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Part No. 50303

Copyright Clavia DMI AB 2007

Print Edition 1.00

USER MANUAL

Software Version 1.0X

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Page 1: ...Part No 50303 Copyright Clavia DMI AB 2007 Print Edition 1 00 USER MANUAL Software Version 1 0X ...

Page 2: ... a cart or a stand that is recommended by the manufacturer 4 This product either alone or in combination with an amplifier and headphones or speakers may be perfectly capable of producing sound levels that could cause permanent hearing loss Do not operate for a long period of time at a high volume level or at a level that is uncomfortable If you experience any hearing loss or ringing in the ears y...

Page 3: ... Mod 19 Amount knob 22 Type button 22 Oscillator mix Osc Mix 22 Mix knob 22 Oscillator Sync sync 22 Amp Envelope AMP ENV 23 Attack knob 23 Decay knob 23 Sustain knob 23 Release knob 23 Filter 23 Type button 23 Filter Frequency Freq knob 23 Filter Resonance Res knob 23 KBTracking KB Track 23 Filter Slope Slope button 25 Velocity button 25 Filter Envelope 25 Env Amount ENV AMT 25 Attack knob 25 Deca...

Page 4: ...ighway you do not get more lanes by adding a lot of access ramps With the Nord Wave we have not only added a fast lane but rebuilt the entire highway into a roller coaster the magic is in the oscillators and we can have them produce many other things than the standard analog waveforms This is a concept we have been working on since the first Nord Lead synthesizer introduced in 1995 and currently i...

Page 5: ...ash type which means that the data remains in memory when power is cut and there is no use for hard drives or other type of loading media once loaded into the memory the data will be there till you remove it yourself Clavia s custom developed non destructive compression algorithm allows sample data sizes equivalent of up to 3 times the size of the physical memory Control connections The Nord Wave ...

Page 6: ...ters For each program you have two individual Synth Sections available both controllable through the same panel one at a time You choose which section to control by pressing the Slot a or slot b button For more information on Slot buttons please refer to page 10 For more information on the Synth Section please refer to page 16 Effect Section The Effect section parameters are used for editing progr...

Page 7: ...is endless though the array of parameter settings are not once you reach the first or last pos sible setting turning the dial further will have no effect The dial has an accelerator feature when operated swiftly increasment decreasment will be made in larger intervals If only one setting is available turning the knob will F F have no effect LED dials The dials have a LED window to show their param...

Page 8: ... as effects The LED next to the button will indicate when the param eter is active Shift button Some buttons have a secondary func tion available by holding Shift while pressing the button The name of the secondary function is printed just below the button Panic button By pressing the panic button Shift Octave shift up buttons all sound ing notes will be silenced Note Equipment connected via F F M...

Page 9: ...to other equipment such as sound modules or computers MIDI IN MIDI plug connection used for receiving MIDI data from other equipment such as keyboards sound modules and computers USB Connection USB plug connection used for communication with the Nord Wave Manager software and OS system upgrades Computers running Microsoft Windows operating F F systems need a driver for the USB connection to func t...

Page 10: ...e in focus Keyboard and Panel Focus is only used locally Both F F Synth Section are always available to other equip ment connected via MIDI in on the slots corre sponding MIDI channel regardless of the Keyboard and Panel Focus setting Octave shift buttons The Octave Shift buttons transpose the Synth Section with Panel Focus in even octaves The center LED indi cates that no octave shift is applied ...

Page 11: ...e 3 Chord button to deactivate the Chord Memory function Once deactivated you can at any time press the chord button again without holding any keys down to activate it Note that since you use several notes in the Chord F F Memory function polyphony will be reduced Note that it is only the actual key s you play that will F F output MIDI Note information to the MIDI OUT not the intervals included in...

Page 12: ...repeats to your sound Tempo LED The Tempo LED indicates the current tempo setting Amount knob The Amount knob controls the balance in amplitude be tween the unprocessed dry and processed wet signal When set to either F F dry or wet only the correspond ing signal will be heard Tempo knob The tempo knob controls the time interval of the delayed repeats Feedback button The Feedback button selects pre...

Page 13: ...nd A setting of zero will produce no overdrive F F Reverb The reverb effects simulates natural sound reflections in various acoustic environments Reverb button The reverb button selects the type of environment Setting Description Room Small reverberation with room ambi ance and a fast decay Stage Soft Medium reverberation with stage ambiance medium decay and a mellow character Stage Medium reverbe...

Page 14: ...programs all the time There are 1024 program locations available where every location have a bank and program number Programs also have a name and can be divided into categories The currently loaded program is shown in the LCD dis play 2 17 Lead Freaky Nord In the example above 2 represents the Bank number 17 the Program number Lead the Category and Freaky Nord the Program name Sorting Programs 2 ...

Page 15: ...ut changing Pro gram name or category Press the 1 store button The Store button LED starts flashing and the Program location is shown in the LCD window Press F F slot a or slot b buttons at any time to cancel the procedure Select a location 2 Use the Program buttons or the LCD dial to choose a Program location Press the 3 store button to confirm The selected Program is overwritten To store a Progr...

Page 16: ...tch Glide knob If you press a key without releasing the previous one the Glide parameter can be used to set the time interval for the pitch to seamlessly change to the new note With a setting of zero the pitch will change instantly Vibrato The vibrato function will gradually introduce subtle to dramatic changes in pitch DLY1 3 setting will introduce changes over time Time interval range from short...

Page 17: ...mount knob The Amount knob sets the intensity of the modulation A setting of 0 will produce no modulation Poly mode In Poly mode each note has its own LFO Poly mode is activated by pressing the poly button shift Waveform Selector button Poly mode is available to LFO 1 only F F Single mode With single mode activated the LFO plays a single cycle waveform once without repeating Single mode is availab...

Page 18: ...lope AMP ENV The Amplifier Envelope is the most important one it controls the amplitude of your sound and is used to give the sounds its basic shape The envelope s base relates to null amplitude and spans to the level set by the Output Level knob Please refer to page 23 for more information Filter Envelope The Filter Envelope controls the Filter Frequency parameter and can be very dramatic The env...

Page 19: ...age 20 for more information Semi tones knob The Semi tones knob is used for changing the pitch of Osc2 relative to Osc1 in steps of semi tones ranging from 24 2 octaves to 24 2 octaves semi tones The red LED will briefly indicate a pitch setting of even F F octaves Fine tune knob The Fine tune knob is used for changing the pitch of OSC2 relative to OSC1 ranging from 0 5 to 0 5 semi tones While hav...

Page 20: ...are avail able to OSC1 and are single cycle sampled wave forms that provides rich and interesting timbres of various tonal characteristics There are 32 Wavetables available Use the LED dial to select Wavet able The name of the selected Wavetable is briefly shown in the LCD window The Shape parameter has no func tion Sample Instruments Sample Instru ments smpl is available to OSC2 and holds up to 9...

Page 21: ...indicated as 1 OP in the LCD window and CR in the LED window Feedback The first Operator in the chain can be given feedback to modulate itself cre ating more complex modulations The Shape parameter is used for controlling both the feedback and FM amount simultaneously Shape Feedback Shape FM Amount Shape2 FM Amount Shape1 FM Amount Shape Feedback Carrier Carrier Carrier Carrier Modulator OSC MIX O...

Page 22: ...llator 2 With a setting of either OSC1 or OSC2 only the corresponding oscillator will be heard Due to differences in the harmonic content produced F F by the two oscillators their amplitude levels can be perceived as unequal though the OSC MIX parameter is set to an equal mix this is considered normal Oscillator Sync sync When OSC1 is set to produce either pulse triangle or saw waveforms oscillato...

Page 23: ...es on page 24 for more information Filter Frequency Freq knob The Filter Frequency is used for setting where in the fre quency range the filter is introduced Filter Frequency Filter Frequency Filt Filter Frequency Filter Resonance Envelope range Time Filter Frequency The Image above illustrates different Filter Frequency set tings using a Low Pass filter For Multi Mode filters the function of F F ...

Page 24: ... produce a classic phaser type effect The Freq knob is used for control ling the delay time perceived as the frequency center of the effect The res knob is used for controlling the level of sumation and feedback A setting of zero will produce no sumation or feedback and thus have no effect to the sound Filter Frequency Filter Fr Resonance 0 Resonance 3 Filter F Resonance 0 Filter Frequency Filter ...

Page 25: ...n the Filter Frequency The env amt knob is used for setting the intensity of the change Filter Frequency Filter Frequency Filter Frequency Filter Frequency Filter Frequency The image above illustrates how the ENV AMT knob en ables note velocity to change the Filter Frequency Filter Envelope The Filter Envelope is used for controlling how the Filter Frequency changes over time Filt Filter Frequency...

Page 26: ...for setting the amplitude Note that the F F master level controls the overall amplitude where as the Output Level only controls the current Synth Section Equalizer EQ The 2 band equalizer is used for boosting or cutting frequencies in the sound Range from 15dB to 15db Treble knob Will cut or boost the treble frequencies of the sound Bass knob Will cut or boost the bass frequencies of the sound Cho...

Page 27: ...al Wheel Ped Uses the modulation wheel or pedal connected to the Control Pedal input as Morph Source The bottom position of the Modulation Wheel or Con trol Pedal represents the parameters default value The top position of the Modulation Wheel or Con trol Pedal represents the parameters morphed value Keyboard Note Keyboard Uses the Keyboard Note Number as Morph Source The bottom key of the keyboar...

Page 28: ...rresponding Morph Source button To Clear a single morph destination Hold down the corresponding Morph Source button and operate the Morph Destination knob to its origi nal position where its LED will be unlit Morph Mode Morph Mode provides a better overview for setting and adjusting multiple Morph Destinations at once Double tap one of the Morph Source buttons 1 The Morph Source button flashes con...

Page 29: ...s two slots have more physi cal controls than there are available MIDI CC addresses this and the following option allows you to transmit and receive the knobs and buttons from the two slots on sepa rate MIDI channels to e g a computer Off Messages are neither transmitted nor received Auto n Messages are transmitted and received on the same MIDI channel as the one set in the MIDI Channel option 1 1...

Page 30: ... Slot MIDI channel set F F ting is set to off MIDI Dump One Press Store to transmit the current Program as a Sysex Dump MIDI Send Bank Press store to transmit the selected Program Bank as a Sysex Dump 1 8 The selected bank is transmitted ALL All banks are transmitted The current Program needs to be saved or it is ex F F cluded MIDI Receive Bank Press store to erase the selected Program Bank and wa...

Page 31: ...ultvalue Roland Here you can match the control pedal characteristics for various manufacturers ROLAND Yamaha ERNIE BALL FATAR If the manufacturer of your pedal is not listed above F F you can try operating the pedal to it s end positions The pedal range is briefly shown in the LCD WINDOW as a value between 0 and 100 Select the setting that best matches the range of your pedal Control Pedal Destina...

Page 32: ...audio file will also affect how that file behaves in the Nord Wave Manager You should however try to keep a backup of or use copies of the original audio files when you start to assemble the sample content for the Nord Wave If you edit any audio file that is used by the Nord Wave Manager with some other application that edit will also affect that particular file in the Nord Wave Manager Please not...

Page 33: ...ple Instrument is 99 The Sample Instrument also known as SI in this manu al can be selected in the Nord Wave OSC2 as a waveform and this together with all the other functions in the Synth area becomes a Program You can store up to 99 Sample Instruments in the Nord Wave Flash memory Tip Any kind of sample may be assigned to any zone which means that a Sample Instrument can con sist of several diffe...

Page 34: ...the Nord Wave is powered up and connected 1 to the computer to a USB port Launch the Nord Wave Manager from the Clavia folder or the 2 Start Menu PC or from the Applications folder Mac OSX During the start up procedure the Manager will automatically try and establish contact with the Nord Wave synthesizer If a Nord Wave is not connected you can still work on a Project with sample editing mapping a...

Page 35: ...onstrate a very powerful feature of the Nord Wave Manager Open a new Project from the File menu 2 You can continue to work in a current Project or open a new Project from the File menu Only one Project can be open you will be prompted to save any changes before any Project that has been edited is closed Tip A quick way to open a new Project is to hit Ctrl N on the computer keyboard Ctrl S will sav...

Page 36: ...ject select the Audio Files Assign tab and click 1 the Add button Tip The Nord Wave can use stereo or mono audio files as sample sources with up to 44 1 kHz sample rate 16 bits resolution Navigate to a folder that contain the audio files you wish to 2 use select the files and click Open to add them to the Project The files will be listed one by one in the Audio Files area 3 Select the first file t...

Page 37: ... is useful if you have audio files that contain unwanted material before the actual sound begins The Nord Wave Manager will automatically place a starting point when a sample is assigned to a zone This marker that is green in the waveform graph can easily be changed if you prefer to have manual control of this function You can manually set the start point by entering a value in the Start input box...

Page 38: ...e downloaded to the Flash memory Click on the waveform graph to position the end marker Please go to page 44 for a detailed description of all the functions in the Loop Stop tab Generate a Sample Instrument When you have added all the audio files to the Project and are satisfied with the sample edits it is time to create a Sample Instrument and to download this to the Nord Wave If you haven t save...

Page 39: ...ganizing the Program memories between the banks as easy as possible If you delete a Program from one of the lists right click on a pro gram and select Delete that Program will be deleted from the Nord Wave and also from the other list as well Right click on a Program in any of the lists and select Upload 5 to backup folder This will save the selected Program as an nwp file to the hard drive The hi...

Page 40: ...older to be added to your project All supported audio files within that folder will be added The added audio files will appear in the Audio File Assign tab in the Audio Files list The Nord Wave Manager can use audio files in the wav format up to a 16 bit 44 1 kHz resolution Exit Ctrl Q Closes the Nord Wave Manager You will be prompted to save any unsaved changes to an open Project Instrument Menu ...

Page 41: ...oard Common area The common area will be present at the top of all the tabs except for the Nord Wave tab It contains functions that are used to view the mapping to change the focus of the samples to generate a Sample Instrument and to start and stop playback The Keyboard Grid The Keyboard Grid represents the total keyboard range that the Zones can cover from F0 to C8 The physical keyboard on the N...

Page 42: ...habetically in an ascending or descending manner by selecting Name and changing direction by clicking on the arrow Add Button Brings up the Add Files dialog where you choose audio files to be added to your project Multiple files can be selected Note A Project uses references to the audio files on F F the hard drive and does not load any actual audio data Any changes that you do to the original aud...

Page 43: ...onsecutive files in the list Multi Sample Assign MuSA This function can create several samples and assign these to zones from a single audio file with recordings of several individual notes one after the other Start Note Set this to the match the pitch of the first recorded note in the audio file Range F0 C8 Interval Set this to match the intervals between the recorded notes in the audio file Rang...

Page 44: ...cation You continue to travel towards the end of the audio file but when you reach the loop end marker you immediately go back to the loop start marker and resume the path towards the end And then you hit the loop end marker again go back to the loop start and so on To create a perfect seamless loop can sometimes be a bit difficult Sometimes the audio at the loop start is very different compared t...

Page 45: ...ou can enter a crossfade length expressed in seconds in the value box confirming this by pressing enter or by using the slider Any changes you do will be immediately heard if you are playing back the sample and also presented in the waveform graph To disable the crossfade set the crossfade length to 0 Xfade Curve There are three available curves for the crossfade Log1 Log2 and Linear These are use...

Page 46: ...d All the individual samples will be presented here as zones or slices that correspond to the map settings that are presented in the Keyboard Grid The sample in focus will be indicated in yellow the other samples in a alternating pattern of blue and gray to provide you with an easy to use overview The amplitude of any individual sample is indicated with the black horizontal marker in each slice Wi...

Page 47: ...ent Set the value expressed in cents in the value box confirming this by pressing enter or with the increment decrement buttons Each and every sample in the Project can be detuned Range 50 to 50 cents Map Sample Enable This function can be used to quickly enable and disable samples at certain intervals in order to reduce the amount of memory used by the Sample Instrument This is a great way to qui...

Page 48: ...ple that is using up all the memory capacity or you can have 99 Sample Instruments with 99 samples each as long as the combined sizes of these are kept within the 180 MB limit When you generate a Sample Instrument from a Project in the Nord Wave Manager and download this to the Wave this Sample Instrument will be saved at the first available location in the Flash memory If the locations are occupi...

Page 49: ...re on this at page 47 A Sample Instrument gets its name from the Project name If you look at the Nord Wave LCD when you scroll through the SI s with the OSC2 LED dial you will see that name but also other groups of characters in the second row This is a naming convention that you can use if you rename the file name on the computer hard drive and then down load the SI s again to the Nord Wave The f...

Page 50: ...e program memory is divided in 8 Banks with 128 Pro grams in each bank Name A Program get its name when you save it on the Nord Wave The name will be shown in the Nord Wave LCD when it is selected If a Program is uploaded to the computer hard drive the resulting nwp file name will be the same as the Program name Change the file name and the Program name is also changed when that file is downloaded...

Page 51: ...ic and different are words that come to mind The sounds in the Nord Wave library originates from the master tapes that Clavia has licensed These tapes were then used to create original soundbanks for a brand new Mellotron manufactured with modern tape heads cap stans electronics etc And from this brand new exquisite instrument the sounds were recorded using state of the art technology After many h...

Page 52: ...m Foxtrot and the low part of the strings were replaced with Pop1 and Pop2 rhythms and a 6 8 tempo rhythm The leader of these recordings was also in this case Eric Robinson In 1970 the M400 Mellotron was created It had a single manual 35 key G F keyboard meaning that the MkI and MkII sound libraries could be used The machine used 3 track 3 8 tape and had interchangeable tape frames That meant that...

Page 53: ...s Beatles MkII Piano MkII Muted Brass Moody Blues MkII Harpsichord MkII Accordion Genesis MkII Organ 2 MkII Tenor Sax MkII Vibraphone Gracious MkII Mandolin Beatles MkII Tibia Organ MkII Church Organ M300 Lead sounds 7 sounds M300 Strings David Bowie M300 2 Violins Barclay James Harvest M300 Solo Violin M300 Slow Vibraphone M300 Bass Flute M300 Clarinet M300 Celeste M400 Lead sounds 25 sounds M400...

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