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6. The Instruments: The Organ Section Nord Stage EX v6.x

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• The envelope Decay time can be set to Fast (DECAY button LED Off) or Slow and the Volume

characteristics to Normal (V

OLUME button LED Off) or Soft.

Like on the original B3, the Percussion is a single-triggered non-legato effect. By “single-triggered”

we mean that the percussion is only present when you hit the keys when no other note is sounding.

In other words, if you play a note or a chord and then add on more notes without releasing the previ-

ously pressed keys, there will be no percussion effect in the new notes. You have to release all keys

to be able to play new notes with the percussion effect. Also, like on the original B3, in Normal Per-

cussion mode the sustain level is significantly lower than in Soft Percussion mode (or with the Per-

cussion effect disabled).

IBRATO

The original B3 chorus and vibrato scanner consists of a modulated delay line in

combination with a rotating scanner. For the Vibrato effect, phase shift is applied

to the signal. For the Chorus effect, the phase modulated signal is added to the

original signal. A lot of time and effort have been spent in accurately recreating

the chorus and vibrato scanner effect. Like on the original B3, Nord Stage EX

offers three different types of choruses (C1-C3) and three different types of vi-

bratos (V1-V3). Select one of these types by pressing the S

ELECTOR button. You activate and deac-

tivate the Vibrato section by pressing the O

N button.

EY CLICK CONTROL

On an original B3 organ, the key click produced by the random contact bounces was originally an

unintended audio artifact. This particular artifact later became a desirable effect amongst musicians.

In the Nord Stage EX you can select the amount of key click that should be present in the B3 organ

sounds.

1. Press the S

HIFT + SOUND buttons to access the Sound menu page.

2. You use the P

AGE -/+ buttons to navigate to the Organ Key Click Level menu item.

3. Now you can use the V

ALUE DIAL to change the Click Level 0-100%. Default setting is 50%.

When you are done, press the E

XIT (SHIFT) button.

The figure above shows the Percussion en-

velope in SOFT mode.

The figure above shows the Percus-

sion envelope in NORMAL mode.

(The horizontal dotted

lines represent the cur-

rent drawbar level with-

out Percussion).