I had to walk away from tone wheels for a few years, discover Wurlitzer and a few others, now when i play tone wheels I hear them completely different, and play them completely different too. Remember, if you ever get Hammond burn out, it's NOT the organ. It was in playing other organ sounds that conditioned me to slightly different playing techniques and the 9 key contact Hammond is able to translate these subtleties. I recommend listening to Jesse Crawford's Hammond playing- album>my uploads:)
I like both but the Nord has the Hammond on the versatility of sounds. The Hammond features "leakage" which you can simulate on the Nord by adjusting the overdrive and bass. Out the box, the Nord is a much more all around instrument and it's only 21lbs! BTW I own both keyboards and the Korg CX-3.
The Hammond has the Clavia nord beat IMO. At first it almost sounds like the top organ has more bite, but as you go on the Hammond outshines in terms of Leslie warmth and how the mids gel together.A must have for many Hammond players is the 9 contacts that trigger one by one as the key is pressed. I understand the latest Hammonds ( this one here?) have this feature. Can anyone tell me if these contact emulators are MIDI compatible? It would be great to trigger different harmonic voices by touch.
Clavia.. good for stage and recording... bad for a real leslie (no simulation on)... XB-1 great for the real leslie but.. not so great on a real stage if not leslie present... and XB-1 is more of a greasy sound, regardless if i use any of the sounding (mellow, b3, bright) compared to the clavia, sometimes that's better... Clavia lacks reverb (at least this version.. the NE3 has got it).. but it's light to carry round and it has a very good rhodes simulation... hammond is ... well organ :)
@r3dmax I know that the XK series has extra sound patches of rhodes and Clavinets. Does the XB-1 have any other sounds than the organ? Also, what do you mean by greasy? smooth, less bite?
xb-profunder basses..
DummkopfRadar 1 week ago
I had to walk away from tone wheels for a few years, discover Wurlitzer and a few others, now when i play tone wheels I hear them completely different, and play them completely different too. Remember, if you ever get Hammond burn out, it's NOT the organ. It was in playing other organ sounds that conditioned me to slightly different playing techniques and the 9 key contact Hammond is able to translate these subtleties. I recommend listening to Jesse Crawford's Hammond playing- album>my uploads:)
paulj0557 3 weeks ago
I like both but the Nord has the Hammond on the versatility of sounds. The Hammond features "leakage" which you can simulate on the Nord by adjusting the overdrive and bass. Out the box, the Nord is a much more all around instrument and it's only 21lbs! BTW I own both keyboards and the Korg CX-3.
DELLGOTIT 2 months ago
COPY OF LEGENDARY AND RESPECTABLE UNRIVALED HAMMOND ORGAN
organeu 4 months ago
really good comparison... really appreciate you posting this
plople1 5 months ago
The Nord has a fantastic Wulitzer program to boot!
EasyStand 5 months ago
the north rules
josbots 6 months ago
This nord has nothing to do with the real hammond sound
darkroomutr 10 months ago
where is the creativity with nord ? HAMMOND is so much better and remember grows old rather well ! (and is very easy to sell in 2nd hand)
organeu 1 year ago
The Hammond has the Clavia nord beat IMO. At first it almost sounds like the top organ has more bite, but as you go on the Hammond outshines in terms of Leslie warmth and how the mids gel together.A must have for many Hammond players is the 9 contacts that trigger one by one as the key is pressed. I understand the latest Hammonds ( this one here?) have this feature. Can anyone tell me if these contact emulators are MIDI compatible? It would be great to trigger different harmonic voices by touch.
paulj0557 1 year ago
wow, good job dude!
Maafen92 1 year ago
What is your opinion between the two? I own an XK3c myself. Thanks : )
JTcheatwood 1 year ago
Clavia.. good for stage and recording... bad for a real leslie (no simulation on)... XB-1 great for the real leslie but.. not so great on a real stage if not leslie present... and XB-1 is more of a greasy sound, regardless if i use any of the sounding (mellow, b3, bright) compared to the clavia, sometimes that's better... Clavia lacks reverb (at least this version.. the NE3 has got it).. but it's light to carry round and it has a very good rhodes simulation... hammond is ... well organ :)
r3dmax 1 year ago 2
@r3dmax I really think that the leslie simulation of the NE2 is better mooore than one on the Suzuki, with no comarison...
studiomarand 1 year ago
@r3dmax I know that the XK series has extra sound patches of rhodes and Clavinets. Does the XB-1 have any other sounds than the organ? Also, what do you mean by greasy? smooth, less bite?
dzlvs8 1 year ago
@dzlvs8 no extra sounds... greasy... not so trebblish, more in the middle tones
r3dmax 1 year ago
:D Redmax you rock! :)
BassGrrrl 2 years ago
Is that a Juno 60 on the top tier?
TPBass1224 2 years ago
yes
r3dmax 2 years ago