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8 | NORD ELECTRO 5 USER MANUAL OS V1.X

PERCUSSION

The harmonic percussion feature is available in B3 mode. When switched on, an attack transient

is added to the organ tone giving it a more percussive character. The controls within this section

let you choose between second or third harmonics, slow or fast decay and soft or hard percus-

sion levels.

B3+BASS

One of the features new to the Nord Electro series is the B3+BASS mode, which will give you the

traditional B3 Bass tone wheels - 16’ and 8’ - in the left hand and a full B3 in the right. To enable

this feature, select Organ for both parts and enable KB Split. In non-split mode the B3+Bass

setting will behave as a normal B3.

M The SOUND menu is home to some additional settings, relevant to the various features of

the B3 model. See “Sound” on page 16 for details.

PIPE

Another new addition is the PIPE organ model which uses physical modelling to produce a versa-

tile and carefully tuned principal pipe section. Its pipe lengths match those of the B3 tone wheel

markings, also ranging from 16’ to 1’.

The tonal controls for the VX transistor organ model range from 16’ to IV, including the funda-

mental and its octaves, as well as various combinations of harmonics. Additionally, there is a

drawbar for adjusting the sound character between a softer and a brighter (less ﬁltered) mode

represented by the sine and sawtooth waveforms.

The VX organ has three Vibrato modes to choose from - V1-V3 - each increasing its rate and inten-

sity.

FARF

The FARF model is based on another easy-to-recognize transistor organ and has its drawbars

labeled after the original Bass 16 – 2 2/3 tabs. In Farf mode the drawbars are conﬁgured as on/

off switches in order to match the original design.

The Vibrato/Chorus options for the Farf model consist of four different settings, V1-V2 and C2-

C3. In this case all positions represent variations on the original Vibrato model.

PIANO

The Piano engine has a six-part type selector, each type containing a range of individual pianos

and keyboard instruments, accessible with the selector below the numeric MODEL display. The

Program area display will always show you the name of the currently loaded Piano sound.

From www.nordkeyboards.com you can download any number of piano sounds you like - in ad-

dition to the ones that come pre-installed. Nord Piano Library sounds come in four different sizes,

letting you choose which range of features you want for each piano sound (see table below). The

internal memory of the Nord Electro 5 can hold up to 1 GB worth of piano sounds.

M Refer to the Nord Sound Manager section for details on downloading and transferring

sounds.

LONG RELEASE

The ﬁrst option of the ACOUSTICS section is LONG RELEASE, which adds a slightly longer release

to acoustic and electric pianos. This can for instance be useful for acheiving a more legato char-

acter in your playing.