Nord Electro 6 - Organ Impressions

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Күн бұрын

/ @nickfoleyuk Good morning!
For the first time ever the red keyboard has infiltrated the secret groove laboratory! I wonder what it will sound like?
I have heard good things, had an old Electro Rack back in the day, for rehearsals, which was....just okay.. so let's see how it's improved over the years.
Thanks again to the good people ‪@FairDealMusicVideos‬ who have leant me the device for a few days to have a look at.
If you need any more exclusive content from me or just want to buy me a coffeee to say thanks here is a link to my Patreon : / nickfoleyuk

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@jaytb3 Ай бұрын

Just bought one and love it. Pianos are excellent too. And I am a Hammond Tech.

@timpullen4941 9 ай бұрын

I used to own an organ hire company. C3 and Leslie for big concerts. I'm a Hammond Tech. I bought one of these and use it in my band. I'm totally happy with the Nord.

@nickfoleyuk 9 ай бұрын

Great!

@organeu 9 ай бұрын

You are lover of Hammond and play organ on Nord ?

@nickfoleyuk 9 ай бұрын

@@organeu No I use a Hammond c3 and Hammond XK-5. I borrowed this keyboard to review it

@timpullen4941 9 ай бұрын

@@organeu the chiropractic bills carrying a C3 and Leslie are more than the gig pays.

@connor_flanigan 9 ай бұрын

@@timpullen4941 I had an RT3 and an X66 at different points. you won't complain about the weight of a C3 after moving one of those!

@ScooterTV 9 ай бұрын

Love the red’s. 😍 organ, piano and electric piano, they all sound very good ! 😊

@timpullen4941 9 ай бұрын

I connect a midi keyboard via a midi cable and set the double manual option. It works exactly like a double manual organ.

@TA-zk7lr 9 ай бұрын

Great review! And I just couldn’t take of my eyes out of your Jethro Tull shirt🤘🏼 I would really like to play some Thick as a brick on this red thing😁

@ThaWolfe1 Ай бұрын

With all of the controls on top and not buried in menus, this works for a gigging musician Easy to set up, easy to change during live performances

@MrOldziggy Ай бұрын

Sounds awesome dude 👍👍

@dalebeaver5073 9 ай бұрын

Another fantastic review! I have never owned nor played a Nord. The organ modeling on the Electro 6D is impressive and quite convincing (a lot better than "just okay") ...but it's not a Hammond and a real Leslie, is it? P.S. Keep that great sense of humor!

@ajcjcarvalho 9 ай бұрын

In the settings there are some nice options. For example, you can set the horn and the bass to different velocities. You also can set different acceleration/deceleration times. It also has different speaker options.

@avalon151 9 ай бұрын

Absolutely

@noiselabproject9659 6 ай бұрын

Love my 73 key version of this it does all the stuff that my fancy Synths can`t really , I`m no awesome keyboard player but more of a composer of music over the decades rather than a serious player of any particular instrument ( apart from Metal Rhythm Guitar, I`m pretty skilled at that ) anyways I love a bit of John Lord and this fits the bill for that very well and the sample Synth in this is super great for me and I have that loaded up with lots of orchestral sounds, Mellotorn sounds and a whole bunch of ye olde String Synthizers ( Solina etc ) plus the fx required to get them to sound cool and so overall this is a great package methinks

@adamjacksonmedia 9 ай бұрын

That shirt!!! Epic!!!

@TheKarla1969 9 ай бұрын

On smaller gigs, I use my Nord electro 6D73 instead of my XK5. Leslie does not need to be replaced by the Neo Vent II, but the internals work well as they are. The negative thing about the Nord organ is that it doesn't reach the top octaves like the Hammond, I have to raise the volume more to reach solo parts. With a little tweaking, you get the Jon Lord sound with the Marshall amplifier, perfect for the acclaimed songs like Highway star, with Leslie Perfect Stranger. But it also has superb piano sounds, and electric pianos etc. I run midi via my Kurzweil PC4 on a keyboard suitable for piano. Worth a try Nick!

@nickfoleyuk 9 ай бұрын

Cheers!

@timpullen4941 9 ай бұрын

The extra red real estate on the top panel works really well for placing my iPad flat.

@Lorneplumber 9 ай бұрын

I have used it putting monitors on and also a sirin/minitaur sits on the right side perfectly strymon delay on the left which can feed into the monitor in for a very capable analogue synth on the same foot print

@Lorneplumber 9 ай бұрын

Also using the nord music stand to hold beatstep pro and put drum samples on the synth and split the keys for another part is most enjoyable

@suelikesspurs 9 ай бұрын

Some nords accept their half moon switch; which adds to the enjoyment of the experience.

@jaytb3 Ай бұрын

You can use a sustain peddle into the rotor plug and switch with your foot.

@diegofecchio 9 ай бұрын

Hi! But the organ sound engine is the same of nord c2d or not? It was upgraded in same way? Thanks

@awaken77 9 ай бұрын

great choice for cover band playing classic rock repertoire, like Deep Purple, Pink Floyd, Uriah Heep. all classic sounds (Hammond, Rhodes, Clavinet, Vox continental) are on board

@jeffreywahl4238 6 ай бұрын

Nick, love your videos! Keep 'em coming. A couple of points. . . I'm happy to see your Juno DS. I left my Kurzweil PC2X for a Juno DS because of its great sounds and significantly less weight for gigging. You've got all kinds of great gear. Please tell me what you use the DS for? What are your favorite features? And on a related topic, what do you think about the organ patches on the DS (both the ones that come from the factory and those that are downloadable from the Roland site? Thanks! Jeff Wahl (Cleveland, Ohio)

@nickfoleyuk 5 ай бұрын

Hi Jeff, I use the DS for extra piano sounds but also the lovely Roland string samples

@B3-R 9 ай бұрын

First time I heard it, and thanks,got a good impression generally

@crazypainter56 9 ай бұрын

you have the Vox and Farfisa sounds also

@luisbecerra3085 3 ай бұрын

Hola: una pregunta : si desinstalo la mayoria de samples y instalo otros ,podria haber algun problema??, muchas gracias..

@timpullen4941 9 ай бұрын

To access the left drawbars you press the shift button and then select left (lower manual) button on the organ section.

@nickfoleyuk 9 ай бұрын

Ah thank you!

@joecostello9759 8 күн бұрын

Ace vid 👍

@jazzplayer59 9 ай бұрын

Great demo as usual.... personally I don't care for the sound of the organ... however, as a keyboard with other usable sounds with great quality it is certainly one to consider.

@nickfoleyuk 9 ай бұрын

I get that

@valleywoodstudio7345 9 ай бұрын

great series of reviews.

@nickfoleyuk 9 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@juanrossi321 26 күн бұрын

In reality, changed my Mojo dual and 20 pedalboard with a 73 Nord 6D and, indeed, have come to this honky or medium oriented sound of majority of timbres - that annoyes me (in pandemy have fixed many old laptops and bought a EX5 and Rise 25, marvelous)! But organ is nicely done, a little bright compared to my gone Mojo but very good! Praxis is all you desire when you have this, and regret not having 2 bend and pitch controls... Eq help to get rid a little this medium oriented sound and have not yet put another external Nord sounds. Otherwise, I'm trying to have midied my 1-octave bass pedals with no results. Overall a very good machine (ah, in headphones noticed different miking techniques on piano sounds, great!).

@ColonelJedburgh 2 ай бұрын

Lovin’ the t-shirt!!!

@nickfoleyuk 2 ай бұрын

Thank you

@adamjacksonmedia Ай бұрын

The organ passage was from Thick as a Brick. John Evan! I look forward to my free box of chocolates.

@thecoastCoverband 6 ай бұрын

Top video Question is this the latest D6?

@nickfoleyuk 6 ай бұрын

Yes mate

@Soryt 9 ай бұрын

I changed my N5D fore a Yamaha YC61, no regret at all

@nicklisac4667 9 ай бұрын

I was really truly disappointed that you failed to provide us with more detail on that box of chocolates on offer🤔🍫🤭 To my two ears👂👀👂the fast 🚅Leslie on the Nord sounded much better than on the mojo 61. There seems to be more choice of overdrive character and effects in general but the actual organ sounds with no distortion or flavours sounded 🤔 ok? Be interesting to see what your two ears 👂👂thought🤔🤣 As always, a superb, informative & entertaining video👍

@nickfoleyuk 9 ай бұрын

Thank you mate. Honestly is Integrity. I have more videos to do on this beast. I don’t get them for very long so sometimes I miss things

@nickfoleyuk 9 ай бұрын

On my Patreon I’ll let You know where that lock comes from lol

@nicklisac4667 9 ай бұрын

@@nickfoleyuklock 🔐 or lick 👅?

@qddk9545 4 ай бұрын

Maybe you should review your use of emojis - you look like a 7 year old, and I can tell from your beard that you are at least 10.

@mikeattheimagebusiness6215 9 ай бұрын

I do find the Nords a rather confusing, but then I’m getting on a bit. Leslie sim seemed good I thought.

@fragu123 7 ай бұрын

…confusing 🤔?

@Patozzi 4 ай бұрын

Hello, I'm deciding between a Nord and a Hammond XK-4. Which would you personally recommend more (specifically for a B3 organ, regardless of the other sounds on the Nord)? (When playing primarily with the internal leslie-sim).

@nickfoleyuk 4 ай бұрын

Personally it’s the XK-4 for me. It sounds better to me, less of a lower mid honk. As many people would disagree though.

@Patozzi 4 ай бұрын

@@nickfoleyuk Thank you!

@wavester46 9 ай бұрын

I've had an E6D for a couple of years. They are a great gigging board and coupled with something like a Yamaha MODX7 they can cover most rock band covers. A great thing about both those boards is the ability to add new patches ( sounds) to taste. Samples can also be programmed to be triggered from a key which always impresses band mates. I owned an Electro 3 for 9 years beforehand and it never let me down. Not sure if you've covered Black Night but a lesson on the solo would be cool. Thanks Nick, cheers from Oz.

@nickfoleyuk 9 ай бұрын

Cheers mate

@BrioTang 9 ай бұрын

i think its a bad move to turn down the percussion on the xk5, considering the C3 has particularly loud percussion.

@nickfoleyuk 9 ай бұрын

I have a C3 and have turned down the percussion to match mine. No C3 is the same mind.

@isabelfuentesnar1 6 ай бұрын

Please. As beginner can you recomend me some monitors or amp (or system) to play at home or in a little gig with my Nord?

@nickfoleyuk 5 ай бұрын

Tricky, I don't really use them. Bass Amps are always surprisingly good as are PA speakers. Roland Cubes pretty true too. My monitor is a little DB Flexis and thats quite cool

@isabelfuentesnar1 5 ай бұрын

@@nickfoleyuk Thank you

@lukasrosenthaler583 2 ай бұрын

Somehow I do n‘t like the leslie effect. Nothing beats really moving air…. Still - after some tinkering - like the sound of my xk-5 better… comes closest to my 1962 A100 with a 1957 Leslie 147. but my back prefers the 25kg xk-5😅

@organeu 9 ай бұрын

All these brands that copy the Hammond sound don't have a lot of self-esteem and inventiveness. Hammond engineers have worked hard to design and manufacture the new portable Hammonds since the XB series (XB1 and XB2) in the 90s, and today jewels of technology which reproduce the sound of tone wheels wonderfully with the SK pro series. , XK and the awesome new B3. These portable Hammonds supplant all copies. The only copy that is closest to Hammond is the Mojo made by Crumar in Italy. That said, playing the piano on an organ keyboard is not easy, the touch is not the same. This is where Nord can be interesting for a pianist who mainly plays the piano and occasionally the organ. But for a self-respecting organist, who, let's say, he has earned his whole life his salary thanks to the vintage Hammond organ, it is an unspeakable infidelity to play on a copy when Hammond offers the best portable organs simulating the phonic wheels. Here is my opinion and in my capacity as a small technical service provider, on 90% of the technical sheets, I note that a Hammond organ, a real vintage like the B3 portable or the current XK series is requested.

@RichKielbasa 9 ай бұрын

Hilarious at 15:27 mark 😅

@joaopaulomelosilva4292 9 ай бұрын

Crumar mojo vs Nord Electro 6?

@marvinkmooneyoz 9 ай бұрын

Nord has more of an interface, and can play two sounds at once. Mojo has better action for organ playing, a better organ sound engine, and if you like modeled E.P.s, better sounding Rhodes and Clav (Wurli I think is slightly leaning towards Nord). Nord will also have some extra sounds like Celeste and Glockenspiel, but they are single sample I believe, this was the case on earlier NORDs.

@organeu 9 ай бұрын

@louiscornale5667 4 ай бұрын

Great job would be great for wooly bully watch it now 😂

@qddk9545 4 ай бұрын

Why do you always chime in with Wooly Bully??? I have seen that comment a lot of times - that immediately puts you in the trailer trash can. One of the worst songs ever.

@planetdog1641 23 сағат бұрын

@@qddk9545 McCartney does that one!

@Alan8JanetMallett 9 ай бұрын

Thick as a Brick….Chocolate please!

@nickfoleyuk 9 ай бұрын

Very good!

@timpullen4941 9 ай бұрын

12AU7 = ECC82 12AX7 = ECC83

@nickfoleyuk 9 ай бұрын

Exactly that thanks; had a blip!

@pianomikeoct 6 ай бұрын

I always think the Nords are too harsh and also too complicated besides being too expensive. I like the Mojo's Organ sound better but then I own a Mojo61.

@nickfoleyuk 5 ай бұрын

Complex for sure yes

@planetdog1641 23 сағат бұрын

seems like once you hit the fast leslie the sound kind of loses clarity compared to other brands.