The Vox Model; Vox Drawbars; Vibrato; The Farf Model - Clavia NordStage2 EX 88 User Manual

The Vox Model

The original Vox™ organ is probably the most famous of all the transis-
tor based combo organs that emerged in the early 60's. Transistor
technology made it possible to manufacture compact and portable
organ instruments. Compared to the mighty sound of tonewheel based
organs, transistor organs generally sounded reedier and weaker, but
this one had a distinctive sound character which together with the
portability and cool design (inverse colored keyboard and chrome "Z-
frame" stand) made the instrument massively popular at the time. The
sound is timeless and recreated faithfully by the Nord Stage 2 EX.

Vox Drawbars

The labels used for the Vox drawbars are printed on the row directly
above the drawbar LEDs.
For basic drawbar operation, please refer to "Drawbars and buttons"
on page 23.
The seven drawbars to the left control the level of each partial. Each
partial has a fixed harmonic interval relating to the played note. The
illustration below shows the pitch interval of the drawbars when the key
of C3 is played. The intervals vary for the upper and lower manual on
the original instrument, but are identical on the Nord Stage 2 EX.
Vox Continental Upper
C3
Vox Continental Lower
The two drawbars on the right control the sum of all partials in the
form of a filtered signal sounding soft and dark, and an unfiltered signal
sounding bright and intense.
E
If these two drawbars are both fully "pushed in", the Vox organ will
not produce any sound.

Vibrato

There are several types of vibrato and choruses available for the Vox
model, which is activated using the On button in the Vibrato section.
The V3 setting is the one that is modeled after the original instrument.
The VX models vibrato setting is common for both the swell and great
manual.

The Farf Model

The typical "buzzy" sound of this vintage instrument is one of the most
distinct and easily recognizable organ sounds ever created; yet it is
actually possible to get quite a wide range of sounds out of the instru-
ment. Note that the voices aren't supposed to replicate the instruments
they are named after, but rather to describe the basic tonal characteris-
tic of the voice; Flute - soft, Oboe - reedy, Trumpet - brassy etc..

Farf Registers

The labels used for the Farf drawbars/registers are printed on the up-
per row above the drawbar LEDs.
The drawbars act as on/off switches, or "register selectors" when the
Farf model is selected. Instead of drawbars, the original instrument
featured switches to select instrument voices (actually different filter
settings) in various footage (octave) ranges. The drawbar buttons are
used to turn the voices on and off. The drawbar LEDs 5-8 are lit up for
an activated voice, and drawbar LEDs 1-4 are lit up for a deactivated
voice. The table below shows the original register name.
Register
Voice
Selector
1 Bass 16
2 Strings 16
3 Flute 8
4 Oboe 8
5 Trumpet 8
6 Strings 8
7 Flute 4
8 Strings 4
9 A bright voice, an octave
and a fifth above the
fundamental
Chapter 6 Organ | 25
Panel Name
BASS16
STR16
FLUTE8
OBOE8
TRMP8
STR8
FLUTE4
STR4
2 2/3