Nord Organ 3
The acclaimed Nord Organ is back - reborn and reimagined as the all-new Nord Organ 3. The latest generation of our Organ series featuring massive improvements to sound, design and performance. With a greatly enhanced organ engine, added modulation effects and a new exceptional-sounding rotary speaker emulation, the Nord Organ 3 offers an unsurpassed level of detail and realism.
Highlight features
General
- New panel design with OLED display
- Triple sensor keybeds
- LED indicators for preset drawbar settings
- Aux output with routing options for Bass/Pedal drawbars and more
- Per program Transpose function
- 11-pin Leslie connector
- High level output
B3 Organ
- Enhanced B3 organ model
- New and improved Chorus/Vibrato
Transistor Organs
- Improved Farfisa and Vox organ models
Rotary and Amp modeling
- Brand new Rotary Speaker emulation
- Multiple options for microphone placement
- Fixed Stop Angle feature
- 3 Drive Type options
- New British amp and speaker emulation
Pipe Organs
- Two distinct Pipe Organ emulations
Bass Models
- New Synth Bass options based on classic pedal synthesizers
Effects
- Brand new Spring reverb
- Expanded Reverb section with Pre-Rotary option
- Delay with new Analog mode and Feedback filters
- New Modulation effects including Phaser, Tremolo, Ring Mod, Flanger and Chorus.
- Equalizer with sweepable middle band
B3 Organ model
The Nord Organ 3 features a refined B3 emulation capturing every nuance of the legendary organ sound.
Enhanced Vibrato and Chorus Scanner
Reworked from the ground up, the new vibrato and chorus captures the unique qualities of the original instruments, offering either the gentle character of a 50´s B3 chorus scanner or the distinct, deep modulation of a 70´s instrument.
New Rotary Speaker emulation
With a brand new approach to recreating not only the classic rotary sound, but also the characteristics of both the amp and speakers, the Nord Organ 3 features an exceptional Rotary Speaker emulation with multiple microphone perspectives.
Choose from three distinct Drive types capturing the various aspects of Rotary Speaker overdrive with a great deal of nuance and variation.
Rotor speed and acceleration rates can be customized, and the Sound menu offers a wide range of additional options enabling even more detailed and nuanced sound shaping.
Fixed Stop Angle
The Fixed Stop Angle feature allows for detailed tuning of the rotary speaker sound with stopped rotors, and makes sure the horn always stops at the preferred position.
Microphone perspectives
The Nord Organ 3 offers several microphone positioning options corresponding to popular ways of reproducing the classic rotary speaker sound, both on stage and in the studio. These variations in microphone placement affect both the perceived movement as well as the tonal character of the rotary speaker, ranging from punchy and present to smooth and open.
Close microphone placement gives a direct and detailed tone, while pulling the mics back slightly softens the treble and adds body. With microphones placed further apart, for example on the corner or even opposite sides of the cabinet, the sense of rotation becomes more apparent, creating a rich, immersive stereo image. In contrast, a tight microphone placement creates a highly focused sound with a narrow stereo field.
In addition to the five microphone position options, the bass rotor has a wide option for low end stereo effect.
The illustration below shows the selectable configurations for the Nord Organ 3 “Mic Pos” feature.
Transistor and Pipe Organs
The vastly improved Vox and Farfisa organ models capture the characteristics of the original tone generators and filters with great precision, including the complex interaction between combined registers.
Pipe Organs
The Organ section contains two different Pipe Organ models. The Pipe 1 is a pure Organ with few harmonics. The Pipe 2 is a recreation of a Pipe/church organ and includes a detune mode when enabling Vibrato/Chorus.
Expanded Effects
The Reverb section features 6 different types including a brand new Spring Reverb as well as Booth, Room, Stage, Hall and Cathedral options.
The new Pre-Rotary feature allows the reverb to be placed before the Rotary Speaker. The upgraded Effects section also includes a Delay with new Analog mode and feedback filters for a wider range of sonic options.
New Modulation effects
The Nord Organ 3 features a wide selection of Modulation effects, including Ring Mod, Tremolo, Phaser, Flanger, and Chorus, adding creative new possibilities.
