Clavia Nord Drum User Manual

User Manual
Nord Drum
Part No. 50369 Copyright Clavia DMI AB 2012 Print Edition 1.1
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6) Clean only with dry cloth.
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Nord Drum User Manual
1 Stand holder & connections
Attaching the stand holder. . . . 4
Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
MIDI In, MI DI Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Trig Inputs CH1 - CH 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2 Getting Started
Connecting pads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Adjust Input Sensitivity . . . . . . . 6
Threshold. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Play the Demo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
MIDI Channel Learn . . . . . . . . . . . 7
MIDI Note Learn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Four Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Basic editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
The Red p aramete rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Solo Edi t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Memor y Protec t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Storing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3 Reference
The Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Progra m Store but ton . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Input Trig Lev el LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Channe l Sele ct butto n . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Sound In it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Shit/ Exit b utton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Dial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Trig button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Paramet er butto ns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Noise Pa rameter s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Filter/Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Sweep/ Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Decay/Gate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Mixer Par ameter s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Tone, Noise, Cli ck level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Channel l evel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Tone Paramete rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Wave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Filter/Pun ch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Sweep/ Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Decay/Gate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Pitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Bend Rang e/Bend Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Click Pa rameter s. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Decay/Gate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Shif t Paramet ers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Paste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Prog Dump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
MIDI Ch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
MIDI Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Trig Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Inp Thres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Inp Sens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
MIDI Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Storing t he memo ry con tent . . . . . . . . .15
Recei ve MIDI Du mps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Updatin g the Ope rating S ystem . . . . . . 16
Appendix
Factor y Soundb ank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
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Stand holder & connections

1
Attaching the stand holder
The stand holder makes it possible to mount the Nord Drum on a stand that is equipped with a clamp. The stand holder with its diameter of 23 millimeter is designed to fit with most general purpose clamps.
Connections
POWER
Audio Out
The Audio output is a line level, mono signal on a ¼" jack.
E Always turn on the Nord Drum first and the
sound system last, and the reverse order when you wish to turn it off again.
E The Nord Drum is capable of producing
sounds with a very wide and rapidly changing dynamics and frequency ranges. Be careful when you use the unit and when you edit the sounds. Keep the level at moderate settings, in order not to overload a connected sound system by making drastic changes with the available parameters.
MIDI In
Connect the MIDI Input to a drum pad or se­quencer if you want to control the sounds in the Nord Drum via MIDI. The MIDI Input is also used to update the unit with new operating systems.
1CH 2CH 3CH 4
CH
AUDIO OUT
MIDI Out
Connect the MIDI Output to a computer or sequencer if you want to use the Program Dump feature to transfer the settings to the sounds in the Nord Drum via MIDI. A performance on pads connected to the Trig Inputs will also be transmit­ted as MIDI notes.
Trig Inputs CH 1 – CH 4
Connect a suitable signal source to the Trig Input ¼” jacks. These inputs can be used with a variety of different signals. The sensitivity and the threshold of the inputs can be adjusted by using the Inp Sens and Inp Thres parameters, read more about this in the following chapter.
The Nord Drum has been tested with many different pads during the development. The Trig Inputs are designed to be very versatile and to accept many different kinds of signals. They are able to provide you with a very fast and dynamic response.
If you experience double triggered sounds, flams or a slow response from the Nord Drum, make sure that you adjust the Trig Type, Inp Thres and Inp Sens parameters. Read more on how to adjust these settings this on page 6 and page 14.
Power
Connect the Nord Drum power supply to the Power input. If the original supply is not avail­able, use only a 12 volt DC, 250 mA adapter, with a barrel type plug that has the positive current on the tip. The outer diameter of the plug is 5.5 millimeter and the inner diameter is
2.1 millimeter.
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Getting Started

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Connecting pads
1 Connect a pad to one of the four Trig Inputs
on the Nord Drum. The Trig Inputs can be used with mono or stereo connections.
POWER
 In general, the factory sounds use Channel 1
for Bass drum sounds, channel 2 for Snare, channel 3 for Hi tom and channel 4 for Lo Tom.
1CH 2CH 3CH 4
CH
3 Press the Channel Select button to move
the solid green LED to the channel that the pad is connected to. This is called to move the Edit focus, you set the unit to be ready to change the settings on that particular channel.
4 Hold Shift and press the Inp Sens button on
the Nord Drum panel. The red LED above the button will start to blink to indicate that the parameter printed below the second row is active for editing.
AUDIO OUT
5 Strike the pad and adjust the Input sensi-
tivity by turning the Dial to match the pad response and your striking force.
Adjust Input sensitivity
1 Strike the pad, listen to the sound from the
Nord Drum and look at the Input Trig Level LEDs for that particular channel. The LEDs indicate the strength of the incoming trigger signal.
2 The red LED should be lit a bit longer when
you hit the pad with your strongest force.
Threshold
If you have several pads or other pieces in your kit that are mounted on the same hardware, use the Inp Thres parameter to eliminate any unwanted, accidental triggers from other units.
1 Select the Channel that is receiving the
unwanted triggers.
2 Hold Shift and press the Inp Thres button.
3 Strike the pad or drum that causes the un-
wanted triggers and raise the Inp Thres value with the dial until the Nord Drum channel stops triggering.
4 Strike the pad that should trigger the Nord
Drum to verify that the new Inp Thres setting has not changed the desired response.
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3 Transmit a MIDI note or other message from
the MIDI controller. The incoming channel will be displayed in the LED.
M The Nord Drum can only receive on one MIDI
channel at a time.
MIDI Note Learn
1 Connect a MIDI pad or other MIDI controller
to the MIDI Input on the Nord Drum.
2 Press the Channel Select button on the Nord
Drum to select one of the channels.
Play the Demo
1 Press the Program, Channel Select and Trig
buttons simultaneously to start the Demo playback.
2 Turn the Dial while the demo is playing to
listen to the various sounds in the Factory soundbank.
3 Press Shift/Exit to stop the playback.
MIDI Channel Learn
If you wish to control the Nord Drum with a MIDI controller, the MIDI channel and the notes that this controller transmits can be automatically assigned by the Nord Drum to trigger the four channels.
1 Connect a MIDI pad or other MIDI controller
to the MIDI Input on the Nord Drum.
2 Press Shift and the MIDI Ch button and scroll
with the Dial until you reach “L r n”.
M The LED above the MIDI Ch button will flash
to indicate that your are editing System parameters.
3 Hold Shift and press the MIDI Note button.
Turn the dial until you reach the setting after 127, “L r n”.
4 Strike the pad on the MIDI unit that you
wish to assign to the selected Nord Drum channel.
The note number that the MIDI pad transmit­ted will be assigned to this Nord Drum chan­nel and will be shown in the display.
5 Repeat steps 2, 3 and 4 to assign the other
three channels to the additional MIDI note numbers that the MIDI unit transmits.
6 Press the Program button to Exit the System
edit mode.
Four Modes
When the display shows the letter P followed by a number, this is the Program Mode. Turn the Dial to select any of the 99 programs.
When one of the red LEDs in the two rows below the LED is lit and the display shows shows one or two set s of numbers, this is the Edit Mode where you can change the settings of the selected parameter with the Dial.
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The Solo Edit Mode is active if you hold Shift and press the Row Select/Solo Edit button. Only the component that is currently being edited will be heard when you trigger the channel.
When one of the lower row LEDs are flashing, this mean that the System Mode is active where the parameter printed below the second row button is adjustable with the Dial.
Basic editing
The Nord Drum has 4 channels, it can produce 4 simultaneous sounds. Each one of the channels has a complete and identical set of parameters.
A sound in the Nord Drum is made with a blend of up to three components: Noise, Tone and Click. Each one of these components has their individual set of parameters.
Channel
Trig Input
Tone
Noise
Click
Mixer
Output
Level
3 A parameter is selected by simply pressing a
button. This will activate Edit Mode and the display will show parameter values.
4 To change the row to the lower set of param-
eters, double-tap on a parameter button or use the Row Select button to the left.
5 Turn the Dial to change the setting of a
parameter.
6 Press the Channel Select button repeatedly
to select which one of the four channels to edit.
The Red parameters
Eight of the buttons have additional parameters assigned to them, indicated with red text. These are displayed with dual values in the display with the red parameter to the left.
1 Use the Trig button in the lower right corner
to play the sound on one channel at a time. Triggering sounds from the panel are made with a fixed velocity.
 If you have pads connected, these can be
used as well and will make the sounds re­spond to the velocity of your playing.
2 Press the Channel Select button repeatedly
to select one of the four channels.
The channel parameters are accessed with the grid of two rows with eight buttons.
1 The additional left value is changed by hold-
ing down the parameter button and then turning the Dial.
Solo Edit
The Solo Edit feature can be used to playback only the Noise, Tone or Click components when you select the parameters for these. This allows you to edit the parameters and only hear the particular component you are working with in isolation.
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1 Hold Shift and press the Row Select/Solo
Edit to activate the Solo Edit mode.
2 Strike a pad or use the Trig button to hear
only the component that is currently being edited.
 If the Channel Level parameter is selected, all
components will be heard.
3 Press the Program button to exit the Solo
and Edit mode. The LED will show a P fol­lowed by a program number.
Memory Protect
When the Nord Drum is shipped from the factory, storing programs to the memory is not possible until you turn off the Memory protection. This is done with one of the System parameters.
M If the Memory Protect is On, the display will
show “P r t” when you try to Store a Program
Storing
When a Program has been changed, this is indicated with a dot to the right of the program number.
If you select another program, your edits will be lost. If you want to keep any changes you have made, you have to Store the edited program.
1 Hold Shift and press the Program/Store
button.
2 The display will start to blink.
3 Press Program/Store again without turning
the Dial to store the edited program to the current location.
1 Hold Shift and press repeatedly on the Prog
Dump button until “P On” is shown in the display.
2 Turn the Dial to the “P Of” setting.
This will allow you to store programs until this parameter is set to On again.
3 Exit the System mode by pressing the Pro-
gram button.
Storing to a new location
1 Hold Shift and press the Program/Store but-
ton. The display will start to blink.
2 Use the Dial to pick a location for the new
Program.
3 Confirm your intentions by pressing Store a
second time.
This method can also be used to make cop­ies of a Program.
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Reference

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The Panel
Master Level
The Master Level controls the overall output level of the Nord Drum. This is not a program­mable control.
Program/Store button
Press the Program button to exit any other mode and to enter the Program mode. The LED display will show a P followed by a number. There are 99 programs in the Nord Drum.
M If a program has
been edited but not yet stored, this will be indicated by a dot in the lower right corner of the LED.
Storing a program
Storing a Program is described on page 9.
Program/Value LED display
Program mode is indicated with a P, followed by a number between 1 and 99.
Edit mode is when a parameter in the Nord Drum is selected. The presentation of the settings will be made with numbers and/or symbols. Some parameters have dual settings, one indicated to the right and the other to the left in the display.
When you want to change one of the red parameters, hold down the parameter button and turn the dial.
Solo Edit mode is acti­vated by holding Shift and pressing the Row Select/Solo Edit button. The Solo Edit LED will blink and only the compo­nent that is being edited will be heard.
System mode is when the System parameters are selected by holding Shift and pressing a parameter button.
Input Trig Level LEDs
The Input LEDs will flash to indicate the activity in the four channels. A solid green LED indicates that a channel is selected for editing.
The upper LEDs are red and will flash briefly when a trigger input receives a strong signal. It will be lit up in a longer duration when the input receives an optimal, as-hard-as-you-can-strike signal.
Channel Select button
Press the Channel Select button repeatedly to select the channel to be triggered with the Trig button on the panel and/or to be edited with the parameters.
 You can use pads to quickly select the chan-
nel to edit, if no channel has been previously selected with the Channel Select button. If the button has been used to manually select a channel, press the Program button once to get back to the quick-select-edit-channel-by­pads mode (QSECBP™).
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Sound Init
Hold Shift and press the Channel Select button to reset all the parameters of this channel to default values.
Shift/Exit Button
The Shift button is used together with the buttons to access additional parameters. These additional parameters are identified with the text below the buttons.
The Shift button can also be used to Exit a Store operation, if you change your mind about storing a program.
Dial
The Dial is used to select programs and to change the setting of a selected parameter.
Trig button
Use the Trig button to trigger a selected channel from the unit itself. Hold Shift and the Trig button to be able to adjust the Trig button’s velocity level with the Dial.

Parameter buttons

Noise Parameters

There are several types of noise to choose from. The noise filter and sweep parameters can used to sculpt the sound of the noise.
Color
Use the Color parameter to change the sound of the Noise. Val­ues below 0 will have more bass content, values above 0 will have less.
Range: -10 - 10
Filter/Type
The Noise Filter is a Low Pass filter, it allows you to control how much of the high frequency noise to be filtered out of the sound. The lower you set the value, the duller the noise will become.
The second parameter is the Filter Type. There are 7 different types, each with an increasing amount of resonance that gives the filter a different sound quality. The Type setting is changed by holding the button, while turning the dial.
Filter Range: 0 - 99. Range Type: 1 - 7
Sweep/Time
The Sweep/Time parameters opens up the noise filter a bit with an envelope when you trigger the sound. The Sweep parameter sets how much the filter should be opened up and it is velocity sensitive.
The parameters are accessed with the row of eight buttons. Edit mode is activated as soon as you press one of these buttons.
If a button activates a parameter in the upper row, a quick double-tap on the same button or by pressing the Row Select button will move the edit focus to the lower row parameters.
Hold down a button and turn the Dial to edit a red parameter.
The Time parameter sets the duration of the envelope. The Time setting is proportional to the Decay (see below) and is changed by holding the button, while turning the dial. A setting of 9 makes this envelope have the same duration as the Decay.
Range Sweep: 0 - 10. Range Time: 0 - 9
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Decay/Gate
The Decay parameter allows you to set the length of the Noise. A higher value means a longer noise.
The Gate parameter controls if the noise should gradually decay (the “n” setting), have a “soft knee” characteristic (“S”) or decay very rapidly (“G”). The Gate parameter is changed by holding the button, while turning the dial.
Range Decay: 0 - 50. Range Gate: n, S, G
Trig Gate n
Trig Gate S
Trig Gate G

Mixer Parameters

Use the Mixer parameters to mix the separate noise, click and tone levels. The channel level sets the overall output of the sound.
Tone, Noise, Click
These parameter set the level of the individual Tone components in the channel.
Ranges: 0 - 10
Channel Level
This sets the overall loudness of the selected channel.
Range: 0 - 99

Tone Parameters

The Tone component can be described as the body of the sound. Start by selecting a waveform and then use the other parameters to get the tone as you want it.
Wave
There are several different waveforms in the Nord Drum, each with its own characteristic. Some have distinctive pitches, others are of a more metallic variety. “An” are analog waves, “b” have a drum-like personality and the “c” waves are “percussive”.
Range: An 1-3, b 1-9, c 1-5
Filter/Punch
The filter is a lowpass filter that can make the Tone duller. A setting of 99 is a fully opened filter, 0 is a closed filter.
Punch adds an short, velocity controlled attack portion to the waveform.
Range Filter: 0 - 99. Range Punch: 0 - 9
Sweep/Time
The Sweep/Time parameters open up the Tone filter a bit with an envelope when you trigger the sound. The Sweep parameter sets how much the filter should be opened up and it is velocity sensitive.
The Time parameter sets the duration of the envelope. The Time setting is proportional to the Decay (see below) and is changed by holding the button, while turning the dial. A setting of 9 makes this envelope have the same duration as the Decay.
Range Sweep: 0 - 10. Range Time: 0 - 9
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Decay/Gate
The Decay sets the length of the Tone. The higher the value, the longer the sound.
The Gate parameter controls if the tone should gradually decay (the “n” setting), have a “soft knee” characteristic (“S”) or decay very rapidly (“G”). See the illustration on page 12. The Gate parameter is changed by holding the button, while turning the dial.
Range Decay: 0 - 50. Range Gate: n, S, G
Pitch
Use the pitch control to set the pitch of the Tone. The pitch is set in half steps of semitones and shown in the LED as MIDI Note Numbers. A set­ting of 69.0 equals A = 440 hz.
Range: 11.0 - 98.5
Bend Range/Bend Time
The Bend parameter bends the pitch of the Tone. The Bend has two directions – a negative value bends up, a positive values bends down. The amount of Bend is set with the first parameter, this is feature is also velocity sensitive.
The Bend Time parameter sets the duration of the bend. The Time setting is proportional to the Tone Decay and is changed by holding the button, while turning the dial. A setting of 9 makes this envelope have the same duration as the Decay.
Range Bend: -9 / 30. Bend Time: 0 - 9
added attack. The t-clicks are more of a pitched variety.
Range: n1 - n9, c1 - c9, t1 - t9
Decay/Gate
The Decay sets the length of the Click. The higher the value, the longer the sound.
The Gate parameter controls if the noise should gradually decay (the “n” setting), have a “soft knee” characteristic (“S”) or decay very rapidly (“G”). See the illustration on page 12. The Gate parameter is changed by holding the button, while turning the dial.
Range Decay: 0 - 20. Range Gate: n, S, G

Shift Parameters

The second row has an additional set of parame­ters that are accessed by holding the Shift button while pressing the corresponding button.
The first two of these parameters are immediate actions (Copy and Paste), the rest are Global set­tings and features.
 The System settings will remain in the unit
after it has been turned off with one exception. Local will always revert to On when the unit is turned on..

Click Parameters

The Click is a sharp transient at the very beginning of a sound.
Type
There are several different Click types in the Nord Drum, each with a different characteristic. The n-clicks are noise waveforms with different characters, the c-clicks are still made from noise but with an
Copy
This function allows you to copy all the settings of the selected channel. The copy can be pasted to another channel in the same program or to a channel in another program of your choice by using Paste. The copied settings will remain in a memory buffer until you perform another copy or turn the unit off.
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Paste
After you have copied a channel, and selected another program and/or channel as a destination, use this function to paste the settings. The same copied settings can be pasted to several destina­tions, one at a time if you wish.
Prog Dump
The Prog Dump button has three functions, Memory Protect, Dump One and Dump All. These are accessed by repeatedly pressing the Prog Dump button.
Memory Protect is set to On when the Nord Drum leaves to factory to protect the programs in the memory from being accidentally overwritten.
Dump One allows you to dump the current pro­gram from the Nord Drum as MIDI Sys Ex data. Use this to create safety copies of your individual programs or to share them with other Nord Drum users. The transmission is activated by pressing the Program button when “ONE” is shown in the display.
Dump All transmits all the 99 programs in the Nord Drum memory as MIDI Sys Ex data. The transmission is activated by pressing the Program button when “ALL” is shown in the display.
The transmission and receiving operations are de­scribed in the MIDI Operation chapter on page 15.
MIDI Ch
The MIDI Ch button has three functions. MIDI Channel, Local On/Off and Program Change Re­ceive On/Off. These are accessed by repeatedly pressing the MIDI Ch button.
MIDI Channel: Set the Nord Drum to receive MIDI on a MIDI channel of your choice. The last entry is the Learn feature, when incoming MIDI data will determine which MIDI channel the Nord Drum should respond to.
Range: 1 -16, Off, L r n
Local On/Off is indicated as L On or L Of. Use Local Off if you use the Nord Drum in a situation where a sequencer is echoing back notes and data.
Range: L On, L Of
Program Change can be set to Off, Send only, Receive only and both Send and Receive. Set this to receive if you want to change the programs on the Nord Drum from a MIDI controller
Range: P Of, P S, P r, P Sr
MIDI Note
Each of the four channels can be manually as­signed to respond to an incoming MIDI note.
MIDI Learn Mode is the last setting. When this is selected an incoming MIDI note will be automati­cally set to the selected channel. The received note number will be displayed in the LED.
Range: 0 - 127, L r n
Trig Type
The Trig Type buttons provide access to 2 param­eters, Trig Type and Dyn Response Curve. These are accessed by repeatedly pressing the Trig Type button. T
Trig Type: The different Trig Types that allows you to match the response of the Nord Drum to the output from your pad or drum trigger.
The trigger output from different types of pads and manufacturers varies a lot. The setting of the Trig Type parameter should be matched to suit the output from the pads you use.
The Input Trig Level LEDs provides information on the trigger signals from the pads. The green LED will indicate that a trigger signal is received. The red LED will blink quickly when the trigger signal is 6 dB below the maximum and it will be lit up in a longer duration when the maximum signal is fed to the Trig Input. To optimize the dynamic
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response, make sure that only your hardest strike lights up the red LED with the longer duration.
Here is a list of some of the pads and acoustic triggered drums that have been used during the development of the Nord Drum. Other pads will work, just try the different Trig Types and settings to determine which one is the best for your needs.
Trig Type Pads, drums
Pd1 Roland rubber pads (PD8 etc.)
Pd2 Yamaha pads (TP65 etc.)
Pd3 Mesh pads
Ac1 Trigger fitted to kick, snare
Ac2 Trigger fitted to high, mid toms
Ac3 Trigger fitted to low toms
E Roland and Yamaha are trademarks of their
respective owners and are not affiliated or associated with Clavia. These trademarks are mentioned here only as a reference to prod­ucts than can be used with the Nord Drum
Range: Pd1, Pd2, Pd3, Ac1, Ac2, Ac3
Dynamics: Press the Trig Type button a second time to select the dynamic setting. “Dn1” is a linear response to the velocity on the pads. Try “Dn2” if you want a “hotter” response.
Range: Dn1, Dn2
Inp Thres
Use this setting to make sure that a pad mounted on the same hardware or other input device does not accidentally trigger a channel. If striking a pad that is connected to channel 2 also triggers the sound on channel 1, raise the threshold on channel 1.
Range: 0 - 99
that only your hardest strike lights up the red LED in its longer duration on the Input Trig Level LEDs.
Range: 0 - 99
MIDI Operation
The four channels of the Nord Drum are triggered by incoming MIDI Notes 36, 38, 59 and 47 when the unit is shipped from the factory.
This assignment is compatible with the General MIDI Specification for Bass drum 1, Snare drum 1, Hi tom 1 and Mid tom 1. If you prefer other notes this can be changed in the MIDI Note set­ting, read more on this on page 14.

Storing the memory content

By using MIDI Sys Ex dumps, you can store all or individual programs on a computer. The dumps have to be recorded to a sequencer or by using one of the many, free MIDI applications that can receive, save and also transmit MIDI data.
 Windows users can do this with MIDI Ox
(www.midiox.com), Mac OSX users can use the SysEx Librarian from Snoize Productions (www.snoize.com).
1 Make sure that the receiver is ready to
receive and that the MIDI Out from the Nord Drum is connected to a MIDI In on a MIDI interface connected to the computer.
2 Press Shift and the Prog Dump button
repeatedly until ONE or ALL is shown in the display.
One means the current program, all means all the 99 programs in the Nord Drum.
Inp Sens
Use this setting to match the output signal of the pad or input device connected to the Trig Input of the selected channel. Adjust this to make sure
3 Start the transmission by pressing the
Program button. After the transmission is complete, Ok will be shown briefly in the display.
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4 Check the receiving application and make
sure that the data is there. Save the file with a meaningful name on a nice place on the hard drive.
M Transmitting data will not affect the content
in the Nord Drum.
Receive MIDI Dumps
1 Make sure that your sequencer or MIDI
application is ready to transmit a Sys Ex package and that the MIDI Out from the MIDI interface on the computer is con­nected to the MIDI In on the Nord Drum.
2 Start the transmission. The Nord Drum
will automatically receive incoming MIDI Sys Ex messages that it is compatible with.
If the Sys Ex package contains all the 99 pro­grams, the entire memory in the Nord Drum will be replaced by the content of the Sys Ex package, except for any edited program that was in the edit buffer when the transmission started.
If the Sys Ex package contains one program, this program will be placed in the edit buffer of the Nord Drum. You have to Store this pro­gram to a location in the memory, if you want to keep it in the unit.
You will need a MIDI interface attached to the computer in order to perform this.
1 Connect the MIDI in and the MIDI Out
from the Nord Drum to the MIDI Out and MIDI in on the MIDI interface.
2 Double click on the OS utility to run the
Updater.
M The Windows version of the utility is a
zipped archive when you download it from the website. This archive has to be expanded with an application like WinRAR before the actual utility is ready to be used.
3 Select the MIDI ports you wish to use.
The Update Utility will display the current OS version in the connected Nord Drum.
Updating the Operating System
The OS in the Nord Drum may be updated if the functionality is subject to improvements.
This is achieved by using a MIDI transmission from a computer by using an Update Utility that can be downloaded from the www.norddrum.com web site. The Update Utility is available for Windows or Mac OSX computers, make sure you download the one that matches your computer.
4 Click on the Update button to transfer the
new OS to the unit.
Website
Please check in from time to time on the www.norddrum.com website for OS updates, additional programs and other things that may become available.
Appendix
4
Factory Soundbank
There are 99 Programs locations in the Nord Drum. The locations numbered P80 to P99 are empty, to allow you to immediately store your own edits without having to worry about overwriting any programs that you might have liked.
The entire memory content can be saved as a MIDI Sys Ex file on a computer, using the meth­ods described on page 16 in this manual. A MIDI Sys Ex file that is a copy of the Factory Sound­bank can be found on the www.norddrum.com website.
Style Name Cat.
P1 Retro Monologue Drums
P2 Real Classic Vistalite Drums
P3 Retro Blue House Kit
P4 Real Brushford Kit
P5 Real Bebop delux Drums
P6 Retro Always Hip Hop Kit
P7 Real Gran Casa Timp Drums
P8 Retro Thanx to Burgees Drums
P9 FX Reso Sweep Perc
P10 Retro Vince Gate Drums
P11 Retro UnoDosKickHat Kit
P12 Real Spectrum Drums
P13 Real Ateiste Drums
P14 Retro Noisy Barrel Orchestra Drums
P15 Retro Higgins Particle Hat Kit
P16 Retro Clothed Funk Kit Kit
P17 Ethno Komal Melodic Perc
P18 Ethno Lalalatin Perc
P19 Retro Bend Down Disco Perc
P20 Retro Flying Dront Circus Kit
P21 Ethno Tribunal Perc
P22 Real King Kong Karma Kit
P23 FX Training with Komal Perc
P24 Retro Tiny Tiny Pic Kit
P25 Ethno Red Beat Perc
P26 Retro beatPerlife Kit
P27 Retro Piccolosim Perc
P28 Real Acoustic Flower King Kit
P29 FX Apostasy Steam Noise Perc
P30 FX DoReMinor Melodic Perc
P31 FX Must Bend Tolotto Drums
P32 Ethno Sambalasala Perc
P33 FX Kiss the Click Perc
P34 Retro Sweep Type 4tonight Drums
P35 FX Noise Click Trap Kit
P36 Real Bend Timpanic Drums
P37 Retro dododrum Kit
P38 FX Fast Sweep Melodic Drums
P39 Ethno Bella Balinese Perc
P40 FX Noisy Royalty Drums
P41 Ethno Steely Melodic Drums
P42 Real Soft Acoustic Drums
P43 Real Tubular Bells & Triangle Perc
P44 Ethno Ultra Tribal Dance Perc
P45 Retro HeaHihat Kit
P46 FX Click Gate and Vinyl Kit
P47 Real Double Snare Kit
P48 Real Hells Bells Perc
P49 Real Rototsthile Drums
P50 Retro Melodic Technocrat Kit
P51 Real Dull Dusty Drums
P52 FX Retrophile Gated Noise Drums
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P53 Ethno Real Cuba Conga Cola Perc
P54 Retro Retrograd Drums
P55 FX GasaGate Perc
P56 Real Clap Trap Drums
P57 Real Krimsonite Drums
P58 Real Serious Decay Kit
P59 Ethno Dry Tribe Drums
P60 FX Cinematikino Perc
P61 FX Toy Ambulance Kit
P62 Retro Neophile Drums
P63 Retro Stabby Hip Hop Kit
P64 Real Retro Noise Reverb Drums
P65 Retro Ulam Spiral Drums
P66 Retro Sawkas Jungle Heat Kit
P67 Retro Knick Knock Knack Drums
P68 Real Bright Click Brush Drums
P69 Retro New Romantic Tight Kit
P70 FX Intergalactic Battle Perc
P71 Retro Nosampled Drum Drums
P72 Retro Poor Tone Kit
P73 FX Clicks&Pops Drums
P74 FX Fat Gated Chattanoga Drums
P75 Real RetroReal Snap Snare Drums
P76 Ethno Slitz Box Perc
P77 Ethno Real Tommy Steel Perc
P78 FX Macro Sweeper Kit
P79 FX Darwins Sex Machine Kit
P80 Real Apparatorium Drums
P81
P82
P83
P84
P85
P86
P87
P88
P89
P90
P91
P92
P93
P94
P95
P96
P97
P98
P99
Styles
Real: “Acoustic”.
Retro: Machine or old school sounds.
Ethno: World Music
FX: Weird tweaks and FX.
Categories
Drums: Kick, Snare, Tom1 Tom2. Use these together with acoustic hi-hat & cymbals
Percussion: Made for 4 pads, for the standup percussionist.
Kit: Kick, Snare, Tom, Hi-hat. Use these with a sequencer application.
FCC Information (U.S.A.)
1. IMPORTANT NOTICE: DO NOT MODIFY THIS UNIT!
This product, when installed as indicated in the instructions contained in this manual, meets FCC requirements. Modications not expressly approved by Clavia may void your authority, granted by the FCC, to use the product.
2. IMPORTANT: When connecting this product to accessories and/ or another product use only high quality shielded cables. Cable/s supplied with this product MUST be used. Follow all installation instructions. Failure to follow instructions could void your FCC authorization to use this product in the USA.
3. Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installa­tion. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment is found to be the source of interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:
– Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
– Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
– Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.
– Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions:
(1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and
(2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
Unauthorized changes or modication to this system can void the users authority to operate this equipment.
This equipment requires shielded interface cables in order to meet FCC class B Limit.
For Canada
NOTICE
This Class B digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference-Causing Equipment Regulations.
AVIS
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