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Clavinet Pick-up Type Description
Clav Model A:
Only the “neck” pick-up; a warmer, less bright sound.
Clav Model B:
Only the “bridge” pick-up; a bright sound.
Clav Model C:
Both pick-ups on and in phase; a very full sound.
Clav Model D:
Both pick-ups 180 degrees out of phase; the
fundamental is almost cancelled out and the sound becomes thin.
Piano Octave Shift
The Model buttons can be used together with the Shift button to trans-
pose the piano sound in octave steps.
On
Press the On button to turn the Piano on or off.
Info
Hold Shift and press the On button to see the name of the current
piano in the LCD.
Sample Synth
The Sample Synth allows you to use
samples from the extensive Nord Sam-
ple Library in the Nord Piano 2. The
Piano 2 is delivered with a selection of
samples. Additional samples can be
found on the DVD that accompanies
the unit or from the
www.nordkeyboards.com website.
Every sample in the unit can be re-
placed, this is done by using the Nord
Sound Manager.
Level
Use the Level knob to set the volume of the selected synth sample
sound.
Attack
When you strike a key, the sample synth may or may not begin to
sound at once. The actual volume of the sound can be made to be
gradually faded in with the Attack function on the Nord Piano 2. Turn-
ing the Attack knob clockwise allows you to increase the attack time,
which makes the volume of the sound to be gradually increased.
When the Attack knob is turned fully counter-clockwise, the sound will
played back without any additional attack. When turned fully clockwise,
the attack time will be 45 seconds.
M
Some samples have a slow attack in the actual waveform, this
cannot be shortened by adjusting this parameter.
Release
When you release a key, the sound of the sample synth may or may
not be silenced at once. The actual sound can be made to be gradually
faded out with the Release function on the Nord Piano 2. Increasing the
release time by turning the Release knob clockwise makes the sound
longer, it will gradually decay after you have released the keys.
When the Release knob is turned fully counter-clockwise, the sound
will play back without any additional release. When turned fully clock-
wise, the release time will be 45 seconds.
On
Press the On button to turn the Sample Synth on or off.
Info
Hold Shift and press the On button to see the name of the current
sample in the LCD.
Sample
Press repeatedly on the Sample up/down buttons to select a sample.
The number will be shown in the LED and the name of the selected
sample will be shown in the display.
Sample Octave Shift
The Sample selector buttons can be used together with the Shift but-
ton to transpose the Sample Synth sound in octave steps.
Effects
The Effects section of Nord Piano 2 can be used to process the pianos
and the samples. It is programmable and you can configure your
effects separately for each and every program. Some of the effects
are mono in/Mono out and some are stereo in/stereo out. For each
individual effect the channel configuration is stated in the related text.
The Source buttons turn the effect on or off and is used to select the
instrument that will be affected by that particular effect. A double-tap
on a source button will select the next source. The Piano or Synth LED
will be lit when the Effect is active.
The Effect Selectors is used to cycle through the various effects and/or
effect depths.
Press and hold Shift and press an Effect selector to cycle through
the effects in a counter clockwise fashion.
You can use the Effect Selector to select an effect without it be-
ing turned on, in order to prepare a setting in advance during a
performance.
The Rate knobs changes the rate of the effect.
M
A numerical value of the rate will be shown in the display.
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