may be expanded to a double manual, with the top upgrade featuring the timeless "4-poster" design of a B-3.