User Manual

1. INTRODUCTION | 3
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