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20 | NORD STAGE 3 USER MANUAL OS V2.5X
VIBRATO
The original instrument has two basic vibrato modes; “Light” and
“Heavy”, with different rates for each mode. There are several types of
vibrato and choruses available for the Farf model on the Nord Stage 3,
which are activated using the ON button in the Vibrato section.
The V1, V2 and the V3 settings are the ones that are modeled after
the original instrument’s. Note that the Farf vibrato is common for both
panels.
PIPE ORGAN
PIPE 1
The PIPE1 organ model is not designed to imitate any existing instru-
ment, but rather as a useful and appealing “all-purpose” organ, which
works equally well with or without Rotary speaker. In some ways its
sound is similar to that of the B3 organ – but without any of its electro-
mechanical behaviors and artifacts.
PIPE 2
The PIPE2 organ model faithfully recreates a principal pipe section - the
sets of metal pipes, or ranks, that commonly make up the backbone of
a pipe or church organ. While other ranks may attempt to recreate the
sounds of other instruments (flutes, trumpets, strings etc.) the principal
sound is non-imitative and unique to the pipe organ.
Activating VIBRATO/CHORUS for the Pipe2 model will switch to a varia-
tion of the principal pipe organ, which is tuned with less precision. This
produces chorus-like effects, slight dissonances and arguably more
realism when combining registers.
PIPE 1&2 REGISTERS
The pipe lengths available for both Pipe models correspond to those of
the B3 model, ranging from 16 feet to 1 foot.
ORGAN PRESET I & II
Two organ presets/settings can be stored within each
panel, for each organ model. This provides a quick way
of changing between two organ sound variations, with-
out having to change programs or panels.
Change between Presets I & II by pressing the PRESET II button. A
preset stores the drawbar settings and the Vibrato/Percussion (on/off)
settings.
DRAWBAR LIVE (COMPACT MODEL)
The Nord Stage 3 Compact model has an addition-
al Drawbar Live setting. With this setting active the
Organ will use the current positions of the physical
drawbars. The setting can be stored with a program,
meaning that the actual drawbar positions instantly will
be used as the program is loaded.
SWELL PEDAL
Swell is a characteristic organ feature, controlled from a continuous
pedal. Swell is not only a volume control - for the B3 it also changes
the character of the sound in a special way. To use Swell control on the
Nord Stage 3, simply plug in a standard expression pedal to the Organ
Swell input on the rear panel (see page 59) and configure the pedal in
the System Menu (see page 55).
An expression pedal connected to the Organ Swell input will control
Swell for all organ models.
If you have only one expression pedal, it can be used both as a generic
Control Pedal to control the Morph, and as a Swell Pedal - when
attached to the Control Pedal jack. This is also set up in the System
Menu.
ROTARY SPEAKER
The Rotary Speaker controls are logically placed next to the Organ
section. Its settings are described in detail in the Effects chapter on
page 48.
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