Nord Electro 6 - Organ Impressions
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- čas přidán 4. 07. 2024
- / @nickfoleyuk Good morning!
For the first time ever the red keyboard has infiltrated the secret groove laboratory! I wonder what it will sound like?
I have heard good things, had an old Electro Rack back in the day, for rehearsals, which was....just okay.. so let's see how it's improved over the years.
Thanks again to the good people @FairDealMusicVideos who have leant me the device for a few days to have a look at.
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Love the red’s. 😍
organ, piano and electric piano, they all sound very good ! 😊
I used to own an organ hire company. C3 and Leslie for big concerts. I'm a Hammond Tech. I bought one of these and use it in my band. I'm totally happy with the Nord.
Great!
You are lover of Hammond and play organ on Nord ?
@@organeu No I use a Hammond c3 and Hammond XK-5. I borrowed this keyboard to review it
@@organeu the chiropractic bills carrying a C3 and Leslie are more than the gig pays.
@@timpullen4941 I had an RT3 and an X66 at different points. you won't complain about the weight of a C3 after moving one of those!
Just bought one and love it. Pianos are excellent too. And I am a Hammond Tech.
I connect a midi keyboard via a midi cable and set the double manual option. It works exactly like a double manual organ.
Great review!
And I just couldn’t take of my eyes out of your Jethro Tull shirt🤘🏼
I would really like to play some Thick as a brick on this red thing😁
Sounds awesome dude 👍👍
That shirt!!!
Epic!!!
In the settings there are some nice options. For example, you can set the horn and the bass to different velocities. You also can set different acceleration/deceleration times.
It also has different speaker options.
Absolutely
Love my 73 key version of this it does all the stuff that my fancy Synths can`t really , I`m no awesome keyboard player but more of a composer of music over the decades rather than a serious player of any particular instrument ( apart from Metal Rhythm Guitar, I`m pretty skilled at that ) anyways I love a bit of John Lord and this fits the bill for that very well and the sample Synth in this is super great for me and I have that loaded up with lots of orchestral sounds, Mellotorn sounds and a whole bunch of ye olde String Synthizers ( Solina etc ) plus the fx required to get them to sound cool and so overall this is a great package methinks
great series of reviews.
Thank you!
On smaller gigs, I use my Nord electro 6D73 instead of my XK5. Leslie does not need to be replaced by the Neo Vent II, but the internals work well as they are. The negative thing about the Nord organ is that it doesn't reach the top octaves like the Hammond, I have to raise the volume more to reach solo parts. With a little tweaking, you get the Jon Lord sound with the Marshall amplifier, perfect for the acclaimed songs like Highway star, with Leslie Perfect Stranger. But it also has superb piano sounds, and electric pianos etc. I run midi via my Kurzweil PC4 on a keyboard suitable for piano. Worth a try Nick!
Cheers!
First time I heard it, and thanks,got a good impression generally
Another fantastic review! I have never owned nor played a Nord. The organ modeling on the Electro 6D is impressive and quite convincing (a lot better than "just okay") ...but it's not a Hammond and a real Leslie, is it?
P.S. Keep that great sense of humor!
With all of the controls on top and not buried in menus, this works for a gigging musician
Easy to set up, easy to change during live performances
The extra red real estate on the top panel works really well for placing my iPad flat.
I have used it putting monitors on and also a sirin/minitaur sits on the right side perfectly strymon delay on the left which can feed into the monitor in for a very capable analogue synth on the same foot print
Also using the nord music stand to hold beatstep pro and put drum samples on the synth and split the keys for another part is most enjoyable
Hola: una pregunta : si desinstalo la mayoria de samples y instalo otros ,podria haber algun problema??, muchas gracias..
To access the left drawbars you press the shift button and then select left (lower manual) button on the organ section.
Ah thank you!
you have the Vox and Farfisa sounds also
Hi! But the organ sound engine is the same of nord c2d or not? It was upgraded in same way? Thanks
great choice for cover band playing classic rock repertoire, like Deep Purple, Pink Floyd, Uriah Heep. all classic sounds (Hammond, Rhodes, Clavinet, Vox continental) are on board
Some nords accept their half moon switch; which adds to the enjoyment of the experience.
You can use a sustain peddle into the rotor plug and switch with your foot.
Lovin’ the t-shirt!!!
Thank you
Ace vid 👍
Great demo as usual.... personally I don't care for the sound of the organ... however, as a keyboard with other usable sounds with great quality it is certainly one to consider.
I get that
Nick, love your videos! Keep 'em coming.
A couple of points. . . I'm happy to see your Juno DS. I left my Kurzweil PC2X for a Juno DS because of its great sounds and significantly less weight for gigging. You've got all kinds of great gear. Please tell me what you use the DS for? What are your favorite features?
And on a related topic, what do you think about the organ patches on the DS (both the ones that come from the factory and those that are downloadable from the Roland site?
Thanks!
Jeff Wahl (Cleveland, Ohio)
Hi Jeff, I use the DS for extra piano sounds but also the lovely Roland string samples
I changed my N5D fore a Yamaha YC61, no regret at all
In reality, changed my Mojo dual and 20 pedalboard with a 73 Nord 6D and, indeed, have come to this honky or medium oriented sound of majority of timbres - that annoyes me (in pandemy have fixed many old laptops and bought a EX5 and Rise 25, marvelous)! But organ is nicely done, a little bright compared to my gone Mojo but very good! Praxis is all you desire when you have this, and regret not having 2 bend and pitch controls... Eq help to get rid a little this medium oriented sound and have not yet put another external Nord sounds. Otherwise, I'm trying to have midied my 1-octave bass pedals with no results. Overall a very good machine (ah, in headphones noticed different miking techniques on piano sounds, great!).
i think its a bad move to turn down the percussion on the xk5, considering the C3 has particularly loud percussion.
I have a C3 and have turned down the percussion to match mine. No C3 is the same mind.
I do find the Nords a rather confusing, but then I’m getting on a bit. Leslie sim seemed good I thought.
…confusing 🤔?
I was really truly disappointed that you failed to provide us with more detail on that box of chocolates on offer🤔🍫🤭
To my two ears👂👀👂the fast 🚅Leslie on the Nord sounded much better than on the mojo 61. There seems to be more choice of overdrive character and effects in general but the actual organ sounds with no distortion or flavours sounded 🤔 ok?
Be interesting to see what your two ears 👂👂thought🤔🤣
As always, a superb, informative & entertaining video👍
Thank you mate. Honestly is
Integrity. I have more videos to do on this beast. I don’t get them for very long so sometimes I miss things
On my Patreon I’ll let You know where that lock comes from lol
@@nickfoleyuklock 🔐 or lick 👅?
Maybe you should review your use of emojis - you look like a 7 year old, and I can tell from your beard that you are at least 10.
I've had an E6D for a couple of years. They are a great gigging board and coupled with something like a Yamaha MODX7 they can cover most rock band covers. A great thing about both those boards is the ability to add new patches ( sounds) to taste. Samples can also be programmed to be triggered from a key which always impresses band mates. I owned an Electro 3 for 9 years beforehand and it never let me down. Not sure if you've covered Black Night but a lesson on the solo would be cool. Thanks Nick, cheers from Oz.
Cheers mate
Hello, I'm deciding between a Nord and a Hammond XK-4. Which would you personally recommend more (specifically for a B3 organ, regardless of the other sounds on the Nord)? (When playing primarily with the internal leslie-sim).
Personally it’s the XK-4 for me. It sounds better to me, less of a lower mid honk. As many people would disagree though.
@@nickfoleyuk Thank you!
Top video Question is this the latest D6?
Yes mate
The organ passage was from Thick as a Brick. John Evan!
I look forward to my free box of chocolates.
Please. As beginner can you recomend me some monitors or amp (or system) to play at home or in a little gig with my Nord?
Tricky, I don't really use them. Bass Amps are always surprisingly good as are PA speakers. Roland Cubes pretty true too. My monitor is a little DB Flexis and thats quite cool
@@nickfoleyuk Thank you
All these brands that copy the Hammond sound don't have a lot of self-esteem and inventiveness.
Hammond engineers have worked hard to design and manufacture the new portable Hammonds since the XB series (XB1 and XB2) in the 90s, and today jewels of technology which reproduce the sound of tone wheels wonderfully with the SK pro series. , XK and the awesome new B3.
These portable Hammonds supplant all copies.
The only copy that is closest to Hammond is the Mojo made by Crumar in Italy.
That said, playing the piano on an organ keyboard is not easy, the touch is not the same.
This is where Nord can be interesting for a pianist who mainly plays the piano and occasionally the organ.
But for a self-respecting organist, who, let's say, he has earned his whole life his salary thanks to the vintage Hammond organ, it is an unspeakable infidelity to play on a copy when Hammond offers the best portable organs simulating the phonic wheels.
Here is my opinion and in my capacity as a small technical service provider, on 90% of the technical sheets, I note that a Hammond organ, a real vintage like the B3 portable or the current XK series is requested.
Crumar mojo vs Nord Electro 6?
Nord has more of an interface, and can play two sounds at once. Mojo has better action for organ playing, a better organ sound engine, and if you like modeled E.P.s, better sounding Rhodes and Clav (Wurli I think is slightly leaning towards Nord). Nord will also have some extra sounds like Celeste and Glockenspiel, but they are single sample I believe, this was the case on earlier NORDs.
All these brands that copy the Hammond sound don't have a lot of self-esteem and inventiveness.
Hammond engineers have worked hard to design and manufacture the new portable Hammonds since the XB series (XB1 and XB2) in the 90s, and today jewels of technology which reproduce the sound of tone wheels wonderfully with the SK pro series. , XK and the awesome new B3.
These portable Hammonds supplant all copies.
The only copy that is closest to Hammond is the Mojo made by Crumar in Italy.
That said, playing the piano on an organ keyboard is not easy, the touch is not the same.
This is where Nord can be interesting for a pianist who mainly plays the piano and occasionally the organ.
But for a self-respecting organist, who, let's say, he has earned his whole life his salary thanks to the vintage Hammond organ, it is an unspeakable infidelity to play on a copy when Hammond offers the best portable organs simulating the phonic wheels.
Here is my opinion and in my capacity as a small technical service provider, on 90% of the technical sheets, I note that a Hammond organ, a real vintage like the B3 portable or the current XK series is requested.
Hilarious at 15:27 mark 😅
Somehow I do n‘t like the leslie effect. Nothing beats really moving air…. Still - after some tinkering - like the sound of my xk-5 better… comes closest to my 1962 A100 with a 1957 Leslie 147. but my back prefers the 25kg xk-5😅
Thick as a Brick….Chocolate please!
Very good!
Great job would be great for wooly bully watch it now 😂
Why do you always chime in with Wooly Bully??? I have seen that comment a lot of times - that immediately puts you in the trailer trash can. One of the worst songs ever.
@@qddk9545 McCartney does that one!
12AU7 = ECC82 12AX7 = ECC83
Exactly that thanks; had a blip!
I always think the Nords are too harsh and also too complicated besides being too expensive. I like the Mojo's Organ sound better but then I own a Mojo61.
Complex for sure yes
seems like once you hit the fast leslie the sound kind of loses clarity compared to other brands.
I dont't like the sound of the reds.... synthetically... I love the XK-5 most, followed by the Legend
I had a Nord that broke on me and the certified technician that worked on the Nord could not find parts for it. Buyer beware.
I had to buy a new keyboard and this time I went with a YC 73 by YAMAHA.
I've heard that before
Viscount Ledgend is arguably better than the xk5!!!