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8. MIDI implementation: MIDI Controller list

NORD ELECTRO V1.0x

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Percussion Upper On/Off

Percussion Upper Fast/Slow, Normal/Soft

Percussion Upper 2nd/3rd

Vibrato Upper On/Off

Vibrato Lower On/Off

Vibrato Type

Manual Split On/Off

Manual Lower/Upper

Instrument Select Organ/Piano

Piano section parameters:

Piano Type*

Piano Sub Type*

Presence On/Off

102

Presence Frequency

Presence Amount

Effects section parameters:

Modulations Type

103

Modulations Rate

104

Modulations Amount

105

Modulations On/Off

106

Effects Type

107

Effects Rate

108

Effects Amount

109

Effects On/Off

110

Overdrive On/Off

112

Overdrive Amount

111

Rotary Speaker On/Off

Rotary Speaker Fast/Slow

Rotary Speaker Run/Stop

Output Level

Main Volume

Treble & Bass EQ On/Off

115

Nord Electro Parameter

MIDI Controller #

MIDI Controller Name

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Page 3: ...will soon be an updated Nord Electro manual featuring full information about the MIDI Sysex implementation The updated manual will be available from Clavia both in printed form and as a PDF document downloadable from www clavia se b b b b b y C l a y C l a y C l a y C l a y C l a v i a D M I A B v i a D M I A B v i a D M I A B v i a D M I A B v i a D M I A B ...

Page 4: ... Octave Shift Octave Shift Octave Shift Octave Shift 11 11 11 11 Transpose Transpose Transpose Transpose 12 12 12 12 Using a sustain pedal Using a sustain pedal Using a sustain pedal Using a sustain pedal 12 12 12 12 Setting up the sustain pedal polarity 12 Setting up the sustain pedal configuration 13 Using a Rotor Speed switch pedal Using a Rotor Speed switch pedal Using a Rotor Speed switch ped...

Page 5: ... Percussion 20 Vibrato 21 Manual 21 Swell control from expression pedal 22 Rotary Speaker 22 Key click control 22 The Piano section The Piano section The Piano section The Piano section 23 23 23 23 Type 23 Presence 23 The Effects section The Effects section The Effects section The Effects section 24 24 24 24 Modulations 25 Effects 26 Overdrive 26 Rotary Speaker 27 Output Level 27 Treble Bass 27 Th...

Page 6: ...on About the MIDI implementation 35 35 35 35 Note On Off 35 Pitch Bend 35 Controllers 35 Keyboard Velocity 35 Program Change 35 MIDI Sysex System Exclusive 36 Using Nord Electro with a sequencer Using Nord Electro with a sequencer Using Nord Electro with a sequencer Using Nord Electro with a sequencer 36 36 36 36 Connections 36 Local On Off 36 MIDI channel 36 Program Change 36 Controllers 36 Some ...

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Page 8: ...ard 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 ...

Page 9: ...L LA A A AV V V VI I I IA A A A O O O ON N N N T T T TH H H HE E E E I I I IN N N NT T T TE E E ER R R RN N N NE E E ET T T T If you have access to the Internet you re very welcome to visit http www clavia se There you will find the latest information about Nord Electro and other Clavia products In the future you ll also be able to download new Nord Electro sounds and software upgrades free of cha...

Page 10: ...L L L LA A A AY Y Y Y To the right of the MASTER LEVEL knob are two buttons the NAVIGATOR buttons These are used to select Program Banks A F and various system functions To the right of the NAVIGATOR buttons is the DISPLAY It s used to display Program Banks and also various system parameters T T T TH H H HE E E E S S S ST T T TO O O OR R R RE E E E B B B BU U U UT T T TT T T TO O O ON N N N To the...

Page 11: ...ctions consists of two sub sections the instrument Type section and the Presence section With the TYPE button you select the Piano instrument to use and with the Presence parameters you can add parametric equalization to your piano sound T T T TH H H HE E E E E E E EF F F FF F F FE E E EC C C CT T T TS S S S S S S SE E E EC C C CT T T TI I I IO O O ON N N N Here you ll find all the effects and mod...

Page 12: ... your audio equipment you should use LEFT OUT in pair with RIGHT OUT C C C CO O O ON N N NN N N NE E E EC C C CT T T TI I I IN N N NG G G G P P P PE E E ED D D DA A A AL L L LS S S S The Nord Electro has three pedal inputs one CONTROL PEDAL input for controlling Organ Swell or Wah Wah one SUSTAIN PEDAL input sustain and one ROTOR SPEED input for rotary speaker fast slow selection Connect the pedal...

Page 13: ...c overview of the sound and modulation building blocks and the signal flows in Nord Electro The filled lines indicate audio signal routings and the dashed lines control signal routings As you can see the internal configuration of Nord Electro is pretty straight forward yet very powerful and flexible Each of the building blocks also offers possibilities for internal configurations This is de scribe...

Page 14: ...uttons 2 Select Program by pressing one of the eight PROGRAM but tons 1 to 8 O O O OC C C CT T T TA A A AV V V VE E E E S S S SH H H HI I I IF F F FT T T T The two OCTAVE SHIFT buttons to the bottom left on the front panel can be used to transpose the notes one octave up or down Note Due to the actual key range of the original Piano instruments the lowest keys may not produce any sound when transp...

Page 15: ...rgan sounds in Nord Electro 73 will remove the lowest or highest notes of the keyboard U U U US S S SI I I IN N N NG G G G A A A A S S S SU U U US S S ST T T TA A A AI I I IN N N N P P P PE E E ED D D DA A A AL L L L A foot switch connected to the SUSTAIN PEDAL input can act in two different ways As a sustain pedal for both the Piano and Organ sounds As a sustain pedal for Piano sounds and as a Ro...

Page 16: ...T T TO O O OR R R R S S S SP P P PE E E EE E E ED D D D S S S SW W W WI I I IT T T TC C C CH H H H P P P PE E E ED D D DA A A AL L L L A foot switch connected to the ROTOR SPEED input can be used to switch between Slow and Fast rotor speed for the Rotary Speaker effect see page 27 Nord Electro will also send and receive Rotor Speed switch messages via MIDI CC 82 Note The Pedal Polarity setting tha...

Page 17: ...nd receive on MIDI Channel 1 This is the default setting when Nord Electro is shipped from factory 2 Press the SHIFT PROGRAM 1 MIDI CH but tons The DISPLAY shows the currently selected MIDI channel 3 Scroll with the UP DOWN NAVIGATOR buttons to select MIDI Channel 1 if it isn t already selected 4 Press the SHIFT button to exit For information on how to set up Nord Electro for use with an external ...

Page 18: ...T T T TT T T TO O O ON N N NS S S S Press the SELECTOR button repeatedly to select between functions printed next to the corresponding triangular LED see figure to the right O O O ON N N N O O O OF F F FF F F F B B B BU U U UT T T TT T T TO O O ON N N NS S S S The ON OFF buttons have a LED next to them to indicate the status D D D DR R R RA A A AW W W WB B B BA A A AR R R R B B B BU U U UT T T TT ...

Page 19: ...Program number starts flashing in the DISPLAY 2 Select Bank A F by pressing the UP DOWN NAVIGATOR but tons and then Program location by pressing the corresponding PROGRAM button 1 8 As you scroll through the memory loca tions you can play and hear the Program currently shown in the DISPLAY This prevents you from overwriting a sound that you want to keep To cancel the operation press the SHIFT butt...

Page 20: ...ogram in Nord Electro contains information about the selected instrument type Organ or Piano the settings for the selected instrument Octave Shift settings and all the settings of the Effects section D D D DO O O OW W W WN N N NL L L LO O O OA A A AD D D DI I I IN N N NG G G G P P P PR R R RO O O OG G G GR R R RA A A AM M M MS S S S V V V VI I I IA A A A MIDI MIDI MIDI MIDI You can receive MIDI Sy...

Page 21: ...rom the internal keyboard and up to 146 notes when using an addi tional Lower Manual MIDI keyboard 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 wheel...

Page 22: ...a partial The numbers printed below each DRAWBAR LED CHAIN have a history Orig inally the B 3 was created to mimic a church organ The num bers on the B 3 s drawbars re ferred to pipe sizes on a church organ That s why it for example says 16 5 1 3 etc It corresponds to the church organ s pipe length in foot In the figure above you can see the pitch interval among the nine drawbars Note that the sec...

Page 23: ...n the original B 3 the Percussion effect is generated by a single en velope generator that controls the built in amplifier The envelope opens up for a short moment in the beginning of the sound when you press the key s The Percussion can be set to either the 2nd or 3rd partial The envelope time can be set to Fast or Slow and the am plification to Normal or Soft You activate and deactivate the Perc...

Page 24: ... two sections the Lower Manual and Upper Manual sections The split point on the keyboard is between the keys E4 and F4 Nord Electro 61 and between the keys B3 and C4 Nord Electro 73 This is indicated on the front panel with a gray triangle pointing between the keys U U U UP P P PP P P PE E E ER R R R A A A AN N N ND D D D L L L LO O O OW W W WE E E ER R R R Press the corresponding button to highli...

Page 25: ...K K K KE E E ER R R R The Rotary Speaker simulation in Nord Electro can be found in the Effects section The reason for this is that you can use it also for Piano sounds The Rotary Speaker simulation is really something above the ordinary It s not only simulating the rotat ing speaker and drum but also the built in amplifier of the original Leslie speaker Activate or deactivate the Rotary Speaker s...

Page 26: ...ss the TYPE button to select a piano instrument On the Nord Electro front panel are printed names of piano instruments When Nord Electro is shipped from factory there are five piano instruments loaded This means there are cur rently one empty instrument location Option This location is reserved for ad ditional piano instruments that will be available for download from the Clavia web site and from ...

Page 27: ...e Effects section con sists of five sub groups Modulations Offers six different types of modulations Ring Modulation Panning Tremolo Wah Wah 1 2 and Auto Wah Effects Offers six types of effects Phaser 1 2 Flanger 1 2 and Chorus 1 2 Overdrive Simulates tube type overdrive distortion Rotary Speaker Simulates a Leslie rotary speaker including its built in amplifier Treble Bass EQ Offers treble and ba...

Page 28: ...NT knobs T T T TR R R RE E E EM M M MO O O OL L L LO O O O Tremolo modulation is basically an automatic volume control that continuously varies the output signal volume Tremolo is a commonly used modulation especially on electric pianos Use the RATE and AMOUNT knobs to control the Tremolo rate and depth Note that the output volume is at maximum level at zero AMOUNT setting W W W WA A A AH H H H W ...

Page 29: ... The phase shift frequency is also continuously changed The signals are then mixed before sent to the output The phaser effect is very characteristic and is frequently used in all sorts of music You control the rate of the phase shift with the RATE knob and the phase shift amount with the AMOUNT knob F F F FL L L LA A A AN N N NG G G GE E E ER R R R 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 Flanging is achieved by splittin...

Page 30: ...ED PEDAL input you can control the speed selection from a pedal It s also possible to use a sustain pedal connected to the SUSTAIN PEDAL input to control the speed selection Please refer to Ped Cnfg on page 32 for information on how to set up Nord Electro for operation with sustain switch pedals O O O OU U U UT T T TP P P PU U U UT T T T L L L LE E E EV V V VE E E EL L L L The OUTPUT LEVEL knob co...

Page 31: ...gram numbers It also displays system related functions described in the System functions paragraph below S S S ST T T TO O O OR R R RE E E E The red STORE button is used for storing Programs and Drawbar presets and also for executing various system related operations P P P PR R R RO O O OG G G GR R R RA A A AM M M M B B B BU U U UT T T TT T T TO O O ON N N NS S S S The PROGRAM buttons 1 8 are used...

Page 32: ...nnel with the UP DOWN NAVIGATOR buttons Range 1 16 off Note If the MIDI CH and LOWER CH see below are set to the same number incoming MIDI notes will pro duce a layered sound of the Upper Manual and Lower Manual sounds together This is normally not what you want so keep the channels separated from each other L L L LO O O OW W W WE E E ER R R R C C C CH H H H Press the SHIFT PROGRAM 2 LOWER CH butt...

Page 33: ... the sequencer setup described above you will get double notes when you play from the keyboard internally and via the MIDI loop This is not what you want Therefore always use Local Off together with sequencers Select Local On or Local Off with the UP DOWN NAVIGATOR buttons T T T TU U U UN N N NE E E E The Master Tune function is global for all sounds in Nord Electro i e changing it will affect all...

Page 34: ...ATOR buttons to transpose the sounds up or down in semitone steps The range is 6 semitones in steps of 1 semitone Notes sent to MIDI OUT are also transposed Note Due to the actual key range of the original Piano in struments the lowest keys may not produce any sound when transposed down The same goes for the highest keys when the instrument is transposed up For organ sounds the Transpose function ...

Page 35: ...ess the SHIFT LEFT OCTAVE SHIFT DUMP buttons to enter the Dump menu Here you can perform a MIDI Sy sex dump of the currently selected Program or of all Pro grams of the internal memory You can also perform a dump of all MIDI Controllers for the selected Program Select the type of dump to perform by pressing the UP DOWN NAVI GATOR buttons Pr in the DISPLAY means single Program dump AL means all Pro...

Page 36: ...k of Controller changes and tries to adjust the settings on the instrument according to the current position in the sequencer song However in our example this wouldn t help much because the Drawbar opening was the first Controller message recorded in the song The sequencer has no information about the Drawbar setting before the recorded change and therefore cannot chase the settings properly To so...

Page 37: ... ES S S SE E E ET T T TS S S S All factory Programs of Nord Electro can be replaced To make sure you don t accidentally overwrite Pro grams you want to keep it s a good idea to back up your sounds regularly on a computer or on a hardware sequencer that can record and play back MIDI Sysex data For information on how to back up Programs please refer to Dump on page 32 R R R RE E E ES S S ST T T TO O...

Page 38: ...dal connected to the CONTROL PEDAL INPUT this is transmit ted and received as Controller 11 Expression If you have a sustain pedal connected to the SUSTAIN PEDAL INPUT this is transmitted and received as Controller 64 Sustain Pedal If you have a sustain pedal connected to the ROTOR SPEED INPUT this is transmitted and received as Controller 82 All other controls knobs and buttons on the front panel...

Page 39: ...et up the MIDI channel 2 Select the desired Program 3 If needed set the sequencer up to record and play back on the desired MIDI Channel 4 Activate recording and play the Nord Electro P P P PR R R RO O O OG G G GR R R RA A A AM M M M C C C CH H H HA A A AN N N NG G G GE E E E To record a Program Change message activate recording in the sequencer and simply select a new Bank A F and Program 1 8 by ...

Page 40: ...P DOWN NAVIGATOR buttons Pr flashing in the DISPLAY means Single Program Dump Al means All Programs Dump and Ct means MIDI Controllers Dump If you re about to dump a single Program or MIDI Controllers for a Program select the Program by choosing Program Bank with the UP DOWN NAVIGA TOR buttons and Program by pressing the corresponding PROGRAM button 4 If needed set the receiving MIDI device to rec...

Page 41: ...have to store the Program manually to a memory location using the Store function see Storing a Program on page 16 Note For Organ sounds the complete settings for the sound will be received with the MIDI Sysex file For Piano sounds all parameters will be received but not the actual instrument samples Therefore when receiving a Piano MIDI Sysex file make sure the instrument samples are already prese...

Page 42: ...ng on the number of states of the parameter For example the MODULATIONS selector can have 6 different positions and are therefore divided into 6 equally large sections between the values 0 and 127 Nord Electro Parameter MIDI Controller MIDI Controller Name Play Control parameters Octave Shift Upper Manual Organ 27 Octave Shift Lower Manual Organ 28 Octave Shift Piano 29 Organ section parameters 16...

Page 43: ...parameters Piano Type 12 Piano Sub Type 44 Presence On Off 102 Presence Frequency 30 Presence Amount 31 Effects section parameters Modulations Type 103 Modulations Rate 104 Modulations Amount 105 Modulations On Off 106 Effects Type 107 Effects Rate 108 Effects Amount 109 Effects On Off 110 Overdrive On Off 112 Overdrive Amount 111 Rotary Speaker On Off 81 Rotary Speaker Fast Slow 82 Rotary Speaker...

Page 44: ... Controller 11 If a sustain pedal is used in the SUSTAIN PEDAL INPUT and configured to be used for Sustain it s transmitted as Controller 64 Damper Pedal If a sustain pedal is used in the ROTOR SPEED INPUT or in the SUSTAIN PEDAL INPUT and config ured to be used for Rotor Speed it s transmitted as Controller 82 Treble 113 Bass 114 Future Expansion parameters Future Expansion 1 116 Future Expansion...

Page 45: ...MNI OFF MONO No Function Transmitted Recognized Remarks Basic Default Channel Channel 1 16 1 16 1 16 1 16 Default Mode Messages Altered Mode 3 Mode 3 Note Number True Voice 29 101 29 101 29 101 Velocity Note ON Note OFF O v 1 127 O O v 1 127 O Aftertouch Key Channel Pitch Bend Control Change O O See MIDI Controller list on page 39 Program Change True O 0 47 O 0 47 System Exclusive O O See the MIDI...

Page 46: ...D D D D delete Programs 17 Display 7 28 download Programs via MIDI 17 Drawbar 19 presets 19 20 store your own 20 Dump Programs Controllers 32 E E E E edit Programs 15 Effects section 24 El Grand Piano Type 23 eq Treble Bass 27 erase Programs 17 expression pedal connecting 9 technical requirements 9 using 13 F F F F factory presets 34 restoring 34 Fast Rotary Speaker 27 Flanger effect 26 Flash memo...

Page 47: ... N Navigator buttons 7 28 Note On Off MIDI transmission and reception 35 O O O O Octave Shift 11 28 buttons 7 Option Piano Type 23 Organ section 18 OS upgrades 34 output level master 7 physical 9 Output Level individual per Program 27 Overdrive distortion 26 P P P P Pan modulation 25 Panic 14 33 partials organ drawbar 19 pdf file reading the manual as 5 Ped Cnfg 13 32 Ped Pol 12 31 pedals connecti...

Page 48: ...p Rotary Speaker 27 Store button 7 28 store Programs 16 sustain pedal connecting 9 settings 12 swell 22 pedal using 13 T T T T Transpose 12 31 Treble eq 27 Tremolo modulation 25 Tune Master 30 U U U U Upper Manual organ 21 USB for downloading Piano instruments 34 User Store 20 V V V V V1 V3 Organ Vibrato 21 Vibrato organ 21 volume individual per Program 27 master 7 28 W W W W Wah Wah modulation 25...

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