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Electro 5D 61

Postby kpitfky » 01 Apr 2017, 17:30

I have an old Hammond Aurora that just died and want to use a Nord electro 5d 61 for my lower keyboard and I have a Yamaha PSR-950 for the upper. I need recommendations on speakers, amp and 13 notes pedalboard for the Nord. Don't want to use the full keyboard as to takes to much room and too expensive. I simply trying to end up with a similar setup but up to today's standard with technology. I am spending more time fixing the Hammond than I am playing. This is for home use only by the way. All assistance and recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

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Re: Electro 5D 61

Postby offrhodes » 01 Apr 2017, 18:13

Hi,

an organ up to "today's standards" uses modeling like the Nord. Randomly combining two independent keyboards as manuals isn't the same. Expect some unwanted chorus / tremolo because of microtuning and random oscillator phase for certain key combinations.
You may find that it works well enough for you, our ears are very tolerant. But companies are modeling the internals of classic organs at a fairly high level of detail, and that isn't just marketing.
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Re: Electro 5D 61

Postby anotherscott » 03 Apr 2017, 08:32

offrhodes wrote:Randomly combining two independent keyboards as manuals isn't the same. Expect some unwanted chorus / tremolo because of microtuning and random oscillator phase for certain key combinations.

In this case, the Yamaha can be connected to the Nord via MIDI so that you end up with two manuals driving the single Nord sound source, so that wouldn't be a problem.

Since the goal includes avoiding something that "takes to much room and too expensive", for organ amplification, I'd look at the SpaceStation. Not too expensive, not too big, and kind of throws the sound around the room almost like a Leslie does.
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Re: Electro 5D 61

Postby offrhodes » 03 Apr 2017, 15:44

anotherscott wrote:In this case, the Yamaha can be connected to the Nord via MIDI so that you end up with two manuals driving the single Nord sound source, so that wouldn't be a problem.


Yes, I guess so...
>> I need recommendations on speakers, amp and 13 notes pedalboard
... if you hook up the pedalboard to the Yamaha (the phasing / chorus I mentioned should not be an issue here).
AFAIK the Nord alone can do either dual manual or pedal plus single-manual, but not both.

BTW, coming from a transistor organ, a very low-cost solution would be a 2nd hand Roland VK-7 plus MIDI bass pedal. Bought mine in '98, still love it.
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