Clavia Nord Piano 2 User Manual
User Manual
Nord Piano 2 HA88
Nord Piano 2 HP
OS Versio n 1.1x
Part No. 50373 Copyright Clavia DMI AB
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6) Clean only with dry cloth.
7) Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance
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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.
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12) Use only with the cart, stand,
tripod, bracket, or table specied by the
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When a cart is used, use caution when
moving the cart/apparatus combination to
avoid injury from tip-over.
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storms or when unused for long periods of time.
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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.
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telles que des bougies allumées;
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Nord Piano 2 User Manual
1 Introduction
Thank you! ......................... 4
About this manual.................. 4
OS and internal memory ........... 4
Nord Sound Manager...............4
Factory programs................... 4
Restoring the factory content .............4
OS upgrades .......................4
Free sounds ........................ 4
Disclaimer ..........................4
2 About the Nord Piano 2
The Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Piano Librar y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Small, M edium, Larg e & Xtra Large......... 5
String Resonance................... 5
Sample Synth ...................... 5
Pedal Noise with Triple Pedal......6
3 Panel Overview
Knobs & buttons ...................7
Knobs ...............................7
Selector buttons .......................7
On/Of f and Source b uttons............... 7
Shift button ...........................7
4 Connections
Audio Connections..................8
Headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Left Ou t and Right Ou t ..................8
Monitor In ............................8
MIDI Connections................... 8
MIDI In ...............................8
MIDI Out ............................. 8
USB Connection .................... 8
Pedal Connections.................. 9
Sustain Pedal Input..................... 9
Volume Pedal Input ....................9
Nord Triple Pedal.......................9
Music Stand ........................9
5 Getting Started
About the programs ............... 10
Select a program .................. 10
Edit a program ....................10
Select a new piano sound...............10
Memory Protection ................ 11
Storing a program................. 11
Live Mode ......................... 11
Selecting a Sample Synth sound . 11
Split the keyboard ................ 12
Tra nspose ......................... 12
Adding effects ..................... 12
Use the de lay......................... 12
Acoustics .......................... 13
Kbd Touch settings................ 13
6 Nord Piano 2 Reference
Master l evel ......................... 14
MIDI Indicator ........................14
Program section .................. 14
Up/Down buttons ..................... 14
Bank selection........................14
Menus ..............................14
Display.............................. 14
Store ............................... 14
Stor e As... ........................... 14
Progra ms 1 - 5 .......................15
Shift ............................... 15
Live Mod e ........................... 15
Panic ...............................15
Transpose ..........................15
Transpose Clear ......................15
Kbd Touch .......................... 15
Mono Output......................... 15
Kbd Split ............................15
Synt/Pno ............................15
Pno/Synt ............................15
Set Split............................. 15
Sustpe d Off.......................... 16
Piano .............................. 16
Level ............................... 16
Acousti cs ...........................16
String Resonance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Long Release ........................16
Pedal Noise.......................... 16
Pi an o Typ e...........................16
Piano Model .........................16
Piano Octave Shift ....................17
On .................................17
Info ................................ 17
Sample Synth ..................... 17
Level ............................... 17
Attack .............................. 17
Release .............................17
On .................................17
Info ................................ 17
Sample ............................. 17
Sample Octave Shift ................... 17
Effects ............................ 17
Effec t 1 .............................18
Effec t 2 .............................18
Delay ...............................18
Equalizer ............................18
Amp/Comp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Reverb.............................. 18
7 The Menus
System Menu ...................... 19
Memor y Protect – On, O ff............... 19
Fine Tune............................19
Global Transpose .....................19
MIDI Menu......................... 19
MIDI Channel.........................19
Local Control......................... 19
Control C hange (CC) Mo de.............. 19
Program Change Mode.................19
Send CC ............................ 19
Dump Pro gram One, All ................ 20
Sound Menu ....................... 20
Piano Pedal Noise level.................20
Piano St ring Res Leve l .................20
FX Del ay Mode .......................20
Pedal Menu........................ 20
Piano Pedal.......................... 20
Volume Pedal Type .................... 20
Volume Pedal Gain ....................20
Volume Pedal Func ....................20
Sostenu to Pedal Func ..................20
8 Nord Sound Manager
System requirements .................. 21
9 MIDI
About the MIDI implementation... 22
Note On/O ff.......................... 22
Controllers...........................22
Keyboard velocity .....................22
Program change ......................22
MIDI Sys ex (System Exc lusive) ........... 22
Nord Piano 2 with a sequencer ... 22
Connections .........................22
Local On/Off .........................22
MIDI Channel.........................22
Program Change......................22
Controllers...........................22
About controllers & “chasing” ............22
Program & Controller dumps...... 23
Sending program dumps ...............23
Sending MIDI Controller dumps ..........23
Recei ve MIDI SysE x dumps ............. 23
MIDI Controller list..................... 23
MIDI Implementation Chart.............. 24
10 Index
Index ............................... 25
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Introduction
1
Thank you!
We’d first like to thank you for purchasing the Nord Piano 2. Our goal
when we developed the instrument was to create the best professional,
very portable stage piano with an integrated sample synth 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 2 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 2 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 2 from a computer. The Nord Piano 2 features a USB port for
quick and easy download of new pianos and samples.
Factory programs
The internal program memory of the Nord Piano 2 consists of 240
programs, organized in 2 banks A & B, each with 24 pages with 5
programs in each page. There are also five Live buffer memories, which
will continuously store any changes as they are made.
All of the 240 programs in the Nord Piano 2 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 regularly back up your sounds on
a computer using the Nord Sound Manager application.
Restoring the factory content
The factory programs, samples 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.
OS upgrades
The latest OS version for Nord Piano 2 is available for download at the
NordKeyboards.com website. Please visit us on the web from time to
time, to make sure you have the latest version in your instrument.
Free sounds
Nord Sound Manager
The Nord Sound Manager is a computer application that allows you
to organize and change the sounds and memory content in the Nord
Piano 2. This easy to use application is included on the DVD that was
delivered in the box with the instrument.
Since the Nord Piano 2 is designed as an “open system”, each and
every piano and every sample in the Nord Piano 2 can be replaced by
you. This is done using the Nord Sound Manager application.
The Nord Piano 2 is compatible with the continuously expanding Nord
Piano and Nord Sample Libraries. Many of these sounds are included
on the DVDs that accompanies the Piano. When new sounds are
available, you can download these for free from the Nord 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 2.
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About the Nord Piano 2
2
The Instrument
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
with the Nord Piano 2. A great piano sound and maximum expressiveness, true feel, with a natural keyboard response and authentic sound
quality combined with a Sample Synth and some great effects makes
for an inspirational instrument that we hope you will use and enjoy for
a long time.
Let’s look at some of the key features:
Piano Library
The Nord Piano 2 is compatible with 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 Nord
Piano 2.
The piano sounds are included on the DVD and are organized in categories and in some cases available in various sizes (for the acoustic
grand pianos and uprights). New sounds will be available free of charge
on the www.nordkeyboards.com website.
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 while using the Nord Piano 2’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, Large or
Xtra 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.
String Resonance also feature 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 2.
Small, Medium, Large & Xtra Large
All sizes share the same amount of velocity layers, and the Small,
Medium and Large (Sml, Med & Lrg) have 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.
Small are the pianos 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 a Small piano is
selected in the Nord Piano 2, 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 between 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.
Some of the pianos are also available as Xtra Large (XL) versions.
These versions provide an increased sound quality and expressiveness
as they are fully mapped across an 88-note keyboard. Every key has its
own samples.
Sample Synth
The Sample Synth in the Nord Piano 2 allows you to layer a second
sound on top of the pianos, or to split the keyboard in two halves,
with one sound in each half. The Nord Piano 2 is delivered with many
acoustic and electric sounds that supplement the piano sounds.
You will find various types of strings and pads that can be used to
create lush layers. Organs, mallets and synthesizer sounds expand
the keyboard capabilities of the instrument and a selection of basses
makes it easy to create dual-instrument performances with left-hand
bass and right hand backing chords.
All the sounds in the sample memory can be replaced if you want.
This is done by using the Nord Sound Manager, with some very userfriendly methods that are explained in the Sound Manager chapter
in this manual. There are many samples to choose from. When this
manual was printed the Nord Sample Library contained more than one
thousand samples.
The samples can be found on the Nord Sample Library DVD that was
delivered in the box with the instrument. When new samples become
available, they are published on the www.nordkeyboards.com web site,
where you can download every sample in the Nord Sample Library to
your computer, free of charge.
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Pedal Noise with Triple Pedal
The Nord Triple Pedal (available separately as an accessory to the Nord
Piano 2 HP) 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 2.
The dampers are lifted from the strings when the sustain pedal is
pressed down, and 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.
M The Pedal Noise features can not be used with a switch type
pedal.
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Panel Overview
3
Program Piano EffectsSample Synth
The front panel of the Nord Piano 2 has four main areas, Program, Piano, Sample Synth, 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 14.
Moving towards the middle of the panel, to the left of the display is the instrument section where you select the actual piano and/or synth sounds.
The Effect section contains the functions of the effects. Please refer to page 18 and onwards for more information.
On/Off and Source buttons
Knobs & buttons
Knobs
The knobs control the continuously variable
parameters in the Nord Piano 2.
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 shown here) will cycle through the
settings in a counter clockwise fashion.
On/Off buttons are used for activating a parameter or a group of
parameters such as effects. The Effect’s On/Off buttons acts as source
selectors, hold Shift and press repeatedly to select piano or synth.
You can also double-tap on a source button to
make the source selection.
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.
Shift is also used to Exit a Store procedure if you change your mind or
to exit from a select menu when you are finished with those settings.
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Connections
4
SUSTAIN
VOLUME
PEDAL
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 2 are unbalanced. Use ¼" connectors to connect the Nord Piano 2 to an amplifier
or recording equipment.
The Nord Piano 2 is a stereo instrument, with separate signal paths
for the left and right audio channels. To properly experience the Nord
Piano 2, use both outputs in a stereo operation.
General guide on audio connections:
• Make all the connections before you turn on the power to your amplier.
• Turn on the power to your amplier last.
• Turn off the power to your amplier rst.
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 2’s headphone output. This allows you to e.g. rehearse with the instrument to pre-recorded music.
M Signals connected to this input will not be processed with the
Piano 2’s effects or appear at the Piano’s left and right output
jacks.
MIDI Connections
MIDI In
MIDI connection used to receive MIDI data to the Nord Piano 2 from
other equipment such as keyboards or computers.
MIDI Out
MIDI connection used for transmitting keyboard- and panel generated
MIDI data from the Nord Piano 2 to other equipment such as sound
modules or computers.
USB Connection
The USB connection is used for the Nord Piano 2 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 2 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.
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Nord Triple Pedal
Pedal Connections
The Triple pedal has the functionality of three pedals in one unit and can
be used to take advantage of the pedal noise features and half damping.
Sustain Pedal Input
The Nord Piano 2 has one input for a sustain pedal. This input can be
used with a standard momentary pedal like a Nord Triple or single
pedal, or a Roland DP-6, Yamaha FC-4 etc.
SUSTAIN
VOLUME
PEDAL
PEDAL
SUSTAIN
VOLUME
PEDAL
PEDAL
Connect the connector from the Nord Pedal to the Sustain Pedal connector on the Nord Piano 2.
M The Triple pedal is included with the Nord Piano 2 HA88 model.
There are settings on the panel to exclude piano or samples from
sustaining.
Volume Pedal Input
VOLUME
PEDAL
SUSTAIN
PEDAL
Connect an Expression pedal to this input in
order to be able to control the volume of the
Piano, the Sample Synth or both.
When connecting an expression-type pedal to
the Volume Pedal input, you should use a cable
with a stereo connector (Tip-Ring-Sleeve), the
pedal must have a stereo output jack.
M The Nord Piano 2 HP can also be used with the Nord Triple Pedal
(not included, optional accessory).
Sustain
The right pedal on the Triple 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 dynamic pedal noise
functionality, and it can be used with half pedaling techniques by pressing it down for parts of its travel on certain pianos.
Soft
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.
Sostenuto
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.
Additional features
The middle pedal can be set in the Pedal menu to get additional func-
tionalities. It can be used to sustain only the Sample Synth, or it can be
used to sustain the Synth and at the same time remove the keyboard
from controlling the Synth. This makes it possible to sustain a Synth
chord with the middle pedal, while continue to play a piano sound and
have separate sustain control over that piano, with the "normal" sustain
pedal. The additional functionality is set in the Pedal Menu, read more
on how to do this on page 20.
Pedals from various manufacturers have different characteristics. To simplify setup, the most
common pedal models (Roland, Yamaha, Korg
and Fatar) are pre-configured in the Nord Piano
2, you simply select the type of pedal in the
Pedal menu. Read more about this on page
20.
Music Stand
The rear panel on the Nord Piano 2 has two brackets where the Music
Stand (optional accessory) can be mounted.
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