SV-1 Drawbars

PK47 · Post by **PK47** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 6:58 am

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

kanthos · Post by **kanthos** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 1:15 pm

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.

miket156 · Post by **miket156** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 7:16 pm

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 · Post by **kanthos** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 7:33 pm

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

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.

X-Trade · Post by **X-Trade** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 11:51 pm

miket156 wrote:If you want the real deal, you have to get a Hammond XK3c or the less expensive XK-1.

Or a CX-3, or BX-3, or a Roland VK-8 (or the 7 is also good).

Personally, I like the sound of the Roland most. The Hammond XK sounds very similar to me, but I think I've usually seen the Roland cheaper, and interesting uses for D-Beam are exciting - Ring Modulator or Tonewheel break are both expressive and cool to use.

I also don't see what people have against the Nord digital drawbars. Its an obvious solution to a real problem - where selecting a new patch would mean your drawbars are incorrect. IMO one major advantage over the Roland and Hammond. Of course I think motorised drawbars would be even better.

I think the Nord too has a slightly more processed, 'plasticy' sound, but not necessarily in a bad way.

miket156 · Post by **miket156** » Tue Mar 23, 2010 11:43 pm

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.