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vIBrato

the original instrument has two basic vibrato modes; “light” and 
“Heavy”, with different rates for each mode. there are several types of 
vibrato and choruses available for the Farf model on the Nord Electro 6, 
which are activated using the 

ON

 button in the vibrato section. 

the 

V1

V2

 and the 

V3

 settings are the ones that are modeled after the 

original instrument’s.

PIPE orGaNs

PIPE 1

the 

PIPE1

 organ model is not designed to imitate any existing instru-

ment, but rather to be a useful and appealing “all-purpose” organ, which 
works equally well with or without rotary speaker. In some ways its 
sound is similar to that of the B3 organ – but without any of its electro-
mechanical behaviors and artifacts.

PIPE 2

the 

PIPE2

 organ model faithfully recreates a 

principal

 pipe section - the 

sets of metal pipes, or ranks, that commonly make up the backbone of 
a pipe or church organ. While other ranks may attempt to recreate the 
sounds of other instruments (flutes, trumpets, strings etc.) the principal 
sound is non-imitative and unique to the pipe organ.

PIPE 1&2 cHorUs

activating 

VIBRATO/CHORUS

 for the Pipe 1 or 2 model will switch to a 

variation which is tuned with less precision. this produces chorus-like 
effects, slight dissonances and arguably more realism when combining 
registers.

PIPE 1&2 rEGIstErs

the pipe lengths available for both Pipe models correspond to those of 
the B3 model, ranging from 16 feet to 1 foot.

PrEsEt

there are two sets of drawbars available for each organ 
manual – the default drawbar set (Preset lEd not lit) 
and the Preset. this provides a quick way of changing 
between two organ sound variations, without having to 
change programs. 

to switch between the two drawbar settings press the 

PRESET

 button. 

the Preset lEd being lit indicates that the Preset is active.

In order to modify the Preset, press down on the button – as indicated 
by the 

6

” 

symbol – while adjusting the drawbars and other settings.

When in the non-Preset mode, the current drawbar positions can be 
stored to the Preset by pressing 

COPY TO PRESET

 (shift + Preset).

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the 

MANUAL ORGAN

 (shift + octave down) can be 

thought of as a separate – program independent – organ, 
the settings of which are in always sync regardless of 
which program it is loaded from. additionally the actual 
positions of the drawbars are always used when Manual 
organ is activated or loaded from a program.

 

By using Manual Organ and the External KBD to Lo feature (see 
page 17), a separate keyboard could be used to control the or-
gan on a per-program basis in a manner where the current drawbar 
positions are always used, and all other organ settings remain the 
same, regardless of which program is loaded.

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Press 

DUAL ORGAN

 (shift + Edit lower Manual) to 

instantly create a double manual organ setup, with the 
keyboard split into two zones. the lower (

LO

) manual 

will be on the left side of the split point and the upper 
(

UP

) manual to the right.

to adjust the keyboard split position, press down on the 

KBD SPLIT

 

button in the Program area and use the dial. see page 16 for more 
information on this.

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Press the 

EDIT LOWER MANUAL

 button to focus the lower manual for 

editing and drawbar interaction. to return to the upper manual, simply 
press the button again. In dual organ mode the drawbar representa-
tions in the display will show which manual is currently focused by “gray-
ing out” the other one. the example below shows a live program set up 
as a dual organ split in B3 Bass mode, with the upper manual focused 
for editing.

 

M

The Edit Lower Manual control is only available in Dual Organ 
mode.

rotarY sPEaKEr

the rotary speaker controls are logically placed next to the organ 
section. Its settings are described in detail in the Effects chapter on 
page 21.

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Summary of Contents for Nord Electro 6

Page 1: ...USER MANUAL Nord Electro 6 English OS version 1 1x Edition C Part number 50482 Copyright Clavia DMI AB Edition C...

Page 2: ...flash with the arrowhead symbol within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated voltage within the products en closure that may be of sufficient magnitude t...

Page 3: ...Percussion 11 Key click control 11 The Vox model 12 Vox drawbars 12 Vibrato 12 The Farf model 12 Farf registers 12 Vibrato 13 Pipe Organs 13 Pipe 1 13 Pipe 2 13 Pipe 1 2 Chorus 13 Pipe 1 2 registers...

Page 4: ...ENUS 26 System Menu 26 1 Memory Protect 26 2 NumPad Program Select 26 3 Seamless Program load 26 4 Global Transpose 26 5 Fine Tune 26 6 Output Routing mode 26 7 Sustain Pedal 26 Type 26 Func Function...

Page 5: ...and drivers Nord Piano Library sounds for free download Nord Sample Library sounds for free download Nord World Nord releated news stories and videos User Manuals for download Tutorials can be found a...

Page 6: ...ntrols are buttons for activating the Advanced String Resonance feature for acoustic pianos adjusting the keyboard velocity response or quickly altering the sound character using the Piano and Clavine...

Page 7: ...urce or zone M M The On Off buttons of the Effects shown here also have a selector functionality Press once to turn the Effect on and press immedi ately again to select the next source THE SHIFT BUTTO...

Page 8: ...is play shows a different setting use the Page3button to navigate to the Memory Protect setting 3 Change this setting to Off by turning the PROGRAM dial 4 Press EXIT Shift button to exit the System me...

Page 9: ...e from the Sample bank perhaps a bass sound The location and name of the sample are shown at the bottom of the display When a sample is selected preset settings for the Sample Synth envelope Dynamics...

Page 10: ...n section With the B3 B3 Bass models it functions as a traditional Swell pedal which also changes the character of the sound when the Rotary Speaker Drive is used Read more about how to configure peda...

Page 11: ...and chorus scanner in a tonewheel organ consists of a modulated delay line in combination with a rotating scanner For the Vibrato effect phase shift is applied to the signal For the Chorus effect the...

Page 12: ...ato section The V3 setting is the one that is modeled after the original instrument THE FARF MODEL The typical buzzy sound of this vintage instrument is one of the most distinct and easily recognizabl...

Page 13: ...Preset is active In order to modify the Preset press down on the button as indicated by the 6 symbol while adjusting the drawbars and other settings When in the non Preset mode the current drawbar pos...

Page 14: ...d matching the original models as closely as possible The available memory size for piano sounds is 1 Gigabyte M M When you download piano instruments with the Nord Sound Manager these will always aut...

Page 15: ...NG RES AND SOFT RELEASE STRING RESONANCE String Resonance refers to the acoustic phenomenon that occurs when strings or parts of strings resonate at their fundamental or harmonic frequencies when othe...

Page 16: ...NAMING A PROGRAM STORE AS 1 To store and name your program press STORE AS Shift Store 2 The ABC soft button brings up a row of alphanumeric characters Use the dial to set the character for the current...

Page 17: ...u The Shift button is also used to EXIT menus or for cancelling Store operations LIVE PROGRAMS The Nord Electro 6 has eight easy to access Live pro grams These programs are special in that edits to th...

Page 18: ...e ORGANIZE Shift Program 4 view allows for moving or swap ping programs within the program banks This can be done either on a per program basis when the Prog view is focused or an a page basis handlin...

Page 19: ...when a Store operation is performed LIST VIEW Pressing SHIFT while turning the SAMPLE SELECT dial allows for brows ing all samples in a list The Abc and Cat soft buttons can be used for displaying sa...

Page 20: ...e Wah Wah modulation is a lowpass type of filter that can be swept across the frequency range using the Effect 1 knob During the sweep the filter s characteristics also changes The Wah effect uses the...

Page 21: ...to sync to a number of times and the delay time will be adjusted automatically SPKR COMP The SPKR COMP unit combines sophisticated ampli fier and speaker cabinet simulations including the Rotary Speak...

Page 22: ...be set between 200 Hz to 8 kHz using its FREQ knob The boost cut range is 15 dB Select which sound engine the Equalizer should be assigned to by pressing SOURCE Shift On Off until the LED for the des...

Page 23: ...are stored per program which makes it an ideal feature for live usage Below is an example of how to set it up 1 Press EXTERNAL KBD TO LO Shift KBD Split 2 Connect an external MIDI keyboard to the MID...

Page 24: ...nt values depends on the number of pianos samples in memory M M A Program Change message that reaches the Nord Electro 6 unaccompanied by Bank Select messages will take effect in the currently selecte...

Page 25: ...the Piano partition Downloading new Samples to the Sample partition Uploading Programs from the Nord Electro 6 to a computer Uploading bundles containing programs and their associated piano and sample...

Page 26: ...e value stored with a program Range 6 semitones default value is none 5 FINE TUNE Fine Tune can be used to fine tune the pitch of the Nord Electro 6 in finer increments Range 50 Cents half a semitone...

Page 27: ...not applied to outgoing MIDI but only to incoming MIDI data In Out mode sent MIDI notes are transposed but not incoming ones Range In Default Out SOUND MENU 1 PIANO STRING RES LEVEL Sets the level of...

Page 28: ...The 5 pin MIDI In connection is used for receiving MIDI data sent from external devices such as controller keyboards sequencers and comput ers MIDI OUT The 5 pin MIDI Out connection will send MIDI dat...

Page 29: ...al 8 Piano Enable 33 Piano Level 34 Piano Octave Shift 35 Piano Sustain Pedal 49 Piano Ctrl Pedal 50 Piano Type 36 Piano Model 37 Piano Variation 38 Nord Electro 6 Parameter MIDI CC Piano EQ 40 Sample...

Page 30: ...ord Piano Library 14 Nord Sound Manager 25 Numeric Pad program selection mode 18 26 O Organ 10 Organize 18 Organ Keyboard Trigger Point 27 Output Routing 26 P Page Based navigation mode 18 Page Based...

Page 31: ...terference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measur...

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