problem with organ engine nord stage 3 -help

[asherlevy]

hello
i have a problem with the organ engine
all the sounds distorted'some dont work and thier volume is significantly lower than the rest of the sounds/anyone know how to solve this?

[Schorsch]

Hi,

can you let us know a bit more about your settings, for example

- have you connected something to the organ swell or control pedal connectors and if so, what has been connected?

- how do all of the organ settings look like in detail

- how and through which outputs is your Nord connected to your amplification

- is it the same through amplification and headphones

[Two Nords Dave]

Hi all,

Has there been a resolution to this issue?
I have recently discovered the same issue on my NS3 Compact. I have updated to the latest OS and this hasn't helped.
Sometimes the volume of the organ engine comes back to where it should be (by its own accord) after playing for a few minutes, but then also randomly reduces volume.
The other engines are providing output fine and I've swapped headphones to isolate the issue specifically to the organ engine alone.
It is definitely a problem with the output of the organ engine in my NS3. It is nothing to do with settings (as I've previously successfully saved lots of programs and songs, but now they no longer work properly because of the organ engine issue).

I have also reverted back to basics just turning on the organ engine in isolation (with piano engine and synth engines switched off) and ensuring any pedals are not connected. I've also cycled through the factory organ presets. However, the problem still remains throughout and the Farfisa model doesn't appear to be giving any sound output.

I have had my NS3 Compact from new and had Electro 5d and Electro 4D before, so I am well versed in Nord architecture and I'm confident that this is not a "user error" in relation to any saved settings.

Any suggestions or experience of how to fix this issue would be greatly appreciated.

[FZiegler]

This sounds to me very much like a swell pedal issue: Swell reduces volume down to 0 on the Farfise but not on a B3. If you say you don't have a swell pedal connected to your Nord, have a look into the jack if there is some dirt inside. Or try with a continuous sustain pedal connected to the swell jack. What happens?

[Two Nords Dave]

Thanks for the suggestion.
I've given that a try and also put a small amount of contact cleaner into all of the sockets on the rear.

The connection of the sustain pedal into the swell socket didn't seem to make any difference (depressed or released).
I've disconnected it but connected the volume pedal into the CTRL socket and have switched back into song mode, and for the saved songs containing organ parts it seems to have returned to previous (correct) volume levels. So hopefully using some contact cleaner and jiggling with pedals in sockets has hopefully resolved the issue. I'll keep an eye on things to see how it goes.

FZiegler - thanks very much for your suggestions, they are greatly appreciated.

[FZiegler]

Glad it helped.