User manual

Thank you!
We’d first like to thank you for purchasing the Nord Electro 4D. Our
goal when we developed the Nord Electro instruments was to create
the best emulations of traditional electromechanical keyboard instru-
ments on the market, and to make these instruments compact and
lightweight. With the Electro 4D we have taken our commitment a step
further by adding physical drawbars, upgrading the organ and the
piano and the effects sections and also by the ability to use sampled
instruments from the Nord Sample Library .
This allows us to for example include some of the fabulous Mellotron
sounds in the factory sound bank. Each and every piano and sample
in the Nord Electro 4D can be replaced by you, using the free Nord
Sound Manager application. New pianos and other sounds are found
on the enclosed Nord DVD and on the www.nordkeyboards.com web
site.
No compromises, just a good selection of outstanding, classic key-
board sounds with true feel, from a natural keyboard response to the
authentic sound quality – that is what we have been pursuing during
the development. To make a great tool you have to put all the focus on
a few things and that is exactly what we tried to achieve. We hope that
you will have as much fun owning and using the instrument, as we had
developing it.
The physical drawbars and the improved B3 engine on the Electro 4D
are the icing of a splendid cake. We sincerely hope that you two will
have a lot of fun together!
About this manual
You are probably very eager to start using your new instrument, and
we sure don’t want to keep you from having fun. We will try to cover all
the essential aspects on how to use the Electro 4D in the very first few
pages of this manual. After that follows the reference section where all
the functions are explained in detail.
Disclaimer
All trademarks and brand names mentioned in this manual are the
property of their respective owner’s and are not affiliated or associated
with Clavia. These trademarks and brand names are only mentioned to
describe the types of sounds reproduced by Nord Electro 4D.
OS and internal memory
The operating system, programs and pianos and samples in Nord
Electro 4D are stored in a Flash memory. A Flash memory keeps the
data also when the power is turned off. Another big advantage is that
you can replace data in the Flash memory at any time. This means that
you will be able to download OS upgrades, pianos and samples and
programs to your Nord Electro 4D from a computer. The Nord Electro
4D features a USB port for quick and easy download of new piano
and/or instrument samples.
Factory presets
The internal sound memory of Nord Electro 4D consists of 128
programs. In addition there is the Live buffer memories, which will con-
tinuously store any changes as they are made, and remember these
settings after the power is turned off.
All of the 128 factory Programs of Nord Electro 4D can be replaced.
To make sure you don’t accidentally overwrite Programs you want to
keep, it’s a good idea to back up your sounds regularly on a computer
using the Nord Sound Manager application.
Restoring the factory presets
The factory Programs are available as Nord Sound Manager backup
files for download at the Nord web site at www.nordkeyboards.com or
on the included Nord DVD.
OS upgrades
The latest OS version for Nord Electro 4D series is available for down-
load at the www.nordkeyboards.com website.
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Introduction
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