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CAUTION AVIS

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SHOCK DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK).

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REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED PERSONNEL.

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Instructions pertaining to a risk of fire, electric shock or injury to persons.

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

The lightning flash with the arrowhead symbol within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated voltage within the products enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute

a risk of electric shock to persons.

Le symbole éclair avec le point de flèche 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 suffisante 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.

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Warning - When using electric products, basic precautions should always be followed, including the following:

1. Read all the instructions and observe the graphic symbols above before using the product.

2. Do not use this product near water - for example near a bathtub, washbowl, kitchen sink, in a wet basement, near or in a swimming pool, a swamp or the like.

3. This product should be used only with a cart or a stand that is recommended by the manufacturer.

4. This product, either alone or in combination with an amplifier and headphones or speakers may be perfectly capable of producing sound levels that could cause permanent hearing loss. Do not operate for a long period of time at a high volume level or at a level that is uncomfortable. If you experience any hearing loss or ringing in the ears, you should consult an audiologist.

5. The product should be located so that its location or position does not interfere with or obstruct its normal flow of ventilation.

6. The product should be located away from heat sources such as radiators, heat registers or other products that produce heat.

7. The product should be connected to a power supply only of the type described in these operation instructions or as marked on the product.

8. The power supply cord of the product should be unplugged from the outlet when the product is left unused for a long period of time.

9. Care should be taken so that objects do not fall, or liquids are not spilled into the enclosure through openings.

10. The product should be serviced by qualified service personnel when:

A. The power supply cord has been damaged; or B. Objects have fallen or liquids have been spilled

onto the product; or

C. The product has been exposed to rain; or D. The product does not appear to operate normally or

exhibits a marked change in performance; or E. The product has been dropped or the enclosure has been damaged.

11. Do not attempt to service the product beyond those means described in this operating manual. All other servicing should be referred to qualified service personnel.

Trademarks: The Nord Modular logo is registred trademark of Clavia DMI AB. All other trademarks mentioned in this publication are the properties of their respective holders.

Specifications and appearances are subject to change without notice.

V1.1x, 2nd Edition. Copyright by Clavia DMI AB, 2004

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Note!

The ’Operator’ and ’DXRouter’ modules described on pages 134-135 and 168-169 are not yet implemented

in the system. These modules will be included shortly in an upcoming software update which can be downloaded at http://www.clavia.se - free of charge.

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NORD MODULAR G2 V1.1 Table of contents

Table of contents

Table of contentsTable of contents

1. Introduction

Introduction .......................................................

1. 1.

IntroductionIntroduction

Welcome!

Welcome! ....................................................................................

Welcome!Welcome! About the Nord Modular G2 system

About the Nord Modular G2 system......................................

About the Nord Modular G2 systemAbout the Nord Modular G2 system About this manual

About this manual ....................................................................

About this manualAbout this manual

Reading the manual in Adobe Acrobat Reader........................................................................13

Windows 98SE/2000/XP

Windows 98SE/2000/XP ...........................................................

Windows 98SE/2000/XPWindows 98SE/2000/XP Clavia on the Internet

Clavia on the Internet .............................................................

Clavia on the InternetClavia on the Internet

2. Overview

Overview ..............................................................

2. 2.

OverviewOverview

Nord Modular G2 front panel

Nord Modular G2 front panel................................................

Nord Modular G2 front panelNord Modular G2 front panel

Left panel section....................................................................................................................15

Right panel section .................................................................................................................16

Nord Modular G2 rear panel

Nord Modular G2 rear panel..................................................

Nord Modular G2 rear panelNord Modular G2 rear panel Nord Modular G2 Engine front panel

Nord Modular G2 Engine front panel ...................................

Nord Modular G2 Engine front panelNord Modular G2 Engine front panel Nord Modular G2 Engine rear panel

Nord Modular G2 Engine rear panel .....................................

Nord Modular G2 Engine rear panelNord Modular G2 Engine rear panel

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3. Synth quick tour

Synth quick tour ................................................

3. 3.

Synth quick tourSynth quick tour

Check out some Patches!

Check out some Patches! .........................................................

Check out some Patches!Check out some Patches!

Access more assigned parameters in the Patch.........................................................................20

Variations (Patch parameter variations)...................................................................................21

Load a new Patch from the internal memory ..........................................................................21

Check out some Performances

Check out some Performances ................................................

Check out some PerformancesCheck out some Performances

Access assigned Performance (Global) parameters ...................................................................22

Load a new Performance from the internal memory ...............................................................22

4. Software installation

Software installation .......................................

4. 4.

Software installationSoftware installation

Editor system requirements

Editor system requirements ....................................................

Editor system requirementsEditor system requirements Installation of the USB driver

Installation of the USB driver ..............................................

Installation of the USB driverInstallation of the USB driver Installation of the Editor

Installation of the Editor ......................................................

Installation of the EditorInstallation of the Editor Starting up

Starting up................................................................................

Starting upStarting up

Sound system..........................................................................................................................24

Launching the Editor

Launching the Editor ...............................................................

Launching the EditorLaunching the Editor Updating the OS in the synth

Updating the OS in the synth .................................................

Updating the OS in the synthUpdating the OS in the synth

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5. Basic functions

Basic functions ..................................................

5. 5.

Basic functionsBasic functions

Introduction to the Nord Modular G2

Introduction to the Nord Modular G2 ..................................

Introduction to the Nord Modular G2Introduction to the Nord Modular G2

Modules................................................................................................................................. 26

Connections........................................................................................................................... 26

Parameters ............................................................................................................................. 26

Drop-down selectors.............................................................................................................. 26

Display boxes and graphs....................................................................................................... 27

LEDs ..................................................................................................................................... 27

The Patch .............................................................................................................................. 27

Slots....................................................................................................................................... 27

Focus

Focus ..........................................................................................

FocusFocus Signals in the Patch

Signals in the Patch .................................................................

Signals in the PatchSignals in the Patch

General module parameter types

General module parameter types ............................................

General module parameter typesGeneral module parameter types

Modulation

Modulation .................................................................................

ModulationModulation

Voices, mono- and polyphonic Patches

Voices, mono- and polyphonic Patches ...................................

Voices, mono- and polyphonic PatchesVoices, mono- and polyphonic Patches

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Definitions............................................................................................................................. 28

Audio signals, red connectors................................................................................................. 29

Control signals, blue connectors ............................................................................................ 29

Logic signals, yellow and orange connectors........................................................................... 29

Bandwidth considerations...................................................................................................... 30

Self-optimizing modules ........................................................................................................ 30

Experiment! ........................................................................................................................... 30

Buttons.................................................................................................................................. 31

Radio Buttons........................................................................................................................ 31

Arrow buttons........................................................................................................................ 31

Knobs .................................................................................................................................... 31

Sliders.................................................................................................................................... 31

Drop-down selectors.............................................................................................................. 31

Scroll buttons......................................................................................................................... 31

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Mod-amount knobs (attenuators) .......................................................................................... 32

Modulation examples.............................................................................................................33

Maximum modulation........................................................................................................... 34

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Patches ...............................................................

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PatchesPatches

What is a Patch?

What is a Patch? .......................................................................

What is a Patch?What is a Patch? Creating your first Patch

Creating your first Patch........................................................

Creating your first PatchCreating your first Patch

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Patches (in-depth)

Patches (in-depth) .....................................................................

Patches (in-depth)Patches (in-depth)

Edit a factory Patch ................................................................................................................40

Create a new empty Patch window .........................................................................................40

Add modules to a Patch..........................................................................................................40

Rename a module ...................................................................................................................41

Move a module.......................................................................................................................41

Delete a module......................................................................................................................41

Replace a module....................................................................................................................41

Coloring a module..................................................................................................................42

Connecting modules...............................................................................................................42

Edit module parameters in a Patch .........................................................................................43

Voice Area and FX Area..........................................................................................................44

Download a Patch to the synthesizer.......................................................................................45

Store a Patch...........................................................................................................................45

Delete a Patch.........................................................................................................................46

Creating Patch parameter Variations.......................................................................................47

Save a Variation......................................................................................................................47

Copy a Variation ....................................................................................................................47

Variation Init..........................................................................................................................47

MIDI control of Variations ....................................................................................................48

Knobs and controllers

Knobs and controllers ...........................................................

Knobs and controllersKnobs and controllers

The Parameter Pages window .................................................................................................48

Assign a parameter to a knob ..................................................................................................48

Assign all module parameters to a set of knobs........................................................................50

MIDI controllers ....................................................................................................................50

Morph groups

Morph groups............................................................................

Morph groupsMorph groups

Assign parameters to a Morph group ......................................................................................52

Deassign parameters from a Morph group ..............................................................................52

Edit parameters in a Morph group..........................................................................................53

Copy a Morph group to another source ..................................................................................53

Morph groups in separate Variations ......................................................................................53

A word about Keyboard Morph..............................................................................................53

Morphing clock-synched module parameters..........................................................................53

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Performances......................................................

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PerformancesPerformances

What is a Performance?

What is a Performance? ...........................................................

What is a Performance?What is a Performance?

Special features in Performances .............................................................................................54

Uploading a Performance to the Editor

Uploading a Performance to the Editor ................................

Uploading a Performance to the EditorUploading a Performance to the Editor Creating a Performance in the Editor

Creating a Performance in the Editor ...................................

Creating a Performance in the EditorCreating a Performance in the Editor

Selecting Patches for the Slots.................................................................................................54

Editing....................................................................................................................................55

Keyboard Split (Keyboard Range)...........................................................................................55

Combining Split and Layer.....................................................................................................55

The Global Parameter Pages ...................................................................................................55

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Storing a Performance

Storing a Performance .............................................................

Storing a PerformanceStoring a Performance

Storing in the synth ............................................................................................................... 56

Saving on the computer ......................................................................................................... 56

Renaming single Patches in Performances.............................................................................. 56

Extracting Patches from a Performance

Extracting Patches from a Performance ...............................

Extracting Patches from a PerformanceExtracting Patches from a Performance

Extract a Patch and store it in the synth................................................................................. 56

Extract a Patch and save it on the computer........................................................................... 56

Deleting Performances in the synth

Deleting Performances in the synth ......................................

Deleting Performances in the synthDeleting Performances in the synth Exiting Performance Mode

Exiting Performance Mode .......................................................

Exiting Performance ModeExiting Performance Mode

8. Working with the synth

Working with the synth .....................................

8. 8.

Working with the synthWorking with the synth

Panel controls

Panel controls..........................................................................

Panel controlsPanel controls

Left panel section................................................................................................................... 58

Right panel section ................................................................................................................ 60

Load a Patch from memory

Load a Patch from memory .......................................................

Load a Patch from memoryLoad a Patch from memory

Search for and load a Patch.................................................................................................... 61

Create a Patch

Create a Patch ..........................................................................

Create a PatchCreate a Patch Edit a Patch

Edit a Patch ...............................................................................

Edit a PatchEdit a Patch

Edit Patch Settings................................................................................................................. 63

Assign parameters to panel controls

Assign parameters to panel controls....................................

Assign parameters to panel controlsAssign parameters to panel controls Patch parameter Variations

Patch parameter Variations .....................................................

Patch parameter VariationsPatch parameter Variations

What is a Variation?............................................................................................................... 65

Parameters that can’t be changed between Variations............................................................. 66

Create (change) a Variation.................................................................................................... 66

Save a Variation ..................................................................................................................... 66

Copy a Variation.................................................................................................................... 66

Variation Init......................................................................................................................... 67

Clear a Variation.................................................................................................................... 67

Store a Patch

Store a Patch ............................................................................

Store a PatchStore a Patch

Storing without changing the Patch name.............................................................................. 67

Storing with new Category and/or new Patch name............................................................... 67

Copying Patches

Copying Patches ........................................................................

Copying PatchesCopying Patches

From one memory location to another................................................................................... 69

From one Slot to another....................................................................................................... 70

Rename a Patch

Rename a Patch..........................................................................

Rename a PatchRename a Patch Delete a Patch

Delete a Patch...........................................................................

Delete a PatchDelete a Patch Activate several Slots

Activate several Slots.............................................................

Activate several SlotsActivate several Slots Layering Patches

Layering Patches.......................................................................

Layering PatchesLayering Patches

Changing Edit Focus but not Keyboard focus........................................................................ 71

Morph groups

Morph groups ............................................................................

Morph groupsMorph groups

Assign parameters to a Morph group...................................................................................... 72

Deassign parameters from a Morph group ............................................................................. 73

Edit parameters in a Morph group ......................................................................................... 73

Copy a Morph group from one source to another.................................................................. 73

Morph groups in separate Variations ..................................................................................... 73

A word about Keyboard Morph............................................................................................. 74

Morphing clock-synched module parameters ......................................................................... 74

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Performances

Performances ............................................................................

PerformancesPerformances

What is a Performance?...........................................................................................................74

Entering Performance Mode...................................................................................................74

Load a new Performance from the internal memory ...............................................................75

Creating a Performance ..........................................................................................................75

Editing a Performance ............................................................................................................75

Global (Performance) Parameter Pages ...................................................................................76

Keyboard Split........................................................................................................................76

Keyboard Zone.......................................................................................................................76

Storing a Performance ............................................................................................................77

Extracting Patches from a Performance...................................................................................78

Deleting Performances............................................................................................................79

Exiting Performance Mode.....................................................................................................79

The System functions

The System functions...............................................................

The System functionsThe System functions

Patch functions (Pa) ...............................................................................................................79

Performance functions (Pe).....................................................................................................80

System functions (Sy) .............................................................................................................80

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Working with the Editor

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Working with the Working with the

File menu

File menu ....................................................................................

File menuFile menu

New Patch..............................................................................................................................83

New Performance ...................................................................................................................83

Open ......................................................................................................................................83

New To ..................................................................................................................................83

Open To.................................................................................................................................83

Save ........................................................................................................................................84

Save As ...................................................................................................................................84

Save All...................................................................................................................................84

Save From...............................................................................................................................84

Save InitPatch.........................................................................................................................84

Recent Files ............................................................................................................................84

Quit........................................................................................................................................84

Edit menu

Edit menu ...................................................................................

Edit menuEdit menu

Undo......................................................................................................................................84

Redo.......................................................................................................................................84

Cut.........................................................................................................................................85

Copy.......................................................................................................................................85

Paste .......................................................................................................................................85

Clear.......................................................................................................................................85

Paste Params...........................................................................................................................85

Select All.................................................................................................................................85

Patch menu

Patch menu ................................................................................

Patch menuPatch menu

Patch Settings .........................................................................................................................85

Textpad ..................................................................................................................................86

Delete Unused Modules .........................................................................................................86

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Performance menu

Performance menu .....................................................................

Performance menuPerformance menu

Performance Settings ............................................................................................................. 87

Download.............................................................................................................................. 87

Synth menu

Synth menu.................................................................................

Synth menuSynth menu

Synth Settings........................................................................................................................ 87

Upload Active Slot................................................................................................................. 89

Save In Synth......................................................................................................................... 90

Bank Upload (From Modular)............................................................................................... 90

Bank Download (To Modular) .............................................................................................. 91

Send Controller Snapshot ...................................................................................................... 91

Setup menu

Setup menu .................................................................................

Setup menuSetup menu

Options ................................................................................................................................. 92

Tools menu

Tools menu .................................................................................

Tools menuTools menu

Parameter Pages ..................................................................................................................... 92

Parameter Overview............................................................................................................... 93

Virtual Keyboard ................................................................................................................... 93

File Browser........................................................................................................................... 94

Auto assign MIDI controllers................................................................................................. 95

Deassign MIDI Controllers ................................................................................................... 95

Extended Toolbar .................................................................................................................. 95

Window menu

Window menu ..............................................................................

Window menuWindow menu

Close...................................................................................................................................... 96

Close All ................................................................................................................................ 96

Cascade.................................................................................................................................. 96

Tile horizontally .................................................................................................................... 96

Tile vertically ......................................................................................................................... 96

Tile Active Slots..................................................................................................................... 96

Tile All Slots .......................................................................................................................... 96

Currently open Patches/Performances.................................................................................... 96

Help menu

Help menu ...................................................................................

Help menuHelp menu

Contents/Search/Index .......................................................................................................... 96

Keyboard Shortcuts................................................................................................................ 96

About..................................................................................................................................... 97

Toolbar

Toolbar .......................................................................................

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Master Clock ......................................................................................................................... 97

Connection indicators............................................................................................................ 97

Prf.......................................................................................................................................... 97

New....................................................................................................................................... 97

Init 1&2 ................................................................................................................................ 97

Module group tabs................................................................................................................. 98

Patch Load and Memory........................................................................................................ 98

Undo & Redo........................................................................................................................ 98

Color ..................................................................................................................................... 98

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Patch window

Patch window.............................................................................

Patch windowPatch window

Patch Name............................................................................................................................99

Category.................................................................................................................................99

Voice Mode............................................................................................................................99

Var .........................................................................................................................................99

Patch Level .............................................................................................................................99

Visible cables ..........................................................................................................................99

Hide all cables.......................................................................................................................100

Shake cables..........................................................................................................................100

Patch window split bar .........................................................................................................100

Useful functions in the Editor

Useful functions in the Editor.............................................

Useful functions in the EditorUseful functions in the Editor

Patch window popup............................................................................................................101

Module popup......................................................................................................................101

Parameter popup ..................................................................................................................102

Cable popup.........................................................................................................................103

Computer keyboard shortcuts

Computer keyboard shortcuts..............................................

Computer keyboard shortcutsComputer keyboard shortcuts

“Special functions” keys........................................................................................................104

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11. Module reference

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MIDI implementation ......................................

MIDI implementationMIDI implementation

MIDI Controllers

MIDI Controllers ...................................................................

MIDI ControllersMIDI Controllers System Exclusive implementation

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System Exclusive implementationSystem Exclusive implementation MIDI Implementation Chart

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Module reference .........................................

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In/Out group

In/Out group ............................................................................

In/Out groupIn/Out group

Common In/Out module parameters and definitions...........................................................109

2-Out ...................................................................................................................................111

4-Out ...................................................................................................................................111

2-In ......................................................................................................................................111

4-In ......................................................................................................................................111

FX In....................................................................................................................................112

Keyboard ..............................................................................................................................112

MonoKey .............................................................................................................................113

Device ..................................................................................................................................113

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Note group

Note group..............................................................................

Note groupNote group

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KeyQuant............................................................................................................................ 117

PartQuant............................................................................................................................ 118

NoteScaler ........................................................................................................................... 118

Glide.................................................................................................................................... 119

PitchTrack........................................................................................................................... 119

ZeroCnt............................................................................................................................... 120

LevScaler.............................................................................................................................. 120

The Oscillator group

The Oscillator group ............................................................

The Oscillator groupThe Oscillator group

Common Oscillator parameters ........................................................................................... 121

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OscB.................................................................................................................................... 125

OscC ................................................................................................................................... 125

OscD................................................................................................................................... 126

OscPM ................................................................................................................................ 126

OscShpA.............................................................................................................................. 126

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OscDual .............................................................................................................................. 130

StringOsc............................................................................................................................. 131

OscPerc ............................................................................................................................... 132

DrumSynth ......................................................................................................................... 132

Noise ................................................................................................................................... 133

OscMaster ........................................................................................................................... 133

Operator.............................................................................................................................. 134

LFO group

LFO group ...............................................................................

LFO groupLFO group

Common LFO parameters................................................................................................... 136

LfoA .................................................................................................................................... 138

LfoB .................................................................................................................................... 138

LfoC .................................................................................................................................... 138

LfoShpA .............................................................................................................................. 138

ClkGen................................................................................................................................ 140

Envelope group

Envelope group ......................................................................

Envelope groupEnvelope group

Common Envelope Generator parameters ........................................................................... 142

ADSR-Env........................................................................................................................... 145

H-Env.................................................................................................................................. 146

D-Env.................................................................................................................................. 146

ADR-Env............................................................................................................................. 146

AHD-Env............................................................................................................................ 147

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Shaper group

Shaper group ..........................................................................

Shaper groupShaper group

Common Shaper parameters.................................................................................................149

Clip ......................................................................................................................................149

Overdrive..............................................................................................................................149

Saturate ................................................................................................................................150

ShpExp.................................................................................................................................150

WaveWrapper.......................................................................................................................150

ShpStatic ..............................................................................................................................150

Rectifier................................................................................................................................151

Filter group

Filter group ............................................................................

Filter groupFilter group

Common Filter parameters...................................................................................................151

LP-Filter ...............................................................................................................................153

HP-Filter ..............................................................................................................................153

FltNord ................................................................................................................................153

FltClassic ..............................................................................................................................153

FltMulti................................................................................................................................154

FltStatic ................................................................................................................................154

WahWah ..............................................................................................................................154

FltVoice................................................................................................................................154

Vocoder................................................................................................................................155

Eq1.......................................................................................................................................156

Eq2Band...............................................................................................................................156

Eq3Band...............................................................................................................................157

FltPhase................................................................................................................................157

FltComb...............................................................................................................................158

Mixer group

Mixer group .............................................................................

Mixer groupMixer group

Common Mixer parameters..................................................................................................159

Mix1-1A...............................................................................................................................160

Mix1-1S ...............................................................................................................................160

Mix2-1A...............................................................................................................................160

Mixer2-1B ............................................................................................................................160

Mix4-1A...............................................................................................................................160

Mix4-1B...............................................................................................................................160

Mix4-1C...............................................................................................................................161

Mix4-1S ...............................................................................................................................161

Mix8-1A...............................................................................................................................161

Mix8-1B...............................................................................................................................161

MixFader..............................................................................................................................161

MixStereo .............................................................................................................................162

Pan .......................................................................................................................................162

X-Fade..................................................................................................................................162

Fade1-2 ................................................................................................................................163

Fade2-1 ................................................................................................................................163

..........................................................................148

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............................................................................151

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.............................................................................159

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148

148148

151

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Switch group

Switch group...........................................................................

Switch groupSwitch group

Common Switch parameters................................................................................................ 163

SwOnOffM ......................................................................................................................... 164

SwOnOffT .......................................................................................................................... 164

Sw2-1M............................................................................................................................... 165

Sw2-1 .................................................................................................................................. 165

Sw4-1 .................................................................................................................................. 165

Sw8-1 .................................................................................................................................. 165

Sw1-2M............................................................................................................................... 165

Sw1-2 .................................................................................................................................. 165

Sw1-4 .................................................................................................................................. 165

Sw1-8 .................................................................................................................................. 166

ValSw2-1 ............................................................................................................................. 166

ValSw1-2 ............................................................................................................................. 166

WindSw............................................................................................................................... 166

Mux8-1................................................................................................................................ 166

Mux1-8................................................................................................................................ 167

Mux8-1X............................................................................................................................. 167

Sample&Hold ..................................................................................................................... 167

Track&Hold........................................................................................................................ 167

DXRouter............................................................................................................................ 168

Level group

Level group .............................................................................

Level groupLevel group

Common Level module parameters...................................................................................... 169

Constant.............................................................................................................................. 169

ConstSwM........................................................................................................................... 169

ConstSwT............................................................................................................................ 169

LevAdd ................................................................................................................................ 169

LevConv .............................................................................................................................. 170

LevAmp............................................................................................................................... 170

LevMult............................................................................................................................... 170

LevMod ............................................................................................................................... 171

Env-Follow .......................................................................................................................... 173

NoiseGate............................................................................................................................ 174

CompLev............................................................................................................................. 174

CompSig.............................................................................................................................. 174

MinMax .............................................................................................................................. 174

ModAmt.............................................................................................................................. 175

........................................................................... 163

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............................................................................. 169

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163

163163

169

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Logic group

Logic group .............................................................................

Logic groupLogic group

Common Logic module parameters......................................................................................177

Gate......................................................................................................................................177

Invert....................................................................................................................................177

FlipFlop................................................................................................................................178

ClkDiv .................................................................................................................................178

ClkDivFix.............................................................................................................................178

Pulse.....................................................................................................................................179

LogicDelay ...........................................................................................................................179

8Counter ..............................................................................................................................180

BinCounter ..........................................................................................................................180

ADConv...............................................................................................................................180

DAConv...............................................................................................................................180

Sequencer group

Sequencer group ....................................................................

Sequencer groupSequencer group

Common Sequencer parameters ...........................................................................................181

SeqEvent...............................................................................................................................182

SeqVal ..................................................................................................................................183

SeqLev..................................................................................................................................183

SeqNote................................................................................................................................183

SeqCtr ..................................................................................................................................184

Sequencing examples ............................................................................................................184

FX group

FX group ..................................................................................

FX groupFX group

Common FX group parameters ............................................................................................188

StChorus ..............................................................................................................................188

Phaser...................................................................................................................................189

Flanger..................................................................................................................................189

Digitizer ...............................................................................................................................189

FreqShift...............................................................................................................................190

Reverb ..................................................................................................................................191

Compressor ..........................................................................................................................191

Delay group

Delay group .............................................................................

Delay groupDelay group

Common Delay group parameters ........................................................................................192

DlySingleA ...........................................................................................................................193

DlySingleB ...........................................................................................................................193

DelayDual ............................................................................................................................193

DelayQuad ...........................................................................................................................193

DlyEight...............................................................................................................................194

DlyShiftReg..........................................................................................................................194

DlyClock..............................................................................................................................194

DelayA..................................................................................................................................194

DelayB..................................................................................................................................194

DlyStereo..............................................................................................................................195

.............................................................................177

..........................................................................................................................................................

.................................................................... 181

........................................................................................................................................

..................................................................................188

....................................................................................................................................................................

.............................................................................192

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177

177177

181

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188

188188

192

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MIDI group

MIDI group ..............................................................................

MIDI groupMIDI group

Common MIDI module parameters .................................................................................... 195

CtrlSend .............................................................................................................................. 195

PCSend................................................................................................................................ 197

NoteSend............................................................................................................................. 197

CtrlRcv................................................................................................................................ 198

NoteRcv .............................................................................................................................. 199

NoteZone ............................................................................................................................ 199

12.

12. Synthesis basics

12. 12.

Synthesis basics ...........................................

Synthesis basicsSynthesis basics

Subtractive synthesis

Subtractive synthesis ...........................................................

Subtractive synthesisSubtractive synthesis

Modules - the building blocks.............................................................................................. 201

Connections

Connections ............................................................................

ConnectionsConnections The oscillators and waveforms

The oscillators and waveforms............................................

The oscillators and waveformsThe oscillators and waveforms

Pitch .................................................................................................................................... 202

Waveform............................................................................................................................ 203

The filter

The filter.................................................................................

The filterThe filter

Filter types ........................................................................................................................... 208

Roll-off (slope)..................................................................................................................... 209

Cutoff frequency.................................................................................................................. 210

Resonance............................................................................................................................ 211

The Amplifier

The Amplifier ...........................................................................

The AmplifierThe Amplifier Envelopes

Envelopes ................................................................................

EnvelopesEnvelopes

ADSR-Envelope .................................................................................................................. 212

AD-Envelope ....................................................................................................................... 215

LFOs

LFOs.........................................................................................

LFOsLFOs Additive synthesis

Additive synthesis ..................................................................

Additive synthesisAdditive synthesis

Other synthesis and modulation methods

Other synthesis and modulation methods ..........................

Other synthesis and modulation methodsOther synthesis and modulation methods

......................................................................................... 215

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Creating a waveform ............................................................................................................ 216

FM synthesis........................................................................................................................ 217

AM synthesis ....................................................................................................................... 217

Ring modulation.................................................................................................................. 218

.............................................................................. 195

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........................................... 201

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195

195195

201

201201

201

201201

202

202202 202

202202

207

207207

212

212212 212

212212

215

215215 216

216216

217

217217

Index

Index......................................................................

IndexIndex

XII

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NORD MODULAR G2 V1.1 1. Introduction: Welcome!

1. I

1. IN

1. I1. I

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Thank you for choosing the Nord Modular G2! We would like to welcome you to the fascinating world of modular synthesis. Prepare yourself for a journey where your creativity can reach new levels, in a way that has not been conceivable with synthesizers before (except with the previous Nord Modular family). Nord Modular G2 synthesizer is a digital instrument that remains true to the traditional modular synthesis concept and, as you will find out in a few minutes, manages to go where no modular synthesizer has ever gone before.

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The Nord Modular G2 system consists of two parts: the synthesizer, which will be called the synth from now on, and the editor software, which will be called the Editor. Nord Modular G2 comes in two different hardware models, the Nord Modular G2 Key with a three-octave keyboard and the 1U high 19” rack mountable Nord Modular G2 Engine. Even though you have to use the Editor to create Patches, it is possible to load synth with Patches from the Editor, disconnect it from the computer and then use the synth as a stand-alone synthesizer. This solution makes the Nord Modular G2 system extremely flexible and portable.

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Every time this manual wants your attention to an object on the synth panel, the name of that object will be printed ferred to as the D ‘screen’. Whenever there is a reference to the ‘keyboard’, that reference will also apply to any incoming MIDI notes to the synth. The parts of the manual that describes operation from the synth do not apply to the rack mountable Nord Modular Engine. Since the Nord Modular G2 Engine lacks a user interface, it has to be programmed entirely from the Editor. Therefore, if you have the Nord Modular G2 Engine, please refer to the chapters that describes operation from the Editor.

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button’. The LCD displays on the G2 synth are always re-

) and the computer monitor is always referred to as the

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This manual is also available as a PDF file. 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.

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 purple color.

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1. Introduction: Windows 98SE/2000/XP NORD MODULAR G2 V1.1

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It is beyond the scope of this manual to explain the functions of these operating systems. In order to run the Editor, you need to be familiar with the basic functions of the computer, like mouse functions, saving and loading files to and from disk drives, moving and closing windows, closing dialog boxes etc. It is also important that the computer has a free USB port and that the Nord Modular G2 USB driver has been properly installed before connecting the Nord Modular G2 synth to the PC.

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If you have access to the Internet, you can check out the Nord Modular G2 section at Clavia’s web site. There, you will also find a sound library with Patches for the Nord Modular G2 system. Point your browser to http://www.clavia.se.

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instrument’s output level. (For info on how to control the level(s) of the individual sounds and via

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The M which show the input level of the microphone connected to the XLR I don’t use a mic, the Level LEDs will indicate the input level of the signal routed to the I

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etc.

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L L

knob controls the output level of all four OUT jacks and the H

knob does not send or receive any MIDI CC# but is used to control the entire

knob controls the XLR mic preamp level. Below the M

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, P

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knob is a set of four buttons, the N

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button is used for storing Patches and Performances.

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buttons which can be used to enter all system and

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buttons is the R

output.

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Press this button when you want to load a selected Patch or Performance into the focused Slot.

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Below the M

AIN DISPLAY

are the four S

LOT

buttons (A, B, C and D). You can load one Patch in each

of the Slots at a time.

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Lets you transpose the keyboard +/-2 octaves for each of the Slots. Press S

S S

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HIFT+LEFT OCTAVE SHIFT

button to enter Global Octave Shift mode. In this mode you can octave shift the keyboard globally for all Slots.

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button to make every note or chord you play sustain until you press any new keys.

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section you find the F

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button. This button can be

KB H

KB HKB H

Press the KB H

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To the right below the M used in many situations, for example when you want to copy & paste various things and also when you assign parameters to Parameter Pages. Holding S

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alternates the functionality to As-

sign/Paste.

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module names and parameter names. When you turn an A

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name is temporarily replaced by the parameter value. In the other display mode, the parameter names and values are constantly displayed. However, the module names are not shown in this mode.

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KB SKB S

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show

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FltNord1--------|

Freq Res

622.5Hz 1.72

Lets you split the keyboard and play/control different Slots from different keyboard zones.

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Module parameters in a Patch can freely be assigned to any of the 8 A below the four A

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button is used to activate functions printed below some buttons on the front panel.

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you’ll also find circular LED

or B

UTTONS

graphs which give you instant visual feedback of the coarse value of the assigned parameter. As soon as a module parameter has been assigned to an A

SSIGNABLE KNOB

or B

UTTON

, the parameter name and ex-

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act value is shown above in the corresponding A Columns (see below), each containing 8 parameters (in total 120 parameters) per Patch.

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There are 8 V plete parameter setups) within each Patch. In ‘Morph Mode’, these 8 buttons function as Morph group selection buttons. They are used when you want to control several parameters in a Patch from a single control source.

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This button is used when you want to switch display between the Patch parameters (which are printed above the A

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To the right are 5 main P of 15 Columns per Patch. Each of these Columns can contain the 8 A for a total of 120 assignable parameters per Patch.

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buttons with which you can select up to eight different Patch Variations (com-

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P P

ARAMETER PAGE

G2 G2

) and the Programmable Parameter Pages.

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buttons in combination with 3 C

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. You can assign a maximum of 15

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buttons for a total

or B

UTTONS

Connect a control/expression pedal to the C to the S switches.

Connect a free USB port of the computer that runs the Editor software to the USB Port.

Connect any external MIDI equipment to the M be a sequencer, a master keyboard or another MIDI device.

USTAIN PEDAL

input. The polarity of the input can be adjusted to suit different types of foot

ONTROL PEDAL

IDI IN

input. Connect a foot switch/sustain pedal

, M

IDI OUT

and MIDI T

HRU

ports. This could

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1-4 route the audio signals from the four

The unbalanced, line level (-10 dBV) audio outputs O virtual mix buses in Nord Modular G2. Use O a mono sound system. If only O

1 is connected, it will route the audio from O

UTPUT

1 if you are going to use Nord Modular G2 with

2 as well.

UTPUT

By connecting external sound sources to the unbalanced, line level (-10 dBV) inputs I Patch in audio signals and process in the Nord Modular G2.

The XLR M

INPUT

don’t have to amplify the signal externally.

The H

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Update Mode button

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This is an “emergency” button which can be used to manually set the G2 Engine in Update Mode. Normally you don’t have to use this button.

IC INPUT

, it will automatically disable the I

EADPHONES

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M M

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can be used for dynamic, non-Phantom powered microphones. If you use the MIC

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MIDI LED USB LED Power On LED

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1 input. The M

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has a built-in preamp so you

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1 and 2.

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1-4, you can

On/Off button

MIDI LED

MIDI LEDMIDI LED

Indicates incoming MIDI Note On messages received on the MIDI I

USB LED

USB LEDUSB LED

Lights steadily when the G2 Engine’s USB port is connected to the computer’s USB port and the Editor has established contact.

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Lights steadily when the G2 Engine is powered on.

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Switch on and off the G2 Engine with the O

O O

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LED

LED LED

N/OFF

button.

jack.

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NNNN

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M M

Connect a free USB port of the computer that runs the Editor software to the USB Port.

Connect any external MIDI equipment to the M be a sequencer, a master keyboard or another MIDI device.

G2 E

G2 E G2 E

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IDI OUT

, M

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and MIDI T

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ports. This could

The unbalanced, line level (-10 dBV) audio outputs O virtual mix buses in Nord Modular G2 Engine. Use O G2 Engine with a mono sound system. If only O

2 as well.

PUT

By connecting external sound sources to the unbalanced, line level (-10 dBV) inputs I Patch in audio signals and process in the Nord Modular G2 Engine.

The H

EADPHONES

Note! Since the G2 Engine lacks a volume knob, be careful when you use headphones so the volume isn’t too loud. Make it a habit of always lowering the Patch Level in the Editor before using headphones with the G2 Engine.

output routes audio signals which are assigned O

UTPUT

1-4 route the audio signals from the four

UTPUT

1 if you are going to use Nord Modular

1 is connected, it will route the audio from OUT-

1-4, you can

NPUT

UTPUT

1 and 2.

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3. S

3. SY

3. S3. S

Before we install and start using the Editor software, let’s have a look at the Nord Modular G2 synthesizer and check out some internal sounds and basic functions. Turn on the power!

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When you have turned on the Nord Modular G2, a Patch is automatically loaded in Slot A and the Patch name is shown in the M upper right to make the 4 A

low the A ters’ coarse values. Now, if you turn one of the A the exact value will be shown in the A

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To the bottom right of the front panel are 5x3 programmable P eter Page function is arranged in 5 Pages with 3 Columns each. By using these, you can access a total of 15 Columns of parameters in a Patch. Since each Column can contain 8 separate parameters, this gives you instant access to a total of 120 parameters per Patch. Press the C access Parameter Page A2. Now, 8 new parameters are shown in the A If you press the C are displayed. Then, you can continue by pressing the P B button access and its Columns to check out more assigned parameters.

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ARAMETER PAGES

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OLUMN

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P P

AIN DISPLAY

SSIGNABLE DISPLAYS

, 8 different Patch parameters are displayed together with their current values. Be-

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buttons. The Programmable Param-

3 button, another 8 parameters

. Then, if necessary, press the P

, the 8 LED

EnvADSR1------ --Attack Decay

and you can edit them.

GRAPHS

SSIGNABLE DISPLAY

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ARAMETER PAGE

show some of the assigned Patch parameters. In the 4

around the A

SSIGNABLE KNOBS

above the knob

-------------- --| Sustain Release

2 button to

AGE

SSIGNABLE KNOBS

, the LED

EnvFilter1---- --Attack Decay

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LP_Filter1--- ---| Freq Res

P P

GRAPH

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A button to the

show the parame-

will change and

------------- ---| Sustain Release

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are 8 Variation buttons. A Nord Modular G2 Variation is a complete setup of parameter values in a Patch. In other words, it’s possible to have up to eight different complete parameter “setups” in each Patch. You could compare the Variation function in the Nord Modular G2 with a traditional hard-wired synth where a “variation” would be the same as a “Program”, i.e. a setup of the sound parameters in the synth. Press the V

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ton and you will hear a different sound - but based on the same Patch.

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to select the Patch. If you like you can also switch between Banks by pressing the U

P/DOWN NAVIGATOR

ton. Then load the selected Patch into the Slot by pressing the P

ATCH LOAD

button. Now, you can try out other Patches of the internal memory, edit parameters and check out different Variations as described above.

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button. Load a Performance into the Slots by first turning the R ance and then pressing the P you can see, several S

OTARY DIAL

ATCH LOAD

LED

LOT

to select the Perform-

are now lit to indicate that several Patches are used in the Performance. The Performance name is shown in the M

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the first 8 parameters of the focused Patch are shown in the A

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Each Performance can have a separate set of programmable Parameter Pages, in addition to the Parameter Pages of each Patch in the Performance. Hold down

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and press the P

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button to ac-

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cess Global Parameter Page A, Column 1. Now, 8 new parameters are shown in the A

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and you can edit them. If you press the C

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button, another 8 Performance parameters are displayed, and so on. If you want to access the Programmable Parameter Pages of each individual Patch, hold down S

HIFT

and press the P

ATCH SETTINGS

button

again. Now, the first Parameter Page of the Patch in the focused Slot is shown in the A

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button. Then load the select-

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ances of the internal memory and edit parameters as described above. To revert to “Patch mode”, press the

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button.

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The Nord Modular G2 Editor software requires a PC running Windows 98SE/2000/XP (a Pentium II 450 MHz or better with minimum 64 MB RAM is recommended), with a USB (1.1) port, CD ROM drive, keyboard and a mouse. The computer has nothing to do with the actual sound processing in the Nord Modular G2 - it is used only for visual Patching and to send instructions to the Nord Modular G2. The Editor is designed for minimum 1024 x 768 pixels screen area, and minimum 16-bit color (thousands).

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Before connecting the Nord Modular G2 synthesizer to the PC, you need to install the USB driver. The USB driver makes it possible for the PC to recognize the G2 and for the Editor to communicate with the synth. To install the USB driver, do like this:

1. Insert the ‘Modular G2 V1.10’ CD into the CD-ROM drive.

2. Connect the USB cable between the synth and the computer. The ‘Found New Hardware’ wizard

3. Let the wizard search for the USB driver and install it.

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1. Insert the ‘Modular G2 V1.10’ CD into the CD-ROM drive.

2. Run SetupModularG2_V1_10.exe and follow the instructions in the setup program.

3. The Editor software will be installed in a folder named Clavia in the Program Files folder on the hard disk. During the installation you will be able to select an alternative location for the software.

4. Confirm every window in the installation procedure by clicking on the Next button. The installation may be aborted by clicking on Cancel.

5. When the installation is complete, click the Close button to return to the Windows desktop. There is no need to check in the ‘Synth Updater’ check box since the synth has the latest OS already installed from factory.

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Make all the audio connections before turning on any of the devices. The computer that runs the Editor must be connected via a USB port to the Nord Modular G2.

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Connect the desired outputs of the Nord Modular G2 to a sound system. We suggest that you start by connecting output 1 to the left channel and output 2 to the right channel of the sound system. Turn on Nord Modular G2 first, followed by the sound system.

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Power on the synth and make sure the USB cable is properly connected between the synth and your computer. From the Start menu in the Windows taskbar, select Programs|Nord Modular G2 V1.10|Modular Editor V1.10. During the start-up procedure, the Editor software will automatically search for and establish contact with the Nord Modular G2 synthesizer. If the connection between the synth and the computer is not working properly, an error message will appear. In that case, check the USB cable, make sure that the USB driver is properly installed and working, and that the synth is turned on. When the Editor has found the synth, the name of the connected synth is shown in the Status line. Any Patch currently loaded in the focused S

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Note! If you received a brand new Nord Modular G2 or G2 Engine, the latest operating system is already installed from factory. If so, there is no need to update the synth.

If you need to update the OS in the synth, do like this:

1. Make sure the USB Driver and Editor are properly installed as described earlier in this chapter.

2. Power on the G2 synth and connect the USB cable between the synth and computer.

3. Make sure the G2 Editor is not running.

4. Open the ‘Modular Synth Updater’ in the Programs|Nord Modular G2 folder in the Start menu of the computer and click the Update button to complete the OS update. As the update proceeds, the

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different stages are shown in plain text in the G2 Main Display. On the G2 Engine, the different LEDs show the status of the update according to the following:

1. Receiving new OS via USB: MIDI LED is blinking slowly. USB LED is flashing

2. Erasing old OS and storing new OS in memory: MIDI LED and USB LED are flashing alternating.

3. Starting new OS and reverting to normal operation: Both LEDs go off and then the USB LED is lit until you quit the Synth Updater program.

5. When the G2 synth has started up with the new OS you can exit the Synth Updater program and

start the G2 Editor.

Note! If the Synth Updater program shouldn’t recognize the connected G2 synth for some reason, even tough the USB Driver has been properly installed, you may have to enter Update Mode manually in the synth. On the Nord Modular G2, hold the S

buttons and power on the synth.

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Current OS v1.10 Ready to receive

On the G2 Engine, press the “hidden” button inside the hole to the right of the G2 logotype and power on the synth. First, the MIDI LED lights up, then the USB LED lights up and finally both LEDs light up. Then, both LEDs go off and the synth goes into “Update Mode” as

Update Mode button

indicated by the slowly blinking MIDI LED. Now, you can run the Synth Updater program as described above.

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A modular synthesizer could be described as a flexible electronics kit. It contains a lot of parts, the modules, which have various functions. You can build your own, customized synthesizer by connecting different modules and functions with Patch cables. A modular synthesizer has the advantage of being a very flexible instrument, leaving you in charge of the routing of the signals and functions in the synth. Nord Modular G2 takes this concept several steps further, being programmable, polyphonic, and multitimbral. Nord Modular G2 also features a very powerful editing system in the supplied Editor software.

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A module in Nord Modular G2 can be, for example, an oscillator, an envelope generator, a filter or a step sequencer. There are currently over 150 different types of modules available in Nord Modular G2. You are not limited to use only one module of a specific type in a Patch. Several identical modules can be used together, creating, for example, really fat multi-oscillator Patches.

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Almost every module and nearly every function of a module can be Patched to other modules and functions, using virtual cables. Each module has one or more connectors (except for some modules in the MIDI module group which have no connectors). These connectors come in two different shapes: circular inputs and square outputs, and three different variants: red audio, blue control and yellow logic connectors. Most of the modules share the same basic layout, with the audio input connector(s) to the top right and the audio output connector(s) to the bottom right.

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There are usually one or more parameters in each module. A parameter can be a knob, a slider or a button or a set of combined buttons - radio buttons. You change the setting of a parameter either with the mouse in the Editor software or with an A eter in the Editor is “turned” by click-holding it and moving the mouse. Click on the increment and decrement buttons to change the value one step a ta time. You can also use the computer keyboard’s up and down arrow keys to increase and decrease the focused parameter value. A button is toggled simply by clicking on it.

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Some buttons look like regular “single” buttons but have more than two states. These buttons are called scroll buttons since you “scroll” through the different states. The different states are selected by clicking the button repeatedly. An example of a scroll button is the ‘Semi/Partial/Frequency/Factor’ scroll button on the Oscillator modules. See “Scroll buttons” on page 31.

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Some modules feature so called drop-down selectors. Here you select functions (oscillator waveforms for example) by selecting from a drop-down list. The advantage of using these drop-down selectors in a module is that the module use less Patch Load compared to a module with radio buttons. However, changing

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function with these drop-down selectors will force the Sound engine to recalculate and thus cause a brief moment of silence. See “Drop-down selectors” on page 31.

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Some modules feature one or more display boxes that display alphanumeric and/or graphical information. Some oscillator modules, for example, display the frequency. The read-out of the oscillators is selectable between Hz and semitones, by clicking on the corresponding scroll button. Graphical information in modules can be envelope curves, wave shapes, frequency diagrams etc.

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When you have connected a couple of modules together, you have created a Patch. A Patch can be saved on the computer and/or stored in the internal memory of the synth. A Patch can produce one particular sound, or several sounds at once, depending on how many sound sources you use in the Patch. A Patch could be anything from a copy of an existing vintage synthesizer, to a completely unique synthesizer configuration of your own design. A Patch can also contain up to 8 different complete parameter setups Variations (see “Creating Patch parameter Variations” on page 47).

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RAM memory which can hold a Patch for playing and editing. You activate a

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buttons on the Nord Modular G2 front panel.

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button will be lit to indicate that the S

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for playing and the LED below that the PAtch in the Slot is enabled for editing. The M

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shows the memory location and the name of the Patch as

well as Sound Category selected for the Patch.

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The Slots can receive MIDI information on separate MIDI channels, making Nord Modular G2 up to 4 part multitimbral. If you want to use Nord Modular G2 multitimbrally, you first have to load the Patches you want in each S

LOT

. Hold down S the multitimbral configuration. Then, simultaneously press the S use. You can change the focused Slot by pressing the corresponding S activate Slots in a multitimbral setup, hold S

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and press the S

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and the desired S

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buttons you want to include in

buttons for the Slots you want to

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button. To deactivate and re-

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A multitimbral setup of Patches can also be saved as a Performance. Thanks to the flexible routing possibilities in the Nord Modular G2 system it’s possible to route audio and MIDI between Patches in a Performance for really powerful configurations. (See “Performances” on page 54).

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An often used expression in this manual is “focus”. For example, you can put a module parameter, a Slot, a Morph group or a Patch Variation “in focus”. This simply means that the focused object is currently selected and enabled for editing.

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Just as in a traditional analog system, modules and parameters in Nord Modular G2 interact with each other by means of signals being Patched from one place to another. In a typical analog system, these signals are represented by voltage ranging from e.g. -10 to +10 volts. The signal levels in the Nord Modular G2 system are represented by “units”. These units have nothing to do with the internal resolution of

the Nord Modular G2 system, which is 24-bit, but is used to more easily indicate levels in the system.

Nord Modular G2 uses three types of signals in its Patches:

• bipolar audio signals (-64 to +64 units)

• bipolar and unipolar control signals (-64 to +64 units, 0 to +64 units or 0 to -64 units)

• unipolar, high or low, logic control signals (0 or +64 units)

The illustration to the right shows the levels and the polarity of the signals from the keyboard, an LFO, an envelope, an audio signal and a logic signal. The LFO is an example of a bipolar modulator. Bipolar means that it sends both positive and negative levels (peak to peak –64 to +64 units). The keyboard is another example of a bipolar modulator. The key E4 (MIDI note number 64) represents 0 units in the Nord Modular G2 system.

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The Clock generator is an example of a module which sends logic signals. A logic signal is also a unipolar signal but it has only two possible values, two states: low (0 units) or high (+64 units). The types of output signals of each module in Nord Modular G2 will be described further on in this manual using the definitions: bipolar, unipolar and logic.

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The resolution in the Nord Modular G2 system is 24 bits. This ensures a supreme audio quality. The headroom of the audio signals in Nord Modular G2 is -12 dB for every sound source (Oscillator). This

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means that if you mix more than 4 sound sources in a voice, at very high or un-attenuated levels, distortion may occur. This is easily dealt with by attenuating the levels of the sound sources.

The mix bus headroom of the output modules is -6 dB per bus.

The amplitude of the audio signals increases for each voice you play. A monophonic Patch with an amplitude that is perfectly within the headroom, might produce distortion in the Output modules if more voices are added and played together.

To determine where any unwanted distortion occurs, first try to lower the Patch Gain level on the top of the Patch window. This action removes any mix bus related distortion. If this does not help, check the input signals to the mixers in the Patch for possible distortion

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Audio signals are bipolar as described above. The audio signals in Nord Modular G2 are 24-bit at 96 kHz sampling frequency for extremely high quality, and they have highest priority in the Sound engine. Audio connectors are distinguished by the red color. Do not let the description “audio” stop you from experimenting with these signals. They can be used to modulate things too. You can, for example, Patch the red audio output from an oscillator to a blue Pitch input of another oscillator.

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Control signals are sent from envelope generators, LFOs, the keyboard, sequencers etc. The control signals can be either uni- or bipolar. They are used to control or modulate parameters in a Patch. The control signals are 24-bit at 24 kHz sampling frequency, i.e. a quarter of the audio signal bandwidth. This is because they are often low-frequency signals by nature, and do not require a high bandwidth. The control signal connectors are distinguished by the blue color.

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Logic signals are used to clock, trig or gate different functions. They have two possible levels, low (0 units) or high (+64 units). The logic signals can use either 24 kHz or 96 kHz bandwidth depending on application and use 24-bit resolution. Logic signal connectors are distinguished by the yellow color. If 96 kHz bandwidth is used, the connector color changes to orange.

The state when a logic signal switches from 0 units to +64 units, is called the positive edge. When the logic signal change back to 0 units again, is called the negative edge. The logic inputs in the system can react to an incoming signal in four different ways. These are easily recognized by one of three symbols or the absence of a symbol, next to the input.

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A logic input that responds to both edges of the logic signal has no symbol next to it. Please note that even though they respond to both edges, the response is not the same for the positive and the negative edge. An example of this is the Gate input on the ADSR envelope generator. This input ”starts” the envelope when the positive edge of a logic signal appears and “releases” the envelope when the logic signal switches back to 0 units again.

A logic input that reacts only to the positive edge has an arrow, pointing upwards, next to it. This is a typical behaviour of a clock input on a sequencer module or a clock divider. This input is only interested in the positive edges of a logic signal.

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There are some logic inputs that will react to the positive edge of a logic signal only if there is a clock signal coming in to the module as well. These inputs have an arrow, pointing upwards towards a horizontal marker, next to them. The Park input on the various sequencer modules is an example of this. These modules will park in sync with the next clock signal (on the Clk input) when they receive a positive edge at the Park input.

The logic Clock input on the Clock divider module is an example of an input that reacts the same way to both of the edges of an incoming logic signal. This input has a doublesided arrow next to it.

The different behaviors of the logic inputs are important to remember. It is possible to Patch other signals than logic ones to the logic inputs. The output of a LFO, for instance, can be a good clock source or could be used to start envelopes. The logic input will not mind having a control or an audio signal connected to it. The logic inputs interpret any signal with a level of 0 units or less as a low signal and any signal with a level greater than 0 units as a high signal.

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The two different bandwidths of the signals in Nord Modular G2 are important to keep in mind. You can Patch a red audio output to a blue control input and vice versa but sometimes the results might be surprising. Some of the LFOs are capable of producing audible frequencies. Since the output of an LFO is a control signal, updated at quarter speed of an audio signal, the quality of an LFO generated signal might not be good enough to be used as an audio signal. If high audio quality is important in a Patch, use oscillators as audio signal generators instead. The LFOs can, however, provide excellent signals to be used as a frequency modulators in an FM-type Patch.

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A lot of modules in the Nord Modular G2 system are self-optimizing. This means they automatically adapt their Patch Load according to which connectors are being used and to the bandwidth of the incoming signal(s). All Mixers, for example, default to blue (control signal) inputs and outputs. If you connect only control signals to a Mixer, the inputs and outputs will remain blue and the Mixer will use less Patch Load - enabling for larger Patches or greater polyphony. However, if you connect a red (audio signal) cable to a Mixer input, all inputs and outputs will automatically “update” to audio bandwidth for maximum signal quality. This is indicated on the module by the inputs and/or outputs changing color.

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You can always try to Patch the three different types of signals to wherever you want. You may run into situations where the result of a connection will not be what you expected, but that is part of the beauty with a modular system like this. A blue control signal output can be very useful modulating on a yellow logic signal input, and an audio signal output can certainly produce interesting results connected to a control signal input. The colors are only there to help you identify the various signal types, not to restrict any experiments.

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By clicking on an arrow button you increment or decrement a parameter value by one step at a time. If you click and hold an arrow button the value is auto incremented/decremented. An example of an arrow button is the Analysis buttons of the Vocoder module.

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A knob is the type of circular knob found on almost every module in the Nord Modular G2 system. For example the Pitch modulation, Semitone and Fine tune knobs of the OscillatorA module. If a knob has a green triangle above it, you can click the triangle to reset the knob to the default 12 o’clock position.

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Drop-down selectors are distinguished by a vertical rectangular button with a small black triangle on it. When you click and hold this type of selector, a drop-down list with various alternatives is shown. Some drop-down selectors also feature a graph to display the current selection (a waveform, for example) is shown. The advantage of using drop-down selectors compared to radio button selectors in a module is that the module replaces the function rather than switches between functions. This makes modules with drop-down selectors often use less Patch Load than radio button modules. However, when you change these types of drop-down parameters, it will force the Sound engine to recalculate the Patches in all active Slots and thus cause a brief moment of silence. Also, note that drop-down selectors cannot be assigned to a K group or MIDI Controller. Modules with drop-down selectors can only have one selection for all Variations in a Patch.

Scroll buttons can have two or more states. When you click on a scroll button you activate the “next function in line”. When you click again the following function is activated and so on. An example of a scroll button is the Attack/Decay Shape button of the ADSR Envelope module.

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The method of controlling one function in a module with another function is called to “modulate”. When you play on a keyboard and the oscillator changes its pitch, you are modulating the pitch with the keyboard signal. Another example is an envelope opening up a filter when a key is pressed. Logic signals from the keys tell the envelope to start modulating the cut-off frequency of the filter. Modulation can be positive or negative, e.g. the cut-off frequency of a filter can increase with positive modulation and decrease with negative modulation or vice versa. As you will see, there are some modules in Nord Modular G2 that can change the polarity of a modulator signal. Some modules can be set to send either bipolar or unipolar control signals, like the Constant module or the Control Sequencer module.

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A module parameter that can be modulated from an external source has a modulation input, often in combination with modulation amount control. This is called a mod-input. The modulation amount control attenuates the incoming signal. The modinputs can be red, like the Sync, FM and Shape inputs of the OscillatorB module, which means they are capable of handling signals at full audio bandwidth, or they can be blue, like the Vowel modulation input of the Voice Filter module, working at 1/4 audio bandwidth. The modulation inputs can also be self-optimizing, like the Pitch inputs of the Oscillator B module, meaning that they adapt their bandwidth to the incoming modulation signal bandwidth. This is indicated by the inputs changing color.

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There are four different response behaviors of the mod-amount knobs next to the modulation inputs: linear [Type I], exponential/dB [Type II] and amplified linear [Type III]. The different response type(s) will be indicated for each module in the module reference section starting on page 109.

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considerably less than 0.5 (leaving less than half of the level of the incoming signal to modulate). A setting of 0 shuts off the modulation completely. The pitch mod-input on the various oscillators and the ‘dB’ attenuation alternative in the Mixer modules are examples of Type II attenuation.

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Let us use the pulse width on the OscDual module as an example in two scenarios:

1. If you want to modulate the pulse width from the minimum value (1%) to the maximum value

(99%) with a positive envelope (that produces a control signal with a peak to peak level swing from 0 units to +64 units), set the initial pulse width (PW) to 50% and the mod-amount to 100.

2. If you want to modulate the pulse width from the minimum value (1%) to the maximum value

(99%) with an LFO (that produces a bipolar control signal with a peak to peak level swing from –64 units to +64 units), set the initial pulse width (PW) to 75% and the mod-amount to 50.

Increasing the setting of the mod-amount can force the pulse-width beyond the limits (1% – 99%). This will result in the signal being “mirrored”.

Note the difference between the total amount of modulation from an envelope (unipolar, 64 units) and from an LFO (bipolar, -64 to + 64 units = 128 units). This explains why the first scenario has the modamount set to 100, and the second scenario set to 50 for maximum modulation.

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A signal routed to a Pitch input on a module affects the pitch by modulating it linearly in the note scale (see figure to the right below)

The figure to the right shows an A4 note being pitch modulated by a sym-

amplitude

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The maximum amount of modulation that a module (with one exception) can accept is +/–64 units from the initial setting of the parameter. The exception to this are the Filter Freq modulation inputs. These mod-inputs can accept +/–128 units of modulation.

The modulation amount is the sum of all modulation appearing at the modulation inputs.

Let us use the OscA module as an example: there are two pitch modulation inputs and the KBT (KeyBoard Tracking) function. The total modulation amount of these three inputs can not be greater than +/ –64 semitones. If you turn the coarse tuning down to e.g. E0, add a transpose value of +64 with a Con-

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stant module to the first pitch-mod input, you will reach a point, when playing on the keyboard, where the pitch of the oscillator will be fixed. Any additional, positive modulation will have no effect, which could lead to interesting effects. For example, an LFO would be able to modulate the pitch of the oscillator downwards, but not upwards.

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A Patch can be set to a polyphony between 1 (Legato and Mono) and 2-32 voices, as long as there is enough Sound engine power (Patch Load) available. It is not necessary to manually duplicate all the modules and settings for each voice to create a polyphonic Patch, as it would in a traditional modular system. All you have to do is change the requested polyphony in the top of the Patch window in the Editor or in the Patch Settings “menu” in the synthesizer. To be able to make a Patch polyphonic, you have to create the Patch, or the part of the Patch, you want to be polyphonic, in the Voice Area of the Patch window (see "Voice Area and FX Area” below).

The actual polyphony of a Patch is displayed in the Voice Mode display box. The requested number of voices is displayed within parenthesis. Should your request for polyphony exceed the actual capacity of the Sound engine, the system assigns the highest possible amount of voices to the Patch instead.

All Patches must have a requested number of voices assigned to them (minimum 1 voice - Legato or Mono). The dynamic allocation method used by other multitimbral hardware synthesizers is not applicable with Nord Modular G2.

You can easily adjust the polyphony for a Patch in the synth by selecting a S and turn the K be useful if you have a couple of Patches loaded in several

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The Nord Modular G2 note recognition system operates according to the “last note” principle. If you run out of polyphony and continue to play notes, the synthesizer will always add the last note played and remove the first note, with one exception: it will try to keep the lowest note sounding.

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In the Nord Modular G2 system, a Patch is always the base for a sound (and/or control application). A Patch is a configuration of modules which are connected with virtual cables to generate and/or process sound. A Patch can also be used only to control things, for example other instruments via MIDI. To put it simple: no Patch - no action! A Patch can contain up to eight different Variations. A Variation is a complete setup of Patch parameter settings. Read more about Variations on page 47.

When you want to create new Patches in the Nord Modular G2 system you always have to do this in the Editor on the computer. Open the Editor on your computer. In this first example we will create a basic subtractive synthesis Patch. Make sure the Editor has established contact with the synthesizer. If it hasn’t, please see “Launching the Editor” on page 24.

1. Select File|New.

2. An empty Patch window is opened. The Patch window automatically “connects” to the focused Slot in the synth. The Patch window is divided into two sections: the Voice Area, at the top of the Patch window split bar, and the FX Area at the bottom of the Patch window. The difference between these areas will be explained later in this example. We will begin using the upper section, the Voice Area.

3. Locate the Module tabs in the upper left part of the Patch window (In/Out, Note, Osc, LFO etc.). Select the In/Out tab. A preview of the module appears when you place the cursor over a module icon.

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4. Click-drag one ‘Keyboard’ module and one ‘2-Out’ module to the (upper) Voice Area. As you will notice, the modules will self-align when placed near each other. It doesn’t matter where in the Voice Area you put your modules, but a good idea is to place them in a “natural” flow so it becomes easier to follow the signal paths visually.

5. Click on the Osc tab, and click-drag one ‘OscB’ module to the Voice Area.

6. Click on the Env tab and click-drag one ‘EnvADSR’ to the Voice Area.

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7. Click on the Filter tab and click-drag one ‘FltNord’ to the

Voice Area. Now your Patch should look something like this:

8. Let’s settle with these modules for now and start with the

cable connections. First of all, let’s connect all audio cables between the modules: Place the cursor over the red square output of the ‘OscB1’ module. Click, hold and drag the cursor to the blue circular input of the ‘EnvADSR1’ module. Release the mouse button. Now, a red audio cable appears between the two modules. Also note that the input and output of the ‘EnvADSR1’ module changes color to red to indicate adaption to audio bandwidth. Repeat the procedure and connect the ‘EnvADSR1’ output to the ‘FltNord1’ input and the ‘FltNord1’ output to the ‘2-Out1’ input L.

If you should accidentally connect wrong, simply double-click-hold on one of the connectors, drag the cable away from the connector, and release the mouse button. The cable disappears.

Finally, check that the Destination button is set to Out 1/2 of the ‘2-Out1’ module to route the audio signal to the physical

1 jack of the synth. Your Patch should now look like this.

9. Even though all audio cables have been properly connected,

no sound is heard. You have to make the envelope generator “open up” for the audio signal. This is done by simply playing the synth keyboard. The KBG (Keyboard Gate) button on the ‘EnvADSR1’ module is on by default which makes it possible to gate the envelope without connecting the Gate input.

If you play on Nord Modular G2 (via the keyboard or MIDI

), the envelope Gate LED lights up and the Patch will sound.

10.Now, let’s add an ‘LFOA’ module from the LFO tab to the

Patch. Connect a cable between the square, blue output of the ‘LFOA1’ module, to the lowest blue, circular Pitch input of the ‘OscB1’ module. Play the Nord Modular G2 and turn the Pitch input attenuator knob next to the input of ‘OscB1’ by click-holding and moving the mouse. This makes ‘LFOA1’ modulate the pitch of the oscillator, adding vibrato to the Patch. Your Patch should look something like this:

If you like, you can serial connect a new cable from the lowest Pitch input of the ‘OscB1’ module, to the circular, red Shape modulation input, located to the bottom right in the same module. This will route the LFO to both the Pitch and the Shape modulation inputs. Select the square wave on the oscillator waveform selector and turn up the modulation attenuator knob, next to the Shape modulation input. Also, increase the cutoff frequency of the ‘FltNord1’ a bit to make the sound brighter. (One single modulator can

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be connected to several different destinations, either by making a “branch connection” from the original output to every input, or by making a serial connection from the first input to the second input, to the third etc.)

11.Now that we are satisfied with the modules and connections, let’s make the Patch polyphonic. Since all modules are used in the Voice Area, it is possible to play the Patch polyphonically. Locate the Voice Mode arrow buttons, to the right of the Var(iations) buttons in the toolbar. Set the requested number of voices by clicking on the upper arrow button. In the Voice Mode display box, the actual number of voices for the Patch is shown and the requested number within parenthesis. In this example, we request 4 voices.

12.In the bottom section of the Patch window, the FX Area, you can place modules that should act equally on all voices in the Patch. Modules used in the FX Area will act on the sum of the signals from the Voice Area. Let’s say we want a reverb acting on all voices in our sound, but we don’t want the reverb module to be duplicated for each voice like the other modules. First we need to tell the ‘2-Out1’ module in the Voice Area to route the signal to the FX Area instead of the physical O of the Nord Modular G2. Do this by clicking the FX destination button on the module. Click on the In/Out tab and click-drag one ‘FX In’ module and one ‘2-Out’ module to the FX Area. Click on the FX tab and click-drag one ‘Reverb’ module to the FX Area. Your Patch will now look like this:

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13.Now, connect the red L audio output of the ‘FX In1’ module

to the red circular L and R inputs of the ‘Reverb1’ module. Then, connect the two outputs of the ‘Reverb1’ module to the inputs of the ‘2-Out1’ module. As you play, you can see the level meter of the ‘FX In1’ module display the signal level from the Voice Area. If you need to lower the level on the ‘FX In1’ module to avoid distortion, click the Pad scroll button and select -6dB.

14.Now, we also want to make the ‘FltNord’ respond to Key-

board Velocity and “open up” with increasing Velocity. Patch a cable from the ‘Keyboard1’ module’s Exp Velocity output to the ‘FltNord1’ lower Pitch modulation input. Increase the Pitch modulation amount and lower the Freq amount a little. Play the keyboard and notice how the filter “opens up” with increasing Velocity.

15.Finally, to make the Patch editable and controlla-

ble from the Nord Modular G2 front panel, you can assign any parameter in the Patch to any of the 8 A

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You can also reassign a parameter to another knob by right-clicking and selecting an unused knob number.

16.To (re)name the Patch, click on the Patch Name display box to the upper left of the toolbar and enter a Patch name. Press Enter on the computer keyboard and the Patch name is changed in the Editor and in the M menu. To save the Patch in the memory of the Nord Modular G2 (and Engine), select Synth|Save In Synth. Select memory location from the list(s) and click Store. Note that the original Patch in the

selected memory location (if any) will be overwritten by your new Patch. Make sure you do not overwrite Patches you want to keep! It is a good idea to save a backup of all your Patches on the computer, just in case.

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When you want to create new Patches in the Nord Modular G2 system you always have to do this in the Editor on the computer. Open the Editor on your computer. Make sure the Editor has established contact with your Nord Modular G2 synthesizer. If it hasn’t, please see “Launching the Editor” on page 24.

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Select a group tab, click-hold on a module icon and drag it to the Patch window. When you place the cursor over any of the module buttons, a preview image of the module appears. Drag the “phantom frame” of the selected module to the Patch window. The other modules will move, if necessary, when you drop a new one. The modules will automatically snap to a grid in the Patch window. If you like you could also double-click a module icon to automatically add it to the Patch window below the currently focused module. The Patch window will expand when needed and scroll-bars will appear at the bottom and to the right if the Patch window becomes larger than the available screen area. As you add modules to the Patch window, the Patch Load indicator(s) on the toolbar will expand, indicating the use of the Sound engines. Maximum Patch Load is 100% per Patch Area.

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Another way of adding modules to the Patch is by right-clicking on the background of the Patch window and selecting ‘Insert’. A popup of the module groups appears. Select desired module by selecting it fr om the popup. The curs or gets a p lus sign next to it. Place the cursor where you want the module to be placed and click to drop the module.

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You can move the modules in the Patch window by click-holding on its gray “panel” and move the frame that appears. Any connected cables will extend themselves and other modules will move out of the way automatically. You can also move several modules at the same time by placing the cursor on the Patch window background and click-hold and mark the modules you want to move. Another way of selecting several modules is to Shift-click on the desired modules. The names of the selected modules are highlighted to indicate that they have been selected.

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To delete a module from a Patch, either click on the module and press Delete on the computer keyboard or select Clear from the Edit menu. Alternatively, right-click on a module’s background and select Delete from the popup. Note that all cable connections made to the module will also be deleted or rerouted. You can also delete several modules by selecting them as described in the example above. Then, either press the Delete key, select Clear from the Edit menu or right-click on one of the selected modules and choose Delete from the popup.

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There is an intelligent module replace function in the Editor. To replace a module with another module of the same module group, click the arrow button to the left of the module name. A popup appears with the names of the other modules in the group. Click on one of the modules in the popup. Now, the selected module will replace the current one - with all cable connections preserved (if possible)! This function saves a lot of time if you, for example, need a Mixer with more inputs or an Oscillator or Envelope generator with more/different functions. Note that the “replacement module pop-ups” doesn’t always feature exactly the same modules as the module groups in the Toolbar.

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To distinguish a module, or a group of modules, from other modules in a Patch, it’s possible to apply a color to the module. Select a color from the Color selector in the Toolbar. Any new modules you add to the Patch window will now get the selected color. You can also focus any modules in the Patch window by Shift-clicking them and then clicking on the “paint bucket” icon to apply the selected color to the module(s) or select another color from the drop-down palette.

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There are three different types of connectors that are used for different signals. These connectors are distinguished by different colors:

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Place the cursor on a module connector and click-hold. The cursor will change to a plug. Drag the cursor to a suitable connection elsewhere in the Patch. As you drag the cursor away from the source connector, a line will appear between the cursor and the connector. When you reach the destination connector, the cursor will change to a cable with a white dot instead of a plug. As you release the mouse button, a cable will appear between the two connections. The color of the output connection will determine the color of the resulting cable. You can later change the cable color if you like.

It is also possible to connect cables between connectors of different colors, e.g. connect an audio signal output to a control signal input etc. This depends on the actual application. If a connection is not possible to make, this will be shown; the cursor will not change to a cable with a dot as you reach the “illegal” destination connector. It is not possible to damage the system in any way by connecting “wrong” - feel free to experiment!

You can connect one output to several inputs to make a parallel connection.

You can also make a serial connection, from input to input. The result is exactly the same as in a branch connection. If a module within a serial cable chain is removed, the remains of the cable chain will be re-routed.

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It is also possible to make a serial connection between several inputs, without connecting to an output. This won’t result in any signal flow, but can be useful if you want to choose an output after having connected all inputs. These “non-functional” input-to-input connections are indicated by white cable color. When you connect such a chain to an output, the cable color will change to the output’s color. It is also possible to combine parallel and serial connections in several ways. For example, you could have a serial connection branch off to a parallel connection anywhere in the chain.

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To make it easy to follow cable connections and signal paths visually in the Patch, click-holding a connector will highlight any connected cables or cable chains. The highlighted cable(s) turns light blue for as long as you hold the mouse button depressed.

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A parameter can be a knob, slider or a selector switch (button). Put a parameter “in focus” by clicking on it. An increment and decrement button appears below the knob or slider parameter as you move the cursor over it, and the current setting of the parameter displays briefly in a yellow hintbox. When you click on the parameter, the increment/decrement buttons (or button selectors) are highlighted.

To move the focus to another parameter in the module, press the Left/Right arrow buttons on the computer keyboard.

To move the focus to another module in the Patch, press the Shift key on the computer keyboard together with the Up/Down/Left/Right arrow buttons. The modules in a Patch are accessed depending on how they were visually placed in the Patch window.

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You can edit the parameters with the mouse. Place the cursor over a knob, click-hold it (put it in focus) and then move the mouse. The knobs have no end stops; you may jump from maximum to minimum by turning past the 6 o’clock position (if Knob control is set to ‘Circular’ in the Setup|Options dialog box). When a knob is in focus, two small buttons will appear beneath the knob. Clicking on the ‘up’ button will increase the value one

Editing a knob

step for each click and clicking the ‘down’ button will decrease. You can also use the computer keyboard’s Up/Down arrow keys to increase and decrease the focused parameter value. Click on a button to select e.g. a waveform button of an oscillator. The selected button will be “depressed”.

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A Nord Modular G2 Patch can consist of two parts: a polyphonic part and a monophonic part. In the Editor, these two parts are represented by two sections of the Patch window, divided by a horizontal split bar. The upper section is called the Voice Area and the lower section the FX Area. In the Voice Area you place modules that should be duplicated for each voice, e.g. oscillators, envelope generators and filters. In the lower Patch window, the FX Area, you can place modules that should act equally on all voices in the Patch, e.g. different types of FX modules. Modules used in the FX Area will act on the sum of the signals output from the Voice Area, and consequently will not be duplicated for each voice in the Patch. This gives two big advantages:

• A module is able to process whole chords, and not just a single voice, affecting the sound the same way

an external audio processor would.

• In most situations you will be able to free up Sound engine power (Patch Load) so you could increase

the polyphony of the Patch.

Cables cannot be connected from modules in one Patch Area to modules in the other. However, you can route four separate audio signals from the Voice Area to the FX Area by using the FX In module. The routing is one-way only; from the Voice Area to the FX Area. You can also use the four global audio Bus channels to route audio signals to and from both Patch Areas of all Slots. The global audio Bus routing is “bidirectional”.

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This example shows a Patch where both the Poly and FX Areas are used: The ‘2-Out1’ module in the Voice Area is set to route the signal to FX In 1/2, the Left and Right output of the ‘FX In1’ module in the FX Area. The sum of all voices from the Voice Area is sent to the FX Area to be processed in the ‘Reverb1’ module and output at O

1 and OUT2 jack of the synthesizer.

A Patch in the Voice Area set to ‘Mono’ in the Voice Mode display box would give the same result as having the Patch only in the FX Area instead.

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If you have opened a couple of Patches in the Editor while the synth wasn’t connected and you want to download one of the Patches from the Editor to the synth, do either of the following:

1. Right-click on the Patch window background and select a Slot from the bottom of the popup. This

will download your Editor Patch, overwriting the Patch that is currently in the destination Slot.

OR:

2. Select Patch|Download To Slot and select Slot in the dialog box that appears.

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A Patch can be stored in two different locations: in the internal memory of the synthesizer, and/or on disk on the computer. The examples below describes three different ways of saving/storing a Patch.

1. Save a Patch only on the computer by selecting File|Save. File|Save As will let you rename and/or

2. Store a Patch in one of the Nord Modular G2 internal memory locations by pressing the S

relocate the Patch before saving to disk. File|Save All will save all open Editor Patches to their original locations.

ton on the front panel once. The LED above the S the U firm by pressing S

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3. To store a Patch in Nord Modular G2 internal memory from the Editor, select Synth|Save In Synth.

Select a memory location and a bank from the Drop-down lists and click ‘Save’. Note that the origi-

nal Patch in the selected memory location (if any) will be overwritten by your new Patch. Make sure you do not overwrite Patches you want to keep!

There is a memory protect function to minimize the risk of accidentally overwriting Patches. Read more about the internal memory protection in the section “Memory Prot” on page 81.

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To make it easier to define different types of sounds in the synth’s memory it’s possible to specify a Sound Category for each Patch. There are 13+2 different categories to choose between. Select Category from the drop-down list to the right of the Patch Name display box in the Toolbar:

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Acoustic Patches with an acoustic character like flutes, violins, guitars, ethnic sounds, bells,

Sequencer Sounds which use sequencer modules to produce melodic and/or rhythmic lines.

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Classic Traditional “clean” analog types of polyphonic synth sounds based on the classic

Drum Drum and percussion sounds

Fantasy Melodic effects sounds and textures, often with rhythmic modulations

FX Atonal effects sounds like water, laser guns, explosions etc. Sometimes with heavy

Lead Sounds meant for lead lines. Usually monophonic sounds. Also lead “chord mem-

Organ Different types of organ sounds

Pad Melodic polyphonic “chord” sounds with fairy slow attacks like strings, choirs etc.

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As mentioned above, the Nord Modular G2 internal memory is divided into 32 banks with 128 memory locations each. However, it’s not possible to fit in 4096 (32x128) Patches at the same time in the Nord Modular G2 memory due to the total size of the Patches. Considering that an average Patch uses around 5 kB memory, this means you’ll be able to fit in approximately 1200 Patches. If you also have stored Performances, the number of Patches will be less. The reason the G2 has this many Banks and memory locations is that it makes it easier to manage your Patches. For example, you could have all your Patches for a certain song or project in a separate Bank.

The dynamic structure of the internal memory makes it suitable to consider it a storage device similar to a computer hard disk, with banks representing folders and Patches representing files.

When you want to store a Patch in a memory location that doesn’t contain any Patch, this is indicated in the M

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Right-click on a Patch icon and select ‘Delete’.

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First of all, you need to create or open a Patch to be able to create Patch parameter Variations. Let’s use the Patch we created in the ‘Getting Started’ chapter: Locate the row of Variation buttons to the right of the Voice Mode arrow buttons at the top of the Patch window. As you can see, the Variation 1 button is already focused. This is because as soon as you create a Patch, you have automatically also created a Variation within that Patch. This Variation contains the parameter data for the Patch. Now, to create more Variations, do like this:

1. Click on the Variation 2 button at the top of the Patch window. The Variation 2 button is focused to indicate it’s the currently active Variation in the Patch

On the synth front panel, the V indicate it’s the focused Variation.

2. Change the settings on a couple of parameters in the Patch.

Note that modules that have a drop-down selector, for example Oscillator C and LFO B, can only have one waveform for all eight Variations. This is because when changing waveform in these types of modules, the Sound engine has to recalculate the whole Patch the same way as if you replaced the entire module. If you want to have different Oscillator or LFO waveforms in different Variations, use modules with radio button selectors instead, e.g. Oscillator A and B and LFO A.

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3. Click the Variation 1 button to focus Variation 1 again. On the synth front panel, the V LED lights steadily to indicate it’s now in focus. As you can see, the parameters you changed in Variation 2 now get their Variation 1 values again. You have now created two Variations in the Patch.

If you want to have more Variations in your Patch, click another Variation button and change parameter settings. Each Patch contains eight different Variations. When you save your Patch (on your computer or in the synth), all Variations will automatically be saved within the Patch.

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All Variations are automatically saved when you save the Patch. You can’t save Variations as separate files.

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To copy the parameter settings in one Variation to another in the Patch, right-click the Variation button and select the destination Variation from the pop-up window.

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Patch. This parameter setup can then be recalled for any Variation by pressing the Init button to the right of the Variation buttons.

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The 8 A be used to tweak parameters in real-time. The A assigned to almost any parameter in a Nord Modular G2 Patch. You have direct access to 5 x 3 pages with 8 assignable controllers each for a total of 120 assignable parameters per Patch.

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The Parameter Pages window is the graphical representation in the Editor of the 5 Pages and 3 Columns with A both visual indication and the possibility to edit the parameters currently assigned to an A

box indicates that the knob/button is assigned to a module parameter.

When you edit a knob in the Parameter Pages window, by click-holding and turning the knob, the corresponding module parameter in the Patch window will be focused and change too. The value of the A

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module parameter will change, also visually.

Bring up the Parameter Pages window by selecting Parameter Pages from the Tools menu. The Parameter Pages window is a floating window, meaning it can be positioned “on top” anywhere in the Patch window.

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1. Right-click on a parameter in the Editor window, select Assign|Page|Knob from the popup menu and select one of the Knobs in the menu.

To deassign an A

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by selecting another

(unused) knob in the popup menu.

2. The other way of assigning a parameter in the Editor is to use the Parameter Pages window. Click and hold a display box in the Parameter Pages window and then drag the cursor to the module parameter you wish to assign. The arrow gets a + sign next to it as you reach an assignable module parameter. Release the mouse button and the assignment is completed. To deassign, right-click the knob or display box in the Parameter Pages window and select ‘Deassign’.

An A

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will always control the entire range of a parameter. If you need to control only a part of the range, use a Morph group instead. The Morph concept is described in “Morph groups” on

page 51.

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By click-holding on a display box and then dragging the cursor to another display box and releasing, you can move the assignment to another A

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. If you want to move a parameter assignment to another Page or Column, right-click the knob or display box and select ‘Move To’ and select destination. Another way of moving a parameter assignment is to use the Parameter Overview window described on page 93.

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You can easily assign all module parameters to a set of Knobs. This is very useful when assigning Sequencer module parameters, for example. Rightclick the module background and select Assign|Page X|Multi Column. This will automatically assign all module parameters to as many Page Columns as necessary to fit in all parameters. For modules that contain 8 or less parameters, you can select Page and specific Column from this pop-up menu. Alternatively, you can click-hold a Page or Column button in the Parameter Pages window and drag to a module in the Patch window. Release the mouse button on the module to assign all module parameters.

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Almost any parameter in the different modules can be assigned to a MIDI Controller. This is very useful if you want to record parameter adjustments to an external sequencer or if you want to control external MIDI devices from the A parameter will transmit MIDI data when being edited, as well as receive data from external MIDI sources (sequencer, master keyboard, etc.).

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Right-click on a module parameter and select MIDI controller|Assign from the parameter popup. Here you can choose either to assign the parameter to any of the listed MIDI Controller numbers.

You are free to assign up more than 100 MIDI Controllers to module parameters. Some “predefined” MIDI Controllers like #1 (Mod Wheel), #0 and #32 (Bank Select) and #64 (Sustain Pedal) cannot be selected from this list. When you edit a parameter that is assigned to a MIDI controller, it will transmit M IDI controlle r data. It does not matter if you edit the parameter from the Editor or on the synthesizer with the R

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You may also assign a parameter to an

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It’s also possible to automatically assign MIDI controllers to all parameters of selected modules. Select the modules you want to assign MIDI controllers to, select Tools|Auto Assign MIDI Controllers. Now, all parameters of the selected modules will be automatically assigned to MIDI controller numbers. If you want to deassign MIDI Controllers of specific modules, select the modules and choose Tools|Deassign MIDI Controllers.

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to parameters on modules that are not used (connected) in the Patch. Then, assign the parameters to MIDI controllers. Very useful for this purpose is the MIDI Ctrl send module (see page 195), which does not use any Sound engine resources. You determine which MIDI channel to use directly in this module. Read more about the MIDI modules in “MIDI group” on page 195.

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The Morph function lets you continuously control defined ranges of several parameters in a Patch, using only a single control source. This lets you produce radical changes in a sound in a very fast and easy way. Nord Modular G2 features eight separate Morph groups per Patch. A parameter can also be assigned to several Morph groups - all Morph groups, actually - and thus be controlled differently from several sources. Also, if you use several Variations in a Patch, the Morph group assignments can be totally different for each Variation.

The Morph groups and their corresponding knobs are located in the Editor toolbar. There are eight Morph groups available in each Patch and you may assign a total of 25 Patch parameters to these Morph groups.

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1. Click on any of the Morph group knobs in the toolbar to

2. Every parameter assigned to a Morph group should also be

3. Turning the Morph group knob in the toolbar will now control the morphed parameter within the

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select it. The white frame moves to the selected Morph group and the Morph group knob turns red. Then Ctrlclick on the knob, button or slider you wish to assign to the selected Morph group. Alternatively, right-click on the module parameter and select ‘Morph assign’. The color of the selected parameter will now change to red to indicate it’s been assigned to the selected Morph group.

given a Morph range. Place the cursor on the knob that you assigned to the Morph group. Hold down the Ctrl key and Click-drag the cursor as if you were turning the knob. A red sector will appear, indicating the Morph range. The range will also appear in a yellow hintbox next to the parameter. The initial Morph value is where the black line is on the knob. Note that if you assign buttons to a Morph group, the Morph range

will always be fixed at the maximum range.

selected range. Note that the morphed knob(s) in the module(s) won’t change visually.

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4. If you want to assign parameters to another Morph group, click another Morph group knob in the Toolbar and repeat the procedure from step 1. Any parameters assigned to other Morph groups will now turn blue to indicate they are morphed from another source.

You can assign each Morph group knob to any of the predefined controls M Keyboard Note Values, Aftertouch, Control Pedal, Foot Switch, P front panel. If you want to assign a Morph group only to an A control source, simply click the Group button below the Morph group knob in the Toolbar. Then, rightclick the Morph group knob and select Assign|Page X|Knob. The Group buttons can also be renamed by right-clicking and selecting ‘Edit name’. You can also assign the Morph group knob to a MIDI controller by right-clicking and selecting MIDI Controller|Assign.

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To deassign a parameter from a Morph group, right-click on the parameter and deselect ‘Morph assign’ in the popup.

To deassign all assigned parameters from a Morph group, right-click on the Morph group knob in the Toolbar and select ‘Clear’.

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The Morph range will always start at the current position of a knob or slider. The relationship between the setting of the parameter and the Morph range will be fixed, even if you move the setting of the parameter after a Morph range has been set.

You can edit the morph range (the size of the sector) by using the mouse in conjunction with the Ctrl key on the computer keyboard. You can also use the computer keyboard Up and Down Arrow keys in conjunction with the Ctrl key to increase and decrease the focused parameter’s Morph range.

You can also get a read-out of which Morph group a parameter is assigned to by pressing the F7 function key on the computer keyboard. Pressing the F5 key displays the Morph ranges (start and end values) of the assigned (morphed) parameters.

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Tip! This function makes it easy to create, for example, ”custom made” Filter Keyboard Tracking. Just make sure you deselect the KBT function in the filter module to make this work as intended.

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It’s not possible to Morph a clock-synched parameter. You can assign and set a Morph range on a clocksynched parameter, but Morphing it will have no effect.

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A Performance is a complete setup (combination) of up to four Patches - one in each Slot. The Nord Modular G2 has 1024 (8 x 128) memory locations for Performances. A Performance contains information about which Slots should be active, layered and also any Keyboard Split settings and Master Clock settings. A Performance also contains information about a number of other settings. Later in this chapter follows a detailed list of what settings are saved in a Performance.

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A Performance in the Nord Modular G2 system doesn’t necessarily have to be just four layered/split Patches in combination. Thanks to the internal audio Bus functionality in the G2 system, it’s possible to have, for example, the audio output signals of three Patches in three Slots routed to a “global” Effects Patch in the fourth Slot.

When you upload a Performance from the synth to the Editor, you replace the four Patches currently in the Slots A to D with the Patches in the Performance. You also recall other settings as listed in the table later in this chapter.

1. Click the Prf button in the Toolbar.

2. Open the File Browser by selecting Tools|File Browser from the menu. The Browser window opens up. Click on the Synth tab to display the Performances of the internal memory in the synth.

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1. Select File|New Performance

2. Select Patches for the Slots by using the File|Open To|Slot X command. Repeat the procedure for the Slots you want to use.

3. To activate or exclude a Slot from the Performance, Shift-click on the desired Slot button in the Toolbar. To enable or disable Keyboard Assign (which Slots are going to be controlled from the keyboard), Ctrl-click on the desired Slot button(s). Note that even if you exclude a Slot from the Per-

formance, any Patches in deselected Slots will still be saved with the Performance. If you want to keep the file size of a Performance down, load any deselected Slots with empty Patches (no modules in the Patch window).

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EEEERRRRFFFFOOOORRRRMMMMAAAANNNNCCCCEEEE

FFFFOOOORRRR

TTTTHHHHEEEE

S S

IIIINNNN

LLLLOOOOTTTTSSSS

TTTTHHHHEEEE

DDDDIIIITTTTOOOORRRR

E E

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This is done just as in Patch (non-Performance) mode. To activate a Slot for editing, simply click the desired Slot button in the Toolbar. The focused Slot is indicated by a white frame surrounding the Slot button. Note that to be able to play the selected Slot, you also need to activate Keyboard Assign for it. Do this by Ctrl-clicking the selected Slot button (a red horizontal bar appears above the Slot button).

KKKK

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The Keyboard Split function allows you to define separate keyboard ranges for all Slots in the Performance. It’s also possible to have the Slots’ keyboard ranges overlapping each other. Activate Keyboard Split as follows:

1. Select Performance|Performance Settings

from the menu.

2. Check in the Keyboard Range box. The red

LED above the KB S synth front panel lights up to indicate that the keyboard is enabled for split.

3. Type in the keyboard ranges (MIDI Note ranges) for each of the Slots in the Lower and Upper

boxes.

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OOOOMMMMBBBBIIIINNNNIIIINNNNGGGG

Layering Slots simply means that you overlap keyboard ranges for the Slots you want to layer.

TTTT

HHHHEEEE

G G

Each Patch in a Performance can have its own parameter assignments, just like in Patch (non-Performance) mode. In addition to this, a Performance can have a separate setup of 5x3 Programmable Parameter Pages with up to 8 parameters per page - the Global Parameter Pages. To assign parameters to the Global Parameter Pages, click the Global Pages button in the Tools|Parameter Pages window and assign the parameters as described in “Assign a parameter to a knob” on page 48. When you assign parameters to the Global Parameter Pages each assignment will be displayed with an initial letter indicating from which Slot the module parameter originates from.

S S

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PPPPLLLLIIIITTTT

(K (K

PLIT

PPPPLLLLIIIITTTT

P P

AAAANNNNDDDD

AAAARRRRAAAAMMMMEEEETTTTEEEERRRR

EEEEYYYYBBBBOOOOAAAARRRRDDDD

button on the

AAAAYYYYEEEERRRR

L L

AAAAGGGGEEEESSSS

P P

R R

AAAANNNNGGGGEEEE

))))

SSSS

TTTTOOOORRRRIIIINNNNGGGG

Note! When the Nord Modular G2 is shipped from factory, Memory Protect is set to ‘On’. To be able to store Performances, first disable the Memory Protect function. Select Synth|Synth Settings and uncheck the Memory Protect On box.

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EEEERRRRFFFFOOOORRRRMMMMAAAANNNNCCCCEEEE

P P

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Storing a Performance in the synth from the Editor can be done in two ways. Either, select Synth|Save in Synth from the menu. Then, select memory location and click OK, or:

1. Select Tools|File Browser to open the Browser window.

2. Click on the Perf tab to display the Performances in the internal memory of the synth.

3. Right-click on a Bank icon, select ‘Save Current Performance to’ and select a memory location for your Performance.

SSSS

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Select File|Save or Save As... from the menu. If you selected ‘Save As...’, select a folder and press/click OK.

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It’s also possible to name each of the Patches in a Performance individually. In Performance Mode, simply click on a Slot to focus the Patch. Enter a new Patch name in the Patch display box. Click on another Slot button to put the next Patch in focus. Enter a new Patch name in the Patch display box. When you’re done, store and/or save the Performance as described above.

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OOOONNNN

IIIINNNN

TTTTHHHHEEEE

SSSSIIIINNNNGGGGLLLLEEEE

P P

SSSSYYYYNNNNTTTTHHHH

CCCCOOOOMMMMPPPPUUUUTTTTEEEERRRR

AAAATTTTCCCCHHHHEEEESSSS

P P

AAAATTTTCCCCHHHHEEEESSSS

IIIINNNN

FFFFRRRROOOOMMMM

EEEERRRRFFFFOOOORRRRMMMMAAAANNNNCCCCEEEESSSS

P P

AAAA

EEEERRRRFFFFOOOORRRRMMMMAAAANNNNCCCCEEEE

P P

The Patches used in the Slots of a Performance are not references to Patches in the Patch memory of the synth, but complete Patches “on their own” in the Performance. You will find several unique Patches in the factory Performances; Patches that you will not find in any of the internal Patch memory locations. You may want to extract such a Patch, to use as a single regular Patch, or to make it part of another Performance.

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Click on the Slot button that contains the Patch you want to extract. Click the Prf button in the Toolbar to exit Performance mode. Then, select Synth|Save In Synth. Select Patch memory location and click OK.

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XXXXTTTTRRRRAAAACCCCTTTT

Select File|Save From|Slot X. Select folder, rename the Patch if you like, and click OK.

DDDD

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Do like this to delete a Performance from the internal memory of the synth:

1. Select Tools|File Browser to open the File Browser window.

2. Click on the Perf tab to display the Performances in the internal memory of the synth.

AAAA

AAAATTTTCCCCHHHH

P P

AAAA

AAAATTTTCCCCHHHH

P P

EEEERRRRFFFFOOOORRRRMMMMAAAANNNNCCCCEEEESSSS

P P

AAAANNNNDDDD

SSSSTTTTOOOORRRREEEE

SSSSAAAAVVVVEEEE

OOOONNNN

IIIINNNN

IIIITTTT

TTTTHHHHEEEE

SSSSYYYYNNNNTTTTHHHH

CCCCOOOOMMMMPPPPUUUUTTTTEEEERRRR

SSSSYYYYNNNNTTTTHHHH

3. If necessary, double-click a Bank icon. then right-click on a Performance icon and select Delete.

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To exit Performance mode, click the Prf button in the Toolbar. Now you return to the regular Patch mode. Note that the four Slots contain the same Patches they had in Performance mode and also that any Layering and Keyboard Range settings remain unchanged.

EEEERRRRFFFFOOOORRRRMMMMAAAANNNNCCCCEEEE

P P

M M

OOOODDDDEEEE

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8. W

8. WO

8. W8. W

RKKKKIIIIN

WIIIITTTTH

SYYYYN

NTTTTH

PPPP

AAAANNNNEEEELLLL

LLLL

EEEEFFFFTTTT

CCCCOOOONNNNTTTTRRRROOOOLLLLSSSS

Patch 1:1 Chops Bass TB

PPPPAAAANNNNEEEELLLL

SSSSEEEECCCCTTTTIIIIOOOONNNN

ADSR-Env1 Attack Decay

ADSR-Env1 Sustain Re lease

Filter-Env1 Attack Decay

Filter-Env1 Sustain Release

AAAASSSSTTTTEEEERRRR

MMMM

The M

PHONES

used to control the entire instrument’s output level. To affect the volume of a Patch from

MIDI, you have to assign MIDI Controller #7 to any of the Patch Gain knobs in the respective Patch (see more about this on “Patch Level” on page 99).

MIDI LED

MIDI LEDMIDI LED

The MIDI LED indicates incoming MIDI Note, Controller and SysEx messages on any MIDI channel. MIDI messages on any of the Slot’s MIDI Channels and the Global MIDI Channel are indicated by long LED blinks. Messages on other MIDI Channels are indicated by short LED blinks.

MMMM

IIIICCCC

L L

The M three LED

NPUT

of the line level signal routed to the I affects the XLR I

EEEEVVVVEEEELLLL

L L

ASTER LEVEL

output. The M

EEEEVVVVEEEELLLL

IC LEVEL

which show the input level of the dynamic microphone connected to the XLR

on the rear panel. If you don’t use a mic, the L

knob controls the output level of all four OUT jacks and the H

ASTER LEVEL

knob controls the XLR mic preamp level. Below the M

NPUT

- not the I

knob does not send or receive any MIDI CC# but is

IC LEVEL

LED

EVEL

1 input instead. Note that the MIC L

1 input.

will indicate the input level

EVEL

EAD

knob are

knob only

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YYYYSSSSTTTTEEEEMMMM

SSSS

Above the M

AAAATTTTCCCCHHHH

, P

, P, P

AIN DISPLAY

AAAANNNNDDDD

TTTTOOOORRRREEEE

S S

are the S

BBBBUUUUTTTTTTTTOOOONNNNSSSS

YSTEM

(see page 79) and P

ATCH

(see page 62)

buttons which can be used to enter all system and Patch related menus. The

TORE

button (see page 67 and page 77) is used for storing Patches and Perform-

ances.

AAAAVVVVIIIIGGGGAAAATTTTOOOORRRR

NNNN

Below the M tons, the N igate in the M functions. Below the N

TARY DIAL

BBBBUUUUTTTTTTTTOOOONNNNSSSS

ASTER LEVEL

AVIGATOR

AIN DISPLAY

buttons. These are used to nav-

. With the R

, R

, R, R

OOOOTTTTAAAARRRRYYYY

D D

IIIIAAAALLLL

knob is a set of four but-

and to select different

AVIGATOR

OTARY DIAL

buttons is the R

you can select

AAAANNNNDDDD

M M

AAAAIIIINNNN

IIIISSSSPPPPLLLLAAAAYYYY

D D

1:2 Audio In Dream synth

Patches and Performances, enter various kind of System data etc.

AAAATTTTCCCCHHHH

PPPP

L L

OOOOAAAADDDD

Press this button when you want to load a selected Patch or Performance into the focused Slot/Slots (see page 61 and page 75).

LLLLOOOOTTTT

BBBBUUUUTTTTTTTTOOOONNNNSSSS

SSSS

Below the M

AIN DISPLAY

are the four S

LOT

buttons (A, B, C and D). You can load one Patch in each of the Slots at a time. See “Load a Patch from memory”

on page 61, “Activate several Slots” on page 70 and “Creating a Performance” on page 75 for info on how to use the Slots.

CCCCTTTTAAAAVVVVEEEE

OOOO

Lets you transpose the keyboard +/-2 octaves. In default mode, the O tons controls each of the Slots separately. In Global Octave Shift mode (S

TAVE SHIFT

notes on the MIDI O

KB H

KB HKB H

Press the KB H

HHHHIIIIFFFFTTTT

S S

BBBBUUUUTTTTTTTTOOOONNNNSSSS

CTAVE SHIFT

HIFT

buttons) the octave shift controls all Slots and also affects the output MIDI

jack of the synth.

OOOOLLLLDDDD

/P/P

AAAANNNNIIIICCCC

OLD

button to make every note or chord you play sustain until you press

but-

+left O

any new keys. The Keyboard Hold function is also very useful together with the Arpeggiator (see “Arpeggiator” on page 63). If notes should hang or the synth should behave strange, press S

HHHHEEEE

OOOOCCCCUUUUSSSS

TTTT

F F

HIFT

/C/C

+KB H

OOOOPPPPYYYY

To the right below the M

OLD

SSSSSSSSIIIIGGGGNNNN

/(A

/(A/(A

AIN DISPLAY

to send an internal All Notes Off to the synth.

/P/P

AAAASSSSTTTTEEEE

BBBBUUUUTTTTTTTTOOOONNNN

)

) )

section you find the F

OCUS/COPY

button. This button can be used in many situations, for example when you want to copy & paste various things and also when you assign parameters to Parameter Pages. Holding S

CUS/COPY

alternates the functionality to Assign/Paste.

HIFT+FO

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EEEERRRRFFFFOOOORRRRMMMMAAAANNNNCCCCEEEE

PPPP

Below the M S

TICK

and M

“Bend” on page 64) as well as an entire Morph group. The M

CCCCOOOONNNNTTTTRRRROOOOLLLLSSSS

AIN DISPLAY

OD WHEEL

section you find the performance controls: the P

. The P

ITCH STICK

can be used to control pitch bend (see

OD WHEEL

ITCH

can control Vibrato (see page 63) and also a separate Morph group. See “Morph groups” on

page 71 for info on how to use these controls with Morph groups.

IIIISSSSPPPPLLLLAAAAYYYY

DDDD

Lets you switch between two different display modes for the A

SIGNABLE DISPLAYS

module names and parameter names. When you turn an A

ABLE KNOB

name is temporarily replaced by the parameter value. In the other display mode, the parameter names and values are constantly displayed. However, the module names are not shown in this mode. Hold S names of button parameters instead of knob parameters in the A

SIGNABLE DISPLAYS

bined knob+button parameters to the A Pressing only the D

OOOODDDDEEEE

M M

or press an A

HIFT

and press the D

UUUUTTTTTTTTOOOONNNNSSSS

/B/B

. By default, the A

SSIGNABLE BUTTON

ISPLAY MODE

SSIGNABLE DISPLAYS

, the parameter

button to display the

show

SSIGN

. This is useful when you have assigned com-

SSIGNABLE DISPLAYS

ISPLAY MODE

button in ‘Button’ mode will

FltNord1--------|

Freq Res

622.5Hz 1.72

change the parameter display as described above.

EEEERRRRFFFFOOOORRRRMMMMAAAANNNNCCCCEEEE

PPPP

M M

OOOODDDDEEEE

In Performance mode you can create split/layers configurations of up to 4 Slots. See “Per-

formances” on page 74.

KB S

KB SKB S

PPPPLLLLIIIITTTT

M M

OOOODDDDEEEE

/S/S

EEEETTTT

S S

PPPPLLLLIIIITTTT

P P

OOOOIIIINNNNTTTT

Lets you split the keyboard and play/control different Slots from different keyboard zones. See “Keyboard Split” on page 76.

HHHHEEEE

TTTT

The S

S S

HIFT

HHHHIIIIFFFFTTTT

LLLLEEEEAAAARRRR

/C/C

BBBBUUUUTTTTTTTTOOOONNNN

button is used to activate functions printed below some buttons on the front

panel. It’s also used for deleting entire Morph groups and for clearing Variations.

RRRR

IIIIGGGGHHHHTTTT

PPPPAAAANNNNEEEELLLL

SSSSSSSSIIIIGGGGNNNNAAAABBBBLLLLEEEE

AAAA

SSSSEEEECCCCTTTTIIIIOOOONNNN

NNNNOOOOBBBBSSSS

K K

AAAANNNNDDDD

UUUUTTTTTTTTOOOONNNNSSSS

B B

WWWWIIIITTTTHHHH

IIIISSSSPPPPLLLLAAAAYYYYSSSS

D D

Module parameters in a Patch can freely be assigned to any of the 8 A

SSIGNABLE DISPLAYS

SSIGNABLE KNOBS

UTTONS

or B

. Around each A

below the four

SSIGNABLE KNOB

EnvADSR1----- ---Attack Decay

------------- ---| Sustain R elease

you’ll also find circular LED graphs which give you instant visual feedback of the coarse value of the assigned parameter. As soon as a module parameter has been assigned to an

SSIGNABLE KNOB

exact value (when you turn the K

or B

UTTON

, the parameter name and

NOB

) is shown above in

EnvFilter1--- -Attack Decay

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the corresponding A

SSIGNABLE DISPLAY

. You can assign a maximum of 15 Columns (see below), each

containing up to 8 parameters (120 parameters in total) per Patch.

AAAARRRRIIIIAAAATTTTIIIIOOOONNNN

VVVV

There are 8 V

OOOORRRRPPPPHHHH

/M/M

ARIATION

BBBBUUUUTTTTTTTTOOOONNNNSSSS

buttons with which you can

Attack Decay Sustain Release Attack Decay

select up to eight different Patch Variations (complete parameter setups) within each Patch (see “Patch pa-

rameter Variations” on page 65). In ‘Morph Mode’,

these 8 buttons function as Morph group selection buttons. They are used when you want to control several parameters in a Patch from a single control source (see “Morph groups” on page 71).

AAAATTTTCCCCHHHH

PPPP

EEEETTTTTTTTIIIINNNNGGGGSSSS

S S

/G/G

LLLLOOOOBBBBAAAALLLL

This button is used when you want to switch display between the Patch parameters which are printed above the A

SIGNABLE DISPLAYS

Parameter Pages (see page 64). Press S

TINGS

to enter the Global Parameter Pages (see page 76).

RRRROOOOGGGGRRRRAAAAMMMMMMMMAAAABBBBLLLLEEEE

PPPP

To the right are 5 main P bination with 3 C

(see page 63) and the Programmable

HIFT+PATCH SET

AAAARRRRAAAAMMMMEEEETTTTEEEERRRR

P P

OLUMN

ARAMETER PAGE

buttons for a total of 15 Program-

AAAAGGGGEEEESSSS

P P

buttons in com-

BBBBUUUUTTTTTTTTOOOONNNNSSSS

Off Off

50 cnt 1.0 s

mable Parameter Pages per Patch. Each of these pages can contain the 8 A

SSIGNABLE KNOBS

or B

UTTONS

mentioned

above. See page 64 and page 76 for info on how to use these pages.

2 semi -7.3 dB On MuteOff

KKKK

EEEEYYYYBBBBOOOOAAAARRRRDDDD

S S

PPPPLLLLIIIITTTT

LED

LED LED

SSSS

Above the keyboard are four Keyboard Split LEDs which indicate current keyboard split position in Keyboard Split mode (see “Keyboard Split” on page 76).

LLLL

OOOOAAAADDDD

AAAA

Press a S

AAAATTTTCCCCHHHH

P P

LOT

button to select the Slot in which to load

FFFFRRRROOOOMMMM

MMMMEEEEMMMMOOOORRRRYYYY

the Patch. Load the Patch into the Slot by first selecting Bank (if necessary) with the U

TOR

buttons and then turning the R

P/DOWN NAVIGA

OTARY DIAL

to select the Patch. Load the selected Patch into the Slot by pressing the P

ATCH LOAD

button. Note that every time you load a Patch into a Slot, there will be a brief moment of silence when the Sound engine recalculates the Patch data

SSSS

EEEEAAAARRRRCCCCHHHH

FFFFOOOORRRR

AAAANNNNDDDD

LLLLOOOOAAAADDDD

AAAA

AAAATTTTCCCCHHHH

P P

By default, when you load a Patch into a Slot, by first selecting Bank with the U buttons and then turning the R

OTARY DIAL

and pressing P

ATCH LOAD

1:2 Synth Dream synth

P/DOWN NAVIGATOR

, the Patches are displayed by

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memory location number. However, you can change the sort/search mode to either ‘Alphanumerical’ or by ‘Category’.

EEEEAAAARRRRCCCCHHHH

SSSS

By pressing the S

FFFFOOOORRRR

AAAA

HIFT

P P

AAAATTTTCCCCHHHH

+ D

IIIINNNN

AAAALLLLPPPPHHHHAAAANNNNUUUUMMMMEEEERRRRIIIICCCCAAAALLLL

OWN NAVIGATOR

you will be able to load Patches in alphabetical order rather than by memory location number. Select letter by pressing the U select Patch with the R

EEEEAAAARRRRCCCCHHHH

SSSS

By holding down S

IGATOR

button twice you will be able to load Patches

P/DOWN NAVIGATOR

OTARY DIAL

FFFFOOOORRRR

AAAA

AAAATTTTCCCCHHHH

P P

HIFT

and pressing the D

IIIINNNN

AAAA

SSSSPPPPEEEECCCCIIIIFFFFIIIICCCC

by Category rather than by memory location number. The Patches within a Category will now be displayed in alphanumerical order. Select Category by pressing

P/DOWN NAVIGATOR

the U with the R

CCCC

RRRREEEEAAAATTTTEEEE

OTARY DIAL

AAAA

P P

AAAATTTTCCCCHHHH

buttons and select Patch

buttons

buttons and

AAAATTTTEEEEGGGGOOOORRRRYYYY

C C

OWN NAV

OOOORRRRDDDDEEEERRRR

D 1:2 Dream synth

Synth 1:2 Dream synth

This can only be done in the Editor. Please refer to “Patches (in-depth)” on page 40.

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DDDDIIIITTTT

AAAA

Press the P Hold down S

P P

AAAATTTTCCCCHHHH

ATCH

button above the M

HIFT

and press the D

AIN DISPLAY

OWN NAVIGATOR

button to get to the first module in the Voice Area (VA) of the Patch. The module currently “in focus” in the Patch will appear in the M

AIN DISPLAY

with its

Morphs

name and visual position in the Editor within brackets [1:1] (first row, first column) The first module’s (up to) eight parameters will appear in the A

ISPLAYS

rameters by turning the A ing the A

AVIGATOR

. You can now change the values of the pa-

SSIGNABLE KNOBS

SSIGNABLE BUTTONS

. Navigate to the next module by pressing the D

button or turning the R

SSIGNABLE

OTARY DIAL

ters, the remaining parameters can be found by pressing the C buttons. Hold down the S

HIFT

button and press the U

or press-

. If a module should contain more than eight parame-

OLUMN

P/DOWN NAVIGATOR

2 and C

OLUMN

change Patch Area focus between the Toolbar (Morph groups), Voice Area and the FX Area.

OWN

or R

IGHT

3 Parameter Pages

button to immediately

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Play on the synth and turn

SSIGNABLE KNOBS

the A

to instantly hear what is happening with the sound. If

PA [1:1] MultiFilter1

MultiFilter1- ---Freq Freq M

connected, the Editor will echo any adjustments that you make from the synth front panel. When editing module parameters it can be useful to switch Display Mode (see page 60) to constantly view the actual values of each parameter in the A

SSIGNABLE DISPLAYS

. Some modules, like Mixers with Mute buttons,

have a combination of button+knob parameters assigned to each individual control. By default, the A

SIGNABLE DISPLAY

HIFT

and press the D

shows the knob parameter name. To view the button parameter name instead, hold

ISPLAY MODE

button.

-------------- --Res dB/Oct

------------- ---| Bypass PWidth

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DDDDIIIITTTT

P P

Press the P

AAAATTTTCCCCHHHH

EEEETTTTTTTTIIIINNNNGGGGSSSS

S S

1:1 Bass

ATCH SETTINGS

120 BPM 14 (16) Stop Poly

1/16 Rnd Off 1 Oct

50 cnt 1.0 s Off Off

button to the top right of the panel to display the “global” Patch Parameters for the Patch. The parameter names are printed on the panel above each A can edit them by turning the A

SSIGNABLE KNOBS

Revert back to Patch Edit mode by pressing the P

AAAASSSSTTTTEEEERRRR

MMMM

C C

LLLLOOOOCCCCKKKK

and/or the A

button again.

ATCH

SSIGNABLE BUTTONS

2 semi -7.3 dB On MuteOff

SSIGNABLE DISPLAY

and you

Set the Master Clock Rate with the corresponding Knob. Activate/stop the Master Clock with the corresponding Button below the Knob.

OOOOIIIICCCCEEEE

VVVV

M M

OOOODDDDEEEE

Set requested polyphony with the Knob (2-32 voices). The actual polyphony is displayed together with the requested polyphony within parenthesis. Select Voice Mode (Poly, Mono or Legato) with the Button below the Knob. In Legato mode, the Envelope modules don’t retrig when you play in a legato fashion, i.e. when you play a new key before releasing the previous key.

RRRRPPPPEEEEGGGGGGGGIIIIAAAATTTTOOOORRRR

AAAA

Select Period (sync division) for the Arpeggiator in relation to the Master Clock rate with the Knob. Activate/stop the Arpeggiator with the Button below the Knob. Note that the Master Clock has to be active for the Arpeggiator to run. Select Direction with the right Knob and Range with the Button below the Knob. If you want the Arpeggiator to continue when you release the keys, use the KB Hold function described on page 59.

The Arpeggiator uses MIDI Song Position Pointer when synched to an external MIDI Clock, which means that if you record an arpeggio in an external sequencer, it will always play back the pattern exactly the same way it was recorded - even if you start the sequencer in the middle of the sequence.

VVVV

IIIIBBBBRRRRAAAATTTTOOOO

This is a separate vibrato which affects all Oscillator modules in the Patch set to Keyboard Tracking. Set the Vibrato amount, in cents of a semitone, with the Knob and select control source (Aftertouch, Mod

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Wheel or Off) with the Button below the Knob. Set the Vibrato rate in the System menu described on

page 79.

LLLLIIIIDDDDEEEE

GGGG

The Glide function is mainly intended for use in mono or legato Voice Mode (see above). The glide characteristics can be described as “constant rate”. “Constant rate” means that the greater the “distance” between two subsequent notes, the longer the glide time. Turn the Knob to adjust the glide rate and press the Button to select glide mode. ‘Normal’ means the glide is always active and ‘Auto’ that glide is active only when you play legato (you press a new key before you release the previous key). Range: 19 mso (mil- liseconds per octave) to 6.27 so (seconds per octave).

Note: If you use Glide in polyphonic mode, the glide will be unpredictable and perceived as more or less random. This is because the glide is between voices rather than between keys. The glide will therefore be from the available voices’ latest note values to the new notes rather than from the previously pressed keys.

BBBB

EEEENNNNDDDD

Set the Pitch bend range, in semitones, with the Knob. The pitch bend will affect all Oscillator modules in the Patch set to Keyboard Tracking when you bend the P function with the Button below the Knob.

ITCH STICK

. Switch on/off the pitch bend

AAAATTTTCCCCHHHH

PPPP

Set the total output level of the Patch with the Knob. Mute the output from the Patch by pressing the Button below the Knob.

AAAA

SSSSSSSSIIIIGGGGNNNN

It’s possible to assign nearly every module parameter in a Patch to a separate A

SIGNABLE BUTTON

1. Press the P to enter Patch Edit Mode. Hold down S press the D first module in the Voice Area of the Patch.

2. Navigate to the module which contains the parameter you want to assign. The module’s name and first parameters are shown in the A

PLAYS

ters, you can access the remaining parameters by pressing the C

EEEEVVVVEEEELLLL

L L

PPPPAAAARRRRAAAAMMMMEEEETTTTEEEERRRRSSSS

on the synth front panel. Do like this:

ATCH

button above the M

OWN NAVIGATOR

. (If a module contains more than 8 parame-

OLUMN

2 and C

TTTTOOOO

PPPPAAAANNNNEEEELLLL

AIN DISPLAY

HIFT

and

button to get to the

SSIGNABLE DIS

OLUMN

3 buttons.)

CCCCOOOONNNNTTTTRRRROOOOLLLLSSSS

SSIGNABLE KNOB

Morphs

or A

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3. When you have found the module and parameter

you want to assign to an A

SSIGNABLE BUTTON

button and turn the parameter K

SSIGN

push the parameter B

, hold down the F

UTTON

SSIGNABLE KNOB

OCUS

NOB

if the module

(or

Filter1

[1:1]

FltMulti1---- ---Freq Freq M

parameter is a button). In this example we choose the FltMulti1 Freq parameter.

Note! Some modules, like Mixers with On/Off buttons, have a combination of button+knob parameters assigned to each individual control. If you want to assign these types of “combination parameters” to an A

, you have to copy the knob parameter and paste it by turning the A

TON

parameter combination to be assigned properly.

SSIGNABLE KNOB

-------------- --Res dB/Oct

and BUT-

for the

4. Press the P

ATCH

button or a P

ARAMETER PAGE

button to exit Patch Edit Mode and revert to nor-

mal “play mode”.

5. Press the desired Parameter Page buttons (P

OLUMN

and C

) to get to the desired destination.

AGE

You can choose freely where to assign a parameter but it could be convenient to use the Parameter Page groups printed in blue on the front panel. Here, we choose Page D (Filter), Column 1.

6. Hold down the S

(Paste) and turn the A

UTTON

) you want to assign the module parameter to. We choose to assign the parameter to the first A around the A

HIFT

SSIGNABLE KNOB

OCUS/COPY

and F

SSIGNABLE KNOB

buttons

(or push the A

SSIGNABLE KNOB

(or the A

SSIGNABLE BUTTON

SSIGNABLE

. The LED

GRAPH

LED)

s Bass TB

Bass

will light up with the pasted module parameter’s current value and the parameter name will be shown in the corresponding A

PLAY

SSIGNABLE DIS

7. If you want to assign more module parameters, press the P

ATCH

button and repeat the procedure from step 3 above. If you have assigned several parameters from the same module to adjacent A will only be shown for the first parameter. Then, there will be dashes in the A

SSIGNABLE KNOBS/BUTTONS

in a Page or Column, the module name

SSIGNABLE DISPLAYS

to indicate that the following parameters are from the same module.

MultiFilter1 Freq

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V V

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V V

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A Variation is a complete setup of Patch parameters, i.e. basically all module parameters in a specific Patch. Variations always reside inside every single Patch. A Patch automatically holds eight different Variations. Each of these Variations are simply different parameter settings of one and the same Patch. You could compare a single Nord Modular G2 Patch with a complete hard-wired synthesizer where you have a predefined number of hard-wired “modules”. A Variation in a hard-wired synthesizer would then be a

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complete setup of parameters - usually called a “Program”. A Variation in the Nord Modular G2 is exactly the same but is based on a Patch instead.

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There are some things in the Patch that can’t be changed for different Variations: the number of modules, cable connections and functions in drop-down selectors, such as the waveform selectors of Oscillator C and D, for example. This is because when the above mentioned things are changed, the Sound engine has to recalculate the whole Patch and thus cause a brief moment of silence. Since Variation changes should be “glitch free”, these restrictions are necessary. If you want to be able to switch Oscillator waveforms between Variations, use modules with radio buttons instead, Oscillator A, B and ShpA, for example. The same goes for some of the LFO modules.

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1. Load a Patch in a Slot. The V

2. Create a new Variation by pressing the V

3. Change the settings on a couple of parameters in

(

( (

2 button. The V indicate it’s now the focused Variation.

the Patch either by using the P buttons and turning the A entering Patch Edit mode by pressing the P button and navigating to the parameters. Note

that modules that have a drop-down selector, for example Oscillator C and LFO B, can only have a single waveform for all eight Variations as described above.

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)

) )

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’’’’

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V V

2 LED lights up to

SSIGNABLE KNOBS

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ARIATION

ARAMETER PAGES

BBBBEEEE

CCCCHHHHAAAANNNNGGGGEEEEDDDD

1 LED lights up.

ARIATION

or by

ATCH

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ADSR-Env1 Attack Decay Sustain Release

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V V

Filter-Env1 Attack Decay

4. Now, press the V now revert to their original settings.

If you want to have more Variations in your Patch, simply press another V parameter settings. Each Patch contains eight different Variations. When you store your Patch, all Variations will automatically be saved together with the Patch.

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All active Variations are automatically saved when you store the Patch (see “Store a Patch” on page 67).

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To copy the parameter settings of an existing Variation to another in the Patch, hold down the F C S

HIFT+FOCUS/COPY

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V V

AAAA

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V V

OPY

button and press the V

ARIATION

(Paste) and press the destination V

1 button again to put Variation 1 in focus. The parameters you changed

ARIATION

button that you want to copy parameters from. Then hold down

ARIATION

button to paste all parameter values.

button and change

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Here you can have a “default” parameter setup for your Patch. This Init parameter setup can be recalled in any Variation by pressing the V

HIFT+MORPH

(S When you do this, the Var Init parameter settings will be copied to the currently focused Variation.

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SSSS

This has to be done in the Editor. Refer to “Variation Init” on page 47.

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You clear a Variation and reset all module parameters in the Patch to their default settings by pressing

HIFT

and desired V

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Storing a Patch will permanently overwrite an existing Patch. Be careful so that you don’t accidentally erase Patches you want to keep! Note! When the Nord Modular G2 is shipped from factory, Memory

Protect is set to ‘On’. To be able to store Patches, first disable the Memory Protect function. See

“Memory Prot” on page 81.

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V V

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V V

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I I

AR INIT

) to the right of the Variation buttons.

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P P

NNNNIIIITTTT

I I

ARIATION

button

button.

Storing a Patch on the Nord Modular G2 can be done in two ways:

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1. Press the S

starts flashing.

2. Select memory location by turning the R

D D

through the memory locations, you can see the Patch names in the D from overwriting a Patch that you want to keep.

3. Press S

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To make it easier to find different types of sounds in the synth’s memory it’s possible to define a category for each Patch. When you’re looking for a specific type of sound you can then search by Category, instead of Alphabetically or Numerically. There are 13+2 different categories to choose between:

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TORE

IAL

. Switch between Banks by pressing the U

OWN NAVIGATOR

TORE

again to store your Patch. (To cancel the operation, press the F

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DDDD

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button once. The LED above it

buttons. As you scroll

ISPLAY

. This prevents you

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NNNNEEEEWWWW

AAAATTTTEEEEGGGGOOOORRRRYYYY

C C

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OTARY

AAAANNNNDDDD

P P

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////

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P P

Store To 1:2 Dream synth

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OCUS/COPY

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button.)

Acoustic Patches with an acoustic character like flutes, violins, guitars, ethnic sounds, bells,

mallets etc. Doesn’t necessarily have to be emulations of existing instruments

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Sequencer Sounds which use sequencer modules to produce melodic and/or rhythmic lines.

Bass All sorts of bass sounds

Classic Traditional “clean” analog types of polyphonic synth sounds based on the classic

Drum Drum and percussion sounds

Fantasy Melodic effects sounds and textures, often with rhythmic modulations

FX Atonal effects sounds like water, laser guns, explosions etc. Sometimes with heavy

Lead Sounds meant for lead lines. Usually monophonic sounds. Also lead “chord mem-

Organ Different types of organ sounds

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DDDD

waveforms

modulations.

ory” sounds

Pad Melodic polyphonic “chord” sounds with fairy slow attacks like strings, choirs etc.

Piano Different types of electric and acoustic piano emulations

Synth All sorts of melodic polyphonic synth sounds

Audio In All sorts of Patches that make use of the Audio Ins of the synth.

User1 Reserved for your own Sound Category

User2 Reserved for your own Sound Category

To store a Patch in a specific Category and change the Patch name, do like this:

1. Hold down S

LED starts flashing and the D

TORE

The S

HIFT

and press S

TORE

(Store as...).

ISPLAY

shows the current Category or, if no Category was selected, ’N

2. Select Category with the R

o Cat’.

OTARY DIAL

. Let’s say

No name

No cat

we select ‘Acoustic’ in this example. Note that you can’t revert to ‘No Cat’ after you have selected another Catergory for your Patch.

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3. Press the D

OWN NAVIGATOR

button once and

select letters for the Patch name by turning the

OTARY DIAL

EFT

the L

Alternatively, press and hold the D

TOR

button and select letters with the R

. Each time you release the D

button the cursor in the D

. Change the cursor position with

(and R

IGHT

AVIGATOR

) N

ISPLAY

buttons.

OWN NAVIGA

OWN NAVIGATOR

advances one

OTARY DI

step. Repeat the procedure for the entire Patch name. If you want to delete a letter/position and thus move all the letters to the right of the cursor one step back, hold down SHIFT

GATOR

(DEL) button. (This function is the same as

and press the L

EFT NAVI

using the Delete key on a computer keyboard.) If you want to move all letters to the right of the cursor one step forward and thus make room for more letters, hold down S

AVIGATOR

(INS) button. (Press a S

HIFT

and press the R

LOT

IGHT

button to

cancel the Storing operation).

4. Press S

OTARY DIAL

again. The S

TORE

. Switch between Banks pressing the U

LED continues to flash. Select memory location by turning the

TORE

P/DOWN NAVIGATOR

through the memory locations, you can see the Patch names in the D overwriting a Patch that you want to keep.

o name

Guitarish

Acoustic

buttons. As you scroll

ISPLAY

. This prevents you from

5. Press S

TORE

again to store your Patch. (To cancel the operation, press the F

OCUS/COPY

Note! If you started to save a Patch by only pressing the Store button and then change your mind and want to change Category and/or name, you can press Shift+Store right after you pressed Store the first time. This way you don’t have to abort the initial storing procedure but can continue right away.

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P P

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TTTTOOOO

AAAANNNNOOOOTTTTHHHHEEEERRRR

Copying a Patch from one memory location to another is just a variation of storing. You just change the memory location after you pressed S

TORE

the fist time as described in “Store a Patch” on page 67.

Of course you could also copy a Patch to a new memory location and change the Patch name and/or Category. Just follow the instructions in the paragraph “Storing with new Category and/or new Patch name”

on page 67.

button.)

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You can also copy a Patch from one Slot and paste it into another Slot. Do like this: Press and hold the F holding it, press the S you want to copy. Release all buttons. Press and hold

HIFT+FOCUS/COPY

press the destination S Note: The copied Patch is not stored in any memory location after this operation. It is only copied to the new Slot’s edit buffer.

Renaming a Patch is the same as saving the Patch with a new name to the same memory location. Just follow the instructions in the paragraph “Storing with new Category and/or new Patch name” on page 67 and select the same memory location.

Deleting Patches from the internal memory of the synth can only be done from the Editor. Please refer to “Delete a Patch” on page 46.

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S S

AAAA

P P

LLLLOOOOTTTT

OCUS/COPY

LOT

(Paste) and while holding them

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P P

TTTTOOOO

AAAANNNNOOOOTTTTHHHHEEEERRRR

button and while

button containing the Patch

LOT

button.

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4:36 Synth Dream synth

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Due to the Sound engine architecture of the Nord Modular G2, which always tries to optimize the Patch Load and voice allocation resources, there are some things to bear in mind:

In live and sequencing situations you may want to quickly (without any silence) switch between Patches by simply accessing another S Sound engine to “prepare” for this, it has to calculate the entire Slot configuration in advance. Therefore, you need to activate all the Slots you plan to use, with their Patches loaded, in advance.

Activate the Slots you want to use by holding down the

HIFT

plan to use. The A the total Sound engine calculation. The LED for the currently focused Slot will flash to indicate it’s selected for editing. Now, when you press another S no silence since the Sound engine has already calculated the entire Slot configuration. If you switch between Slots which haven’t been previously enabled with the ActiveSlots/Focus function, the Sound engine has to recalculate every time you change Slot and thus cause a brief moment of silence.

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LOT

button and pressing the S

CTIVESLOTS/FOCUS

LLLLOOOOTTTTSSSS

S S

. In order for the

LOT

button(s) you

LED

4:36 Synth Dream synth

for each active Slot will light up, indicating they’re used in

LOT

button to play another active Patch, there will be

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First of all you have to activate the Slots you plan to use as described above. Then, simultaneously press the

LOT

buttons containing the Patches you want to layer. Alternatively, double-click the S by one, to add them to the layer. The K

LED for each selected Slot in the layer will light

SIGN

up. The A rently focused Slot will flash to indicate it’s selected for editing. The Patches in the active Slots will now sound when you play the keyboard or send MIDI Note data on the MIDI I by pressing another active S ton you want to exclude from the layer. (See more about layering Patches in “Performances” on page 74). Note that every time you load a Patch into any Slot, there will be a brief moment of silence when the Sound engine recalculates and optimizes the Patch data.

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By default, changing keyboard focus by pressing a Slot button in a layer automatically also changes the edit focus. By ‘edit focus’ we mean the Slot which holds the Patch currently enabled for editing from the front panel (and from the Editor). In some situations you may want to have the edit focus on a Patch in a Slot which is different from the Patch you’re playing from the keyboard. Then, Hold down the F and press the desired S the edit focus but not the keyboard focus. In the picture to the right, Slot A has edit focus and Slot C has keyboard focus.

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P P

4:36 Synth Dream synth

LOT

buttons, one

EYBOARD AS

CTIVE/FOCUSED SLOTS

on the Global MIDI Channel (see “MIDI Glob Ch” on page 80). Change focused Slot

E E

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F F

LOT

button. This will change

LED for the cur-

LOT

button. Deselect a Slot from the layer by double-clicking the S

OCUS/COPY

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button

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K K

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4:36 Synth Dream synth

LOT

but-

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The Morph function lets you continuously control defined ranges of several parameters in a Patch, using only a single control source. This lets you produce radical changes in a sound in a very fast and easy way. Nord Modular G2 features eight separate Morph groups per Patch. You may assign a total of 25 parameters to these 8 Morph groups in each Patch. A parameter can also be assigned so several Morph groups (all 8 if you like), and thus be controlled differently from several sources. Also, if you use several Variations in a Patch, the Morph group assignments can be different for each Variation. The control sources are Keyboard Velocity, Keyboard Range, Keyboard Aftertouch, Control Pedal, Sustain/Switch Pedal, Modulation Wheel, Pitch/Control Stick and/or any A

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SSIGNABLE KNOB

on the front panel.

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AAAA

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M M

In the example below we will assign the A, D, S and R parameters of an ADSR Envelope module to the M

HEEL

. However, the procedure is exactly the same for the other parameters and Morph groups as well. First we press the P

ATCH

button and navigate down to the EnvADSR1 module. This figure shows the current parameter settings:

1. Press the M

TIONS

buttons. The M

2. Now, press the W

1 button). All circular LED

TION

button to the right of the V

ORPH

LED lights up.

ORPH

HEEL

Morph button (the V

GRAPHS

on the front panel will go blank and the Wheel Morph LED will flash.

3. Turn the parameter K

NOBS

you want to assign to the Wheel Morph group. The first and last LED of the Morph range will light up. A Morph range can be either negative or positive according to your choice. The “zero” Morph value is the parameter’s initial setting. In this example we assign the A, D, S, and R parameters of the EnvADSR1 module.

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EnvADSR1------ --Attack Decay

-------------- --Sustain Release

-----------KBG Sh

When you are ready with the assignments, release the W

Morph button and the LED

HEEL

GRAPHS

will light up again to show the regular settings.

Now, the Wheel Morph LED will light steadily to indicate that there are parameters assigned to this Morph group. To continue the Morph assignment, navigate to other module parameters to assign. Then, press the M

button again and repeat the procedure.

ORPH

Note that you can also assign parameters directly from the Parameter Pages to Morph groups. In other words, you don’t have to enter Patch Edit mode if the parameters you want to morph are already assigned to a Parameter Page.

To change the initial parameter value(s) and thus move the entire Morph range (sector), just change the parameter value without pressing any M

ORPH GROUP

button (just as you would change an unassigned

parameter).

The Wheel, Aftertouch, Control Pedal, Sustain Pedal and Pitch Stick Morphs will show the actual parameter values when you change the source value is the morphed parameters are currently displayed in the A

SSIGNABLE DISPLAYS

. The Velocity and Keyboard Morphs don’t show the actual parameter values as you play on the keyboard. It’s made this way because it gets irritating after a while to watch all flickering LEDs as you play.

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Note: If you have assigned the same parameter to several Morph groups and control the parameter simultaneously from the different Morph group control sources, the parameter values will be added together. This means that the parameter value can go beyond the ranges set for each individual Morph group.

Tip! If you want to enter “Morph Assign” mode without needing to hold the M you can double-click the M

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1. Navigate to the morphed parameter you wish to deassign.

2. Press the M Morph group will indicate their morph ranges.

3. Turn the parameter K graph will go blank to indicate that the parameter has been deassigned from the Morph group.

To deassign all assigned parameters from a Morph group, hold down S sponding M

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The Morph range will always start at the current position of the parameter. The relationship between the setting of the parameter and the Morph range will be fixed, even if you move the setting of the parameter after a Morph range has been set.

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EEEE

Press the corresponding P You can edit the morph range (the size of the sector) by first pressing the M ing down the M

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MMMMOOOORRRRPPPPHHHHEEEEDDDD

button. Then, hold the M

ORPH

ORPH GROUP

NOB

you wish to deassign until it meets the initial (start) value. The LED

button (Morph Clear).

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AAAA

PPPPAAAARRRRAAAAMMMMEEEETTTTEEEERRRR

ARAMETER PAGE

button and turning the morphed K

M M

button. Click again to exit Morph Assign mode.

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M M

ORPH GROUP

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IIIISSSS

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button to display the desired morphed parameter.

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button. The parameters assigned to that

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NOB

P P

AAAARRRRAAAAMMMMEEEETTTTEEEERRRR

ORPH GROUP

and press the corre-

HIFT

AAAAGGGGEEEE

P P

ORPH

button and then hold-

button

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EEEE

Press the P You can edit the morph range (the size of the sector) by first pressing the M ing down the M

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The special Copy/Paste function can be used to copy an entire Morph Group with all its assigned parameters from one Morph source to another. To copy and paste a Morph Group, do like this: First, press the M press a M while holding them, press the new destination M copied and pasted to the new source.

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Each Variation in a Patch can have its own unique Morph group assignments.

ATCH

AAAA

M M

ORPH GROUP

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OOOORRRRPPPPHHHH

PPPPAAAARRRRAAAAMMMMEEEETTTTEEEERRRR

button to enter Patch Edit Mode. Navigate to the parameter you wish to edit.

ORPH GROUP

GGGGRRRROOOOUUUUPPPP

ORPH

button and turning the morphed K

button. Then, press and hold the F button. Release all buttons. Press and hold S

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WWWWHHHHIIIICCCCHHHH

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IIIISSSS

NNNNOOOOTTTT

V V

OOOONNNNEEEE

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ORPH GROUP

AAAARRRRIIIIAAAATTTTIIIIOOOONNNNSSSS

AAAASSSSSSSSIIIIGGGGNNNNEEEEDDDD

OCUS/COPY

button. Now, all parameters have been

TTTTOOOO

AAAA

NOB

TTTTOOOO

HIFT+FOCUS/COPY

PPPPAAAANNNNEEEELLLL

ORPH

button and then hold-

AAAANNNNOOOOTTTTHHHHEEEERRRR

button and while holding it,

K K

NNNNOOOOBBBB

(Paste) and

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All Morph groups in a Variation are automatically copied together with the rest of the parameter values when you copy a Variation to another Variation as described on page 66.

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A A

MMMM

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It’s not possible to Morph a clock-synched parameter. You can assign and set a Morph range on a clocksynched parameter, but Morphing it will have no effect.

PPPP

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WWWW

HHHHAAAATTTT

A Performance is a complete setup (combination) of four Patches - one in each Slot. The Nord Modular G2 has 1024 memory locations for Performances (8 Banks with128 memory locations each). Since a Performance can be quite large (around 15-20 kB), it’s not likely that you will be able to use all Performance memory locations. The Banks should therefore be considered more like “folders” to store different projects in. A Performance contains information about which Slots should be active, layered and also any Keyboard Split settings. A Performance also contains information about a number of other settings. Later in this chapter follows a detailed list of what settings are saved in a Performance.

M M

IIIISSSS

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CCCCLLLLOOOOCCCCKKKK

AAAA

P P

GGGGRRRROOOOUUUUPPPPSSSS

K K

EEEERRRRFFFFOOOORRRRMMMMAAAANNNNCCCCEEEE

BBBBEEEETTTTWWWWEEEEEEEENNNN

EEEEYYYYBBBBOOOOAAAARRRRDDDD

----

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AAAARRRRIIIIAAAATTTTIIIIOOOONNNNSSSS

V V

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M M

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????

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Note that the edits and settings you make for each individual Patch in a Performance do not affect the original Patch in any way. The Performance memory is completely separate from the Patch memory. The Patches saved in a Performance are only copies of the Patches from the Patch memory.

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Enter Performance mode by pressing the P

ANCE MODE

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P P

button.

M M

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ERFORM

OSC1---------- --| Freq Fine

1:1 Welcome

OSC2------Freq F

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P P

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TTTTHHHHEEEE

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MMMMEEEEMMMMOOOORRRRYYYY

Load the new Performance into the Slots by first turning the R

OTARY DIAL

to sele ct t he Pe rfor mance . If y ou

like you can also switch between Banks by pressing the

P/DOWN NAVIGATOR

button. Then load the select-

ed Performance into the Slots by pressing the P

OAD

button. Now, you can try out other Perform-

ATCH

1:2 Scream synth

ances of the internal memory and edit parameters as described above. To revert to “Patch mode”, press the

ERFORMANCE

button.

Note that selecting a new Performance changes a lot of parameters. This might lead to unexpected behavior!

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P P

First of all you need to activate the Slots you plan to use for your Performance. Do this by holding S and pressing the S

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SSSS

LOT

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P P

buttons you want to include as described in “Layering Patches” on page 71.

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TTTTHHHHEEEE

S S

LLLLOOOOTTTTSSSS

To select Patches as base in a Performance, do like this:

1. In Performance Mode, hold down the desired

LOT

button (A in this example). The S

LOT

LED

flashes to indicate that it’s the active Slot. The

ISPLAY

shows the name of the Patch in Slot A (if

2:9 Acoustic CN Plucked

any).

A:EnvADSR1-- --Attack Deca

HIFT

A:EnvADSR1-- --Attack Deca

2. Select a new Patch for the Slot by holding down

A button and scrolling with the R

LOT

the S D

IAL

. To switch between Patch Banks, hold down

A button and use the UP/D

LOT

the S

GATOR

buttons. Repeat the procedure for the other Slots.

OWN NAVI

OTARY

Note! Do not press the Patch Load button during this operation. The Patch is automatically loaded to the Slot as soon as you release the Slot button.

If you want to assign or deassign a Patch in an active Slot to be controlled by the keyboard (Keyboard Assign), double-click the S Slot or deactivate an active Slot, Press S

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P P

LOT

button you want to include/exclude. If you want to include an unused

HIFT+SLOT

button.

This is done just as in Patch (non-Performance) mode as described in “Edit a Patch” on page 62. To ac-

button. The LED below it flashes to indicate it’s

tivate a Slot for editing, simply press the desired S

LOT

the currently active Slot.

Note that when you save the Performance you save edited copies of Patches within the Performance. The original Patches (from the Patch memory) that you may have used as base for the Performance are not affected in any way.

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(P (P

) P

AAAARRRRAAAAMMMMEEEETTTTEEEERRRR

) P) P

P P

AAAAGGGGEEEESSSS

Each Performance can have a separate set of programmable Parameter Pages, in addition to the Parameter Pages of each Patch in the Performance. Hold down

HIFT

and press the P

ATCH SETTINGS

button to ac-

Release

A:Filter2 Freq Res

B:OSC2 Freq Fine

cess Global Parameter Page 1, Column 1. Now, 8 new

Performance parameters can be assigned to the A

SIGNABLE KNOBS

and/or A

SSIGNABLE BUTTONS

. If you want to access the Programmable Parameter Pages of each individual Patch, hold down S

ATCH SETTINGS

the P

button again. Now, the first Pa-

HIFT

and press

rameter Page of the Patch in the focused Slot is shown in the A

SSIGNABLE DISPLAYS

. You can freely assign module parameters from any of the Slots to the Global Parameter Pages. See “Assign parameters to panel controls” on page 64 for info on how to assign parameters to the Parameter Pages.

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S S

PPPPLLLLIIIITTTT

The Keyboard Split function allows you to split the keyboard in two sections, each playing separate Patches. When Keyboard Split is activated, Slots A and B will be played from the lower part of the keyboard,

2:9 Acoustic CN Plucked

A:ADSR-Env1 Attack Decay

while Slots C and D will be played from the upper part. The Keyboard Split function is a pure synth “performance feature” and doesn’t exist in this way in the Editor. Activate Keyboard Split function by pressing the KB S

PLIT

button:

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SSSS

TTTTHHHHEEEE

S S

PPPPLLLLIIIITTTT

P P

OOOOIIIINNNNTTTT

You set the Split Point (the key where the keyboard should be split) by holding down S the KB S

PLIT

button. The lowest K

HIFT

and pressing

EYBOARD SPLIT

LED above the keyboard will light up to indicate the split position. Hold down S

PLIT

button again to move the split point to the next position. The next Keyboard Split LED will light

HIFT

and press the KB

up instead above the keyboard.

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CCCC

S S

PPPPLLLLIIIITTTT

AAAANNNNDDDD

L L

AAAAYYYYEEEERRRR

Since Slots A and B will be played from the lower part of the split point and Slots C and D from the upper part, yo u can sp lit the ke yboard and p lay layers of two Patches on each “keyboard half”. Just s elect Pat ches for all Slots, and activate Keyboard Split.

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Z Z

OOOONNNNEEEE

It’s also possible to set separate note ranges for each of the Slots in a Performance. This is done in the System menu. Please refer to “Keyboard Zone” on page 80.

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EEEERRRRFFFFOOOORRRRMMMMAAAANNNNCCCCEEEE

P P

Note! When the Nord Modular G2 is shipped from factory, Memory Protect is set to ‘On’. To be able to store Performances, first disable the Memory Protect function. See “Memory Prot” on page 81.

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SSSS

1. Press the S starts flashing.

2. Select memory location by turning the R

D U

WWWWIIIITTTTHHHHOOOOUUUUTTTT

TORE

IAL

. Switch between Banks 1-8 by pressing the

P/DOWN NAVIGATOR

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TTTTHHHHEEEE

NNNNAAAAMMMMEEEE

button once. The LED above it

buttons. As you scroll

OTARY

A:ADSR-Env1 Attack Decay

Store to 1:2 Scream synth

through the memory locations, you can see the Performance names in the D

ISPLAY

. This prevents you from overwriting a Performance that you want to keep.

3. Press S

TORE

again to store your Performance. (To cancel the operation, press the F

OCUS/COPY

ton.)

SSSS

TTTTOOOORRRRIIIINNNNGGGG

1. Hold down S The LED starts flashing and the D the name of the current Performance. Select letters with the R position with the L

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TTTTHHHHEEEE

HIFT

OTARY DIAL

PPPPOOOOSSSSSSSSIIIIBBBBIIIILLLLIIIITTTTYYYY

and press S

TORE

and change the cursor

EFT

IGHT NAVIGATOR

and R

TTTTOOOO

CCCCHHHHAAAANNNNGGGGEEEE

(Store as...).

ISPLAY

shows

TTTTHHHHEEEE

NNNNAAAAMMMMEEEE

A:ADSR-Env1 Attack Decay

Scream synth

buttons.

but-

Alternatively, press and hold the D

TOR

button and select letters with the R

. Each time you release the D

button the cursor in the D

OWN NAVIGATOR

ISPLAY

advances one step. Repeat the procedure for the entire Performance

OWN NAVIGA

OTARY DI

name. If you want to delete a letter/position and thus move all the letters to the right of the cursor one step back, hold down S

HIFT

and press the L

EFT NAVIGATOR

(DEL) button. (This function is the same as using the Delete key on a computer keyboard.) If you want to move all letters to the right of the cursor one step forward and thus make room for more letters, hold down S

AVIGATOR

2. Press S D

IAL

. Switch between Banks 1-8 by pressing the U

(INS) button. (Press the F

again. The LED continues flashing. Select memory location by turning the R

TORE

OCUS/COPY

button to cancel the Storing operation).

P/DOWN NAVIGATOR

through the memory locations, you can see the Performance names in the D

HIFT

and press the R

buttons. As you scroll

ISPLAY

. This prevents

IGHT

OTARY

you from overwriting a Performance that you want to keep.

3. Press S

TORE

again to store your Performance. (To cancel the operation, press the F

OCUS/COPY

but-

ton.)

The Patches you use in the Performance Slots are saved complete with all parameter settings, Keyboard Split info and Parameter Pages (also Global) configurations when the Performance is saved. The above

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point means that there is no need to store the Patches separately. As soon as you save the Performance, all Patches that it uses are also saved, within the Performance. This also means that if you later change any of your Patches, in Patch mode, the Patches in the Performances are not affected in any way.

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AAAATTTTCCCCHHHHEEEESSSS

P P

FFFFRRRROOOOMMMM

AAAA

EEEERRRRFFFFOOOORRRRMMMMAAAANNNNCCCCEEEE

P P

As stated earlier, the Patches used in the Slots of a Performance are not references to regular, existing Programs, but separate Patches “on their own”. You will find several unique sounds in the factory Performances; sounds that you will not find in any of the internal Patch locations. You may want to extract such a Patch, to save as a single Patch in the Patch memory.

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EEEE

AAAA

AAAATTTTCCCCHHHH

P P

AAAANNNNDDDD

SSSSAAAAVVVVEEEE

IIIITTTT

1. Select the Performance containing the sound you want to extract.

2. Press the P

3. Press the S

ERF MODE

LOT

button to activate the Slot (A

button to exit Performance mode.

CTIVE SLOTS/FOCUS

LED is flashing) containing the

desired Patch.

4. Press S

5. Select Patch memory location by turning the R

6. Press S

TORE

. The LED above the S

P/DOWN NAVIGATOR

Patches in the D

TORE

ISPLAY

again to store your Patch. (To cancel the operation, press a S

TORE

button starts flashing

OTARY DIAL

. Switch between Banks by pressing the

buttons. As you scroll through the memory locations, you can see the

. This prevents you from overwriting a sound that you want to keep.

LOT

button.) The Patch is

now stored as a single Patch.

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AAAATTTTCCCCHHHH

P P

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AAAANNNNDDDD

SSSSAAAAVVVVEEEE

IIIITTTT

1. Select the Performance containing the sound you want to extract.

2. Press the P

3. Press the S

ERF MODE

LOT

button to activate the Slot (A

button to exit Performance mode.

CTIVE SLOTS/FOCUS

LED is flashing) containing the

desired Patch.

4. Hold down S

5. Select Category with the R

6. Press the D

OTARY DIAL

Alternatively, press and hold the D

. Each time you release the D

HIFT

and press S

OWN NAVIGATOR

TORE

(Store as...). The LED above the Store button starts flashing.

OTARY DIAL

button once and select letters for the Patch name by turning the

. Change the cursor position with the L

OWN NAVIGATOR

EFT

(and R

IGHT

AVIGATOR

) N

button and select letters with the R

button the cursor in the D

ISPLAY

buttons.

OTARY DI

advances one step. Repeat the procedure for the entire Patch name. If you want to delete a letter/position and thus move all the letters to the right of the cursor one step back, hold down S

HIFT

and press the L

EFT NAVIGA

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TOR

HIFT

and press the R

IGHT NAVIGATOR

(INS) button. (Press a S

LOT

button to

again. The S

7. Press S

8. Press S

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Deleting Performances from the internal memory of the synth can only be done from the Editor. Please refer to “Deleting Performances in the synth” on page 56.

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To exit Performance mode, press the P You will note that the Patches you used in the latest Performance are still present in the Slots, also in Patch mode. However, if you want to continue using them as separate Patches, you have to save each of the Patches separately in Patch mode.

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S S

Press the S tions. The System menu is divided into three “sections”: parameters which are unique for the currently focused Patch (indicated in the

ISPLAY

D unique for the currently active Performance (indicated in the D

PLAY

global for the entire synth (indicated in the D with the D

TORE

OTARY DIAL

through the memory locations, you can see the Patch names in the D overwriting a Patch that you want to keep.

TORE

now stored as a single Patch.

P P

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YSTEM

by ‘|Pa’ in the upper right corner), parameters which are

by ‘|Pe’ in the upper right corner) and parameters which are

. Switch between Banks pressing the U

again to store your Patch. (To cancel the operation, press a S

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P P

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button to access the system parameters and func-

OWN NAVIGATOR

LED continues to flash. Select memory location by turning the

TORE

M M

button.

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ERF MODE

ISPLAY

P/DOWN NAVIGATOR

ISPLAY

button. Now you return to the regular Patch mode.

by ‘|Sy’ in the upper right corner). Select function

buttons. As you scroll

. This prevents you from

LOT

button.) The Patch is

Sustain |Pa O

ADSR-Env1 Attack Deca

PPPP

AAAATTTTCCCCHHHH

FFFFUUUUNNNNCCCCTTTTIIIIOOOONNNNSSSS

UUUUSSSSTTTTAAAAIIIINNNN

SSSS

Select if you want the Sustain Pedal functionality on or off in the Patch. If set to On, a connected sustain pedal will control both sustain and any parameters assigned to the Switch Morph group. Select On or Off with the R

IIIIBBBBRRRRAAAATTTTOOOO

VVVV

Select Vibrato Rate for the Patch. Range: 4.00-8.00 Hz. (The Vibrato Amount is set in the Patch Settings “menu” for the Patch. See “Ed-

it Patch Settings” on page 63).

P P

R R

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(P (P

NNNN

O O

FFFFFFFF

/O/O

OTARY DIAL

))))

AAAA

Sustain Pedal |Pa O

Vibrato Rate |Pa 6

.02 Hz

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PPPP

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EEEEYYYYBBBBOOOOAAAARRRRDDDD

KKKK

Here you can set individual note ranges for each of the Slots in a Performance. Press desired S

OTARY DIAL

the R highest note limit with the R dure for the other Slots by pressing the corresponding S keyboard zones. Note that these ranges are also affected by any Keyboard Split setting you have in your Performance (see “Keyboard Split” on page 76). When you store your Performance, these settings will be stored with it.

SSSS

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MID

MIDI S

MIDMID

Set the MIDI channel for each S used for receiving and transmitting MIDI data. If you select ‘Off’, the Slot will not receive or transmit any MIDI data at all. Press desired

LOT

repeat the procedure for the other Slots by pressing the corresponding S formance Mode, the internal keyboard will send on all Slot’s MIDI channels that have Keyboard Assign.

MIDI L

MIDI LMIDI L

Turn the MIDI Local Control on or off. Select Local On to be able to control the synth from the internal keyboard and the pedals. MIDI data is also transmitted via the MIDI O mode, the keyboard and pedal actions are transmitted only via MIDI and do not control the synth itself. Local Off should be used with external sequencers if the MIDI O jack of Nord Modular G2 is routed back, via the external sequencer, to the MIDI I in the sequencer, “double notes” will appear when playing the keyboard in Local On mode. Select On or off with the R

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LLLLOOOOTTTT

I S

I SI S

button and set MIDI channel with the R

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FFFFUUUUNNNNCCCCTTTTIIIIOOOONNNNSSSS

OOOONNNNEEEE

Z Z

. Press the R

HHHH

C C

OTARY DIAL

))))

EEEE

(P (P

LOT

button and set lower note limit with

IGHT NAVIGATOR

OTARY DIAL

))))

YYYY

(S (S

(A-D). The set channels will be

LOT

. Then, repeat the proce-

button and set the

LOT

OTARY DIAL

jack. In the Local Off

Keyboard Zone |Pe C-1

- B3

buttons. It’s also possible to have overlapping

MIDI Slot Ch |Sy

. Then,

LOT

234

buttons. Note that in Per-

MIDI Local |Sy O

jack. If Echo is active

MIDI G

MIDI GMIDI G

Here you set the Global MIDI Channel for the synth. The Global MIDI Channel should be used for receiving MIDI note data and control data (Mod Wheel, Aftertouch, Velocity, Aftertouch and Pedals) as well as sending and receiving MIDI Program Change messages in Performance mode. Select Global MIDI Channel with the R

MIDI S

MIDI SMIDI S

Here you can set an ‘Instrument SysEx ID’. This is very useful if you’re sending SysEx dumps of sounds from a sequencer to the Nord Modular G2 and have several G2 synthesizers MIDI connected. Let’s say you have two G2 synthesizers. These two instrument models have the same ‘Manufacturer ID’ and ‘Model ID’ in the SysEx protocol. By defining separate SysEx ID’s on each of the two synths, you will be able to “direct” the SysEx dumps from the sequencer to one of the G2’s while the other one will ignore the dumps. Just make sure that you define a separate SysEx ID before dumping the sounds to the sequencer. Select Instrument SysEx ID with the R All

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YYYYSSSS

EEEE

C C

XXXX

HHHH

ID ID

MIDI Glob Ch |Sy 1

OTARY DIAL

. Range: Channel 1-16, Off.

MIDI SysEx ID |Sy 1

OTARY DIAL

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MIDI C

MIDI CMIDI C

Here you choose whether or not to send out MIDI Clock to the

MIDI O

only work when you use the internal Master Clock as clock source. Select On or Off with the R

MIDI C

MIDI CMIDI C

Here you choose whether or not to accept external MIDI Clock signals received on the MIDI I Master Clock of the synth will automatically sync to any incoming MIDI Clock. Select On or Off with the R

MIDI P

MIDI PMIDI P

Here you select how the synth should handle Program Change and Bank Select (Controller #32) MIDI messages. Select Off, Send (only), Receive (only) and Send and Receive with the R

EEEENNNNDDDD

S S

jack of the synth. Sending out a MIDI Clock signal will

LLLLKKKK

RRRRGGGG

R R

C C

EEEECCCCVVVV

HHHHNNNNGGGG

OTARY DIAL

jack of the synth. If set to ‘On’, the

OTARY DIAL

MIDI Clk Send |Sy O

MIDI Clk Recv |Sy O

MIDI Prg Chng |Sy S

end & Receive

MIDI C

MIDI CMIDI C

Here you select how the synth should handle MIDI Controller messages. Select Off, Send (only), Receive (only) and Send and Receive with the R

UUUUSSSSTTTT

SSSS

Different sustain pedals use different polarity to activate the sustain switch. Select between ‘Open’ and ‘Closed’ with the R

TTTTRRRRLLLL

CCCC

Different control/expression pedals have different characteristics. Here you can select Gain to adjust the control pedal functionality of the synth to your specific expression pedal. Select range (x1.00x1.50) with the R

AAAASSSSTTTTEEEERRRR

MMMM

Use this function to tune the synth to other instruments. The range is from -6 to +6 semitones and fine adjustment from -100 to +100 cents. 100 cents is one semitone. All Oscillator modules are affected by the Master Tune function. Select tuning with the R

EEEEMMMMOOOORRRRYYYY

MMMM

Select memory protection for the entire internal Patch and Performance memory. Select On or Off with the R

YYYYNNNNTTTTHHHH

SSSS

Here you can name your synth. Select characters with the R D

IAL

TOR

button and select letters with the R lease the D

TTTTRRRRLLLL

OTARY DIAL

EEEEDDDD

P P

EEEEDDDD

P P

G G

UUUUNNNNEEEE

T T

P P

NNNNAAAAMMMMEEEE

OOOOLLLL

AAAAIIIINNNN

RRRROOOOTTTT

OTARY DIAL

and change the “cursor” position with the left/right N

buttons. Alternatively, press and hold the D

OTARY DIAL

OWN NAVIGATOR

button the cursor in the D

OWN NAVIGATOR

. Each time you re-

ISPLAY

MIDI Ctrl |Sy S

end & Receive

Sust Ped Pol |Sy

pen

Ctrl Ped Gain |Sy x1

.00

Master Tune |Sy

semi 0 cent

Memory Prot |Sy O

OTARY AVIGA

advances one step. Repeat the procedure

Synth Name |Sy

odularG2

for the entire Synth name. If you want to delete a letter/position and thus move all the letters to the right of the cursor one step back, hold down S

HIFT

and press the L

EFT NAVIGATOR

(DEL) button. (This func-

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tion is the same as using the Delete key on a computer keyboard.) If you want to move all letters to the right of the cursor one step forward and thus make room for more letters, hold down S

IGHT NAVIGATOR

the R

(INS) button.

HIFT

and press

DDDD

UUUUMMMMPPPP

O O

NNNNEEEE

Hold down S

HIFT

and press the S

YSTEM

button to send a MIDI SysEx dump of the Patch in the focused Slot, or of an entire Performance in Performance Mode. Note that an average MIDI SysEx dump of a Patch is approximately 5 kB and that of a Performance nearly 20 kB. This means the recording device - a sequencer, for example - must be prepared for this amount of data.

Sustain |Pa

ADSR-Env1 Attack Deca

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9. W

9. WO

9. W9. W

In the Editor, the usual Windows98SE/2000/XP keyboard commands are available. The drop-down menus can be accessed by pressing the Alt key and the underlined letter in the menu bar. The functions in the drop-down menus can then be accessed by pressing the key corresponding to the underlined letter in the drop-down menus.

Most of the commands can also be accessed by pressing the Ctrl key together with the letter shown next to the command name in the drop-down lists.

ORRRRKKKKIIIIN

WIIIITTTTH

Editor

EditorEditor

FFFF

IIIILLLLEEEE

NNNN

OOOO

NNNN

MMMMEEEENNNNUUUU

EEEEWWWW

Creates a new, empty Patch window. If connected to the synth, the currently active Slot will be cleared to host your new Patch. See “Creating your first Patch” on page 36 for info on how to create a Patch.

EEEEWWWW

Creates 4 new, empty Patch windows. If connected to the synth, all 4 Slots will be automatically activated and cleared to host your new Performance. Slot A will be assigned to the keyboard. The synth will also switch to Performance Mode. See “Creating a Performance in the Editor” on page 54.

PPPPEEEENNNN

Brings up the file selector and allows you to open a Patch or Performance file from disk. Select between Patch and Performance files from the ‘Files of type’ drop-down selector. Select a file and click Open to open and download the Patch/Performance to the Slot(s) in the synth. Note that if you open a Patch in

Performance mode with the synth connected, the selected Patch will be opened and downloaded in Slot A and all other Slots will be cleared.

EEEEWWWW

Creates a new, empty Patch window in a selectable Slot of the connected synth, or in Performance Mode. If connected to the synth, the selected Slot will be cleared to host your new Patch. See “Creating your

first Patch” on page 36.

AAAATTTTCCCCHHHH

P P

EEEERRRRFFFFOOOORRRRMMMMAAAANNNNCCCCEEEE

P P

OOOO

T T

OOOO

PPPPEEEENNNN

Brings up the file selector and allows you to open a Patch file from disk and download to a selectable Slot. Select a file and click Open to open and download the Patch to the selected Slot in the synth. This command is useful when you select Patches when creating a Performance.

T T

OOOO

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SSSS

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This command will save the current Patch or Performance to a storage disk on the computer. If the Patch or Performance wasn’t opened from the computer using the File|Open command (see above) or if you changed the Name in the Toolbar, you will be prompted for a file name and destination folder. Patches that are saved from the Editor automatically gets the extension ‘.pch2’ and Performances ‘.prf2’.

SSSS

AAAAVVVVEEEE

This command will prompt you for a file name and destination folder before saving the Patch or Performance to disk. This is useful for renaming a Patch file before saving it, leaving any original Patch intact on the disk. Patches that are saved from the Editor automatically gets the extension ‘.pch2’ and Performances ‘.prf2’.

AAAAVVVVEEEE

This command will save all open Patches and/or Performances to a storage disk on the computer. If a Patch or Performance has not been saved before, you will be prompted for a file name. Patches that are saved from the Editor automatically gets the extension ‘.pch2’ and Performances ‘.prf2’.

AAAAVVVVEEEE

This command will let you save a Patch from a selectable Slot to disk. You will also get the opportunity to rename the Patch file before saving it, leaving any original Patch intact on the disk. Patches that are saved from the Editor automatically gets the extension ‘.pch2’. This command is useful if you want to extract a Patch from a Performance and save it as a single Patch on the computer.

AAAAVVVVEEEE

This command will save the current Patch as an InitPatch to a storage disk on the computer. An InitPatch can be used as a “template” Patch to recall instantly by pressing the Init buttons in the Toolbar (see “Init

1&2” on page 97).

A A

F F

I I

SSSS

LLLLLLLL

RRRROOOOMMMM

NNNNIIIITTTT

PPPP

AAAATTTTCCCCHHHH

RRRR

EEEECCCCEEEENNNNTTTT

Here you can choose to open any of the most recently opened Patches.

QQQQ

UUUUIIIITTTT

Quits the Editor software. Any unsaved Patches will automatically be deleted. Closing a Patch in the Editor or quitting the Editor will not remove Patches that have been downloaded to a Slot in the synth.

EEEE

DDDDIIIITTTT

UUUU

NNNNDDDDOOOO

Click to undo your latest operations/commands.

RRRR

EEEEDDDDOOOO

Click to step back through the latest Undo operations. Works like a reversed ‘Undo’ function.

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MMMMEEEENNNNUUUU

IIIILLLLEEEESSSS

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CCCC

UUUUTTTT

Cuts out one or several modules, including their common cable connections and parameter settings, and places in the clipboard memory.

CCCC

OOOOPPPPYYYY

Copies one or several modules, including their common cable connections and parameter settings, and places in the clipboard memory.

PPPP

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Pastes one or several modules, including their common cable connections and parameter settings, that previously have been cut or copied to the clipboard memory. The Paste command results in a cursor with a small ‘+’ sign attached to it. Place the cursor where you want in the Patch window and click to paste the module(s).

CCCC

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Deletes one or several selected modules (and their mutual cable connections) from the Patch window.

PPPP

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PPPP

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PPPP

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P P

This command should be used if you only want to paste a copied module parameter values to another module of the same type. You can also select several modules in one Variation, select Copy and then Paste Params in another Variation.

LLLLLLLL

A A

Selects all modules in the most recently used section of the Patch window for clearing, copying, moving etc.

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S S

Opens up the Patch Settings floating window. The Patch Settings parameters can be different for different Variations. (These functions are also available for editing on the synth if you press the P ton. See “Edit Patch Settings” on

page 63).

ATCH SETTINGS

but-

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Select if a sustain pedal/foot switch connected to the S Modular G2 should act as a Sustain pedal and On/Off switch or only as an On/Off switch.

Note! If you use it only as an on/off switch (the ‘Off’ alternative), you have to assign the switch to module parameters in a Patch to the Foot Switch Morph group (see “Morph groups” on page 51).

P P

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USTAIN PEDAL

input on the rear panel of Nord

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Here you select the octave setting of the Patch. This information is saved with the rest of the Patch data in the Patch. Note that this setting is active only if you play the Patch from a Nord Modular G2 keyboard version.

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Select Period (sync division) for the Arpeggiator in relation to the Master Clock rate with the knob. Activate/stop the Arpeggiator with the radio buttons below the knob. Note that the Master Clock doesn’t have to be active for the Arpeggiator to run. Select Direction with the right knob and Range with the radio buttons below the knob.

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VVVV

This is a separate vibrato which affects all modules in the Patch set to Keyboard Tracking. Set the Vibrato amount, in cents of a semitone, with the knob and select control source (Aftertouch, Mod Wheel or Off) with the radio buttons below the knob. Set the Vibrato rate with the knob below the radio buttons.

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GGGG

The Glide function is mainly intended for use in mono or legato (see “Voice Mode” on page 99). The glide characteristics can be described as “constant rate”. “Constant rate” means that the greater the “distance” between two subsequent notes, the longer the glide time. Turn the knob to adjust the glide rate and press the radio buttons to select glide mode. ‘Normal’ means the glide is always active and ‘Auto’ that glide is active only when you play legato (you press a new key before you release the previous key).

S S

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Set the Pitch bend range, in semitones, with the knob. The pitch bend will affect all modules in the Patch set to Keyboard Tracking when you bend the P Switch on/off the pitch bend function with the radio buttons below the knob.

TTTT

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Brings up the Textpad floating window. Here you can type in text (description, comments s etc.) about the Patch.

DDDD

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Select this function to clear all unused modules in the Patch. This is useful if you have edited an existing Patch and want to get rid of any superfluous modules.

DDDD

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Brings up a dialog box in which you can choose to download the currently active Editor Patch to a selectable Slot in the connected synth.

NNNNUUUUSSSSEEEEDDDD

U U

T T

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S S

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M M

LLLLOOOOTTTT

ITCH STICK

or receive pitch bend data from MIDI.

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PPPP

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PPPP

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Brings up the Performance Settings floating window. Here you can edit the common Performance parameters.

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NNNN

Type in the Performance name and press Enter. The name will also be shown in the ‘Perf’ display box in the Toolbar.

LLLLOOOOTTTTSSSS

SSSS

Click in the check boxes for each of the Slots you want to include in the Performance.

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KKKK

Click in the check boxes for each of the Slots you want to play from the internal keyboard of the synth and/or respond to MIDI Note data on the Global MIDI Channel (see “MIDI Settings” on page 88).

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Click in the check box to activate Keyboard Hold for each of the Slots in the Performance.

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E E

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S S

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Activate the Keyboard Range function by clicking in the Keyboard Range check box. Set any keyboard note ranges for each of the Slots in the Performance. It’s possible to have overlapping keyboard ranges for several Slots if you like. If the Keyboard Range function is not active, all enabled Slots will respond to notes in the entire MIDI note range (C-1 to G9).

AAAASSSSTTTTEEEERRRR

MMMM

Here you can select the Master Clock Rate for your Performance. You can also select whether to have the Master Clock active or not when you upload your Performance by clicking in the Stop or Run box.

DDDD

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If you have been working on a couple of Performances in Local mode (synth unconnected) and you want to download one of the Performances after having established contact with the synth, you can use the Download command.

SSSS

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SSSS

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MMMMEEEENNNNUUUU

S S

The Synth Settings window provides you with functions that apply to all Patches and Performances loaded to the four Slots of the synth. Any settings that you make will be activated instantly and automatically stored in the synth when you click the OK button. If you press Cancel, all parameters will revert to their

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C C

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original settings. (Some of these functions are also available for editing from the synth if you press the

YSTEM

button).

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NNNN

Type in a name for your connected synth and press Enter. This is especially useful if you run several Nord Modular G2 synthesizers from the Editor. The name will also be displayed in the Synth Name display box in the Toolbar.

MIDI

MIDI MIDI

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Set the MIDI channel for each Slot. This channel will be used for reception and transmission of MIDI messages.

MIDI Active check box:

Click in the corresponding check box to activate the Slot to receive and transmit MIDI messages.

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LLLL

O O

NNNN

Click the Local On check box to turn the MIDI Local Control on. Select Local On to be able to control the synth from the internal keyboard and the pedals. MIDI data is also transmitted via the MIDI O

jack. In the Local Off mode, the keyboard and pedal actions are transmitted only via MIDI and do not control the synth itself. Local Off should be used with external sequencers if the MIDI O Modular G2 is routed back, via the external sequencer, to the MIDI I

jack. If Echo is active in the se-

jack of Nord

quencer, “double notes” will appear when playing the keyboard in Local On mode.

MIDI S

MIDI SMIDI S

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Global Channel:

Here you set the Global MIDI Channel for the synth. The Global MIDI Channel should be used for sending and receiving MIDI note data and for sending control data (Mod Wheel, Aftertouch, Velocity, Aftertouch and Pedals) as well as sending and receiving MIDI Program Change messages in Performance mode. Select Global MIDI Channel by clicking the arrow buttons.

SysEx ID:

Here you can set an ‘Instrument SysEx ID’. This is very useful if you’re sending SysEx dumps of sounds from a sequencer to the Nord Modular G2 and have several G2 synthesizers MIDI connected. Let’s say you have two G2 synthesizers. These two instrument models have the same ‘Manufacturer ID’ and ‘Model ID’ in the SysEx protocol. By defining separate SysEx ID’s on the two synths, you will be able to “direct” the SysEx dumps from the sequencer to one of the G2’s while the other one will ignore the dumps. Just make sure that you define a separate SysEx ID before dumping the sounds to the sequencer. Select Instrument SysEx ID by clicking on the arrow buttons.

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Send Clock:

Here you choose whether or not to send out MIDI Clock to the MIDI O out a MIDI Clock signal will only work when you use the internal Master Clock as clock source.

Ignore External Clock:

Here you choose whether or not to accept external MIDI Clock signals received on the MIDI I the synth. If unchecked, the Master Clock of the synth will automatically sync to any incoming MIDI Clock.

Controllers: Receive and Send:

Here you select how the synth should handle MIDI Controller messages. Select Off, Send and Receive by clicking in the respective check boxes.

Program Change:

Here you select how the synth should handle Program Change and Bank Select (Controller #32) MIDI messages. Select Off, Send and Receive by clicking in the respective check boxes.

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Master Tune:

Global Octave Shift:

Click in the check box to activate Global Octave Shift which means that the octave shift will affect all Slots when controlled from the internal keyboard. Set octave shift range (-2 to +2 octaves) by clicking in the corresponding box.

jack of the synth. Sending

jack of

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Memory Protect:

Select memory protection for the entire internal Patch and Performance memory by clicking in the check box.

Sort By:

Select if you want Patches in the internal memory of the synth to be displayed by Program Number, Alphanumerical or by Category by clicking the desired box. See “Search for and load a Patch” on page 61 for more info on how to use the different Sort Modes on the synth.

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PPPP

Different sustain pedals use different polarity to activate the sustain switch. Select between ‘Open’ and ‘Closed’ by clicking the desired box.

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PPPPLLLLOOOOAAAADDDD

This command will upload the Patch from the currently active Slot in the synth to the Editor. This is useful if you have closed the Patch in the Editor earlier and want to edit the Patch in the Slot again. A new Patch window will be created for the uploaded Patch.

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P P

A A

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GGGGAAAAIIIINNNN

S S

LLLLOOOOTTTT

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SSSS

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This function lets you save the Patch or Performance of the active Patch window in any of the synthesizer’s memory locations.

Select Bank and Patch location from the drop-down menus. Click Save to execute and exit the dialog box, or Cancel to exit without saving.

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This feature is a quick way of saving a complete Patch or Performance bank from the synth memory to disk without needing to upload and save each Patch/Performance separately.

1. Select Type (Patch or Performance) and which bank to

2. Click Browse Location to select a destination folder on

3. In the ‘File name’ field, you can type in your own file

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I I

U U

upload (1-32 for Patches or 1-8 for Performances).

the computer.

name. By default, a Patch file is named PatchBank# and a Performance Bank PerfBank# with the # representing the Bank number you have selected to upload. Click Save. Now all sounds of the selected bank are saved individually together with a Patch list file with the extension ‘.pchList'. The original memory location of each Patch is also saved with the ‘List’ file, so you can download them to the correct memory location later. As the sounds are uploaded from synth, a progress bar indicates the elapsed time.

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S S

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Tip!

Don’t save several Bank files in the same folder on the computer. The Bank file is saved together with all individual Patch/Performance files. If several Bank files should contain the same Patch/Performance name(s), these files will be renamed with a post-fix number and could cause confusion when downloading the Bank files back to the synthesizer. To avoid this problem, save each Bank file in a separate folder on the computer.

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1. Select source by clicking on one of the two buttons:

2. Select which bank (1-32 for Patches or 1-8 for Performances) to replace with your selected bank.

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D D

‘Browse for Bank file’ lets you select a Bank file (.pchList) previously saved on the computer. Browse and select the pchList file you want to download to a bank in the synth.

‘Browse for folder’ lets you select a folder containing separate Patch or Performance files. The folder doesn’t have to contain a pchList file. The sound files of the selected folder will be downloaded to the synth in alphabetical order. If a folder should contain more than 128 sound files the “overflowing” files will be ignored. Note that the folder could also contain other file types, but only Patch or Performance files will be downloaded to the synth.

If you selected ‘Browse for Bank file’, click Open to select the file and prepare for downloading the Patches or Performances to their original memory location within the selected bank.

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If you selected ‘Browse for folder’, click OK to select the folder and prepare for downloading the Patches or Performances, in alphabetical order, to the selected bank.

3. Click the ‘Start download’ button. A progress bar indicates the elapsed time as the files are stored in the Nord Modular G2 internal memory. They will remain in the internal memory as if they were stored one by one using the S Editor.

Note! The entire memory bank you chose to download to will be overwritten in the Nord Modular G2 synthesizer. Even if the bank you download from the computer doesn’t contain Patches/Performances in all memory locations, all previously stored sounds in the Nord Modular G2 synthesizer bank will be erased. Therefore, it could be wise to consider the banks in the synthesizer more like folders on the computer. When you download an entire bank to the synthesizer it would be similar to deleting and replacing a folder on the computer, i.e. the whole content of the bank (folder) would be erased and replaced.

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Use this command to send all assigned MIDI Controller values to the MIDI OUT of the synthesizer. This is very useful if you are recording in a sequencer program and want to make sure the sound sounds exactly as you want.

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C C

TORE

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S S

button or the ‘Store’ function of the Browser (see page 94) in the

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The functions in this dialog box affects the configuration of the Editor. The parameters are automatically saved when you exit the Options window by clicking OK.

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This is where you can adjust the appearance of the Patch cables in the Editor. Choose between Straight 3D, Curved 3D, Straight Thin and Curved Thin.

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Here you select if you want the knob and slider parameters in the Editor Patch window to respond to Circular, Horizontal or Vertical motions with the mouse.

MMMM

Click this check box to enable Morph group assignment of module parameters by double-clicking the parameter(s). If unchecked, you have to Ctrl-click a parameter (or right-click and select from pop-up) to assign it to a Morph group.

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/D/D

C C

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P P

This function activates the Parameter Pages floating window. The Parameter Pages window is a graphical

and B

. Any assigned module parameters show up with their name and current value

NOB

on the synth’s front panel, the

representation of the A

SIGNABLE KNOBS TONS

of the synth’s front panel. The Parameter Pages gives you both visual indication and the possibility to edit the parameters currently assigned to an A

SIGNABLE KNOB/BUTTON

in the corresponding display box.

Click-hold an assigned knob in the Parameter Pages window and change its value, just like you would change a module parameter. As you can see, the assigned module parameter will change its value, also visually, when the knob is changed. If you turn an ASSIGNABLE knob in the Parameter Pages window and the corresponding module parameter will change, also visually. Change Parameter Page by clicking on another Page and/or Column button. In Performance mode you can also choose to display the Global Parameter Pages by clicking the Global Pages button. See “The Pa-

rameter Pages window” on page 48 for info on how to assign module parameters to the Parameter Pages.

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PPPP

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Brings up the Parameter Overview floating window which displays all Parameter Pages at once. It’s also possible to assign module parameters to any of the knobs/buttons in this window by click-holding a display box and dragging and dropping on a module parameter in the Patch window. If you like, you can also move parameter assignments by click-holding on a display box and then dragging the cursor to another display box and releasing the mouse button. Display the Global Pages by clicking the Global Pages button to the top right of the window.

VVVV

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This activates the Virtual Keyboard window. This window can be used to play a Patch without using the synth keyboard. Click on the keys of the Virtual Keyboard to play single notes. The selected note will be indicated by a black dot on the corresponding key. The note will sustain if you keep the mouse button depressed, just like pressing a key on a real keyboard. You can expand the keyboard to cover the whole MIDI note range simply by placing the cursor on either side of the window frame. When the double-arrow appears, click-drag horizontally to desired size. You can also show/hide the button bar by resizing the Virtual Keyboard window.

O O

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K K

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The four buttons to the left are used to scroll up and down the keyboard, either one octave (the doublearrow buttons) or one note (the single-arrow buttons) at a time.

Click on the ‘Drone’ button to make the next played note start sounding “infinitely”. Click the Drone button again to disengage.

Click on the ‘Repeat’ button to make the last played note play repeatedly. Click the Repeat button again to disengage.

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This function activates the File Browser floating window. The File Browser gives a very good overview of all Patches and Performances currently stored in the internal memory of the connected synth, as well as of Patches and Performances stored on the computer. The Patch and Perf tabs of the File Browser are automatically updated as soon as you perform any of the operations described below, even if they are done from the synth’s front panel. The File Browser can be used to save and load Patches and Performances both from disk and the internal memory of the synth.

There are three tabs in the File Browser window:

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Click on the Disk tab to view folders and Patch/Performance files stored on the computer. Double-click on a folder to step down one level in the hierarchy. Click the “arrow up” button to the upper right corner to step up one level in the hierarchy. Click the refresh (double arrows) button to rescan disks and/or folders to update the Disk tab contents list.

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Load a Patch or Performance to active Slot(s):

Double-click on a Patch or Performance file to automatically load the Patch/Performance to the active Slot(s) in the synth and open up the Patch/Performance in the Editor Patch window. This is the same as using File|Open. You can also use the Up and Down arrow keys to select Patch/Performance and load by pressing Enter.

Load Patch or Performance to Slot or store in internal memory:

By right-clicking on a Patch in the Disk tab you can choose to either load the selected Patch to any of the Slots of the connected synth and open the Patch in the Editor Patch window, or to save the selected Patch in an internal memory location. The last function is exactly the same as storing a Patch using the S button and the R

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Click on the Patch tab to view Patch Banks and Patches stored in the internal memory of the connected synth.

Load a Patch to active Slot:

Double-click on a Patch to automatically load the Patch to the active Slot in the synthesizer and open up the Patch in the Editor Patch window. This function is exactly the same as loading a Patch using the

ATCH LOAD

from memory” on page 61). You can also use the Up and Down arrow keys to select Patch and load by

pressing Enter. You can also open and close the content of an entire Bank by clicking the Bank icon or selecting it (with the arrow keys or the mouse) and pressing Enter.

OTARY DIAL

button and the R

on the Nord Modular G2 front panel (see “Store a Patch” on page 67).

OTARY DIAL

on the Nord Modular G2 front panel (see “Load a Patch

TORE

Store or delete Patch from internal memory:

By right-clicking on a Patch in the Patch tab you can choose to either store the Patch of the active Slot in the selected memory location, or to delete the selected Patch from its memory location, or change Sort Mode.

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Store Patch of active Slot to a selected bank:

By right-clicking on a Bank icon in the Patch tab you can choose to store the Patch of the active Slot in one of the selected bank’s memory locations, or delete the entire Bank with all its Patches, or change Sort Mode.

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Click on the Perf tab to view Performance Banks and Performances stored in the internal memory of the connected synth.

Load a Performance:

Double-click on a Performance to automatically load the Performance to the Slots in the synthesizer and open up the Performance in the Editor. This function is exactly the same as loading a Performance using

ATCH LOAD

the P

Performance from the internal memory” on page 75). You can also use the Up and Down arrow keys to

select Performance and load by pressing Enter. You can also open and close the content of an entire Bank by clicking the Bank icon or selecting it (with the arrow keys or the mouse) and pressing Enter.

Store or delete Performance from internal memory:

By right-clicking on a Performance in the Performance tab you can choose to either store the Performance of the active Slots in the selected memory location, or to delete the selected Performance from its memory location, or change Sort Mode.

button and the R

OTARY DIAL

on the Nord Modular G2 front panel (see “Load a new

Store Performance of active Slot to a selected Bank:

By right-clicking on a Bank icon in the Performance tab you can choose to store the Performance of the active Slots in one of the selected Bank’s memory locations, or delete the entire Bank with all its Performance, or change Sort Mode.

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By right-clicking a Bank icon in the Perf. or Patch tabs you can choose to either store the Patch or Performance of the active Slot(s) to any of the selected Bank’s memory locations, delete all Patches or Performances of the entire Bank from the internal memory of the synth, or change Sort Mode for the Patches/Performances of the entire internal memory of the synth.

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It’s possible to automatically assign MIDI controllers to all parameters of selected modules. Select the modules you want to assign MIDI controllers to, select Auto Assign MIDI Controllers. Now, all parameters of the selected modules will be automatically assigned to MIDI controller numbers.

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If you want to deassign MIDI Controllers of specific modules, select the modules and choose Deassign MIDI Controllers.

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Select whether to show or hide the lower part of the Toolbar.

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MIDI

MIDI MIDI

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MIDI C MIDI C

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P P

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Closes the current Patch window. Closing a Patch in the Editor will not affect Patches in the synth.

CCCC

LLLLOOOOSSSSEEEE

Closes all the Patch windows. Closing a Patch in the Editor will not affect Patches in the synth.

CCCC

AAAASSSSCCCCAAAADDDDEEEE

Arrange multiple Patch windows in a cascaded configuration.

TTTT

IIIILLLLEEEE

Arrange multiple Patch windows in a horizontally tiled configuration.

TTTT

IIIILLLLEEEE

Arrange multiple Patch windows in a vertically tiled configuration.

TTTT

IIIILLLLEEEE

Arrange the Patch windows of the currently active Slots in the connected synth.

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A A

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A A

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S S

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A A

Arrange the Patch windows of all four Slots in the connected synth.

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Here, all Patches and Performances that are open in the Editor are shown. You can select any of the open Patches/Performances by clicking on them. Note that selecting an open Patch or Performance from this list automatically makes it active in the synthesizer.

HHHH

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CCCC

OOOONNNNTTTTEEEENNNNTTTTSSSS

This will launch the G2 Help file and display the sections Contents, Search or Index.

If you right-click on a module or a parameter in the Patch window, you can bring up the help text for individual modules by choosing Help from the popup menu (see “Module popup” on page 101 and “Pa-

rameter popup” on page 102). Putting a module or parameter in focus and pressing the function key F1

will bring up the help text for that specific module.

KKKK

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Launches the Keyboard Shortcuts section of the G2 Help file.

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S S

MMMMEEEENNNNUUUU

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/S/S

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S S

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P P

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/P/P

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