Specifications

NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x 6. The Instruments: The Organ Section
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T
HE
R
EGISTER SELECTORS
The drawbars act as on/off switch-
es, or “Register selectors” when
the F-Type model is selected. In-
stead of drawbars, the original
Farfisa organs featured “rocker”-
type switches to select instrument
“voices” (actually different filter
settings) in various footage (oc-
tave) ranges. In Nord Stage, this
functionality is reproduced. When
the F-Type organ model is select-
ed, the L
OWER DRAWBAR
but-
tons are used to turn voices on,
and the H
IGHER DRAWBAR but-
tons turns them off. The drawbar
LEDs 5-8 are lit up for an activat-
ed voice, and drawbar LEDs 1-4
are lit up for a deactivated voice.
The available voices for the F-type
(also printed on the panel directly
over the drawbars) are as follows
(from left to right):
Note that the voices aren’t supposed to replicate the instruments they are named after, but rather to de-
scribe the basic tonal characteristic of the voice (i.e. flute=soft/oboe=reedy/strings=bright/trum-
pet=brassy).
V
IBRATO
The F-Type Model has two basic vibrato modes; “Light” and “Heavy”, with different rates for each mode.
Slow/Fast rate for the Light mode is set with the V1/V2 Selectors and C 1/C2 sets the rate for Heavy mode.
Note that the F-Type vibrato is common for both Panels if a dual manual organ is used.
Register
selector #
Voice Panel Name
1 Bass 16 BAS16
2 Strings 16 STR16
3 Flute 8 FLUTE8
4 Oboe 8 OBOE8
5Trumpet 8 TRMP8
6 Strings 8 STR8
7 Flute 4 FLUTE4
8 Strings 4 STR4
9 A bright voice, pitched an octave and a
fifth above the fundamental.
2 2/3
SUB SUB3 FUND 2ND 5TH 3-4-8TH Sine
In the figure above we have chosen C3 as our reference note. The four ‘Register selectors
correspond to the fundamental harmonic (but with different tonal characteristics).
The arrows point at the respective note that each drawbar represents when C3 is our
reference note.