Clavia Nord Drum 2 User Manual
User Manual
Nord Drum 2
OS version 2.1x
Part No. 50416 Copyright Clavia DMI AB
Print Edition: B
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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.
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.
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 en-
closure that may be of sufcient magnitude to constitute
a risk of electric shock to persons.
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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.
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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.
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.
Warning - When using electric products, basic precautions should always be followed, including the following:
Additional Safety Information
1 Overview
Thank you! .................... 4
Attaching the stand holder.... 4
Connections ................... 4
Phones ......................... 4
Left, Right Out.................... 4
MIDI In .......................... 4
MIDI Ou t ........................ 4
Trig Inputs CH 1 – CH 6 ............ 5
Power .......................... 5
Parameter names.............. 6
The Panel ..................... 6
Channel Select ................... 6
Input Trig Level LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Peak/Focus LEDs ................. 7
Trig/Mute Group LEDs ............. 7
Lower Param ..................... 7
Dial ............................ 7
Shift/Exit ....................... 7
Solo Edit ........................ 8
Tri g / Ta p ........................ 8
Tri g Lev e l ........................ 8
Program ........................ 8
2 Getting Started
Connect a Nord Pad ........... 9
Connecting pads............... 9
Adjust Input sensitivity ....... 9
Threshold......................10
Nord Pad - Inp Sens & Thres .10
MIDI Channel ..................10
MIDI Note assignment.........10
MIDI Note Learn ...............11
Changing programs ...........11
Play the Demo.................12
Memory Protect ...............12
Storing.........................12
3 Reference
Channels & signal flow .......13
The Parameters ...............13
Master Level .....................13
Store ...........................13
Program/Value LED display .........13
Mute Group .....................14
Edit Group ......................14
Edit Group Paste..................14
Noise Parameters .............14
Filter Freq .......................14
Fi l t Type .........................14
Filter Env (Dyn Filter) ...............15
Filt Re s .........................16
Attack/Rate (Atk /Rate) .............16
Atk Mode (Env Mode) ..............16
Decay ..........................17
Dec Lo ( Type/Dyn).................17
Tone Parameters ..............18
Spectra .........................18
Wave ...........................18
Timb Env (Dyn Timb) ...............18
Timbre ..........................19
Timb Dec (Hi Decay) ...............19
Punch ..........................19
Decay ..........................19
Dec Lo ( Type/Dyn) ............... 20
Pitch .......................... 20
Scl Pre......................... 20
Bend .......................... 20
Bend Time .......................21
Click Parameters ..............21
Level ...........................21
Typ e ............................21
Mix Parameter ................21
Channel Parameters . . . . . . . . . .21
Distort ..........................21
Distortion Typ e .................. 22
Eq Freq ........................ 22
Gain........................... 22
Echo (Repeat) ................... 22
Echo (Repeat) Amount ............ 22
Echo BPM (Repeat Tempo) ........ 22
Level .......................... 22
Pan ........................... 22
Global Settings .............. 22
Copy .......................... 23
Paste ......................... 23
Sound Init ...................... 23
Panic ......................... 23
System ........................ 23
MIDI .......................... 23
Trig Type ........................24
Inp Thres ...................... 25
Inp Sens, Dynamics .............. 25
Updating the OS.............. 26
Website ........................ 26
4 Nord Drum 2 Manager
MIDI Interface ....................27
Get Banks .......................27
Send Banks......................27
5 MIDI
MIDI Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Global & Individual MIDI ........... 28
Global MIDI Channel.............. 28
Individual MIDI Channels........... 28
Recording: Global MIDI Ch. .. 28
Recording parameter changes ...... 28
Recording: Indiv. MIDI Ch. ... 29
Pitch control on Individual MIDI Ch. .. 29
MIDI Controller ............... 29
Nord Beat..................... 30
Storing the memory content . 30
Receive Sys Ex Data.......... 30
MIDI CC Numbers..............31
MIDI Implementation Chart .. 32
6 Appendix
Stand setup .................. 33
7 Index
Stand setup .................. 34
Nord Drum 2 - Table of Contents
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Thank you!
Thank you for purchasing the Nord Drum 2.
We have designed this musical instrument to
be a one of a kind drum synthesizer for drummers, percussionists and producers, seeking
unique and playable percussive sounds.
You are probably eager to start using the
Nord Drum 2 right away, but please spend
a few minutes with the first pages of this
manual. This will give you a good start on
how to hook it up, and to access the amazing features.
Attaching the stand
holder
The stand holder is used to mount the Nord
Drum 2 on a stand that is equipped with a
clamp. The diameter is 23 millimeter (0.9
inches) which will fit most general purpose
clamps.
Connections
Phones
Connect a low impedance stereo headphone
to the Phones output. This is a 1/8" (mini)
jack.
Left, Right Out
The L and R outputs are unbalanced ¼"
jacks with line level signals.
E The Nord Drum 2 is capable of produc-
ing sounds with a very wide dynamic and
frequency range. Be careful when you use
the unit and when you edit the sounds.
MIDI In
Connect the MIDI Input to a drum pad or a
sequencer if you want to control the Nord
Drum 2 with incoming MIDI messages. The
MIDI Input is also used when you update the
unit with new operating systems.
MIDI Out
Connect the MIDI Output to a computer or
sequencer to record what’s played on the
Nord Pad or other pads connected to the Trig
Inputs. The performance will be transmitted
as MIDI notes, which also can be used to
trigger other MIDI units.
MIDI Output is used with the Program Dump
feature to transfer the settings of the
programs in the Nord Drum 2 via MIDI.
LEFT OUT
CH 1CH2 CH 3CH 4
CH 4
POWER
CH 5
CH 6
NORD PAD INPUT
RIGHT OUT
PHONES
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Overview
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Trig Inputs CH 1 – CH 6
Connect drum pads or other signal sources
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 with the Inp Sens and Inp Thres
parameters, read more about this in the following chapter.
E Do not connect pads while the Nord Drum
2 is turned on, this will trigger the sounds.
The Nord Drum 2 has been developed and
tested with different pad and trigger types.
The Trig Inputs are designed to be very versatile and is compatible with many different
types of signals.
M If you experience double triggered
sounds, flams or a slow response from
the Nord Drum 2, make sure that you adjust the Trig Type, Inp Thres and Inp Sens
parameters. Read more on how to adjust
these settings on page 9
Power
Connect the Nord Drum 2 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.
E Always turn on the Nord Drum 2 first and
the sound system last, and reverse this
order when you want to turn it off again.
Nord Pad Input
Connect a Nord Pad to the RJ45 connector,
using the CAT6 cable that is supplied with the
Nord Pad.
E This connection can not be used with any
other equipment. Do not try and connect
a computer network or any other RJ45
equipped unit to the Nord Drum 2.
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Parameter names
Please note: Some parameters on the Nord
Drum 2 panel have had their names changed
since the release of version 2.1. This manual
will use the new names in the text and illustrations but the old names will be included in
(round brackets).
Old name New name
Dyn Filter Filt Env
Atk/Rate Attack/Rate
Env Mode Atk Mode
Type/Dyn (Noise) Dec Lo
Repeat Echo
Dyn Timb Timb Env
Hi Decay Timb Dec
Type/Dyn (Tone) Dec Lo
Trig (Button) Trig/Tap
Repeat Tempo Echo BPM
The Panel
The buttons, the LED display and the Dial are
used when you select a program and when
you edit the sounds in the Nord Drum 2.
Channel Select
There are six channels, each channel represents one sound. Press the Channel Select
buttons repeatedly to change and select
the channel to be triggered with the Trig/Tap
button on the panel and/or to be edited. The
red Focus LEDs will indicate which channel is
selected and will stay lit when you are editing
a sound.
You can use pads to quickly select the
channel to edit, if no channel has been
previously selected with a Channel Select
button. If a Channel Select button has
been used to manually select a channel,
press the Program button once, strike
a pad to select the channel and then a
parameter button to return to editing that
channel.
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Input Trig Level LEDs
The Input LEDs are used to indicate channel
activity, if a channel is triggered, being edited
or part of a Mute or Edit Group. Read more
about Groups on page 14.
Peak/Focus LEDs
The upper red LEDs will flash when a trigger
input receives a signal from the pad or trigger
device. This indication can be used to make
sure that you utilize the full dynamic range of
the Nord Drum 2. The red Peak LED should
be lit with a longer duration when you play
with your maximum force. If it blinks (which
it does 3 dB below the maximum), you can
increase the Input Sensitivity, see page 9.
E The red LEDs do not indicate overload or
distortion in the audio signal path of the
Nord Drum 2.
Trig/Mute Group LEDs
The lower green LEDs will blink on channel
activity. Solid green LEDs indicates which
channels are in the Mute Group.
Parameters are accessed with the row of
eight buttons. Press one of the buttons to
begin to edit a sound. Settings are changed
when the Dial is turned.
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 second row
parameter.
Lower Param
When you want to see the setting of, or edit
one of the parameters with the red labels,
hold down the “Lower
Param” button. Another
method is to hold down
that particular parameter
button.
Dial
Turn the Dial to select
programs and to change
the setting of a selected
parameter when you are
editing a sound.
The Dial is sensitive to the
speed of the turning action. A quick twist to
the left or the right can set a parameter to its
lowest or highest value.
Certain parameters have a basic setting in
the middle between the highest and lowest
settings, Bend is one of these with 0 Bend in
the middle of the range. Twist the Dial quickly
and the setting will make a stop in this center
setting.
Shift/Exit
The Shift button is
used together with
the buttons to access
additional parameters.
These additional parameters are labeled with the text below the
buttons.
The System, MIDI and Inp Sens parameters have more than one setting. These
are accessed by pressing repeatedly on the
buttons.
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Press the Shift button to exit a store operation, or to exit editing the additional parameters.
Solo Edit
Solo Edit allows you to hear only the section
(Noise, Tone or Click) that is
currently being edited. In
addition, the channel in
focus will be soloed in
regard to incoming MIDI
notes.
Trig/ Tap
Trig: Use the Trig/Tap (Trig)
button to trigger a selected
channel.
Tap: You can set the Echo
tempo by tapping. Hold the
Shift and Echo BPM button, and tap repeatedly on the Trig/Tap (Trig) button. Four taps
are needed to set a tempo. Dots in the lower
part of the LED display will show the progress
of the beats as you tap.
Trig Level
Adjust the Trig/Tap button’s output velocity.
Range: 1 - 20
Program
Press the Program button to the left of the
display to return to selecting programs with
the Dial.
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Connect a Nord Pad
1 Use the supplied CAT6 cable to connect
a Nord Pad to the Nord Pad Input on the
Nord Drum.
If you want to add a kick drum pad to the
Nord Drum 2 while using the Nord Pad,
connect the kick pad to the CH 1 input.
The other inputs are disabled when the
Nord Pad is connected.
Connecting pads
1 Connect your pads to the six Trig Inputs
on the Nord Drum 2.
Most of the factory sounds use Channel
1 for Bass drum, channel 2 for Snare and
channel 3 to 6 for toms.
Adjust Input sensitivity
It is important to adjust the Input Sensitivity,
to be able to use the full dynamic range of the
Nord Drum 2.
1 Strike the pad, listen to the sound from
the Nord Drum 2 and look at the Input
Channel LEDs for that particular channel. The LEDs indicate the strength of
the incoming trigger signal from the pad.
2 Hold Shift and press the Inp Sens button
on the Nord Drum 2 panel. The LED
above the Inp Sens button will flash to
indicate that your are editing System
parameters
3 The red Peak/Focus LEDs will indicate
the trigger strength with a quick flash
when the trigger signal strength is
“almost there” and with a longer flash
when you have correctly matched the
input sensitivity with your strongest
force.
4 Press the Channel Select button to
move the solid green LED to the channel
that the pad you are striking is connected to.
5 Strike the pad and adjust the Input sen-
sitivity with the Dial to match the input
sensitivity, the pad response and your
striking force.
6 Repeat steps 3 to 5 for the other pads.
LEFT OUT
CH 1CH2 CH 3CH 4
CH 5
RIGHT OUT
PHONES
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Getting Started
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Threshold
If you have pads or other pieces in your kit
that are mounted on the same hardware,
you can use the Input Threshold (Inp Thres)
parameter to eliminate any unwanted, accidental triggers.
1 Hold Shift and press the Inp Thres but-
ton.
2 Select the Nord Drum 2 Channel that is
responding to the unwanted trigger.
3 Strike the pad or drum that causes the
unwanted triggers and raise the Inp
Thres value with the Dial until the Nord
Drum 2 channel stops triggering.
4 Strike the pad that should properly trig-
ger the Nord Drum 2 to verify that the
new setting has not changed the desired
response.
Nord Pad - Inp Sens &
Threshold
When a Nord Pad is connected to the Nord
Drum 2, the Inp Sens and Thres parameters
are not individually adjusted for each channel/
pad, only one Inp Sens and one Thres setting
will be used.
If you add a kick drum pad to the CH1 Trig
Input, this channel can however be adjusted
separately.
MIDI Channel
If you wish to control the Nord Drum 2 with a
MIDI unit, the MIDI channel and the notes that
this unit transmits must be matched to the
MIDI channel of the Nord Drum 2. The default
Global MIDI Channel is channel 10.
1 Connect a MIDI pad or other MIDI
controller to the MIDI Input on the Nord
Drum 2.
2 Hold Shift and press the MIDI button
repeatedly to access the “ L” (Global)
setting.
M The LED above the MIDI button will flash
to indicate that your are editing System
parameters.
3 Turn the Dial to select the MIDI channel
you wish the Nord Drum 2 to use.
MIDI Note assignment
When the Nord Drum 2 is shipped from the
factory, channels 1 to 6 are assigned to MIDI
note numbers: 60, 62, 64, 65, 67 and 69.
Here is how to change this:
1 Connect a MIDI pad or other MIDI
controller to the MIDI Input on the Nord
Drum 2.
2 Hold Shift and press the MIDI button
repeatedly until you see a “n” followed
by a number in the display.
3 Press the Channel Select buttons on
the Nord Drum 2 to select one of the
channels.
4 Turn the Dial to set the desired MIDI
Note Number for that channel.
5 Repeat steps 3 and 4 to assign the other
channels to the MIDI note numbers that
the MIDI unit transmits.
6 Press the Program button to exit.
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MIDI Note Learn
If you wish to control the Nord Drum 2 with
a MIDI controller, the MIDI notes that this
controller transmits can be automatically assigned by the Nord Drum 2 to trigger the six
channels.
1 Connect a MIDI pad or other MIDI
controller to the MIDI Input on the Nord
Drum 2.
2 Press Channel Select on the Nord Drum
2 to select one of the channels.
3 Press MIDI repeatedly until “n” is shown
in the display. Turn the dial until you
reach the setting after 127, “Lrn”.
4 Strike the pad on the MIDI unit that you
wish to assign to the selected Nord
Drum 2 channel.
The note number that the MIDI pad
transmitted will be assigned to this Nord
Drum 2 channel and will be shown in the
display.
5 Repeat steps 2, 3 and 4 to assign the
other five channels to the additional
MIDI note numbers that the MIDI unit
transmits.
6 Press the Program button to Exit.
Changing programs
Press the Program button and turn the dial to
change programs. Programs are organized in
8 Banks with 50 Programs in each bank.
Hold Shift and
turn the Dial
to change the
Bank number.
The Nord Drum 2 memory is divided into 8
banks with 50 user definable programs each
(400 in total).
When shipped from the factory, the Nord
Drum 2 comes with a selection of sounds
organized in the following way:
Bank Drums
1 Drum Kits & Machines
2 Drum Kits & Machines
3 Tuned Perc, Marimba, Xylofon
4 Fantasy
5 Free
6 Free
7 Free
8 Free
All the sounds can be edited and overwritten
if you like, or saved as copies to other locations. The P5 to P8 banks are intentionally
left blank for saving your own creations but
you’re free to save anywhere you like.
The factory banks are available at the
www.norddrum.com website, if you wish
to restore the unit to the factory settings
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