About Piano Size; Piano Select; Type And Model; About The Clavinet - nord Stage 3 User Manual

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aBoUT Piano SiZE

nord Piano Library sounds come in up to four different sizes. Below is
an overview of how they differ in functionality:
Stereo sampled
Detailed velocity mapping
String resonance for middle range
String resonance for entire range
Fully mapped keyboard
Small (Sml) piano files use the least amount of space in the piano mem-
ory as they do not contain any pedal-down String Resonance samples
at all.
The Medium (Med) versions include pedal-down String Resonance
samples for the important middle region of the range.
The Large (Lrg) versions have the pedal-down String Resonance sam-
ples all across the keyboard.
Many pianos are also available in an Extra Large (XL) version. These are
"fully mapped" across the keyboard, meaning that each key on the nord
now matches its exact equivalent on the original instrument. This natu-
rally imposes a substantial increase in size.

Piano SELECT

TYPE anD MoDEL

Use the PIANO SELECT dial to choose which piano sound you want to
use. These are the six types into which all piano sounds are placed:
TYPE
Grand
Upright
Electric
Clav/Hps
Digital
Layer
M Pianos can not be moved from one type to another.
The triangular Piano Select LEDs indicate the type of the currently se-
lected piano model. The name of the selected model is shown in the
bottom area of the Program area display, indicated by a keyboard icon.
Sml Med Lrg
3 3 3
3 3 3
3
3
DESCRiPTion
acoustic and electric grand pianos
Upright pianos
Electric Pianos (tine and reed based)
Clavinets and Harpsichords
Digital piano sounds
Layered piano sounds

aBoUT THE CLaVinET

on the original Clavinet D6, different pick-up combinations were select-
ed by pressing a number of rocker switches. This functionality is faithfully
simulated by the nord Stage 3, which means that all original Clavinet D6
pickup selections are available.
XL
PiCK-UP TYPE DESCRiPTion
3
Clav Model A: only the "neck" pick-up; a warmer, less bright sound.
3
Clav Model B: only the "bridge" pick-up; a bright sound.
Clav Model C: Both pick-ups on and in phase; a very full sound.
Clav Model D: Both pick-ups 180 degrees out of phase; the fundamen-
3
tal is almost cancelled out and the sound becomes thin.
3

LiST ViEW

Pressing SHIFT and turning the PIANO SELECT dial activates the LIST
view for piano sounds.
The list top row displays the current type name ("Grand" in this case),
the number of models of that type (9), and the index of the currently
selected model (3).
The list itself shows the currently selected model,
indicated by a rectangle, as well as the preceding
and following models.

KBD ToUCH

Pianos from the nord Piano Libary typically have a
very wide dynamic range, and their dynamic response
can be adjusted according to what fits your personal
style or the context of your performance.
The default KBD TOUCH setting (all LEDs being off)
facilitates playing softly yet expressively. With each
increment of the Kbd Touch setting (1, 2 and 3) less effort is required to
play loudly.

Piano inFo

Pressing SHIFT + PIANO INFO will display some additional info about the
currently selected model, such as its version number and its exact size.
STRinG RES / SoFT RELEaSE /
PEDaL noiSE

SoFT RELEaSE

activating SOFT RELEASE will add a slightly longer and
less pronounced release to the piano sound. This
is equivalent to what happens when you adjust the
damper tension in an acoustic or an electromechan-
ical instrument. The added release is individual for
every note and responds dynamically to the force with
which you play.