User Manual
Nord c2
OS Version 2.x
Part No. 50326 Copyright Clavia DMI AB 2012
Print Edition 1.5
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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 ampliers) 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 t
into your outlet, consult an electrician for replacement of the
obsolete outlet.
Additional Safety Information
No naked ame 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 re 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 lled 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.
The lightning ash with the arrowhead symbol within
an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the
presence of uninsulated voltage within the products enclosure that may be of sufcient magnitude to constitute
a risk of electric shock to persons.
Le symbole éclair avec le point de èche à l´intérieur d´un triangle
équilatéral est utilisé pour alerter l´utilisateur de la presence à
l´intérieur du coffret de ”voltage dangereux” non isolé d´ampleur
sufsante pour constituer un risque d`éléctrocution.
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.
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employé pour alerter l´utilisateur de la présence d´instructions
importantes pour le fonctionnement et l´entretien (service) dans le
livret d´instructions accompagnant l´appareil.
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 specied by the manufacturer.
12) Use only with the cart, stand,
tripod, bracket, or table specied 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 qualied 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 normally, or has been dropped.
Il convient de ne pas placer sur l´appareil de sources de ammes nues,
telles que des bougies allumées;
L´appareil n’est pas destiné á étre utilisé sous un climat tropical.
L´appareil ne doit pas étre exposé á des égouttements d´eau ou des
éclaboussures et de plus qu´aucun objet rempli de liquide tel que des
vases ne doit étre placé sur l´appareil.
Lorsque la prise du résau d’alimentation est utilisée comme dispositif
de déconnexion, ce dispositif doit demeuré aisément accessible.
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Copyright © Clavia DMI AB
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Table of contents
1 Introduction
Thank you! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Development goals . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
About this user manual . . . . . . . 4
2 Overview
Organ pe rform ance are a. . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Effec t and Progra m area . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Master l evel knob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
The keyb oard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
About th e knobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
About th e buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Menu set tings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3 Connections
Pedal connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Swell Ped al input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Rotar y Control in put . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Sustai n Pedal inp ut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
MIDI & USB Connections . . . . . . 6
USB Conn ection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
MIDI Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
MIDI IN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Bass Ped al . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Audio connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Main ste reo outpu t - Left & Rig ht . . . . . 7
Headph one outp ut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Rotar y Speaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
4 Getting Started
About the programs . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Select a program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Edit a program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Memory protect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Storing a program. . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
The Live buffers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Adding effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Activate a n amplifi er emulat ion . . . . . . . 9
The Rota ry effe ct
Selecting an organ model. . . . . 9
Split ting the gre at/lowe r manual . . . . . .10
Using the Sound Manager . . . .10
Instal lation of th e USB drive r. . . . . . . . .10
Sound Ma nager in stallati on Window s. .10
Sound Ma nager in stallati on Mac OSX .10
Conne cting the Ma nager an d the C2 . .10
. . . . . . . . . . . 9
5 Nord C2 Reference
Master l evel knob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Shif t button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
The Organ area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
The Draw bars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Drawba r/Perc Prese t Buttons . . . . . . . .11
Preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Split ting the gre at manua l . . . . . . . . . .11
Selec ting The Or gan Mode l . . . . . . . . .11
The B3 Mo del . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
The VX M odel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
The Far f Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
The Pipe O rgan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
The Syn th Bass Mod el . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Program area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
What is a pr ogram? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Loading a P rogram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Storing a P rogram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Prog/M enu But tons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Displa y. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Live . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Effect area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Speake r Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Rotar y Speaker c ontrols . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Reverb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
6 The Menus
System Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Memor y Protect – O n, Off . . . . . . . . . . .17
Output R outing L /R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Output R outing E xt. Rotar y Spkr . . . . .17
Transpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Fine Tune . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Sustai n Pedal Pola rity . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Sustai n Pedal Con figuratio n . . . . . . . . .17
Rotor Ctr l. Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Swell Ped al Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Rotor Peda l Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Organ Trig Mo de . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Drawba r Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
MIDI Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Swell Ch annel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Great Ch annel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Pedal Ch annel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Local Co ntrol. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Control C hange (CC ) Mode. . . . . . . . . .18
Progra m Change Mo de. . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Send CC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Dump On e. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Dump Al l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Sound Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Treble Horn S peed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Bass Roto r Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Treble Horn A cceler ation. . . . . . . . . . . .19
Bass Roto r Accele ration . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Perc. Fast D ecay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Perc. Slow D ecay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Perc. Nor m Level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Perc. Sof t Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Tonewheel M ode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Perc Draw bar 9 Canc el . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Key Click L evel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Rotar y Model. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Pipe Peda l Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Pipe Swe ll Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
B3 Key Boun cel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Rotar y Bass/H orn Bala nce . . . . . . . . . .19
7 MIDI functions
About th e MIDI imp lementa tion . . . . . 20
Keyboar d velocit y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Progra m change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
MIDI Sys ex (System E xclusive) . . . . . . 20
Nord C2 with a sequencer. . . . 20
Conne ctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Local O n/Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
MIDI Cha nnel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Progra m Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Control lers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Program and CC dumps . . . . . . .21
Sendin g program d umps . . . . . . . . . . .21
Sendin g MIDI Cont roller du mps . . . . . .21
Recei ve MIDI Sys Ex dumps . . . . . . . . .21
MIDI Con troller l ist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
MIDI Imp lementa tion Char t. . . . . . . . . 22
8 Appendix
Nord Sou nd Manag er . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
System re quireme nts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
9 Index
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
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Introduction
1
Thank you!
We would first like to thank you for purchasing the Nord C2 Combo
Organ! We hope you will find it to be everything you wished for and that
you’ll have many hours of great fun with your new instrument.
Development goals
First some history: at the time of designing the Nord C2 Combo Organ,
Clavia had already been developing digital tonewheel organ models
for more than a decade. The first model featured in the Nord Electro
series of instruments was designed to fit comfortably in a multi electromechanical instrument along side various piano implementations. With
focus given to fit several mechanical instruments into a single package,
you are always forced to make some compromises.
Though not surprised, we were definitely thrilled when the Electro
started to appear in different magazine’s tonewheel clone tests and
shoot-outs. It was included for its fabulous sound that some found
to be better than far more expensive hardcore clone units. However,
due to its single manual and additional piano samples, it was generally
included “out of contest”.
With the Nord C2’s predecessor the C1 Combo Organ we wanted to
design an instrument without having to find the right blend of things;
like piano vs. organ keyboard action, or multi-effects suited for a wide
array of sounds. We wanted to focus on the things needed for killer
organ sounds, and those things only.
Some areas we knew were up for improvement prior to the start of
the project, others were found along the way. What really paid off was
focusing on each of the components involved in the sound generating
process, rather than just the sounding outcome. After spending thousands of man hours leaving no detail untouched - no matter how small
and seemingly insignificant - we believe we have not only reproduced
the perfect tonewheel sound but also the proper response and feel of
playing the original instrument.
Taking the next step after developing the Nord C1 was looking at the
classical organ sounds. We sourced a beautiful baroque organ and
sampled it with the same painstaking effort and focus on quality as we
do when we create our other instruments.
Features
The Nord C2 Combo Organ features high quality digital emulations
of three vintage organs, a sampled baroque pipe organ, a bunch of
effects as well as several amp and speaker cabinet combinations in a
single lightweight package.
The dual keyboards, bass pedal input and high level outputs allows you
to use the instrument in the exact same application and set-up as with
the vintage originals - and several more!
By focusing on each individual component involved in the sound generating process you get not only a vintage sound experience but also
spot-on response and feel of playing the original instruments.
The Nord C2 Combo Organ has the following features:
• 1 model of a vintage Tonewheel organ
• 2 models of vintage Vox and Farfisa transistor organs
• 1 sampled baroque pipe organ
• 3 Amplifier models, featuring simulations of the gain characteristics of
two popular combo amps as well as a rotary speaker cabinet.
• Selectable rotary speaker models.
• Overdrive, offering a gentle to massive amount of tube-style distortion.
• Vintage-sounding delay, with tap-tempo function and a possibility to
limit its operation to the upper manual.
• 3-band EQ
• 5 types of Reverberation - Room, Stage and Hall-types with variations
• Dual manuals with 2 x 61 waterfall keys, featuring a high trigger point
for the optimal organ keyboard feel and response time.
• Dedicated MIDI connector for use with any MIDI compatible foot
pedalboard to play the bass registers.
• High level outputs, featuring quarter-inch as well as a 11-pin Leslie
standard connectors allows you to connect directly to rotary speakers. When using the 11-pin connector, the panel controls for rotation
speed are transferred as well.
And we could not resist the possibility to further tweak the B3 model,
to take the award winning realism one step further. The key-on and
key-off clicks have been improved together with the modelling of the
level and mixes of the individual tonewheels. Enjoy.
About this user manual
This manual is arranged mainly as a reference manual. In many cases
you’ll get tips on how to practically use functions.
The LED-display is referred to as the Display. Whenever there is a reference to the ‘keyboard’, that reference also applies to incoming MIDI
note messages.
Chapter 2 overview | 5
Overview
2
The Nord C2 Combo Organ front panel consists of 2 areas, easily identified by their gray and black background color:
Organ performance area
The organ section features the controls for the four different organ
models, and this is where you make model specific adjustments. Please
refer to “The Organ Area” on page 11.
Effect and Program area
This section is where you set and adjust settings for the effects, the
reverb and speaker simulation. This also includes the controls for storing and recalling sound settings into programs, and also adjust system
specific parameters. Read more abut the effects on page 16 and the
programs on page 15.
Master level knob
The master level knob controls the overall output level for all audio
outputs, including high level output and headphone output. The master
level knob’s physical position is always the same as the output level.
The keyboard
The Nord C2 Combo Organ keyboards have a high trigger action,
which closely mimics the feel and response time of a real organ.
About the buttons
Buttons have different behaviour depending on their functionality:
Selector buttons
Press the selector button repeatedly to select between options printed
next to the corresponding LEDs. Note that some options are selected
by lighting several leds simultaneously.
On/off buttons
The on/off buttons have a LED next to them to indicate the status of the
function.
Shift button
Some buttons have a secondary function, available by holding shift
while pressing the button. The name of the secondary function is
printed just below the button.
Menu settings
To the right on the panel are the available menu settings printed for your
convenience. Read more on how to change these settings on page 17.
About the knobs
The knobs are of the potentiometer type. This means that when you
load a program the values of the parameters can be totally different
from the knobs physical positions. As soon as you begin turning a
knob, the parameter value will ‘snap’ to the knob’s physical position.
The exception to this is the master level knob. Its physical position
always reflects the output level of the Nord C2.
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Connections
3
Pedal connections
Sustain Pedal input
¼" connector for a switch type pedal. When a connected pedal is operated, the notes you play will be sustained. You can use any standard
sustain type pedal. A polarity setting can be selected in the system
menu. Read more on this on page 17.
The Nord C2 Combo Organ has three pedal inputs; one for a sustain
pedal, one for a rotary speed controller and one for a swell pedal.
Swell Pedal input
Used for controlling the swell level of the selected organ model. When
connecting an expression pedal to the Swell Pedal input, you should
use a stereo cable with a Tip-Ring-Sleeve connector. Please note that
the pedal must have a stereo output jack. The resistance range of a
control pedal should be 10 or 50 kOhm. To simplify setup, the most
common pedal models (Roland, Yamaha, Ernie Ball and Fatar) are
pre-configured in the Nord C2, and you simply select the type of pedal
which you want to use in the System menu. Have a look at page 17 for
further instructions.
Rotary Control input
Used for controlling the rotary speaker’s speed. You can use any standard sustain pedal, switch pedal or the Half Moon Switch accessory.
When using the Half Moon Switch accessory you have to configure this
as the Control Pedal Type in the System menu. Have a look at page 17
for further instructions.
M A connected sustain pedal will not affect the Pipe organ model.
If you use external sound devices you can disable the Nord C2 Combo
Organ from responding to sustain messages, but still transmit them via
MIDI out. This is set in the System menu, read more on page 17.
MIDI & USB Connections
The settings of the MIDI transmission and reception behavior can be
adjusted in the MIDI menu. For more information about this, please go
to page 17.
USB Connection
The USB connection is used for the Nord C2 to communicate with a
personal computer in order to update the OS or manage the programs.
The computer can e.g. be used to transfer the operating system if the
unit needs to be updated and to make backups of the memory content.
M Computers running Microsoft Windows operating systems need a
driver for the USB connection to work. The driver can be found at
the www.nordkeyboards.com website.
MIDI Out
Both manuals, all knobs and buttons (Shift, Store and Master Level
excluded), pedal connector ports as well as the Bass Pedal input transmits messages via MIDI Out.
MIDI IN
MIDI connection used to receive MIDI messages to the Nord C2 from
other equipment such as keyboards or computers.
Chapter 3 CoNNeCtioNs | 7
Bass Pedal
To play the Nord C2 Combo Organ’s dedicated bass registers, connect
the MIDI Out from your external controller (preferably a bass pedalboard) to the Bass Pedal connector. The bass registers will respond to
all MIDI note messages received regardless of their MIDI channel.
Audio connections
Monitor In
Use this to connect and monitor a signal from an mp3 or a CD player
at the Nord C2's headphone output. This allows you to e.g. rehearse
with the C2 to pre-recorded music.
M Signals connected to this input will not be processed with the
Nord C2's effects or appear at the left and right output jacks.
Main stereo output - Left & Right
The left and right line level outputs from the Nord C2 are unbalanced.
Use the ¼" connectors to connect the Nord C2 to an amplifier or
recording equipment.
General guide on audio connections:
• Make all the connections before you turn on the power to your amplifier.
• Turn on the power to your amplifier last.
• Turn off the power to your amplifier first.
Headphone output
This is where you connect a ¼" stereo connector from a pair of headphones.
E Playing at a high volume level can result in hearing impairments
such as permanent hearing loss.
Rotary Speaker
The rotary speaker high level outputs consist of a ¼" and a 11-pin
Leslie™ standard connector. The high level out are 14V RMS high level,
unbalanced, and are only intended to be used, directly connected to
a rotary speaker cabinet with built in amplifier. Any other form of use
might result in damaged equipment.
It is possible to route the tonewheel organ to the High Level and 11-pin
outputs and the other organs to the main outputs. Other combinations
are also possible. Read more about this on page 17.
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Getting Started
4
Let’s take a few minutes to get familiar with the Nord C2. 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 using it, and by following this short chapter, we will go through most of the functions.
About the programs
Complete sound settings are stored in the Program memory of the
Nord C2. This memory area has 126 locations. Every program can be
edited and replaced as you wish. A complete set of the factory programs are available on the www.nordkeyboards.com website.
Select a program
Press the Up or Down button repeatedly until you’ve selected the
desired program number. The program will be loaded immediately.
Edit a program
Editing a program is just as easy as grabbing a knob, press some
drawbar buttons to change a setting, 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 its original settings the next time you select it.
Memory protect
There is a Memory Protect function that is set to On when the Nord C2
leaves the Nord Factory. This has to be turned Off in the System Menu
before you can save a program.
1 Press Shift + System and use the Up/Down buttons to select
the Memory Protect Option – this is the very first option in the
System menu.
2 Change the setting of the memory protection to Off by pressing
and holding Shift and the Up or Down buttons.
3 Exit the System menu by pressing the Prog / System button again.
M The setting of the memory protection will be remembered even if
the Nord C2 is turned off.
Storing a program
If you are happy with an edit that you have made,
you should probably Store the program.
1 Press the Store button.
The program number LEDs starts flashing.
2 Select a new location where you want to store the program.
Use the Up/Down buttons to navigate to a new program location
if you do not want to overwrite the original program.
3 Press the Store button a second time to confirm your choice.
The edited program has now replaced the previous one in the
location you specified.
M To cancel the procedure, press the Shift button before you press
Store the second time.
M With Memory Protect set to Off, a double tap on the Store button
will store a Program in its original location.
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Activate an amplifier emulation
The Live buffers
The special Live buffers 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.
If you switch the power off, or select another program, the settings
are still stored in a Live memory, so when you power up next time (or
return to a Live memory) all settings will be exactly as they were when
you left them. The dot that appears when a Program is changed is not
applicable when a Live buffers is active
If a Live memory is selected and you decide you wish to store the
settings permanently as a program you can do so using the standard 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.
1 Press the Speaker Model button to activate the Amp emulation.
The Speaker Model LED will be lit.
2 Press repeatedly on the selector to cycle through the various options.
3 The Drive knob at the upper right of the panel controls the drive
for the amps and the rotary simulator. Make sure that Drive is On,
and then turn the knob to get the desired amount of overdrive.
The Rotary effect
The rotary effect adds some great sonic drama to the sound. The Nord
C2 rotary has three available speeds: fast, slow and stop. Stop does
not disengage the effect; it only stops the rotating speakers
1 Make sure that the Speaker Model is activated and select the
Rotary by pressing the effect selector.
The drive knob now controls the overdrive of the rotary amplifier.
2 Press the Slow/Stop and Fast buttons in
the Rotary Speed section to the left on the
panel, to cycle between the Fast and Slow
speeds of the rotary.
Adding effects
1 Select a program and play some notes on the keyboard while
you....
2 ... turn on the Delay (the On LED should be lit) and then press
repeatedly on the Feedback selector.
The feedback options are indicated with the selector LEDs and changes in a cyclical fashion for each time the selector is pressed. When both
LEDs are lit you have the maximum amount of feedback.
3 Turn the Amount and the Tempo knobs while playing.
This changes the amount and the time between the repeats.
4 Turn on the Reverb with its On button.
5 Hold Shift and press repeatedly on the
reverb selector.
This allows you to reverse through the reverb
selections.
Holding Shift while pressing any selector
(except the Organ Model) will cycle through
the selections in a counter clockwise fashion.
6 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.
This method can be used to select a certain effect setting while
playing, without affecting the sound until you actually activate the
effect.
The rotors will speed up and slow down, producing
a nice swirly effect.
3 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.
If you connect a foot switch to the rotor pedal input, you can
control the rotary speed with this pedal.
M The Speaker Models cannot be used when the Pipe organ
selected.
Selecting an organ model
1 Press repeatedly on the Organ Model selector to cycle through
the four types - the B3, Vox, Farfisa emulations and the sampled
Pipe organ.
The settings for the organ sounds are made
using the digital drawbars. The Farfisa and the
PIpe organ uses these in a switch mode, with
only two settings for each.
2 Make a setting with the drawbars and then press one of the
Drawbar/Preset buttons
3 Make a new preset setting, in order to be able to quickly change
from one to the other during a performance.
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4 If you press and hold Preview and then a Drawbar/Preset button,
you can set up a new sound while the previous settings are still
active, and then quickly activate the new settings by pressing the
Drawbar/Preset button again.
Splitting the great/lower manual
Select the B3 model and let us split the lower keyboard to try some
Bass there:
1 Press the Pedal - Great Man button to split the lower
keyboard.
The bottom two octaves will now play the tonewheel bass sound.
2 Use the Pedal drawbars to set up the bass sound as you like it.
3 Press the Shift and the Organ Model/Synth Bass button to
select the synthbass.
The synth bass is automatically selected if the VX or the FARF models
are active. The Pipe organ has its own bass registers as well.
4 Use the Shift and the Pedal drawbars to set the Pluck and
Release parameters of the Synth bass sound.
Using the Sound Manager
Sound Manager installation Mac OSX
1 Download the Mac OSX version of Nord Sound Manager from the
www.nordkeyboards.com website.
2 Open the image file (.dmg) and drag the Nord Sound Manager
v5.xx.app to the Applications folder.
When new versions of the Nord Sound Manager are released,
they will be available as a free download at www.nordkeyboards.
com.
Connecting the Manager and the C2
1 Make sure that the Nord C2 Combo Organ is powered up, and
connected to the computer, to a USB port.
2 Launch the Nord Sound Manager from the Program Files folder or
the Start Menu (PC) or from the Applications folder (Mac OSX).
During the start-up procedure, the Manager will automatically try and
establish contact with the Nord C2 Combo Organ.
3 When the Editor finds a Nord C2 Combo Organ, this will be indi-
cated at the lower, right corner of the Manager window and the
Program tab will open automatically.
4 A list with all the current Programs in the memory will appear in
the Nord Sound Manager window. Read more about the functions
in the Manager in the pdf manual that is available on the www.
nordkeyboards.com website.
Installation of the USB driver
Before the Nord C2 Combo Organ can communicate with a computer
running a Windows operating system, you need to install a Clavia USB
driver. To install the USB driver, follow these instructions:
Mac users may skip this paragraph.
1 Download the driver from the Nord C2 download area at
www.nordkeyboards.com.
Unzip the downloaded archive.
2 Connect the USB cable between the Nord C2 Combo Organ and
the computer and power up the unit. The ‘Found New Hardware’
wizard should appear, accompanied by its reassuring alert sound.
3 Let the wizard search for the USB driver and install it, or point the
wizard to the folder where the driver is.
Sound Manager installation Windows PC
1 Download the Windows version of Nord Sound Manager from the
www.nordkeyboards.com website.
2 Run the Install Nord Sound Manager v5.xx.exe and follow the
instructions in the setup program.
3 The Nord Sound Manager will be installed in the Program Files
folder on the hard disk.
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 is the reference section.
During the installation you will have the option to select an alternative
location for the application.
4 Confirm every window in the installation procedure by clicking on
the Next button.
The installation may be aborted at any time by clicking on Cancel.
When the installation is complete, click the Close button to return
to the Windows desktop.
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Nord C2 Reference
5
Master level knob
This control sets the overall output level of
the C2, at the line- and the headphone outputs. The setting of this control is not stored
in a Program.
Shift button
Many buttons have a second job, whose function is
printed below the button or knob. You access these
additional functions and parameters by holding down
shift while pressing a button.
The Organ area
The Nord C2 Combo Organ features four Organ Models; one digitally
modeled tonewheel/B3 organ, two digitally modeled transistor (VX and
Farf) organs and a sampled baroque pipe organ.
The buttons are special in the way that they auto-increment/ decrement the drawbar value when held. If you hold a drawbar button the
corresponding drawbar value will continue to increment or decrement
(within its range) until you release the button.
While holding a drawbar button, you can press its sibling button to
momentarily auto-increment/decrement in the opposite direction. With
the Farf and the Pipe models, drawbar buttons functions as switches,
toggling each register on or off.
Drawbar/Perc Preset Buttons
The preset buttons lets you change back and forth between different
drawbar set-ups instantly. Changes that you make needs to be saved
with the program or else they will be lost when you select a new program. Read more on how to save a program on page 15.
If the Pipe organ is active, the six preset buttons stores the set-
tings for both the swell and the great manuals.
If the B3, VX or the Farf models are active, the presets contains
individual settings for the upper and lower manuals. Further to
storing the drawbar settings, the upper manual’s percussion settings are stored as well.
The Organ area features three main sections for control:
• The Drawbar section is where you set-up the basic organ sound
structure. It is divided into three areas connected to the Swell and
Great manuals, plus the Bass Pedal registers.
• The Percussion area is where you control the percussion effect (available to the B3 organ model only)
• The Vibrato/Chorus area is where you select the chorus and/or
vibrato effect depending on the selected Organ Model.
The Drawbars
The drawbars of Nord C2 Combo
Organ are represented by buttons and
LED chain graphs instead of ordinary
mechanical drawbars. This gives you
a big advantage: when you change
preset or program, the correct drawbar
settings are recalled immediately and
shown by the LEDs. In other words,
no need for the regular “trial and error”
method. It’s very easy to get the hang
of changing the drawbar settings in a
natural way with the Buttons.
The drawbars of Nord C2 Combo Organ behave similar to their mechanical
counterparts, i.e. with the B3 and VX models you “pull out” and “push
in” the drawbars using the drawbar buttons.
Preview
By pressing and holding the Preview button and then one of the two
Presets that are not currently active, you can continue to play with
the “current” setting, while dialing in a new setting in the background.
When you are done, tap the flashing Preset button to immediately
activate the new setting.
Splitting the great manual
By pressing the Great Man button you split the
great (lower) manual in two sections at the C3
key. The lower two octaves of the great manual
is now connected to the Bass drawbars.
Selecting The Organ Model
You select which model to play
using the Organ Model button. Only
one model can be used at a time.
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When the B3 model is activated the Bass Drawbars control the B3
bass registers.
When the B3 model is activated you can activate the Synth Bass
model by pressing Shift + Organ Model button.
When the VX or Farf models is activated, the Bass Drawbars control
the synth bass model.
When the Pipe model is activated, the Bass Drawbars control the pipe
organ bass stops.
The B3 Model
This model is based on a digital simulation of the classic mechanical tonewheel organ. This simulation utilizes innovative and advanced
methods to capture every nuance of the original sound, for example:
• An extremely accurate digital model of the original chorus and vibrato
scanner.
• Modeling of the individual random contact bounces for each harmonic.
• Modeling of the unique frequency characteristics of the built-in preamplifier, which forms the “body” of the sound.
• Simulation of the energy robbing on the tone wheels that results in
the typical “compressed” sound.
• Authentic tuning of the tonewheels according to the original design.
• Extremely fast keyboard response.
• Full polyphony.
The Drawbars
The harmonic intervals for the tonewheel organ are printed on the panel
below the drawbars.
For basic drawbar operation, please refer to “The Drawbars” on page
11. Each drawbars represents a partial with a fixed harmonic interval in
relationship with the played note.
The illustration below shows the pitch interval among the nine
drawbars when the key of C3 is played. Note that the SUB3 drawbar
actually lies a 5th above the fundamental harmonic. However, in most
situations it is perceived as sounding below the basic harmonic.
Percussion
The Percussion effect adds
extra attack to the sound
by having a single envelope
generator controlling either
the 2nd or 3rd harmonic.
The envelope “opens up” for a short moment in the beginning of the
sound when you press the key(s). The percussion is a single-triggered
non-legato effect. By “single-triggered” we mean that the percussion 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 available to the swell manual, and is activate
and deactivate by pressing the On button. The Soft button toggles
between Normal and Soft percussion level. The Fast button toggles
between Slow and Fast decay times.
The Third button toggles between using the 2nd or 3rd partial as the
source for the percussion effect The percussion decay time can be
fine-tuned for Fast and Slow mode individually. Please refer to “The
Sound Menu” on page 17 for details.
M With the original instrument, you could not use the percussion
effect and 9th Drawbar simultaneously. However with the Nord C2
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 Cancel setting in the Sound menu on
page 17.
Vibrato
The original vibrato and chorus scanner in a
tonewheel organ consists of a tapped delay line
in combination with a rotating scanner. For the
Vibrato effect, phase Shift is applied to the signal.
For the Chorus effect, the 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. Select one of these types by pressing
the Mode button. The effect can be activated/deactivated for both
manuals individually by pressing the Vibrato/Chorus button for the swell
and great drawbars
Please note that the Vibrato/Chorus button for the great manual also
controls this effect for the tonewheel Bass registers.
Upper & Lower
C3
Key click control
The key click produced by the random contact bounces is an important audio artifact. This quickly became a desirable effect amongst
musicians. You can adjust the click level in the Sound menu.
Do not forget to try out the four tonewheel modes that are avail-
able in the Sound menu. These will dramatically change the sound
of the B3 model from squeaky clean to a battered, old work horse.
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The VX Model
The original Vox™ organ is probably the most famous of all the
transistor-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
tonewheel based organs, transistor organs generally sounded reedier
and weaker, but this one had a distinctive sound character which
together with the portability and cool design (inverse colored keyboard
and chrome “Z-frame” stand) made the instrument massively popular
at the time. The sound is timeless and recreated faithfully in Nord C2
Combo Organ.
The Drawbars
The labels used for the VX drawbars are printed on the row directly
above the drawbar LEDs.
For basic drawbar operation, please refer to “The Drawbars” on page
11.
The seven left most drawbars control the level of each partial. Each
partial has a fixed harmonic interval relating to the played note. The
illustration below shows the pitch interval of the drawbars when the key
of C3 is played. The intervals vary for the upper and lower manual on
the original instrument, but are identical on the Nord C2.
Upper
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
actually possible to get quite a wide range of sounds out of the instrument. Note that the voices aren’t supposed to replicate the instruments
they are named after, but rather to describe the basic tonal characteristic of the voice; Flute - soft, Oboe - reedy, Trumpet - brassy.
The Register selectors
The labels used for the Farf drawbars are printed on the upper row
above the drawbar LEDs.
The drawbars act as on/off switches, or “register selectors” when the
Farf model is selected. Instead of drawbars, the original instrument
featured “rocker”-type switches select instrument “voices” (actually
different filter settings) in various footage (octave) ranges. The drawbars
buttons are used to turn voices on and off. The drawbars LEDs 5-8
are lit up for an activated voice, and drawbars LEDs 1-4 are lit up for a
deactivated voice. The table below shows the original register name.
Register
Selector
1 Bass 16 BASS16
2 Strings 16 STR16
3 Flute 8 FLUTE8
4 Oboe 8 OBOE8
5 Trumpet 8 TRMP8
6 Strings 8 STR8
7 Flute 4 FLUTE4
8 Strings 4 STR4
9 A bright voice, an octave
Voice Panel Name
and a fifth above the
fundamental
2 2/3
C3
Lower
The two right most drawbars control the sum of all partials in the form
of a filtered signal sounding soft and dark, and an unfiltered signal
sounding bright and intense.
E If these drawbars are both fully “pushed in”, the organ will pro-
duce no sound.
Vibrato
There are several types of vibrato and choruses available for the VX
model, which is activated using the Swell/Great buttons in the Vibrato
section. The V3 setting is the one that is modeled after the original
instrument.
M The VX models vibrato setting is common for both the swell and
great manual.
The illustration below shows the pitch interval between each voice
when the key of C3 is played. Though some voices have the same
pitch, they differ in tonal character.
Upper & Lower
C3
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Vibrato
The original instrument have two basic vibrato modes; “Light” and
“Heavy”, with different rates for each mode. There are several types of
vibrato and choruses available for the FARF model in the C2, which are
activated using the ON button in the Vibrato section.
M The V1, V2 and the V3 settings are the ones that are modeled
after the original instrument’s.
M The FARF models vibrato setting is common for both the swell
and great manuals.
The Pipe Organ
The pipe organ model is a sampled classic organ with a set of pipes
that is of the baroque variety. The drawbars on the C2 acts as “stops”
and the different stops are labeled below the lower drawbar buttons. A
stop can be on or off, similar to the register selectors in the FARF
model.
Coupler Description
PED/GR LOW This couples the lowest key played on the great
manual to the bass stop. The affected range ends
at F3. This is a great way to move some serious air
even if you do not have a set of pedals.
SW 16/GR This couples the stops on the swell manual to be
played on the great manual. The stops are also
transposed one octave down.
SW/GR This couples the stops on the swell manual to be
played on the great manual without any transposi-
tion.
SWELL 16 This doubles the stops on the swell manual, with
the doubling transposed one octave down.
SWELL 4 This doubles the stops on the swell manual, with
the doubling transposed one octave up.
SW/PED This couples the swell manual stops to the pedals.
GR/PED This couples the great manual stops to the pedals.
The two manuals have 9 different stops each. Their names are printed
on the panel below the drawbar buttons. The pedals have 3 stops, the
Fagot 16 can be added to the Sub stop by pressing the drawbar-down
button a second time.
M When the pipe organ is selected, the speaker models, the sustain
pedal and the drive function will be inactive.
Tremulant
When the pipe organ is selected, the vibrato/chorus function acts like
the tremulant of the original instrument. This functionality is achieved
by varying the actual wind supply to the pipes on a pipe organ. The
tremulants in the C2 can be activated individually for the swell and the
great manuals and you select which one to use by pressing the Vibrato
Mode button. The tremulant has two rates (V and C) with three depths
each (1, 2 & 3).
Press and hold Shift to cycle through the tremulant settings in a
counter-clockwise fashion.
M The bass stops are not affected by the tremulant.
The Couplers
When the pipe organ is used, the controls on the panel for the Rotary
simulation and the Percussion controls are used to activate the pipe
organs couplers instead. A coupler allows the stops of one division or
manual to be played from another manual. This can be used to create
huge sounds, combinations of stops across the manuals and also to
use the pedal stops in combination with the two manual’s stops.
The Synth Bass Model
The synth bass model is available when the B3, VX or Farf models are
activated. For the tonewheel model you can alternate between the
original tonewheel bass registers or the synth bass model by pressing
Shift + Organ Model Buttons.
The main feature of the synth bass model is a monophonic bass
synthesizer with adjustable release time, giving you more time to
move your foot when using a foot pedal board. It also has an adjustable pluck for a more pronounced attack. Pluck and release time are
adjusted with the Bass drawbars while holding down the Shift key.
The bass can also be played from the Great manual, by pressing the
Great Man button. Please look at page 11 for detailed information.
level
Pluck Level
Drawbar level
Note On
Release Time
time
Note Off
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Display
Program area
The LED display will show the active Program number. If you edit the
settings of 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 three menus, the System, MIDI or
Sound menu, the setting for each menu item is shown with the LED’s.
What is a program?
All sound related knob and button settings can be stored into any of
three storage areas; Prog, Live 1 and Live 2. These can be selected
with the corresponding buttons.
With Prog activated, 126 program locations are available. The current
program location number is shown in the display.
E Changes that you make has to be stored in order not be lost
when you select another program.
Live 1 and Live 2 contains one complete panel setting each. Changes
are saved automatically, so when you load a stored program or even
when you power off, all settings will be exactly as you left them the next
time you return to that live program.
Loading a Program
When Prog is activated, you can select a program location by pressing
the Prog/Menu buttons. Programs will be loaded automatically.
When a Live program is activated, you can select a stored program in
the Prog area by navigating the Prog/Menu buttons, but the program
will not be loaded until you press the Prog button.
Storing a Program
To store a program to any of the 126 program locations:
Live
If you press any of the two Live buttons, 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 memory, 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 standard 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.
1 Press the Store button once and the current Program number will
start to flash.
M If the LED shows “PRO”, you must turn off memory protection in
the system menu. Please refer to “System Functions” on page 17.
2 Select the desired location with the Up/Down Buttons and press
Store again to confirm your intentions to store the current settings
to the selected location.
The LED will briefly indicate “STO” to confirm that the program has
been stored.
Press any button if you wish to abort the store procedure.
M The Program section is also where you enter the System, MIDI
and Sound menus. Read more about these functions on page 17.
Prog/Menu Buttons
The Prog/Menu Buttons to the left of the display have several functions
in the Nord C2. Press repeatedly to select one of the 126 Programs;
the number of the Program will be presented in the LED.
If you have activated any of the three menus, the System, MIDI or
Sound menu, these buttons are then used to select a function, and together with the Shift button, to change the value of a selected function.
Read more about the menus on page 17.
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Effect area
Speaker Model
This allows you to select the speaker/amp and rotary emulations.
JC and Twin emulates two different kinds of amplifier and speaker cabinets. The amount of overdrive is controlled by the Drive Amount controls to
the upper right on the panel.
Rotary simulates a rotary speaker including its
built-in amplifier. The C2 has two models of rotary speakers, you select
these in the Sound Menu, see page 18 for details.
M The Drive knob to the upper right on the panel sets the amount of
overdrive of the rotary amplifier.
M The speed of the rotating speaker is set with the rotary speed
controls on the left side of the panel.
Press the Speaker Model button repeatedly to cycle through the available settings.
Rotary Speaker controls
The rotary speaker speed is set with the buttons
in the Rotary Speaker section to the left side of
the panel.
You can also connect an external control to the
Rotary control input on the back panel, such as
a sustain pedal, a pedal switch or the Half Moon
Switch accessory.
A sustain pedal can operate by momentarily changing the speed
setting or by toggling between slow and fast or if the Stop mode is
activated on the panel, between stop and fast.
EQ
This is a 3-band equalizer with treble, mid and bass controls. The
frequency ranges can be boosted/attenuated with +/- 15 dB. The On
button activates/deactivates the effect.
Drive
The Drive knob controls the amount of gain applied to the amps or
Rotary Speaker effects respectively, depending on the Speaker Model
setting. The On button activates/deactivates the effect.
If no speaker model is activated, the drive knob will introduce a generic
overdrive to the sound.
Reverb
The reverb simulates the natural sound reflections
in various acoustic environments. The On button
activates/deactivates the effect.
The Reverb amount knob sets the balance between the unprocessed and the processed signal.
By pressing the reverb button you can choose
between five reverb types, indicated by the three
LEDs lit one or two at a time.
• Hall Soft - A reverb with the response and character of a spacious
hall, with a long decay and a mellow character.
• Hall - A Hall reverb with a slightly brighter character.
• Stage Soft - A reverb with a medium decay time and mellow character.
• Stage - A medium decay reverb, with slightly brighter character.
• Room - Room ambience with a rather short decay time.
Please refer to the “System Functions” on page 15 for further information.
Delay
The Nord C2 is
equipped with a
delay featuring
echoes/repeats with adjustable tempo and feedback settings. The On
button activates/deactivates the effect.
M All knobs and buttons will always be active even though the effect
needs to be activated in order for the change to be audible.
The tempo knob controls the delay time. The tap tempo button allows
you to set the delay time by tapping the button repeatedly “in time”.
The amount knob acts as a effect send control, to set the amount of
the dry signal that will be routed to the delay.
The feedback button selects number of repeats, starting with 1 repeat
(no LEDs lit) to many repeats (both LEDs lit). Press repeatedly on this
button to set the feedback amount.
M By activating the Swell only function (Shift + Feedback), the delay
effect is limited to the swell manual.
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The Menus
6
Any settings that you change in the System, MIDI or Sound 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 or Sound button (Prog, Live 1 or Live 2). 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 Prog, Live 1 or Live 2 button.
M * The only exception to this is the MIDI Local On/Off setting which always reverts to Local On every time the Nord C2 is powered up.
5 - Fine Tune
System Menu
1 - Memory Protect – On, Off
This is set to “On” when the Nord C2 leaves the factory, meaning that
you cannot save 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
This allows you to fine tune the pitch of the Nord C2.
Range: +/- 50 cent (default = 0).
6 - 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: OP - Open, CL - Close (default).
2 - Output Routing L/R
If you want to process your sound using external effects or separate
amplifier systems, it can be convenient to route organs to separate
outputs of the Nord C2. This setting determines which organs should
be routed to the main left & right outputs.
Range: P - Pipe organ.
Pb - Pipe organ and the B3 model.
PE - Pipe organ and the VX and Farf models.
A - All models.
E If the High Level or 11-pin output is not connected, all organs will
be routed to the L&R outputs.
3 - Output Routing Ext. Rotary Spkr
This setting determines which organs should be routed to the 11-pin
and High Level outputs.
Range: b3 - B3 model.
E - The VX and Farf models.
bE - The B3, the VX and the Farf models.
A - All models.
E If the High Level or 11-pin output is not connected, all organs will
be routed to the L&R outputs.
4 - Transpose
Transpose allows you transpose the pitch of the Nord C2 up or down in
semitone steps.
7 - Sustain Pedal Configuration
Controls whether the selected organ model should respond to sustain
pedal messages or not. When a pedal is connected to the sustain
pedal input, sustain pedal messages are always send via MIDI Out
regardless of this setting.
Range: On (default), Off.
M The pipe organ is never affected by a sustain pedal.
8 - Rotor Ctrl. Type
Specifies the type of controller connected to the Rotary Control input.
Range: HA - Halfmoon, OP - Open, CL - Closed (default).
9 - Swell Pedal Type
Different brands of control pedals have different specifications (resistance,
offset and linearity). To simplify setup and to optimize the response of the
pedal for the Nord C2, the most common pedal makes are pre-configured, and you simply select the type of pedal you connect.
Roland, Yamaha and Fatar are linear control pedals with different scaling and offset. Ernie Ball pedals (“ErnieB”) are marketed as volume pedals, with a logarithmic response, but the response is rescaled internally
in the Nord C2 to make them work nicely as control pedals. They may
need a Y-cable (stereo plug -> 2 mono plugs) to work with the Nord C2.
Range: FA - Fatar, Er - Ernie Ball, YA - Yamaha, rO - Roland
(default)
Range: -/+ 6 semitones (default = 0).
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10 - Rotor Pedal Mode
If you are using a sustain pedal connected 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/stopped when the pedal is released (or vice versa depending
on the set pedal polarity).
“Toggle” means that the fast & slow/stopped rotor speed is cycled
each time you activate the pedal, like an on/off switch pedal.
Range: Hd - Hold, (default), tO - Toggle.
11 - Organ Trig Mode
This allows you to change how the Nord C2 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 or a pipe organ trigger its notes.
Range: H- High (default), L- low
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 (default), S- slow.
4 - Local Control
This allows you to set if the Nord C2 keyboard and front panel controls
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 and does
not control the internal sound(s) directly.
If the “E” mode is active, the keyboard of the C2 will transmit velocity.
Range: On (default), Off, E - External Device
M Local defaults back to mode On every time the Nord C2 is pow-
ered on.
5 - Control Change (CC) Mode
This setting specifies how the front panel’s knobs and buttons are handled 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 & receive - default), r (receive only), S (send only),
Off
6 - Program Change Mode
Specifies how the Nord C2 should handle MIDI Program Change messages.
Range: Sr (send & receive - default), r (receive only), S (send only),
Off
7 - 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.
MIDI Menu
1- Swell Channel
This sets the MIDI Channel that the swell manual on the Nord C2 transmits and responds to.
Range: Off, 1-16 (default = 1)
2 - Great Channel
This sets the MIDI channel that the great manual on the Nord C2 transmits and responds to.
Range: Off, 1-16, (default = 2)
3 - Pedal Channel
This sets the MIDI channel that the Bass section of the Nord C2 organ
transmits (if the Great manual is split) and responds to.
Range: Off, 1-16, (default = 3)
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 Nord C2. Press the Store button to perform the dump.
In the MIDI chapter, on page 21 is a description on how the Nord C2
receives a Sys Ex dump.
Sound Menu
1 - Treble Horn Speed
Sets the speed setting (in the fast and slow speed modes) of the rotary
speaker simulation’s treble horn.
Range: H - High, n - Normal (default), L - Low
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2 - Bass Rotor Speed
Sets the speed setting (in the fast and slow speed modes) of the rotary
speaker simulation’s bass rotor.
Range: H - High, n - Normal (default), L - Low
3 - Treble Horn Acceleration
Sets the acceleration and retardation time of the rotary speaker simulation’s treble horn.
Range: H - High, n - Normal (default), L - Low
4 - Bass Rotor Acceleration
Sets the acceleration and retardation time of the rotary speaker simulation’s bass rotor.
Range: H - High, n - Normal (default), L – Low
5 - Perc. Fast Decay
Sets the fast mode decay time of the B3 percussion effect.
Range: L - Long, n - Normal (default), S- Short
6 - Perc. Slow Decay
Sets the slow mode decay time of the B3 percussion effect.
Range: L - Long, n - Normal (default), S- Short
7 - Perc. Norm Level
Sets the level of the percussion effect in the normal setting.
Range: H - High, n - Normal (default), L – Low
12 - Rotary Model
Sets the rotary model. The “A” model is the “122” from the C2D, the
“b” model is the “122 with close up mic’s” from the C2D, and the “C” is
a vintage 145 unit.
Range: A (default), b, C
13 - Pipe Pedal Level
This allows you to adjust the level of the Pedal manual, for the Pipe
Organ.
Range: High, Normal (default), Low
14 - Pipe Swell Level
This allows you to adjust the level of the Swell manual for the Pipe
Organ.
Range: High, Normal (default), Low
15 - B3 Key Bounce
This turns on or off the Key Bounce feature. When this is on, the key off
click can be accentuated if the key is released quickly.
Range: Y (On, default), n (off)
16 - Rotary Bass/Horn balance
This parameter allows you to adjust the balance between the two
separate microphone setups for the bass rotor and treble horn.
Range: 1 (70 bass /30 treble), 2 (60/40), 3 (50/50 (default)), 4
(40/60), 5 (30/70).
8 - Perc. Soft Level
Sets the level of the percussion effect in the soft setting.
Range: H - High, n - Normal (default), L – Low
9 - Tonewheel Mode
Sets the level of tonewheel crosstalk and cable leakage artifacts of the
B3 organ model.
Range: u3 – Vintage 3, u2 - Vintage2, u1 - Vintage1 (default),
Cl – Clean
10 - Perc Drawbar 9 Cancel
If this is set to cancel, the 9th drawbar will be muted when the percussion is activated, to mimic the behavior of an original organ.
Range: C – Cancel, n – Normal (default).
11 - Key Click Level
This sets the amount of Key Click for B3 organ model.
Range: Higher (H),High (h) , Normal (n - default), Low (l)
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MIDI functions
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About the MIDI implementation
The following MIDI messages can be transmitted and received from the
Nord C2:
Nord C2 with a sequencer
Note On/Off
• Note On and Note Off messages are transmitted and received.
Controllers
In the MIDI Menu (see page 18), you can select if the Nord C2 should
transmit and/or receive Control Change messages.
• If you have a control pedal connected to the Swell pedal input, this is
transmitted as Controller 4 (Swell).
• If you have a pedal connected to the sustain pedal input, this is
transmitted as Controller 64 (Sustain Pedal).
• If you have a pedal connected to the rotor pedal input, this pedal is
transmitted as Controller 82.
• 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 which parameters correspond to the Controller numbers, see the MIDI implementation on the next page.
Keyboard velocity
The Nord C2 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.
Connections
1 Connect the MIDI Out on the Nord C2 to the MIDI In on your
sequencer.
2 Connect the MIDI Out from your sequencer to the MIDI In on the
Nord C2.
Local On/Off
Local Off may be used when you use a sequencer to record and play
back from Nord C2. If the sequencer echoes back incoming MIDI data,
the Nord C2 may respond twice to every note and other message/action if e.g. the keyboard and the sequencer sends the same MIDI information to the unit. Local On/Off is set on the “MIDI menu” see page 17.
MIDI Channel
The MIDI channel(s) that the Nord C2 uses are set up in the MIDI menu
- see “MIDI menu” on page 17.
Program Change
Usually you select a Program Change value for a track in the sequencer track settings. The 128 program locations send and respond to
Program Change values 0-127.
Program change
In the MIDI Menu (see page 17), you can select if the Nord C2 should
send and/or receive Program Change messages.
When you select a Program, a Program Change message is transmitted via MIDI. If a Program Change message is received on the selected
MIDI Channel, the Nord C2 will change Program accordingly.
The 128 Program locations (programs 1-126 + Live 1 and Live 2) 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.
If you want to record a Program Change message, activate recording
in the sequencer and simply select the program on the Nord C2.
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.
Some notes about controllers and “chasing”
Consider a situation where you record a Controller message, e.g. a
Drawbar opening, in the middle of your sequencer song. Then you “rewind” the sequencer to a position before the recorded Drawbar opening. The problem is that the Nord C2’s Drawbar will remain opened,
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 C2 Program at the beginning of your sequencer song. See
“Sending MIDI Controller dumps” below.
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MIDI Controller list
Program and CC dumps
To dump a Program SysEx, or MIDI Controller data via MIDI, either to
another Nord C2 or for recording the data into another MIDI device,
proceed as follows:
Sending program dumps
1 Connect the MIDI OUT on the Nord C2 to the MIDI In on the
receiving device.
2 Set up the receiving device to accept MIDI SysEx and MIDI Con-
troller data.
3 Press Shift + MIDI and select the “Dump One” or “Dump All” menu
item using the Up/Down buttons.
4 If needed, set the receiving MIDI device to “recording mode”.
5 Press the Store button to send the dump to the MIDI Out of Nord
C2. The display will stop flashing once the dump has been sent.
Sending MIDI Controller dumps
1 Set up as in steps 1 and 2 in the preceding description.
2 Press Shift + MIDI and select the ‘Send CC” menu item using the
Up/Down buttons.
3 Press the Store button to send the dump to the MIDI Out of Nord
C2. The Display will stop flashing once the dump has been sent.
This will send a snapshot of the current, active panel settings as CC
values.
Receive MIDI SysEx dumps
Here is how to receive a MIDI SysEx Dump:
1 Connect the MIDI Out on the transmitting device to the MIDI IN on
the Nord C2.
2 Initiate the transmission on the transmitting device.
If the dump contained all Programs (All), it will replace all programs
currently stored in the Nord C2. 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 Programs”
on page 15).
This is a list of the MIDI Controller numbers used for all knobs and
buttons on the front panel and the pedals. When a function is available
for both the Swell. Bass and/or Great manuals (on their respective MIDI
channels) this is indicated with an asterisk *.
Nord C2 Parameter MIDI Controller
Organ Model Selector 9
Synth Bass On/Off 110
Speaker Sel 81
Delay Tempo 77
Delay Feedback 78
Delay Swell Only 75
Delay Amount 76
Delay On/Off 80
EQ Treble 113
EQ Mid 116
EQ Bass 114
EQ On/Off 115
Drive Amount 111
Drive On/Off 112
Reverb Amount 102
Reverb Selection 96
Reverb On/Off 97
Vib/Chorus/Trem Mode 84
Vib On/Off (SW/GR) * 85
Drawbar/Perc Presets * 3
Ped Great Man 117
Rotary Speaker Control 82
Ped/GR Low coupler 103
SW 16/GR - SW/GR 104
Drawbars -
Drawbar 1 * 16
Drawbar 2 * 17
Drawbar 3 * 18
Drawbar 4 * 19
Drawbar 5 * 20
Drawbar 6 * 21
Drawbar 7 * 22
Drawbar 8 * 23
Drawbar 9 * 24
Perc On/Off 87
Perc Soft 28
Perc Fast 27
Perc Third 95
Swell 16 & 4 coupler 105
Swell/Ped & Gr/Ped coupler 106
Sustain Pedal 64
Swell Pedal 4
Rotary Control 82 (same as panel)
(0 = Slow, 64 = Stop. 127 = Fast)
Sep. for Swell, Bass and Great MIDI CH
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MIDI Implementation Chart
Function Transmitted Recognized Remarks
Basic Channel
Default Channel
Mode Default
Message
Altered
Note
Number True Voice
Velocity Note ON
Note Off
After Key’s
Touch Channel
Pitch Bender X X
Control Change O O
Program Change
True#
System Exclusive O O
System Song Pos
Common Song Sel
Tune
System Clock
Realtime Commands
Aux Local on/off
Message All notes off
Active Sense
Reset
Number True Voice
1 - 16
1 - 16
Mode 3
X
0-127 0-127
O, v= 1 - 127
O, v= 1 - 127
X
X
O, 0-127 O, 0-127
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
1 - 16
1 - 16
Mode 3
X
O, v= 1 - 127
O, v= 1 - 127
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
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 C2 OS v1.x Date: 2009-05-25
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Appendix
8
Nord Sound Manager
The Nord Sound Manager is the application that allows you to organize
the memory area in the Nord C2. It is also used to download programs
to the Nord C2 or to upload these items - called sounds - from the
Nord C2 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 C2 memory.
System requirements
The Nord Sound Manager is compatible with computers running Mac
OSX 10.4 or later, Windows XP and Windows Vista. If you run the Nord
Manager on a Windows computer, you also need a Clavia USB Driver
of version 3.0 or later installed. The driver and instructions are available
on the CDROM that accompanies the unit.
Updates
Please visit our website at http://www.nordkeyboards.com to download
any updates of the Nord Sound Manager. These items will be available
as free downloads in the Nord C2 download area.
The Nord Sound Manager, USB drivers and further instructions on how
to install and use these are available at the www.nordkeyboards.com
website.
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Index
9
A
Audio connections 6
B
B3 Model 12
Bass 16
Bass Pedal 7
Bass Rotor 18
Bass Rotor Acceleration 19
Bass Rotor Speed 18
C
Control Change 18
Control Change Mode 18
Couplers 14
D
Delay 16
Drawbar/Perc Preset Buttons 11
Drawbars 11
Drawbar Speed 18
Drive 16
Dump All 18
Dump One 18
E
Edit 8
Effect area 16
Effects 9, 16
EQ 16
F
Farf Model 13
Feedback 16
Fine Tune 17
G
Great Channel 18
L
LED 15
Left output 7
Live 9
Local 18
Local Control 18
M
Master level 5, 11
Memory protect 8
Memory Protect 8, 17
Mid 16
MIDI 18
MIDI Controller list 21
MIDI IN 6
MIDI Menu 18
MIDI Out 6
Monitor In 7
O
On/off buttons 5
Organ area 11
Organ model 9
Organ section 15
Organ Trig 18
Organ Trig Mode 18
Output Routing 17
Ext Rotary Spkr 17
P
Pedal Channel 18
Perc Drawbar 9 Cancel 19
Perc. Fast Decay 19
Perc. Norm Level 19
Perc. Slow Decay 19
Perc. Soft Level 19
Percussion 12
Pipe Organ 14
Preview 11
Prog/Menu 15
Program 8
Program Change 18
Program Change Mode 18
Program memory 8
, 15
S
Selector buttons 5
Send CC 18
Shift 11
Shift button 5, 11
Sound Menu 18
Speaker/Comp 16
Speaker Model 16
Stage 16
Stage Soft 16
Stops 14
Store 8, 15
Storing 8
Sustain Pedal 6, 17
Sustain Pedal Configuration 17
Sustain Pedal Polarity 17
Swell Channel 18
Swell Pedal 6
Swell Pedal Type 17
Synth Bass 14
System Menu 17
T
Tempo knob 16
Tonewheel crosstalk 19
Tonewheel Mode 19
Transpose 17
Treble 16
Treble Horn 18
Treble Horn Acceleration 19
Treble Horn Speed 18
Tremulant 14
U
USB Connection 6
V
Vibrato, B3 12
Vibrato, Farf 14
Vibrato, VX 13
VX Model 13
H
Hall 16
Hall Soft 16
Headphone 7
I
Implementation Chart 22
K
Key Click Level 19
Index
R
Reverb 16
Right output 7
Room 16
Rotary 16
Rotary Control 6
Rotary Speaker 7, 16
Rotor Ctrl. Type 17
Rotor Pedal 17
Rotor Pedal Mode 18
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