User Manual
4. PIANO | 11
CATEGORY DESCRIPTION
Grand Acoustic and electric grand pianos
Upright Upright pianos
Electric Electric Pianos (tine and reed based)
Clav/Hps Clavinets and Harpsichords
Digital Digital piano sounds
Layer Layered piano sounds
M Pianos can not be moved from one category to another.
The name of the selected model is shown at the bottom of the Program
section display, indicated by a keyboard icon.
ABOUT THE CLAVINET
On the original Clavinet D6, different pick-up combinations were select-
ed by pressing a number of rocker switches. This functionality is faithfully
simulated by the Nord Piano 4, which means that all original Clavinet D6
pickup selections are available.
PICK-UP TYPE DESCRIPTION
Clav Model A: Only the “neck” pick-up; a warmer, less bright sound.
Clav Model B: Only the “bridge” pick-up; a bright sound.
Clav Model C: Both pick-ups on and in phase; a very full sound.
Clav Model D: Both pick-ups 180 degrees out of phase; the fundamen-
tal is almost cancelled out and the sound becomes thin.
LIST VIEW
Pressing SHIFT and turning the PIANO SELECT dial activates the LIST
view for piano sounds.
The Piano list top row displays the current category name (“Grand” in
this case), the number of models of that type (5), and the index of the
currently selected model (2).
The default sort order is numerical, but pianos can also be browsed by
category, by activating the Cat soft button. The 3 and 4 soft buttons
can be used for quickly jumping between categories.
Pressing down on the Cat button allows for browsing and selecting all
available categories from a list.
KBD TOUCH
Pianos from the Nord Piano Libary typically have a very
wide dynamic range, and their dynamic response can be
adjusted according to what fits your preferences or the
context of your performance.
The first KBD TOUCH setting (1) facilitates playing softly
yet expressively. With each increment of the Kbd Touch setting (2 and 3)
less effort is required to play loudly.
STRING RES AND SOFT RELEASE
STRING RESONANCE
String Resonance refers to the acoustic phenomenon that occurs when
strings, or parts of strings, resonate at their fundamental or harmonic
frequencies when other strings are played.
When STRING RES is turned on, all notes you play will affect each other
to reproduce the wonderful acoustics that occurs inside an acoustic
grand or upright piano.
Also, when the sustain pedal is pressed down the fact that all dampers
are being lifted will further add to the resonance effect.
The sound level of the string resonance effect can be set in the Sound
menu, see page 22.
M If a piano is selected that is not compatible with the String Reso-
nance feature, this function will be disabled. This applies to e.g.
small (Sml) versions of the grand pianos and uprights, and the
electric, digital and layer pianos.
SOFT RELEASE
Activating SOFT RELEASE will add a slightly longer and less pronounced
release to the piano sound. This is equivalent to what happens when
you adjust the damper tension in an acoustic or an electromechanical
instrument. The added release is individual for every note and responds
dynamically to the force with which you play.
M Some Piano types, such as Clavinets and Harpsichords do not
support the Soft Release feature. In these cases the button will be
disabled.
NORD TRIPLE PEDAL
The included Nord Triple Pedal enables the following techniques and
features:
PEDAL NOISE
The PEDAL NOISE feature recreates the mechanical noise that occurs
when operating the damper pedal on an acoustic piano. The noise level
dynamically adjusts to the force with which the sustain pedal is pressed.
The pedal noise level can be set in the Sound menu, see page 22.
HALF PEDALING
The sustain pedal on the Nord Triple Pedal can be used with half pedal-
ing techniques, meaning that the “virtual” dampers of the piano can be
held in positions that are not entirely lifted or lowered, resulting in a “half
dampened” sound.
Piano Grand 2/5
1 Royal Grand 3D XL
2 Velvet Grand Med
3 Grand Imperial Med
4 Studio Grand 2 Med
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The list itself shows the currently selected model,
indicated by a rectangle, as well as the preceding
and following models.
Piano Grand 2/5
1 Royal Grand 3D XL
2 Velvet Grand Med
3 Grand Imperial Med
4 Studio Grand 2 Med
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