Nord User Forum

When first researching the E5, I could think of many features I’d rather have than a Principle Pipe Organ. Now having owned an E5 for all of a week, I’m finding unexpected uses for it. It’s not perfect (what is?) but by splitting the keyboard, an octave-dropped Clavinet with Control Pedal Wah in Part Lower, Principle Pipe Organ with Rotor Effect in Part Upper, a reasonably cool “Cripple Creek” can happen. To get fancy, sustain pedal the high organ chord at the end of the chorus, fading it by turning the Balance Knob to the left during the Clavinet’s little interludes. Go deep and slow on the Wah Pedal to imitate Garth Hudson’s faux “Jaw’s Harp” sound. Nice! The Principle Pipe Organ through a Leslie seems to get closer than the standard B3 to some of Garth’s Lowery Festival patches.

Yeah, one of my bands does some of The Band material, and Garth's Lowrey is hard to replicate. I too have had more luck with the principle organs, but I use them on my NS3C where I can replicate his whammy bar effect.