Nord User Forum

The only way to get a nord to sound as good as a hammond (yes i said it... is to put it through a good tube leslie. If you can't do that, put it through a 3300. If you can't do that put it through a vent. if you can't do that, save your pennies for the previous 3 things. I have tried everything and its not worth the run around trying to get it to sound right if you've played a real deal rig before. Fix the leslie, the tone going to the leslie you can deal with pedals, eq, and drawbar adjustments.

Have you tried the Stage 3 since the 1.36 update?

CraigW wrote:

randy wrote:We actually really like the B3-Sound

Regards from germany, Randy

Randy, what are you running the Nord through? Sounds like a real leslie.

--> it is just the build-in leslie-sim

Regards,
Randy

I've got my NS3C Hammond sounds going into a Tall & Fat (off for clean-ish; on for 'growly') and then into a Vent II (with the overdrive on very slightly) and finally thru my PicoVerb giving a touch of delay/verb.
If I need extra heavy growl a la Purple, I just use the distortion (not the leslie one) on the NS3C.
I honestly could not be happier!! To me it was well worth the extra expense as this combo definitely sounds to me (and the band) WAY better than the Leslie sim on ANY Nord I've ever owned!
Bear in mind, my previous favourite Leslie sim sound of any Nord was from my venerable Electro 2, so I may have a different idea as to what constitures a great Hammond sound to everyone else...!

Well, I like that because it's on my plan to do just that, C2, to Tall & Fat to Vent II to TC hall of fame.... I had had an L100 35 years ago but I'm like you, I cannot remember how the real thing sounds....

An L100 sounds nothing like a B3.

analogika wrote:An L100 sounds nothing like a B3.

I wouldn't say 'nothing like' (having played both at various times); they are both tonewheels after all...
But yeah; of course there are differences between spinet & console. Tony Banks vs Keith Emerson

I just bought a Nord Stage 3 after owning an NS2 for the past 3 or 4 years and am SO bummed that they changed the B3 section. The C3 chorus sounds totally cheesy and unrealistic and the overall tone is not happening. Not at all as realistic as my NS2 when I A/B them side by side. (Incidentally I owned a B3 for years and have been playing forever). I'm on the verge of sending my back for a refund unless someone out there knows about an update/fix that Nord might be planning.
Any feedback would be much appreciated!!
RR

What’s the OS version you have? The organ section has had a re-make with the updates in 1.33 and 1.36.

@reinski: Make sure you have updated to the latest OS, as @jeffkeys said. The NS3 organ and the rotary emulation is much improved in the latest releases, in particular in 1.36.