Specifications

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* Yamaha, Steinway, Wurlitzer, Hohner, Clavinet, Farfisa and
Vox are trademarks of their respective owners and are not
affiliated or associated with Clavia. These trademarks are men-
tioned here as a reference to a sound only. Leslie is mentioned
to describe a contact standard.
GO WITH THE FLOW
The unique tonewheel generator design is the heart of the vintage sound. This is where the basic
sound is created by 91 spinning discs and magnetic coils. Nord has modeled all tone generators for
a full polyphony of 147 notes. The model also includes significant artifacts like wheel crosstalk, cable
leakage and coil energy robbing. Especially the energy robbing is crucial for organ playing techniques.
Acting as a gentle dynamic level compression, it gives you the possibility to do slides across the
keyboard with a dynamic sound that is full and pleasant.
PERCEPTIONAL PERCUSSION
The Vintage Percussion’s mono-polyphonic character creates an intuitive feedback as you play, and is
a defining characteristic of the classic tonewheel organ. All components involved - filter, distortion, and
envelope characteristics - have been carefully and faithfully replicated.
THE PERFECT CLICK
One of the most important sound factors for a tonewheel organ is the transient of a starting note,
also known as the “click”. This transient is not just a click sound added to the tone. It originates from
how the mechanical busbar switches turn on all nine partials of the sound. Nord have made a model of
virtually all 1200 switches of the busbar matrix simulating how every single switch randomly bounces
at the onset of a note.
THE CHORUS/VIBRATO EXPERIENCE
The Nord C1 Combo Organ’s chorus and vibrato were created in the same manner as the tonewheel
models – analyzing and replicating the physical components involved in their mechanical ancestors.
More than a mere simulation of these effects, the C1 Combo Organ’s chorus and vibrato are as alive
as the tonewheels themselves. The rotating design of the vintage scanner has a deep impact on the
organ’s sound. Matching the correct speed is easy - the life is in the characteristics of the analog
circuitry scanned by the turning capacitive plates.
TRANSISTOR MANIA
The Nord C1 Combo Organ includes models of the two most popular transistor organs of the 1960s,
offering you that massive savage sound created by their 12-top oscillator frequency-divider designs.
As with the Tonewheel model this is a nosample zone; you have the same behavior and unique
response as the original instruments. The Farfisa* Compact Deluxe, considered by many to be the
mother of transistor organs, involves routing matrixes and complex filter combinations that offer a tai-
lored sound with massive energy and high-end. The Vox* Continental’s brute design brings you a more
hollow tone, but still with a very intense character. As with the tonewheel organ, both transistor organs
have their own unique, irreplaceable personalities. Combine them with any of the Nord C1 Combo
Organ’s speaker simulations, add some distortion, adjust EQ and they will definitely light your fire.
THE NEW
TONEWHEEL
BEAST
Miniature images show the original vintage
components.
Nord has been developing DSP-based
vintage organ models for a decade,
and the Nord C1 Combo Organ is built
on that award-winning legacy. Nord’s
new 2nd generation tonewheel organ
model provides the perfect sound and
playing experience. You now have the
most detailed response not only in
what you hear but also to how it feels
playing the instrument. The Nord C1
Combo Organ moves beyond “close
enough” to “dead-on” sound and feel.