Binding: Unknown Binding
Brand: Nord
EAN: 0834035000137
Feature: The organ in the Electro 2 is based on a digital simulation of the mechanical tone wheels of the B-3 organ
Label: Nord
Manufacturer: Nord
Model: NE73
Publisher: Nord
Special Features: The Nord Electro 2 is the next big step in the development of the Nord Electro series of stage keyboards. Among the features of the Electro 2 you'll find the new Mega Clavinet sound which offers all the filter and pick-up variations of the original Clavinet D6! This means that you'll be able to access no less than 60 + 4 different Clavinet D6 sounds in the Electro 2!Thanks to the remade piano sample playback engine, the polyphony for the piano sounds is now greatly enhanced. The new piano sample
Studio: Nord
MPN: NE73

• The organ in the Electro 2 is based on a digital simulation of the mechanical tone wheels of the B-3 organ
• It offers innovative solutions to mimic the typical B-3 sound, for example:
• A complex digital model of the original chorus and vibrato scanner
• Modeling of the individual random contact bounces for each partial
• Modeling of the unique frequency characteristics of the built-in pre-amplifier

The Nord Electro 2 is the next big step in the development of the Nord Electro series of stage keyboards. Among the features of the Electro 2 you'll find the new Mega Clavinet sound which offers all the filter and pick-up variations of the original Clavinet D6! This means that you'll be able to access no less than 60 + 4 different Clavinet D6 sounds in the Electro 2!Thanks to the remade piano sample playback engine, the polyphony for the piano sounds is now greatly enhanced. The new piano sample playback engine also made it possible for Nord to digitally model the sounds you get when you release keys on a piano instrument. For example, the Clavinet and the Wurlitzer have very characteristic key release sounds. In Nord Electro 2 this is very faithfully modeled. The new sample playback engine also allows for playback of stereo pianos. In the new factory sound library Clavia has included a great new Acoustic Grand piano - in stereo. The Electro 2 also features great new vintage-style effects in the Effects section. Nord has also beefed up the Overdrive distortion to sound more like an overdriven tube amplifier.Nord Electro 2 fully supports USB download of Nord Electro piano samples. Now you will be able to download new piano instrument samples using Nord's specially developed Electro Tool sample dump program for Mac and PC! Additional piano sounds are available on the CD-R that comes with the Nord Electro 2 and also for download at www.clavia.se - free of charge! More...

Customer Rating:
Summary: strong points are...
Comment: I endorsed this keyboard a few years ago, but no longer play it.

Strong points are... Best chorus/vibrato/Leslie effects of any of the clones in its price range. You can run it through a keyboard amp, and its still going to sound fat and greasy. Great Wurly, Clav plus onboard FX. Very user friendly (never mind the strange drawbar system, once you get used to it it works.) Unlike most of its competitors, you can actually program and change features on your go while you're playing... you don't have to go through a million digital menus. Also very light and sturdy. Mine was run over by a taxi, peed on and smashed against a brick wall (over a two year period0 and survived !

Weak points - - feel of the keyboard is horrible - - its more like a weighted piano (XK-2 beats it out on that, but with XK-2 you REALLY need a Leslie.). If you're used to consoles and you want to play the Hammond using Hammond technique, forget it. - - Also, shrills at high end (tube preamp the solution???) and if you walk LH bass, there's some problems.

All in all... the ULTIMATE dream keyboard if you're a KEYBOARDIST who wants a great Hammond sound but aren't a Hammond Organist per se or are an organist who needs a light weight option that does NOT require a Leslie to sound good. Also great for the studio. I did a recording where it was run DIRECTLY into the console and it sounded really accurate and to boot I was able to overdub clav for extra effects and use the onboard effects for some added funk. Console players may or may not be satisfied.

I currently play a B-3P and have decided that for ME, nothing but double manuals with two sets of drawbars will do. All in all it depends upon your style of playing.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Nord Electro is great
Comment: I love this instrument. It sounds great. It's great to play. IT's totally portable.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Absolutely great keyboard
Comment: I've been using this fine keyboard for over a year. Your audience may notice little more than the cool red color, but if you have any experience with instruments that emulate electro-mechanical keyboards and organs, you will realize right away that this is a truly fantastic product. The semi-weighted keyboard action is excellent. The controls are very easy to understand and use. I find the number of knobs to be a good compromise to satisfy both players who prefer to just call up presets, and players who like to modulate their sounds constantly. The "virtual drawbar" concept is very elegantly implemented -- it's a snap to adjust sounds, and the presets provided cover a good gamut of organ tones, from very mellow and smooth to highly modulated, ultra-beefy shrieks. The other instruments (grand piano, Yamaha C3 electric grand, Fender Rhodes, clav, and Wurlitzer electric piano) are super authentic. The unit looks good, and is rather light for its size. Also, Nord makes a padded gig bag for this keyboard which is really, really nice, with straps that let you wear the keyboard on your back -- very handy when you've also got to lug an amp and a keyboard stand! For keyboard players that are "purists" in the sense of only playing traditional keyboard sounds, this is the perfect gigging keyboard.

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