Nord Electro 3 61 Keyboard

Nord Electro 3 61 is the replacement for the highly successful Electro 2 range of keyboards developed by Clavia. Featuring a 61-note semi-weighted keyboard with a waterfall action, the all new Nord Electro 3 61 is now slimmer and lighter than ever before. Clavia have even endowed the Electro 3 61 with the ability to load any content from the extensive Nord Sample Library (it reads the same format as the Nord Wave), making it a true flexible synthesizer.

When using the Clavia Nord Electro 3 you are able to create your own sampled instruments via the Nord Wave Manager. This means that the Electro 3 can contain any sound you like. In fact, the overall flexibility of the Electro 3 range from Nord has recently earned a nomination for a prestigious TEC Award!

The Clavia Nord Electro 3's size has been increased to 256MB and 125 programs can be stored. New organ and effects sections are added, three amp sims, a three-band EQ, a compressor and an enhanced rotary speaker emulation. Also, the Nord Electro 3 has a monitor input, so you can plug in your iPod or other music-playing devices and jam along.

• Load any sample from the Nord Sample library
  Users can add virtually any sound they want to the Nord Electro 3. Sounds can be loaded from the Mellotron Library or any other instrument or sound from the extensive Nord Sample Library, the same format as the Nord Wave uses. Users are even able to create their own Sample Instruments using the Nord Wave Manager and then use these in the Nord Electro 3.
• Exquisite new pianos
  The Electro 3 uses the same sample format as the acknowledged Nord Stage, to take full advantage of the Nord Piano Library’s multitude of velocity layers, pedal-down samples and extremely high quality samples with unprecedented expressiveness. Any current or future piano that is available for the Stage family will also automatically be available to the Nord Electro 3.
• Increased memory capacity - 8 times the size of the original Electro
  The Nord Electro 3 has a memory for pianos and samples of 256 MB and can it can store 126 programs.
• Second generation organ emulation
  The organ section is a direct descendent of the award winning Nord C1 Combo Organ with its fabulous vintage sounds from the B3, Farfisa and Vox-type models. Each and every individual sound creating component and even the artifacts of the original instruments have been faithfully reproduced in the Electro 3
• Brand new effect section
  The Nord Electro 3 is equipped with a great selection of high quality effects including a lush sounding reverb with five different algorithms. There is also a selection of tremolo, panning, wah-wah, phaser, flanger and chorus effects.
• New amps, compressor and EQ
  Users can sculpt their final sound by choosing from a selection of three amplifier simulations that can add any amount of grit and distortion from gentle to manic levels. A three-band EQ with sweepable mid-range and a compressor can be added to the final stage of the audio path.
• Enhanced Rotary speaker emulator
  The rotary speaker emulator also originates from the Nord C1 Combo Organ, with its acclaimed sound quality. This rotary speaker emulator incorporates the acoustic variations that occur when a physical speaker spreads the sound in a room, providing the full experience of when the air is moved around.
• The Electro 3’s rotary also features a brand new function in the addition of the Rotary Stop Mode. This allows users to switch between fast and stopped rotation and back again by using either the controls on the panel or with a foot pedal connected to the Rotor Pedal input. This is a crucial functionality that mimics the behavior of early one-speed original rotary speaker units.
• Play along to music with the Monitor Input jack
  Just plug in your mp3 or CD player to the Electro 3 to be able to play along, rehearse or jam with previously recorded music without the need of an external mixer or sound system. The signal that is present at this input will be monitored through the Electro 3’s headphone output.
• Free Electro Manager application to manage the memory areas
  The content of the pianos, the samples and the program memories in the Nord Electro 3 will be managed by the Nord Electro Manager. This application will be available for free to Electro owners, and compatible with Windows XP, Windows Vista and Mac OSX.