nord Piano 4 User manual

USER MANUAL

Nord Piano 4

English

OS version: 1.0x

Edition: C

Part number: 50490	Copyright Clavia DMI AB
Edition: C

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1)	Read these instructions.	10) Protect the power cord from being walked on or pinched
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5)	Do not use this apparatus near water.	12) Use only with the cart, stand,
6)	Clean only with dry cloth.	tripod, bracket, or table specified by the
6)	Clean only with dry cloth.	manufacturer, or sold with the apparatus.
		manufacturer, or sold with the apparatus.
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and a third grounding prong. The wide blade or the third prong		spilled or objects have fallen into the apparatus, the apparatus
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into your outlet, consult an electrician for replacement of the		mally, or has been dropped.

obsolete outlet.

Additional Safety Information

No naked flame sources, such as lighted candles, should be placed on the apparatus;

Do not use the apparatus in tropical climates.

WARNING: To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, do not expose this apparatus to rain or moisture.

The apparatus shall not be exposed to dripping or splashing and that no objects filled with liquids, such as vases, shall be placed on the apparatus.

The maims plug is used as the disconnect device and shall remain readily operable.

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L´appareil ne doit pas étre exposé á des égouttements d´eau ou des éclaboussures et de plus qu´aucun objet rempli de liquide tel que des vases ne doit étre placé sur l´appareil.

Lorsque la prise du résau d’alimentation est utilisée comme dispositif de déconnexion, ce dispositif doit demeuré aisément accessible.

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Specifications and appearances are subject to change without notice.

1. Introduction

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 INTRODUCTION...........................................................................	5
Thank you!.........................................................................................................	5
Features..............................................................................................................	5
Nord Online.......................................................................................................	5
About the User Manual...............................................................................	5
Reading the manual in PDF Format....................................................................	5
Restoring the factory presets.............................................................................	5
OS upgrades.....................................................................................................	5
Free sounds.......................................................................................................	5
Disclaimer..........................................................................................................	5
2 OVERVIEW..........................................................................................	6
The Piano 4 panel..........................................................................................	6
Program section – page 13................................................................................	6
Piano section – page 10.....................................................................................	6
Sample Synth section –page 16.........................................................................	6
Effects section – page 17...................................................................................	6
3 GETTING STARTED.................................................................	7
Hooking it up....................................................................................................	7
Panel controls..................................................................................................	7
Dials and knobs ................................................................................................	7
Buttons..............................................................................................................	7
The Shift button ................................................................................................	7
Soft buttons.......................................................................................................	7
Programs...........................................................................................................	7
Select a program...............................................................................................	7
List view..............................................................................................................	8
Edit a program.................................................................................................	8
Select a new piano sound..................................................................................	8
Turn off Memory Protection .....................................................................	8
Store a program.............................................................................................	8
Live Mode..........................................................................................................	8
Activate effects................................................................................................	9
Layer with Sample Synth...........................................................................	9
Create a split ...................................................................................................	9
Set up a Split cross-fade (Split Width)............................................................	9
4 PIANO ...................................................................................................	10
On/Off and Level..............................................................................................	10
Octave Up/Down.............................................................................................	10
Sustain and Volume.........................................................................................	10
About the Piano sounds...........................................................................	10
About Piano size..............................................................................................	10
Piano Info....................................................................................................	10
Piano Select....................................................................................................	10
Category and model........................................................................................	10
List view...........................................................................................................	11
String Res and Soft Release .................................................................	11
String Resonance.............................................................................................	11
Soft Release.....................................................................................................	11
Nord Triple Pedal..........................................................................................	11
Pedal Noise......................................................................................................	11
Half Pedaling....................................................................................................	11
Sostenuto........................................................................................................	12
Soft Pedal........................................................................................................	12
Equalizer...........................................................................................................	12
Clavinet.......................................................................................................	12

5 PROGRAM........................................................................................	13
Store...................................................................................................................	13
Storing a program............................................................................................	13
Naming a program (Store As...)........................................................................	13
KBD split..........................................................................................................	13
Keyboard Split settings ..................................................................................	13
Choosing a split position.............................................................................	13
Split Width settings.....................................................................................	13
Shift / Exit button.........................................................................................	14
Live programs................................................................................................	14
Transpose On/Set........................................................................................	14
Mono...............................................................................................................	14
Program Buttons..........................................................................................	14
What is a program?..........................................................................................	14
Program dial ..................................................................................................	14
Program List, Abc and Cat...............................................................................	14
Numeric Pad Navigation mode.........................................................................	14
Organize ..........................................................................................................	15
Enter the Organize view...................................................................................	15
Swap two programs.........................................................................................	15
Move a program ..............................................................................................	15
MIDI LED indicator......................................................................................	15
Panic..................................................................................................................	15
6 SAMPLE SYNTH.........................................................................	16
On/Off and Level..............................................................................................	16
Octave Up/Down.............................................................................................	16
Sustain and Volume.........................................................................................	16
About the Sample Synth..........................................................................	16
Selecting a Sample..........................................................................................	16
List view......................................................................................................	16
Shaping the sound......................................................................................	16
Dynamics.........................................................................................................	16
Amp............................................................................................................	16
Filter............................................................................................................	16
Attack, Sustain and Decay/Release..................................................................	16
7 EFFECTS..............................................................................................	17
Activating effects .........................................................................................	17
Effect 1 .............................................................................................................	17
Trem (Tremolo).................................................................................................	17
Pan (Auto Pan).................................................................................................	17
RM (Ring Modulation).......................................................................................	17
Ctrl ped............................................................................................................	17
Effect 2 .............................................................................................................	18
Phaser 1 & 2....................................................................................................	18
Flanger.............................................................................................................	18
Chorus 1 & 2....................................................................................................	18
Vibe.................................................................................................................	18
Deep................................................................................................................	18
Delay .................................................................................................................	18
Equalizer...........................................................................................................	18
Amp/Comp ....................................................................................................	18
Amp models....................................................................................................	18
Dist..................................................................................................................	18
Comp..............................................................................................................	18
Reverb...............................................................................................................	19
8 MIDI...........................................................................................................	20
MIDI functions................................................................................................	20

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MIDI Channel...................................................................................................		20
Recording an Piano 4 performance to a MIDI sequencer or DAW.....................		20
MIDI Messages.............................................................................................		20
	Note On/Off.................................................................................................	20
	Controllers...................................................................................................	20
Program Change..........................................................................................		20
Local Control On/Off..................................................................................		20
Panic..................................................................................................................		20
9 NORD SOUND MANAGER..............................................		21
About Nord Sound Manager..................................................................		21
System requirements.................................................................................		21
10 MENUS...............................................................................................		22
System Menu.................................................................................................		22
1	- Memory Protect..........................................................................................	22
2	- NumPad Program Select............................................................................	22
3	- Global Transpose........................................................................................	22
4	- Fine Tune....................................................................................................	22
5	- Output Routing mode.................................................................................	22
6	- Sustain Pedal type .....................................................................................	22
7	- Control Pedal..............................................................................................	22
	Type............................................................................................................	22
	Gain............................................................................................................	22
Sound Menu...................................................................................................		22
1	- Piano Pedal Noise Level.............................................................................	22
2	- Piano String Res Level................................................................................	22
MIDI Menu.......................................................................................................		22
1	- Local Control .............................................................................................	22
2	- MIDI Channel..............................................................................................	23
3	- Control/Program Change Mode..................................................................	23
	MIDI Control Change ..................................................................................	23
	MIDI Program Change.................................................................................	23
4	- Transpose MIDI At......................................................................................	23
11 CONNECTIONS........................................................................		24
Audio connections......................................................................................		24
Headphones ...................................................................................................		24
Left & Right Out...............................................................................................		24
Monitor In.........................................................................................................		24
MIDI connections.........................................................................................		24
MIDI In ............................................................................................................		24
MIDI Out .........................................................................................................		24
USB connection...........................................................................................		24
Pedal connections.......................................................................................		24
Sustain Pedal...................................................................................................		24
Vol/Ctrl Pedal...................................................................................................		24
II APPENDIX: MIDI CONTROLLER LIST.................		25
III INDEX.....................................................................................................		26

1. Introduction

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1INTRODUCTION

THANK YOU!

Thank you for choosing the Nord Piano 4. This instrument has been designed to present the most uncompromising piano playing experience possible in a stage keyboard, without sacrificing ease of use or portability. A triple sensor key bed coupled with our Virtual Hammer Action Technology provides an unprecedented level of realism and control and enables a wide range of pianistic playing techniques. Powered by the free and ever growing Nord Piano Library – an extensive collection of meticulously sampled piano and keyboard instruments

– we hope the Nord Piano 4 will keep your playing inspired for many years to come.

FEATURES

The Nord Piano 4 has the following main features:

Piano section with acoustic Grand and Upright pianos, tine and reed based Electric pianos, Digital piano sounds, Clavinet and Harpsichord sounds and a Layer category with rich sounding piano combinations. The memory capacity for the Piano section is 1 GB.

88 key Triple Sensor keybed with grand weighted actionNord Virtual Hammer Action Technology

Sample Synth section with 512 MB of sample memory and intuitive envelope and dynamics controls.

Comprehensive Effects section.

Seamless Transitions: Sustaining notes are not cut off when changing programs.

Keyboard split functionality with optional split widths, allowing sounds to smoothly cross-fade over split point.

NORD ONLINE

On the website nordkeyboards.com you will find:

»»Information about the Nord Piano 4 and other Nord instruments »»Latest Operating Systems for download

»»Free software: Nord Sound Manager, Nord Sample Editor and drivers

»»Nord Piano Library sounds for free download »»Nord Sample Library sounds for free download »»Nord World: Nord releated news stories and videos »»User Manuals for download

»»Tutorials can be found at nordkeyboards.com/tutorials

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ABOUT THE USER MANUAL

The manual is arranged mainly as a reference manual. In many cases you’ll also get tips on how to practically use the various features in a musical context.

READING THE MANUAL IN PDF FORMAT

This manual is available as a digital PDF file. It can be downloaded from the Nord Piano 4 section on our website.

RESTORING THE FACTORY PRESETS

The factory programs, samples and pianos are available as individual Nord Sound Manager backup files for download from our website. There is also a complete backup of the entire instrument and its factory content, in case it needs to be restored to its original state at some point.

OS UPGRADES

The latest OS (Operating System) version for the Nord Piano 4 is always available for download from our website. Please visit our website from time to time, to make sure you have the latest version in your unit.

FREE SOUNDS

Since the Nord Piano 4 is designed as an open system, each and every piano and sample in the Nord Piano 4 can be replaced. This is done using the Nord Sound Manager application which is available as a free download from our website.

The Nord Piano 4 is compatible with the continuously expanding Nord Piano Library and the Nord Sample Library. When new sounds become available, these can be download for free from the Sound Libraries section of our website.

DISCLAIMER

Any trademarks and brand names mentioned in this manual are the property of their respective owners and are not affiliated or associated with Clavia. These trademarks and brand names are only mentioned to describe certain sound qualities reproduced by the Nord Piano 4.

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2OVERVIEW

A:45

Studio 80

	Studio Grand 2	Med
	Piano80
158	Piano80

PROGRAM

PIANO

SAMPLE SYNTH

EFFECTS

THE PIANO 4 PANEL

The Nord Piano 4 is designed to be a musically inspiring yet easy-to- use instrument. Let’s have a quick look at all its panel sections:

and Chamberlin sounds. A large selection of samples are included from the start and the Sample Synth section is where these are

browsed and loaded. A number of functions for adjusting the character and response of the sample are accessed directly via the panel.

PROGRAM SECTION – PAGE 13

A program on the Nord Piano 4 contains settings for all sound engines and effects. The left area of the instrument – the Program section – is where programs are navigated and stored, and various performance features and settings menus are accessed. All this is aided by the large OLED display, which also shows the name of any selected Piano and/ or Sample sound.

PIANO SECTION – PAGE 10

The Nord Piano 4 benefits from the ever-growing Nord Piano Library and includes a wide range of piano and keyboard sounds including Grand, Upright and Electric pianos as well as Digital piano and Layer sounds right out of the box. New sounds are regularly made available free of charge on the www.nordkeyboards.com website.

Among the Piano section’s panel controls are buttons for activating the Advanced String Resonance feature (for acoustic pianos), adjusting the keyboard velocity response or quickly altering the character of a piano sound using the dedicated Equalizer settings.

With the included Nord Triple Pedal connected, the dynamic Pedal Noise feature – mimicking the sounds produced by a mechanical damper pedal – can be activated. The Triple Pedal also enables half pedaling techniques as well as using Una Corda and Sostenuto pedaling to enrich the performance.

SAMPLE SYNTH SECTION –PAGE 16

EFFECTS SECTION – PAGE 17

The Effects section puts a wide selection of classic effects at your fingertips:

The Effects 1 and 2 units provide essential modulation effects such as Tremolo, Chorus and Phaser – modelled after legendary stomp boxes and effects units. The Delay effect can be used for anything from subtle ambience or slap-back effects to almost endless soundscapes.

Classic amplifier simulations, tube-like distortion and a punchy Compressor effect are found in the Amp/Comp section. A versatile EQ with sweepable Mid range frequency can be applied to any of the Piano 4 sound engines.

Finally, the lush Reverb – with an optional Bright mode – provides an array of small and large room simulations for instant atmosphere.

The Nord Sample Library gives Piano 4 owners access to a huge free library of world-class sounds, including the famous vintage Mellotron

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3GETTING STARTED

Let’s spend a few minutes getting acquainted with the most fundamental features of the Nord Piano 4, and go through some of the most common tasks and scenarios in a stepwise fashion.

HOOKING IT UP

1Connect the Nord Piano 4 power cord to the unit and a mains power supply, connect the sustain pedal and a set of headphones or a sound system.

2Make sure to turn on the Nord Piano 4 first, before the sound system. Please be careful with the output volume!

For more information on all the connections of the Piano 4, see the Connections section on page 24.

THE SHIFT BUTTON

Many panel controls on the Nord Piano 4 have a secondary function, which is printed immediately below it. These additional functions are accessed by pressing and holding SHIFT while operating the control.

The Shift button is also used to EXIT a menu or to cancel an ongoing Store operation.

SOFT BUTTONS

One menu or settings page – as well as the Organize view, shown below

– may contain several related options in which case “soft buttons” are used for focusing a setting or performing a task. Soft buttons are placed at the bottom of the display and are controlled with the PROGRAM 1-4 buttons. As an example, pressing Program button 3 in the example below will select Program A:12 for a Swap operation.

PANEL CONTROLS

DIALS AND KNOBS

The dials on the Nord Piano 4 are knobs without fixed start and stop positions, used for navigating parameters and settings. The PROG/MENU dial is one such example. In this manual, dials are sometimes also referred to as encoders.

Potentiometer-type knobs are used for many parameters on the Nord Piano 4. When a program is loaded the physical positions of these knobs will in most cases not correspond to the actual parameter values. As soon as a knob is turned however, its associated parameter value will “snap” to the knob’s position.

Hold the SHIFT button and turn a knob to view the stored setting of a parameter without changing it.

BUTTONS

Selector buttons are used to select one setting in an array. They have a set of round or triangular LEDs to indicate its current setting. Press the button several times to cycle through the possible options.

ON/OFF buttons are used for activating a function or a group of functions such as effects and have a LED close to them to indicate the on/off status and sometimes also the source or zone.

MM The On/Off buttons of the Effects shown here also have a selector functionality. Press once to turn the Effect on, and press immediately again to select the “next” source.

Program Organize

A:11 Royal Grand 3D

A:12 Nefertiti Mk I

A:13 Amber Upright

A:14 Orch Strings

Swap Move

PROGRAMS

The Program area is located at the left of the panel with an OLED display in the middle. One program contains complete settings of every parameter on the panel and is stored in the program memory of the Piano 4, with enough room for 400 programs.

Programs are organized into 16 banks, labeled A-P. All programs can be edited and replaced as you wish.

MM A complete set of the factory programs is available on the www. nordkeyboards.com website. This means that the program memory can always be restored to its original state.

SELECT A PROGRAM

1Programs are selected by pressing any of the five PROGRAM buttons, located below the display, or by turning the PROGRAM dial. A Program bank on the Nord Piano 4 can contain 25 programs divided into 5 program pages.

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LIST VIEW

Any dial that has LIST written below it - such as the Program dial - can be used to access a useful list view.

1Press SHIFT and turn the PROGRAM dial to enter a list view of all the Programs.

2Browse to any program, using the PROGRAM dial. All 26 program banks can be accessed when in List mode.

Program EPiano2

A:31 Grand Imperial

A:32 Ballad EP 1

A:33 Bambino Upright

A:34 Mellotron Flutes

Num Abc Cat

3Try out the Abc and Cat soft buttons respectively. Note that in Abc mode, all programs are shown in a list sorted by name and in Cat mode as a list sorted by Category.

4 Press SHIFT again to EXIT the List view.

List views for the Piano and Sample dials work in a similar way.

EDIT A PROGRAM

Editing a program is as easy as turning a knob or pressing a button to change an existing setting. Let’s give it a quick try:

1Dial up the first program (or any piano based program) for this exercise.

The controls for the Piano instrument are located immediately to the right of the Program area on the panel. Notice that the Piano section of the Program area display shows the name of the selected piano sound.

SELECT A NEW PIANO SOUND

2Turn the PIANO SELECT dial to browse the piano sounds. Sounds are organized according to their type (for instance Grand and Upright).

3Try selecting a piano sound from the LIST view, accessed by pressing SHIFT and turning the PIANO SELECT dial. Use Shift again to EXIT the list view.

Note that changing any parameter on the panel causes an “E” to appear next to the program number in the display. This is to show that the program has been edited but not yet saved. If another program is loaded before a Store operation is performed, any edits are lost and the program will have its original settings the next time it is loaded.

TURN OFF MEMORY PROTECTION

When the Nord Piano 4 is shipped from factory its memory is protected to prevent accidental overwriting of original programs. Memory protection can be turned off by toggling a setting located in the System menu.

1Hold SHIFT and press the SYSTEM (Program 1) button below the display.

2Memory Protect is the first setting of the System menu. If the display shows a different setting, use on-screen soft buttons to navigate to the Memory Protect setting.

3 Change this setting to Off by turning the PROGRAM dial.

4 Press EXIT (Shift button) to exit the System menu.

MM This setting, like most other System settings, will be permanently stored until it is changed again.

Read more about menu settings on page 22.

STORE A PROGRAM

1Press the STORE button above the display once, to begin the process of storing the current program.

2The STORE LED will begin to flash and the display will ask you for the location to where you want to store the program.

STORE PROGRAM TO

A:11

Royal Grand 3D

3If you want to store the edited version to the current location, replacing the original, simply press STORE again. If not, use the dial and/or PROGRAM buttons to select a different location.

The program in the selected location becomes active on the keyboard, allowing it to be auditioned before it is replaced by the program being stored.

4When you have found a suitable location for your program, press STORE again to confirm the store operation.

MM Press Shift/Exit once to abort an ongoing Store process if you change your mind.

Read more about Store and how to name a program in the Program chapter, on page 13.

LIVE MODE

The five LIVE programs differ from other programs in that all edits made to them are instantly stored, without the need for a manual Store operation.

1Press LIVE MODE and use the PROGRAM buttons to navigate the five Live programs.

2Make an edit, such as activating one of the effects sections, to one of the programs.

3Select a different Live program and then return to the one that was edited. Note that the edit was automatically stored.

4Press the Live Mode button again to exit Live Mode and return to the Program banks.

If Live Mode is active and you wish to store the settings permanently as a program in one of the Program banks, you can do so using the standard Store methods (see above). Conversely, programs can also be stored into any of the Live Mode memory locations by pressing LIVE MODE and selecting one of the Live program locations.

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ACTIVATE EFFECTS

1 Make sure the first program (Royal Grand 3D) is selected.

2 Activate the reverb by pressing the Reverb ON button.

3Adjust the DRY/WET balance with the knob above the reverb selector.

4 Activate the delay effect by pressing the DELAY ON/OFF button.

5The LEDs above the button indicate which sound engine is routed to the effect; PIANO or SYNTH. Press SHIFT and the Delay SOURCE button so that the PIANO LED is lit, if it is not already.

Double-clicking the On Off / Source button is a shortcut for quickly changing the source for any effects unit.

6Try the TEMP, FEEDBACK and DRY/WET controls, to alter the character and intensity of the Delay effect.

SET UP A SPLIT CROSS-FADE (SPLIT WIDTH)

As a final step, let’s adjust the split point so that the split Piano and Sample Synth sounds will transition gradually between one another:

5Again, hold down SHIFT and press the KBD SPLIT button, located in the top row above the Program area display.

6Press the Width soft button. The Split width for each split point can now be adjusted.

7Set the width value to “Lrg” (large) by turning the dial. Let go of the

KBD SPLIT button.

Playing across the Split point will now “cross-fade” between the lower and the upper sound. Note that the split LED above the keyboard is lit with a red light, indicating that a large split width is being used. With a small width the LED will be yellow, and with width set to “off” the LED will be green.

LAYER WITH SAMPLE SYNTH

1 Turn ON the Sample Synth section.

2Turn the SAMPLE SELECT dial and select a string sound from the Sample bank. The location and name of the sample are shown at the bottom of the display.

3Use the LEVEL control to set an appropriate sound level for the strings.

When a sample is selected, preset settings for the Sample Synth envelope (Attack, Decay/Sustain/Release), Dynamics and Filter settings are also loaded. These parameters can subsequently be adjusted manually as desired. Descriptions of these controls are found in the Sample Synth reference chapter, starting on page 16.

CREATE A SPLIT

Make sure that both the Piano and Sample Synth sections are turned on.

Press the KBD SPLIT button, located in the top row above the Program area display. There are two configurations to choose from: PNO/SYNT and SYNT/PNO. In this case set it to Pno/Synt. This means that the Piano sound is placed at the left side of the keyboard with the Sample Synth sound to the right.

3To adjust the position of the Split point, hold down Shift and press the KBD SPLIT button.

KEYBOARD SPLIT

Split Position

C4 Off

Pos Width

4There are two settings for the split point; position and width. Make sure that the Position setting is focused (by pressing the Pos soft button) and set the split point to C4 using the dial.

The keyboard is now divided into two zones, the split point being indicated with a green LED above the keyboard.

Feel free to use the OCTAVE UP/DOWN controls in the Piano and Sample Synth section for accessing different ranges of the respective sounds.

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