Nord C1 Combo Organ

Full Description

UNDER THE HOOD

The original mechanical tonewheel design as well as the Vox and Farfisa transistor designs result in diverse interactions between the different parts involved in the sound generating process. Modern sampling technology is able to play back the result of these interactions, but cannot duplicate the dynamic and random processes involved. Without these crucial steps represented, the response and feel of actually playing the instrument is inevitably lost.

The solution is a real-time, DSP-based model describing the construction and interaction between each part involved. The Nord C1 Combo Organ offers three different organs all carefully modeled from vintage originals with the sonic result of each part of the tonewheel and transistor designs recreated faithfully.

Click the link below to listen to an example of the Full Gospel Drawbar sound available on the C1

Click the link below to listen to an example of the Full Drawbar sound available on the C1

Click the link below to listen to an example of the Medium Drawbar sound available on the C1

DIGITAL DRAWBARS and SWITCHES

The fabulous sound aside, some areas of the original instruments design were up for improvement. For instance, the ability to store your favorite sounds and quickly recall them as you play. This gets hard, as the original switches and drawbar levers physical position will not match the stored sound setting. The Nord C1s digital drawbars features LED segments that instantly light up to show the current setting. The digital drawbars are just as fast as their physical counterparts, and setting up your sound from scratch even live is done in no time at all.

3RD SET OF DRAWBARS

No two manual organ would be complete without the ability to play bass notes on a pedal board. The Nord C1 includes two additional bass register drawbars with selectable timbre from either vintage tonewheels or a synth bass. The bass can be controlled with any MIDI-enabled bass pedal board, or by splitting the lower manual.

LIVING EFFECTS

The built-in 3-band equalizer along with three types of speaker simulations and an extremely powerful overdrive offers you total tonal control of your sound. Add a feedback-delay with tap-tempo functionality, and several types of reverberation and you truly have an all-in-one effect section with stunning sound right out of the box.

ROUND AND ROUND

The rotary speaker simulation from Clavias award winning Nord Stage and Nord Electro series has been further improved, and now features an even more life-like experience. The Nord C1s rotary speaker sim incorporates the acoustic variations that occur as a physical rotating speaker spreads the sound around in a room, providing the experience of truly moving the air around.

SUPERIOR RESPONSE

An ultra low trigger-to-sound response time in the Nord C1 Combo Organ offers superior performance compared to any hardware and especially software products. Also, like the vintage original, the sound generation is started the very instant a key is pressed, not like conventional digital keyboard action, where the sound begins when the key hits bottom.

APPEARANCE

The Nord C1 Organ is not just about smart design and gorgeous sound; it is about stage presence. Its bright red panel and red varnished birch side panels give the organ a classic style with modern sensibility.

GENERAL

• Master Level Control
• 100 Program Locations
• 2 Live Buffers

ORGAN SECTION

• Classic Tone Wheel Organ, Vox Continental and Farfisa models with full polyphony
• 20 Digitally Controlled Drawbars
• 6 Drawbar Presets per Program Location
• Percussion Controls
• Vibrato / Chorus Control

EFFECT SECTION

• 3-band Equalizer
• Overdrive
• 3 types of Speaker Simulations - including Rotary Speaker with selectable speed (slow - break - fast)
• Delay - with feedback and tap-tempo function
• Reverb - 5 algorithms

KEYBOARD

• 2 x 61 Medium Weighted Waterfall Keys

CONNECTIONS

• Stereo Headphone Output
• 2 Line Level Audio Outputs
• High Level Outputs
• 11-pin Leslie Standard Connector
• Quarter Inch Connector
• Sustain Pedal Input
• Rotor Pedal Input
• Swell Pedal Input
• MIDI In
• MIDI Out
• Bass Pedal MIDI In
• USB

DIMENSIONS (L x H x D)

• 950 x 163 x 445 mm
• WEIGHT 15 kg