Nord User Forum

[analogika]

There is nothing I can see in that video about independently switching the rotor and the horn between fast/slow.

The guy talks about adjusting the fast and slow speeds, as well as the acceleration/deceleration speed. This can be adjusted on real Leslies by switching pulleys and adjusting belt tension, and it can also be adjusted on the Nord electro.

[El Lobo]

You can set the bass rotor and horn speeds separately on the 5D, and the mic distance. See 11 - 16 in the SOUND section of the manual:

1 - PIANO STRING RES determines the sound level of the Piano String Resonance. Range is from -6dB to +6dB. Default value is 0dB.
2 - B3 TONEWHEEL MODE sets the amount of tonewheel crosstalk and cable leakage for the B3 Model between Clean, Vintage 1, Vintage 2 or Vintage 3. Vintage 1 is default.
3 - B3 KEY CLICK sets the amount of key click for the B3 Model to Low, Normal, High or Higher. Normal is default.
4 - B3 KEY BOUNCE turns the key bounce On or Off. When On the key off click is boosted if the key is released quickly
6 - B3 PERC DB9 MUTE will in On mode mute the 9th drawbar when percussion is activated just as with the original instrument but could also be set to Off.
7 - B3 PERC DECAY FAST sets the Fast decay time of the B3 percussion to Short, Medium or Long. Medium is default.
8 - B3 PERC DECAY SLOW sets the Slow decay time of the B3 percussion to Short, Medium or Long. Medium is default.
9 - B3 PERC VOLUME NORMAL sets the normal percussion volume to Low, Medium or High. Medium is default.
10 - B3 PERC VOLUME SOFT sets the soft percussion volume to Low, Medium or High. Medium is default.
11 - ROTARY SPEAKER TYPE can be set to 122 or 122Close, the latter being a close miked version of the same speaker emulation. 122 is default.
12 - ROTARY BALANCE sets the balance between the bass rotor and treble horn 70/30, 60/40, 50/50, 40/60 and 30/70. Default is 50/50.
13 - ROTARY HORN SPEED could be set to Low, Normal or High. Default is set to Medium.
14 - ROTARY HORN ACC sets the acceleration and retardation of the rotary bass horn to Low, Normal or High. Default is set to Normal.
15 - ROTARY ROTOR SPEED sets the speed of the rotary bass horn to Low, Normal or High. Default is set to Normal.
16 - ROTARY ROTOR ACC sets the acceleration and retardation of the rotary treble horn to Low, Normal or High. Default is set to Normal.

[analogika]

Yes, you can adjust the basic speed for both the rotor and the horn but you can NOT use two switches to switch horn and rotor between fast and slow independently.

For some reason, I'm stuck on thinking that that was the original question. I may be wrong, though.

[maxpiano]

Yes, you can adjust the basic speed for both the rotor and the horn but you can NOT use two switches to switch horn and rotor between fast and slow independently.

For some reason, I'm stuck on thinking that that was the original question. I may be wrong, though.

I think that was not the original question, simply because the other instruments indicated (e.g. korg CX3) to my knowledge can't do that as well, while on a real Leslie you may achieve that with some modifications; but maybe the initial wording was a little unclear so possibily generating some confusion

[cEgws]

I think analogika's point was that you cannot switch the horn to high speed and the rotor to low speed separately on the Nord, has not encountered this on a real Leslie. And it does not look as if you can do it on the Korg, either.

[cEgws]

Sorry, I missed page 2…

[analogika]

Yes, you can adjust the basic speed for both the rotor and the horn but you can NOT use two switches to switch horn and rotor between fast and slow independently.

For some reason, I'm stuck on thinking that that was the original question. I may be wrong, though.

I think that was not the original question, simply because the other instruments indicated (e.g. korg CX3) to my knowledge can't do that as well, while on a real Leslie you may achieve that with some modifications; but maybe the initial wording was a little unclear so possibily generating some confusion

Well, if the question was whether it is possible to adjust basic rotor speed as well as basic horn speed separately, I guess it's been sufficiently answered.

[DanLong]

The parameters you can adjust were listed above. It's not as extensive as some other organ clone keyboards but it's enough.

On a real Leslie you use the belts to adjust the speed and rise/fall time. If you wanted the lower rotor stationary and the upper rotor to spin, you unplugged the lower rotor motor.