The Electro 3 comes in two different sizes. The 61 and the 73 have the same type of semi-weighted keyboard with the waterfall profile. This is a great set of keys to play organ and pianos with.

The Nord Electro 3 is compatible with the new Nord Piano library. It takes full advantage of the Library’s multitude of velocity layers, pedal-down samples and extremely high quality samples providing you with an unprecedented expressiveness. Any current or future piano that is available for the Stage family will also automatically be available to the Nord Electro 3.

Right from the start, the Electro 3 is loaded with a great selection of pianos. There are three acoustic grands (two Yamaha* C7s and one Steinway* D) and two electric grands. Electric piano aficionados will love the tine-based types; a Mk I, a Suitcase Mk I, a Mk II and a Mk V all with their unique and distinctive personalities. A great Wurlitzer* A200 is of course present, as is the mighty Clavinet* D6.

Having a bunch of great pianos, a tower of effects and three vintage organs in your studio is fun, but the Electro 3 is also designed to allow you to easily bring all those great sounds to the gig.
The Nord Electro 3 is extremely lightweight and portable, yet sturdy enough to cope with the rigors of the touring life. With the optional gig bag, you can carry the massive power that this puppy contains in one hand; weighing in at merely 7,6 or 9,1 kg (15.3/18.2 lb).

Features

ORGAN SECTION

– Organ section from the acclaimed Nord C1 Combo Organ
– Three classic organ models: B3, Vox Continental, and Farfisa with full polyphony
– 9 digitally controlled drawbars
– Two complete organ registrations for every program
– The drawbars of Electro 3 are represented by up/down buttons and LED bar graphs instead of the ordinary mechanical drawbars. This gives you a big advantage: when you change programs, the correct drawbar settings are shown immediately by the LEDs
– 17 user configurable organ presets for each organ model
– Percussion with 2nd, 3rd, normal/soft, fast/slow for the B3 model
– User adjustable percussion levels, percussion decays and keyclick level
– Vibrato / Chorus Control with separate functionality for each model (the classic C1, C2, C3, V1, V2, V3 options for the B3, Vibrato for the Farfisa)
– 4 Tonewheel modes: select the level of "vintage" you wish to have in your B3 sound
– MIDI Split: The Nord Electro 3 is designed to support an extra MIDI keyboard when the Organ Split mode is activated. This makes it possible to use the Nord Electro 3 as a dual manual (Lower/Upper) organ with different drawbar settings for each manual

PIANO AND SAMP LIB SECTION

– 5 selectable types of pianos - Grand, Upright, EPiano, Wurl & Clav/Harpsichord. Each type can contain several different models
– 185 MB of the flash memory is allocated to the piano types
– Each and every piano in the Electro 3 is replacable by the user. New models can be uploaded to the Electro 3 using the Nord Sound Manager application
– Samp Lib type can contain up to 50 samples from the Nord Sample Library
– 68 MB of the flash memory is allocated to samples
– Stereo pianos and samples can be played back in mono
– 40-60 Voices polyphony

EFFECTS SECTION

– Effect 1 - pan, tremolo, auto-wah, pedal-wah and ringmodulator
– Three selectable depths for the pan and tremolo, rate controlled with the Effect 1 Rate knob
– Control pedal assigned to pedah-wah and ring modulator depth
– Effect 2 - phaser, flanger and chorus
– Three selectable depths, rate controlled with the Effect 2 Rate knob
– Comp/Amp - three amp/speaker simulations, compressor and rotary speaker
– Drive/Compression amount controlled with the Drive knob
– Rotary speed controls - Slow, Fast and Stopped
– User adjustable rotary treble and bass rotor speeds and acceleration rates
– Reverb with five algorithms - Room, Stage Soft, Stage, Hall, Hall Soft
– Dry/Wet control
– Three band EQ, with sweepable mid. +/- 15 dB gain/attenuation

GLOBAL FEATURES

– 128 program memories
– Keyboard: 61-key (5 octaves) or 73-key (6 octaves). Velocity sensitive semi-weighted ”waterfall” (square front) keyboard

CONNECTIONS

– 2 Audio outputs L & R - ¼", 6,35 mm jacks, unbalanced
– 1 Monitor input - 1/8", 3,5 mm stereo jack
– 1 Headphone output - ¼", 6,35 mm stereo jack
– 1 Control pedal input - ¼", 6,35 mm TRS stereo jack. Use a Control/Expression pedal like e.g. Yamaha FC-7, Roland EV-5 etc.
– 1 Sustain pedal input - ¼", 6,35 mm jack. Use a momentary pedal, like e.g, Roland DP-2, DP-6, Yamaha FC-4, FC-5, Fatar VFP1-25 etc.
– 1 Rotary Speaker speed switch pedal input - ¼", 6,35 mm jack. Use a momentary pedal or a switch type pedal
– MIDI In, MIDI Out - 5 pin DIN connectors
– USB - type B connector
– IEC320 C7 power connector

DIMENSIONS

– Nord Electro 3 Sixtyone: 900 mm (35.4"), 100 mm (3.9"), 300 mm (11.8")
– Nord Electro 3 Seventythree: 1120 mm (44.1"), 100 mm (3.9"), 300 mm (11.8")

WEIGHT

– Nord Electro 3 Sixtyone: 7.65 kg (15.3 lbs)
– Nord Electro 3 Seventythree: 9.1 kg (18.2 lbs)

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