Nord User Forum

kbrkr wrote:The NS3C B3 sounds very polite and mild mannered; almost like a church organ. It doesn't have balls. I don't want to have to add effects like overdrive to give it grit.

OTOH, there are people who posted that the NE5D, with no overdrive assigned at all, still sounds too dirty, they wanted a cleaner option like earlier models. So maybe Nord was intentionally addressing this, giving a cleaner sound by default, requiring you to add at least a bit of overdrive to ballsy it up.

anotherscott wrote:

kbrkr wrote:The NS3C B3 sounds very polite and mild mannered; almost like a church organ. It doesn't have balls. I don't want to have to add effects like overdrive to give it grit.

OTOH, there are people who posted that the NE5D, with no overdrive assigned at all, still sounds too dirty, they wanted a cleaner option like earlier models. So maybe Nord was intentionally addressing this, giving a cleaner sound by default, requiring you to add at least a bit of overdrive to ballsy it up.

Yeah. People were complaining that the NS2 Hammond has grit even when on the cleanest setting.

I haven’t set to detailed programming yet, but as long as I can get the NS3 HAMMOND sounding exactly like the NS2 (which I LOVE), except with the better Leslie (122 close), I’ll be a happy camper. I like ‘em dirty.

I just want them to fix the c/v

Obwanz wrote:I just want them to fix the c/v

What's that?

Edit: never mind. chorus/vibrato

For a minute I thought you were saying that the NS3 has a CV input/output!

I've been working hard on my Organ settings on the NS3C. I can get a decent sound out of it, but here are my observations.

* Really need LOTS of EQ to get a piercing lead sound.
* The Chorus really sounds like another level of vibrato and not in a good way. Other implementations make the sound shimmer, on the Nord, it makes the sound Waver.
* C1 Chorus is hardly noticeable. I would like to see a knob assigned to vary the chorus and vibrato.
* It's really interesting the Piano and synth sections have a Shift+List function to scroll through programs, but there is nothing similar other than Preset 1 & 2 for the Organ Section. Perhaps those with Nord history can comment on the evolution or lack thereof of this feature? Doesn't a real B3 have an Octave of presets?
* Overdrive and EQ Drive are perfect for getting dirty.
* Percussion is also UNDERSTATED; all the right tools are there, but it just seems to be underwhelming; for MY taste.
* I wish I could change the default setting for the Leslie to be ON at startup / Organ selected.

I agree. I hope they fixed this with the new 1.22 update!!

They didn't...

Regarding percussion being understated, try reducing some of the drawbars. It won't cut through with all the stops out. I can't recall if the real Hammond was any different.

Also am I missing something the the fast decay percussion 2nd harmonic seems a lot louder on older NS2 it seems to have more bite and also a better scanner sound. Both vintage 1. The chorus settings are almost not noticeable compared to my ns2. If not corrected I would have to return unit.