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If the Live memory is selected and you decide you wish to store the
settings permanently as a program you can do so using the stan-
dard methods (see above). You can also store programs into the Live
memory location, in which case the program settings will replace the
current Live memory settings.
Panic
If notes would ever sustain indefinitely during a performance, press
Panic (Shift + Live). This will execute an internal All Notes Off com-
mand, and reset incoming MIDI CC messages to zero .
Instrument selectors
Press one of the Instrument Selectors to use either the organ or the
piano/sample sounds.
 Only the active section will have its corresponding functions lit
and active. It is however possible to e.g. perform with the pianos,
and adjust the organ settings, and then quickly activate these by
pressing the organ instrument selector.
Shift
Many buttons have a second function, when there is text printed below
the button. You access these additional functions and parameters by
holding Shift while pressing a button.
Octave Shift
The two Octave Shift buttons can be used to transpose the keyboard
two octaves up or down (if the selected instrument supports this). Two
Octave Shift LEDs that are lit at the right or left position indicates +/- 2
octaves shift.
Each instrument in Nord Electro 4D has a finite note range:
• The Organ extends one octave below and one octave above an 88
note keyboard range.
• The Piano and Samples extends one octave below an 88 key range,
but not above.
Effects
The Effects section of Nord Electro 4D can be used for processing
the organ and piano/sample sounds. It is programmable and you can
configure your effects separately for each program.
 You have the possibility in every program, to store the on or off
setting of the effects, also for the instrument not being used as the
active in the program. This allows you to quickly change from for
example a piano performance with some effects turned on, to an
organ performance with another set of effects turned on, by just
pressing the appropriate instrument selector.
 Press and hold Shift and press the Effect selector to cycle through
the effects in a counter clockwise fashion.
EQ
This is a 3-band EQ with treble, bass and a sweepable midrange. The
frequency ranges can be boosted/attenuated with +/- 15 dB.
Effect 1
Effect 1 offers four different types of effects: Tremolo, Auto-Panning,
2 types of Wah-Wah and a ring modulator (RM).
The tremolo and the auto-panning have 3 selectable depths. Pan1 is
less dramatic than Pan2, and Pan 3 (both Pan LEDs lit) is the most
dramatic.
The Rate knob control the rate of the effect.
The A-Wa is a wah-effect where a lowpass filter sweep across the
frequency range is controlled by the volume of the signal. This means
that you can use the velocity on the keyboard to control the amount of
“Quack!” in the sound. The Rate knob sets the frequency range of the
sweep.
The P-Wa uses the Rate knob to control a lowpass filter sweep across
the frequency range. If a control pedal is connected, this sweep is
instead controlled by the pedal action, and the Rate knob will then
have no effect.
Ring Modulation (RM) is a an effect that multiplies two signals with
each other. In the Electro 4D, these are the instrument audio signal and
a modulation sine wave. The results can be range from a subtle color-
ing to screaming, inharmonic, bell type sounds. The Rate knob controls
the frequency of the sine wave, also perceived as a “modulation rate”.
A connected control pedal will control the amount of the ring modula-
tion. If no control pedal is connected, the amount defaults a medium
setting and the Rate knob can be used to produce a manually con-
trolled ring modulation effect.
Effect 2
Effect 2 offers three types of modulation effects: Phaser, Flanger and
Chorus.
Each of these effects has 3 selectable depths in the same fashion as
the tremolo and pan in the Effects 1 section. The Rate knob control the
rate of the effect.
Speaker/Comp
This section contains the speaker/amp emulations, the rotary speaker
emulation and a compressor.
Small, JC and Twin emulates three different kinds of amplifier and
speaker cabinets. The amount of drive is controlled by the Speaker/
Comp knob .
Rotary simulates a rotary speaker including its built-in amplifier. The
knob sets the amount of overdrive of the rotary amplifier; the speed
of the rotating speaker is set with the rotary speed controls on the left
side of the panel.