Clavia c1 Guida Utente

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We would first like to thank you for purchasing the Nord C1 
Combo Organ! We hope you will find it to be everything 
you wished for and that you’ll have many hours of great 
fun with your new instrument.

First some history: at the time of designing the Nord C1 
Combo Organ, Clavia had already been developing digital 
tonewheel organ models for a decade. The first model fea-
tured in the Nord Electro series of instruments was de-
signed to fit comfortably in a multi electro-mechanical 
instrument along side various piano implementations. 
With focus given to fit several mechanical instruments into 
a single package, you are always forced to make some 
compromises. We never intended the Electro to be the per-
fect vintage tonewheel organ replacement, but it turned 
out to be one of the more popular units on the market, 
much due to it’s high quality of sound, portability and at-
tractive price. 

Though not surprised we were definitely thrilled when the 
Electro started to appear in different magazine’s tone-
wheel clone tests and shoot-outs. It was included for its 
fabulous sound that some found to be better that far more 
expensive hard core clone units. However, due to its single 
manual and additional piano samples, it was generally in-
cluded “out of contest”. 

With the Nord C1 Combo Organ we wanted to design an 
instrument without having to find the right blend of 
things; like piano vs. organ keyboard action, or multi-ef-
fects suited for a wide array of sounds. We wanted to focus 
on the things needed for killer organ sounds, and those 
things only.

Also we had developed some great transistor organ mod-
els for the Nord Stage series of instruments. An obvious 
choice was to include these as well for the ultimate three-
in-one lightweight vintage organ package.

Some areas we knew were up for improvement prior to the 
start of the project, others were found along the way. What 
really paid off was focusing on each of the components in-
volved in the sound generating process, rather than just 
the sounding outcome. After spending thousands of man 
hours leaving no detail untouched - no matter how small 
and seemingly insignificant - we believe we have not only 
reproduced the perfect tonewheel sound but also the 
proper response and feel of playing the original instru-
ment.

We hope this instrument will give you as much fun to play 
as it has given us to develop.

The Nord C1 Combo Organ features high quality simula-
tions of three vintage organs, a bunch of effect pedals as 
well as several amp and speaker cabinets combinations in 
a single lightweight package. 

The dual keyboards, bass pedal input and high level out-
puts allows you to use the instrument in the exact same ap-
plication and set-up as with the vintage originals - and 
several more! 

By focusing on each individual component involved in the 
sound generating process you get not only a vintage 
sound experience but also spot-on response and feel of 
playing the original instruments. 

The Nord C1 Combo Organ has the following features:

• 1 model of a vintage Tonewheel organ
• 2 models of vintage Electric-V and Electric-F transistor 

organs

• 3 Amplifier models

Featuring simulations of the gain and frequency char-
acteristics of two popular combo amps as well as a 
rotary speaker cabinet.

• Overdrive

Offering a gentle to massive amount of tube-style dis-
tortion.

• Vintage-sounding delay

With tap-tempo function and possibility to limit opera-
tion to upper manual.

• 3-band  EQ

5 types of Reverberation

Room, Stage and Hall-types with variations

• Dual manuals with 2x61 waterfall keys

Featuring high trigger point for the optimal organ key-
board feel and response time. 

• Bass pedal board input

Dedicated MIDI connector for use with any MIDI note 
sending pedal board. 

• High level outputs

Featuring quarter-inch as well as 11-pin Leslie standard 
connectors you can connect directly to rotary speakers. 
When using the 11-pin connector controls for rotation 
speed are transferred as well.

This manual is arranged mainly as a reference manual. In 
many cases you’ll get tips on how to practically use func-
tions. In this manual, references to knobs and buttons on 
the unit is printed 

LIKE THIS

, e.g. ‘press the 

STORE

 button’. 

The LED-display is referred to as the 

DISPLAY

. Whenever 

there is a reference to the ‘keyboard’, that reference also 
applies to incoming MIDI note messages.