Nord User Forum

[aadave88]

I am a Hammond XK-2 owner who just purchased a Nord Electro 6D. I bought the Nord because the piano on the Hammond sucks. It is being shipped to me now. I still have not received it but when it gets here, I want to make sure I have a compatible expression pedal and foot switch for playing the organ. So, my question is, what is the best expression pedal and foot switch I can buy, that will work with the Nord Electro 6D? Will the Hammond pedals work? I would like to have pedals when it arrives.

[wtibbit]

I use a Hammond EXP-50 with my Nords. Expensive and worth every penny. I do keep a Yamaha FC7 as a backup but I've never had to use it; the Hammond pedal hasn't failed, it works perfectly on the Nord and feels very much like the expression pedal on a console Hammond organ.

[FZiegler]

I now started to use different pedals for expression and swell: Swell is a Yamaha FC7, expression tasks (like morphing FX on my Stage 3) are done with a smaller Moog EP3. The FC7 with its wide control range is sensitive but ponderous. The EP3 is less precise but more agile. Don't know what's more important on your Electro.

[Tasten-Bert]

Korg XVP-20 for volume and expression, Roland DP-10 for piano feeling and Yamaha FC-5 as sustain switch. I love them all, and they seem to live forever. My FC-5 has more than 30 years on its back! I guess 1989 or 90 I bought this one.
Cheers from Germany

I may add that I use the DP-10 with my Nord and the FC-5 with my korg X50, both for sustain.

[aadave88]

I just plugged in my Hammond EXP 50 expression pedal and it does nothing. Is there something I need to do for it to work? Also, I'm used to tapping a foot switch for leslie. Is that possible and what do I need to do to get it to work?

[aadave88]

Nevermind. I got the swell pedal to work. Now I just need to get the foot switch to work for Leslie

[twofarmers]

FC7 for expression pedal, Boss FS5U for Leslie