The Nord Electro series has been providing keys players with authentic electromechanical keyboard emulations in an awesome package since 2001. The Electro 6 is the latest range to provide a portable live stage keyboard offering amazing hammond & Vox organs, electric pianos and clavinets as well as Nord's well known sample instrument library of pianos, keyboards and more.

Key Features

Seamless Transitions NEW
3 part multi-timbral NEW
Split and Layer all 3 sections with optional Split Point Crossfades NEW
OLED Display for excellent overview
Organize Mode for quickly rearranging programs, sounds and pages NEW

Piano Section

1 GB memory for Nord Piano Library
Piano Filters NEW
Extended Voice Polyphony NEW
Sympathetic String Resonance
4 Dynamic Curves

Sample Synth

Expanded memory (512 MB) for Nord Sample Library NEW
Extended Voice Polyphony NEW
Dedicated Sample Synth section with Attack, Decay/Release and dynamic controls

Organ

B3 Tonewheel, B3 Bass, Vox and Farfisa simulations
2 Pipe Organ models NEW
Dual Organ Mode NEW
Model 122 Vintage Rotary Speaker
Physical Drawbars on 6D 61 and 6D 73 models
Mount for Half-Moon Switch for Rotary Speaker control (6D 61/73)

Effects

A wide range of instantly tweakable high quality stereo effects modelled after classic stomp boxes
Reverb with Bright Mode NEW

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Nord have listened to their customers and have put in some exciting new additions to the Electro series, adding yet more versatility and performance enhancements to this popular stage instrument. With a completely redesigned layout, the Electro 6 now gives the player the chance to combine all 3 sections ( piano, organ and synth) can be layered together. The Electro 6 offers yet more memory to for all your favourite patches from the Nord sound library, and we see the addition of Seamless transitions.

More Memory

The Electro 6 now offers 1 GB memory for the Nord Piano Library, 512mb for the Nord Sample Library and extended voice polyphony. This gives you a much wider variety of sounds and instruments to choose from when you're in the rehearsal studio or out on stage. Just go online to the factory bank of fantastic sounds and choose your favourites to add to your Electro 6, free of charge!

3 Independent Sound Sections

The Electro 6 now offers 3 completely independent sound sections, Organ, Piano and Sample Synth that can be used simultaneously or as a layer or a split. You now get 6 different split points and this can be easily set and saved by a new refined and streamlined program section. All Programs, Pianos and Synth Samples are easily navigated using the new List View that offers alphabetical, numerical and category sorting options.

Seamless Transitions

A fantastic feature taken straight from the Stage 3, the Electro 6 introduces seamless transitions to your performances. If you want to change patches whilst your sustaining a chord or you've got lengthy effects that you dont want to cut off, the Electro 6 will cycle through the patches and will keep the previous patch going until it finishes naturally.

Another fantastic function is that The Electro 6's split-points can be programmed with built in crossfades that blend the end points of the 2 voices. This means that you can play more naturally on the piano and not get worried that going that 1 note over in your solo will suddenly play a completely different sound.

Included in the Box

Nord Electro 6D 73 Stage Piano
User Manual
Power cord

Technical Specifications

Three independent sound sections Organ, Piano and Sample Synth that can be used simultaneously as a layer or a split
6 Keyboard Split points (C3-F5) with Split Point Crossfade functionality
Organize/Page mode: Group sets of up to four Programs into Pages, and arrange these using the Organize mode
4 Live Slots
External keyboard feature: Freely assign sound engines to be controlled by an external keyboard, while others are played from the Nord Electro 6.

Global Features

73-key (6 octaves, E-E) Velocity sensitive Semi Weighted Waterfall keyboard

Organ Section

C2D B3 Tonewheel, B3 Bass, Vox, Farfisa and 2 Pipe organ models
User adjustable percussion levels, percussion decays and key click 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, Chorus/Detune for Pipe organ models )
3 Tonewheel modes: select the level of "vintage" desired
Dual Organ mode for control of two independent manuals
Manual Organ mode
Mount for Half-Moon Switch
9 Physical drawbars

Piano Section

1 GB memory dedicated to the Nord Piano Library
Categories: Grand, Upright, Electric, Digital, Layer and Clav/Harpsichord
Each category can contain several different models.
All pianos can be replaced using the Nord Sound Manager application
Advanced String Resonance-control (Gen 2)
Soft Release
EQ/Filter
4 Dynamic Curves
Stereo pianos and samples can be played back in mono
120 Voices polyphony for Piano Library sounds

Sample Synth Section

512 MB memory dedicated to the Nord Sample Library
All samples can be replaced using the Nord Sound Manager application
The Sample Synth section comes shipped with an extensive selection of one hundred samples from the Nord Sample Library
Attack and Decay/Release control
4 levels of dynamic velocity control
Velocity sensitive low pass filter
46 voice polyphony for Sample Library sounds

Effects Section

All effects in Stereo
Effect 1
Pan, Tremolo, Wah and Ring Modulator
Three selectable depths for the Pan and Tremolo, rate controlled with the Effect 1 Rate knob
Tremolo, Pan, Ring-Mod and Wah can be controlled with Control Pedal
Effect 2
Phaser 1, Phaser 2, Flanger, Chorus 1, Chorus 2 and Vibe
Two selectable depths for each effect
Amp Simulations
Comp/Amp - three amp/speaker simulations, compressor, C2D 122 rotary speaker, Tube Overdrive
Drive/Compression amount controlled with the Drive knob
Rotary speed controls - Slow, Fast and Stopped
Close or Normal microphone placement for 122 Rotary Speaker simulation
User adjustable rotary treble and bass rotor speeds and acceleration rates
Three band EQ, with sweepable mid. +/- 15 dB gain/attenuation
Master Effects
Dedicated Reverb with 3 modes - Room, Stage and Hall - all with optional Bright Mode and Dry/Wet control
Dedicated Delay Effect - Rate, Amount, Tap-tempo and Stereo Ping Pong

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, like Yamaha FC7, Roland EV-7, Roland EV-5, Korg EXP2 and Korg XVP10.
1 Sustain pedal input - ¼", 6,35 mm jack.
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 - for transferring sounds and USB MIDI
IEC C14 power connector
Connections Nord Electro 4

Dimensions

1066 mm (42") x 97 mm (3.8") x 296 mm (11.7")

Weight

9.2 kg (20.28 lbs)