Clavia electro 3 Guida Utente
Using the Organ
Press the
1
Organ instrument selector .
This activates the Organ section .
Press the
2
Organ Model selector
repeatedly to cycle through the three
organs – the B3, Vox and Farfisa emula-
tions .
organs – the B3, Vox and Farfisa emula-
tions .
The settings for the three organ sounds are made using the digital
drawbars . The Farfisa uses these in a switch mode, with only two set-
tings for each .
drawbars . The Farfisa uses these in a switch mode, with only two set-
tings for each .
Make a setting with the drawbars and then press the
3
Preset/
Split button .
This activates the second preset, which allows you to keep two dif-
ferent settings for an organ sound available from the panel at any
time . The settings of both Presets 1 and 2 are stored in the Electro 3’s
program memory .
ferent settings for an organ sound available from the panel at any
time . The settings of both Presets 1 and 2 are stored in the Electro 3’s
program memory .
Press and hold
4
Shift and the Preset/Split button .
This activates the organ split mode . The keyboard will be split at C4 .
The lower half will use the Preset 1/Lo setting; the upper half will use
the Preset 2/Up setting .
The lower half will use the Preset 1/Lo setting; the upper half will use
the Preset 2/Up setting .
If you press and hold both the Shift and the Preset/Split buttons
for a couple of seconds, the Split LED will begin to flash and you
can press a key on the keyboard to set a new split point as long
as these buttons are held down. The key you press will be the first
upper manual key.
can press a key on the keyboard to set a new split point as long
as these buttons are held down. The key you press will be the first
upper manual key.
The Rotary effect
The rotary effect adds some great sonic
drama to the organs, but can of course be
used with any other sound as well . The Elec-
tro 3 rotary has three available speeds: fast,
slow and stop . Stop does not disengage
the effect; it only stops the rotating speakers
drama to the organs, but can of course be
used with any other sound as well . The Elec-
tro 3 rotary has three available speeds: fast,
slow and stop . Stop does not disengage
the effect; it only stops the rotating speakers
Make sure that the
1
Speaker/Comp
effect is activated and select the Rotary
by pressing the effect selector .
by pressing the effect selector .
The drive knob now controls the overdrive of the rotary amplifier .
Press the
2
Slow/Stop button in the Rotary Speed section to the
left on the panel, to cycle between the Fast and Slow speeds of
the rotary .
the rotary .
The rotors will speed up and slow down, producing a nice swirly effect
without the negative side effects that e .g . alcohol intake might induce .
without the negative side effects that e .g . alcohol intake might induce .
Press the
3
Stop mode button to activate this one-speed mode .
The Stop Mode LED will be lit .
Press repeatedly on the
4
Slow/Stop button to cycle between
Fast and Stop .
The rotary will now emulate the functionality of an early, one speed
original rotary speaker that had only the fast and the stopped rotary
speed options .
original rotary speaker that had only the fast and the stopped rotary
speed options .
If you connect a foot switch to the rotor pedal input, you can
control the rotary speed with this pedal.
This finishes our little tour; we hope that you now have the initial knowledge on how to operate most of the functions on the panel.
The following chapter is the reference section, with the chapter on the Nord Sound Manager application after that, on page 20.
The following chapter is the reference section, with the chapter on the Nord Sound Manager application after that, on page 20.
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