Clavia Nord Electro 7 61

• 61-key Waterfall keyboard, semi-weighted
• Workhorse for stage & studio
• simple operation
• clearly structured layout
• Organ, piano & synth sound generation + effects
• 500 programs
• 5 live programs with direct access
• 9 split zones incl. crossfades
  
• Organize and change presets with Nord Sound Manager
  
• Mono/stereo audio output
  
• Headphone output
  
• Monitor input
  
• Pedal inputs for expression, sustain, Rotary controller
  
• MIDI In & Out
• USB MIDI
  
• Note holder, sustain pedal, expression pedal & rotary controller available separately
  

ROTARY

• can be used on organ, piano or synth
  
• Rotary speaker emulation from the Nord Organ 3
• 3 options for microphone position
• Bass Wide (Stereo)
• Tube overdrive sound
• Slow/Fast Mode
  

ORGAN section

• B3, Vox, Farfisa, pipe organ Soft B3 & B3+Bass models
• all models fully polyphonic playable
• Tonewheel models with customizable vintage factor
• 9 drawbars with LED bars
• Live/Preset Mode
• Vibrato/Chorus with "B3 Deep Mode"
• Percussion with Level & Decay
• Upper/Lower Part

PIANO SECTION

• Grand, Upright, Electric, Digital/Layer, Clav/Harpsichord & Misc/Mallet
• Pianos interchangeable via Nord Sound Manager
• String resonance
• Piano timbre with settings for acoustic, electric & clavinet sounds
• 3 selectable keyboard touch curves
• Dynamic compression (3-stage)
• unison mode
• 120-voice polyphony for sounds from the piano library
• Upper/Lower Part

SYNTH section

• Synthesis: Samples, Virtual Analog, FM
  
• 2 ADSR envelopes for amp & filter/FM
• Lowpass filter for VA & sample sounds
  
• FM controller
• Poly / Mono / Legato Voice Modes
• Unison mode
• 2 Glide Modes
• 3 velocity levels
• Upper/Lower Part
• Samples interchangeable via Nord Sound Manager
  

EFFECTS

• Modulation 1 (panorama 1/2, tremolo, ring modulation, wah)
  
• Modulation 2 (Phaser, Flanger, Chorus, Vibe, Ensemble)
• Equalizer / amp simulation (5 cabinets & drive)
  
• Delay (Digital/Analog Style, PingPong, including Clock-Sync)
• Global Reverb (Spring, Room, Stage, Hall, Cathedral)
• Compressor
• Switchable FX focus (organ, piano, synth)
• Delay & compressor switchable as global effect
  

ORGAN & ROTARY

The organ section offers Clavia's excellent simulations of B3 Tonewheel, B3 Bass, Soft B3, classic Vox and Farisa organs as well as a pipe organ model. The central control element in this area is the nine drawbars with LED bars. To ensure that the sound does not accidentally change on stage, you can switch between Live and two preset modes; the latter deactivate the faders. Elementary sound nuances such as vibrato/chorus and percussion have their own controls and are directly accessible without the shift function.

The popular rotary effect is no longer permanently linked to the organ section but can be applied to organ, piano or synthesizer. Slow/Fast/Stop and distortion are the first setting options offered to give jazz organs in particular the necessary funkiness. A new addition is the selectable microphone positioning with three options that correspond to the common methods for reproducing the classic rotary speaker sound both on stage and in the studio. These variations in microphone placement influence both the perceived movement and the sound character of the Rotary speaker and range from punchy and present to soft and open.

PIANO

The piano section of the Nord Electro 7 features a wide selection of Grand, Upright, Electric, Digital/Layer, Clavinet/Harpsichord and Mallet keyboard instruments from Clavia's exclusive piano library, combined with new features such as Dynamic Compression, Timbre and Unison. The piano sounds can be expanded, exchanged and reorganized on the computer using the Nord Sound Manager. The polyphony of 120 voices is high enough to ensure that no decaying notes are cut off even when playing at high speeds. Details such as adjustable touch dynamics and touch curve, switchable string resonance and dynamic compression as well as five different timbre variants provide the player with everything he needs to achieve the desired piano sound in the shortest possible time.

SYNTHESIZER

The synthesizer section of the Nord Electro 7 offers a wide range of electronic sounds with very simple operation. Everything that musicians need most is available in terms of sound generation forms: Virtual Analog (classic waveforms including Hardsync and noise), Samples (from the Nord Sample Library) and FM (Yamaha style, but in simple). The sample and VA sounds can be processed with an excellent sounding digital lowpass filter. In the 2-knob FM synthesis, the controls Cutoff and Resonance become FM Partial & FM Amount. Both, however, can be modulated by the envelope. Two ADSR envelopes for amp and filter/FM with switchable velocity provide for varied sounds. The voice distribution can be individually set to polyphonic, mono, Legato or unison per Patch; in addition, vibrato can be triggered and glide can be activated in two stages.

EFFECTS

The effects section in the Nord Electro 7 has been significantly expanded compared to the previous model. FX FOCUS is used to switch whether the effects section is applied to organ, piano or synthesizer. Delay and compressor can be used as global effects, which means that all three sections benefit from the two effects. There are two effect blocks that primarily provide modulation effects such as eg. Chorus, flanger, phaser, tremolo, ring modulator, panorama or wah. Amp Simulator / EQ more than fulfills its task and impresses with the new Brit and Suitcase models, among others. This effect block is essential for characteristic organ sounds! The delay is extensively adjustable, can be synchronized to Clock, offers a choice between digital and analogue character, masters two different ping-pong variants, which are particularly effective in the panorama, and has three filter bands for the feedback path. The reverb scores with 5 reverb effects ranging from a small room to a cathedral and even includes a spring reverb for the iconic Schepper reverbs. The sound character can be switched between bright and dark. The 1-button compressor concludes the effects section; percussive sounds and the sum (global) in particular benefit from this simple option to add more punch.