User Manual

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OVERVIEW
THE PIANO 4 PANEL
The Nord Piano 4 is designed to be a musically inspiring yet easy-to-
use instrument. Let’s have a quick look at all its panel sections:
PROGRAM SECTION – PAGE 13
A program on the Nord Piano 4 contains settings for all sound engines
and effects. The left area of the instrument – the Program section – is
where programs are navigated and stored, and various performance
features and settings menus are accessed. All this is aided by the large
OLED display, which also shows the name of any selected Piano and/
or Sample sound.
PIANO SECTION – PAGE 10
The Nord Piano 4 benefits from the ever-growing Nord Piano Library
and includes a wide range of piano and keyboard sounds including
Grand, Upright and Electric pianos as well as Digital piano and Layer
sounds right out of the box. New sounds are regularly made available
free of charge on the www.nordkeyboards.com website.
Among the Piano section’s panel controls are buttons for activating the
Advanced String Resonance feature (for acoustic pianos), adjusting the
keyboard velocity response or quickly altering the character of a piano
sound using the dedicated Equalizer settings.
With the included Nord Triple Pedal connected, the dynamic Pedal
Noise feature – mimicking the sounds produced by a mechanical
damper pedal – can be activated. The Triple Pedal also enables half
pedaling techniques as well as using Una Corda and Sostenuto pedal-
ing to enrich the performance.
SAMPLE SYNTH SECTION –PAGE 16
The Nord Sample Library gives Piano 4 owners access to a huge free
library of world-class sounds, including the famous vintage Mellotron
and Chamberlin sounds. A large selection of samples are includ-
ed from the start and the Sample Synth section is where these are
browsed and loaded. A number of functions for adjusting the character
and response of the sample are accessed directly via the panel.
EFFECTS SECTION – PAGE 17
The Effects section puts a wide selection of classic effects at your
fingertips:
The Effects 1 and 2 units provide essential modulation effects such as
Tremolo, Chorus and Phaser – modelled after legendary stomp boxes
and effects units. The Delay effect can be used for anything from sub-
tle ambience or slap-back effects to almost endless soundscapes.
Classic amplifier simulations, tube-like distortion and a punchy Com-
pressor effect are found in the Amp/Comp section. A versatile EQ with
sweepable Mid range frequency can be applied to any of the Piano 4
sound engines.
Finally, the lush Reverb – with an optional Bright mode – provides an
array of small and large room simulations for instant atmosphere.
PIANOPROGRAM SAMPLE SYNTH EFFECTS
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Studio Grand 2 Med
Piano80
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Studio 80