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Nord Piano User`s Manual

1. 10 Transpose 10 Adding effects 10 Let s try a wah effect 10 Activate an amplifier emulation 10 Acoustics 0 11 Kbd Touch settings 11 8 Nord Sound Manager System requirements o o ooooooo 18 Installation 18 USB DIVER iui se ds BE 18 Sound Manager 0 00008 18 Overview 0 18 The Toolbar aeg ER be Pads Rn 19 The labs iaa cc nnm 19 Partition Memory Indicator 19 Right CliCkiINQ o oooooooooooomooo 19 File Formats i c RR nae iii 19 The Quick Tour 20 Transfer pianos to the Piano 20 Deleting a piano oooooooooo 20 Download a new sound 20 Upload sounds from the Nord Piano 20 Upload a complete partition 20 Download sounds to the Nord Piano 20 Organize the program partition 21 Search BOX ees 21 Auto Select luli ud we a xs 21 Sound Manager reference 21 Toolbar scope re PER 21 Menus tostadas 22 Flema deso Eg EEE EBs ad a 22 Edie dia a 23 VOW E 23 AAA E 23 Tabs 0 oo 23 Piano Program ccc ee 23 Search Box bk ekg iets hg das Za Gee des 23 Loc Location i s xh seia ped E Eg 23 NaO ieoa rd iba ara 23 PASO OMY PCR 23 si NN 23 Ver Version Number llle 23 Inscr C 23 Footer Area lll
2. Download sounds to the Nord Piano Click on the Bank Down tool or select the File Bank Download menu command Ctrl Shift D Verify that the destination bank is correct and browse to the de sired source folder on the computer hard drive When you click on Download a dialogue appears to inform you that the content of the destination bank in the Nord Piano will be replaced with that of the source file Bank Download Source ADesktoplMord Piano Choose Folder Search subfolders Destination Partition Bank Program Y a 120 sounds vw If you select All in the destination bank drop down you can replace all the sounds in a partition with those on a folder structure on the hard drive If Search Subfolders is active you can browse to the top folder of a structure as the parent of the source files Organize the program partition By using drag and drop you can organize the content of the Program partition with its 120 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 mo
3. OUTPUT NOISE IM 4 gt PAN2 FLANG1 lt gt FLANG2 STAGE1 STAGE2 d AG TWIN PN d gt AWAL PHAS2 lt CHOR1 ic ROOM2 HALL1 PIANO SELECT 4 gt AWAZ PHAS1 lt gt CHOR2 EM bo Bi ROOM1 gt HALL2 TYPE MODEL EPIANO EGRAND UPRIGHT CLAVINET GRANDI lt gt HARPSI PROGRAMS LIVE MODE JAJAJAJA oE PEDAL PANIC PIANO INFO HANDMADE IN SWEDEN BY CLAVIA DMI AB v4 0 Program Piano Effects The front panel of the Nord Piano has three main areas Program Piano and Effects We ll familiarize ourselves briefly with the panel here and de scribe the functions in detail in the following chapters On the left upper part of the panel are the Master Level knob that controls the entire instrument s output level at the two output jacks and the head phone output This control is not programmable The Program Bank section contain the display and the functions that are used to select and store the programs to set the System Sound MIDI and Pedal functions We ll describe this area in greater detail starting at page 12 Moving towards the middle of the panel to the left of the display is the Piano section where you select the actual piano sounds The Effect section contains the functions of the effects Please refer to page 14 and onwards for more information Knobs amp buttons Knobs The knobs control the continuously variable parameters in the Nord Piano On Off buttons
4. User Manual Nord Piano OS Version 1 x Part No 50312 Copyright Clavia DMI AB Print Edition 1 2 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 D ELECTROCUTION 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 l int rieur d un triangle quilat ral est utilis pour alerter l utilisateur de la presence 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 quilat ral e
5. On Off buttons are used for activating a param eter or a group of parameters such as effects A parameter value can be totally different from the knob s physical position when you load a Program As soon as you start turn Shift button ing the knob the value will snap to the knob s physical position Some buttons have a secondary function which will be available if you hold down Shift while Selector buttons pressing the button The name of the secondary A function is printed below the button Shift is also v Selector buttons are used to select one setting in an array Selector used together with the Up Down buttons when buttons have a set of round or triangular LEDs to indicate the current you want to change a setting in the System MIDI setting Press the button several times to cycle through the possible or Sound menus options If you press and hold Shift while turning a knob the parameter X Holding Shift and pressing a selector value will be presented in the display without being changed button with the exception of the Type MRE EPIANO EGRAND button will cycle through the settings in a EUM MA o counter clockwise fashion GRAND HARPSI QU 4 Connections PEDAL MIDIOUT MIDIIN Audio connections Headphones This is where you connect a 1 4 stereo connector from a pair of head phones Left Out and Right Out The left and right line level outputs from the Nord
6. A The piano sounds have a finite range It is therefore possible to set the Transpose and or the Global Transpose to values that will make keys at the top of the Nord Piano keyboard silent Transpose Clear Press and hold Shift and then press the Transpose button to clear a transpose setting Kbd Touch By activating the Kod Touch feature you can select different response curves These makes the Nord Piano react stronger to the velocity you use on the keyboard KBD TOUCH o QuE MONO OUTPUT When all LEDs are off the default response curve is active A Kbd Touch 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 Mono Output If you press Shift Mono the stereo sound will be played back in mono instead This is a global setting and will affect the entire Nord Piano The Mono functionality will be reset if the Nord Piano is turned off Acoustics ACOUSTICS The Acoustics features allow you to add certain acoustic and mechanical components to the sounds STRING RESONANCE e String Resonance String Resonance is the acoustic phenomenon that occurs when strings or parts of strings resonate at their fundamental or harmonic frequencies when other strings are played When this functionality is turned on all notes you play will affect each other to reproduce the wonderful acoustics that occurs inside a
7. MODE e 1 J 3 4 o 5 J e Ur SYSTEM MIDI SOUND PEDAL PANIC The Live Mode can be described as 5 live program memories If you press the Live Mode button to turn Live Mode on all changes to the panel settings you make will be continuously stored If you switch the power off or select another program the settings you made are still stored in the 5 Live Mode programs so when you power up next time or return to that particular Live Mode program all settings will be exactly as they were when you left them If the Live Mode is selected and you decide you wish to store the settings permanently as a program instead you can do so using the standard methods see above You can also store programs into any one of the five Live Mode memory locations in which case the program settings will replace that current Live Mode memory settings Selecting a piano Press repeatedly on the Piano TYPE MODEL Type selector to cycle through the ae pue UPRIGHT CLAVINET six types GRAND HARPSI c PIANO INFO Select the Grand and press the Piano Model button This allows you to select the vari ous Grand s Press the Piano Type selector again until the E Piano is selected Use the Piano Model selector to select one of the electric pianos that are included in the Nord Piano from the factory 4 Press the Piano Model button repeatealy This allows you to select the various electric pianos Transpose TRANSP
8. Piano are unbal anced Use connectors to connect the Nord Piano to an amplifier or recording equipment The Nord Piano is a stereo instrument with separate signal paths for the left and right audio channels To properly experience the Piano use both outputs in a stereo operation 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 Piano s headphone output This allows you to e g rehearse with the Piano to pre recorded music Signals connected to this input will not be processed with the Piano s effects or appear at the Piano s left and right output jacks 4 CONNECTIONS MONITORIN RIGHT OUT LEFT OUT HEADPHONES 20 000 USB Connection The USB connection is used for the Nord Piano to communicate with a personal computer in order to update the OS or to add or replace any of the piano sounds 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 Piano can also transmit and receive MIDI data via the USB interface read more about this in the MIDI chapter Computers running Microsoft Window
9. and the sequencer sends the same MIDI information to the unit Local On Off is set on the MIDI menu see page 16 MIDI Channel The MIDI channel that the Nord Piano uses are set up in the MIDI menu see page 16 Program Change Usually you select a Program Change value for a track in the sequenc er track settings The 120 program locations send and respond to Program Change values 0 119 If you want to record a Program Change message initiate recording in the sequencer and simply select the program on the Nord Piano 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 amp chasing Consider a situation where you record a Controller message e g a change in the wet dry mix of the reverb in the middle of your sequenc er song Then you rewind the sequencer to a position before the recorded reverb change The problem is that the Nord Piano s reverb mix will remain unchanged although it really should be as it was before you recorded the opening To solve this you could record a snapshot of all Controller settings of the Nord Piano Program at the beginning of your sequencer song See Sending MIDI Controller dumps below 26 NORD PIANO USER MANUAL OS V1 X Program Controller dumps To dump a Program SysEx or MIDI Controller data via MIDI either to another No
10. is avallable for new sounds 8 NORD SOUND MANAGER 19 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 Manager list to be instantly accessible on the Nord Piano Upload This will upload the selected sound from the Nord Piano to the com puter hard drive to a folder of your choice Download Select In Instrument This is only available if you right click on an empty location that does not contain a sound This allows you to choose a file on the hard drive to be downloaded to the Delete location in the Nord Piano Upload Download Rename This allows you to rename and assign a category to a Program Char acters 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 Pianos cannot be renamed this option will not be available if you right click on any of these Delete This will delete the selected sound s from the Nord Piano memory File Formats The Nord Sound Manager creates and or uses files with the Nord Piano with the following extensions e npno These are the piano files from the Nord Piano library The Nord Piano is only compatible with piano files of version 5 or later e nppg These are the Program files e npb This is the extension used for the Nord Piano b
11. out The A Wa is a wah effect where a lowpass filter sweeps across the frequency range and 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 A Wa1 has a nice mellow sound A Wa2 reacts a bit faster and gives you a brighter more distinct character The Wah effects are mono in mono out Effect 2 Effect 2 offers three types 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 The flanger produces a characteristic comb filter effect The Flanger effect is mono in mono out The phaser effect produces a characteristic sweep effect commonly used with electric piano sounds The phaser effect is mono in mono out The Chorus effect simulates having several slightly de tuned signals The chorus effect is stereo in stereo out 6 NORD PIANO REFERENCE 15 Equalizer The Nord Piano has a 3 band EQ with treble bass and a sweep able midrange 4 kHz 100 Hz and 200 Hz 8 kHz The frequencies can be boosted attenuated with 15 dB The EQ is stereo in stereo out Amp Comp This section contains the speaker amp emulations and a compressor Small JC and Twin emulates three different kinds of amplifier and speaker
12. times any changes that you perform in the Manager will immediately be executed in the Nord Piano If you e g delete a piano or a Program from the list in the Nord Sound Manager that same sound will also be deleted from the Nord Piano Flash memory The Toolbar A O0 m5 q Organize Dual View Auto Select Sound Up Soun s m Em E g Down Rename Delete BankUp Bank Down Backup Restore ah 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 Program Bank El 24 sounds Select the partition that you wish to work in with the Tabs The Piano tab allows you to change the content of the piano partition and the Program tab allows you to organize the programs The individual pianos or programs will be referred to as sounds in this manual and in the application itself X 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 The memory indicator at the bottom of the window indicates how much memory is being used in the selected partition The red area shows the used memory green indicates space that
13. Bank Down Backup Restore Piano Program Bank All 18 sounds Y Q Bank a Loc Name Size Ver Info Grand 1 GrandladyD StwD 0O1Lrg5 0 78 8MB 5 00 Grand 2 Studio Grand 2 YaC7 01 Lrg5 0 68 3MB 5 00 Grand 3 Concert Grandi StwD 02 Lrg5 0 58 1 MB 5 00 Upright 1 BlueSwede O amp A 01 Med5 0 55 7 MB 5 00 Upright 3 RomanticUprigh Schim 01 Med5 0 48 3MB 5 00 Upright 4 SpikPianot S des Med5 0 37 4MB 5 00 Upright 5 Queen Upright Bdorf 02 Sml5 0 32 3MB 5 00 Upright amp Black Upright Petrof 02 Sml5 0 32 6MB 5 00 E Piano 1 E Piano 1 MkIDeep 4 4 5 2MB 4 40 E Piano 2 E Piano 2 MK I Suitcase 4 4 5 3MB 4 40 E Piano 3 E Piano 3 MK II ShallowClos 4 4 5 8MB 4 40 E Piano 4 E Piano 4 MK V Ideal Close 4 4 5 4MB 4 40 E Piano 5 Wurlitzer 1 200A 4 4 5 6MB 4 40 E Piano amp SparkeTop Alfa 25 0 15 9MB 5 00 E Piano 7 Bright Tines 015 0 19 1 MB 5 00 E Grand 1 Electric Grand 1 CP80 4 3 S 1MB 4 30 Clavinet 1 Clavinet D6 4 2 5 6MB 4 20 Harpsi 1 Harpsichord Ital Long String 4 2 9 6MB 4 20 Piano partition 495 0 MB used 3 5 MB available Mord Piano connected You can work with the contents of the Piano and the Program parti tions These are accessed from the tabs conveniently labeled Piano and Programs If no Nord Piano 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 Piano The Manager is on line with a con nected Nord Piano at all
14. OSE Press and hold the Transpose button and use ACTIVE the Up and Down buttons to transpose the SET Nord Piano in semitone steps The range is 6 semitones A transposition can be stored in a program CD The pianos have a finite note range read more about this on page 14 Adding effects Select a program e g number 1 1 which is a Grand Piano EFFECT 2 2 1 S 3 1 RATE Turn on Effect 2 the On LED should be lit and press repeatedly on the Effect 2 selector FLANG1 The effect options are indicated with the selector LEDs ies and changes in a cyclical clockwise fashion for each time the selector is pressed FLANG2 Some of the effects 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 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 X This method can be used to select a certain effect while playing without affecting the sound until you actually turn on the effect Let s try a wah effect Tur
15. ackup 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 a ride 20 NORD PIANO 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 Piano When the Nord Piano 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 included with the Nord Piano or available as a download from the www nordkeyboards com web site in the Libraries area Deleting a piano Piano Program Bank All 24 sounds Y Bank E Grand Loc Name Size 1 GrandLady Alfal L4 6 76 8 MB 2 StudioGrand2 XLR YaC Clos 4 0 65 9 MB Connect the Nord Piano to the computer and launch the Nord Sound Manager 4 The Piano tab will open and the current content of the piano parti tion in the Nord Piano 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 Piano will be de
16. al models press repeatedly on the model selector to cycle through the models within a selected type Type Description Grand Acoustic grand pianos Upright Upright pianos E Piano Electric Pianos tines and reeds E Grand Electric grand pianos Clavinet Clavinets Harpsi Harpsichords The type of a piano has been determined by the Bith at the Nord HQ You cannot move a piano from one type to another Piano Model Each Piano Type can contain several Piano Models depending on the content of the memory in the Nord Piano Press repeatedly on the Model button to select the desired sound The number of the model will be indicated in the LED display and the name of the model will be shown in the display s second row Press Shift and the Model button to see the name and version number of the active piano in the display 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 Piano A If the data of a sound in the Flash memory is damaged this will be indicated with a message in the LCD when the Nord Piano is powered up and the Type and Model LEDs will flash for this par ticular sound if a program that uses it is selected Connect the unit to the Sound Manager to delete and then reload the piano Clavinet On an original Clavinet D6 you can select different pick up
17. any confirmations or error messages from the Nord Sound Manager The right part will indicate of a Nord Piano is connected to the com puter and in communication with the Nord Sound Manager The OS version of the connected Nord Piano will also be displayed here Updates and pianos Please visit our website at http www nordkeyboards com to down load any updates of the Nord Sound Manager and sounds that have been released for the Nord Piano These items will be available as free downloads in the download area and in the Libraries area 9 MIDI About the MIDI implementation The following MIDI messages can be transmitted and received from the Nord Piano Note On Off e Note On and Note Off messages are transmitted and received Controllers In the MIDI Menu see page 16 you can select if the Nord Piano should transmit and or receive Control Change messages e lf you have a Nord Triple Pedal connected to the pedal input the sustain pedal is transmitted as Controller 64 e f you have a Nord Triple Pedal connected to the pedal input the sostenuto pedal is transmitted as Controller 66 e f you have a Nord Triple Pedal connected to the pedal input the soft pedal is transmitted as Controller 67 e Almost all other controls knobs and buttons on the front panel are also transmitted and received 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 w
18. ated below the display Press the Up or Down button repeatedly located to the left of the display to select the desired bank number When you ve changed the Bank the program will be loaded immediately Press and hold the Up or Down buttons to continuously scroll through the banks MASTER LEVEL PROGRAM BANK Y STORE AS BANK MENU CI e VALUE em PROGRAMS LIVE MODE Ji 2 3 4 J JEJEJEJE e SYSTEM MIDI SOUND PEDAL PANIC 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 an asterisk will appear in the display next to the program number This will alert you to the fact that the pro gram 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 its original settings the next time you select it Memory Protection If you are happy with an edit that you have made you should probably save or Store the program But before you can do this we need to turn off the Memory Protect function PROGRAMS LIVE MODE e 1 J Jele SYSTEM MIDI e SOUND PEDAL PANIC Press Shift System and use the Up Down b
19. cabinets The amount of drive is controlled by the Speaker Comp knob The Ampsim effect is mono in mono out Comp is a compressor that will even out the dynamics of what you play making low level sounds louder and high level sounds lower in volume This produces a tight punchy sound and makes the overall level easier to control in a live mix situation The compressor is stereo in stereo out When this effect is active the Drive Comp knob controls the amount of compression applied Reverb The Reverb section simulates the natural sound reflections in various acoustic environments You can choose between six reverb types with various lengths and densities indicated by the LEDs in the selector The Stage 1 is a softer version the Stage 2 is a brighter version etc The reverb effect is stereo in stereo out The Dry Wet knob sets the balance between the unprocessed and the processed signal 16 NORD PIANO USER MANUAL OS V1 X f The Menus Any settings that you change in the System MIDI Sound or Pedal menus will take immediate effect on a global basis and the settings will be stored until you change them the next time Enter the menus by pressing and holding Shift and the System MIDI Sound or Pedal button program but tons 1 to 4 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 butto
20. 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 X Press the Ctrl key on the computer keyboard to copy a selection to the destination during a drag and drop operation Auto Select Ctrl K When this function is active pianos or programs will be automatically selected in the Nord Piano when you browse through the sounds in the Manager list with the computer keyboard arrow keys 24 NORD PIANO USER MANUAL OS V1 X About About n 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 Plano Program Bank al 24 sounds vi Piano 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 piano or program partitions The content of the partition will be presented in the list Search Box Enter a phrase to quickly present any pianos or programs that contains the characters 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 program
21. ch and every program Some of the effects are mono in Mono out and some are stereo in stereo out For each individual effect the channel configuration is stated in the related text Effects 1 and 2 Effects 1 and 2 contain some very useful modulation and wah effects The Effects On buttons turn the effect on or off The On LED will be lit when the Effect is active The Effect Selector is used to cycle through the various effects and or effect depths X Press and hold Shift and press an Effect selector to cycle through the effects in a counter clockwise fashion The Rate knob changes the rate of the effect A numerical value of the rate will be shown in the display X You can use the Effect Selector to select an effect without it be ing turned on in order to prepare a setting in advance during a performance Effect 1 Effect 1 offers three different types of effects Tremolo Auto Panning and 2 types of Wah Wah The tremolo and the auto panning have 3 selectable depths Pan1 is less dramatic than Pan2 and Pan 3 both Pan LEDs lit is the most dramatic Tremolo is a volume modulation that continuously varies the output signal volume Tremolo is a commonly used modulation especially for Wurlitzer electric pianos The Tremolo effect is stereo in stereo out The Pan is an automatic panning modulation that smoothly moves the signal between the left and right outputs in the stereo panorama The Pan effect is stereo in stereo
22. combina tions by pressing a number of rocker switches This functionality is very faithfully simulated in the Nord Piano which means that you get all the original Clavinet D6 pickup selections by pressing the Model button when the Clavinet is the selected Type Pick up Type Description Clav Model A Only the neck pick up a warmer less bright sound Clav Model B Only the bridge pick up a bright sound Clav Model C Both pick ups on and in phase a very full sound Clav Model D Both pick ups 180 degrees out of phase the fundamental is almost cancelled out and the sound becomes thin Transpose Set The Iranspose functionality makes it possible TRANSPOSE to alter the pitch of the Nord Piano in semi Miu tone steps This can be very useful if you want SET to play in one key and have the Nord Piano sound in another A setting that you make with this function will be saved within a program CD Press and hold the Transpose Set button 14 NORD PIANO USER MANUAL OS V1 X Set the desired transposition by pressing the Up or Down buttons The display will indicate the transposition value The Active LED will be lit whenever a transpose value have been set This transposition will also affect the MIDI output from the Nord Piano Inthe System Menu there is a global transpose that will affect all programs and all sounds in the Nord Piano but not the MIDI output Read more on this subject on page 16
23. d press any button except the Up Down or the Program buttons on the Nord Piano panel to abort the store procedure Store As Use the Store As feature when you want to save a program with another name Press Shift Store The display will show Set Name and the current name of the program on the lower row Use the Up Down buttons to select the position press and hold Shift and use the Up Down buttons to select the character The display can show 11 characters of a program name Confirm your intentions by pressing Store once more This procedure may be aborted by pressing the Shift button norder to be able to store settings the Memory Protection must be turned off Head more about this on page 9 Live Mode PROGRAMS LIVE MODE 1 o 2 Jj e e e UE E SYSTEM MIDI SOUND PEDAL PANIC If you press the Live Mode button all changes to the panel settings you make will be continuously saved in the currently active Live Program 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 you left them The Live Mode has 5 programs which are selected with the Program buttons X Ifthe Live memory is selected and you decide you wish to store the settings permanently as a program you can do so using the standard Store methods see above You can also store pro grams in
24. e 6 dB 0 dB default Pedal Menu Piano Pedal Select the functionality of the sustain pedal you have attached to the Nord Piano If you are unable to use the included Nord Triple Pedal you can still achieve parts of the pedal functionality with another pedal If you have a switch pedal type of another brand Roland DP 2 DP 6 Yamaha FC 4 M Audio etc select the Sw Open or Sw Close option depending on the polarity of the pedal Type Nord Piano default Sw Open Sw Close 7 THE MENUS 17 18 NORD PIANO USER MANUAL OS V1 X R Nord Sound Manager The Nord Sound Manager is the application that allows you to organize the various memory areas the partitions in the Nord Piano It is also used to download pianos or programs to the Nord Piano or to upload any of these items called sounds from the Nord Piano 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 Piano 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 Manager on a Windows computer you also need a Clavia USB Driver of version 3 0 or later installed Nord Piano OS Updates USB drivers and instructions on how to install these are available at the www nordkeyboards com website and on the DVD that accompan
25. e Mic a id i Effects aa Eifects aand 2 s ed v ERE a ES mco P M TET e ee e E E EEE 3 Overview EQUI lZer s lt mi neri a oaa daak eee AMP GOMP erii oa cede e oe E e Knobs amp buttons 6 ni sales T c 6 Selector buttons 0 00000 eee 6 OMO buttons ee eee 6 hift DEO uu uoi et ecrire dard otn aged A 6 7 The Menus System Menu e Memory Protect On Of 4 Connections alil c I Global Transpose naaa ee es Audio connections 7 MIDI M Headphones 0 0c eee ee eae 7 CN eee Left Out and Right Qut 7 MIDI Channel serci er ete Monitor IN eua cca curs ein a cs 7 Local Control iier Control Change CC Mode USB Connection f Program Change Mode iius MIDI Connections 7 Send Ctrl eee eee eee ME ities ele rote E 7 DUMP ONE 6 eee eee ee rre rr 7 Dump All sukaa Music Stand 7 Sound Mel Pedal Noise level Pedal Connection 8 G inoBesonanoslbBVel Leone venaieda ie Pedal Menu Tple Pedal ocios peineta ews bes 5 Getting Started About the programs 9 Select a program 9 Edit a program 9 Memory Protection 9 Storing a program 9 Live Mode 10 Selecting a piano
26. e 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 16 Mode 3 X 0 127 Oe 127 O v 12127 X X X O O 0 127 xXx Xo X X X XX X 9 MIDI Recognized Remarks 1 16 1 16 Mode 3 X 0 127 O v 1 127 O v 1 127 X X X O 0O 0 127 lt x x 0 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 Piano OS v1 x Date 2010 04 02 27 28 NORD PIANO USER MANUAL OS V1 X 10 Index A L U Acoustics 14 Left Out 7 Up Down buttons 12 Auto Panning 15 Live 10 Upload 20 A Wa 15 Live Mode 13 Loc 23 Local 16 W B Local Control 16 Wah Wah 15 Backup 22 Bank Down 22 Bank Download 22 M Bank Up 22 Master level 12 Bank Upload 22 Memory Protect 9 16 MIDI Channel 16 MIDI Controller list 26 C MIDI In 7 MIDI Indicator 12 Cancel 24 MIDI Menu 16 Chorus 15 MIDI Out 7 Clavinet 13 Model 13 Clean Deleted Space 23 Monitorin 7 Compressor 15 Mono 14 Control Change 16 D P Panic 13 Deme Ply ee Partition Memory 24 Downoad 20 Pedal Menu 17 Pedal Noise 14 Phaser 15 E Piano 13 Edit 9 Piano Type 13 Effects 10 14 Program 12 EQ 15 Program Change 16 Exit 23 Program memory 9 Progress 24 R Factory presets 4 Fine Tune 16 Ranas 21 2 Flanger 15 Restore 22 Format 23 Reverb 15 G S Global Transpose 16 Select All 23 Send CC 16 S
27. e dump contained all Programs All it will replace all programs currently stored in the Nord Piano If the dump contained only a single program it will be temporarily placed in the currently selected program memory location An asterisk will appear in the display to in the upper left area next to the program number to indicate an unsaved edit You then have to store the program manually to a memory location using the Store func tion see page 12 MIDI Controller list These are the MIDI Controller numbers used for all the knobs and the buttons on the Nord Piano front panel Nord Piano Parameter Piano Type Piano Model Clav Model Kbd Touch Mono Output Acoustic Model String Resonance Acoustic Model Pedal Noise EQ On Off EQ Treble EQ Mid EQ Mid Freq EQ Bass Effect 1 Rate Effect 1 Type Effect 1 On Off Effect 2 Rate Effect 2 Type Effect 2 On Off Amp Comp Amount Amp Comp Sel Amp Comp On Off Reverb Wet Dry Reverb Sel Reverb On Off Sustain pedal Soft pedal Sostenuto pedal MIDI Controller 12 44 45 33 83 79 78 115 118 116 117 114 63 60 69 62 61 80 111 81 86 102 96 97 64 67 66 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 Not
28. e ees 24 Partition Memory Indicator 24 Cancel Button liess 24 Progress Bars lee ee 24 Message Text Area nunaa aaan aana 24 Updates and pianos o o ooooo ooo 24 9 MIDI About the MIDI imp 25 Note XOn Off sec a4 Hpk ee bobs x4 25 Gonitollers etre cer Ee 25 Keyboard velocity o o ooooooooo 25 Program CHANGE 24 du iet ene tala epee 25 MIDI Sysex System Exclusive 25 Nord Piano with a sequencer 25 Connections see eee 25 Local On Off lisse 25 MIDI hantiel sem oda bad PES ES 25 Program Change oooooooooo 25 Controlli scr ies SEP ha 25 About controllers amp chasing 25 Program amp Controller dumps 26 Sending program dumps 005 26 Sending MIDI Controller dumps 26 Receive MIDI SysEx dumps 26 MIDI Controller liSt 26 MIDI Implementation Chart 2f 10 Index NORD PIANO USER MANUAL OS V1 X Introduction Thank you We d first like to thank you for purchasing the Nord Piano Our goal when we developed the Nord Piano was to create the best profes sional portable stage piano on the market We hope that you will have as much fun owning playing 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
29. ft button to change the value of a selected function Read more about the menus on page 16 6 Nord Piano Reference Display The LCD will show the active program number the name of the pro gram and the name of the piano model that the programs uses If you edit a program an asterisk will appear next to the program number at the upper left of the display If you have entered any of the menus the setting for each menu item is shown in the LCD The LCD will also display values and settings when you change any of the functions on the panel Press and hold shift while turning a Knob to display its value without changing it Store The red Store button is used when you want to store the settings that you have made in Programs Press the Store button once and the Store LED will start to flash STORE AS The display will ask you for a location where to store your new program the first option is at the original location Select the desired location with the Up Down and the Program 1 5 buttons Skip this step if you want to overwrite the original X When you select a new location the name of the program cur rently in the destination will be displayed and the settings will also become active on the Nord Piano This allows you to verify that you will not overwrite something important Press Store again to confirm your intentions and to store the cur rent settings to the selected location If you change your min
30. hat 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 View Help Rename Ctrl N Rename Ctrl M Delete Del This allows you to rename a Program 16 characters can be used the sup Select All Ckri A ported characters are a z A Z 0 9 Invert Selection and the hyphen Any other charac ters will not be displayed in the Sound Manager lists 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 Piano memory You will be asked to confirm your intentions 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 HM Help Organize Ctrl 0 w Organize Chri o When this option is checked the lists Dual view Ctrl L will show all the available locations in the selected partition bank and not only the occupied ones This will 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 Auto Select 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
31. hich parameters correspond to the Con troller numbers see the MIDI Controller list in this chapter X The Nord Piano can transmit MIDI messages via the USB inter face when the MIDI channels with the USB prefix is chosen This is set in the MIDI menu read more on page 16 Keyboard velocity The Nord Piano can transmit and receive keyboard velocity messages Helease velocity is also transmitted Program change In the MIDI Menu see page 16 you can select if the Nord Piano 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 Piano will change Program accordingly The 120 Program locations send and respond to MIDI Program Change values 0 119 MIDI Sysex System Exclusive Individual or all Programs can be transmitted and received as a System Exclusive dump 9 MIDI 25 Nord Piano with a sequencer Connections Connect the MIDI Out on the Nord Piano to the MIDI In on your sequencer or use the USB MIDI capabilities Connect the MIDI Out from your sequencer to the MIDI In on the Nord Piano or use the USB capabilities Local On Off Local Off may be used when you use a sequencer to record and play back from Nord Piano If the sequencer echoes back incoming MIDI data the Nord Piano may respond twice to every note and other mes sage action if e g the keyboard
32. hift 12 Shift button 6 H Size 23 Half pedalling 8 Sostenuto 8 Headphones 7 Sound Down 21 Sound Menu 17 Sound Up 21 l Sound Upload 22 Store 9 12 Invert Selection 23 StoreAs 12 String Resonance 14 String Resonance Level 17 K System Menu 16 Kod Touch 14 Transfer 20 Transpose 13 Tremolo 15 Triple Pedal 8
33. ies this unit Installation USB Driver o Mac OSX user may skip this section If you use a Windows computer XP Vista or 7 locate the Clavia 2 3 USB Driver v3 0 Setup exe on the DVD that accompanies the unit and double click on this file Follow the instructions on the screen 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 4 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 v5 x Setup exe and fol low the instructions carefully 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 the DVD double click on the Nord Sound Manager 5 x dmg and then drag the Nord Sound Manager application from the virtual hard drive to your Applications folder The files mentioned for the driver and application installations can also be downloaded from the www nordkeyboards com web site Please visit our website from time to time to check for any updates Overvie File Edit View Help A ni ni c p F De al Organize Auto Select Sound Down BankUp
34. ill be slightly lower in vol ume and also have a slightly more subdued tone quality The middle pedal is the Sostenuto By using this pedal you can sustain selected notes while other notes remain unaffected Only the notes that are held down when the pedal is operated will sustain Other notes that you play while keeping the pedal down will sound as if no pedal was operated at all f the Nord Triple Pedal is unavailable you can use a standard sustain or foot switch type pedal from almost any other manu facturer In order for the functionality to be correct you may have to change a setting in the Pedal menu Read more about this on page 17 5 Getting Started 5 GETTING STARTED Let s take a few minutes to get familiar with the Nord Piano The user interface is designed to be as intuitive as 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 Complete settings of every function on the panel are stored in the Program memory of the Nord Piano This memory area has 120 loca tions that are organized in 24 banks with 5 programs in each bank Every program can be edited and replaced as you wish A complete set of the factory programs are available on the Nord DVD and on our website Select a program Programs are selected by pressing the five Program buttons loc
35. leaned 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 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 Piano Bank Up This function will upload an entire bank of pianos or programs to the computer hard drive The default source will be the currently active bank but you may choose another partition and bank if you wish Click on the Choose Folder button to select the destination on the hard drive If the Create Subfolders option is checked a folder structure will auto matically be created in the destination folder fa folder with the same name as the source partition bank already exists in the location on the hard arive this folder s entire content will be replaced by the uploaded files from the Nord Piano Bank Down This function will download an entire bank of pianos or programs from the computer hard drive to the Nord Piano The default destination will be the currently active bank but you may choose another partition and bank if you wish Click on the Choose Folder button to select the source on the hard drive AN The destination bank in the N
36. leted Download a new sound WW Grand Lady L5 O mpro Upright 1 BlueSwede R LargeUpright 4 0 d Black Upright L 5 0 npn rigat L5 3 ue 5 de LE Upright 3 h able sede L aU npro 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 4 The Clean Deleted Space process will start to prepare the memory and then the new piano will be downloaded to the Nord Piano If there isn t enough free space a message will appear in the lower left text area in the Nord Sound Manager X fthe 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 active 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 Piano 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 so
37. n acoustic grand or upright piano You will also hear all the strings resonate if you press the sustain pedal and play some notes Press the String Resonance button repeatedly to toggle the String Hesonance on or off The String Resonance LED will be lit when the function is active fa piano is selected that isn t compatible with the Strings Reso nance feature this function will be disabled This applies to e g the small Sml versions of the grand pianos and uprights Pedal Noise The second Acoustics feature is the Pedal Noise By activating this you will recreate the mechanical noise that happens when you operate the sustain pedal on a acoustic piano The Nord Triple Pedal is dy namic you can control the level of the noise by the force you use when you operate the sustain pedal Press and hold Shift while pressing on the String Resonance button to turn this feature on or off fa piano is selected that isn t compatible with the Pedal Noise feature this function will be disabled Effects EFFECT 1 EFFECT 2 EQUALIZER AMP COMP REVERB 456 456 456 3 7 3 7 3 7 2 8 2 8 1 S g 1 S 9 o 10 o 10 RATE DRIVE COMP a gt STAGE1 STAGE2 FLANG1 FLANG2 TWIN PHAS2 CHOR1 E ROOM2 HALLI PHAS1 CHOR2 Jc Jcomp ROOM1 lt HALL2 SMALL The Effects section of Nord Piano can be used for processing the piano sounds It is programmable and you can configure your effects sepa rately for ea
38. n the Nord Piano Backup Ctrl B This will make a backup of all the pianos programs the Live programs and the menu settings in the Nord Piano The file that is created on the hard drive will have the extension npb Backing up the entire memory content in this manner will take some time depending on the sizes of the pianos X 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 Piano select this option and browse to a backup file on the hard drive file extension hpb 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 connected Nord Piano will then be irrevocably replaced by the content of the backup file 8 NORD SOUND MANAGER 23 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 space available to new additions Cleaning is automatically done if you download a new piano or program to the Nord Piano 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 t
39. n on Effect 1 and select the A Wa1 The A Wa is a automatic dynamic Wah wah effect It will affect the sound depending on the volume of the signal Play a few notes with varying velocity while turning the Effect 1 knob Activate an amplifier emulation Press the Amp Comp button to turn on the amplifier 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 amount when the compressor is selected Acoustics Select a Grand piano by pressing the Piano Type selector ACOUSTICS STRING RESONANCE Press the Acoustics button to turn on the String Resonance functionality if it not active already Play and hold a chord with your left hand and while the sound decays play some staccato notes with your right hand You can hear that some of the new notes excites the held notes making them ring in a sympathetic resonance String Resonance is the acoustic phenomenon that occurs when strings or parts of strings resonate at their fundamental or harmonic frequencies when other strings are played When this functionality is turned on all notes you play will affect each other to reproduce the wonderful acoustics that occurs inside an acoustic grand or upright piano 4 Press and hold the Shift button and press the Acoustics button to turn on the Pedal Noise feature Without playing any notes step
40. n 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 Loc a Mame Categor 1 The Grand Grand z Eltons Piana 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 folder on the hard drive The upload process may take a few moments depending on the size of the sounds Upload a complete partition Make sure that the desired partition and bank is focused in the Nord Sound Manager You will also have the opportunity to change the source bank in an upcoming dialogue Click on the Bank Up tool or select the File Bank Upload menu command Ctrl Shift U Verify that the source bank is correct and browse to the desired destination folder on the computer hard drive Bank Upload Source Partition Bank Piano v All 24 sounds Destination Desktop Nord Piano Choose Folder Create subfolders You can also select All at the bottom of the bank list drop down This will upload the entire content of the partition to the computer hard drive If the Create Subfolders option is checked a folder structure partition bank sounds will automatically be created in the destination folder
41. nd does not control the internal sound s directly Range On default Off Local defaults back to Local On every time the Nord Piano is powered on 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 should either send or receive or both or if Control Change messages should be ignored Range Send Hecv default Receive Send Off Program Change Mode opecifies how the Nord Piano should handle MIDI Program Change messages Range Send Recv default Receive Send Off Send Ctrl 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 Dump One This allows you to perform a MIDI SysEx dump of the currently selected Program Press the Store button to perform the transmission Dump All This allows you to perform a MIDI SysEx dump of all the Programs in the Nord Piano Press the Store button to perform the transmission In the MIDI chapter on page 26 is a description on how the Nord Piano receives a Sys Ex dump Sound Menu Pedal Noise level Sets the level of the Pedal Noise that can be turned on for selected planos Range 6 dB 0 dB default String Resonance Level Sets the level of the String Resonance feature that can be turned on for selected acoustic pianos Rang
42. nds are produced by the mechanical components several of the sounds can be reproduced by the Nord Piano When the dampers are lifted from the strings when the sustain pedal is pressed down a beautiful sizzle can be heard When you remove the foot from the pedal the dampers are returned on to the strings which creates a different muted type of sound Since the Nord Triple Pedal is dynamic you can experiment with various forces in pressing and also in releasing the pedal If you just slip your foot of the sustain pedal allowing the return spring to spring with full force a noticeable sound will appear The floor sound is heard when the pedal reaches the bottom of its travel You can experience this in isolation if you press down the pedal completely then lift it less than halfway back up and then press down again If you lift the pedal and immediately press it down again a very rich sound will be heard Another big sound is The Stomp which requires you to start with your foot above the actual pedal in order to be able to reach the high velocity that is required to get this sound 5 6 NORD PIANO USER MANUAL OS V1 X Overview EFFECT 1 EFFECT 2 EQUALIZER AMP COMP REVERB poll TRANSPOSE KBD TOUCH ACOUSTICS E 5 4 6 PROGRAM BANK ACTIVE 2 5 5 3 IE STRING 4 E A gt Y SET ao RESONANCE 4 NY E d z Pd 15 Y Ne A 4 7 E O STORE AS ME 9 MI RATE TREBLE ORE WET BANK MENU CLEAR MONO PEDAL
43. ns There is one exception one menu setting that doesn t get automatically stored when you power off the Piano and this is the MIDI Local On Off setting This always reverts to Local On every time the Nord Piano is powered up System Menu Memory Protect On Off This is set to On when the Nord Piano leaves the factory meaning that you cannot store any changes to the programs Set this to Off when you wish to store your own programs The System MIDI or Sound menu settings and the Live memory are not protected by this setting Range On default Off Fine Tune This allows you to fine tune the pitch of the Nord Piano Range 50 cent default 0 Global Transpose This allows you to transpose the entire Nord Piano in semitone steps Any setting you make here will be added to the panel transpose that may be saved with the programs Range 6 semitones default 0 MIDI Menu MIDI Channel This sets the MIDI Channel that the Nord Piano transmits and responds to Use the U settings if you want to transmit and receive keyboard and panel MIDI messages via USB Range 1 16 USB1 USB16 Off default 1 Local Control This allows you to set if the Nord Piano keyboard and front panel con trols should control internal 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 a
44. on the Nord Triple Pedal with vari ous intensities You can hear the pedal noise and how it changes according to the force By activating this the mechanical noise that occurs when you operate the sustain pedal on a acoustic or electric piano will be recreated The Nord Triple Pedal is dynamic you can control the level of the noise by the force you use when you operate the sustain pedal 5 GETTING STARTED 11 Kbd Touch settings The Nord Piano is equipped with three ad B IE ditional Kbd Touch settings M KBD TOUCH e Some of the piano instruments sampled for the Nord Piano have very wide dynamic TPUIT ranges by nature and naturally we wanted to capture this as accurately as possible However If you want the piano sounds to respond more easily to key board velocity you can set this with the Kbd Touch feature When the LEDs are off the default setting is active Should you wish to reach the maximum velocity with a little less effort press the Kbd Touch button so that the 1 LED is lit If you press the button again the 2 LED will be lit making it even easier to reach the maximum velocity level Unsurprisingly the third level with both LEDs lit provides you with the lightest touch This finishes our little tour we hope that you now have the initial knowledge on how to operate most of the functions on the panel The following chapter contains the reference section with the chapter on the Nord Sound Manager a
45. ord Piano will be replaced by the content of the source folder Backup This will make a backup of all the pianos programs Live programs and the menu settings in the Nord Piano The file that is created on the hard drive will have the extension npb Backing up the entire memory content in this manner will take some time depending on the sizes of the pianos installed X 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 Piano select this option and browse to a backup file on the hard drive file extension hpb 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 connected Nord Piano will then be irrevocably replaced by the content of the backup file 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 command
46. pecified 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 Il convient de ne pas placer sur l appareil de sources de flammes nues telles 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 plac su
47. pplication after that on page 18 12 NORD PIANO USER MANUAL OS V1 X Master level MASTER LEVEL This control sets the overall output level of the Nord Piano at the L R and the headphone outputs Z This is not a programmable control MIDI Indicator The MIDI indicator below the Master Level is a LED that flashes when MIDI data is received Short flashes indicate any incoming MIDI longer flashes indicates accepted MIDI data on the correct MIDI channel etc Shift A few buttons on the Nord Piano panel have a second function which is indicated by a the descriptive text printed that is below the but ton You access these additional functions by holding Shift while pressing a button Program Bank section BANK MENU D PN DE VALUE PROGRAMS LIVE MODE eJ1 AJ 3 4 J e SYSTEM MIDI SOUND PEDAL PANIC This is the section where you select the banks and programs where the Store functions are activated and where you enter the system MIDI sound and pedal menus to change these settings Up Down buttons The Up Down buttons to the left of the display have several functions in the Nord Piano Press repeatedly to select one of the 24 banks the bank and program number and the name of the program will be presented in the display If you have entered any of the menus the System MIDI Sound or Pedal menu these buttons are then used to select a function and to gether with the Shi
48. r 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 Trademarks The Nord logo is trademark of Clavia DMI AB AII 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 Nord Piano User Manual 1 Introduction 6 Nord Piano Reference Thank TO 4 Master level o o o o ooooooo momo a you MIDI Indicator lees About this manual 4 CORRECTO TET OS and internal memory 4 Program Bank section Factory programs E 4 Up Down DUON Sie i eue a bore h Res Restoring the factory presets 4 Display eee nne O IA OS upgrades A be Gel aE E 4 SIOTG AS cic ece ad ia adeaeedadewads cn Free sounds 4 Live Mode sisse n nne Programs Te 5 cece eee Disclaimer ooo 4 e Piano section Piano TVpeiccxsxa see ene Fae 2 About the Nord Piano Piano Model 0 0 0 ee ees Transpose Set 0 00 e Transpose Clear iuo erae dud ree The Piano 5 Kod a Piano Library V5 5 Mono Oulplilss ced eReez Et cODDCRRE ERE Small Medium amp Largl o 5 Acoustics ereis less String Resonance L 5 String Resonance o Ped T R Pedal Noise e
49. rd Piano or for recording the data into another MIDI device proceed as follows Sending program dumps Connect the MIDI OUT on the Nord Piano to the MIDI In on the receiving device or use the USB capabilities Set up the receiving device to accept MIDI SysEx and MIDI Con troller data 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 e 3 Press the Store button to send the dump to the MIDI Out of Nord Piano The display will inform you when the transmission has been completed For the programs all parameters will be sent but NOT the actual plano sounds When dumping back a program that uses a piano sound make sure the actual piano are also available in the Nord Piano Otherwise the parameters in the SysEx message will be applied to another available plano instrument Sending MIDI Controller dumps Set up as in steps 1 and 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 Piano The display will inform you when the transmission has been completed 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 Piano Initiate the transmission on the transmitting device If th
50. s The latest OS version for Nord Piano is available for download at the www nordkeyboards com website Please visit our website from time to time to make sure you have the latest version in your unit Free sounds Since the Nord Piano is designed as an open system each and every plano in the Nord Piano can be replaced by you This is done using the free Nord Sound Manager application The Nord Piano is compatible with the continuously expanding Nord Piano Library Many of these pianos are included on the DVD that accompanies the Piano When new sounds are avallable you can download these for free from the www nordkeyboards com website Yet another good reason to visit the website from time to time Disclaimer Any trademarks and brand names mentioned in this manual are the property of their respective owners and are not affiliated or associated with Clavia These trademarks and brand names are only mentioned to describe the types of sounds reproduced by Nord Piano The Piano A great piano sound and maximum expressiveness is what it is all about No compromises just a good selection of outstanding piano and harpsichord sounds with true feel with a natural keyboard re sponse and authentic sound quality To make a great tool we believe that you have to put all the focus on a few important things and that is exactly what we have tried to achieve Let s look at some of the key features Piano Library V5 The Nord Piano i
51. s which is the piano type being used by the program 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 piano or program format Older OS versions may not be able to use sounds in a more recent format Info This area may contain error information about broken corrupted or rejected files if e g something has happened with a particular piano in the Nord Piano Footer Area Piano partition 484 9 MB used 3 6 MB available A 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 red area shows the used memory and the green area indicates space that is available for additional sounds The Piano partition is approximately 500 MB in size 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 Bars The two progress bars indicate the progress of an ongoing process The upper bar shows the progression of the individual processes and the lower indicates the status of the entire task Message Text Area The left part of the text area will present
52. s 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 A Edit View Help Sound Upload Ctrl U Fi le Sound Download Ctrl D Bank Upload Ckri4 shiFE4 LI Sound Upload Ctrl U Bank Download Chrl Shift D Use this function to upload one or Backup Ctrl B Restore Ctrl R several sounds from the Nord Piano memory to a folder on the computer hard drive Clean Deleted Space Format Exit Chio Sound Download Ctrl D Use this function to download one or several sounds from the com puter hard drive to the next available location in the selected partition Bank Upload Ctrl Shift U This allows you to upload an entire bank or partition pianos or programs to a folder on the computer hard drive Select the desired source partition and bank and the destination folder If you select All all the banks in the partition will be uploaded The hier archical folder structure of the chosen partition partition bank sounds will be automatically created in the destination folder Bank Download Ctrl Shift D Use this function to download an entire bank or all banks from the hard drive to the Nord Piano Please note that you need to match the format of the source and the destination it is e g not possible to download a set of programs to any of the piano banks The content of the source folder will replace the selected bank i
53. s compatible with version 5 of the piano sounds in the Nord Piano Library We have spent a lot of time and effort in creat ing our best piano sounds ever to match the features available in the Piano The piano sounds are included on the DVD and are organized in cat egories and in some cases available in various sizes for the acoustic grands and uprights New sounds will be available free of charge on the www nordkeyboards com website Small Medium amp Large All three sizes share the same amount of velocity layers and the same number of zones that are mapped across the keyboard This means that you can rely on a consistent quality in regards to the playability and expressiveness in the basic sound of every piano no matter what size you choose to install in your Nord Piano Library compatible unit Sml is the version that uses the least amount of space in the piano memory but still carry a big and powerful punch This version does not contain any String Resonance samples at all If an Sml piano is se lected in the Nord Piano the String Resonance feature will be disabled The Medium versions have pedal down String Resonance samples in the important middle region of the range but omit these in the lowest and the highest areas This gives you a good ratio of functionality and size The Large versions have the pedal down String Resonance samples all across the keyboard providing you with the fullest of sounds but also the largest
54. s operating systems need a driver for the USB connection to work The installer for the driver can be found on the enclosed Nord DVD or at the www nordkeyboards com website MIDI Connections MIDI In MIDI connection used to receive MIDI data to the Nord Piano from other equipment such as keyboards or computers MIDI Out MIDI connection used for sending keyboard and panel generated MIDI data from the Nord Piano to other equipment such as sound modules or computers Music Stand The rear panel on the Nord Piano has two brackets where the Music Stand optional accessory can be mounted 7 8 NORD PIANO USER MANUAL OS V1 X Pedal Connection The Nord Piano has one input for the Nord Triple Pedal If this pedal is unavailable you can use a standard non continuous sustain pedal PEDAL MIDIOUT MIDIIN Connect the 14 stereo connector from the Nord Triple Pedal to the Piano Pedal connector on the Nord Piano Triple Pedal The Nord Triple Pedal has the functionality of three pedals in one unit The right pedal is the sustain pedal If you operate this all the notes that you play will sustain until the pedal is released again The Triple Pedal can also introduce the pedal noise functionality and it can be used with half pedaling techniques by pressing it down for parts of its travel on certain pianos The left pedal is the soft pedal also known as the Una Corda When you press this pedal all the notes you play w
55. size 2 ABOUT THE NORD PIANO 2 About the Nord Piano String Resonance String Resonance is the acoustic phenomenon that occurs inside an acoustic piano or grand when strings or parts of strings resonate at their fundamental or harmonic frequencies when other strings are played When this functionality is turned on using the Nord Piano s acoustic pianos all notes you play will affect each other to reproduce the won derful acoustics that occurs inside an acoustic grand or upright piano String Resonance is also very noticeable if you use the sustain pedal with the String Resonance feature enabled on any Medium and Large acoustic pianos The notes that you play will have a beautiful sound quality to them when all the un dampened strings resonate as you play sustained notes Another thing that the String Resonance produces is a crescendo effect If you play the same key repeatealy with the same force the sound will change This is originally caused by the hammers hitting the vibrating string in various phases and creates a nice gentle fluctuation in volume and timbre in the Nord Piano Pedal Noise The included Nord Triple Pedal offers an unprecedented functionality with the addition of a dynamic control of the mechanical noise during operation and the ability for you as a player to use half pedaling and release and catch again techniques When the sustain pedal is operated on a acoustic grand or upright many different sou
56. st 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 bracket or table s
57. te 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 Piano Sound Up Use this function to upload one or several sounds from the Nord Piano 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 Rename This allows you to rename a Program 16 characters 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 Pianos 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 Piano that used a particular piano that you deleted will probably 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 c
58. to the Live memory location in which case the program settings will replace the current Live memory settings Programs 1 5 Use the Program buttons to select the individual programs in a bank or in the Live Mode By pressing Shift and program buttons 1 to 4 you ll enter the menus Head more about this on page 16 Panic If notes gets stuck and sound indefinitely during a MIDI or live perfor mance you can press Shift together with program button 5 in order to force every note to stop playing and to reset any performance control lers Piano section PIANO SELECT TYPE MODEL E GRAND CLAVINET HARPSI e E PIANO UPRIGHT GRAND Gy PIANO INFO The Piano section of the Nord Piano is organized into six types each type can contain several instrument models You can freely add new piano instruments via USB using the Nord Sound Manager utility read about the Manager on page 18 Right out of the box Nord Piano features a fine collection of carefully selected acoustic and electric pianos and harpsichords A lot of effort was made to ensure that the response and sound of the instruments 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 all sound and feel so authentic 6 NORD PIANO REFERENCE 13 Piano Type Use the Piano Type selector to choose which piano sound you want to use Each type may consist of sever
59. und is located select it and click Open The sound will now be added to its bank 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 A ll EI A IS wea Vas oe weaw E Piano 1 EPiano1 MkILow Deep 5 1 6 2 MB Downloading 17 E Piano 2 EPiano2 Mk I ClosIdeal 5 1 5 9 MB Queued E Piano 3 EPiano 3 Mk II Shallow 5 1 6 8 MB Queued F Diana 4 FPO Rrinht Tinee CiicbaraMad E 1 14 MR cin 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 X Files already in the unit can be moved or deleted during the pro cessing of the queue Upload sounds from the Nord Piano Select the desired partition that holds the sounds that you wish to store o
60. uttons to select the Memory Protect Mode this is the very first option in the System menu Set the memory protection to Off by pressing and holding Shift and the Down button Exit the System menu by pressing the Shift button again The setting of the memory protection will be remembered even if the Nord Piano is turned off Storing a program Let s store a program Press the Store button once The Store LED starts flashing and the display will give you a visual indication of the location STORE AS If you want to replace the previous program with your new set tings press the Store button again If you want to store your new settings in a different location use the Bank and Program buttons to select a new location where you want to store the program X The name of the new destination will be shown in the display You can also check the sound settings of that program itself by playing on the Nord Piano This prevents you from overwriting a program that you want to keep 9 10 NORD PIANO USER MANUAL OS V1 X 4 Press the Store button a second time to confirm your intention The edited program has now replaced the previous one in the location you specified O 7o cancel the storing procedure press any button except for the Bank Live Mode or Program buttons With Memory Protect set to Off a double tap on the Store button will store a Program in its original location Live Mode PROGRAMS LIVE
61. ved 8 NORD SOUND MANAGER 21 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 File Edit View Help A O a Organize Dual View Auto Select Piano Program When Auto Select is turned on and you scroll through the Pianos or Program lists using the computer keyboard arrow keys the sounds will automatically be selected in the Nord Piano X Double clicking on a Piano or Program will also select it in the Nord Piano 22 NORD PIANO USER MANUAL OS V1 X Sound Manager reference Toolbar A T a M Organize Dual View Auto Select Sound Up Soun x A 950 m m a B Down Rename Delete BankUp Bank Down Backup Restore a 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 ra
62. will try to cover all the essential aspects on how to use the Nord Piano in the very first few pages of this manual After that follows the reference section where all the functions are explained in detail OS and internal memory The operating system programs and pianos in the Nord Piano are stored in a Flash memory A Flash memory is a great thing it retains the data 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 upgrades pianos and programs to your Nord Piano from a computer The Nord Piano features a USB port for quick and easy download of new pianos Factory programs The internal program memory of the Nord Piano consists of 120 programs organized in 24 banks with 5 programs in each bank There are also five Live buffer memories which will continuously store any changes as they are made and remember these settings after the power is turned off All of the 120 programs in the Nord Piano can be used to store your own settings 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 and pianos are available as Nord Sound Man ager backup files for download at the Nord web site at www nordkeyboards com or on the included Nord Piano DVD OS upgrade

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