Nord Electro 6D 61-Key Semi-Weighted Action Keyboard with Nine Drawbars

Features

• 61 semi-weighted keys with waterfall tip
• 120 Voices polyphony for Piano Library sounds
• 30+ Voice polyphony for Sample Library sounds
• 3 Independent sound sections
• Physical drawbars for dedicated organ players
• Copy/paste and move functionality
• 3 Crossfade widths as indicated by different LED colors
• Four dynamic curves to suit your playing style
• Tremolo, two Wahs, an Auto-Wah, and AutoPan effects
• EQ, Delay and three different Reverb effects

Product Description

The Nord Electro 6D 61 Key Semi-Weighted Action Keyboard combines emulations of vintage electro mechanical and acoustic instruments in an ultra-portable package. With 3 independent sound sections, a streamlined user interface and the addition of Seamless Transitions, this is one of the most powerful and flexible Electro ever - a refined modern classic. All Programs, Pianos and Synth Samples are easily navigated using the List View that offers alphabetical, numerical and category sorting options.

Seamless Transitions and Refined Program Section

The Nord Electro 6D Keyboard features automatically seamless transitions when changing sounds or programs while playing. The streamlined Program section features a handy Organize mode including Copy/Paste and Move functionality for quickly arranging your programs to your desired order. A Page View lets you easily sort and organize pages as a song list.

Layer and Advanced Split Functionality

The panel has three independent sound sections; Organ, Piano and Sample Synth that can be used simultaneously as a layer or a split. It features 6 Split Points and the Split Point Crossfade functionality introduced with the Stage 3 for smooth transitions between two split zones. Choose from 3 different crossfade widths (small, large or off) as indicated by different LED colors.

Piano Section

Each Fatar keybed is meticulously calibrated to ensure an even response over the whole range. The Nord Electro 6D uses Semi-Weighted organ type keys with a rounded waterfall tip, brilliant for rapid organ shredding and synthesizer licks, but also plays nice with piano sounds at key range C-C. The Piano section has a wide selection of acoustic, electric, and digital pianos from the exclusive Nord Piano Library, extended voice polyphony and creative Piano Filters. The Piano section also features Layer category with rich dynamic layered patches. The unique ‘Advanced String Resonance’ delivers breathtaking realism and an unsurpassed level of expressiveness. Providing an additional level of sonic control, the Piano Section features dedicated piano filters for accentuating softness, mid, or brilliance. A Soft Release-mode adds a slightly longer release, more suitable for legato playing, emulating a looser damper tension in an acoustic or an electromechanical instrument. Additionally, four dynamic curves are available to suit your playing style, from soft to hard.

Organ Section

The Organ section features Nord C2D Organ engine including the extremely authentic B3 Tonewheel simulation with four different tone wheel settings, ranging from factory new clean to leaky old vintage. The impeccable simulations of the classic 1960’s Transistor Organs, Vox Continental and Farfisa Compact with all the classic settings, are also included in the Organ section. The dedicated Dual Organ mode provides quick access to dual manual setups and offers great overview and control of the drawbar settings for both the Lower and Upper manual.

Effect Section

The powerful Effect section features a wide range of instantly tweakable high quality effects modelled after classic stomp boxes. All effects are stereo and can be assigned freely to the Organ, Piano or Synth sections. You can choose from Tremolo, two Wahs, an Auto-Wah, and an AutoPan. The two Phasers, two Choruses, the Flanger and a Vibe effect are modeled from the classic analog stomp boxes that define the sound of popular music. It features authentic JC, Twin and Small speaker simulations with adjustable Drive, plus a separate Tube Drive simulation and a Compressor. In addition, EQ effect, Delay effect as well as three different Reverb types (Hall, Stage and Room) for adding some ambience to your sounds.

What's in the Box

• Nord Electro 6D 61-Key Semi-Weighted Action Keyboard with Nine Drawbars
• Power Cord
• User Manual

Specifications

Nord Electro 6D 61-Key Semi-Weighted Action Keyboard

General

• Seamless Transitions 
• 3 Part multi-timbral 
• Split and Layer all 3 sections with optional Split Point Crossfades
• OLED Display for excellent overview 
• Organize Mode for quickly rearranging programs, sounds and pages

Performance Features

• Independent sound sections: Organ, Piano and Sample Synth
• 6 Keyboard Split points (C3-F5) with Split Point Crossfade functionality
• Organize/Page mode: Group sets of up to four Programs into Pages, and arrange these using the Organize mode
• 4 Live Slots
• External keyboard feature: Freely assign sound engines to be controlled by an external keyboard, while others are played from the Nord Electro 6.

Global Features

• 61-Key (5 octaves, C-C) Velocity sensitive Semi Weighted Waterfall keyboard

Organ Section

• C2D B3 Tonewheel, B3 Bass, Vox, Farfisa and 2 organ models
• User adjustable percussion levels, percussion decays and key click level
• Vibrato / Chorus Control with separate functionality for each model (the classic C1, C2, C3, V1, V2, V3 options for the B3, Vibrato for the Farfisa, Chorus/Detune for organ models )
• 3 Tonewheel modes: select the level of inchvintage inch desired
• Dual Organ mode for control of two independent manuals
• Manual Organ mode
• Mount for Half-Moon Switch
• 9 Physical drawbars

Piano Section

• 1 GB Memory dedicated to the Nord Piano Library
• Categories: Grand, Upright, Electric, Digital, Layer and Clav/Harpsichord
• Each category can contain several different models.
• All pianos can be replaced using the Nord Sound Manager application
• Advanced String Resonance-control (Gen 2)
• Soft Release
• EQ/Filter
• 4 Dynamic Curves
• Stereo pianos and samples can be played back in mono
• 120 Voices polyphony for Piano Library sounds
• Sample Synth Section
• 512 MB Memory dedicated to the Nord Sample Library
• All samples can be replaced using the Nord Sound Manager application
• The Sample Synth section comes shipped with an extensive selection of one hundred samples from the Nord Sample Library
• Attack and Decay/Release control
• 4 Levels of dynamic velocity control
• Velocity sensitive low pass filter
• 30+ Voice polyphony for Sample Library sounds

Effects Section

• All effects in Stereo
• Effect 1
• Pan, Tremolo, Wah and Ring Modulator
• Three selectable depths for the Pan and Tremolo, rate controlled with the Effect 1 Rate knob
• Tremolo, Pan, Ring-Mod and Wah can be controlled with Control Pedal
• Effect 2
• Phaser 1, Phaser 2, Flanger, Chorus 1, Chorus 2 and Vibe
• Two selectable depths for each effect
• Amp Simulations
• Comp/Amp - three amp/speaker simulations, compressor, C2D 122 rotary speaker, Tube Overdrive
• Drive/Compression amount controlled with the Drive knob
• Rotary speed controls - Slow, Fast and Stopped
• Close or Normal microphone placement for 122 Rotary Speaker simulation
• User adjustable rotary treble and bass rotor speeds and acceleration rates
• Three band EQ, with sweepable mid. +/- 15 dB gain/attenuation
• Master Effects
• Dedicated Reverb with 3 modes - Room, Stage and Hall - all with optional Bright Mode and Dry/Wet control
• Dedicated Delay Effect - Rate, Amount, Tap-tempo and Stereo Ping Pong

Connections

• 2 x Audio outputs L & R – 1/4 inch, 6,35 mm jacks, unbalanced
• 1 x Monitor input - 1/8 inch, 3,5 mm stereo jack
• 1 x Headphone output – 1/4 inch, 6,35 mm stereo jack
• 1 x Control pedal input – 1/4 inch, 6,35 mm TRS stereo jack, like Yamaha FC7, Roland EV-7, Roland EV-5, Korg EXP2 and Korg XVP10.
• 1 x Sustain pedal input – 1/4 inch, 6,35 mm jack. Use a momentary pedal, like e.g, Roland DP-2, DP-6, Yamaha FC-4, FC-5, Fatar VFP1-25 etc
• 1 x Rotary Speaker speed switch pedal input – 1/4 inch, 6,35 mm jack. Use a momentary pedal or a switch type pedal
• MIDI In, MIDI Out - 5 pin DIN connectors
• USB - type B connector - for transferring sounds and USB MIDI
• IEC C14 power connector
• Connections Nord Electro 4

Dimensions and Weight

• Dimensions: 35.4 x 3.8 x 11.7 inch
• Weight: 17.85 lb

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