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NORD ELECTRO 2 V2.2x Table of contents
Table of contents
1. Introduction .........................................................5
Welcome ....................................................................................... 5
About the Owner’s Manual........................................................................................................5
Reading the manual in Adobe Acrobat Reader...........................................................................5
Clavia on the Internet............................................................... 6
2. Overview ................................................................7
The Nord Electro 2 front panel .............................................. 7
The left panel section.................................................................................................................7
The Organ section ..................................................................................................................... 8
The Instrument Select button ....................................................................................................8
The Piano section.......................................................................................................................8
The Effects section ..................................................................................................................... 8
The Keyboard............................................................................................................................ 8
Nord Electro 2 rear panel ....................................................... 9
Connections............................................................................................................................... 9
Nord Electro 2 block diagram................................................ 11
3. Getting started ................................................. 12
Selecting Programs ................................................................. 12
Octave Shift.............................................................................. 12
Transpose .................................................................................. 13
Setting Velocity Sensitivity for the Pianos.......................... 13
Using a sustain pedal .............................................................. 13
Setting up the sustain pedal polarity ........................................................................................ 14
Setting up the sustain pedal configuration................................................................................14
Using a Rotor Speed switch pedal ......................................... 14
Using a control (expression) pedal........................................ 15
Basic MIDI settings .................................................................. 15
4. Editing Programs............................................... 16
What’s a Program? ................................................................... 16
Editing a Program..................................................................... 16
The knobs................................................................................................................................16
The buttons............................................................................................................................. 16
Selecting instrument (Organ or Piano) .....................................................................................17
Reverting to the original Program ........................................ 17
Storing a Program ................................................................... 17
Copying Programs..................................................................... 18
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Deleting Programs....................................................................18
Downloading Programs via MIDI..............................................18
5. Panel reference .................................................19
The Organ section.....................................................................19
The Drawbars ..........................................................................................................................20
Drawbar presets.......................................................................................................................20
User Drawbar presets...............................................................................................................21
Percussion................................................................................................................................21
Vibrato ....................................................................................................................................22
Manual ....................................................................................................................................22
Swell control (from expression pedal)........................................................................................23
Rotary Speaker.........................................................................................................................23
Key click control......................................................................................................................24
Output routing (hard pan) .......................................................................................................24
The Piano section ......................................................................25
Type ........................................................................................................................................25
Presence...................................................................................................................................26
Presence with the Mega Clavinet sound ...................................................................................26
Output routing (hard pan) .......................................................................................................27
Velocity Sensitivity for the Pianos ............................................................................................27
The Effects section ..................................................................28
Modulations.............................................................................................................................29
Effects......................................................................................................................................31
Overdrive.................................................................................................................................31
Rotary Speaker.........................................................................................................................31
Output Level ...........................................................................................................................32
Treble & Bass...........................................................................................................................32
The left panel section..............................................................32
Master Level ............................................................................................................................32
Navigator buttons....................................................................................................................32
Display ....................................................................................................................................32
Store ........................................................................................................................................33
Program buttons......................................................................................................................33
Octave Shift.............................................................................................................................33
The Shift button ......................................................................................................................33
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System functions...................................................................... 33
MIDI Ch .................................................................................................................................34
Lower Ch................................................................................................................................. 34
Local........................................................................................................................................34
Tune........................................................................................................................................35
Mem Lock ...............................................................................................................................35
Transpose ................................................................................................................................36
Ped. Pol................................................................................................................................... 36
Config .....................................................................................................................................36
Key click control......................................................................................................................37
Output routing (hard pan).......................................................................................................37
Velocity Sensitivity for the Pianos ............................................................................................ 38
Dump...................................................................................................................................... 38
Panic .......................................................................................................................................39
6. Factory Presets and OS................................... 40
Internal memory........................................................................ 40
Factory presets........................................................................ 40
Restoring the factory presets ....................................................................................................40
Downloading Piano instruments via USB............................... 40
OS upgrades.............................................................................. 40
7. MIDI functions ................................................... 41
About the MIDI implementation ............................................... 41
Note On/Off............................................................................................................................ 41
Pitch Bend............................................................................................................................... 41
Controllers...............................................................................................................................41
Keyboard Velocity ...................................................................................................................41
Program Change...................................................................................................................... 41
MIDI Sysex (System Exclusive) ................................................................................................ 42
Using Nord Electro 2 with a sequencer ............................... 42
Connections............................................................................................................................. 42
Local On/Off ...........................................................................................................................42
MIDI channel .......................................................................................................................... 42
Program Change...................................................................................................................... 42
Controllers...............................................................................................................................42
Some notes about Controllers and “Chasing”............................................................................42
Program and Controller dumps ............................................. 43
Receive MIDI Sysex Dumps..................................................................................................... 44
8. MIDI implementation .......................................... 45
MIDI Controller list................................................................ 45
MIDI Implementation Chart...................................................... 48
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9. History ................................................................49
The story behind the Electro 2 instruments ........................49
What is an ‘electromechanical’ instrument?..............................................................................49
How does an electromechanical pick-up work?.........................................................................49
The Electro 2 organ section......................................................................................................50
The Electro 2 piano section ......................................................................................................55
The Wurlitzer EP ....................................................................................................................60
The Hohner Clavinet ...............................................................................................................62
Book suggestions .....................................................................................................................64
Web suggestions......................................................................................................................64
Music suggestions ....................................................................................................................64
Index .......................................................................65
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NORD ELECTRO 2 V2.2x 1. Introduction: Welcome
1. I
W
ELCOME
NTRODUCTION
We’d first like to thank you for purchasing the Nord Electro 2 - Virtual Electromechanical stage keyboard.
Clavia’s goal when developing the Nord Electro instrument was to create the best emulations of traditional
electromechanical keyboard instruments on the market, and to make the instrument compact and lightweight. Nothing else. No brass banks, no orchestral sounds. No compromises. Just outstanding electromechanical keyboard sounds with true feel, from natural keyboard response to authentic sound. To make
a great tool you have to put all the focus on a few things, and that’s what we did with the Electro. Think
about it, the best tool isn’t a Swiss army knife.
The organ section in the Electro is based on a digital simulation of the mechanical tone wheels of the B-3
organ. It offers innovative solutions to mimic the typical B-3 sound, for example:
• An extremely accurate digital model of the original chorus and vibrato scanner.
• Modeling of the individual random contact bounces for each partial.
• Modeling of the unique frequency characteristics of the built-in pre-amplifier which forms the ”body” of
the B-3 sound.
• Simulation of the energy stealth on the tone wheels that results in the typical ”compressed” sound.
The piano section in Nord Electro 2 OS V2.1 comprises five carefully multi-sampled electric piano instruments: Clavinet D6, Wurlitzer 200A, Rhodes Mk I Stage Piano, a Rhodes Mk I Suitcase Piano with a
brighter sound and the custom modified Clavia Electric Grand Model G. The Electro features a unique
multi-sample playback, catching every nuance from soft to hard key strokes. Nord Electro comes right out
of the box with these five electric piano sounds stored in Flash memory. As an extra bonus we also included
an acoustic grand piano (concert model) - in stereo! The big advantage with Flash memory is that you can
replace instruments with new ones and that no backup battery is required. The Electro also sports a USB
interface for quick and easy download of new piano sounds. On the CD-R that comes with the Electro 2
there are currently three additional Piano sounds: Rhodes3 (Shallow), CP-80 Electric Grand and the previous Acoustic Grand (in mono). More pianos will be available soon at http://www.clavia.se.
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The manual is arranged mainly as a reference manual. In many cases you’ll get tips on how to practically
use the functions, alone and also together with other functions. Every time the manual wants your attention to an object on the Electro, the name of that object will be printed
button ’ . The LED display on Nord Electro is always referred to as the D
erence to the ‘keyboard’, that reference also applies to any incoming MIDI note messages.
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This manual is also available in the digital PDF-file format. It can be downloaded, free of charge, from Clavia’s web site at http://www.clavia.se. When reading the manual as PDF-file, you will need Adobe Acrobat
Reader 4.0 or later. This program can be downloaded, free of charge, at http://www.adobe.com.
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1. Introduction: Clavia on the Internet NORD ELECTRO 2 V2.2x
With Adobe Acrobat Reader it is possible to use special navigation features like hyperlinks. This means
that you can click with the mouse on a word or sentence and automatically get to the location indicated
by the word/sentence. To better show what words or sentences are hyperlinked in this manual, these words
are written in magenta.
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If you have access to the Internet, you’re very welcome to visit http://www.clavia.se. There you will find
the latest information about Nord Electro 2 and other Clavia products. In the future you’ll also be able to
download new Nord Electro sounds and software upgrades, free of charge.
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NORD ELECTRO 2 V2.2x 2. Overview: The Nord Electro 2 front panel
2. O
VERVIEW
THE NORD ELECTRO 2 FRONT PANEL
Left panel section
The Organ section
THE LEFT PANEL SECTION
The Piano section
The Effects section
MASTER LEVEL
The MASTER LEVEL knob controls the output level from the two OUT jacks and the HEADPHONES output.
The M
ASTER LEVEL knob does not send or receive any MIDI CC# but is used to control the entire
instrument’s output level. (For info on how to control the level of an individual Program and via MIDI,
please refer to “Output Level” on page 32).
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AVIGATOR BUTTONS AND DISPLAY
To the right of the MASTER LEVEL knob are two buttons, the NAVIGATOR buttons. These are used to select
Program Banks (A-F) and various system functions. To the right of the N
PLAY
. It’s used to display Program Banks and also various system parameters.
T
HE STORE BUTTON
To the right of the DISPLAY is the red STORE button. This is used when storing Programs (see “Storing a
Program” on page 17) and also when executing various system commands.
P
ROGRAM BUTTONS
Below the DISPLAY are the eight PROGRAM buttons (1 - 8). Use them to select Programs and to select
various system functions.
T
HE SHIFT BUTTON
Below the PROGRAM buttons is the SHIFT button. It’s used to access various kinds of system functions etc.
O
CTAVE SHIFT BUTTONS
These buttons are used to transpose the notes +/- 2 octaves (if the selected instrument supports this).
AVIGATOR buttons is the DIS-
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2. Overview: The Nord Electro 2 front panel NORD ELECTRO 2 V2.2x
THE ORGAN SECTION
The Organ section comprises four sub sections: the Percussion section, the Vibrato/Chorus section, the
Manual section and the Drawbar section. The nine drawbars of Nord Electro 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 settings are shown immediately by the LEDs. In other
words, no need for the regular ’trial and error’ method.
THE INSTRUMENT SELECT BUTTON
Inbetween the Organ and Piano sections is the INSTRUMENT SELECT button. Press this button to select
the Organ section or Piano section.
THE PIANO SECTION
The Piano sections consists of two sub sections: the instrument Type section and the Presence section. With
the T
YPE button you select the Piano instrument to use and with the Presence parameters you can add
parametric equalization to your piano sound. With the V2.0 Mega Clavinet D6 sound the Presence parameters act as filter and pick-up selectors (see “Presence with the Mega Clavinet sound” on page 26)
THE EFFECTS SECTION
Here you’ll find the numerous effects and modulations you could use to add that extra flavour to your
sounds. The Effects section also features a tube type Overdrive distortion, Rotary Speaker simulation and
a Treble & Bass EQ. Here you’ll also find the O
individual Program.
UTPUT LEVEL control which is the volume control for each
THE KEYBOARD
The keyboard of Nord Electro is either 5 octaves (Nord Electro SixtyOne) or 6 octaves (Nord Electro SeventyThree). Both versions feature the specially designed, semiweighted, velocity sensitive “waterfall”
(square front) keyboard for optimal feel and response. The semiweighted action is ideal for use with both
Organ and Piano sounds. The keyboard also sends Keyboard Velocity over MIDI.
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NORD ELECTRO 2 V2.2x 2. Overview: Nord Electro 2 rear panel
NORD ELECTRO 2 REAR PANEL
CONNECTIONS
• Make all connections before turning on your power amplifier!
• If you are using a Nord Electro 2 together with a MIDI keyboard, connect a MIDI cable from MIDI
Out on the keyboard to MIDI I
• All signal cables used with the Nord Electro must be shielded.
• The two audio outputs (L
sum of the signals on one separate output only, use R
• If you connect the Nord Electro 2 in stereo to your audio equipment, you should use L
with R
IGHT OUT.
• If you choose the option to route Organ sounds and Piano sounds to a separate output each (see “Out-
put routing (hard pan)” on page 37), the R
Organ sound.
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ONNECTING PEDALS
The Nord Electro 2 has three pedal inputs, one CONTROL PEDAL input (for controlling Organ Swell or
Wah-Wah), one S
USTAIN PEDAL input (sustain) and one ROTOR SPEED input (for rotary speaker fast/slow
selection). Connect the pedals as shown in the figure below:
N on the Nord Electro 2.
EFT OUT and RIGHT OUT) are line level and unbalanced. If you want the
IGHT OUT.
EFT OUT in pair
IGHT OUT is for the Piano sound and the LEFT OUT for the
When connecting an expression-type pedal to the C
ONTROL PEDAL input, you should use a stereo cable
(Tip-Ring-Sleeve). Please note that the pedal must have a stereo output jack. The resistance range of the
Control Pedal should be 0 to between 10 kOhm and 50 kOhm. Pedals like the Roland EV-5 and control/
expression pedals from Proel works well with the Electro 2. Control/Expression pedals from Yamaha have
different characteristics and are not suitable for use with the Electro 2.
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2. Overview: Nord Electro 2 rear panel NORD ELECTRO 2 V2.2x
It’s also possible to use only one single Sustain pedal connected to the SUSTAIN PEDAL input to control
sustain for Piano sounds and Rotary Speaker speed selection for organ sounds (see page 14 for details on
how to configure this).
(For more detailed information on how to set up Nord Electro 2 for use with sustain and expression pedals,
see page 13).
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NORD ELECTRO 2 V2.2x 2. Overview: Nord Electro 2 block diagram
NORD ELECTRO 2 BLOCK DIAGRAM
Below is a schematic overview of the sound and modulation building blocks and the signal flows in Nord
Electro 2. The filled lines indicate audio signal routings and the dashed black lines control signal routings.
The ‘/2’ sign printed next to some filled lines indicates that the signal is/can be in stereo. The circles with
a ‘+’ sign inside indicates that any input stereo signals will be summarized into a mono signal before routed
to the specific effect. For example, the V2.0 stereo Acoustic Grand will be in mono if you apply any effect
except for the Pan, Tremolo or EQ.
As you can see, the internal configuration of Nord Electro 2 is pretty straight-forward, yet very powerful
and flexible. Each of the building blocks also offers possibilities for internal configurations. This is described
in detail in Chapter "5. Panel reference” on page 19.
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3. Getting started: Selecting Programs NORD ELECTRO 2 V2.2x
3. GETTING STARTED
SELECTING PROGRAMS
Programs are single sounds that are stored in the internal memory of Nord Electro 2. The Program memory in Nord Electro 2 consists of 6 Banks each holding 8 Programs for a total of 48 Programs. All Programs
can be edited and replaced at any time. To select a Program for playing/editing, do like this:
1. Select Bank (A-F) by pressing
the U
P/DOWN NAVIGATOR
buttons if you want to change
Bank.
2. Select Program by pressing one
of the eight P
1 to 8.
ROGRAM buttons
Press the UP or DOWN
NAVIGATOR buttons to
select Program Bank A-F.
Press one of the eight
PROGRAM buttons to
select a Program to play.
The corresponding LED
will light up.
OCTAVE SHIFT
The two OCTAVE SHIFT buttons to the bottom left on the front panel
can be used to transpose the notes two octaves up or down (if the selected instrument supports this). A flashing O
cates +/- 2 octaves note shift.
CTAVE SHIFT LED indi-
Note: Due to the actual key range of the original Piano instruments, some sounds cannot be octave shifted up and/or down. For organ sounds, the Octave Shift
will only generate notes that are within the 73-key note range of Nord Electro 2 73. This means
that using Octave Shift for Organ sounds in Nord Electro 2 73 won’t produce any sound in the
lowest or highest octave.
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NORD ELECTRO 2 V2.2x 3. Getting started: Transpose
TRANSPOSE
It’s also possible to transpose a sound up or down in
semitone steps. Press the S
(TRANSPOSE) buttons. The D
the U
P/DOWN NAVIGATOR buttons to transpose the
sound up or down in semitone steps. The range is +/
- 6 semitones in steps of 1 semitone. Press any button
(except for the S
to exit.
Note: Due to the actual key range of the original
Piano instruments, the lowest keys may not produce any sound when transposed down. The same
goes for the highest keys when the instrument is
transposed up. For organ sounds, the Transpose
function will only generate notes that are within the 73-key note range of Nord Electro 2 73. This
means that using the Transpose function for Organ sounds in Nord Electro 2 73 will cause the lowest or highest notes of the keyboard to be silent.
HIFT, STORE or UP/DOWN buttons)
HIFT + PROGRAM 6
ISPLAY reads ‘0’. Press
SETTING VELOCITY SENSITIVITY FOR THE PIANOS
Some of the piano instruments sampled for the Nord Electro 2 have very wide dynamic ranges by nature
and naturally we wanted to capture this as accurately as possible. Therefore, it could be perceived that it
is a little hard to reach the most extreme levels when playing the Nord Electro 2 piano sounds with the
default keyboard Velocity Sensitivity setting. This is because the dynamic response curves have been very
carefully adjusted to match each original instrument's response characteristics. In other words, Clavia's intention was that when you play a Rhodes sound, for example, it should almost feel like you are playing a
Rhodes piano. However, If you want the piano sounds to respond more easily to keyboard velocity, you can
set this in the Config menu. The Velocity Sensitivity setting is global for all Pianos in the Electro 2.
1. Hold S
2. Change the Velocity Sensitivity between ‘U.0’
3. Press any button (except for the S
HIFT and press the PROGRAM 8 (CONFIG)
button four times. The D
(Velocity Sensitivity).
(least sensitive) and ‘U.9’ (most sensitive) with the
U
P/DOWN NAVIGATOR buttons.
U
P/DOWN buttons) to exit.
ISPLAY reads ‘U.0’
HIFT, STORE or
USING A SUSTAIN PEDAL
A foot switch connected to the SUSTAIN PEDAL input
can be set to act in two different ways:
• As a sustain pedal for both the Piano and Organ sounds (see Sustain Pedal Configuration below)
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• As a sustain pedal for Piano sounds and as a Rotor Speed switch for the Organ sounds (see Sustain Pedal
Configuration below)
SETTING UP THE SUSTAIN PEDAL POLARITY
Set up the pedal polarity as follows:
1. Press the S
tons. The D
HIFT + PROGRAM 7 (PED.POL) but-
ISPLAY reads ‘CL’ or ‘OP’.
2. Change sustain pedal polarity between ‘OP’ (Open)
(open when pressed) and ‘CL’ (Closed) (closed when
pressed) with the U
3. Press any button (except for the S
U
P/DOWN buttons) to exit.
P/DOWN NAVIGATOR buttons.
HIFT, STORE or
SETTING UP THE SUSTAIN PEDAL
CONFIGURATION
1. Press the SHIFT + PROGRAM 8 (CONFIG) buttons. The D
‘P.t’ (Pedal toggle).
1. Change sustain pedal functionality between ‘P.S’
(Sustain for both Piano and Organ sounds) and
‘P.t’ (sustain for Piano sounds and Rotor Speed
switch for Organ sounds) with the U
N
AVIGATOR buttons.
ISPLAY reads ‘P.S’ (Pedal Sustain) or
P/DOWN
2. Press any button (except for the S
U
P/DOWN buttons) to exit.
HIFT, STORE or
Nord Electro 2 sends and receives Sustain Pedal messages as MIDI (CC# 64). Note! If you have selected ‘P.t’, Rotor Speed selection is sent from the sus-
tain pedal as MIDI CC#82 - not CC#64!
USING A ROTOR SPEED SWITCH PEDAL
A foot switch connected to the ROTOR SPEED input can be used to switch between Slow and Fast rotor
speed for the Rotary Speaker effect (see page 31). Nord Electro 2 will also send and receive Rotor Speed
switch messages via MIDI (CC# 82).
Note: The Pedal Polarity setting that you made for the S
fects the R
OTOR SPEED input.
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USTAIN PEDAL input (see above) also af-
NORD ELECTRO 2 V2.2x 3. Getting started: Using a control (expression) pedal
USING A CONTROL (EXPRESSION) PEDAL
As indicated in the illustration on page 9, a regular resistive (range 10 kOhm to 50 kOhm) expression pedal
can be connected to the C
pedal can be used to control either Organ Swell (the characteristic B3 volume control) or Wah-Wah modulation. Pedals like the Roland EV-5 and control/expression pedals from Proel works well with the Electro
2. Control pedals from Yamaha have different characteristics and are not suitable for use with the Electro
2. Nord Electro 2 will also send and receive Expression pedal messages via MIDI (CC# 11).
ONTROL PEDAL input, using a stereo (Tip-Ring-Sleeve) cable. The connected
BASIC MIDI SETTINGS
If you are controlling the Nord Electro 2 from an external MIDI keyboard, the Nord Electro 2 must be set
to receive on the same MIDI channel that the external keyboard transmits on. Nord Electro 2 is monotimbral (or bitimbral when using the Organ section.See“Using an additional “Lower Manual” MIDI keyboard”
on page 22) which means it can only transmit and receive on one MIDI channel at a time.
1. Set the MIDI keyboard to transmit and receive on MIDI Channel 1. (This is the default setting when
Nord Electro 2 is shipped from factory).
2. Press the S
The D
channel.
3. Scroll with the U
select MIDI Channel 1 (if it isn’t already selected).
4. Press any button (except for the S
U
P/DOWN buttons) to exit.
For information on how to set up Nord Electro 2 for
use with an external sequencer, see “Using Nord Elec-
tro 2 with a sequencer” on page 42.
HIFT + PROGRAM 1 (MIDI CH) buttons.
ISPLAY shows the currently selected MIDI
P/DOWN NAVIGATOR buttons to
HIFT, STORE or
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4. Editing Programs: What’s a Program? NORD ELECTRO 2 V2.2x
4. EDITING PROGRAMS
WHAT’S A PROGRAM?
A Program in Nord Electro 2 consists of a selected Instrument (an Organ sound or a specific Piano sound),
the settings you have made for the instrument, e.g. Drawbar, Percussion and Chorus/Vibrato settings for
Organ sounds or Presence settings for a Piano sound, Octave Shift settings plus all the settings of the Effects section. For Piano based sounds this means that a Program does not contain any samples - only the
parameter data that affects the selected Piano type. This is important to bear in mind when performing a
MIDI Sysex dump of a Piano based Program (see “Dump” on page 38).
EDITING A PROGRAM
Actually, how to change a programmed sound can be described in one
sentence: “tweak the knobs and press the buttons”. It is as simple as
that! Don’t be afraid to edit and overwrite the factory Programs. If you
want to restore any of the original factory programs later, you can fetch
them at http://www.clavia.se and download to your Nord Electro 2 as
MIDI Sysex files. To indicate that a Program has been edited (changed
from the stored version), a dot is shown to the right of the Program number in the D
ISPLAY:.
THE KNOBS
All KNOBS on the Nord Electro 2 are of potentiometer type. This means that
when you begin to edit a Program the values of the parameters can be totally different from the K
the parameter value will ‘snap’ to the K
erate drastic changes to the sound but that’s normal.
NOBS physical positions. As soon as you begin turning a KNOB,
NOB’S physical position. This could gen-
THE BUTTONS
There are three types of buttons for editing sounds on the Nord Electro 2:
S
ELECTOR BUTTONS
Press the SELECTOR button repeatedly to select between functions printed next to the
corresponding triangular LED (see figure to the right).
O
N/OFF BUTTONS
The ON/OFF buttons have a LED next to them to indicate the status.
D
RAWBAR BUTTONS
The DRAWBAR buttons are special in the way that they auto-increment/decrement the corresponding parameter when held. I.e. if you hold a D
to increment or decrement (within its range) until you release the button.
RAWBAR button the corresponding drawbar parameter will continue
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NORD ELECTRO 2 V2.2x 4. Editing Programs: Reverting to the original Program
SELECTING INSTRUMENT (ORGAN OR PIANO)
No matter what Program you’re editing, you could always select a different instrument type at any time. There are two main instrument
sections in Nord Electro 2: the Organ section and the Piano section.
You switch between these sections by pressing the I
LECT
button located between the Organ and Piano sections. When
NSTRUMENT SE-
you have selected an instrument section the other section, with its sub
groups, is automatically disabled (all its LEDs go blank). However, all
settings of the respective groups are memorized so when you switch
back, all parameter values of the instrument group are automatically recalled. The parameters of the Effects
section will always remain unaffected when you switch instrument group.
REVERTING TO THE ORIGINAL PROGRAM
If you have edited a Program and want to revert to the stored original, just press the corresponding PRO-
GRAM
button again.
STORING A PROGRAM
Storing a Program will permanently overwrite the existing Program in the selected memory location. Be
careful so that you don’t accidentally erase a Program you’d like to keep!
Note! When Nord Electro 2 is shipped from factory, Memory Lock is set to ‘On’. To be able to store
Programs, first disable the Memory Lock function. See “Mem Lock” on page 35.
To store a Program do like this:
1. Press the S
starts flashing in the D
2. Select Bank (A-F) by pressing the UP/DOWN NAVIGATOR but-
tons (if you want to change Bank) and then Program location by
pressing the corresponding P
through the memory locations, you can play and hear the Program currently shown in the D
This prevents you from overwriting a sound that you want to keep. (To cancel the operation, press any
button, except for the S
3. Press S
flashing.
TORE button once. The Bank and Program number
ISPLAY
ROGRAM button (1-8). As you scroll
HIFT, PROGRAM, STORE or UP/DOWN buttons.)
TORE again to store your Program. The DISPLAY shows the selected memory location and stops
ISPLAY.
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4. Editing Programs: Copying Programs NORD ELECTRO 2 V2.2x
COPYING PROGRAMS
Copying a Program from one memory location to another is just a variation of storing:
1. Select the Program you want to copy. Press the S
once. The Bank and Program number starts flashing in the D
PLAY
1. Select Bank (A-F) by pressing the UP/DOWN NAVIGATOR buttons (if you want to change Bank) and then Program location by
pressing the corresponding P
can play and hear the Program currently shown in the D
sound that you want to keep. (To cancel the operation, press any button, except for the S
GRAM
, STORE or UP/DOWN buttons.)
2. Press S
TORE again to store your Program. The DISPLAY shows the selected memory location and stops
flashing.
ROGRAM button (1-8). As you scroll through the memory locations, you
TORE button
IS-
ISPLAY. This prevents you from overwriting a
DELETING PROGRAMS
There is no command for deleting Programs from the internal memory. What you do to “delete” a Program is simply saving a new Program (and thus replacing the old Program) in a specific memory location.
DOWNLOADING PROGRAMS VIA MIDI
You can receive MIDI Sysex data for one Program at a time into a selected Program location. For example,
if you use Nord Electro 2 together with a sequencer, it is often practical to record a Sysex Program data
dump in the beginning of your song to download sounds. It’s also possible to receive an entire Program
Bank and even all Program Banks as a bulk (see “Dump” on page 38 and “Receive MIDI Sysex Dumps”
on page 44).
HIFT, PRO-
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NORD ELECTRO 2 V2.2x 5. Panel reference: The Organ section
5. PANEL REFERENCE
THE ORGAN SECTION
The Organ in the Nord Electro 2 is based on a digital simulation of the mechanical tone wheels of the B3 organ. It offers innovative solutions to mimic the typical B-3 sound, for example:
• Full polyphony
• An extremely accurate digital model of the original chorus and vibrato scanner
• Modeling of the individual random contact bounces for each partial
• Modeling of the unique frequency characteristics of the built-in pre-amplifier which forms the ”body” of
the B-3 sound
• Simulation of the energy stealth on the tone wheels that results in the typical ”compressed” sound
• Authentic tuning of the tone wheels according to the original B3 design
• Extremely fast keyboard response
The Organ section comprises a number of sub groups which include all the functions found on the original
B-3 organ, such as Percussion and Chorus/Vibrato.
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