Additional Midi Keyboard - Clavia Nord Electro 4 HP User Manual

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Nord ElEctro 4 HP/SW USEr MaNUal oS v1.1x

Rotary Speed

The rotary speaker speed is controlled with

the rotary speed buttons or with an external

pedal connected to the rotor pedal input on

the rear panel .

Press the Slow/Stop button to change the

rotation from Slow to Fast and vice versa .

To stop the rotors, press the Stop Mode

button to activate the Stop Mode and then

the Slow/Stop button (this does not deacti-

vate the Rotary Speaker simulation - it only stops the rotors) . When you

press the Slow/Stop button again the rotors will accelerate to the Fast

speed setting . This functionality mimics the behavior of an early, one

speed original rotary speaker .

A connected pedal can be set to change the speeds only when it is

held down or to function like a switch, changing the speed every time

you press it . This functionality is set in the System menu, read more on

this on page 17 .

The actual rotary simulation is activated at the Effects section, with

the Speaker/Comp selector.

Vibrato/Chorus

The Vibrato/Chorus section

mimics the behavior of the

original organs, which means

that these parameters func-

tionality depends on which

model is active . Select the

desired vibrato or chorus type by repeatedly pressing the Mode button .

The Vibrato/Chorus section is common for both the upper and lower

presets, if the split function is active .

B3 – The original tonewheel organ's vibrato and chorus scanner

consists of a tapped delay line in combination with a rotating scan-

ner . For the Vibrato effect, phase shift is applied to the signal . For the

Chorus effect, a phase modulated signal is added to the original signal .

Three different types of choruses (C1- C3) and three different types of

vibratos (V1-V3) are available .

VX - There is only one type of vibrato available for the VX model, which

is activated using the ON button in the Vibrato section .

Farf - This model has two basic vibrato modes; "Light" and "Heavy",

with two different rates for each mode .

Percussion

The Percussion effect adds

extra attack to the B3 sound by

having a single envelope gener-

ator controlling either the 2nd or

the 3rd harmonic . The envelope

"opens up" for a short moment

in the beginning of the sound when you press the key(s) . The percus-

sion will only affect the upper manual if the 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 and then add on more notes without

releasing the previously pressed keys, there will be no percussion effect

in the new notes . You have to release all keys to be able to play new

notes with the percussion effect .

The percussion effect is activated and deactivated by pressing the On

button . The Soft/Fast button toggles between normal or soft per-

cussion levels and fast or slow decay times, providing four available

combinations . The Third button toggles between using the 2nd or 3rd

partial as the source for the percussion effect . The percussion decay

times (and levels) can be fine-tuned for Fast and Slow mode individu-

ally . Please refer to the B3 Menu on page 19 for details .

With the original instrument, you could not use the percussion

effect and 9th drawbar simultaneously. However with the Nord

Electro 4 HP/SW you have a choice. You can use the percussion

and 9th drawbar together or chose to mimic the original organ

behavior by turning off the 9th drawbar whenever the percussion

is activated. Read more on the Perc Drawbar 9 setting in the B3

menu on page 19.

Preset/Split

Use the 1/Lo and 2/Up buttons to recall two

separate settings for the organ section .

Press the Shift and the Split button to divide

the Nord Electro 4 HP/SW keyboard in two

sections, the Lower Manual and Upper Manual

sections . By default, the split point on the

keyboard is between the keys B3 and C4 .

You can set the split point by holding Shift + pressing Split, the split LED

starts to flash, then while still holding both buttons press the desired key .

A set split point is saved as part of the parameters in a program .