Clavia Nord Electro 3 HP, Nord Electro 3 User Manual
User Manual
Nord Electro 3
OS Version 3.x
Part No. 50316 Copyright Clavia DMI AB 2011
Print Edition 3.1
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1 Introduction
Thank you! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
About this manual............. 4
Disclaimer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
OS and internal memory . . . . . . 4
Factory presets................ 4
Restori ng the facto ry prese ts . . . . . . . . 4
OS upgrades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2 Overview
Knobs & buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Knobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Selecto r buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
On/Of f buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Shift b utton ...................... 5
Drawba rs........................ 5
3 Connections
Audio connections ............. 6
Headph ones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Left Ou t and Right O ut . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Monitor In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
USB Conn ection .................. 6
MIDI Connections.............. 6
MIDI Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
MIDI In .......................... 6
Pedal Connections............. 7
Sustai n Pedal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Rotor Peda l ...................... 7
Control Pe dal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
4 Getting Started
About the programs ........... 8
Select a program .............. 8
Select a program . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Edit a program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Storing a program............. 9
The Live buffer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Octave Shift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Adding effects ................. 9
Let’s try the w ah effec t . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Activate an amp lifier emulatio n ....... 9
Selecting a piano or a sample 10
Using the Organ...............10
The Rotar y effect ..............10
The Delay Electro 3 HP........10
5 Nord Electro 3 Reference
Master le vel knob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Organ section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Organ Mo del butto n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
The B3 mode l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
The VX model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
The Far f model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Rotar y Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Vibrato/C horus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Percuss ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Preset /Split ......................12
Using an addi tional key board . . . . . . . . 12
The draw bars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Organ Pre sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Store your ow n organ preset.........13
Piano section ..................13
Clavine t sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Pick-up ty pe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Pick-up Type De scriptio n . . . . . . . . . . .13
Clav EQ .........................14
Samp Env . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Piano Type.......................14
Mono ...........................14
Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Piano section Electro 3 HP .... 14
Acousti cs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Dynam ics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Program section ..............15
Up/Down b uttons ................. 15
Displa y..........................15
Store/Sto re Org. Prese t . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Prog A - Prog B ...................15
Live . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Instrum ent sele ctors ...............15
Shift ............................15
Octave Sh ift......................15
Program section Electro 3 HP 16
Live Mod e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
EQ .............................16
Effect 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Effect 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Speake r/Comp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Reverb ..........................16
Delay / Rev erb Elec tro 3 HP . . . . . . . . .17
Feedba ck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Ping Pong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Tempo Tap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Gain............................ 17
6 The Menus
System Menu ..................18
Memor y Protect – On, Off ...........18
Output R outing ...................18
Transpose .......................18
Fine Tune........................ 18
Sustai n Pedal Pola rity ..............18
Sustai n Pedal Con figuratio n . . . . . . . . .18
Rotor Peda l Polarit y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Rotor Peda l Mode .................18
Ctrl Ped al Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Ctrl Ped al Type Electro 3 HP .........19
Ctrl Ped al Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Organ Trig Mo de ..................19
Drawba r Speed ...................19
MIDI Menu..................... 19
MIDI Cha nnel.....................19
Lower Cha nnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Local Co ntrol.....................19
Control C hange (CC) M ode..........19
Program C hange Mo de.............19
MIDI Spl it Mode...................19
Send CC ........................19
Dump On e.......................19
Dump All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Sound Menu .................. 20
Treble Horn S peed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Treble Horn Ac celera tion........... 20
Bass Rotor S peed ................20
Bass Rotor A cceler ation ........... 20
Perc. Slow D ecay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Perc. Norm L evel................. 20
Perc. Sof t Level .................. 20
Tonewheel M ode................. 20
Perc Draw bar 9 Cance l............ 20
Key Click Le vel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
7 Nord Sound Manager
System re quireme nts . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
The Toolbar ......................21
The Tabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Partit ion Memor y Indicator . . . . . . . . . .21
File For mats..................... 22
The Quick Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Transfer pia nos to the Ele ctro ....... 22
Deleti ng a piano ................. 22
Downlo ad a new sound . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Upload s ounds fro m the Electr o 3 . . . 22
Upload a c omplete pa rtitio n ........ 23
Downlo ad sounds to th e Electro 3 . . . 23
Organi ze the progr am parti tion ...... 23
Search B ox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Updates a nd sampl es ............. 23
Nord Sample Editor........... 23
8 MIDI functions
About th e MIDI impl ementat ion . . . . . .24
Keyboar d velocit y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Program c hange ..................24
MIDI Sys ex (System E xclusive) . . . . . . .24
Nord Ele ctro 3 with a se quence r......24
Connec tions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Local On /Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
MIDI Cha nnel.....................24
Program C hange ..................24
Control lers.......................24
Control lers and “c hasing” ...........24
Program a nd Contro ller dump s . . . . . 25
Sendin g program d umps . . . . . . . . . . 25
Sendin g MIDI Cont roller du mps . . . . . 25
Recei ve MIDI SysE x dumps . . . . . . . . 25
MIDI Con troller li st................ 25
MIDI Imp lementa tion Char t......... 26
9 Index
Index ...........................27
Nord Electro 3 User Manual
Thank you!
We’d first like to thank you for purchasing the Nord Electro 3. Our
goal when we developed the Nord Electro instruments was to create
the best emulations of traditional electromechanical keyboard instru-
ments on the market, and to make these instruments compact and
lightweight. With the Electro 3 we have taken our commitment a step
further, by upgrading the organ, the piano and the effects sections and
also by introducing the ability to use sampled instruments from the
Nord Sample Library in the Nord Electro 3.
The new addition to the series is the Electro 3 HP with a keybed that
has a weighted hammer action in a very light-weight package and
some additional features.
This allows us to e.g. include some of the fabulous Mellotron sounds in
the factory sound bank. Each and every piano and sample in the Nord
Electro 3 can be replaced by you, using the free Nord Electro 3 Sound
Manager application. New pianos and other sounds are found on the
enclosed Nord DVD and on the www.nordkeyboards.com web site.
No compromises, just a good selection of outstanding, classic key-
board sounds with true feel, from a natural keyboard response to the
authentic sound quality – that is what we have been pursuing during
the development. To make a great tool you have to put all the focus on
a few things and that is exactly what we tried to achieve. We hope that
you will have as much fun owning and using the instrument, as we had
developing it.
About this manual
You are probably very eager to start using your new instrument, and
we sure don’t want to keep you from having fun. We will try to cover all
the essential aspects on how to use the Electro 3 in the very first few
pages of this manual. After that follows the reference section where all
the functions are explained in detail.
The Electro 3 HP, the Electro 61 and the Electro 73 versions share
most of the features. The sections in this manual that explains the
additional Electro 3 HP features will be indicated with the Logo you see
here.
Disclaimer
All trademarks and brand names mentioned in this manual are the
property of their respective owner’s and are not affiliated or associated
with Clavia. These trademarks and brand names are only mentioned to
describe the types of sounds reproduced by Nord Electro 3.
OS and internal memory
The operating system, programs and pianos and samples in Nord
Electro 3 are stored in a Flash memory. A Flash memory keeps the
data also when the power is turned off. Another big advantage is that
you can replace data in the Flash memory at any time. This means that
you will be able to download OS upgrades, pianos and samples and
programs to your Nord Electro 3 from a computer. The Nord Electro 3
features a USB port for quick and easy download of new piano and/or
instrument samples.
Factory presets
The internal sound memory of Nord Electro 3 consists of 128 pro-
grams. In addition there is the Live buffer memory, which will continu-
ously store any changes as they are made, and remember these
settings after the power is turned off.
All of the 128 factory Programs of Nord Electro 3 can be replaced.
To make sure you don’t accidentally overwrite Programs you want to
keep, it’s a good idea to back up your sounds regularly on a computer
using the Nord Sound Manager application.
Restoring the factory presets
The factory Programs are available as Nord Sound Manager backup
files for download at the Nord web site at www.nordkeyboards.com or
on the included Nord DVD.
OS upgrades
The latest OS version for Nord Electro 3 series is available for download
at the www.nordkeyboards.com website.
only
1
Introduction
4 | NORD ELECTRO 3 USER MANUAL OS V3.X
The front panel of the Nord Electro 3 has four main areas, Organ,
Piano, Program and Effects. We’ll familiarize ourselves briefly with the
panel here and describe the functions in detail in the following chapters.
On the left part of the panel is the Master Level knob, the organ model
selector and the Rotary Speed section. The Master level controls the
entire instruments output level at the two output jacks and the head-
phone output. This control is not programmable, that particular func-
tionality is instead available in the effects section with the Gain control.
The Organ section is lit and active when the Organ selector in the
Program area is activated.
Moving towards the middle of the panel, the Piano section behaves just
as the organ. The controls are lit when the Piano selector is active.
The Program section contain the parameters and functions that are
used to select and store programs, to set the System, MIDI and Sound
functions and to select the instrument to be used with the Organ or
Piano selectors. We’ll describe the functions in this area in greater detail
starting at page 15.
The Effect section contains the functions of the effects. Please refer to
page 16 for more information.
The functions and settings of the System, MIDI and Sound menus are
conveniently printed to the right on the panel.
Knobs & buttons
Knobs
The knobs control the continuously variable pa-
rameters in the Nord Electro 3.
! A parameter value can be totally different from the knob’s physical
position when you load a Program. As soon as you start turning
the knob, the value will ‘snap’ to the knob’s physical position.
Selector buttons
Selector buttons are used to activate one setting
in an array. Selector buttons have a set of round
or triangular LEDs to indicate the current setting.
Press the button several times to cycle through the
possible options.
! Holding Shift and pressing a selector button (with the exception
of the Type button) will cycle through the settings in a counter
clockwise fashion.
On/Off buttons
On/Off buttons are used for activating a parameter
or a group of parameters such as effects.
Shift button
Some buttons have a secondary function, which
will be available if you hold down Shift while
pressing the button. The name of the secondary
function is printed below the button. Shift is also
used together with the Up/Down buttons when
you want to change a setting in the System, MIDI
or Sound menus.
Drawbars
The nine drawbars of Nord Elec-
tro3 are represented by up/down
buttons and LED chain graphs
instead of ordinary mechanical
drawbars. This gives you a big
advantage; when you change
presets, the correct drawbar set-
tings are shown immediately by
the LEDs.
2
Overview
2 OVERVIEW | 5
Audio connections
Headphones
This is where you connect a ¼" stereo connector from a pair of head-
phones.
Left Out and Right Out
The left and right line level outputs from the Nord Electro 3 are unbal-
anced. Use ¼" connectors to connect the Nord Electro 3 to an amplifier
or recording equipment.
The Nord Electro 3 is a stereo instrument, with separate signal paths for
the left and right audio channels. To properly experience the Electro 3,
use both outputs in a stereo operation.
The System functions allow you to separate the pianos/samples and
the organ sounds in the left and right outputs. Read more about this
functionality on page 18.
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.
! Playing at a high volume level can result in hearing impairments
such as permanent hearing loss.
Monitor In
Use this to connect and monitor a signal from an mp3 or a CD player at
the Nord Electro 3’s headphone output. This allows you to e.g. rehearse
with the Electro 3 to pre-recorded music.
! Signals connected to this input will not be processed with the
Electro 3’s effects or appear at the Electro 3’s left and right output
jacks.
USB Connection
The USB connection is used for the Nord Electro to communicate with
a personal computer in order to update the OS or to add or replace
any of the piano and/or sampled sounds. The computer can run the
Nord Sound Manager application, or be used to transfer the operating
system if the unit needs to be updated.
! Computers running Microsoft Windows operating systems need
a driver for the USB connection to work. The driver can be found
on the enclosed Nord DVD, or at the www.nordkeyboards.com
website.
MIDI Connections
MIDI Out
MIDI connection used for sending keyboard and panel generated MIDI
data from the Nord Electro 3 to other equipment such as sound mod-
ules or computers.
MIDI In
MIDI connection used to receive MIDI data to the Nord Electro 3 from
other equipment such as keyboards or computers.
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Pedal Connections
The Nord Electro 3 has three pedal inputs; one for a sustain pedal, one
for a pedal to control the rotor speed and one for a control pedal (an
expression type pedal), which can be used to control various parameters.
Sustain Pedal
¼" connector for a switch type pedal. When a connected pedal is
operated, the notes you play will be sustained.
Rotor Pedal
¼" connector for a switch type pedal. When a connected pedal is
operated, the rotary speed will change.
! Two types of pedal polarities can be used with these inputs; you
select the one that applies to each pedal, in the System menu
which is described on page 18.
! It is possible to use only one pedal connected to the sustain pedal
input to control sustain for piano sounds and rotary speed selection
for organ sounds (see "Sustain Pedal Configuration" on page 18 for
details on how to configure this).
Control Pedal
¼" stereo connector for a pedal of the potentiometer type (also known
as expression pedals). A connected pedal can be used as a swell pedal
for the organs, a volume pedal for pianos and samples and also as a
controller for two of the effects: the P-wah and the ring modulator (RM).
When connecting an expression pedal to the Control Pedal input, 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 Electro 3, and you simply select the
type of pedal which you want to use in the System menu. The System
Menu is described on page 18.
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About the programs
Complete sound settings are stored in the Program memory of the
Nord Electro 3. This memory area has 128 locations that are numbered
1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, etc up to 64B.
The Electro 3 HP organizes the memory in 32 banks with 4 programs
each.
Every program can be edited and replaced as you wish. A complete
set of the factory programs are available on the Nord DVD that accom-
panies the unit and on our website.
Select a program
Press the Up or Down button repeatedly until you’ve selected the
desired program number. The program will be loaded immediately.
Press the Prog A or Prog B buttons to quickly switch between the
program number A or program number B. Press Shift and Up/Down
to scroll continuously in the program bank.
Select a program
Use the Up/Down buttons on the Nord Electro 3 HP to select the bank
and the program buttons 1 ~4 to select the programs within each
bank.
Edit a program
Editing a program is just as easy as grabbing a knob and change a set-
ting, or press a button to select a different setting. The knob’s physical
position isn’t always as the stored setting in the program that is active,
but as soon as you start turning a knob, the parameter will snap to the
knob’s position.
When you have edited a program, a dot will appear in the lower right
display corner next to the program number. This will alert you to the
fact that the program has been edited but not yet saved. If you select a
new program without saving, any edits you have made will be lost and
the program will have its original settings the next time you select it.
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Getting Started
Let’s take a few minutes to get familiar with the Electro 3. The user interface is designed to be as intuitive as possible, and to perform as well as you
do in a live situation. We hope that you soon will feel confident in using it, and by following this short chapter, we will go through most of the functions.
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Storing a program
If you are happy with an edit that you have
made, you should probably save or Store the
program.
! There is a Memory Protect function that
is set to On when the Electro 3 leaves
the Nord Factory. This has to be turned
Off in the System Menu before you can
save a program.
! The setting of the memory protection will be remembered even if
the Electro 3 is turned off.
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. Set the memory protection to Off by pressing and
holding Shift and the Up or Down buttons. Exit the System menu
by pressing the Prog A / System button again.
2 Press the Store button.
The program number LEDs starts flashing.
3 Select a new location where you want to store the program.
Use the Up/Down buttons and the program buttons to navigate to
a new program location if you do not want to overwrite the original
program.
4 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.
! To cancel the procedure, press the Shift button before you press
Store the second time.
! With Memory Protect set to Off, a double tap on the Store button
will store a Program in its original location.
The Live buffer
The special Live buffer can be described
as a “live program memory”. If you activate
the Live button, all changes to the panel set-
tings you make will be continuously saved. 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 set-
tings will be exactly as they were when you left them.
If the Live memory is selected and you decide you wish to store the
settings permanently as a program you can do so using the stan-
dard methods (see above). You can also store programs into the Live
memory location, in which case the program settings will replace the
current Live memory settings.
Octave Shift
Press either of the Octave Shift buttons to
shift the pitch up or down in whole octaves
within the instrument’s note range. Each
instrument has a finite note range, read more
about this in “Octave Shift” on page 15.
Adding effects
1 Select a program, e.g. number 1A
which is a Grand Piano with a hint of
reverb.
2 Turn on Effect 2 (the On LED should
be lit) and press repeatedly on the
Effect 2 selector.
The effect options are indicated with the
selector LEDs and changes in a cyclical,
clockwise fashion for each time the selec-
tor is pressed.
Some of the effects have three options that
indicate the depth of the effect. Flang1 is
the shallowest version, Flang 2 is a more pronounced effect and when
both Flang 1 and Flang 2 LEDs are lit, you have selected the most
dramatic tremolo effect.
3 Turn the effect rate knob.
This changes the rate of the active effect.
4 Hold Shift and press repeatedly on the effect selector.
This allows you to reverse through the effect selections.
5 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.
Let’s try the wah effect
1 Turn on Effect 1 and activate the A-Wa.
The A-Wa is a dynamic Wah-wah effect. It will affect the sound de-
pending on the volume of the signal.
2 Play a few notes with varying velocity while turning the Effect 1
knob.
! The P-Wa is a manual Wah-wah effect that can be controlled
manually by turning the knob while playing or by using a control
pedal connected to the Control Pedal input on the rear panel.
Activate an amplifier emulation
1 Press the Speaker/Comp button to activate the Amp emulation.
The Speaker/Comp LED will be lit.
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