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EffEcts
ActIVAtING EffEcts
to enable an effect, press its
ON/OFF
button. the LEDs above the button
indicate which sound engine the effect is assigned to;
O
= Organ,
P
=
Piano and
S
= sample synth. Press
SOURCE
(shift + On/Off) to change
the sound engine assignment.
Source can also be changed by double-clicking the Source button.
EffEct 1
the
EFFECT 1
unit offers six different types of modulation effects. Use its
selector button to switch between the available settings.
tREM (tREMOLO)
TREM
(tremolo) provides a volume modulation that
continuously varies the volume of the output signal.
tremolo is a very common effect to use with electric
pianos.
there are three intensities,
TREM 1
,
2
and
3
(1+2) to
choose from.
PAN (AUtO PAN)
PAN
is an automatic panning modulation that
smoothly moves the signal between the left and
right sides of the stereo panorama.
there are three different intesities,
PAN 1
,
2
and
3
(1+2) to choose from.
WAH
the
WAH
(Wah-Wah) effect gives the sound a characteristic, “Quack”-
like character and can be extremely useful on electric pianos and
clavinets. the 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 signal’s amplitude to control the filter sweep
range, making the effect “velocity sensitive” (technically referred to as an
“envelope follower”).
This effect can also be used as a traditional Pedal Wah with an ex-
pression pedal connected to the Control Pedal jack, if the
CTRLPED
mode for Effect 1 is engaged.
RM (RING MODULAtION)
Ring Modulation (
RM
) is a type of modulation where two signals are mul-
tiplied with each other, resulting in an in-harmonic “bell like” sound. On
the Nord Electro 6 the instrument signal is multiplied with a sine wave.
the Ring Modulation amount is fixed, and its rate is controlled by the
Effect 1 knob.
ctRLPED
All effects in the Effect 1 section can be controlled by a pedal connected
to the ctrl Ped input jack, achieved by pressing
CTRLPED
(shift + Effect
1 selector). for the tremolo and Pan effects, the pedal controls the
effect
amount
– something which can not be done from the panel.
for Wah and RM, the pedal mirrors the Effect 1 knob which in case of
the Wah makes it behave as a traditional Pedal Wah, and with the RM
effect provides pedal control of the modulation rate.
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