NORD ELECTRO V1.0x
1. Introduction: Welcome
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We’d first like to thank you for purchasing Nord Electro - Virtual Electromechanical stage keyboard. Cla-
via’s goal when developing the Nord Electro was to create the best emulations of traditional electrome-
chanical keyboard instruments on the market, and to make the instrument compact and lightweight.
Nothing else. No brass banks, no orchestral sounds. No compromises. Just outstanding electromechani-
cal keyboard sounds with true feel, from natural keyboard response to authentic sound. To make a great
tool you have to put all the focus on a few things, and that’s what we did with the Electro. Think about
it, the
best
tool isn’t a Swiss army knife.
The organ section in the Electro is based on a digital simulation of the mechanical tone wheels of the B-
3 organ. It offers innovative solutions to mimic the typical B-3 sound, for example:
• A complex digital model of the original chorus and vibrato scanner.
• Modeling of the individual random contact bounces for each partial.
• Modeling of the unique frequency characteristics of the built-in pre-amplifier which forms the ”body”
of the B-3 sound.
• Simulation of the energy stealth on the tone wheels that results in the typical ”compressed” sound.
The piano section comprises four carefully multi-sampled electric piano instruments: Clavinet D6, Wur-
litzer 200A, Rhodes Mk II Stage Piano and CP-80 Electric Grand. The Electro features a unique multi-
sample playback, catching every nuance from soft to hard hits. Nord Electro comes right out of the box
with these four legendary electric piano sounds stored in Flash memory. As an extra bonus we also in-
cluded an acoustic grand piano (concert model). The big advantage with Flash memory is that you can
replace instruments with new ones and that no backup battery is required. The Electro also sports a USB
interface for quick and easy download of new piano sounds in the future.
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The manual is arranged mainly as a reference manual. In many cases you’ll get tips on how to practically
use the functions, alone and also together with other functions. Every time the manual wants your atten-
tion to an object on the Electro, the name of that object will be printed
LIKE
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press the
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. The LED display on Nord Electro is always referred to as the
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ISPLAY
. Whenever there is a ref-
erence to the ‘keyboard’, that reference also applies to any incoming MIDI note messages.
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This manual is also available in the digital PDF-file format. It can be downloaded, free of charge, from
Clavia’s web site at http://www.clavia.se. When reading the manual as PDF-file, you will need Adobe Ac-
robat Reader 4.0 or later. This program can be downloaded, free of charge, at http://www.adobe.com.
With Adobe Acrobat Reader it is possible to use special navigation features like hyperlinks. This means
that you can click with the mouse on a word or sentence and automatically get to the location indicated
