Clavia Nord C2, User Manual

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Effect area
Speaker Model
This allows you to select the speaker/amp and rotary emulations .
JC
and
Twin
emulates two different kinds of am-
plifier and speaker cabinets . The amount of over-
drive is controlled by the Drive Amount controls to
the upper right on the panel .
Rotary
simulates a rotary speaker including its
built-in amplifier .
The Drive knob to the upper right on the panel sets the amount of
M
overdrive of the rotary amplifier.
The speed of the rotating speaker is set with the rotary speed
M
controls on the left side of the panel.
Press the Speaker Model button repeatedly to cycle through the avail-
able settings .
Rotary Speaker controls
The rotary speaker speed is set with the buttons
in the Rotary Speaker section to the left side of
the panel .
You can also connect an external control to the
Rotary control input on the back panel, such as
a sustain pedal, pedal switch or the Half Moon
Switch accessory .
A sustain pedal can operate by momentarily changing the speed
setting or by toggling between slow and fast or if the Stop mode is
activated on the panel, between stop and fast .
Please refer to the “System Functions” on page 15 for further informa-
tion .
Delay
The Nord C2 is
equipped with a
delay featuring
echoes/repeats with adjustable tempo and feedback settings . The On
button activates/deactivates the effect .
All knobs and buttons will always be active even though the effect M
needs to be activated in order for the change to be audible.
The tempo knob controls the delay time . The tap tempo button allows
you to set the delay time by tapping the button repeatedly “in time” .
The amount knob acts as a effect send control, to set the amount of
the dry signal that will be routed to the delay .
The feedback button selects number of repeats, starting with 1 repeat
(no LEDs lit) to many repeats (both LEDs lit) . Press repeatedly on this
button to set the feedback amount .
By activating the Swell only function (Shift + Feedback), the delay M
effect is limited to the swell manual.
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EQ
This is a 3-band equalizer with treble, mid and bass controls . The
frequency ranges can be boosted/attenuated with +/- 15 dB . The On
button activates/deactivates the effect .
Drive
The Drive knob controls the amount of gain applied to the amps or
Rotary Speaker effects respectively, depending on the Speaker Model
setting . The On button activates/deactivates the effect .
If no speaker model is activated, the drive knob will introduce a generic
overdrive to the sound .
Reverb
The reverb simulates the natural sound reflections
in various acoustic environments . The On button
activates/deactivates the effect .
The Reverb amount knob sets the balance be-
tween the unprocessed and the processed signal .
By pressing the reverb button you can choose
between five reverb types, indicated by the three
LEDs lit one or two at a time .
• Hall Soft - A reverb with the response and character of a spacious
hall, with a long decay and a mellow character .
• Hall - A Hall reverb with a slightly brighter character .
• Stage Soft - A reverb with a medium decay time and mellow char-
acter .
• Stage - A medium decay reverb, with slightly brighter character .
• Room - Room ambience with a rather short decay time .