6. The Instruments: The Organ Section
Nord Stage v3.1x
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T
HE
O
RGAN
S
ECTION
The Organ section in the Stage features emulations of three classic organ models; a Hammond B3, a
Vox Continental II (V-Type) and a Farfisa Compact DeLuxe (F-Type).
You select which model to play using the
O
RGAN
M
ODEL
button.
T
HE
B3 M
ODEL
(H
AMMOND
)
The B3 Organ in the Nord Stage is based on a digital simulation of the mechanical tone wheels of the
classic Hammond B3 organ. This simulation utilizes innovative and advanced methods to capture
every nuance of the original B3 sound, for example:
• An extremely accurate digital model of the original chorus and vibrato scanner.
• Modeling of the individual random contact bounces for each harmonic.
• Modeling of the unique frequency characteristics of the built-in pre-amplifier which forms the
”body” of the B3 sound.
• Simulation of the energy stealth on the tone wheels that results in the typical ”compressed” sound.
• Authentic tuning of the tone wheels according to the original B3 design.
• Extremely fast keyboard response.
• Full polyphony.
T
HE
D
RAWBARS
The drawbars of Nord Stage are represented by buttons and LED chain graphs instead of ordinary
mechanical drawbars. This gives you a big advantage: when you change preset or Programs, the cor-
rect drawbar settings are recalled immediately and shown by the LEDs. In other words, no need for
the regular ’trial and error’ method. It’s very easy to get the hang of changing the drawbar settings in
a natural way with the buttons.
