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PK47 · Joined: 03 Mar 2010 Posts: 1 Location: Malta

Is there a way to have the drawbars effect on the SV-1

kanthos · Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 1:15 pm Post subject:

Nope, they sampled a few drawbar settings for the SV-1, so you can't control the actual drawbar positions. Look at the Nord Stage or Electro for that.
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miket156 · Joined: 30 Jan 2007 Posts: 37 Location: PA

The Nord products only have "electronic" drawbars, not real drawbars. Some players that have the Nord Electro series say they get use to the electronic ones. If you want the real deal, you have to get a Hammond XK3c or the less expensive XK-1.

Cheers,

Mike T.

kanthos · Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 7:33 pm Post subject:

Well, one of those Nords will give you the drawbar effect, as the original poster asked Smile

Depending on your genre of music and style of play, you may rarely be changing them live anyway, so Nord's way of doing things may be fine. If you're playing organ-based jazz though, or playing most styles of music where the SV-1 would be your only keyboard, something with drawbars would probably be better.
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X-Trade · Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 11:51 pm Post subject:

miket156 · Joined: 30 Jan 2007 Posts: 37 Location: PA

You can't grab a fist full of draw bars with all your fingers and make an immediate adjustment to 4 out of the 9 drawbars on an organ. However, only Hammond purists would find this unworkable. So Nord will work. What it comes down to is what are the most important sounds to you and what model fills those sounds the best for the price you can afford to pay?

I spent a a part of the afternoon listening to the NE3 on Clavia's web site. Very good website, a great sounding instrument. If organ/Rhodes are the most important sounds to you, along with an option of a 61 note KB in a light package. There are certain advantage of the Nord Electro over competitors, you can split the KB. This is important in a single manual organ KB. You can use a second KB for the bottom manual if you are use to a dual manual KB. The NE3 is compatible with the Nord Stage, and you can use down loadable samples. A nice package. Its slightly more $$$ than the SV 1.

The SV1 has sounds the Nord doesn't have on-board, but I have to say its a great sounding Piano/Rhodes, with the addition of B&B sounds that aren't resident on the Nord. Drop back 10 and punt.

Buy the instrument that is best suited for your needs.

Mike T.