NORD ELECTRO 2 V2.0x
1. Introduction: Welcome
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We’d first like to thank you for purchasing the Nord Electro 2 - Virtual Electromechanical stage key-
board. Clavia’s goal when developing the Nord Electro instrument was to create the best emulations of
traditional electromechanical keyboard instruments on the market, and to make the instrument compact
and lightweight. Nothing else. No brass banks, no orchestral sounds. No compromises. Just outstanding
electromechanical keyboard sounds with true feel, from natural keyboard response to authentic sound.
To make a great tool you have to put all the focus on a few things, and that’s what we did with the Electro.
Think about it, the
best
tool isn’t a Swiss army knife.
The organ section in the Electro is based on a digital simulation of the mechanical tone wheels of the B-
3 organ. It offers innovative solutions to mimic the typical B-3 sound, for example:
• An extremely accurate digital model of the original chorus and vibrato scanner.
• Modeling of the individual random contact bounces for each partial.
• Modeling of the unique frequency characteristics of the built-in pre-amplifier which forms the ”body”
of the B-3 sound.
• Simulation of the energy stealth on the tone wheels that results in the typical ”compressed” sound.
The piano section in Nord Electro 2 OS V2.0 comprises five carefully multi-sampled electric piano in-
struments: Clavinet D6, Wurlitzer 200A, Rhodes Mk I Stage Piano, a Rhodes Mk I Suitcase Piano with
a brighter sound and the custom modified Clavia Electric Grand Model G. The Electro features a unique
multi-sample playback, catching every nuance from soft to hard key strokes. Nord Electro comes right
out of the box with these five electric piano sounds stored in Flash memory. As an extra bonus we also
included an acoustic grand piano (concert model) - in stereo! The big advantage with Flash memory is
that you can replace instruments with new ones and that no backup battery is required. The Electro also
sports a USB interface for quick and easy download of new piano sounds. On the CD-R that comes with
the Electro 2 there are currently three additional Piano sounds: Rhodes3 (Shallow), CP-80 Electric Grand
and the previous Acoustic Grand (in mono). More pianos will be available soon at http://www.clavia.se.
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The manual is arranged mainly as a reference manual. In many cases you’ll get tips on how to practically
use the functions, alone and also together with other functions. Every time the manual wants your atten-
tion to an object on the Electro, the name of that object will be printed
LIKE
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press the
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. The LED display on Nord Electro is always referred to as the
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ISPLAY
. Whenever there is a ref-
erence to the ‘keyboard’, that reference also applies to any incoming MIDI note messages.
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This manual is also available in the digital PDF-file format. It can be downloaded, free of charge, from
Clavia’s web site at http://www.clavia.se. When reading the manual as PDF-file, you will need Adobe Ac-
robat Reader 4.0 or later. This program can be downloaded, free of charge, at http://www.adobe.com.
