Clavia
DMI Press release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Fredrik Hylvander
Int +46 8 442 73 60
Stockholm, Sweden April 19, 2000
Preliminary
information!
Nord
Electro - The Ultimate Stage Keyboard
Clavia's
goal when developing Nord Electro was to create the best
emulations of the traditional electromechanical keyboard
instruments on the market, and to make the instrument compact
and lightweight. Nothing else. Just outstanding electromechanical
keyboard sounds with true feel, from fast keyboard response
to authentic sound. To make a great tool you have to put
all the focus on a few things, and that's what we did with
Nord Electro.
The
Interface of the Electro is divided into two sections. You
will find the tone wheel organ section on your left hand
side and the electric piano section on the right.
The
organ in Nord Electro is based on a digital implementation
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
- Simulation
of the individual random contact bounces for each partial
- Simulation
of the unique frequency characteristics of the built-in
pre-amplifier which forms the "body" of the B-3 sound
On
the right hand side of Nord Electro you will find a selection
of electromechanical pianos. Nord Electro features a unique
multi-sample playback, catching every nuance from soft to
hard hits. Nord Electro comes right out of the box with
several legendary electric piano sounds stored in flash
memory. Nord Electro also sports a USB interface for quick
and easy download of new piano sounds in the future.
Technical
specifications
Organ
section
Polyphony:
Full polyphony (61-note from the internal keyboard and 122
notes with additional MIDI keyboard)
9
electric drawbars with memory functionality:
The drawbars of Nord Electro are represented by buttons
and LED bar graphs instead of ordinary mechanical drawbars.
This gives you a big advantage: when you change presets,
the correct drawbar settings are shown immediately by the
LEDs.
Effects
User
presets:
6 user presets in which you can store complete setups, including
drawbar positions and effects settings.
Drawbar
settings presets:
9 drawbar settings presets in ROM and 9 user presets.
Electric
piano section
Polyphony:
Minimum 24 voices.
User
presets:
6 user preset memories in which you can store complete setups,
including effects settings.
Effects
- Overdrive
- Equalizer
- Chorus
- Flanger
- Phaser
- Tremolo
- Wah-Wah
- Auto
Wah
Global
features
Keyboard
Split:
Two sections with selectable split point. Organ - organ,
piano - organ or organ - piano.
Dual
manuals (MIDI Split):
Nord Electro is designed to support an extra MIDI keyboard
in addition to its own. This makes it possible to play one
sound on the internal keyboard and another on the external
MIDI keyboard simultaneously - with instant control of both
sounds from the front panel. This way you can easily create
your custom 2-manual organ. You could also play a piano
sound on the internal keyboard and an organ sound on the
external MIDI keyboard, or the other way around.
Keyboard:
5-octave velocity sensitive keyboard with Octave Shift functionality
separate for the organ and piano sections.
Connections:
- 2
Audio outputs
- 1
Headphone output
- 1
Control pedal input
- 1
Swell pedal input
- 1
Sustain pedal input
- 1
Rotary Speaker speed switch pedal input
- MIDI
In, MIDI Out
- USB
interface for fast and easy download of new piano sounds
to the internal flash memory.
Accessories:
CD-ROM with multi-sampled pianos.
Specifications
subject to change without notice
| NEW
PRODUCT: |
Nord Electro |
| PRICE:
|
Approximately US$ 2,000:- |
| SHIP
DATE: |
In the summer of 2000 |
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