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- Page 1 USER MANUAL Nord Stage 4 English OS version: 1.0x Edition: D Part number: 50522 Copyright Clavia DMI AB Edition: D...
- Page 2 Trademarks: The Nord logo is a trademark of Clavia DMI AB. All other trademarks mentioned in this publication are the properties of their respective holders. Specifications and appearances are subject to change without notice.
- Page 4 INFORMATION ON RECYCLING OF PACKAGING MATERIALS Outer box and internal cardboard protection should be recycled as paper. Internal plastic foam protection and plastic bags should be recycled as plastics. INFORMATIONS SUR LE RECYCLAGE DES MATÉRIAUX D’EMBALLAGE La boîte extérieure et la protection interne en carton doivent être recyclées comme du papier. La protection interne en mousse plastique et les sacs en plastique doivent être recyclés en tant que plastiques.
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Page 5: Table Of Contents
1. IntroductIon tABLE oF contEntS IntroductIon octave Shift and KB Zone ................19 ................8 Sustped and Pstick ..................19 thank you! ......................8 Selecting an organ model ................19 Features ......................8 organ Presets ....................20 nord online ......................8 drawbars and LEd Graphs ..............20 About the user Manual ................8 the B3 model ....................20... - Page 6 6 | nord StAGE 4 uSEr MAnuAL oS V1.0X Sample Presets ....................28 undo .......................41 Analog Section Edit .......................28 ....................41 osc ctrl ......................28 Layer Init......................42 Waveform Selection ..................28 Layer Scene II ....................42 Analog ......................29 Setting up Layer Scenes ..................42 Wave .......................30 Layer Scenes and Presets ................42...
- Page 7 ..............62 Global channel ....................53 System requirements Layer channels....................53 ................62 Extern ........................53 controlling external gear from the nord Stage 4 ..........53 nord SAMPLE EdItor 4 .......... 63 controlling the nord Stage 4 using MIdI .........54 About nord Sample Editor 4 ..............63 Aux KB (Auxilliary Keyboard) ................54...
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Page 8: Introduction
‹ comprehensive and independent Effects section for each Piano and Synth Layer and a shared Effects section for both organ Layers. Since the nord Stage 4 is designed as an open system, each and ‹ organ, Piano and Synth Preset banks with a large selection of every piano and sample in the nord Stage 4 can be replaced with sounds –... -
Page 9: Restoring The Factory Presets
(operating System) version for the nord Stage 4 is always available for download from our website. there is also an update History page on the website, which specifies what has been updated with each new version. -
Page 10: Overview
Nord Stage 4 benefits from the sounds found in the ever-growing Stage 4 faithfully reproduces the important foldback and energy robbing Nord Piano library. -
Page 11: Piano And Clav Timbre
PrograM SeCtIoN the Mod 1 and 2 units provide all essential modulation effects such as a program on the Nord Stage 4 contains settings for the sound engines tremolo, Chorus and Phaser, modeled after legendary stomp boxes of all layers and their effects. the center area of the instrument - the and effects units. -
Page 12: Getting Started
“snap” to the knob’s display in the middle. Complete settings of every parameter on the panel position. are stored in the program memory of the Nord Stage 4, with room for 512 programs. Knobs that can serve as a Morph destination are equipped with green Morph leds. -
Page 13: Buttons
EP3 Shallow Close Program Piano A:13 Horizon Whl Note that changing any parameter on the Nord Stage 4 panel causes A:14 Felt Upright an “e” to appear next to the current program number in the display. A:15 Oo Pad Whl... -
Page 14: Turn Off Memory Protection
SeCtIoNS aNd laYerS A:21 White Grand a Section on the Nord Stage 4 refers to the ORGAN, PIANO and SYNTH Some Programs, such as A:21 White Grand in this example, are areas of the panel respectively, including their individual layers. the named after a specific sound in the Piano section. -
Page 15: Layer Effects
Use the dial to find a suitable sound to layer with the Piano sound, the Nord Stage 4 has a dedicated LAYER EFFECTS section, with a large perhaps a Synth Pad sound. Use the faders for the active layers to selection of different effects that can be applied to sound sources on adjust the sound levels appropriately. -
Page 16: Add An Organ Layer
16 | Nord Stage 4 USer MaNUal oS v1.0x indicated with a green led above the keyboard. the M led above the configurations while staying within the same Program. SPLIT ON/SET button will also be lit, indicating both that Split is turned An attached pedal, either the Foot Switch or the middle or left on, and that only the Mid split point is active. -
Page 17: The Synthesizer
MULTI TYPE WAVE Additional samples can be added to the Nord Stage 4 by using the Nord Sound Manager software. as a final step, let’s turn to the Filter section for some adjustments: Make sure the Filter is turned ON and turn the Filter ENV AMT (envelope amount) to zero for now. -
Page 18: The Arpeggiator/Gate
18 | Nord Stage 4 USer MaNUal oS v1.0x MaSter CloCK tHe arPeggIator/gate Now that we have an arpeggio going, let’s try the Master Clock feature to synchronize the arpeggio and to bring in an effect as well. Hold SHIFT and turn the arpeggiator RATE knob to lock the arpeggio to the Master Clock, the MST CLK led lights up. -
Page 19: Organ Section
Use OCTAVE SHIFT 3/4 to transpose the selected Organ Layer up or down by octaves (+/- 12 semitones). When assigned to the entire The nord Stage 4 features six organ models, all digitally modeled; a keyboard it can be transposed one octave up or down. When assigned... -
Page 20: Organ Presets
Organ PrESETS THE B3 MODEL The nord Stage 4 comes with a large selection of complete and ready- The B3 model is based on a digital model of the classic electro- to-use Organ Presets, including effects. These are browsed and loaded mechanical tonewheel organ. -
Page 21: Percussion
C3 is played. The intervals vary for the upper and lower display will show current drawbar settings for the Organ section. The manual on the original instrument, but are identical on the nord Stage 4. table below shows the original register name. -
Page 22: Vibrato
The original instrument has two basic vibrato modes; “Light” and “Heavy”, with different rates for each mode. There are several types of vibrato and choruses available for the Farf model on the nord Stage 4, SWELL PEDaL which are activated using the ON button in the Vibrato section. -
Page 23: Piano Section
Layer button also focuses that Layer’s effects for editing, indicated by the FX FOCUS LED at the top of the Piano Section. The Pianos in the nord Stage 4 are organized into six types. Each type can contain several instrument models. new piano sounds can be downloaded from the www.nordkeyboards.com website and added to... -
Page 24: About Piano Size
Program references a piano that is not currently downloaded onto TYPE anD MoDEL the nord Stage 4, the type LED will flash, and the display will read “Piano not found”. if this happens, you can either navigate to another... -
Page 25: List View
DYN COMP (Dynamic Compression) reduces the dynamic range of a piano sound by raising its minimum sound level. Choose between the 1, Pedal or a Nord Single Pedal 2 is connected to the nord Stage 4 (see 2 and 3 settings, where 3 provides the most compression. This feature below). -
Page 26: Nord Triple Pedal
TiMBRE Use the Piano TIMBRE settings to quickly alter the The nord Stage 4 is compatible with the nord Triple Pedal 1 (nord TP-1) and the nord Triple Pedal 2 (nord TP-2), the latter of which is attached frequency response and character of the selected to a dedicated jack labeled TRIPLE PEDAL. -
Page 27: Synth Section
Layer on is done by pressing all Layer buttons that are already active Each of the three Layers in the nord Stage 4 Synth Section provides a simultaneosly with the one that should be turned On. turning a Layer Off wide array of both classic analog waveforms and rich digital waves, as is done by holding its button down for a short period of time. -
Page 28: Sustped And Pstick
Sample, normally bypassing most or all of the natural sample attack phase. the nord Stage 4 comes with a large selection of multi- and single- Layer Synth Presets, including Effects. these are browsed and loaded using the SYNTH button in the PRESET LIBRARY area, of the central AnALOg Program section. -
Page 29: Analog
6. Synth | 29 the middle Category dial is used for choosing a category within the ShAPE SInE specified oscillator type and the right Waveform dial selects the specific Waveforms in the Shape Sine category can all be gradually transformed waveform to be used. -
Page 30: Wave
30 | nORD StAgE 4 USER MAnUAL OS V1.0X categories of the nord Stage 4 provide algorithms with 2, 3 and 4 Sine operators (in reality 8 operators when using the Unison settings). the OSC CTRL parameter controls the amount of frequency modulation Triangle for all FM categories. -
Page 31: Filter Type
6. Synth | 31 FILtER tyPE this combination is useful for tonal shaping of any source, allowing for cutting the range between the two cut-off frequencies or for enhancing a Filter type, along with Filter Keyboard tracking and Filter Drive is particular range with overlapping filter ranges. -
Page 32: Filter Drive
Stage 4 Synth has three different envelopes, each of which is accessed by pressing the ENVELOPE button in the OSCILLATORS, gain FILTER and AMP areas respectively. Read more about each envelope filter frequency... -
Page 33: Attack, Decay And Release Times
Osc Ctrl parameter of the are played. Play harder and the envelope will modulate the destination nord Stage 4 oscillator or the Filter frequency. the rate of the LFO is set parameter more. -
Page 34: Voice
2 and 3 Modulation settings add even more oscillators and further widens the stereo image. the nord Stage 4 synthesizer has a number of different voice modes, UnISOn AnD SAMPLES selectable in the VOICE area. there are options for monophonic or polyphonic playing, as well as three different Unison modes. -
Page 35: Arpeggiator/Gate
ZIGZAG there are three available modes for the Arpeggiator/gate section on the the middle and right dials are used for making settings on each page nord Stage 4: and the left dial is used for navigating between pages. ARP (ARPEggIAtOR) 1 –... -
Page 36: Arpeggiator Rate/Time
36 | nORD StAgE 4 USER MAnUAL OS V1.0X ARPEggIAtOR RAtE/tIME VIBRAtO MEnU the Vibrato MENU provides settings for Rate, Amount and Dly Time the RATE/TIME knob sets the rate, which is displayed as quarter note beats per minute (BPM) in the display. -
Page 37: Program
7. Program | 37 Program E:26 Sweet Layers B3 Flute 2 1:27 Pearl Upright Melody Pad 2:53 The central PROGRAM area provides access to performance functions morPH aSSIgN such as loading and storing Programs, access to the Live mode, Layer Scene, Keyboard Split functionality and more. -
Page 38: Morph Indicators
The master Clock lets you synchronize the arpeggiator/gate, the Synth available split points, Low (L), mid (M) and High (H). LFo, the Delay and mod 1 rate in the Nord Stage 4. Not only can these any sound engine (organ, Piano or Synth) can then be be made to run in sync with each other;... -
Page 39: External Sync
Clock. Changes that are made to the master Clock tempo will be followed by When the Nord Stage 4 is shipped from factory its memory is all functions that are synchronized to it. -
Page 40: Program Dial
Naming programs can also be done with the Nord Sound Manager. PrESET LIBrarY Program DIaL The Nord Stage 4 comes with extensive Preset banks for the organ, The PROGRAM dial to the left of the display is used Piano and Synth sections which lets you load complete sounds, for selecting Programs and Presets, for setting menu including their effect configurations, into an existing Program. -
Page 41: Undo
To select a store location use the dial and/or PAGE/BANK 3/4 buttons. Certain operations on the Nord Stage 4 can be undone by using the UNDO function (Shift+Solo). These include the following: To cancel an ongoing Store operation, press EXIT. -
Page 42: Layer Init
Layer or combination of Layers from an external without having to press multiple Layer or Section buttons. keyboard connected to the mIDI input of the Nord Stage 4. This can be handy in live situations where a secondary keyboard can be used as a Each Layer can be active in one or both of the Scenes, such that Layer controller for parts of the Nord Stage 4, on a per-program basis. -
Page 43: Shift / Exit Buttons
B3 Flute 2 1:27 There are two Shift buttons on the Nord Stage 4 with the same Pearl Upright functionality; one located at the bottom right of the Program area and Melody Pad 2:53 one conveniently placed on the left side of the Layer Effects Section. -
Page 44: Program Levels
44 | NorD STagE 4 USEr maNUaL oS v1.0x movE a Program Use the dial to select a program which should be moved to another location and press Move Select the destination location for the operation, using the dial and press Ok. -
Page 45: Extern
Extern MIDI Channel settings are shared for all Programs on the Nord Stage 4, while all settings in the Extern menu are stored per KEYBOArD ZOnES Program. -
Page 46: Extern Parameters
Extern Menu page, see page 56. SEnD On LOAD Often, it will be desirable to send certain MIDI data instantly when a program is loaded on the nord Stage 4. this allows for an external unit CC VAL CC VAL... -
Page 47: Layer Effects
Piano and synth sections can either be independent per Layer or set to be shared for all its Layers. Pressing SECTION Each Layer on the Nord stage 4 has its own complete set of effects, (shift+Piano/synth fX focus) toggles between these two modes. In apart from the two Organ Layers (A and B) which share the same effects section mode all LEDs for that section are lit. -
Page 48: Mod 1
MAstER cLOcK multiplied with each other, resulting in an in-harmonic “bell like” sound. In the Nord stage 4 the instrument signal is multiplied with a sine wave. With the A-Pan, trem, LfO-Wah or Pump effect selected, turning the RATE dial clockwise synchronizes the Mod 1 Rate with the Master the pitch of the sine wave is set with the Rate knob and the amount of clock. -
Page 49: Mod 2
9. EffEcts | 49 sPIN MOD 2 Like the Rotary speaker, the SPIN effect emulates the sound of a rotating speaker, but with a more neutral character and without the MOD 2 provides a selection of both classic and innovative modulation separate rotor and horn components. -
Page 50: Filters
50 | NORD stAGE 4 UsER MANUAL Os V1.0X intense with each delay tap. for each effect there is a VARIATION, AMP sIM/EQ activated by pressing shift+selector button. the ENS (Ensemble),VIBE and CHOR (chorus) effects, including their the AMP SIM/EQ effects unit combines a three-band equalizer with variations, are based on their counterparts in the MOD 2 effects unit. -
Page 51: To Rotary
9. EffEcts | 51 tO ROtARY REVERB the TO ROTARY setting sends the focused Layer to the Rotary speaker effect, which has its controls placed at the far left of the panel (see the REVERB unit simulates the further down). natural sound reflections in various acoustic environments. - Page 52 A sustain pedal or a foot switch that is connected to the Rotor pedal input can control the rotor speed. On the Nord stage 4 Compact model, the optional Nord Half Moon switch can be used for switching Rotary speed in an even more traditional fashion. Read more about rotor control on page The Rotary Drive parameter is dependent on the processed instrument’s Level setting.
- Page 53 It allows for external control over every 4 and you should hear your external device. aspect of the Nord Stage 4 – much like playing its own keyboard – and it can be used to transmit keyboard, pedal and panel actions.
- Page 54 By activating Send On Load in the Extern Menu all stored data (program change, bank select, MIDI CC and volume) will automatically be The third option for controlling the Nord Stage 4 via MIDI is by using the sent from the Nord Stage 4 whenever this program is selected. Two Global MIDI functionality.
- Page 55 Program bank. • Note On and Note Off messages are transmitted and received. In the MIDI Menu, you can select if the Nord Stage 4 should send and/ • Pitch Bend messages are transmitted and received. or receive program Change messages on the Global channel. See page From the MIDI Menu (see page 56), it can be determined whether the 60 for further details.
- Page 56 “soft buttons” – shown at the bottom of the display and controlled with 3 - FINe tUNe the Program 1-4 buttons – are used for focusing a particular setting. Fine tune can be used to fine tune the pitch of the Nord Stage 4 in finer increments. SYSTEM SETTINGS (11/14) Range: +/- 50 Cents (+/- half a semitone).
- Page 57 1 - oUtPUt BUS CHaNNelS this determines the speed of the rotary speaker treble horn. output routing for the Nord Stage 4 is managed through a Bus system. Range: Low, Normal (default), High there is one Main Bus and three Sub Busses, labeled I, II and III. By...
- Page 58 In certain scenarios it may be necessary or desired to output all sound Use the PAGE 3 and 4 buttons to navigate between pages. the coming from the Nord Stage 4 in mono, rather than stereo. to achieve PROGRAM dial is used to change settings, and soft buttons to access this, make a setting for the Bus being used which uses just a single additional settings (as described above), where applicable.
- Page 59 – indicating that to the ROTOR PEDAL input on the Nord Stage 4. With rotor toggle the a pedal has been properly connected.
- Page 60 CC (CoNtrol CHaNge) aUx KB this allows you to set if you want your Nord Stage 4 to transmit and/or this sets the MIdI channel for receiving MIdI from an external keyboard when using aux KB mode - see page 28.
- Page 61 11. MeNUS | 61 The Nord Stage 4 can send the Bank Select/Program Change exterN MeNU message automatically, when a program is loaded, if the “Send On Load” setting is set to “On”. Hold SHIFT and press EXTERN (Program 8) to access the extern menu, BaNK MSB where settings and functions relating to the extern section are found.
- Page 62 4 owner, which allows for accessing, altering and backing up content Windows 7-11 within the various memory areas on the Nord Stage 4. these are some of the common tasks performed through the Nord Sound Manager: Nord USB driver version v3.0 or later required for Windows. this is normally installed automatically through Windows Update, but can also •...
- Page 63 Whether creating a fully mapped instrument, a simple FX sound or assigning a sampled song intro to a single key, the Nord Sample editor 4 opens up many possibilities together with the Nord Stage 4. Here are some of the key features: •...
- Page 64 USB CoNNeCtIoN general guide on audio connections: Before turning on your amplifier, the USB port is used for connecting the Nord Stage 4 to a computer. make all audio connections. always turn on the amplifier last, and when the connection can be used for MIdI communication, for oS updates shutting down, always turn off your amplifier or active speakers first.
- Page 65 | 65 aPPeNdIx: MIdI CoNtroller lISt Nord Stage 4 Parameter MIdI CC # Nord Stage 4 Parameter MIdI CC # Nord Stage 4 Parameter MIdI CC # Bank Select MSB Synth osc Ctrl amp/eQ Mid Frequency Bank Select LSB...
- Page 66 66 | Nord Stage 4 USer MaNUal oS v1.0x INdex device MIdI a/B/C (extern) 61 global (MIdI) 53 dials and Knobs 12 global (MIdI Channel) 53 digital (Piano) 24 global (reverb) 51 acc (accent) 35 drawbar live 22 global transpose 56...
- Page 67 aPPeNdIx | 67 Panic 39 Solo (Button) 41 Parameters (extern) 46 Sostenuto 26 Paste 42 Sound Init (Synth) 36 Master Clock 38 Pattern 35 Sound Menu 56 Master Clock (arpeggiator) 36 PC ext (Program Change extended) 60 Spin (Mod 2) 49 Memory Protection 14 PC (MIdI Menu) 60 Split 38...
- Page 71 Cet appareil numérique de la classe B - est conforme à la norme NMB-003 du Canada. DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY Compliance Information Statement Model Name: Nord Stage 4 88, Nord Stage 4 73, Nord Stage 4 Compact Type of Equipment: Digital Organ and piano Responsible Party: Clavia DMI AB Address: P.O.
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