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The drawbar LEDs 5-8 are lit up for an activated voice, and drawbar 
LEDs 1-4 are lit up for a deactivated voice . The illustration below shows 
the registers .

The rotary speaker speed is controlled with 
the rotary speed buttons or with an external 
pedal connected to the rotor pedal input on 
the rear panel . 

Press the Slow/Stop button to change the 
rotation from Slow to Fast and vice versa . 

To stop the rotors, press the Stop Mode 
button to activate the Stop Mode and then 
the Slow/Stop button (this does not deacti-
vate the Rotary Speaker simulation - it only stops the rotors) . When you 
press the Slow/Stop button again the rotors will accelerate to the Fast 
speed setting . This functionality mimics the behavior of an early, one 
speed original rotary speaker . 

A connected pedal can be set to change the speeds only when it is 
held down or to function like a switch, changing the speed every time 
you press it . This functionality is set in the System menu, read more on 
this on page 17 .

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The Vibrato/Chorus sec-
tion mimics the behavior of 
the original organs, which 
means that these parameters 
functionality depends on 
which model is active . Select 
the desired vibrato or chorus type by repeatedly pressing the Mode 
button . The Vibrato/Chorus section is common for both the upper and 
lower presets, if the split function is active . .

B3 – The original tonewheel organ’s vibrato and chorus scanner 
consists of a tapped delay line in combination with a rotating scan-
ner . For the Vibrato effect, phase shift is applied to the signal . For the 
Chorus effect, a phase modulated signal is added to the original signal . 
Three different types of choruses (C1- C3) and three different types of 
vibratos (V1-V3) are available .

VX - There is only one type of vibrato available for the VX model, which 
is activated using the ON button in the Vibrato section . 

Farf - This model has two basic vibrato modes; “Light” and “Heavy”, 
with two different rates for each mode . 

The Percussion effect adds extra 
attack to the B3 sound by having 
a single envelope generator con-
trolling either the 2nd or the 3rd 
harmonic . The envelope “opens 
up” for a short moment in the 
beginning of the sound when you press the key(s) . The percussion will 
only affect the upper manual if the Split function is active . 

The Percussion is a single-triggered non-legato effect . It is only present 
when you hit the keys when no other note is sounding . In other words, 
if you play a note or a chord and then add on more notes without 
releasing the previously pressed keys, there will be no percussion effect 
in the new notes . You have to release all keys to be able to play new 
notes with the percussion effect .

The percussion effect is activated and deactivated by pressing the 
On button . The Soft/Fast button toggles between normal or soft 
percussion levels and fast or slow decay times, providing four available 
combinations . The Third button toggles between using the 2nd or 3rd 
partial as the source for the percussion effect . The percussion decay 
times (and levels) can be fine-tuned for Fast and Slow mode individu-
ally . Please refer to “The Sound Menu” on page 19 for details .

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effect and 9th drawbar simultaneously. However with the Nord 
Electro 3 you have a choice. You can use the percussion and 9th 
drawbar together or chose to mimic the original organ behavior by 
turning off the 9th drawbar whenever the percussion is activated. 
Read more on the Perc Drawbar setting in the Sound menu on 
page 19.

Use the 1/Lo and 2/Up buttons to store 
and recall two separate settings for the organ 
section . 

Press the Shift and the Split button to 
divide the Nord Electro 3 keyboard into 
two sections, the Lower Manual and Upper Manual sections . By 
default, the split point on the keyboard is between the keys B3 and C4 . 
You can, however, also set the split point manually by holding Shift + 
pressing Split, the split LED starts to flash, then while still holding the 
buttons  press the desired key . A set split point is saved as part of the 
parameters in a program .

You can connect an additional MIDI keyboard to the Electro 3 to use 
the organ in a dual manual fashion, with the external keyboard operat-
ing as the lower manual . 

Connect the external MIDI keyboard’s MIDI out to the Electro 3’s 

MIDI in . 

Set the MIDI channel of the external keyboard to the channel that 

is set in the MIDI menu, the Lower Channel setting . 

The default Lower MIDI channel in the Electro 3 is 2 . 

Select the 

MIDI Split option in the MIDI Menu and set this to On .

Read more on how to change settings in the MIDI Menu on page 18 .