Clavia Nord Piano User Manual
User Manual
Nord Piano
OS Version 1.x
Part No. 50312 Copyright Clavia DMI AB
Print Edition 1.3
CAUTION - ATTENTION
RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK
DO NOT OPEN
RISQUE DE SHOCK ELECTRIQUE
NE PAS OUVRIR
CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK
DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK).
NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE.
REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED PERSONNEL.
ATTENTION:POUR EVITER LES RISQUES DE CHOC ELECTRIQUE, NE
PAS ENLEVER LE COUVERCLE.
AUCUN ENTRETIEN DE PIECES INTERIEURES PAR L´USAGER.
CONFIER L´ENTRETIEN AU PERSONNEL QUALIFE.
AVIS: POUR EVITER LES RISQUES D´INCIDENTE OU D´ELECTROCUTION,
N´EXPOSEZ PAS CET ARTICLE A LA PLUIE OU L´HUMIDITET.
Instructions pertaining to a risk of re, electric shock or injury to persons.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS
Warning - When using electric products, basic precautions should always be followed, including the following:
1) Read these instructions.
2) Keep these instructions.
3) Heed all warnings.
4) Follow all instructions.
5) Do not use this apparatus near water.
6) Clean only with dry cloth.
7) Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance
with the manufacturer’s instructions.
8) Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat
registers, stoves, or other apparatus (including 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 en-
closure 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.
Le point d´exclamation à l´intérieur d´un triangle équilatéral est
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.
Trademarks: The Nord logo is trademark of Clavia DMI AB. All other trademarks mentioned
in this publication are the properties of their respective holders.
Specications and appearances are subject to change without notice.
Copyright © Clavia DMI AB
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Nord Piano User Manual
1 Introduction
Thank you! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
About this manual. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
OS and internal memory . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Factory programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Restori ng the facto ry pres ets . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
OS upgrades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Free sounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Disclaimer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2 About the Nord Piano
The Piano. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Piano Librar y V5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Small, M edium & La rge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
String Resonance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Pedal Noise. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3 Overview
Knobs & buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Knobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Selec tor button s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
On/Of f buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Shif t button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
4 Connections
Audio connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Headph ones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Left Ou t and Righ t Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Monitor I n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
USB Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
MIDI Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
MIDI In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
MIDI Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Music Stand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Pedal Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
5 Getting Started
About the programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Select a program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Edit a program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Memory Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Storing a program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Live Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Selecting a piano. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Transpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Adding effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Let’s try a wa h effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Activate a n amplifi er emulat ion . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Acoustics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Kbd Touch settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
6 Nord Piano Reference
Master l evel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
MIDI Ind icator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Shif t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Program Bank section . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Up/Dow n buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Displa y. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Store As. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Live Mod e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Progra ms 1 ~ 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Panic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Piano section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Piano Type. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Piano Mo del . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Transpose S et . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Transpose C lear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Kbd Touch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Mono Ou tput. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Acousti cs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
String R esonan ce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Pedal No ise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Effec ts 1 and 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Effec t 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Effec t 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Equali zer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Amp/Com p . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Reverb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
7 The Menus
System Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Memor y Protect – O n, Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Fine Tune . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Global Tran spose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
MIDI Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
MIDI Cha nnel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Local Co ntrol. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Control C hange (CC ) Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Progra m Change Mo de. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Send Ctr l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Dump On e. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Dump Al l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Sound Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Pedal No ise level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
String R esonan ce Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Long Rel ease Mod e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Pedal Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Piano Ped al . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
8 Nord Sound Manager
System re quireme nts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
USB Dri ver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Sound Ma nager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
The Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
The Tabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Parti tion Memo ry Indi cator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Right-C licking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
File For mats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
The Quick Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Transfer pia nos to the Pia no . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Deleti ng a piano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Downlo ad a new soun d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Downlo ad Queue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Upload s ounds fro m the Nord Pi ano. . . . . . . 20
Upload a c omplete pa rtitio n . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Downlo ad sounds to t he Nord Pian o . . . . . . 21
Organi ze the progr am part ition . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Search B ox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Auto Sele ct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Sound Manager reference . . . . . . . . . 22
Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Tabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Piano – Pro gram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Search B ox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Loc - Locat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Categor y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Ver – Versio n Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Footer Ar ea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Parti tion Memo ry Indi cator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Cancel B utton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Progres s Bars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Messa ge/Text Ar ea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Updates a nd piano s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
9 MIDI
About the MIDI implementation. . . 25
Note On/O ff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Control lers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Keyboar d velocit y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Progra m change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
MIDI Sys ex (System E xclusive) . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Nord Piano with a sequencer . . . . . 25
Conne ctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Local O n/Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
MIDI Cha nnel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Progra m Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Control lers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
About c ontrolle rs & “chasi ng” . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Program & Controller dumps. . . . . . 26
Sendin g program d umps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Sendin g MIDI Cont roller du mps . . . . . . . . . . 26
Recei ve MIDI Sys Ex dumps . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
MIDI Con troller l ist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
MIDI Imp lementa tion Char t. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
10 Index
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
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Introduction
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Thank you!
We’d first like to thank you for purchasing the Nord Piano. Our goal
when we developed the Nord Piano was to create the best professional, portable stage piano on the market. We hope that you will have
as much fun owning, playing and using the instrument, as we had
developing it.
About this manual
You are probably very eager to start using your new instrument, and
we sure don’t want to keep you from having fun. We will try to cover all
the essential aspects on how to use the Nord Piano in the very first few
pages of this manual. After that follows the reference section where all
the functions are explained in detail.
OS and internal memory
The operating system, programs and pianos in the Nord Piano are
stored in a Flash memory. A Flash memory is a great thing, it retains the
data when the power is turned off. Another big advantage is that you
can replace data in the Flash memory at any time. This means that you
will be able to download upgrades, pianos and programs to your Nord
Piano from a computer. The Nord Piano features a USB port for quick
and easy download of new pianos.
OS upgrades
The latest OS version for Nord Piano is available for download at the
www.nordkeyboards.com website. Please visit our website from time
to time, to make sure you have the latest version in your unit.
Free sounds
Since the Nord Piano is designed as an “open system”, each and every
piano in the Nord Piano can be replaced by you. This is done using the
free Nord Sound Manager application.
The Nord Piano is compatible with the continuously expanding Nord
Piano Library. Many of these pianos are included on the DVD that
accompanies the Piano. When new sounds are available, you can
download these for free from the www.nordkeyboards,com website.
Yet another good reason to visit the website from time to time.
Disclaimer
Any trademarks and brand names mentioned in this manual are the
property of their respective owners and are not affiliated or associated
with Clavia. These trademarks and brand names are only mentioned to
describe the types of sounds reproduced by Nord Piano.
Factory programs
The internal program memory of the Nord Piano consists of 120
programs, organized in 24 banks with 5 programs in each bank. There
are also five Live buffer memories, which will continuously store any
changes as they are made, and remember these settings after the
power is turned off.
All of the 120 programs in the Nord Piano can be used to store your
own settings. To make sure you don’t accidentally overwrite programs
you want to keep, it’s a good idea to back up your sounds regularly on
a computer using the Nord Sound Manager application.
Restoring the factory presets
The factory programs and pianos are available as Nord Sound Manager backup files for download at the Nord web site at
www.nordkeyboards.com or on the included Nord Piano DVD.
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About the Nord Piano
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The Piano
A great piano sound and maximum expressiveness is what it is all
about. No compromises, just a good selection of outstanding piano
and harpsichord sounds with true feel, with a natural keyboard response and authentic sound quality. To make a great tool we believe
that you have to put all the focus on a few important things and that is
exactly what we have tried to achieve.
Let’s look at some of the key features:
Piano Library V5
The Nord Piano is compatible with version 5 of the piano sounds in the
Nord Piano Library. We have spent a lot of time and effort in creating our best piano sounds ever, to match the features available in the
Piano.
The piano sounds are included on the DVD and are organized in categories and in some cases available in various sizes (for the acoustic
grands and uprights). New sounds will be available free of charge on
the www.nordkeyboards.com website.
Small, Medium & Large
All three sizes share the same amount of velocity layers, and the same
number of zones that are mapped across the keyboard. This means
that you can rely on a consistent quality in regards to the playability and
expressiveness in the basic sound of every piano, no matter what size
you choose to install in your Nord Piano Library compatible unit.
Sml is the version that uses the least amount of space in the piano
memory, but still carry a big and powerful punch. This version does
not contain any String Resonance samples at all. If an Sml piano is selected in the Nord Piano, the String Resonance feature will be disabled.
The Medium versions have pedal-down String Resonance samples in
the important middle region of the range, but omit these in the lowest
and the highest areas. This gives you a good ratio of functionality and
size.
The Large versions have the pedal-down String Resonance samples all
across the keyboard, providing you with the fullest of sounds, but also
the largest size.
String Resonance
String Resonance is the acoustic phenomenon that occurs inside an
acoustic piano or grand when strings, or parts of strings, resonate
at their fundamental or harmonic frequencies when other strings are
played.
When this functionality is turned on using the Nord Piano’s acoustic
pianos, all notes you play will affect each other to reproduce the wonderful acoustics that occurs inside an acoustic grand or upright piano.
String Resonance is also very noticeable if you use the sustain pedal
with the String Resonance feature enabled, on any Medium and Large
acoustic pianos. The notes that you play will have a beautiful sound
quality to them, when all the un-dampened strings resonate as you
play sustained notes.
Another thing that the String Resonance produces is a crescendo
effect. If you play the same key repeatedly with the same force, the
sound will change. This is originally caused by the hammers hitting the
vibrating string in various phases, and creates a nice, gentle fluctuation
in volume and timbre in the Nord Piano.
Pedal Noise
The included Nord Triple Pedal offers an unprecedented functionality,
with the addition of a dynamic control of the mechanical noise during
operation, and the ability for you as a player to use half pedaling and
“release and catch again” techniques.
When the sustain pedal is operated on a acoustic grand or upright,
many different sounds are produced by the mechanical components,
several of the sounds can be reproduced by the Nord Piano.
When the dampers are lifted from the strings when the sustain pedal is
pressed down, a beautiful sizzle can be heard. When you remove the
foot from the pedal, the dampers are returned on to the strings, which
creates a different, muted type of sound. Since the Nord Triple Pedal
is dynamic, you can experiment with various forces in pressing, and
also in releasing the pedal. If you just slip your foot of the sustain pedal,
allowing the return spring to spring with full force, a noticeable sound
will appear.
The “floor sound” is heard when the pedal reaches the bottom of its
travel. You can experience this in isolation if you press down the pedal
completely, then lift it less than halfway back up and then press down
again.
If you lift the pedal and immediately press it down again, a very rich
sound will be heard. Another big sound is The Stomp, which requires
you to start with your foot above the actual pedal, in order to be able to
reach the high velocity that is required to get this sound.
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Program Piano Effects
The front panel of the Nord Piano has three main areas, Program, Piano, and Effects. We’ll familiarize ourselves briefly with the panel here and describe the functions in detail in the following chapters.
On the left upper part of the panel are the Master Level knob that controls the entire instrument’s output level at the two output jacks and the headphone output. This control is not programmable.
The Program Bank section contain the display and the functions that are used to select and store the programs, to set the System, Sound, MIDI and
Pedal functions. We’ll describe this area in greater detail starting at page 12.
Moving towards the middle of the panel, to the left of the display is the Piano section where you select the actual piano sounds.
The Effect section contains the functions of the effects. Please refer to page 14 and onwards for more information.
Knobs & buttons
Knobs
The knobs control the continuously variable
parameters in the Nord Piano.
M 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 select 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.
If you press and hold Shift while turning a knob, the parameter
value will be presented in the display, without being changed.
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Connections
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PIANO
PEDAL
Audio connections
Headphones
This is where you connect a ¼" stereo connector from a pair of headphones.
Left Out and Right Out
The left and right line level outputs from the Nord Piano are unbalanced. Use ¼" connectors to connect the Nord Piano to an amplifier or
recording equipment.
The Nord Piano is a stereo instrument, with separate signal paths for
the left and right audio channels. To properly experience the Piano, use
both outputs in a stereo operation.
General guide on audio connections:
• 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.
E Playing at a high volume level can result in hearing impairments
such as permanent hearing loss.
Monitor In
Use this to connect and monitor a signal from an mp3 or a CD player
at the Nord Piano’s headphone output. This allows you to e.g. rehearse
with the Piano to pre-recorded music.
M Signals connected to this input will not be processed with the
Piano’s effects or appear at the Piano’s left and right output jacks.
USB Connection
The USB connection is used for the Nord Piano to communicate with a
personal computer in order to update the OS or to add or replace any
of the piano sounds. The computer can run the Nord Sound Manager
application, or be used to transfer the operating system if the unit
needs to be updated.
The Nord Piano can also transmit and receive MIDI data via the USB
interface, read more about this in the MIDI chapter.
M Computers running Microsoft Windows operating systems need a
driver for the USB connection to work. The installer for the driver
can be found on the enclosed Nord DVD, or at the
www.nordkeyboards.com website.
MIDI Connections
MIDI In
MIDI connection used to receive MIDI data to the Nord Piano from
other equipment such as keyboards or computers.
MIDI Out
MIDI connection used for sending keyboard- and panel generated MIDI
data from the Nord Piano to other equipment such as sound modules
or computers.
Music Stand
The rear panel on the Nord Piano has two brackets where the Music
Stand (optional accessory) can be mounted.
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Pedal Connection
The Nord Piano has one input for the Nord Triple Pedal. If this pedal is
unavailable, you can use a standard, non-continuous sustain pedal.
Triple Pedal
The Nord Triple Pedal has the functionality of three pedals in one unit.
The right pedal is the sustain pedal. If you operate this, all the notes that
you play will sustain until the pedal is released again. The Triple Pedal
can also introduce the pedal noise functionality, and it can be used with
half pedaling techniques by pressing it down for parts of its travel on
certain pianos.
PIANO
PEDAL
The left pedal is the soft pedal, also known as the Una Corda. When
you press this pedal, all the notes you play will be slightly lower in volume and also have a slightly more subdued tone quality.
The middle pedal is the Sostenuto. By using this pedal, you can sustain
selected notes, while other notes remain unaffected. Only the notes that
are held down when the pedal is operated will sustain. Other notes that
you play while keeping the pedal down will sound as if no pedal was
operated at all.
M If the Nord Triple Pedal is unavailable, you can use a standard
sustain- or foot switch type pedal from almost any other manufacturer. In order for the functionality to be correct, you may have
to change a setting in the Pedal menu. Read more about this on
page 17.
1 Connect the ¼" stereo connector from the Nord Triple Pedal to
the Piano Pedal connector on the Nord Piano.
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Getting Started
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Let’s take a few minutes to get familiar with the Nord Piano. The user interface is designed to be as intuitive as possible, and to perform as well as you
do in a live situation. We hope that you soon will feel confident in using it, and by following this short chapter, we will go through most of the functions.
About the programs
Complete settings of every function on the panel are stored in the
Program memory of the Nord Piano. This memory area has 120 locations that are organized in 24 banks, with 5 programs in each bank.
Every program can be edited and replaced as you wish. A complete
set of the factory programs are available on the Nord DVD and on our
website.
Select a program
Programs are selected by pressing the five Program buttons, located
below the display. Press the Up or Down button repeatedly, located to
the left of the display, to select the desired bank number. When you’ve
changed the Bank, the program will be loaded immediately.
Press and hold the Up or Down buttons to continuously scroll through
the banks.
Memory Protection
If you are happy with an edit that you have made, you should probably
save or Store the program. But before you can do this, we need to turn
off the Memory Protect function.
1 Press Shift + System and use the Up/Down buttons to select the
Memory Protect Mode – this is the very first option in the System
menu.
2 Set the memory protection to Off by pressing and holding Shift
and the Down button.
Exit the System menu by pressing the Shift button again.
M The setting of the memory protection will be remembered even if
the Nord Piano is turned off.
Edit a program
Editing a program is just as easy as grabbing a knob and 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, an asterisk will appear in the display
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.
Storing a program
Let’s store a program.
1 Press the Store button once.
The Store LED starts flashing and the
display will give you a visual indication of
the location.
2 If you want to replace the previous program with your new set-
tings, press the Store button again.
3 If you want to store your new settings in a different location, use
the Bank and Program buttons to select a new location where you
want to store the program.
The name of the new destination will be shown in the display. You
can also check the sound/settings of that program itself by playing
on the Nord Piano. This prevents you from overwriting a program
that you want to keep.
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