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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

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

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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