User manual

The front panel of the Nord Electro 4D has four main areas, Organ,
Piano, Program and Effects. We’ll familiarize ourselves briefly with the
panel here and describe the functions in detail in the following chapters.
On the left part of the panel is the Master Level knob, the organ model
selector and the Rotary Speed section. The Master level controls the
entire instruments output level at the two output jacks and the head-
phone output. This control is not programmable, that particular func-
tionality is instead available in the effects section with the Gain control.
The Organ section is lit and active when the Organ selector in the
Program area is activated.
Moving towards the middle of the panel, the Piano section behaves just
as the organ. The controls are lit when the Piano selector is active.
The Program section contain the parameters and functions that are
used to select and store programs, to set the System, MIDI, B3 and
Rotary menu settings and to select the instrument to be used with the
Organ or Piano selectors. We’ll describe the functions in this area in
greater detail starting at page 14.
The Effect section contains the functions of the effects. Please refer to
page 15 for more information.
The functions and settings of the System, MIDI, B3 and Rotary menus
are conveniently printed to the right on the panel.
Knobs & buttons
Knobs
The knobs control the continuously variable
parameters in the Nord Electro 4D.
M A parameter value can be totally different
from the knob’s physical position when
you load a Program. As soon as you start
turning the knob, the value will ‘snap’ to the
knob’s physical position.
Selector buttons
Selector buttons are used to
activate one setting in an array.
Selector buttons have a set
of round or triangular LEDs to
indicate the current setting.
Press the button several times
to cycle through the possible
options.
 Holding Shift and pressing a selector button (with the exception
of the Type button) will cycle through the settings in a counter
clockwise fashion.
On/Off buttons
On/Off buttons are used for activating a param-
eter or a group of parameters such as effects.
Shift button
Some buttons have a secondary function, which
will be available if you hold down Shift while
pressing the button. The name of the secondary
function is printed below the button. Shift is also
used together with the Up/Down buttons when
you want to change a setting in the System,
MIDI, B3 or Rotary menus.
Drawbars
The nine drawbars on the Nord
Electro4D allow you to sculpt
the organ sound in real time.
Their positions will be stored in
the programs, for immediate
access.
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