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IntroductIon
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thank you!
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Features
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nord online
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About the user Manual
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reading the manual in PdF Format ...................................................................5
restoring the factory presets .............................................................................5
oS upgrades .....................................................................................................5
Free sounds ......................................................................................................5
disclaimer..........................................................................................................5
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oVErVIEW
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the Electro 6 panel
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organ section –
page 10 ...................................................................................6
Piano section –
page 14 ....................................................................................6
Program section –
page 16 ...............................................................................6
Sample Synth section –
page 19 .......................................................................6
Effects section –
page 20 ..................................................................................6
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GEttInG StArtEd
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Hooking it up
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Panel controls
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dials and knobs ................................................................................................7
Buttons .............................................................................................................7
the Shift button ................................................................................................7
Soft buttons ......................................................................................................7
Programs
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Select a program ...............................................................................................7
List view
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Edit a program
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Select a new piano sound .................................................................................8
turn off Memory Protection
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Store a program
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Live Mode
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Activate effects
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Activating the rotary Speaker............................................................................9
create a split
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Assign the Piano to the upper zone ..................................................................9
Set the Sample Synth to the lower zone ............................................................9
Load a Sample
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Set up a Split cross-fade (Split Width) ...........................................................9
create a two manual B3
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orGAn
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on/off, Level and Zone Select .........................................................................10
octave up/down .............................................................................................10
Sustped And ctrlped .......................................................................................10
drawbars and buttons
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Selecting an organ model ..............................................................................11
the B3 model
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B3 drawbars ...................................................................................................11
Percussion ......................................................................................................11
Key click control ..............................................................................................11
the Vox model
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Vox drawbars ..................................................................................................12
Vibrato ............................................................................................................12
the Farf model
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Farf registers ...................................................................................................12
Vibrato ............................................................................................................13
Pipe organs
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Pipe 1 ..............................................................................................................13
Pipe 2 ..............................................................................................................13
Pipe 1&2 chorus .............................................................................................13
Pipe 1&2 registers ...........................................................................................13
Preset
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Manual organ
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dual organ
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Edit Lower Manual ...........................................................................................13
rotary Speaker
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PIAno
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on/off, Level and Zone Select .........................................................................14
octave up/down .............................................................................................14
Sustped and ctrlPed .......................................................................................14
About the Piano sounds
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About Piano size .............................................................................................14
Piano Select
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category and model ........................................................................................14
List view ..........................................................................................................15
KBd touch .....................................................................................................15
Piano Info ...................................................................................................15
Mono...............................................................................................................15
String res and Soft release
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String resonance ............................................................................................15
Soft release ....................................................................................................15
Equalizer .........................................................................................................15
Piano EQ Settings ...........................................................................................15
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ProGrAM
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Store
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Storing a program ...........................................................................................16
naming a program (Store As...) .......................................................................16
KBd split
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Keyboard Split settings ..................................................................................16
choosing a split position .............................................................................17
Split Width settings .....................................................................................17
External KBd to Lo ..........................................................................................17
Shift / Exit button
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Live programs
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transpose on/Set
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Program Buttons
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What is a program? .........................................................................................17
Prog Init ...........................................................................................................17
Program dial
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Program List, Abc and cat ..............................................................................18
numeric Pad navigation mode ........................................................................18
MIdI LEd indicator
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Page buttons
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organize
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Enter the organize view ...................................................................................18
Swap programs or pages ................................................................................18
Move a program or page ................................................................................18
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SAMPLE SYntH
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on/off, Level and Zone Select .........................................................................19
octave up/down .............................................................................................19
Sustped and ctrlped .......................................................................................19
About the Sample Synth
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Selecting a Sample ..........................................................................................19
Summary of Contents for Nord Electro 6
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