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Contents
1.
Introduction
4
Thank you! . . . . . . . . . . 4
Development story . . . . . . . 4
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Synthesizer . . . . . . . . . . 4
Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Programs . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Samples . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Control & connections . . . . . . 5
More samples . . . . . . . . . 5
About this manual . . . . . . . 5
2.
Overview
6
The Front panel . . . . . . . . 6
Program Section . . . . . . . . 6
Synth Section . . . . . . . . . 6
Effect Section . . . . . . . . . 6
Keyboard Section . . . . . . . . 7
LCD Window . . . . . . . . . . 7
System Menu . . . . . . . . . . 7
MIDI Menu . . . . . . . . . . . 7
About knobs . . . . . . . . . . 7
Master LeveL
knob . . . . 7
LCD-dial . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
LED-dials . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Potentiometer knobs . . . . . . 7
About buttons . . . . . . . . . 8
On/off buttons . . . . . . . . . 8
shift
button . . . . . . . . . 8
Panic
button . . . . . . . . 8
Slot buttons . . . . . . . . . . 8
Octave shift
buttons . . . 8
chOrd
button . . . . . . . 8
stOre
button . . . . . . . . 8
PrOGraM
buttons . . . . . 8
3.
Connections
9
Audio Connections . . . . . . . 9
Left Out
and
riGht Out 9
Headphones . . . . . . . . . . 9
MIDI connections . . . . . . . . 9
Midi Out 9
Midi in 9
USB Connection . . . . . . . . 9
Pedal Connections . . . . . . . 9
sustain
pedal . . . . . . . 9
cOntrOL
pedal . . . . . . 9
4.
The Keyboard Section 10
Panel & Keyboard Focus
(sLOt a
&
sLOt B
buttons) . . . . . 10
Octave shift
buttons . . 10
chOrd
button . . . . . . 11
Modulation wheel . . . . . . 11
Pitch stick . . . . . . . . . . 11
5.
The Effect Section 12
Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
teMPO
LED . . . . . . . . 12
aMOunt
knob . . . . . . 12
teMPO
knob . . . . . . . . 12
feedBack
button . . . . . 12
stereO
button . . . . . . 13
taP teMPO
button . . . . 13
Tube amp . . . . . . . . . . .13
drive
knob . . . . . . . . 13
Reverb . . . . . . . . . . . .13
reverB
button . . . . . . . 13
drY/Wet
knob . . . . . . 13
6.
The Program section 14
What is a Program? . . . . . . .14
Sorting Programs . . . . . . . 14
Loading a Program . . . . . . 15
Editing a Program . . . . . . . 15
Storing a Program . . . . . . 15
7.
The Synth Section 16
MOnO MOde 16
Selector button . . . . . . . . 16
GLide
knob . . . . . . . . 16
viBratO 16
LFO (
LfO1
&
LfO2
) . . . . .16
rate
knob . . . . . . . . . 16
Waveform selector . . . . . . 17
LFO Destination selector . . . . 17
aMOunt
knob . . . . . . 17
POLY
mode . . . . . . . . . 17
sinGLe
mode . . . . . . . 17
Modulation Envelope (
MOd
env
) . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
attack
knob . . . . . . . 17
dec/reL
knob . . . . . . . 17
ar
button (
shift
+ Dest Sel) 17
aMOunt
knob . . . . . . 17
Destination selector button . . 19
Oscillator (
Osc1
&
Osc2
) . .19
Oscillator Waveform selector . . 19
Shape (
shaPe1
&
shaPe2/
dec
knob) . . . . . . . . . 19
seMi tOnes
knob . . . . 19
fine tune
knob . . . . . 19
Oscillator Modulation (
Osc
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
KB Tracking (
kB track
) . . 23
Filter Slope (
sLOPe
button) 25
veLOcitY
button . . . . . 25
Filter Envelope . . . . . . . . .25
Env . Amount
(env aMt
) . . 25
attack
knob . . . . . . . 25
decaY
knob . . . . . . . . 25
sustain
knob . . . . . . . 26
reLease
knob . . . . . . . 26
OutPut 26
LeveL
knob . . . . . . . . 26
Equalizer (
eq
) . . . . . . . .26
treBLe
knob . . . . . . . . 26
Bass
knob . . . . . . . . . 26
chOrus 26
chOrus
button . . . . . . 26
8.
The Morph function 27
About Morphing . . . . . . . .27
Morph Sources . . . . . . . . .27
Morph Destinations . . . . . .28
Setting up a morph . . . . . . .28
Clearing Morphs . . . . . . . .28
Morph Mode . . . . . . . . . .28
Morph Examples . . . . . . . .28
Use the
MOduLatiOn
WheeL
to cross-fade between
two sounds . . . . . . . . . 28
9.
MIDI
29
Basic MIDI operation . . . . . .29
MIDI Menu . . . . . . . . . .29
MIDI implementation . . . . . .30
MIDI implementation chart . . 30
10.
System settings 31
System Menu . . . . . . . . .31
11.
NW Manager
32
What is the Nord Wave Manager? 32
Non-destructive editing . . . . 32
System Requirements . . . . . 32
Getting Started . . . . . . . .33
Project, sample memory . . . 33
WYDIWUH . . . . . . . . . . 33
Working offline . . . . . . . . 33
Sample, Zone . . . . . . . . 33
Sample Instruments, Program 33
Sample editing, loop markers,
crossfade . . . . . . . . . . 33
Generate, upload, download . . 33
Librarian . . . . . . . . . . 33
Installation . . . . . . . . . .34
Installation of the USB driver . . 34
Installation of the Nord Wave
Manager, Windows PC . . . . . 34
Installation of the Nord Wave
Manager, Mac OSX . . . . . . 34
The Quick Tours . . . . . . . .34
First Light . . . . . . . . . . 34
Download to the Nord Wave . . 34
Upload from the Nord Wave . . 35
Create a new Sample Instrument 35
Audio files with ind . samples . . 36
Single Sample Assign . . . . . 36
Editing . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Looping . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Generate a Sample Instrument 38
Program management . . . . 38
Backup the original samples . . 39
NW Manager File Reference . . .40
File Menu . . . . . . . . . . 40
Instrument Menu . . . . . . . 40
Settings Menu . . . . . . . . 41
Backup Menu . . . . . . . . . 41
Help Menu . . . . . . . . . . 41
NW Manager Tab Reference . . .41
Common area . . . . . . . . 41
Audio File/Assign Tab . . . . . 42
Sample Loop/Stop Tab . . . . . 44
Sample Start Tab . . . . . . . 46
Instrument Tab . . . . . . . . 46
Nord Wave tab . . . . . . . . 48
12.
Appendix
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