Nord USA C2
Dual Manual Virtual Combo Organ

C2

The Nord C2 Combo Organ includes B3 tonewheel organ, a Vox* Continental and a Farfisa* and a beautiful baroque pipe organ. This makes the C2 an extremely versatile instrument, providing not only rock organ players a new palette of sounds, but also the perfect instrument to use in churches, concert and congregation halls or any other venue where a high quality pipe organ instrument is paramount.

THE PIPE ORGAN

Nord has carefully chosen a baroque organ with a devastatingly beautiful sound and wide range of expression for the C2 pipe organ part. Using cutting edge sampling technique, no efforts have been spared in producing the richest and most varied sound palette for the pipe organ player. The C2 pipe organ is built upon two basic types of organ pipes; flue pipes and reed pipes. The flue pipes have a softer timbre and the reed pipes a more nasal tone quality. For each keyboard division the player can choose from different sets of pipes, stops, to produce different timbres. The C2´s setup of stops make up a well-balanced blend of tonal qualities capable of expressing the most dramatic music to conveying the subtlest of organ pieces.

Stops and Couplers

In the pipe organ each manual has its own sound; the Great division being the part of the organ with the majestic sound, whereas the Swell has a more mellow tonal quality. The Couplers are used to activate combinations of different stops from both manuals, so that pressing keys on one manual also connects stops from the other manual or pedal, making them sound as well. The Pedal division has three bass stops, which the user can choose to play from the lower manual, by attaching the Nord Pedal Keys 27 (accessory), or by attaching a 30-note classic digital organ pedal (optional).

Disposition

The disposition has the fundamental tonal character of a baroque organ. The total number of stops is 21; 9 stops for every manual and 3 pedal stops (of which one is a combined Subbas 16 and Fagot 16). In addition to the three unison couplers usually found in two manual organs, the C2 Combo Organ also features three octave couplers and a special coupler that adds the Pedal to the leftmost note played on the Great manual.

Swell pedal and tremulant

One of the crucial ingredients for creating a vivid sound is the swell pedal. In the C2 Combo Organ this functions exactly as in the real-life models, giving the player intimate control over volume and dynamics of the swell manual. Another indispensable aid to make the pipe organ sound even a bit more vibrant is the tremulant. This is a function that basically gives small and very rapid variations in volume, thereby causing the sound to "tremulate". The C2 provides two speeds, each with three variable depths.

THE B3 MODEL

The C2 Combo Organ is equipped with Nord's third generation tonewheel model.  The signals were analyzed from each of the 91 spinning discs inside several original instruments, and Nord also paid attention to each and everyone of the intricate details that makes the characteristics of the actual sound in a vintage organ. How do the tonewheels interact with each other, what does the crosstalk and leakage in the original designs mean to the sound and what happens when you use the instrument to the limits of its ability? Knowing this, Nord made sure that the C2 tonewheel model responds in a manner with what they think is hands down the best performance organ on the market.

Individual tonewheel levels are controlled withdigital drawbars that are just as fast and ergonomic to set up as their physical counterparts. This modern design provides you with the ability to store your favorite settings, to be instantly recalled and edited in real time during a performance. You also get the unique opportunity to dial in a new setting with the digital drawbars while playing, without the change taking effect until you say so.

 Hear and feel the difference with the waterfall type keyboard. An ultra fast trigger-to-sound response time in the C2 Combo Organ offers a superior performance compared with any other hardware or software products, just as the originals. Key click and key release bursts have been modeled from the mechanical busbar design with its close to 1200 switches. The actual keys themselves have a firm mechanical action to provide you with the rock solid feel of an original vintage instrument.

Vibrato, chorus and percussion

Other essential mechanical and electrical components in the original instrument like the scanner that provides the vibrato and chorus with their deep impact on the sound, and the components and behavior of the percussion are of course present in the C2 Combo Organ. The vibrato and chorus with the rotating scanner and its analog circuitry are carefully modeled to be as alive as the tonewheels.

VOX & FARFISA

The C2 Combo Organ includes accurate models of the two most popular transistor organs of the 1960s, offering the massive savage sound created by their 12-top oscillator frequency-divider designs. With the C2, you get the same dynamic behavior and unique response as in 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 tailored 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 C2 Combo Organ's speaker simulations, add some distortion, adjust EQ and they will definitely light your fire.

3RD SET OF DRAWBARS

The C2 Combo Organ includes two additional bass register drawbars with selectable timbre from vintage tonewheels, pipe organ bass stops or a synth bass, modeled after a famous vintage add-on unit.  The bass can be controlled with any MIDI-equipped bass pedal board connected to the dedicated Bass Pedal MIDI input, or by splitting the lower manual.

ROTARY

The C2’s rotary speaker simulation incorporates the acoustic variations that occur as a physical rotating speaker spreads the sound around in a room, providing the full experience of moving the air around. The rotary speed can be controlled with a foot switch, from the panel or by using a half-moon switch (accessory).  Connect the C2 Combo Organ to a quality cabinet with the standard 11-pin Leslie* connector and use the Half Moon (sold seperately) switch or the C2 panel buttons to control the rotary speed. The Leslie* interface on the C2 uses a high voltage output which is vital to experience the true soul of a screaming, or for that matter, a whispering organ. This high level output is also available on a ¼" jack on the C2 back panel.

EFFECTS

The 3-band equalizer along with three types of speaker simulations and a powerful overdrive offers you total control of your sound. Add a feedback-delay with tap-tempo functionality, and several types of reverberation and you truly have an all-in-one effect section with stunning sound right out of the box. This will tailor your sounds for any occasion.

Specifications:

GENERAL

• Master Level Control
• 126 Program Locations
• 2 Live Buffers

ORGAN SECTION

• Classic Tonewheel Organ, Vox Continental- and Farfisa-models with full polyphony
• Pipe Organ, baroque style with 21 stops. Polyphony depends on the stops being used
• Bass models (tonewheel, synthbass and pipe organ bass)
• 20 Digitally Controlled Drawbars
• 6 Drawbar Presets per Program Location
• Percussion Controls
• Vibrato/Chorus/Tremulant Control

Our Part #  C2-NORD