NORD Electro 4 HP 73-Note Weighted Hammer-Action Keyboard with USB, Digital LED Drawbars, Rotary Speaker Simulation, Vox and Farfisa Organ Simulations

The new NORD Electro 4 series feature everything from the award winning Electro 3 series, adding the acclaimed new NORD C2D tone wheel engine and 122 Rotary Speaker simulation, USB MIDI and more!

Organ Section
The NORD Electro 4 features the B3 tone wheel organ engine from the flagship organ NORD C2D and includes a redesigned Key Click simulation as well as the Rotary Speaker simulation of a vintage 122 unit with a great new overdrive. The percussion model has been improved to offer increased control over the percussion levels when playing near-legato. Naturally, the vibrato and chorus scanners have been carefully modeled to be just as alive as the tone wheels. The Farfisa and Vox models are just as impressive as the B3, simulating the behavior and unique response of 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 with a very intense character. Both these transistor organs have their own unique, irreplaceable personalities. Combine them with any of the Amp simulations, add some distortion, adjust the EQ and they will definitely get you through any organ gig with flying colors.

The NORD Electro 4D is fitted with physical drawbars of the same type as on the flagship organ, the NORD C2D, perfect for actively shaping the sound on the fly. The NORD Electro 4 SW73 & HP organ section is identical in features but sports the Digital LED Drawbars. The organ can be split, for compact dual manual action and its even possible to assign the lower manual to a second MIDI keyboard. Inputs for a Swell pedal and Rotary Speaker control are also available.

Piano section
The NORD Electro 4 comes loaded with a selection of amazing sounds from the NORD Piano Library - the specialized library for Grand, Upright and Electrical Pianos, Clavinet and Harpsichords. All the sounds have been recorded using the state-of-the-art sampling techniques to capture the extraordinary nuances and unique characters of the source instruments and covers everything from brilliant, factory new Grand Pianos to detuned upright bar pianos with tons of charm.

The entire NORD Piano Library is included on DVDs and new additions can be downloaded free on the NORD Piano Library page. Replacing the sounds is simply a matter of dragging and dropping files in the NORD Sound Manager for Mac and Windows. The Long Release feature is suitable for legato playing styles and the String Resonance (Gen 1) feature on Grand and Upright Pianos can be turned off when desired. 185 MB of the Electro 4D memory is dedicated to NORD Piano Library sounds. NORD Electro 4 SW73 & HP feature 380 MB of memory for the NORD Piano Library.
NORD Electro 4 SW73 & HP also feature 4 Dynamic Response Curves for customizing the keyboard response to your playing style.

NORD Sample Library and Sample Editor
The NORD Electro 4 series support the NORD Sample Library, giving you access to the exclusively licensed Mellotron and Chamberlin sounds and a wide selection of quality sounds from leading sample producers. The NORD Sample library is updated on a regular basis and all new additions can be downloaded for free!

The included NORD Sample Editor makes it possible to add any sound you want to your Electro 4. The Sample Editor can use audio files in the .wav format and has great tools to assist you in getting the results you want. Mapping several samples across the keyboard or creating seamless loops has never been easier. The NORD Electro 4D has 68 MB of memory dedicated to the NORD Sample Library. The Electro 4 SW73 & HP feature 128 MB of memory for the NORD Sample Library.

Effect Section
The NORD Electro 4 Effect section features great, tweakable effects for instantly adding some dirt, glimmer or atmosphere to your sound. The Amp/Speaker simulation now features the same Vintage 122 Rotary Speaker simulations as found in the flagship organ, NORD C2D. Also, there's a flexible Stereo Delay effect with Tap-Tempo and Ping-Pong mode.

• Effect 1 - Pan, Tremolo, Auto-wah (stereo)
• Effect 2 - Phaser, Flanger and Chorus (stereo)
• Delay - Stereo delay effect with Tap Tempo button and Ping-Pong mode
• Three band EQ, with sweepable mid
• Compressor/Amp - Twin, JC, Small, Rotary and Compressor
• Reverb with five algorithms - Room, Stage Soft, Stage, Hall, Hall Soft

The Keyboard
Each Fatar keybed is meticulously calibrated at the NORD factory to ensure an even response over the whole range.

Hammer Action Portable (HP)
The HP keybed uses amazingly portable weighted hammer action piano keys. Perfect for electric and acoustic piano sounds, but also works great for organ playing.
Key range E-E.

Performance
Changing, editing and storing presets is a breeze with there is also 4 Live memory locations that automatically saves what you're doing. The Program memory can hold 128 different Programs, organized in 32 Pages with 4 Programs each. All NORD instruments have dedicated knobs and buttons for all vital functions to keep the interface simple and easy to use during a performance. Functions only accessible through menus are printed on the panel for easy overview.

Monitor Input
Just plug your MP3 or CD player to the rear panel monitor input to play along, rehearse to or jam with previously recorded music without the need of an external mixer or sound system. The signal is monitored through the headphone output.

Control Pedals
Control Pedal support has been improved and now supports the following pedals: Fatar, Yamaha FC7, Roland EV-7, Roland EV-5, Korg EXP2 and Korg xVP10.

Additional Features
• NORD C2D B3 tone wheel simulation
• Improved Key Click and Percussion
• 122 Rotary Speaker simulation
• Vox and Farfisa organ simulations
• NORD Piano Library compatible
• String Resonance (Gen 1)
• Long Release
• NORD Sample Library compatible
• Powerful Effect section
• 4 Live Locations/Program Banks
• Extended Control Pedal Support
• USB MIDI. No driver required for Mac OS X, a WHQL certified driver is available for Window
• 2x Memory for NORD Sound Libraries