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- Page 1 USER MANUAL Software Version 1.0X Part No. 50303 Copyright Clavia DMI AB 2007 Print Edition 1.00...
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Page 2: Important Safety Instructions
The lightning ash with the arrowhead symbol within an CAUTION AVIS equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated voltage within the products RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK enclosure that may be of suf cient magnitude to constitute DO NOT OPE a risk of electric shock to persons. -
Page 3: Table Of Contents
Contents 4. The Keyboard Section 10 11. NW Manager Oscillator mix (Osc Mix) . . .22 Mix knob . . . . . . . . . . 22 Panel &... -
Page 4: Introduction
Nord Wave User Manual OS V1.00 Introduction Thank you! Traditional analog waveforms (Pule, Triangle, Saw and • Sine) First we would like to thank you for purchasing the Nord Wave. We hope you will find it to be everything you FM-synthesis (Frequency Modulation);... -
Page 5: Effects
1. INTrOdUCTION and low pass modes as well as Comb, Multi and Vocal modes. Virtually any parameter can be seamlessly altered via a Morph Source such as the MOduLatiOn WheeL & cOn- trOL PedaL input, note number or note velocity. Each Synthesizer Section also features a 2-band EQ, chorus, output level, mono/legato, glide and vibrato settings. -
Page 6: Overview
Nord Wave User Manual OS V1.00 Overview The Front panel 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 For more information on the Synth Section please refer to page 16. -
Page 7: Keyboard Section
2. OVErVIEW About knobs Master LeveL knob The Master LeveL knob controls the overall amplitude for all audio out- puts, including line level outputs and headphone output. The Master LeveL knob’s physical position is always the same as the output level. LCD-dial The LCd-dial is used for changing the current set-... -
Page 8: About Buttons
Nord Wave User Manual OS V1.00 Slot buttons Value indicators Slot buttons are used for setting panel and The Modulation Envelope’s aMOunt keyboard focus . LEd as wel as the EQ’s treBLe and Bass LEds will indicate a parameter Please refer to page 10 setting of zero by briefly inverting the for more information. -
Page 9: Connections
3. CONNECTIONS Connections Audio Connections USB Connection USB-plug connection used for communication with the Nord Wave Manager software and OS system upgrades. Computers running Microsoft Windows operating Left Out and riGht Out systems need a driver for the USB connection to func- Mono-plug connections used as audio output to other line tion. -
Page 10: The Keyboard Section
10 | Nord Wave User Manual OS V1.00 The Keyboard Section Panel & Keyboard Focus (sLOt a & sLOt B Octave shift buttons The Octave shift buttons) buttons transpose the Slot buttons are used Synth Section with for setting Panel and Panel Focus in even Keyboard Focus to ei- octaves. -
Page 11: Chord Button
| 11 4. ThE KEYBOArd SECTION chOrd button The chOrd button activates the Chord Memory function, which is used for memorizing note intervals and automatically adding them to each key you play. The Chord Memory settings are stored within a Program. Play a chord and press &... -
Page 12: The Effect Section
12 | Nord Wave User Manual OS V1.00 The Effect Section The Effect section holds 3 effects common to both Synth aMOunt knob Sections. Effect settings are stored within a Program. The aMOunt knob controls the balance in amplitude be- tween the unprocessed (drY) and processed (Wet) signal. -
Page 13: Stereo Button
| 13 5. ThE EFFECT SECTION stereO button The stereO button (shift + feedBack button) activates the delay in stereo operation. taP teMPO button The taP teMPO button controls the tempo setting of the delay effect. By repeatedly tapping the button, the tempo is set to match the interval of your taps. -
Page 14: The Program Section
14 | Nord Wave User Manual OS V1.00 The Program section What is a Program? Sorting Programs All sound related settings can be saved into a Program. A Program can be instantly recalled to produce the same 2:17 Lead sound as when you saved it. These settings include: both Freaky Nord Synth Sections, Panel and Keyboard focus (sLOt a and sLOt B buttons), effects, chOrd MeMOrY, Octave... -
Page 15: Loading A Program
| 15 6. ThE PrOGrAM SECTION List of Categories LEd starts flashing, and the Program location is shown in the Lcd WindOW. Press sLOt a or sLOt B buttons at any time to cancel CATEGORY the procedure. ACOUSTIC BASS Select a location Use the PrOGraM buttons or the Lcd-dial to choose drUM a Program location. -
Page 16: The Synth Section
16 | Nord Wave User Manual OS V1.00 The Synth Section The Synth Section is the area where knobs and buttons viBratO have a gray printed background. These knobs and buttons controls the sound engine of the Nord Wave. There are two sound engines available simultaneously, though they are edited via the front panels knobs and buttons one at a time. -
Page 17: Waveform Selector
| 17 7. ThE SYNTh SECTION Waveform selector sinGLe mode The Waveform Selector button determines what waveform With single mode activated, the LFO plays a single cycle is generated by the LFO. waveform once without repeating. Single mode is available to LFO 2 only. Waveform Description LFO 1... - Page 18 18 | Nord Wave User Manual OS V1.00 Envelopes Envelopes are used for altering various parameter settings over time, using the time you press and release a key as trigger points. When a key is pressed, the envelope • starts at its base level, and gradually Use the release parameter to set the fades to full during the time set by The image above illustrates the modulation enve-...
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Page 19: Destination Selector Button
| 19 7. ThE SYNTh SECTION Destination selector button refer to “Oscillator Waveform Types” on page 20 for more information. The destination selector button is used to select the target of the modulation. . Panel Description The Shape parameter of Osc2 shaPe2 seMi tOnes knob The seMi tOnes knob is used for changing the pitch of... - Page 20 20 | Nord Wave User Manual OS V1.00 Oscillator Waveform Types Oscillators are used for generating various kinds of waveforms; these waveforms are the foundation or starting block of your sound. Pulse Sawtooth Wavetable is briefly shown in the Lcd window. The default Pulse The Sawtooth waveform is avail-...
- Page 21 | 21 7. ThE SYNTh SECTION FM-Synthesis Note that a single Oscillator (Osc1 or Osc2) in this scenario FM-Synthesis actually contains two oscillators. (fM) is available to Osc1 and FM-algorithms using only 1 operator Osc2 and is all Modulator Modulator about having (Carrier only) is also available, indicated one Oscillator...
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Page 22: Amount Knob
22 | Nord Wave User Manual OS V1.00 Modulation. Only the output of the main oscillator is heard, but since its waveform is constantly restarted, it produces a richer Some notes can sound more or less out-of pitch using harmonic content. high amounts of Frequency Modulation;... -
Page 23: Attack Knob
| 23 7. ThE SYNTh SECTION Amplifier Envelope (aMP env) some multi mode filters. tYPe button This tYPe button sets the filter type. Please refer to “Filter Filter Frequency Filter Frequency Types” on page 24 for more information. Filter Frequency (freq knob) The Amplifier Envelope is used for controlling how the The Filter Frequency is used for setting where - in the fre- amplitude of your sound changes over time. -
Page 24: Filter Types
Resona 24 | Nord Wave User Manual OS V1.00 Filter Frequency Filter Frequency Filter Frequency Filter Frequency Filter Frequency Filter Frequency Filter Types Envelope range Filter Frequency Resonance = Filter Frequency Filter Frequency Filter Frequency Time Filter Frequency Filter Frequency Filter Frequency Filter Frequency Resona... -
Page 25: Filter Slope (Slope Button)
| 25 7. ThE SYNTh SECTION Filter Envelope Whit kB track enabled, the Filter Frequency setting will • be higher for higher notes, and lower for lower notes relating to the key of C2. Using a kB track setting of 1 will match the Filter Fre- •... -
Page 26: Sustain Knob
26 | Nord Wave User Manual OS V1.00 sustain knob chOrus button Use the sustain knob to set the level of the Sustain part of Sets the intensity of the Chorus effect. the Envelope. With a setting of zero the envelope will reach zero after the decay part of the envelope. -
Page 27: The Morph Function
| 27 8. ThE MOrPh FUNCTION The Morph function Press Turn Play About Morphing The top position of the MOduLatiOn WheeL or cOn- • trOL PedaL represents the parameters morphed value. Morphing allows you to be very dynamic and creative in your sound design, and is all about seamlessly controlling virtually any sound related parameter from various sources such as the Keyboard Note (keYBOard) -
Page 28: Morph Destinations
28 | Nord Wave User Manual OS V1.00 Morph Destinations To Clear a single morph destination: hold down the corresponding Morph Source button • A Morph Source can control virtually any sound related and operate the MOrPh destinatiOn knob to its origi- knob, below referred to as a Morph destination. -
Page 29: Midi
| 29 9. MIdI MIdI MIDI Menu MIDI Ctrl A Channel The MIdI menu is used for editing MIdI specific settings in Default value: Auto(1) the Lcd disPLaY. You access it by pressing the Midi button determines on which MIdI channel MIdI Control Change (shift + sLOt B). -
Page 30: Midi Implementation
30 | Nord Wave User Manual OS V1.00 MIDI implementation MIDI Program Change Mode Default value: send & rcv determines how Program Change messages are handled via MIdI. MIDI implementation chart Send & Messages are both transmitted and received. Function Transmit Receive MIdI Channels... -
Page 31: System Settings
| 31 10. SYSTEM SETTINGS System settings System Menu Control Pedal Type default value: Roland The System Menu is used for editing system specific set- tings in the Lcd WindOW. You access it by pressing the here you can match the control pedal characteristics for sYsteM button (shift + sLOt a). -
Page 32: Nw Manager
32 | Nord Wave User Manual OS V1.00 Nord Wave Manager Project Sample Instrument Sample #1 Sample #2 Sample #3 Audio file 01.wav Audio file 02.wav What is the Nord Wave Manager? erased in order to make room for the new one. Proceed with care and follow our Quick Tours and we’ll make sure that you won’t risk overwriting anything. -
Page 33: Getting Started
| 33 11. NOrd WAVE MANAGEr • Getting Started Tip: Any kind of sample may be assigned to any zone, which means that a Sample Instrument can con- sist of several different sounds, mapped across the keyboard. You can e.g. create a drum type Sample Let’s begin with a brief description of the terminology used Instrument with one sound for each key, or create in this chapter, followed by a typical workflow scenario to... -
Page 34: Installation
34 | Nord Wave User Manual OS V1.00 Installation First Light Make sure that the Nord Wave is powered up, and connected to the computer to a USB port. Installation of the USB driver Launch the Nord Wave Manager from the Clavia folder or the Start Menu (PC) or from the Applications folder (Mac OSX). -
Page 35: Upload From The Nord Wave
| 35 11. NOrd WAVE MANAGEr Note: When you download one or several Sample Instruments from the Nord Wave Manager to the Nord Wave synthesizer, the memory locations in the synthesizer Flash memory will be overwritten, by any new Sample Instruments that are assigned to those specific locations. -
Page 36: Audio Files With Ind . Samples
36 | Nord Wave User Manual OS V1.00 The files will be listed, one by one in the Audio Files area. Select the first file that you wish to assign to a zone. The waveform graph will show a representation of the audio file. -
Page 37: Editing
| 37 11. NOrd WAVE MANAGEr • Tip: Move the focus by using the horizontal arrow Use the Add function to add some audio files to the Project. keys on the computer keyboard. The SSA can use identifiers that refer to a pitch name – if the file name is e.g. -
Page 38: Generate A Sample Instrument
38 | Nord Wave User Manual OS V1.00 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 saved your Project, now would be a good time to do so. -
Page 39: Backup The Original Samples
| 39 11. NOrd WAVE MANAGEr from the Nord Wave and also from the other list as memories, it will be at the end of the list. well. If you right-click on a Sample Instrument you can upload it Right-click on a Program in any of the lists and select Upload from the Wave to the backup folder on the computer. -
Page 40: Nw Manager File Reference
40 | Nord Wave User Manual OS V1.00 Nord Wave Manager File Reference Add Folder... [Ctrl+D] Brings up the Add Folder dialog where you can browse to and select an entire folder 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. -
Page 41: Settings Menu
| 41 11. NOrd WAVE MANAGEr Nord Wave Manager Tab Reference Settings Menu In order to be able to open any of the tabs, a Project must be open in the Nord Wave Manager. The only exception is the Nord Wave tab which opens as soon as the applica- tion is launched. -
Page 42: Audio File/Assign Tab
42 | Nord Wave User Manual OS V1.00 We will explain the special functions later on in this chapter in the Nord Wave tab section. of its waveform will appear in the waveform graph if the Enabled box is checked. Only audio files or parts of the audio files that have been assigned as samples in the Project are included when a The footer contains mostly informational stuff, and a Can-... - Page 43 | 43 11. NOrd WAVE MANAGEr Zoom buttons and slider Multi Sample Assign - MuSA Zoom in on the waveform using the zoom buttons and the This function can create several samples and assign these zoom slider. to zones from a single audio file with recordings of several individual notes, one after the other.
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Page 44: Sample Loop/Stop Tab
44 | Nord Wave User Manual OS V1.00 adjust the beginning of the selection. 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 Range End loop start, and so on. - Page 45 | 45 11. NOrd WAVE MANAGEr Xfade You 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.
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Page 46: Sample Start Tab
46 | Nord Wave User Manual OS V1.00 any artifacts that might occur when you e.g. play a chord, as a result of several loops with identical settings, you have the option to apply a variation to the loop length. Loop Length Variation Set the variation to the loop length to all the individual samples loops, expressed as a percentage. - Page 47 | 47 11. NOrd WAVE MANAGEr altered. Set the value expressed in dB:s in the value box, the Project can be detuned. confirming this by pressing enter, or with the increment/ range: -50 to 50 cents decrement buttons. range: -8.9 to + 8.9 dB Map/Sample Enable This function can be used to quickly enable and disable Sample Gain...
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Page 48: Nord Wave Tab
48 | Nord Wave User Manual OS V1.00 Sample Instrument. secutive manner, it will then appear at the end of the list in the Nord Wave tab. If there is an empty location in the The typical workflow is to first create and edit all the middle of the list, it will be saved to this location. - Page 49 | 49 11. NOrd WAVE MANAGEr Position The name will appear in the first LCd row (maximum of 16 characters), the description and revision in the second row The Sample Instruments in the list are numbered; these (also a maximum of 16 characters in total). numbers correspond to what you select with the rotary encoder in the Osc 2 section in the Nord Wave.
- Page 50 50 | Nord Wave User Manual OS V1.00 Date You can make the lists show separate banks. rearrang- ing programs is simply a matter of drag and drop. drag a Indicates the date and time when the Program was saved program from one bank/list to another bank/list in either after its latest edit.
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Page 51: Appendix
| 51 12. APPENdIX Appendix Description of Program categories Mellotron Sound Library Some of the Sample Instruments in the Nord Wave Flash memory comes from the legendary Mellotron, a classic ACOUSTIC Sounds with an acoustic character like ac- keyboard instrument that changed the music history. We cordion, ethnic sounds, mallets etc. - Page 52 52 | Nord Wave User Manual OS V1.00 The Mellotron company later created the M400, a smaller Use of the Mellotron Sounds instrument very similar to the one used in this presenta- tion. This instrument was used on the road and in the Although the Mellotron had been used earlier by some studio during the 1970’s by Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, British bands, the song Strawberry Fields Forever by the...
- Page 53 | 53 12. APPENdIX Soundlist with comments M300 Lead sounds 7 sounds: Mk I Lead sounds Comments M300 Strings david Bowie M300 2 Violins Barclay James harvest 15 original sounds,18 total: M300 Solo Violin MkI Clarinet M300 Slow Vibraphone MkI French horn M300 Bass Flute MkI Marimba M300 Clarinet...