Clavia Nord Stage User Manual page 27

Nord Stage v3.1x
The drawbars of Nord Stage be-
have similar to their mechanical
counterparts, i.e. you "pull out"
the drawbars by pressing the
L D
OWER RAWBAR
"push them back in" by pressing
the U D
PPER RAWBAR
The D
RAWBAR
cial in the way that they auto-in-
crement/decrement the drawbar
value when held. I.e. if you hold
a D button the corre-
RAWBAR
sponding drawbar value will
continue to increment or decre-
ment (within its range) until you
release the button. Each drawbar
represents a harmonic (some-
times called a partial). In the fig-
ure you can see the pitch interval
among the nine drawbars. Note
that the SUB3 drawbar actually
lies a 5th above the fundamental
harmonic. However, in most situations it is perceived as sounding below the basic harmonic. When
you play different notes on the keyboard, the harmonics are being transposed up or down with the
fixed harmonic intervals.
P
ERCUSSION
In the original B3 the Percussion effect is generated by a single en-
velope generator that controls either the 2nd or 3rd harmonic. The
envelope "opens up" for a short moment in the beginning of the
sound when you press the key(s).
• You activate and deactivate the Percussion effect by pressing
the O button.
N
• The Percussion effect can be set to control either the 2nd (H
harmonic.
• The envelope Decay time can be set to Fast (D
characteristics to Normal (V
The figure above shows the Percussion en-
velope in SOFT mode
buttons and
buttons.
buttons are spe-
In the figure above we have chosen C3 as our reference note. The
FUND drawbar is considered the basic (fundamental) harmonic in the
organ sound. The arrows point at the respective note that each drawbar
OLUME
button LED Off) or Slow and the Volume
ECAY
button LED Off) or Soft.
(The horizontal dotted
lines represent the cur-
rent drawbar level with-
out Percussion)
6. The Instruments: The Organ Section
3 button LED Off) or 3rd
ARMONIC RD
The figure above shows the Percus-
sion envelope in NORMAL mode
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