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User Manual

Nord Electro 4 HP

Nord Electro 4 SW

OS Version 1.x

Part No. 50385

Print Edition 1.1

Summary of Contents for Electro 4 HP

Page 1: ...User Manual Nord Electro 4 HP Nord Electro 4 SW OS Version 1 x Part No 50385 Copyright Clavia DMI AB Print Edition 1 1...

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: ...Menu 18 1 Local Control 18 2 MIDI Interface 18 3 MIDI Channel 18 4 Lower Channel 18 5 Control Change CC Mode 18 6 Program Change Mode 18 7 MIDI Split Mode 18 8 Dump One 18 9 Dump All 18 10 Send CC 18...

Page 4: ...Electro 4 HP SW in the very first few pages of this manual After that follows the reference section where all the functions are explained in detail Disclaimer All trademarks and brand names mentioned...

Page 5: ...re conveniently printed to the right on the panel The menus are de scribed in the Menu chapter that begins on page 17 Knobs buttons Knobs The knobs control the continuously variable pa rameters in the...

Page 6: ...pear at the Electro 4 HP SW s left and right output jacks MIDI Connections MIDI Out MIDI connection used for sending keyboard and panel generated MIDI data from the Nord Electro 4 HP SW to other equip...

Page 7: ...nnected to the sustain pedal input to control sustain for piano sounds and rotary speed selection for organ sounds page 17 Control Pedal stereo connector for a pedal of the potentiometer type also kno...

Page 8: ...ocation 4 Press the Up button to get to the next electric piano You can of course organize the programs in any order you want Such a process can be done quite easily by using the drag and drop feature...

Page 9: ...r manual key The Rotary effect The rotary effect adds some great sonic drama to the organs but can of course be used with any other sound as well The Electro 4 HP SW rotary has three available speeds...

Page 10: ...t upper keys may become silent if you transpose upwards Adding effects 1 Select the program number 1 1 which is a Grand Piano with a hint of reverb 2 Turn on Effect 2 the On LED should be lit and pres...

Page 11: ...eel Mode on page 19 These will dramatically change the sound of the B3 model from squeaky clean to a battered old work horse The VX model The original instrument is probably the most famous of all the...

Page 12: ...e Split function is active The Percussion is a single triggered non legato effect It is only present when you hit the keys when no other note is sounding In other words if you play a note or a chord a...

Page 13: ...y is very faithfully simulated in the Nord Electro 4 HP SW which means that you get all the possible original Clavinet D6 sound varia tions plus an additional four by selecting different pick up and f...

Page 14: ...Rotary menus The 128 programs in the Electro 4 HP SW are organized in 32 pages with 4 programs in each page Up Down buttons The Up Down buttons to the left of the display have several functions in th...

Page 15: ...e from for example a piano performance with some effects turned on to an organ performance with another set of effects turned on by just pressing the appropriate instrument selector Press and hold Shi...

Page 16: ...atural sound reflections in various acoustic environments You can choose between five reverb types with various lengths and densities indicated by the three LEDs that light up one or two at a time The...

Page 17: ...t to use it for sustain with piano sounds and as a Rotor Speed switch with organ sounds In this case select rt rotor toggle with the Up Down buttons If you re using two separate sustain pedals one in...

Page 18: ...IN connectors or the USB MIDI functionality Range P DIN MIDI ports U USB MIDI default 3 MIDI Channel This sets the MIDI Channel that the Nord Electro 4 HP SW transmits and responds to Range 1 16 OF of...

Page 19: ...ill be muted when the percus sion is activated to mimic the behavior of an original organ Range C Cancel nO Normal default Rotary Menu 1 Rotary Model There is one rotary model available with two separ...

Page 20: ...nager updates Overview You can manage the contents of the Piano the Sample the Program and the Synth partitions These are accessed from the tabs If no Nord Electro 4 HP SW is connected to the computer...

Page 21: ...lable if you right click on an empty location that does not contain a sound This allows you to choose a file on the hard drive to be downloaded to the location in the Nord Electro 4 HP SW Replace Pian...

Page 22: ...the new sound will be automatically placed at the first free location in the bank The various locations are selected using the Model selector on the Nord Electro 4 HP SW M M The pianos are categorize...

Page 23: ...process the Cancel option is not available Files waiting in the queue can be deleted from the queue if you change your mind Right click on the queued sound or use the Toolbar or Menu Delete command Fi...

Page 24: ...will use the new or existing locations of the pianos and samples when they are downloaded to the free locations in the program partition 1 Make sure the Program Tab is open 2 Click on the Bundle Down...

Page 25: ...lected in the Nord Electro 4 HP SW Double clicking on a piano sample or program in the Manager list will also select it in the Nord Electro 4 HP SW Backup 1 Click on the Backup icon to make a backup f...

Page 26: ...ters can be used and the supported characters are a z AZ 0 9 and the hyphen Any other characters will not be displayed in the Sound Manager lists M M Pianos or samples cannot be renamed so this functi...

Page 27: ...to be appended to the existing programs in the bank in focus or if the Bundle should replace the contents in an entire bank of your choice Programs in a Program Bundle will be downloaded to the locati...

Page 28: ...nos and or programs that have been changed since the previous backup will be saved Restore Ctrl R To restore a previously saved backup file to the Nord Electro 4 HP SW select this option and browse to...

Page 29: ...hen this function is active pianos samples or programs will be automatically selected in the Nord Electro 4 HP SW when you browse through the sounds in the Manager list with the computer keyboard arro...

Page 30: ...t is available for additional sounds Cancel Button Use this function if you need to cancel a process that is in progress Certain functions like e g a restore process cannot be cancelled Progress Bar T...

Page 31: ...a sequencer Connections 1 Connect the MIDI Out on the Nord Electro 4 HP SW to the MIDI In on your sequencer 2 Connect the MIDI Out from your sequencer to the MIDI In on the Nord Electro 4 HP SW Local...

Page 32: ...ssion on the transmitting device If the dump contained all Programs All it will replace all programs cur rently stored in the Nord Electro 4 HP SW If the dump contained only a single program it will b...

Page 33: ...ey s Touch Channel X X X X Pitch Bender X X Control Change O O Program Change True O 0 127 O 0 127 System Exclusive O O System Song Pos Common Song Sel Tune X X X X X X System Clock Realtime Commands...

Page 34: ...rgan Model 11 Organ section 11 Organ Trig 18 Output Routing 17 P Partition Memory 30 Perc Drawbar 9 Cancel 19 Perc Norm Level 19 Perc Slow Decay 19 Perc Soft Level 19 Percussion 12 Phaser 16 Piano 13...

Page 35: ...he source of interference 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 f...

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