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User Manual Nord Electro 4 HP Nord Electro 4 SW

1. Octave Shift Adding effects Activate an amplifier emulation The Delay 5 Nord Electro 4 HP SW Reference Master level knob Organ section Organ Model button TheB3moadel ThevVXmodel The Farf model Rotary Speed Vibrato Chorus aaa Percussion 0 00 ce eee es Preset Split eos Additional MIDI keyboard The drawbars Piano section 13 Clavinet sound 13 Pick up type Aa 13 Pick up Type Description 13 GIA EQ nastrek mad eane eaa PPT 13 ACOUS S mana NG sardea DILA Pha ORES S 13 MONO cee eee 13 Dynamics saae sioda taui eee aes 13 Samp EN 14 Piano Type aaa 14 Mod l Ca 14 Program section 14 Up Down buttons 14 DISA 45 tania wah add hee ees 14 SIE cara atte eros AK ea 14 Live Mode cee eee 14 Instrument selectors 15 Mills state Apan Lantaee O 15 Octave Shift 0 0 0 0 00 cee ees 15 Effects occasion e 15 A ec eee ee a 15 Effect cocinada ae 15 Effect cuina Sedu Seed eee 16 Speaker Comp 0085 16 Delay Reverb aaa 16 Feedback ws ene Wa ARIA oma ee PG 16 Ping PONG nana paaa rasta KG 16 Tempo Tap cca paasa ae ee ew 16 GU eis si oe nw dav ee lt
2. 195 193 1 Each drawbar represents a partial with a fixed harmonic interval relating to the played note Note that the 5 1 3 drawbar is a 5th above the fundamental harmonic although in most situations it is perceived as sounding below the fundamental harmonic Do not forget to try out the four tonewheel modes that are avail able in the B3 menu see Tonewheel Mode on page 19 These will dramatically change the sound of the B3 model from squeaky clean to a battered old work horse CHAPTER 5 NORD ELECTRO 4 HP SW REFERENCE 11 5 Nord Electro 4 HP SW Reference The VX model The original instrument is probably the most famous of all the tran sistor based combo organs that emerged in the early 60 s Transistor technology made it possible to manufacture much more compact and portable organ instruments Compared to the mighty sound of tone wheel organs transistor organs generally sounded reedier and weaker but this one had a distinctive timeless sound and is recreated faithfully in the Nord Electro 4 HP SW The labels used for the VX model drawbars are printed on the row directly above the drawbars The drawbars on the Electro 4 HP SW s VX emulation control the level of each available partial in the same fashion as on a dual manual original Continental The upper manual uses the 16 8 4 ll and Ill registers and the lower manual uses the 8 4 2 and IV registers Each register represents a fixed harmonic interval or gr
3. PROGRAM PAGE MENU CB CD y VALUE 8 ORGAN CD CD PIANO Up Down buttons lon organ O gt SYSTEM MD B3 The Up Down buttons to i 9 the left of the display have several functions in the Nord Electro 4 HP SW Press repeatedly to select one of the 32 pages the page and program number be presented in the display Press Shift together with Up Down to scroll through every location 1 1 1 2 1 3 eto ROTARY SHIFT p OCTAVE SHIFT mm 0 If you have activated any of the four menus the System MIDI B3 or Rotary menus these buttons are used to select a function and to gether with the Shift button to change the value of a selected function Read more about the menus on page 17 Display The LED display will show the active program number If you edit a program a dot will appear next to the program number at the bottom right of the display If you have activated any of the menus the setting for each menu item is shown with the LEDs Store The red Store button is used when storing Programs Press the Store button once and the current program number will start to flash Select the desired location with the Up Down buttons and press Store again to confirm your intentions and to store the current set tings to the selected location Press any button to abort the store procedure In order to be able to store settings the Memory Protection must be turned off Read more about this on page
4. S send only Off 7 MIDI Split Mode If MIDI Split mode is On and the Organ is set to a split operation the lower manual will be exclusively controlled via incoming MIDI informa tion to the Electro 4 HP SW s MIDI input If you connect an external MIDI keyboard the Electro 4 HP SW can then be used in a dual manual fashion Range On Off default 8 Dump One This allows you to perform a MIDI SysEx dump of the currently selected Program Press the Store button to perform the dump 9 Dump All This allows you to perform a MIDI SysEx dump of all the Programs in the Electro 4 HP SW Press the Store button to perform the dump In the MIDI chapter on Receive MIDI SysEx dumps on page 32 there is a description on how the Electro 4 HP SW receives a Sys Ex dump 10 Send CC You can perform a dump of all the active Program s parameters as MIDI Control Change messages Press the Store button to perform the dump B3 Menu 1 Tonewheel Mode Sets the level of tonewheel crosstalk and cable leakage artifacts of the B3 organ model amp The Vintage 3 mode will create noises from the B3 model even if you don t play any keys Range u3 Vintage 3 u2 Vintage2 default u1 Vintage CI Clean 2 Key Click Level This sets the amount of Key Click for B3 organ model Range H2 Higher HI High nO Normal default LO Low 3 Key Bounce This turns on or off the Key Bounce feature When this is
5. You can also use the Bundle Download command from the File menu Ctrl Shift D 6 Navigate to the Bundle file that you wish to download and click Open After the Manager has verified the files in the Bundle the Program Bundle Download dialog will appear Click on Show Details if you want to see what programs pianos and samples are in the Bundle Program Bundle Download 1 This eal download the programs In program bundle Selection to the destination a bar nta al wed park Pas rita C2 add to bank CO Paggalaw Han corten in bank Program 138 paaa de Hike Gatas lt lt Ecol al pianga are ahead Arkada Program bani cera Ipa te 2 gam E E Pano Midi mi D Tha ogee na Pa i There are two options when you download a Bundle Add to bank will download the program files and add them to the program bank that you choose in the drop down menu The programs will be placed at the first available locations f the programs in the Bundle will not fit in the Bank the process will not be performed and you will see a dialog Delete or move some programs from that Bank and try again Replace contents in a bank will simply delete all programs in the Bank you choose and download the programs in the Bundle to this bank instead The programs will be placed at the same locations as they had when the bundle was created If a bundle will not fit in a bank this will be presented in the dialog like
6. quilat ral est employ pour alerter l utilisateur de la pr sence d instructions importantes pour le fonctionnement et l entretien service dans le livret d instructions accompagnant l appareil IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS Warning When using electric products basic precautions should always be followed including the following 1 Read these instructions 2 Keep these instructions 3 Heed all warnings 4 Follow all instructions 5 Do not use this apparatus near water 6 Clean only with dry cloth 7 Do not block any ventilation openings Install in accordance with the manufacturer s instructions 8 Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators heat registers stoves or other apparatus including amplifiers that produce heat 9 Do not defeat the safety purpose of the polarized or grounding type plug A polarized plug has two blades with one wider than the other A grounding type plug has two blades and a third grounding prong The wide blade or the third prong are provided for your safety If the provided plug does not fit into your outlet consult an electrician for replacement of the obsolete outlet 10 Protect the power cord from being walked on or pinched particularly at plugs convenience receptacles and the point where they exit from the apparatus 11 Only use attachments accessories specified by the manu facturer 12 Use only with the cart stand tripod br
7. 2 in the preceding description Press Shift MIDI and select the Send CC menu item using the Up Down buttons Press the Store button to send the dump to the MIDI Out of Nord Electro 4 HP SW The Display will stop flashing once the dump has been sent Receive MIDI SysEx dumps Here is how to receive a MIDI SysEx Dump Connect the MIDI Out on the transmitting device to the MIDI IN on the Nord Electro 4 HP SW Initiate the transmission on the transmitting device If the dump contained all Programs All it will replace all programs cur rently stored in the Nord Electro 4 HP SW If the dump contained only a single program it will be temporarily placed in the currently selected program memory location A dot will appear to in the lower right corner to indicate an unsaved edit You will then have to store the program manually to a memory location using the Store function see Storing a program on page 10 MIDI Controller list The following is a list of the MIDI Controller numbers used for all knobs and buttons on the front panel Nord Electro 4 HP SW parameter Drawbars Preset 2 Upper Drawbar 1 Drawbar 2 Drawbar 3 Drawbar 4 Drawbar 5 Drawbar 6 Drawbar 7 Drawbar 8 Drawbar 9 Drawbars Preset 1 Lower Drawbar 1 Drawbar 2 Drawbar 3 Drawbar 4 Drawbar 5 Drawbar 6 Drawbar 7 Drawbar 8 Drawbar 9 Organ Model Sel Preset Split Sel Perc Decay Perc Level Sustain Pedal Control Pedal Rot
8. 5 0 heed a epee aaral nl A peat Lhe Grieg amet uang ater inperial Bar Ley 5 1 te se the replacement sona Eds mere Porte Relink Use the Relink feature if you want one or several selected programs to use another piano or sample instead of the current sound The sound in question have to be present in the memory of the Nord unit Relink ing can also be used if a piano or sample is absent in the Nord unit to repair the programs that are missing a component e Not all Nord units are compatible with the Replace and Relink features in which case these Icons will be grayed out Flashing LEDs in the Piano Type and Model section indicates that the piano that the current Program tried to use is not available in the Flash memory Select another program or download the miss ing piano to the Nord Electro 4 HP SW Sound Up Use this function to upload one or several sounds from the Nord Elec tro 4 HP SW to the computer hard drive Sound Down Use this function to download one or several sounds from the com puter hard drive to the next available location in the selected partition Bundle Up Program Bundle Upload This will upload programs and their used sounds to a program bundle Source 2 Selection 11 sounds This function will upload a selection of programs or an entire Bank to the computer hard drive and include all the pianos and or samples that these programs use in a Program Bundle file The default sou
9. 9 Live Mode In addition to the program memories there are 4 Live locations in the Electro 4 HP SW that automatically saves the changes you make to the settings The 4 Program Buttons are used to access the Live locations when the Live LED is lit If you press the Live button all changes to panel settings you make will be continuously saved in the Live Buffer If you switch the power off or select another program the settings are still stored in the Live mem ory so when you power up next time or return to the Live memory all settings will be exactly as you left them If the Live memory is selected and you decide you wish to store the settings permanently as a program you can do so using the stan dard methods see above You can also store programs into the Live memory location in which case the program settings will replace the current Live memory settings Instrument selectors Press one of the Instrument Selectors to use either the organ or the piano sample sounds 2 Only the active section will have its corresponding functions lit and active It is however possible to e g perform with the pianos and adjust the organ settings and then quickly activate these by pressing the organ instrument selector Shift Many buttons have a second function when there is text printed below the button You access these additional functions and parameters by holding Shift while pressing a button Octave Shift The two Octa
10. EV 7 Y7 Yamaha FC 7 KO Korg EXP 2 amp XVP 10 Ft Fatar amp Studiologic VP 25 18 NORD ELECTRO 4 HP SW USER MANUAL OS V1 X 10 Ctrl Pedal Mode A connected control pedal can be used to control several things It can be used as a solitary organ swell pedal swell is a combination of vol ume and frequency control as a combined organ swell volume pedal for the samples type and finally as a swell volume pedal for all the instrument sections incl the pianos in the Nord Electro 4 HP SW Range O Organ swell default S Organ swell sample volume P Organ swell sample and piano volume te A connected control pedal will always be active if the P Wa or the RM effect is activated regardless of the Ctrl Pedal Mode setting 11 Organ Trig Mode This allows you to change how the Nord Electro 4 HP SW keyboard triggers the organ sounds When High is selected you will trigger the organ sounds before the key reaches the end of its travel This mode closely mimics the way a vintage tonewheel organ trigger its notes Range Hi High trig default Lo Low trig High trigger point Low trigger point 12 Drawbar Speed This sets the speed with which the drawbars will increase or decrease the values when the drawbar buttons are held down Range F Fast S slow MIDI Menu 1 Local Control This allows you to set if the Nord Electro 4 HP SW keyboard and front panel controls should control interna
11. FPiano1 MkILow Deep 5 1 6 2 MB Downloading 170 2 EPiano Mk I ClosIdeal 5 1 5 9 MB Queued 3 EPiano 3 Mk IT Shallow 5 1 6 8 MB Queued 4 EPS Bright Tines CustomMod 5 1 i48 ME 5 10 1 Wurlitzer 1 2004 5 0 53M6 5 00 1 clavinet De 5 0 5 7 MB 5 00 2 Ital Harpsich 1B Long Stri 5 0 37MB 5 00 CHAPTER 7 NORD SOUND MANAGER Files that are placed in the queue will be displayed in bold 4 If you wish to cancel an ongoing queue you can either delete all files that are queued or press the Cancel button During the Clean process the Cancel option is not available Files waiting in the queue can be deleted from the queue If you change your mind Right click on the queued sound or use the Toolbar or Menu Delete command Files already in the unit can be moved or deleted during the pro cessing of the queue Upload sounds from the Nord Electro 4 HP SW Select the desired partition that holds the sounds that you wish to store on the computer hard drive Select the bank and the sound Shift click will allow you to select several consecutive sounds Ctrl click will allow you to select nonconsecutive sounds Here we have selected a few of the programs Lloc a Mame Categor 1 The Grand Grand 2 Eltons Piano Grand 3 ZawiTines EPiano 4 SparkleTop EPiano 5 HardTines EPiano Click on the Sound Up tool or right click on the selected sound s and select Upload The dialogue will prompt you to browse to the desired destination fol
12. The Electro 4 HP SW rotary has three available speeds fast slow and stop Stop does not disengage the effect it only stops the rotating speakers SPKR COMP Make sure that the Speaker Comp effect is activated and select the Rotary by pressing the effect selector until both the upper 8 LEDs are lit by di DRIVE COMP TWIN ROTARY 4 9 6 The drive knob now controls the overdrive of the rotary amplifier COMP SMALL E ON OD Press the Slow Stop button in the Rotary Speed section to the left on the panel to cycle between the Fast and Slow speeds of the rotary The rotors will speed up and slow down pro ducing a nice swirly effect without the negative side effects that for example ingestion of certain mushrooms might induce Press the Stop mode button to activate this one speed mode The Stop Mode LED will be lit 4 Press repeatedly on the Slow Stop button to cycle between Fast and Stop The rotary will now emulate the functionality of an early one speed original rotary speaker that had only the fast and the stopped rotary speed options Ifyou connect a foot switch to the rotor pedal input you can control the rotary speed with this pedal Memory Protection When the Nord Electro 4 HP SW is shipped from factory the memory protect is turned on to prevent you or your cat from accidentally overwriting any of the original programs Before you can store any of your own programs this memory p
13. Treble Horn Acceleration 19 6 Bass Rotor Acceleration 19 7 Nord Sound Manager System requirements 20 Installation 20 USB Driver ee 20 Sound Manager 20 Overview 20 The Toolbar cee eee 21 TheTabs 00 eee 21 Partition Memory Indicator 21 Right Clicking 0000008 21 File Formats aa 21 The Quick Tour 22 Transfer pianos to the Electro 4 22 Deleting apiano 22 Download a new sound 22 Replace o oooooooooooooo 22 REIS 2 tee ote acl nt me is 23 Download Queue 23 Upload from the Electro 4 HP SW 23 Program Bundles 23 Upload a Program Bundle 24 Downloading a Bunale 24 Organize the program partition 25 SearchBox 25 Auto Selecionar 25 Backup ins ma mka da Rech ra eee 25 RESTO ici NA aa KG hibang 25 Sound Manager reference 26 TO0Ibak cxa iha Tma Petes 26 Menus 28 File MENU 0 00 28 Edit Menu ee ee 28 View MENU 0 cee eee 29 Hapi palma tae cuboid 29 AA 29 Piano Samp Lib Program 29 SearchBox 29 Loc Location 29 NAME io a ac kan Pe RG 29 Category eee ee 29 Lia 2 Av k AA 29 Ver Version Number 29 Notes 22 eves BYE OS eM RR e
14. When a connected pedal is operated the notes you play will be sustained Rotor Pedal Ya connector for a switch type pedal When a connected pedal is operated the rotary speed will change Iwo types of pedal polarities can be used with these inputs you select the one that applies to each pedal in the System menu which is described on page 17 amp Itis possible to use only one pedal connected to the sustain pedal input to control sustain for piano sounds and rotary speed selection for organ sounds page 17 Control Pedal 14 stereo connector for a pedal of the potentiometer type also known as expression pedals A connected pedal can be used as a swell pedal for the organs a volume pedal for pianos and samples and also as a controller for two of the effects the P wah and the ring modulator RM When connecting an expression pedal to the Control Pedal input please note that the pedal must have a stereo output jack The resis tance range of a control pedal should be 10 or 50 kOhm To simplify setup the most common pedal models Roland Yamaha Korg and Fatar are pre configured in the Nord Electro 4 HP SW and you simply select the type of pedal which you want to use in the System menu The System Menu is described on page 17 7 8 NORD ELECTRO 4 HP SW USER MANUAL OS V1 X 4 Getting Started Let s take a few minutes to get familiar with the Electro 4 HP SW The user interface is designed to be as intuitive as
15. as Control Change messages This can be used to record your actions on the front panel into a MIDI sequencer For a full list of which parameters correspond to the Con troller numbers see the MIDI Controller list on the next page Keyboard velocity The Nord Electro 4 HP SW can transmit and receive keyboard velocity messages Organ sounds will always be played back at nominal level regardless of incoming MIDI Velocity data Release velocity is also transmitted Program change In the MIDI Menu see page 18 you can select if the Nord Electro 4 HP SW should send and or receive Program Change messages When you select a Program a Program Change message is transmit ted via MIDI If a Program Change message is received on the selected MIDI Channel the Nord Electro 4 HP SW will change Program accord ingly The 128 Program locations send and respond to MIDI Program Change values 0 127 MIDI Sysex System Exclusive Individual Programs or all Programs can be transmitted and received as a System Exclusive dump CHAPTER 8 MIDI FUNCTIONS 31 With a sequencer Connections Connect the MIDI Out on the Nord Electro 4 HP SW to the MIDI In on your sequencer Connect the MIDI Out from your sequencer to the MIDI In on the Nord Electro 4 HP SW Local On Off Local Off may be used when you use a sequencer to record and play back from Nord Electro 4 HP SW If the sequencer echoes back incoming MIDI data the Nord Electro 4 HP S
16. asymmetrical and produce delays that are more like early reflections in reverb units Tempo Tap You can use Tap Tempo to set a delay time matching the tempo of a song Simply tap the Tap Tempo button in the tempo you wish the delay to sync to a number of times and the delay time will be adjusted automatically As long as the Tap Tempo LED is lit the tempo is cal culated wait until it goes dark to tap in another tempo A numerical indication of the delay time will be briefly shown in the LED Gain This is the programmable Gain control which allows you to adjust the output level of each of the individual programs 6 The Menus CHAPTER 6 THE MENUS 17 Any settings that you change in the System MIDI B3 or Rotary menu will take immediate effect on a global basis and will be stored until you change them the next time Enter the menus by pressing and holding Shift and the System MIDI B3 or Rotary button Prog 1 4 the 1 4 LED will start blinking Select a function with the Up Down buttons and change the setting by pressing and holding Shift and the Up or Down button Exit the menus by pressing a second time on the Program button The MIDI Local On Off setting will always revert to Local On every time the Electro 4 HP SW is powered up System Menu 1 Memory Protect On Off This is set to On when the Nord Electro 4 HP SW leaves the factory meaning that you cannot store any changes to the programs Set this
17. can be described as a live program memory If you activate the Live button all changes to the panel settings you make will be continuously saved in the active Live program 1 4 If you switch the power off or select another program the settings are still stored in the Live memory so when you power up next time or return to the Live memory all settings will be exactly as they were when you left them If the Live memory is selected and you decide you wish to store the settings permanently as a program you can do so using the stan dard methods see above You can also store programs into the Live memory location in which case the program settings will replace the current Live memory settings Octave Shift Press either of the Octave Shift but tons to shift the pitch up or down in whole octaves within the instrument s note range OCTAVE SHIFT IK SD Each instrument has a finite note range read more about this on page 15 This means that upper keys may become silent if you transpose upwards Adding effects Select the program number 1 1 which is a Grand Piano with a hint of reverb EFFECT 2 436 Turn on Effect 2 the On LED should be lit and press repeatedly on the Effect 2 selector FLANG1 PHAS2 PHAS1 E TB FLANG2 CHOR1 The effect options are indicated with the CHOR2 selector LEDs and changes in a cyclical clockwise fashion for each time the selec tor IS pressed Some of the effect
18. in this example where more free locations are needed in the program bank Program Bundle Download The val desundosd the programa in program bundle Hit Parade be bhe dedina bani rela Abie sures Carlo Cr dd bo bank A funk reget J addtonal free keaton Replace tha corked in bank Pabalan E snow Citas p5 Carrel Organize the program partition By using drag and drop you can organize the content of the Program partition with its 128 programs Make sure that Organize is turned on in the View menu Select and drag a program from the destination location to the desired location If you drop a sound on a free location the sound will be moved from the source location If you drop on a location that is occupied the two sounds will trade places Select a program and press the Ctrl key on the computer key board If you now drag this selection the Program will be copied and pasted at the destination instead of just being moved Search Box By entering one or several characters in the Search Box you can filter out the content that is presented in the lists Robert made me This provides you with a quick way to find duplicate programs etc Auto Select By clicking on the Auto Select icon in the toolbar you toggle the Auto Select function on or off JH Auto Select When Auto Select is turned on and you scroll through the Pianos or Program lists using the computer keyboard arrow keys the
19. initial knowledge on how to operate most of the functions on the panel There is another Quick Tour in the Sound Manager chapter Master level knob MASTER LEVEL This control sets the overall output level of the Electro 4 HP SW at the line and the headphone outputs This is not a programmable control If you want to set an output level for a particular program this can be achieved with the Gain control Organ section The Organ section in the Nord Electro 4 HP SW features emulations of three classic organ models a B3 a Vox Continental Il Vx model and a Farfisa Compact DeLuxe Farf model Organ Model button You select which organ model to use with the Organ Model button The B3 model This model is a digital simulation of the classic mechanical tone wheel organ This simulation utilizes innovative and advanced methods to capture every nuance of the original sound for example e An extremely accurate digital model of the original chorus and vibrato scanner e Modeling of the individual random contact bounces for each harmonic e Modeling of the unique frequency characteristics of the built in pre amplifier which forms the body of the sound e Simulation of the energy robbing in the tone wheel architecture that creates the typical compressed sound e Authentic tuning of the tone wheels according to the original design e Extremely fast keyboard response e Full polyphony bt P3 2
20. lower in volume This produces a tight punchy sound and makes the overall level easier to control in a live mix situation When this effect is active the Drive Comp knob controls the amount of compression applied Delay Reverb Hold Shift and press the selector button to toggle between Reverb and Delay functionality The Delay LED will be lit when the Delay is active The Reverb section simulates the natural sound reflections in various acoustic environments You can choose between five reverb types with various lengths and densities indicated by the three LEDs that light up one or two at atime The Dry Wet knob sets the balance between the unprocessed and the processed signal The Delay effect produces echo effects The Delay time is set with the Up Down buttons 20 750 ms while you hold the Tempo Tap Set button DELAY REVERB The Dry Wet knob adjusts the balance between the dry signal and the delay repeats 4 9 6 8 9 10 WET Feedback cage an DLY2 STAGE DLY1 ROOM C_D DELAY Press the Delay Reverb button repeat edly to set the feedback the number of delay repeats There are 5 feedback settings indicated by the Dly 1 3 array of LEDs TEMPO TAP SET V PING PONG o DB Ping Pong Holding Shift and press the Tempo Tap button to light up the Ping Pong LED will make the delay repeats alternate between the left and right channels If short delay times are used these repeats will be
21. on the key off click can be accentuated if the key is released quickly Range On default Off 4 Perc Fast Decay Sets the fast mode decay time of the Tonewheel percussion effect Range Ln Long nO Normal default SH Short 5 Perc Slow Decay Sets the slow mode decay time of the Tonewheel percussion effect Range Ln Long nO Normal default SH Short 6 Perc Norm Level Sets the level of the percussion effect in its normal setting Range HI High nO Normal default LO Low 7 Perc Soft Level Sets the level of the percussion effect in its soft setting Range HI High nO Normal default LO Low 8 Perc Drawbar 9 Cancel If this is set to cancel the 9th drawbar will be muted when the percus sion is activated to mimic the behavior of an original organ Range C Cancel nO Normal default CHAPTER 6 THE MENUS Rotary Menu 1 Rotary Model There is one rotary model available with two separate microphone positions The 122 is modeled with the microphones placed tradition ally a bit away from the speaker The 122 Close have the microphones placed closer to the cabinet Range nO 122 default CL 122 Close 2 Balance Bass Horn This parameter allows you to adjust the balance between the two separate microphone setups for the bass rotor and treble horn Range H2 30 bass 70 horn H1 40 60 nO 50 50 default b1 60 bass 40 horn b2 70 30 3 Trebl
22. piano or sample instead of the current sound The sound in question have to be present in the memory of the Nord unit Relink ing can also be used if a piano or sample is absent in the Nord unit to repair the programs that are missing a component Select All Ctrl A Select all items in a bank partition Invert Selection This will deselect the original selection and then select all the other items in the list View Menu Organize Cro Organize Ctrl 0 Dual view Cbrl L When this option is checked the lists Info Ctrl I will show all the available locations in the selected partition bank and Find CtrhF not only the occupied ones This will Auto Select for instance make it easier to drag a file to a specific free location in the middle of the list If this is unchecked only the occupied locations will be shown Dual View Ctrl L When this option is checked the window will be divided in two lists The two lists makes it easy to move programs from one location to another You can make the lists show separate banks with the drop downs Rearranging programs is simply a matter of drag and drop Drag a program from one bank list to another bank list in either direc tion Press the Ctrl key on the computer keyboard to copy a selection to the destination during a drag and drop operation Info Ctrl I Activating Info brings up an information area to the right of the list Mame 3 Grand Imperial Bdorf Lrg 5 3 IN
23. piano performance with some effects turned on to an organ performance with another set of effects turned on by just pressing the appropriate instrument selector CHAPTER 5 NORD ELECTRO 4 HP SW REFERENCE 15 Press and hold Shift and press the Effect selector to cycle through the effects in a counter clockwise fashion EQ This is a 3 band EQ with treble bass and a sweepable midrange The Bass frequency is 100 Hz and the High frequency is 4 kHz The sweep able mid range is from 200 Hz to 8 kHz The frequency ranges can be boosted attenuated with 15 dB Effect 1 Effect 1 offers four different types of effects Tremolo Auto Panning 2 types of Wah Wah and a ring modulator RM The tremolo and the auto panning have 3 selectable depths Pant is less dramatic than Pan2 and Pan 3 both Pan LEDs lit is the most dramatic The Rate knob control the rate of the effect The A Wa is a wah effect where a lowpass filter sweep across the frequency range is controlled by the volume of the signal This means that you can use the velocity on the keyboard to control the amount of Quack in the sound The Rate knob sets the frequency range of the sweep The P Wa uses the Rate knob to control a lowpass filter sweep across the frequency range If a control pedal is connected this sweep is instead controlled by the pedal action and the Rate knob will then have no effect Ring Modulation RM is a an effect that multiplies two signa
24. que des bougies allum es L appareil n est pas destin tre utilis sous un climat tropical L appareil ne doit pas tre expos des gouttements d eau ou des claboussures et de plus qu aucun objet rempli de liquide tel que des vases ne doit tre place sur l appareil Lorsque la prise du r sau d alimentation est utilis e comme dispositif de d connexion ce dispositif doit demeur ais ment accessible Nord Electro 4 HP SW User Manual 1 Introduction Thank you About this manual Disclaimer OS and internal memory Factory presets Restoring the factory presets OS upgrades 2 Overview On Off buttons Shift button 0 0 aaa DraAWDAIS osi sies peed Shae Re 3 Connections Audio connections Headphones Left Out and Right Out Monitor lA mkha lee MIDI Connections MIDI Out 2ocesceesseckeondessces MIDI Mi aa USB Connection Pedal Connections Sustain Pedal Rotor Pedal od Control Pedal 4 Getting Started About the programs Selecting programs Edit a program Selecting pianos samples Using the Organ The Rotary effect Memory Protection Storing a program The Live buffer
25. that you wish to work in with the Tabs The Piano tab allows you to change the content of the piano partition the Samp Lib tab allows you to access the sample partition and the Program tab allows you to organize the programs The individual pianos samples or programs will be referred to as sounds in this manual and in the application itself Press Ctrl Tab on the computer keyboard to cycle between the tabs The lists can be ordered according to location name size version and date in ascending and descending order Just click on a headline to select a preferred view Partition Memory Indicator 165 240 used 351 3 MB used 29 7 MB Free The memory indicator at the bottom of the window indicates how much memory is being used in the selected partition The dark area shows the used memory the bright indicates space that is available for new sounds Right Clicking If you right click on a sound a context menu will provide the following options Select in Instrument This will select the chosen sound in the Man Select In Instrument ager list to be instantly accessible on the Nord Upload Electro 4 HP SW Download Replace Relink Programs Upload This will upload the selected sound from the Nord Electro 4 HP SW to the computer hard drive to a folder of your choice Delete Upload To Bundle Programs This will upload the selected program s and any piano and or sample that this program uses to a
26. the www nordkeyboards com website CHAPTER 2 OVERVIEW 5 ORGAN PIANO PROGRAM EFFECTS L MEMORY PROTECT 2 DRAWBAR SPEED 3 KEY BOUNCE MODE On Off F Fast On Off VIBRATO CHORUS PERCUSSION PRESET SPLIT SAMP ENV CLAV EG PAGE MENU A EQUALIZER GAIN 2 QuTPUT ROUTING 5 Slow 4 PERC FAST DECAY a E Stereo Ln Long Ot Of VEL DYN BRILL D o o CN AER L LOCAL CONTROL 4 3 7 i On Off v2 c2 ON 5 THIRD ON SLOWAT TREB gt 3 3 ci a v3 REL 2 MED QUE 0 10 Ka pa 10 10 40 10 A 2 8 Pais 2 MIDI INTERFACE S PERC SLOW DECAY zZ 3 9 T 3 Y Y Z Y A Y E i P MIDI Ports 6 PERC NORM LEVEL vi c3 SI SPLIT 22 NOE BEN 15dB 200 8K BETE 15dB 15dB KET o 10 3 TRANSPOSE U USB MIDI HI High gt VALUE a BASS FREQ GAIN TREBLE LEVEL 6 semi 3 MIDI CHANNEL n0 Normal ACOUSTICS 4 FINE TUNE 50 cent 16 LO Low BASS16 STRI FLUTES OBOE8 TRMPS FLUTES O STR4 22 3 4 LOWER CHANNEL 7 PER 16 E Y 2 Hi IV A a LONG RELEASE EFFECT 1 EFFECT 2 SPKR COMP DELAY REVERB Tesora 1 E E E E STRINGIRES S D 456 456 456 5 5 gran PEDAL ROL 5 E esi 8 ARE MONO ORGAN PIANO LIVE 3 ad a 7 2 z e E p Cancel EPN TYPE TOR Bie T CD NS qe NS Fi Ng ye z 3 SUSTAIN PEDAL MODE E PROG CH MODE 1 ROTARY MODEL UPRIGHT lt gt CLAV HPS 12 KANE RATE RATE 8 DRIVELCOME 2 TE Sustaim Rotor O MODE CL 122 Close GRAND SAMP LIB O PROGRAM PANI PANZ FLANG1 FLANG2 TWING 1 2 2 274 TREM2 AMAS PHAS2 CHOR1 c gt SMALL QUE TREMI P
27. this system can void the users authority to operate this equipment This equipment requires shielded interface cables in order to meet FCC class B Limit For Canada NOTICE This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES 003 AVIS Cet appareil num rique de la classe B est conforme a la norme NMB 003 du Canada DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY Compliance Information Statement Model Name Nord Electro 4 HP Nord Electro 4 SW Type of Equipment Digital Piano Responsible Party Clavia DMI AB Address P O BOX 4214 SE 102 65 Stockholm Sweden Telephone 46 8 442 73 60
28. your FCC authorization to use this product in the USA 3 Note This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installa tion This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment is found to be the source of interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 this device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation Unauthorized changes or modification to
29. 6 Mode 3 x 0 127 O v 1 127 Oa Te 127 X X X O O 0 127 lt x xXx XK O X X XX X X CHAPTER 8 MIDI FUNCTIONS Recognized Remarks 1 16 1 16 Mode 3 X 0 127 G v T127 O v 1 127 X X X O O 0 127 lt x xX XK O X X X XX X Mode 1 Omni On Poly Mode 2 Omni O Mono Mode 3 Omni Off Poly Mode 4 Omni Off Mono O Yes X No Model Nord Electro 4 HP SW OS v1 x Date 2012 08 15 33 NORD ELECTRO 4 HP SW USER MANUAL OS V1 X Acoustics 13 Append 24 Auto Panning 15 A Wa 15 B3 11 B3 Menu 19 Backup 27 28 Balance Bass Horn 19 Bass Rotor 19 Bundle Down 27 Bundle Up 27 Cancel 30 Chorus 16 Clav EQ 13 Clavinet 13 Compressor 16 Control Pedal 7 Ctrl Pedal 17 Delete 26 28 Drawbars 13 Drawbar Speed 18 Dynamics 13 E Effects 10 15 EQ 15 Exit 28 Factory presets 4 Faf 11 Fine Tune 17 Flanger 16 Format 28 Gain 16 H Headphones 6 Info 26 29 Instrument 15 Invert Selection 29 Index Key Bounce 19 Key Click Level 19 LED 14 Left Out 6 Live 10 Loc 29 Local 18 Long Release 13 Lower Channel 18 M Master level 11 Memory Protect 17 MIDI 18 MIDI Channel 18 MIDI Controller list 32 MIDI In 6 MIDI Out 6 MIDI Split 12 18 Model 14 Monitor In 6 Mono 13 Octave Shift 10 15 Organ Model 11 Organ section 11 Organ Trig 18 Output Routing 17 Partition Memory 30 Perc Drawbar 9 Cancel 19 Perc Norm Level 19 Perc Slow Decay 19 Perc
30. Grand Lady O StwD Med 5 3 npno Grand Lady O Stw D Med 5 3 Used by 8 programs Studio Grand 2 vac Med 5 3 Electric Grand 1 CP80 5 3 Bank Loc Mame Bank A 02 1 Grand Bank A 02 2 Grand 2 w EQ Bank A 02 3 LeftHand Orch Bank A 02 4 Grand 2 w more Bank A 02 5 GrandDx ep Bank 20 5 Wuthering Bank amp 23 2 Huff n PUFF Bank A 24 3 Stinky Stein Black Upright Petrof Med 5 3 Queen Upright Edorf Med 5 3 Romantic Upright Schimmel Med5 3 Saloon Upright Baumgardt Sml 5 3 This area will show if a selected piano or a sample is used in any programs or what pianos and samples are used in any selected programs gg apil 11 Pagan Sir Hue e Abba lor aed Ol Geared Ot Gadi mO 01 Lining 2 under Nis 0135 Pangarap are Lot Mara mii Grand wo Grand Grand Imperial Bdo ling 5 3 UG edito La ri Ta Grad a more liS Grand ep UN rites J 2 trad Je ES 1 9 Layer of iis Od Legere 04 AM Cute king 2 mund Bal Gat He Cadd4 ES Ewi Loe Magi DM3 Panda mr o Gm GandleyD SD Md 53 4 bee md Nang Hi Piang Mine DEJ Ung CF lipni w EQ fd Ch Eman A a ea eg Find Ctrl F This is a shortcut to the Search Box By entering one or several charac ters in the Search Box you can filter out the content that is presented in the lists CHAPTER 7 NORD SOUND MANAGER 29 Auto Select When this function is active pianos samples or programs will be automatically selected in the Nord Electro 4 HP S
31. P ENV CLAV EQ PAGE MENU VELDYN BRILL A selector to cycle ee ee 39 through the types REL 2 MED E l REL 11 SOFT ID x Press the Model LONG E STRING RES buttons to select TATAG el ORG o the various piano TYPE DYN ae EPIANO1 EPIANO2 models within the UPRIGHT selected type CLAV HPS I GRAND SAMP LIB dr we Press the Type oT Sah MODEL eN O Qro selector again until the Samp Lib is ac tivated Use the Model selector buttons to select one of the samples that are included in the Electro 4 HP SW from the factory Press the Samp PIANO _ PROGRAM SAMP ENV CLAV EQ PAGE A ENU eee Env button VELDYN BRILL 7 ES iN re eatedl SLOWAT TREB p y REL 2 MED QUE REL 1 SOFT ME v This will cycle through ACOUSTICS 6 data ONG RELEASE the four options for STRING RES C the sample s attack mono lA et A y TYPE DYN and velocity settings PIANOI EPIANOZ 3 EA gt PRIGHT CLAV HPS 2 GRAND SAMP LIB O elc 6 Press and hold a 2 Shift and the er DYNAMICS 9 o Samp Env but pman SYSTEM MIDI ton OCTAVE SHIFT eG MG NG This allows you to select one of the four available release time settings O This button doubles as the Clavinet EQ selector when the Clavinet type IS active Using the Organ Press the Organ instrument selector above the program 1 4 buttons This activates the Organ section PROGRAM 2 JE Press the Organ Model selector on the left s
32. PIE ara 2 Baa HA AT Cm BL J PE Connect the Nord Electro 4 HP SW to the computer and launch the Nord Sound Manager The Piano tab will open and the current content of the piano parti tion in the Nord Electro 4 HP SW will be displayed Select a piano to delete and press the Delete icon in the toolbar You can also right click on the sound and choose the Delete option or use the backspace or delete keys on the computer keyboard 6 You will be asked to confirm your intentions and then the piano in the Nord Electro 4 HP SW will be deleted Download a new sound ttt Grand Lady L5 0 npno Upright 1 Blueswede R LargeUpright 4 0 nI Black Upright L 5 0 npno Upright 3 ue Swede L 5 0 Upright 3 ba able swede L o U npno Upright 4 Using drag and drop Open the folder on the computer hard drive where the new sound is located Make sure that the Sound Manager window and the folder are visible on the screen Drag the new sound to the white area in the Sound Manager list When the destination location will turn gray release the mouse button The Clean Deleted Space process will start to prepare the memo ry and then the new piano will be downloaded to the Nord Electro 4 HP SW If there isn t enough free space a message will appear in the lower left text area in the Nord Sound Manager amp Ifthe Organize option is active in the View menu you can drop a sound on any free location in the bank If this function is not ac
33. Program Bundle file on the hard drive Bundles are explained in greater detail on page 23 Download Select In Instrument This is only available if you right click on an Upload empty location that does not contain a sound Upload To Bundle This allows you to choose a file on the hard Dana drive to be downloaded to the location in the Relink Piano Relink Samp Lib Nord Electro 4 HP SW Rename Delete CHAPTER 7 NORD SOUND MANAGER 21 Replace Pianos amp Samples This feature makes it possible to replace a piano or a sample in the unit with another piano or sample from your hard drive The process will update all the programs that used the former piano sample to use the new one after the replacement has been carried out Relink Programs Use the Relink feature if you want one or several selected programs to use another piano or sample instead of the current sound The sound in question have to be present in the memory of the Nord unit Relink ing can also be used if a piano or sample is absent in the Nord unit to repair the programs that are missing a component Rename This allows you to rename and assign a category to a Program Characters supported are a z A Z 0 9 and a hyphen and the name can contain up to 16 characters Any other characters will not be displayed in the Sound Manager lists File Mame Category E Piano MKII Pianos or samples cannot be renamed this option will
34. Soft Level 19 Percussion 12 Phaser 16 Piano 13 Piano Type 14 Pick up 13 Preset Split 12 Program Bundle 23 28 Program Change 18 Program memory 8 Progress 30 P Wa 15 Queue 23 Rel 14 Relink 21 23 26 Rename 26 28 Replace 22 26 Restore 27 28 Reverb 16 Ring modulator 15 RM 15 Rotary 16 Rotary 122 19 Rotary Balance 19 Rotary Menu 19 Rotary model 19 Rotary Speaker Type 19 Rotary Speed 12 Rotor Pedal 7 17 Samp Env 14 Select All 28 Shift 15 Shift button 5 Size 29 Slow At 14 Slow Stop 12 Soft Fast 12 Sound Down 27 Sound Menu 18 Sound Up 27 Sound Upload 28 Speaker Comp 16 Stop Mode 12 Store 10 14 String Resonance 13 Sustain Pedal 7 17 System Menu 17 Third 12 Tonewheel crosstalk 19 Tonewheel Mode 19 Transfer 22 Transpose 17 Treble Horn 19 Tremolo 15 U Up Down 14 Upload 23 USB Connection 6 V VelDyn 14 Vibrato Chorus 12 VX 11 W Wah Wah 15 FCC Information U S A 1 IMPORTANT NOTICE DO NOT MODIFY THIS UNIT This product when installed as indicated in the instructions contained in this manual meets FCC requirements Modifications not expressly approved by Clavia may void your authority granted by the FCC to use the product 2 IMPORTANT When connecting this product to accessories and or another product use only high quality shielded cables Cable s supplied with this product MUST be used Follow all installation instructions Failure to follow instructions could void
35. W may respond twice to every note and other message action if for example the keyboard and the sequencer sends the same MIDI information to the unit Local On Off is set on the MIDI menu see page 18 MIDI Channel The MIDI channel s that the Nord Electro 4 HP SW uses are set up in the MIDI menu see the MIDI menu on page 18 If you use the Organ model in the split lower manual configuration the lower manual can receive on a separate MIDI channel Program Change Usually you select a Program Change value for a track in the sequenc er track settings The 128 program locations send and respond to Program Change values 0 127 If you want to record a Program Change message activate recording in the sequencer and simply select the program on the Nord Electro 4 HP SW Controllers When you record actions with knobs and buttons make sure that the sequencer echoes the changes back on the correct MIDI Channel or your changes won t have any effect About controllers and chasing Consider a situation where you record a Controller message e g a Drawbar adjustment in the middle of your sequencer song Then you rewind the sequencer to a position before the recorded Drawbar ad justment The problem is that the Nord Electro 4 HP SW s Drawbar will remain as after the adjustment although it really should be as it was before you recorded the change To solve this you could record a snapshot of all Controller sett
36. W when you browse through the sounds in the Manager list with the computer keyboard arrow keys Help About About Brings up the About box with a information regard ing the version of the Nord Sound Manager You will also see a list of compatible instruments and OS versions Tabs Piano Samp Lib Program Piano Samp Lib Program Use the tabs to select the desired partition Type Ctrl Tab on the computer keyboard to cycle between the tabs The drop down menu is used to select the desired bank within the partitions The content of the partition will be presented in the list Search Box Enter a phrase to quickly present any sounds that contains the charac ters Press Clear to clear the filtering and show all entries again Loc Location The banks are organized in locations the number of locations varies for the different bank types Name The name of the item Category Shows the assigned category for the programs Size Shows the file size of the pianos This may be useful if you need to know how much space e g a particular piano occupies in the piano partition This unit is not shown in the program lists Ver Version Number This indicates the version number of the actual sound format Older OS versions may not be able to use sounds in a more recent format Note This area may contain information about unused broken corrupted or rejected files in the unlikely event that something has ha
37. WA PHAS1I CHOR2 IHG be ce ee ee ee a JarI EE TEM MIDI ROTARY z z 1 TREBLE HORN SPEED MODEL n aa O O O a 0 Kors 4 ITONEWHEEL MODE HI High ey amp E 5 CD E 5 CD e a PINGPONG DELAY 5 eii eaves n0 Normal i Low OCTAVE SHIFT OO sta ae BASS ROTOR SPEED ofl J lA lol a pa FB a a ERLE KORN ACC ii He High HI High i n0 Normal MASTER LEVEL MODE nG Normal SH Short un z3 00 ORGAN 8 ROTOR PEDAL MODE 3 pump ONE BALANCE BASS HORN ES ROTARY DLY2 STAGE lt fe Tora a TEESE dump He 30 70 TEMPO z E com TAP SETy DLY1 ROOM 3 9 CIRLPEDALTYPE 40 SEND CC 5 Roland EV 5 Press STORE to send a FAST SLOW STOP O IDO D MMO jeje u 0 o a S ONNDAUNEFWNe ONAU EWN ON AUM EWN eR ON AU EFWN Re ee BE BERRREeee 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ONAUEFWNHR G MODE EXIT HI High Trig Point in O Low LO Low Trig Point 6 BASS ROTOR ACC The front panel of the Nord Electro 4 HP SW has four main areas Selector buttons Organ Piano Program and Effects We ll familiarize ourselves briefly with the panel here and describe the functions in detail in the following Selector buttons are used to activate one setting chapters in an array Selector buttons have a set of round or triangular LEDs to indicate the current setting On the left part of the panel is the Master Level knob the organ model Press the button several times to cycle through the selector and the Rotary Spee
38. a Be se dod da vO a 16 6 The Menus System Menu 17 1 Memory Protect On Off 17 2 Output Routing 17 3 Transpose 2 2 ce eee eee 17 4 Fine Tune 0 0c eee aes 17 5 Sustain Pedal Polarity 17 6 Rotor Pedal Polarity 17 7 Sustain Pedal Mode 17 8 Rotor Pedal Mode 17 9 Ctrl Pedal Type 17 10 Ctrl Pedal Mode 18 11 Organ Trig Mode 18 12 Drawbar Speed 18 MIDI Menu 18 1 LocalControl 18 2 MIDI Interface 18 3 MIDI Channel o o ooooooo o 18 4 Lower Channel 18 5 Control Change CC Mode 18 6 Program Change Mode 18 7 MIDI Split Mode 18 8 Dump One 0 18 9 DUMP All 18 10 SendCC 00 ll ee 18 B3 Menu 19 1 Tonewheel Mode 19 2 Key Click Level o o o 19 3 Key Bounce 19 4 Perc Fast Decay 19 5 Perc Slow Decay 19 6 Perc NormLevel 19 7 Perc SoftLevel 19 8 Perc Drawbar 9 Cancel 19 Rotary Menu 19 1 Rotary Model 19 2 Balance Bass Hom 19 3 Treble Horn Speed 19 4 Bass Rotor Speed 19 5
39. acket or table specified by the manufacturer or sold with the apparatus When a cart is used use caution when moving the cart apparatus combination to avoid injury from tip over 13 Unplug this apparatus during lightning storms or when unused for long periods of time 14 Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel Servicing is required when the apparatus has been damaged in any way such as power supply cord or plug is damaged liquid has been spilled or objects have fallen into the apparatus the apparatus has been exposed to rain or moisture does not operate nor mally or has been dropped Additional Safety Information No naked flame sources such as lighted candles should be placed on the apparatus Do not use the apparatus in tropical climates WARNING To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock do not expose this apparatus to rain or moisture The apparatus shall not be exposed to dripping or splashing and that no objects filled with liquids such as vases shall be placed on the apparatus The maims plug is used as the disconnect device and shall remain readily operable Trademarks The Nord logo is a trademark of Clavia DMI AB All other trademarks mentioned in this publication are the properties of their respective holders Specifications and appearances are subject to change without notice Copyright O Clavia DMI AB Il convient de ne pas placer sur l appareil de sources de flammes nues telles
40. ad Ctri ShiFt L1 Program Bundle Download Ckrl 5hift 0 Use this function to upload a one or several sounds from Backup Chrl 6 Restore Chrit h the Nord Electro 4 HP SW memory to a folder on the Clean Deleted Space Format computer hard drive Expork Sound Lists Sound Download Ctrl D Exit Ctrl g Use this function to download one or several sounds from the computer hard drive to the next avail able location in the selected partition Program Bundle Upload Ctrl Shift U This function will upload a selection of programs or an entire Bank to the computer hard drive and include all the pianos and or samples that these programs use in a Program Bundle file The default source will be the currently selected program s or the active bank but you can choose another bank with the drop down menu Program Bundle Upload El Source Selection 2 sounds Bank 4 119 sounds O Bank Click on the Upload button to enter the name of the Bundle and to select the destina tion on the hard drive The Program Bundle file that is created on the hard drive will have a file extension that ends with pb Program Bundle Download Ctrl Shift D This function will download a Bundle with programs pianos and samples from the computer hard drive to the Nord unit You have a choice if you want the Bundle to be added to the existing programs in the bank in focus or if the Bundle should replace the conten
41. ains the functions of the effects Please look at the Effects chapter on page 15 for more information The functions and settings of the System MIDI B3 and Rotary menus are conveniently printed to the right on the panel The menus are de scribed in the Menu chapter that begins on page 17 Drawbars The nine drawbars of Nord Electro 4 HP SW are represented by up down buttons and LED chain graphs instead Knobs amp b uttons of ordinary mechanical drawbars This gives you a big advantage when you change presets the correct drawbar settings are shown immediately by the LEDs Knobs The knobs control the continuously variable pa rameters in the Nord Electro 4 HP SW Ub 0 NN 8 MM Ha ON Au FPWN a EM A Ah NN a yo oo 8 JJ J gt gt fl EN O N Au bb W N mBEe 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 51 3 A o p A parameter value can be totally different from the knob s physical position when you load a Program As soon as you start turning the knob the value will snap to the knob s physical position 6 NORD ELECTRO 4 HP SW USER MANUAL OS V1 X 3 Connections CONTROL PEDAL ROTOR PEDAL SUSTAIN MIDI MIDI PEDAL OUT USB IN Audio connections Headphones This is where you connect a Ya stereo connector from a pair of head phones Left Out and Right Out The left and right line level outputs from the Nord Electro 4 HP SW are unbalanced Use connectors to conne
42. also be used together with the Nord Sample Editor This application is used when you want to take your own audio files and assemble these to a sample a sample that can be loaded to the Electro 4 HP SW s Samp Lib partition il be ee PR NG si am co ma Baa aasa a ka A AA e Pq A e s 3 ee a E A ci a l o L LL m EE EREL tE L f LEG L FEL L iL L o ia Fal brbedpi Ng ele rd eee GA ad bam ph Md AAA EA aaa a GE Pit Gren ib MAL_L A ee iii i ee CL Sa AS na raman EPT EIE NA lil E The Nord Sample Editor and instructions on how to use it can be found on the DVD and on the www nordkeyboards com web site a MIDI functions About the MIDI implementation The following MIDI messages can be transmitted and received from the Nord Electro 4 HP SW Note On Off e Note On and Note Off messages are transmitted and received Controllers In the MIDI Menu see page 18 you can select if the Nord Electro 4 HP SW should transmit and or receive Control Change messages e f you have a control pedal connected to the control pedal input this is transmitted as Controller 11 Expression e f you have a pedal connected to the sustain pedal input this is transmitted as Controller 64 Sustain Pedal e lf you have a pedal connected to the rotor pedal input this pedal is transmitted as Controller 90 e Almost all other controls knobs and buttons on the front panel are also transmitted and received
43. ary Speed Rotary Stop Mode Vib Mode Vib On Off UP Vib On Off LO B3 model Perc On Off Perc Third Samp Attack Sel Samp Release Sel Clav EQ Brill On Off Clav EQ Treble On Off Clav EQ Medium On Off Clav EQ Soft On Off Inst Sel Organ Piano Clav Select Piano Type Piano Model Piano Mono Piano Dynamics Acoustics Oct Shift Organ Upper Oct Shift Organ Lower Oct Shift Piano EQ On Off EQ Treble EQ Mid EQ Mid Freq EQ Bass Gain Effect 1 Rate Effect 1 Sel Effect 1 On Off Effect 2 Rate Effect 2 Sel Effect 2 On Off Speaker Comp Drive Speaker Comp Sel Speaker Comp On Off Reverb Wet Dry Reverb Sel Reverb On Off Delay Rate Delay Ping Pong Delay On Off MIDI CC 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 9 3 88 89 64 11 82 79 84 85 107 87 95 33 34 103 104 105 106 13 45 12 44 83 99 98 27 28 29 115 113 116 117 114 63 60 69 62 61 80 111 81 86 102 96 97 92 93 94 MIDI Implementation Chart Function Basic Channel Default Channel Mode Note Number Velocity After Touch Pitch Bender Control Change Program Change True System Exclusive System Common System Realtime Aux Message Number Default Message Altered True Voice Note ON Note Off Key s Channel Song Pos Song Sel Tune Clock Commands Local on off All notes off Active Sense Reset True Voice Transmitted 1 16 1 1
44. associated with Clavia These trademarks and brand names are only mentioned to describe the types of sounds reproduced by Nord Electro 4 HP SW OS and internal memory The operating system programs and pianos and samples in Nord Elec tro 4 HP SW are stored in a Flash memory A Flash memory keeps the data also when the power is turned off Another big advantage is that you can replace data in the Flash memory at any time This means that you will be able to download OS upgrades pianos and samples and programs to your Nord Electro 4 HP SW from a computer The Nord Electro 4 HP SW features a USB port for quick and easy download of new piano and or instrument samples Factory presets The program memory of Nord Electro 4 HP SW consists of 128 programs In addition there is the Live buffer memory which will con tinuously store any changes as they are made and remember these settings after the power is turned off All of the 128 factory Programs of Nord Electro 4 HP SW can be replaced To make sure you don t accidentally overwrite Programs you want to keep it s a good idea to back up your sounds regularly on a computer using the Nord Sound Manager application Restoring the factory presets The factory Programs are available as Nord Sound Manager backup files for download at the Nord web site at www nordkeyboards com or on the included Nord DVD OS upgrades The latest OS version for Nord Electro 4 series is available for download at
45. can be used and the supported characters are a z AZ 0 9 and the hyphen Any other characters will not be displayed in the Sound Manager lists File Name Category E Piano MKII Pianos or samples cannot be renamed so this function is not available if you have selected any of these Delete Allows you to delete one or several selected sounds You will be asked to confirm your intentions You may also use the delete or backspace key on the computer keyboard to perform this action Any Program in the Nord Electro 4 HP SW that used a particular piano or sample that you deleted will not sound at all since it will be missing an important component The space that a deleted piano occupied is not immediately available to other sounds even though it is gone from the list and its location is free The Flash memory needs to be cleaned to free up the space where the deleted sounds have been When you add a new piano the cleaning process will be initiated automatically You also have the option to manually start the cleaning process with the Clean Deleted Space command from the File menu Replace This allows you to replace a selected piano or a sample with another plano or sample that you have on the computer hard drive This function is not only about replacing the sound file in the memory all the programs that used the old sound will be updated relinked to use the new sound instead Phan el choked Gral parad Bos ng
46. ce available to new additions Cleaning is automatically done if you download a new piano or program to the Nord Electro 4 HP SW but this menu command makes it possible to manually start the cleaning process Format This is a radical function it will format the entire partition that is in focus All the sounds in the partition will be deleted You will be asked to confirm your intentions Exit Ctrl Q Exits the Nord Sound Manager application Edit Menu Rename Ctrl M Rename Ctrl N Delete Del This allows you to rename a peplece 7 Ctrl P Program 16 characters can be Relink Ctrl k used the supported characters Select All Chia are a z A Z 0 9 and the hyphen Any other characters will not be displayed in the Sound Manager lists Invert Selection Renaming also allows you to change or set the category that each program and synth sound can be labeled with Pianos cannot be renamed so this function is not available if you have selected any of these Delete Allows you to delete a selected item s from the Nord Electro 4 HP SW memory You will be asked to confirm your intentions Replace Ctrl P This allows you to replace a selected piano or a sample with another plano or sample that you have on the computer hard drive This will also change all programs that used that sound to the new sound instead Relink Ctrl K Use the Relink feature if you want one or several selected programs to use another
47. ct the Nord Electro 4 HP SW to an amplifier or recording equipment The Nord Electro 4 HP SW is a stereo instrument with separate signal paths for the left and right audio channels To properly experience the Electro 4 HP SW use both outputs in a stereo operation The System functions allow you to separate the pianos samples and the organ sounds in the left and right outputs Read more about this functionality on page 17 General guide on audio connections e Make all the connections before you turn on the power to your amplifier e Turn on the power to your amplifier last e Turn off the power to your amplifier first A Playing at a high volume level can result in hearing impairments such as permanent hearing loss Monitor In Use this to connect and monitor a signal from an mp3 or a CD player at the Nord Electro 4 HP SW s headphone output This allows you to e g rehearse with the Electro 4 HP SW to pre recorded music Signals connected to this input will not be processed with the Electro 4 HP SW s effects or appear at the Electro 4 HP SW s left and right output jacks RIGHT LEFT OUT MONITOR IN OUT MONO HEADPHONES MIDI Connections MIDI Out MIDI connection used for sending keyboard and panel generated MIDI data from the Nord Electro 4 HP SW to other equipment such as sound modules or computers MIDI In MIDI connection used to receive MIDI data to the Nord Electro 4 HP SW from other equipment such as keyboa
48. d section The Master level controls the possible options entire instruments output level at the two output jacks and the head phone output This control is not programmable that particular func Holding Shift and pressing a selector button with the exception tionality is instead available in the effects section with the Gain control of the Type button will cycle through the settings in a counter clockwise fashion The Organ section is lit and active when the Organ selector in the Program area is activated On Off buttons a ON On Off buttons are used for activating a parameter o or a group of parameters such as effects Moving towards the middle of the panel the Piano section behaves Just as the organ The controls are lit when the Piano selector is active The Program section contain the parameters and functions that are used to select and store programs to set the System MIDI B3 and Rotary menu functions and to select the instrument to be used with the Shift button Organ or Piano selectors We ll describe the functions in this area in Some buttons have a secondary function which greater detail in the Program section chapter on page 14 will be available if you hold down Shift while pressing the button The name of the secondary function is printed below the button Shift is also used together with the Up Down buttons when you want to change a setting in the System MIDI B3 or Rotary menus The Effect section cont
49. der on the hard drive The upload process may take a few moments depending on the size of the sounds Program Bundles A Program Bundle contains one or several programs and all the pianos and samples that these programs use in one file Bundles are great to store parts of the memory from your Nord Electro 4 HP SW If you select one program and create a Bundle the Bundle will be pretty small in size and the uploading process will be reasonably quick compared to a complete Backup procedure You can also create another Bundle with all the programs you need for a specific performance and when you need those programs again the Bundle functionality will restore them and their sound files to your Nord unit Not all Nord units are compatible with the Bundle feature Look at the Sound Manager page on the Nord web site for further details Pianos and samples that are used by several programs will not be duplicated in a Bundle nor will they be downloaded back to the instrument if they already are in place in the instrument 23 24 NORD ELECTRO 4 HP SW USER MANUAL OS V1 X Upload a Program Bundle Open the Program Tab and select one or several programs Use Ctrl click to make non consecutive selections like this one Bank a Loc Name Bank A 01 1 Grandi Bank A 01 2 Grand 1 w EQ lank Abba Grand Bank 5 01 5 PianamaSplit Bank A 02 1 Grand2 Bank A 02 2 Grand EQ lank 3 LeftHand Orch Bank A 02 4 Grand 2 w more Ba
50. e Horn Speed Sets the speed setting in the fast and slow speed modes of the rotary speaker simulation s treble horn Range HI High nO Normal default LO Low 4 Bass Rotor Speed Sets the speed setting in the fast and slow speed modes of the rotary speaker simulation s bass rotor Range HI High nO Normal default LO Low 5 Treble Horn Acceleration Sets the acceleration and retardation time of the rotary speaker simula tion s treble horn Range HI High nO Normal default LO Low 6 Bass Rotor Acceleration Sets the acceleration and retardation time of the rotary speaker simula tion s bass rotor Range HI High nO Normal default LO Low 19 NORD ELECTRO 4 HP SW USER MANUAL OS V1 X Nord Sound Manager The Nord Sound Manager is the application that allows you to organize the various memory areas the partitions in the Nord Electro 4 HP SW It is also used to download pianos or programs to the Nord Electro 4 HP SW or to upload any of these items called sounds from the Nord Electro 4 HP SW memory to the computer hard drive The Nord Sound Manager provides access to various methods to download the sounds to the unit and a function to backup and restore the entire Nord Electro 4 HP SW memory System requirements The Nord Sound Manager is compatible with computers running Mac OSX 10 4 or later Windows XP Windows 7 and Windows Vista If you run the Nord Sound Manage
51. elected that isn t compatible with the Long Release feature this feature will be disabled Only pianos of version 5 2 or later are Release compatible Turn String Resonance on when you want to include the pedal down samples in an acoustic piano sound These samples will then be used when you play and activate the sustain pedal with a very rich sound The Smr sized pianos do not include the string resonance samples Mono Hold Shift and press the Acoustics button to play a selected stereo plano in mono Dynamics Hold Shift and press the Type button to select the dynamics response This allows you to use different resoonse curves which makes the Nord Electro 4 HP SW react stronger to the velocity you use on the keyboard These response curves are only active when you use the piano sounds When all LEDs are off the default response curve is active A Dyn setting of 1 makes it a bit easier to reach the maximum a setting of 2 even easier and the third setting is the lightest response curve 14 NORD ELECTRO 4 HP SW USER MANUAL OS V1 X Samp Env When the Samp Lib type is active the Samp Env LEDs and button can be used to set a desired velocity response and attack and release time behavior that affects the playback of the samples When none of the Attack LEDs are lit the sample playback Is not af fected by any additional attack from the Electro 4 HP SW and it does not respond to keyboard velocity Slow At select this whe
52. he DVD double click on the Nord Sound Manager 6 x dmg and then drag the Nord Sound Manager application from the virtual hard drive to your Applications folder A The files mentioned for the driver and application installations can also be downloaded from the www nordkeyboards com web site Please visit our web site from time to time to check for any Sound Manager updates Overview MU Ecc rr AA NAA AA ad You can manage the contents of the Piano the Sample the Program and the Synth partitions These are accessed from the tabs If no Nord Electro 4 HP SW is connected to the computer pages icons and memory locations will be grayed out A The actions that take place in the Nord Sound Manager will affect the memory in the Nord Electro 4 HP SW The Manager is on line with a connected Nord Electro 4 HP SW at all times any changes that you perform in the Manager will immediately be executed in the Nord Electro 4 HP SW If you for example delete a piano or a Program from the list in the Nord Sound Manager that same sound will also be deleted from the Nord Electro 4 HP SW s memory The Toolbar MEA b3 HE The Toolbar gives you direct access to some of the more frequently used functions in the Nord Sound Manager Clicking on an icon will activate one of these functions and a dialogue will often appear asking for confirmation or further instructions from you The Tabs Piano Samp Lib Program Select the partition
53. his model has two basic vibrato modes Light and Heavy with two different rates for each mode Percussion PERCUSSION SOFT FAST The Percussion effect adds extra attack to the B3 sound by having a single envelope gener ator controlling either the 2nd or the 3rd harmonic The envelope opens up for a short moment in the beginning of the sound when you press the key s The percus sion will only affect the upper manual if the Split function is active THIRD ON O LO _ The Percussion is a single triggered non legato effect It is only present when you hit the keys when no other note is sounding In other words if you play a note or a chord and then add on more notes without releasing the previously pressed keys there will be no percussion effect in the new notes You have to release all keys to be able to play new notes with the percussion effect The percussion effect is activated and deactivated by pressing the On button The Soft Fast button toggles between normal or soft per cussion levels and fast or slow decay times providing four available combinations The Third button toggles between using the 2nd or 3rd partial as the source for the percussion effect The percussion decay times and levels can be fine tuned for Fast and Slow mode individu ally Please refer to the B3 Menu on page 19 for details O With the original instrument you could not use the percussion effect and 9th drawbar si
54. iano program PAGE MENU 2 1 Keep pressing the Up QUE a button until you are ready ro for the next instrument VALUE hd ae group ORGAN PIANO Press and hold the Down button to get back to 1 1 and then the Program 2 button to listen to the electric piano on the 1 2 location SYSTEM MIDI OCTAVE SHIFT Di Press the Up button to get to the next electric piano You can of course organize the programs in any order you want Such a process can be done quite easily by using the drag and drop features in the Nord Sound Manager Edit a program Editing a program is just as easy as grabbing a knob and change a set ting or press a button to select a different setting The knob s physical position isn t always as the stored setting in the program that is active but as soon as you start turning a knob the parameter will snap to the knob s position When you have edited a program a dot will appear in the lower right display corner next to the program number This will alert you to the fact that the program has been edited but not yet saved If you select a new program without saving any edits you have made will be lost and the program will have ts original settings the next time you select it Selecting pianos samples Select a program where the Piano instrument is active The LEDs on the piano section and the Selector LED for the piano will be lit Press repeatedly PIANO PROGRAM on the Piano Type SAM
55. ide of the panel below the master level knob repeatedly to cycle through the three organs the B3 Vox and Farfisa emulations The settings for the three organ instruments are made using the drawbars The Farfisa uses these in a switching mode with only two set tings on or off for each Press the Preset Split button to light up PRESET SPLIT the 2 Up LED and make a setting with OT O the drawbar buttons 9 SPLIT iSS 4 Press the Preset Split button to light up the 1 Lo LED This activates the second preset which allows you to keep two different drawbar settings for an organ sound available from the panel at any time The settings of both Presets 1 and 2 are stored in the Electro 4 HP SW s program memory Hold Shift and press the Preset Split button This activates the organ split mode the Split LED will light up The keyboard will be split at C4 C4 The lower half will use the Preset 1 Lo setting the upper half will use the Preset 2 Up setting 6 If you press and hold both the Shift and the Preset Split buttons for a couple of seconds the Split LED will begin to flash and you can press a key on the keyboard to set a new split point as long as these buttons are held down The key you press will be the first upper manual key CHAPTER 4 GETTING STARTED The Rotary effect The rotary effect adds some great sonic drama to the organs but can of course be used with any other sound as well
56. ings of the Nord Electro 4 HP SW Program at the beginning of your sequencer song See Sending MIDI Controller dumps on the next page 32 NORD ELECTRO 4 HP SW USER MANUAL OS V1 X Program and CC dumps To dump a Program SysEx or MIDI Controller data via MIDI either to another Nord Electro 4 HP SW or for recording the data into another MIDI device proceed as follows Sending program dumps Connect the MIDI OUT on the Nord Electro 4 HP SW to the MIDI In on the receiving device or use the USB connection Set up the receiving device to accept MIDI SysEx and MIDI Con troller data e Press Shift MIDI and select the Dump One or Dump All menu item using the Up Down buttons If needed set the receiving MIDI device to recording mode 3 Press the Store button to send the dump to the MIDI Out of Nord Electro 4 HP SW The display will stop flashing once the dump has been sent For the programs that use the organ sounds the complete settings for the sound will be dumped as MIDI SysEx but for programs using pianos or Samples all parameters will be sent but NOT the actual instrument samples Therefore when dumping back a program that uses a piano sound make sure the actual instrument samples are also available in the Nord Electro 4 HP SW Otherwise the parameters in the SysEx message will be applied to another available piano instrument Sending MIDI Controller dumps Set up as in steps 1 and
57. l Programs or only send note and controller messages via MIDI Local On is the normal mode In Local Off mode the front panel and keyboard action are transmitted via MIDI only and does not control the internal sound s directly Range On default Off Local defaults back to mode On every time the Nord Electro 4 HP SW is powered on 2 MIDI Interface Use this setting to choose if you want to use the MIDI interface on the DIN connectors or the USB MIDI functionality Range P DIN MIDI ports U USB MIDI default 3 MIDI Channel This sets the MIDI Channel that the Nord Electro 4 HP SW transmits and responds to Range 1 16 OF off default 1 4 Lower Channel This sets the MIDI channel that the Lower Manual of the Nord Electro 4 HP SW organ section responds to when the organ split and the MIDI split modes are active Range 1 16 OF off default 2 5 Control Change CC Mode This setting specifies how the front panel s knobs and buttons are han dled in the MIDI communication with MIDI Control Change messages You can select if the panel controls and functions should either send or receive or both or if Control Change messages should be ignored Range Sr send amp receive default r receive only S send only Off 6 Program Change Mode Specifies how the Nord Electro 4 HP SW should handle MIDI Program Change messages Range Sr send amp receive default r receive only
58. ls with each other In the Electro 4 HP SW these are the instrument audio signal and a modulation sine wave The results can be range from a subtle coloring to screaming inharmonic bell type sounds The Rate knob controls the frequency of the sine wave also perceived as a modulation rate A connected control pedal will control the amount of the ring modula tion If no control pedal is connected the amount defaults to a moder ate setting and the Rate knob can be used to produce a manually controlled ring modulation effect 16 NORD ELECTRO 4 HP SW USER MANUAL OS V1 X Effect 2 Effect 2 offers three tyoes of modulation effects Phaser Flanger and Chorus Each of these effects has 3 selectable depths in the same fashion as the tremolo and pan in the Effects 1 section The Rate knob control the rate of the effect Speaker Comp This section contains the speaker amp emulations the rotary speaker emulation and a compressor Small JC and Twin emulates three different kinds of amplifier and speaker cabinets The amount of drive is controlled by the Speaker Comp knob Rotary simulates a rotary speaker including its built in amplifier The knob sets the amount of overdrive of the rotary amplifier the speed of the rotating speaker is set with the rotary speed controls on the left side of the panel Comp is a compressor that will even out the dynamics of what you play making low level sounds louder and high level sounds
59. me depending on the sizes of the pianos and samples in the unit Backing up from the Nord Sound Manager is done in an incre mental manner Unless you change the name or the location of the backup file only the pianos and or programs that have been changed since the previous backup will be saved The Nord Sound Manager will suggest a location for the backup the first time this function is selected in My Documents Nord Sound Manager files If you rather save the backup file elsewhere use the browser to pick another destination Restore To restore a previously saved backup file to the Nord Electro 4 HP SW select this option and browse to a backup file on the hard drive file extension ne4b and click Open A The restore function will begin after you have clicked Open and confirmed your intentions in the dialogue All the content of a con nected Nord Electro 4 HP SW will then be irrevocably replaced by the content of the backup file 28 NORD ELECTRO 4 HP SW USER MANUAL OS V1 X Menus In the Nord Sound Manager the usual Windows and Mac OSX key board commands can be used The menus can be accessed by press ing the Alt key and the underlined letter in the menu bar Most of the commands can also be accessed by pressing the Ctrl on the Mac Command key together with the letter shown next to the command name in the menus File Menu Sound Upload Ctrl U Sound Download Chri D Sound Upload Ctrl U Program Bundle Uplo
60. multaneously However with the Nord Flectro 4 HP SW you have a choice You can use the percussion and 9th drawbar together or chose to mimic the original organ behavior by turning off the 9th drawbar whenever the percussion is activated Read more on the Perc Drawbar 9 setting in the B3 menu on page 19 Preset Split Use the 1 Lo and 2 Up buttons to recall two separate settings for the organ section PRESET SPLIT VET Ot 9 SPLIT to ser Press the Shift and the Split button to divide the Nord Electro 4 HP SW keyboard in two sections the Lower Manual and Upper Manual sections By default the split point on the keyboard is between the keys B3 and C4 You can set the split point by holding Shift pressing Split the split LED starts to flash then while still holding both buttons press the desired key A set split point is saved as part of the parameters in a program Additional MIDI keyboard You can connect an additional MIDI keyboard to the Electro 4 HP SW to use the organ in a dual manual fashion with the external keyboard operating as the lower manual Connect the external MIDI keyboard s MIDI out to the Electro 4 HP SW s MIDI in Set the MIDI channel of the external keyboard to the channel that is set in the MIDI menu the Lower Channel setting The default Lower MIDI channel in the Electro 4 HP SW is 2 Select the MIDI Split option in the MIDI Menu the 7th option and set this to On Read more
61. n you want to play the samples with a slower attack Vel Dyn select this when you want to control the volume and the timbre of the samples with velocity from the keyboard When both LEDs are lit both the slow attack and the velocity option are active Press and hold the Shift button and operate the Samp Env button to set the desired release times When none of the Release LEDs are lit the sample playback is not af fected by any additional release Rel 1 Short release Rel 2 Medium release Rel 1 amp 2 Long release Piano Type Use the Type selector to choose which piano sound you want to use Each type may consist of several models press repeatedly on the model selector to cycle through the models within a selected type Category Description Grand Acoustic and electric grand pianos Upright Upright pianos E Piano 1 Electric pianos with tines E Piano 2 Electric pianos with reeds Clav Hps Clavinets and Harpsichords Samp Lib Samples Model Press repeatedly on the model selector to cycle through the available models within a selected type The type ofa piano has been set by Chock Nurris no need to even try and move a piano from one type to another Program section The Program section is where you select the pro gram where the Store func tions are activated and where you enter the System MIDI B3 and Rotary menus The 128 programs in the Electro 4 HP SW are organized in 32 pages with 4 programs in each page
62. nd Brass E Bary And Brass 03 1 Calm vox Using 1 sound 03 2 RainPiana 03 3 Clavinet 1 03 4 Orch Strings 04 1 Percussive 63 O4 2 ElecGrand CP80 a Bank Loc Name Mw Samplib 12 Let s say you need to delete some of the factory samples to make room for new samples By selecting a sample in the Samp Lib partition and activating Info you can see which of the programs that would be affected by such a deletion or replacement Organize When this option is active the lists will show all the available locations in the selected partition bank and not only the occupied ones This will for instance make it possible to drag a file to a specific free location in the middle of the list If this is inactive only the occupied locations will be shown and re arranging the order is not possible Dual View When this option is checked the window if set to display the Program partition will be divided in two lists You can make the lists show sepa rate banks with the drop downs Rearranging programs is simply a matter of drag and drop Drag a program from one bank list to another bank list in either direction Auto Select With this function active scrolling through the piano or program list with the computer keyboard arrow keys will automatically select the sound in the Nord Electro 4 HP SW HornTrio Baryton Split ste Rename This allows you to rename a Program and assign a Category to it 16 char acters
63. nk A 02 5 GrandDx ep Bank A 03 1 Grand 3 Click on the Bundle Up icon in the Toolbar The Program Bundle Upload dialog gives you two choices Program Bundle Upload This will upload programs and their used sounds to a program bundle Source 2 Selection 11 sounds Selection will create a Program Bundle with the selection of programs you made in the Sound Manager program list and the pianos and or samples that these programs use Bank makes a Bundle of an entire Bank that you select with the drop down This action will probably take a bit longer and the resulting Bundle will be a bigger file since there may be many more pianos and samples in this type of Bunale Choose the Selection option and click on Upload In the following dialog give the Bundle a meaningful name and find a location on the computer hard drive Downloading a Bundle Here comes the really great part about Bundles When you download a Bundle to the instrument any pianos and samples that the programs in the Bundle depend on are downloaded They will be placed at the next available location in the piano and or Samp Lib partition Pianos and samples are not duplicated if these files are already in the instrument The Bundle programs will use the new or existing locations of the pianos and samples when they are downloaded to the free locations in the program partition Make sure the Program Tab is open N E Click on the Bundle Down icon in the Toolbar
64. nora electro 4 HP User Manual Nord Electro 4 HP Nord Electro 4 SW OS Version 1 x Copyright Clavia DMI AB CAUTION ATTENTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN RISQUE DE SHOCK ELECTRIQUE NE PAS OUVRIR CAUTION TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT REMOVE COVER OR BACK NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED PERSONNEL ATTENTION POUR EVITER LES RISQUES DE CHOC ELECTRIQUE NE PAS ENLEVER LE COUVERCLE AUCUN ENTRETIEN DE PIECES INTERIEURES PAR L USAGER CONFIER L ENTRETIEN AU PERSONNEL QUALIFE AVIS POUR EVITER LES RISQUES D INCIDENTE OU DELECTROCUTION N EXPOSEZ PAS CET ARTICLE A LA PLUIE OU L HUMIDITET The lightning flash with the arrowhead symbol within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated voltage within the products en closure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons Le symbole clair avec le point de fl che a l int rieur d un triangle quilat ral est utilis pour alerter l utilisateur de la presence a l int rieur du coffret de voltage dangereux non isol d ampleur suffisante pour constituer un risque d l ctrocution The exclamation mark within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance servicing instructions in the literature accompanying the product Le point d exclamation l int rieur d un triangle
65. not be available if you right click on any of these Delete This will delete the selected sound s from the Nord Electro 4 HP SW memory File Formats The Nord Sound Manager creates and or uses files with the Nord Electro 4 HP SW with the following extensions e npno These are the piano files from the Nord Piano Library e nsmp These are the sample files from the Nord Sample Library e ne4p These are the Electro 4H P SW Program files e ne4pb The Electro 4 Program Bundle files e ne4b This is the extension used for the Nord Electro 4 HP SW backup files Just as any other computer file on your hard drive these files may be renamed emailed copied moved lost or even stored in a safe loca tion if an evil computer crash suddenly decides to take your hard drive for ride 22 NORD ELECTRO 4 HP SW USER MANUAL OS V1 X The Quick Tour Let s get acquainted with some of the functions in the Nord Sound Manager Transfer pianos to the Electro 4 HP SW When the Nord Electro 4 HP SW leaves the factory the Piano partition is filled with sounds In order to be able to download additional pianos you may have to delete some of the factory pianos If you ever want to reload any deleted pianos they are available on the DVD that was in cluded with the Nord Electro 4 HP SW or available as a download from the www nordkeyboards com web site in the Libraries area Deleting a piano fers Loz Ma a rc aie at Bag
66. nperial Bar Ley a T ba sa the magana sound Elsa Ta tore Ma Fe hes Lad The Replace dialog informs you about the action about to take place Click Browse to locate a new sound on the computer hard drive The Bright Grand is chosen in the image below Select Meplaceme ral Lekin Jj High Geared CA it qa El 1 4 anp mand Yata Med dnp iy Record Bi Grand ait Hah Daumi gi Gand Ta NAO jp birada a Pis rere Unghi bad rat Ling 5 irpo ki Diner aS Fia of ipa Es Meo nora w Diza Click on Open and then confirm by clicking Replace The replacing action will begin by deleting the original piano then cleaning the memory downloading the new piano and finally relinking all the programs to use the new one instead If you use Replace to try a piano and then change your mind just replace the new one with the previous one to get back to where you Started from The Replace action can be done with samples as well Relink Relink is a powerful feature that makes it possible to change the piano or sample that one or several programs use Let s imagine that you have downloaded a new favorite grand piano and want to change the programs that used your previous favorite grand to the new one instead Instead of manually changing every program on the unit Relink can achieve this in the Manager Let s Relink a program to change what sound s the program should use Open the Program tab and right click a pr
67. nt in the opposite direc tion Piano section PIANO The pianos in the Nord Electro 4 HP Ng Ha SAMP ENV CLAV EQ SW are divided into six different types VEL DYN Br Ll each type can contain several instru SLOWAT TREB ment models You can freely add new REL 2 MED 9 piano instruments and samples via REL 1 50FT USB using the Nord Sound Manager ACOUSTICS sp Pr LONG RELEASE utility see Nord Sound Manager on seers ae O page 20 TATA F TYPE Right out of the box Nord Electro 4 a Saree HP SW features a fine collection of UPRIGHT CLAV HPS carefully selected acoustic and electro GRAND mechanical pianos harpsichords and sampled instruments A lot of effort ear was put in to ensure that the response cia and sound of the sampled instru MODER O 9 SAMP LIB ments matches every nuance of the real article Each piano instrument has been multi sampled in a vast amount of velocity levels That s one reason why they sound and feel so authentic The Piano section also includes the ability to use samples from the Nord Sample Library like the Mellotron or Chamberlin sounds that have been licensed by Clavia CHAPTER 5 NORD ELECTRO 4 HP SW REFERENCE 13 Clavinet sound On an original Clavinet D6 you can select different pick up and filter combinations by pressing a number of rocker switches This function ality is very faithfully simulated in the Nord Electro 4 HP SW which means that you get all the p
68. o the content it was shipped with This file can also be downloaded from the www nordkeyboards com web site 26 NORD ELECTRO 4 HP SW USER MANUAL OS V1 X Sound Manager reference Toolbar BC ae 1 U NM E E E SO Paii i i afin s m ia Upi Lab EE eS ile De MTs kami y Info Activating Info brings up an information area to the right of the list IN Grand Lady O StwD Med 5 3 Mame Grand Imperial Bdorf Lrg 5 3 Grand Lady O Stw D Med 5 3 gt Studio Grand 2 Yal7 Med 5 3 Used by 8 programs Electric Grand 1 CP80 5 3 Bank Loc Name Bank A 02 1 Grand Bank A 02 2 Grand 2 w EQ Bank A 02 3 LeftHand Orch Bank A 02 4 Grand 2 w more Bank A 02 5 GrandDx ep Bank 20 5 Wuthering Bank 4 23 2 Huff n PUFF Bank A 24 3 Stinky Stein Black Upright Petrof Med 5 3 Queen Upright Bdorf Med 5 3 Romantic Upright Schimmel Meds 3 Saloon Upright Baumgardt Sml 5 3 The Info area will show if a selected piano or a sample is used in any Programs or what pianos and samples are used in any selected Programs This provides you with an excellent way of keeping track of how the content components in the Nord Electro 4 HP SW depends on each other Piano Samp Lib Program Info 2 sounds selected Name E Split B3 Studiosrandz Ya E Piano MKII The Biggest Sur Using 1 sound Bank Loc Name eg Samp Lib 6 FullStrings1 ske 5Rv4 The Biggest Sur Farf and me Grand Lady D sml E Piano MEI Deep Bary 4
69. ogram in the list Select the Relink Samp Lib option in the context menu The menu will expand to show the sample that is linked to this program Select In Instrument Upload Upload To Bundle Relink Piano Relink Samp Lib 2 violing_ ste 5RY5S Select the sample and let go of the mouse button This will open the Relink dialog where you can choose the new sound that the program should use instead Flee al ik hee e dedo do o e banga ar ridad o J Sven ha Siva Choo Larget sour Harni io Hama eo Sample ovens phe Stee mo solb 2 Listed bb SAYA 3 Vien LIT Makotrar ve nng E Fhe Sines pe a ta a H e HA Fubladhjtrs se Sty Basong eH r4 Orhi Gari Nh En KHA oirin ib ut fare Lib alte LE 3 Sam lb Sorelle ate LE i Sama LIB Comp Lib 4 Click Relink to relink the program to the new sound You can only Relink programs to a sound that is already present in the Nord Electro 4 HP SW Download Queue You can add several sounds one by one using the drop method or with the Toolbar or Menu commands These sounds will be put in the download queue The memory will be cleaned if needed and the files will be downloaded to the unit in the order they were added Select the desired partition that holds the type of sounds that you wish to load Drag a sound from the computer hard drive to the white area in the Sound Manager list Drag another sound to the white area in the Sound Manager list 1
70. on how to change settings in the MIDI Menu on page 18 Press and hold Shift and the Split button This will activate the organ split mode but since MIDI Split is set to On the Electro 4 HP SW s keyboard will only play the upper part without being split Adjust the drawbars for the lower external Keyboard when the 1 Lo LED is lit and for the Electro 4 HP SW s keyboard when the 2 Up LED is lit The drawbars The drawbars of the Nord Electro 4 HP SW are represented by but tons and LED graphs This gives you a big advantage when you change the program the correct drawbar settings are recalled immediately and shown by the LEDs ON CON NN 8 BM W N RA JJ Ee amp NB 0 gt JJ 8 8 gt ma BP CON Au BM MW N AR The drawbars of Nord Electro 4 HP SW behave similar to their mechanical counterparts with the B3 and VX models you pull out and push in the drawbars using the Drawbar buttons The Farf model uses the drawbars as on off switches O N DU FP WN mn o 0 The buttons are special in the way that they auto increment decrement the drawbar value when held If you hold a Drawbar button the cor responding drawbar value will continue to change within its range until you release the button The speed of the automatic change can be set in the System menu read more about this on page 18 While holding a Drawbar button you can press its sibling button to momentarily auto increment decreme
71. ossible original Clavinet D6 sound varia tions plus an additional four by selecting different pick up and filter combinations Here s how it works Pick up type A Clavinet D6 has two separate pick ups one on the neck and one on the bridge By selecting either one pick up or both in different combinations you can alter the character of the sound quite drastically When the Clavinet is selected in the Nord Electro 4 HP SW you use the Model button in the Piano Select section to select one of the four pick up variations Pick up Type Description Clav 1 CA Only the neck pick up a warmer less bright sound Clav 2 Cb Only the bridge pick up a bright sound Clav 3 DA Both pick ups on and in phase a very full sound Clav 4 Db Both pick ups 180 degrees out of phase the fundamental is almost cancelled out and the sound becomes thin Clav EQ The Clav EQ button works as filter selectors By selecting different combinations of the Brilliant Treble and Medium Sott filter indicators you can reproduce all 15 possible filter variations exactly like on the original D6 Use the Shift button together with the Clav EQ button to access the Med and Soft settings Acoustics Activating the Long Release feature will add a slightly longer release to an acoustic or electric piano This is equivalent to what happens when you adjust the damper tension in an acoustic or an electromechanical instrument fapiano is s
72. oups of intervals the Il Ill and IV in a relationship to the played note 16 8 Y 2 ll 111 IV Ny M The two rightmost drawbars control the sum of all partials in the form of a filtered soft and dark sounding signal the sine icon and an un filtered signal with a bright and intense sound the triangular icon te f these drawbars are both fully set to the lowest level the organ will produce no sound The Farf model This typical buzzy sound of this vintage instrument is one of the most distinct and easily recognizable organ sounds ever created yet it is ac tually possible to get quite a wide range of sounds out of the instrument The labels used for the Farf model drawbars are printed on the upper row above the drawbars BASS16 STR16 FLUTE8 OBOE8 TRMP8 STR8 FLUTE4 8 STR4 2 2 3 The drawbars act as on off switches or Register selectors when the Farf model is selected 12 NORD ELECTRO 4 HP SW USER MANUAL OS V1 X Rotary Speed ROTARY SPEED STOP MODE The rotary speaker speed is controlled with the rotary speed buttons or with an external pedal connected to the rotor pedal input on the rear panel 9 Press the Slow Stop button to change the rotation from Slow to Fast and vice versa FAST SLOW STOP To stop the rotors press the Stop Mode 9 button to activate the Stop Mode and then the Slow Stop button this does not deacti vate the Rotary Speaker simulation it only stops the
73. possible and to perform as well as you do in a live situation We hope that you soon will feel confident in using it and by following this short chapter we will go through most of the functions About the programs Sound and effect settings are stored in the Program memory of the Nord Electro 4 HP SW The Electro 4 HP SW organizes the memory in 32 pages with 4 programs in each page making this a total of 128 programs Every program can be changed and replaced as you wish A complete set of the factory programs are available on the Nord DVD that accom panies the unit and on our website This allows you to get back to the factory settings should you wish to do so using the Sound Manager The chapter about the Nord Sound Manager begins with a separate tour on page 20 Selecting programs Use the Up Down buttons to the left of the LED display to select the page and the program buttons 1 4 to select the programs within each page The page and program number will be displayed in the LED When the Electro 4 HP SW leaves the factory the first 16 or so pages are organized to make it easier for you to quickly check out sounds from specific instrument groups The 1st programs in each page are acoustic pianos the 2nd programs are electric pianos the 3rd program are organs and the 4th programs are sample based instruments Press the Program 1 button to listen to a piano program 1 1 Press the Up button to get PROGRAM to the next p
74. ppened with a particular piano program or sample in the Nord Electro 4 HP SW memory 30 NORD ELECTRO 4 HP SW USER MANUAL OS V1 X Footer Area 112 6 MB met 15 2 KE Moe eee _ Canal Bebang bario ibero lara io 0 9 A Correo lo Bird Mara The footer area is located at the bottom of the Nord Sound Manager window Partition Memory Indicator This indicates the usage of the selected partition s memory The dark area shows the used memory and the brighter area indicates space that is available for additional sounds Cancel Button Use this function if you need to cancel a process that is in progress Certain functions like e g a restore process cannot be cancelled Progress Bar The progress bar indicate the progress of an ongoing process Message Text Area The left part of the text area will present any confirmations or error messages from the Nord Sound Manager The right part will indicate of a Nord Electro 4 HP SW is connected to the computer and in communication with the Nord Sound Manager The OS version of the connected Nord Electro 4 HP SW will also be displayed here Updates and sounds Please visit our web site at http www nordkeyboards com to down load any updates of the Nord Sound Manager and sounds that have been released for the Nord Electro 4 HP SW These items will be avail able as free downloads in the download area and in the Libraries area Nord Sample Editor The Nord Electro 4 HP SW can
75. r on a Windows computer you also need a Clavia USB Driver of version 3 0 or later installed Nord Electro 4 HP SW OS Updates USB drivers and instructions on how to install these are available at the www nordkeyboards com web site and on the DVD that accompanies this unit Installation USB Driver Mac OSX users may skip this section The USB driver can be installed automatically if the computer is con nected to the internet when the Nord unit is connected to it You can then allow Windows to search for the driver Here is how to make a manual driver installation If you use a Windows computer XP Vista or W7 locate the Cla via USB Driver v3 x Setup on the DVD that accompanies the unit and double click on this file Follow the instructions on the screen e 3 3 After the files have been installed the driver will be activated when you connect the Nord unit Do this by connecting a USB cable between the Nord instrument and your computer When the Nord unit is connected to the computer the driver will be automatically activated and a confirmation will appear in the notification area in the Windows task bar Sound Manager Windows users Open the Nord Sound Manager folder on the DVD launch the Nord Sound Manager v6 x Setup and follow the instructions The Nord Sound Manager can be accessed from the start menu when the installation procedure is finished Mac OSX users Open the Nord Sound Manager folder on t
76. rce will be the currently selected Program s or the ac tive bank but you can choose another bank with the drop down menu Click on the Upload button to enter the name of the Bundle and to select the destination on the hard drive The Program Bundle file that is created on the hard drive will have a file extension that ends with pb Bundle Down This function will download a Bundle with programs pianos and samples from the computer hard drive to the Nord Electro 4 HP SW You have a choice if you want the Bundle to be appended to the existing programs in the bank in focus or if the Bundle should replace the contents in an entire bank of your choice Program Bundle Download 1 ia ml downed ika fee IN pagan bano election ko Ghee on Si bark including al uted sounds AAN GA dd to bank Program 123 programe ow Ciieplaco the tantent n bark Hide eta lt lt Cancel Al parc Capas Ane arar riie Program bunde brt ered 3 prod bina a ale es 3 i E Pinte PFI iii a The biggest Sur Programs in a Program Bundle will be downloaded to the locations where they came from if the Replace option is selected CHAPTER 7 NORD SOUND MANAGER 27 Backup This will make a backup of all the pianos programs Live programs and the menu settings in the Nord Electro 4 HP SW The file that is created on the hard drive will have the extension ne4b Backing up the entire memory content in this manner will take some ti
77. rds or computers USB Connection The USB connection is used for the Nord Electro 4 HP SW to com municate with a personal computer in order to update the OS or to add or replace any of the piano and or samples The computer can run the Nord Sound Manager application or be used to transfer the operating system if the unit needs to be updated The Nord Electro 4 HP SW can also transmit and receive MIDI data via the USB interface e Computers running Microsoft Windows operating systems need a driver for the USB connection to work The driver can be found on the enclosed Nord DVD or at the www nordkeyboards com website The driver can also be installed automatically if the com puter is connected to the Internet when the Electro 4 HP SW is connected to the computer G You select in the MIDI Menu see page 18 if the MIDI connectors or the USB connector should be used for MIDI communication The USB connector is the default setting Pedal Connections CONTROL SUSTAIN ROTOR SPEED PEDAL PEDAL PEDAL MIDI OUT MONITORIN RIGHT OUT LEFT OUT HEADPHONES 000 o 000 LIO O The Nord Electro 4 HP SW has three pedal inputs one for a sustain pedal one for a pedal to control the rotor speed and one for a control pedal an expression type pedal which can be used to control various parameters CHAPTER 3 CONNECTIONS Sustain Pedal Ya connector for a switch type pedal
78. re Rea eA 29 FOOter Area six kid need bee BANA 30 Partition Memory Indicator 30 Cancel Button 30 Progress Bar 30 Message Text Area 30 Updates and sounds 30 Nord Sample Editor 30 8 MIDI functions About the MIDI implementation 31 Keyboard velocity 31 Program change 31 MIDI Sysex System Exclusive 31 With a sequencer 31 Connections 0 00s e ee 31 Local On Off aaa 31 MIDI Channel 008 31 Program Change 31 ControllerS o o ooooooo o 31 About controllers and chasing 31 Program and CC dumps 32 Sending program dumps 32 Sending MIDI Controller dumps 32 Receive MIDI SysEx dumps 32 MIDI Controller list 32 MIDI Implementation Chart 33 9 Index NORD ELECTRO 4 HP SW USER MANUAL OS V1 X Introduction Thank you We d first like to thank you for purchasing the Nord Electro 4 HP SW Our goal when we developed the Nord Electro instruments was to create the best emulations of traditional electromechanical keyboard instruments on the market and to make these instruments compact and lightweight With the Electro 4 HP SW we have taken our commit ment a step further by upgrading the organ the piano and the effects sections and also by the ability to use sampled ins
79. rotect feature has to be turned off by togaling a setting located in the System menu Hold Shift and press the Program 1 button to enter the System Menu The very first item in the System Menu is the Memory Protection Use the Down button to get to the first item if this isn t already active Hold Shift and press the Down button to switch from the On setting to the Of setting de 4 Press shift to exit the system menu The memory protection will now remain in the Off setting until you change it again 9 10 NORD ELECTRO 4 HP SW USER MANUAL OS V1 X Storing a program If you are happy with a change to a program that you have made you should probably store the program Press the Store button The program number in the LED starts flashing Select a new location where you want to store the program Use the Up Down buttons and the program buttons to navigate to a new program location if you do not want to overwrite the original program Press the Store button a second time to confirm your choice ORGAN PIANO The edited program has now replaced the previous one in A TAM s1 2 Je JE the location you specified gt CD E Cn SYSTEM MIDI B3 ROTARY e 7o cancel the procedure SHIFT press the Shift button before you press Store the second time With Memory Protect set to Off a double tap on the Store button will store a Program in its original location The Live buffer The special Live buffers
80. rotors When you press the Slow Stop button again the rotors will accelerate to the Fast speed setting This functionality mimics the behavior of an early one speed original rotary speaker A connected pedal can be set to change the speeds only when it is held down or to function like a switch changing the speed every time you press it This functionality is set in the System menu read more on this on page 17 The actual rotary simulation is activated at the Effects section with the Speaker Comp selector Vibrato Chorus VIBRATO CHORUS The Vibrato Chorus section MODE mimics the behavior of the original organs which means that these parameters func tionality depends on which model is active Select the desired vibrato or chorus type by repeatedly pressing the Mode button The Vibrato Chorus section is common for both the upper and lower presets if the split function is active V2 C2 an C1 VE o KL D B3 The original tonewheel organ s vibrato and chorus scanner consists of a tapped delay line in combination with a rotating scan ner For the Vibrato effect phase shift is applied to the signal For the Chorus effect a phase modulated signal is added to the original signal Three different types of choruses C1 C3 and three different types of vibratos V1 V3 are available VX There is only one type of vibrato available for the VX model which is activated using the ON button in the Vibrato section Farf T
81. s fast and vice versa Range CL Close default OP Open 7 Sustain Pedal Mode If you re using a single sustain pedal connected to the Sustain Pedal input you may want to use it for sustain with piano sounds and as a Rotor Speed switch with organ sounds In this case select rt rotor toggle with the Up Down buttons If you re using two separate sustain pedals one in the Sustain Pedal Input and one in the Rotor Speed Input you probably want to use the sustain pedal in the Sustain Pedal input for sustain also when using Organ sounds In this case select SU sustain Range SU default rt 8 Rotor Pedal Mode If you are using a pedal to control Rotor Speed this allows you to set how this should operate Hold means that the Rotor Speed is fast for as long as the pedal is down and reverts back to slow when the pedal is released or vice versa depending on the set pedal polarity Toggle means that the fast slow rotor speed is switched each time you activate the pedal like an on off switch pedal Range Hd Hold default tO Toggle 9 Ctrl Pedal Type Different models of control pedals have different specifications resis tance offset and linearity To simplify setup and to optimize the response of the pedal for the Nord Electro 4 HP SW the most common pedal makes are preconfigured and you simply select the type of pedal you connect Range R5 Roland EV 5 default R7 Roland
82. s have three options that indicate the depth of the effect Flang 1 is the shallowest version Flang 2 is a more pronounced effect and when both the Flang 1 and Flang 2 LEDs are lit you have selected the most dramatic flanger effect Turn the effect rate knob This changes the rate of the active effect 4 Hold Shift and press repeatedly on the effect selector This allows you to reverse through the effect selections Turn off the effect If you now continue to press on the effect selector after the effect is turned off the effect setting will change even though the effect is not active Activate an amplifier emulation Press the Speaker Comp button to activate the Amp emulation The Speaker Comp LED will be lit Press repeatedly on the selector to cycle through the various options The knob controls the drive for the three amps and the rotary simulator and the amount when the compressor is selected The Delay Activate the delay reverb DELAY REVERB Hold Shift and press the reverb selector button The Delay LED lights up Tap the desired tempo on the Tempo Tap DIY2 EMPO DLY1 button v E PING PONG DELAY al gt TAP SET 4 You can also set the delay time by hold ing the Tempo Tap button and adjust the tempo with the Up Down buttons Adjust the number of repeats Dly1 Dly2 etc by pressing the selector button repeatedly This finishes our little tour we hope that you now have the
83. sounds will automatically be selected in the Nord Electro 4 HP SW Double clicking on a piano sample or program in the Manager list will also select it in the Nord Electro 4 HP SW Backup Click on the Backup icon to make a backup file that contains all the content in your Nord Electro 4 HP SW Backup Restore The Nord instruments are built to the highest standards of reli ability but doing regular backups is always a good thing Give the backup file a meaningful name and find a suitable loca tion on your hard drive If you choose a backup file that already exists only the changes that have occurred in the instrument will be added to that previous file CHAPTER 7 NORD SOUND MANAGER 25 Restore When you want to restore the entire content of the Nord Electro 4 HP SW click on the Restore icon in the Toolbar and select a backup file that you have made You can also drag the backup file from the com puter and drop it to the Manager window The Confirm Restore dialog will appear that requires your confirmation You can look at the content of the file if you click on Show Details Conlitm Restore 7 The Camba of por alpina pall be replaced by ha aa of kang backup bribe Bicho 201 1 12 0F ge peta lt lt Bahan arches tonces Live a Program C Saro Lb bo Sat There is a Factory Backup file on the Nord DVD that was delivered in the box with the instrument that can be used to restore the unit t
84. tive the new sound will be automatically placed at the first free location in the bank The various locations are selected using the Model selector on the Nord Electro 4 HP SW The pianos are categorized and can only be added to the correct bank electric pianos can not be added to the Grand bank the grand s cannot be dropped in the Clavinet bank etc Using the Toolbar or Menu command Click on the Sound Down icon in the toolbar The same command is also available in the File menu Sound Download Ctrl D Browse to the folder on the hard drive where the desired sound is located select it and click Open The sound will now be added to its bank Replace You can also use the Replace functionality This action replaces a piano in the Nord Electro 4 HP SW with one that you want use from the DVD or one that you have downloaded from the www nordkeyboards com web site Replacing a piano with another will automatically update all the Pro grams that used the previous piano to use the new piano instead Open the Piano tab The current content of the piano partition in the Nord Electro 4 HP SW will be displayed Select a piano in the list that you wish to replace with a new one and click the Replace icon in the toolbar 2 You can also right click the sound and choose the Replace option or use the Replace command in the Edit Menu Phan ll ios Tiree Imperia Babee Lng 5 5 denied a nalan anal aa peat Lhe frig amet usang ater i
85. to Off when you wish to store your own programs The System MIDI B3 and Rotary menu settings and the Live memories are not protected by this setting Range On default off 2 Output Routing If you want to process your sound using external effects or separate amplifier systems it can be convenient to route organ and piano sounds to separate outputs of the Nord Electro 4 HP SW Range St Stereo Output All instruments use the left and right outputs default Sb Split Output Tonewheel organ is routed to the left output Vx and Farf organs and pianos samples are routed to right output SO Separated Output All organs are routed to left output pia nos samples are routed to the right output 3 Transpose Transpose allows you transpose the pitch of the Electro 4 HP SW up or down in semitone steps Range 6 semitones default 0 4 Fine Tune This allows you to fine tune the pitch of the Nord Electro 4 HP SW Range 50 cent default O 5 Sustain Pedal Polarity This allows you to change the polarity of a connected sustain pedal in case the functionality of your pedal is reversed i e when the pedal is up sustain is on and vice versa Range CL Close default OP Open 6 Rotor Pedal Polarity This allows you to change the polarity of a sustain type pedal con nected to control Rotor Speed in case the functionality of your pedal is reversed i e when the pedal is up Rotor Speed i
86. truments from the Nord Sample Library in the Nord Electro 4 HP SW This allows us to e g include some of the fabulous Mellotron sounds in the factory sound bank Each and every piano and sample in the Nord Electro 4 HP SW can be replaced by you using the free Nord Sound Manager application New pianos and other sounds are found on the enclosed Nord DVD and on the www nordkeyboards com web site A recennt addition to the Electro models is the Electro 4 HP with a keybed that has a weighted hammer action in a very light weight pack age No compromises just a good selection of outstanding classic key board sounds with true feel from a natural keyboard response to the authentic sound quality that is what we have been pursuing during the development To make a great tool you have to put all the focus on a few things and that is exactly what we tried to achieve We hope that you will have as much fun owning and using the instrument as we had developing it About this manual You are probably very eager to start using your new instrument and we sure don t want to keep you from having fun We will try to cover all the essential aspects on how to use the Electro 4 HP SW in the very first few pages of this manual After that follows the reference section where all the functions are explained in detall Disclaimer All trademarks and brand names mentioned in this manual are the property of their respective owner s and are not affiliated or
87. ts in an entire bank of your choice Program Bundle Download y eri Phe wall dondon the programe in pagan bundle Hit Parade be His diedra Bar maling Nid Se dd Lo ank Replace the content bani Dane A 115 programa Y icin oo cc LEE cond Backup Ctrl B This will make a backup of all the pianos samples programs the Live programs and the menu settings in the Nord Electro 4 HP SW The file that is created on the hard drive will have the extension ne4b Backing up the entire memory content will take some time depending on the sizes of the pianos and samples in the unit Backing up from the Nord Sound Manager is done in an incre mental manner Unless you change the name or the location of the backup file only the pianos and or programs that have been changed since the previous backup will be saved Restore Ctrl R To restore a previously saved backup file to the Nord Electro 4 HP SW select this option and browse to a backup file on the hard drive file extension ne4b and click Open A The restore function will begin after you have clicked Open and confirmed your intentions in the dialogue All the content of a con nected Nord Electro 4 HP SW will then be irrevocably replaced by the content of the backup file Clean Deleted Space This function will clean up the space where any previously deleted pia nos or programs have been This is done in order to make this deleted memory spa
88. ve Shift buttons can be used to transpose the keyboard two octaves up or down if the selected instrument supports this Two Octave Shift LEDs that are lit at the right or left position indicates 2 octaves shift Each instrument in Nord Electro 4 HP SW has a finite note range e The Organ extends one octave below and one octave above an 88 note keyboard range e The Piano and Samples extends one octave below an 88 key range but not above Effects EFFECTS EQUALIZER GAIN a ON 5 5 5 8 7 500 4 pi 3 2 8 300 S eK 10 V4 10 10 Z 10 a F 4 15dB 200 8K 15dB KELI 15dB 15dB N 0 10 BASS FREQ GAIN TREBLE LEVEL EFFECT 1 EFFECT 2 SPKR COMP DELAY REVERB 456 456 456 456 7 3 7 3 7 3 7 2 8 2 8 2 8 1 VA E 1 VA 9 1 VA 9 o 10 o 10 0 10 DRIVE COMP WET DLY3 HALL ROTARY DLY2 STAGE COMP TAPISETY DLY1 ROOM RATE RATE TREM2 A WA PHAS2 CHOR1 PAN1 PAN2 FLANG1 FLANG2 TWIN Ic gt TREM1 P WA 4 PHAS1 CHOR2 SMALL ml PINGPONG DELAY ON Ca E E ON Ca ON La ON Ca The Effects section of Nord Electro 4 HP SW can be used for process ing the organ and piano sample sounds It is programmable and you can configure your effects separately for each program 2 You have the possibility in every program to store the on or off setting of the effects also for the instrument not being used as the active in the program This allows you to quickly change from for example a

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