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- Page 1 USER MANUAL Software Version 1.0x Part No. 50303 Copyright Clavia DMI AB 2008 Print Edition 1.1...
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Page 2: Important Safety Instructions
Trademarks: The Nord logo is a registred trademark of Clavia DMI AB. All other trade- marks mentioned in this publication are the properties of their respective holders. -
Page 3: Table Of Contents
Morph Destinations Oscillator Modulation Controls & connections Morph Examples Amount knob More samples Type button Oscillator mix 6 Nord Wave Reference Mix knob 2 Panel Overview Oscillator Sync Master Level knob The Front Panel Amplifier Envelope Store Button Program & Performance area 7... - Page 4 Installation, Windows PC MIDI Controller list Installation, Mac OSX MIDI implementation chart 70 The Quick Tours First Light Download to the Nord Wave 38 11 Appendix Upload from the Nord Wave 38 Create a new Sample Inst Specifications Adding Audio files...
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Page 5: Introduction
In an classical analog style synthesizer environment, each First we would like to thank you for purchasing the of the Nord Wave’s two slots consist of 2 oscillators, 2 LFos, Nord Wave. the Nord Wave is built on Clavia’s legacy of... -
Page 6: Sample Instruments
- called Sample Instruments - to and from the sample memory area of the Nord Wave synthesizer. this area is what we call the Flash memory. the Manager will also act as a librarian util- ity for the Program memory area. -
Page 7: Panel Overview
MIdI functions and to add expression to your performance with the Pitch Stick and the front panel on the Nord Wave has three main areas, the mod Wheel. this is also where you find the two Slot which are identified by their background color. -
Page 8: Lcd
Knobs the knobs controls the continuously variable param- On/Off buttons eters in the Nord Wave synth engine. on/off buttons are used for activating a parameter or a group of parameters such as effects. -
Page 9: Connections
Nord Wave Manager application, or be used if the operating system in the synthesizer needs to be updated. the left and right line level outputs from the Nord Wave are Computers running Microsoft Windows operating unbalanced. Use 1/4” connectors to connect the Nord Wave systems need a driver for the USB connection to func- to an amplifier or recording equipment. -
Page 10: Getting Started
Bank is indicated by the and replaced as you wish. a complete set of the factory single digit to the left and the Programs are available on the Nord Wave dVd and on our program number by the digits website. -
Page 11: Saving A Program
Program number to alert you to the fact that the program has been edited but not yet saved. the Nord Wave has two Slots labelled a and B. Each slot represents a complete synthesizer setup, a complete sound If you select a new program without saving, any edits you if you wish. -
Page 12: Slot A/B On Sep Midi Ch
Nord Wave uses a concept that we call Focus which means and also for the reception of note on message for both the “active for”. -
Page 13: About Morphing
If e.g. the Wheel indicator in the • the Nord Wave, in the System Menu, the wheel will be a Morph Prog section is lit for a Program, solitary Morph source when Wheel/Ped is selected. you can move the wheel and experi- ence how the morph will influence the sound. -
Page 14: Assign Morph Source To Dest
14 | Nord Wave User Manual v1.1 Assign a Morph source to a destination Morph Destinations a Morph Source can control virtually any important sound Hold down a morPh Source button. related knob, Each one of these Morph destinations has a... -
Page 15: Morph Examples
| 15 5 thE MorPh FUNCtIoN Morph Examples New to morphing? No worries, let’s setup a Morph for one of the Factory Programs. Select the Grand Piano, Program 1:2. Press the Slot B button and hold it down, and then turn the Rotary counter clock wise until you see FullStrings 1:1 A. -
Page 16: Master Level Knob
Saving a Program with a new name and/or knob’s actual position indicates the output level. this is one of the very few category functions in the Nord Wave that is not stored in a Program. Press the Store AS button (Shift + Store) -
Page 17: Rotary Dial
Nord Wave is a polyphonic instrument with 18 stereo settings are not. once you voices. If the Mono Mode is activated, it will behave as reach the first or last pos- a monophonic synthesizer. -
Page 18: Assign A Morph Source
• normally used meters morphed value. for displaying • The top and bottom keys of the Nord Wave keyboard the current are always used as the reference, regardless of the program bank, octAve Shift and gloBAl octAve Shift settings. number, name and category. -
Page 19: Chord Button
| 19 6 Nord WaVE rEFErENCE chord Button Sort Mode the Nord Wave allows you to browse for (and load) Pro- the chord button is used to gram in three different Sort modes. By default, you load activate the Chord Memory a Program by first selecting the Bank with the uP/doWN function. -
Page 20: Filter
You can sync them to act as a single LFo for all voices if you Modulates the pitch of oscil- oSc2 like. the Nord Wave LFo 2 can also be used in a single-cycle lator 2. mode, acting like a simple Envelope Generator. -
Page 21: Modulation Envelope
Ar button toggles between the attack/decay or the the Nord Wave. the modulation from the envelope can be attack/release mode: both positive or negative, this is determined with the mod eNv AmouNt knob. -
Page 22: Destination Selector
WAveform selector a large selection of high quality samples are installed when the Nord Wave is shipped from Press repeatedly on the WAveform Selector button to the factory, and even more can be downloaded free of select the waveform the oscillator will generate. -
Page 23: Sampled Waves
| 23 6 Nord WaVE rEFErENCE Use the led-dial to select a Sample Instrument. the • name of the selected Sample Instrument is shown in the lcd. A flashing character in the led diSPlAy indicates that no Sample Instruments at all are available in the Flash memory. -
Page 24: Sine
OSC MIX 24 | Nord Wave User Manual v1.1 FM Algorithms Shape (Feedback) Description 1-OP (+FB) Carrier only, with feedback 2-OP 1:1 Carrier + Modulator, same frequency Modulator 2-OP 2:1 Carrier + Modulator, frequency ratio 2:1 2-OP 3:1 Carrier + Modulator, frequency ratio 3:1... -
Page 25: Misc
| 25 6 Nord WaVE rEFErENCE Misc the Misc category is available in oSc1 and contains a noise oscillator algorithm. Noise When noise is selected, the oscillator produces, er, noise rather than a pitched waveform. the color (aka frequency content) of the noise can be... -
Page 26: Oscillator Mix
26 | Nord Wave User Manual v1.1 Oscillator mix (oSc miX) miX knob the oscillator Mix parameter is used for setting the balance in amplitude between oscilla- tor 1 and oscillator 2. With a setting of either oSc1 or oSc2, only the corresponding oscillator will be heard. -
Page 27: Attack Knob
| 27 6 Nord WaVE rEFErENCE the attack phase is the time it takes for the sound to go the release phase is the time it will take for the sound to from zero to full amplitude after a key has been pressed. -
Page 28: Filter
Filter Frequency the filter and the filter itself can be modulated with various Filter Frequency functions. the Nord Wave features a selection of classical Filter Frequency Comb Time synthesizer filters as well as some multi mode filters. -
Page 29: Multi
Filter Frequency Filter Frequency | 29 6 Nord WaVE rEFErENCE Envelope range Resonance = 0 Filter Frequency Multi Time Filter Frequency Filter Frequency Filter Frequency Resonance = 10 Filter Frequency Filter Frequency Filter Frequency Resonance = 0 Filter Resonance Filter Frequency... -
Page 30: Filter Slope
30 | Nord Wave User Manual v1.1 Filter Envelope With kB trAck at the 1/3 setting, the cutoff frequency • will track the keyboard in a 1:3 relationship. With kB trAck at the 2/3 setting, the cutoff frequency • will track the keyboard in a 2:3 relationship. -
Page 31: Envelope Amount
| 31 6 Nord WaVE rEFErENCE AttAck knob the AttAck knob sets the time interval for the attack phase of the Filter Envelope. this is time it will take for the modulation to go from zero to the level set by the Enve- lope amount knob after a key has been pressed. -
Page 32: Equalizer
32 | Nord Wave User Manual v1.1 Equalizer (eq) Program Effects the 2-band equalizer with a the Program Effects are 3 effect units that are common to shelving characteristic that both the Slots in a Program. can be used for boosting or cutting frequencies in the sound. -
Page 33: Tube Amp
| 33 6 Nord WaVE rEFErENCE Tube Amp the tuBe AmP effect adds a tube- style overdrive to the sound. drive knob the drive knob controls the amount of overdrive. range: 0.0 to 10.0 oN/off button turns the tube amp effect on or off. -
Page 34: Non-Destructive Editing
Sample Instruments - to and from the sample memory area that you won’t risk overwriting anything. of the Nord Wave synthesizer. this area is what we call the Flash memory. the Manager will also act as a librarian util- ity for the Program memory area. -
Page 35: Getting Started
Instrument and automatically download the wave data to e.g. delete or edit an audio file that is included in a Project, the Flash memory in the Nord Wave. the real estate of the that Project will be affected. Flash memory has the capacity of 180 MB and to keep track... -
Page 36: Installation
USB driver, follow these instructions: Insert the ‘Nord Wave DVD’ installation DVD into the DVD-ROM drive or get the driver from the Nord Wave download area at www.clavia.se. Connect the USB cable between the synth and the computer and switch on the synth. -
Page 37: The Quick Tours
| 37 7 Nord WaVE MaNaGEr Nord Wave Manager Audio File/Assign tab with an audio file, with assigned samples The Quick Tours Let us go through a few things we know you are curious about and get acquainted with the Nord Wave Manager at the same time. -
Page 38: Create A New Sample Inst
Upload Sample Instruments or Programs from the Nord Wave • Using the Nord Wave Manager, it is very easy to upload SI:s You can select and add several samples at once, as or Programs from the Wave to the computer hard drive. -
Page 39: Adding Audio Files
Single Sample assign function can automatically map these samples. • The Nord Wave can use stereo or mono audio files as sample sources, with up to 44.1 kHz sample rate, 24 Use the Add function to add some audio files to the Project. -
Page 40: Editing
Nord Wave Manager will automatically place a starting point when a sample is assigned to a zone. -
Page 41: Generate A Sample Inst
• back. All of the tabs – except the Nord Wave tab – have an Instrument area, up to the right in the Manager the Short Loop option will create a loop from one single window. -
Page 42: Backup Sample Inst
Flash memory. Launch the Nord Wave Manager and connect the Nord Wave to the computer and open the Nord Wave tab if it is not already open. Go to the Settings menu in the Manager and select Backup Folder.. -
Page 43: File Menu
Sample Instrument location in a connected Nord Wave. In the Nord Wave Manager, the usual Windows XP and Mac oSX keyboard commands are available. the drop-down this process automatically encodes the samples with menus can be accessed by pressing the alt key and the Clavia’s proprietary lossless compression algorithm, in... -
Page 44: Backup Menu
Sample In- stored if you use the upload functionality when you right- struments in the Flash memory and the Program memory click on a name in the lists on the Nord Wave tab. in the Nord Wave. •... - Page 45 | 45 7 Nord WaVE MaNaGEr The Footer the footer area at the bottom of the Nord Wave Manager window is also common for all the tabs. the footer contains mostly informational stuff, and a Can- cel button that can be used to abort an ongoing process.
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Page 46: Audio File/Assign Tab
Several scenarios to automatically analyze and assign files will also affect the Project. samples are available in the Nord Wave Manager. You can either add a group of audio files, where each file contains a single note and has a name identifying the note by name... -
Page 47: Single Sample Assign
Uses a number in the file name and interprets this as a root Key number. the middle C, C4 on the Nord Wave keyboard - when the octave Shift on the Nord Wave is set to 0 - is key number 60. - Page 48 48 | Nord Wave User Manual v1.1 Root Key this is the note where the sample will play back at its original pitch (or speed if the sample is non-pitched or a performance loop). If you make consecutive selections, the setting will increase in steps of one semi tone for each time you have assigned a sample.
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Page 49: Sample Loop/Stop Tab
Sample Loop/Stop Tab Any audio data after the loop end point will be auto- matically discarded by the Nord Wave Manager when In this tab are the functions that will assist you in finding a you create the Sample Instrument from the Project. -
Page 50: Long Loop
50 | Nord Wave User Manual v1.1 the graph in the Sample Loop/Stop tab can be augmented the loop end before the loop start marker. with a more detailed display of the waveform at the loop start and the loop end markers. this is activated by... - Page 51 | 51 7 Nord WaVE MaNaGEr slider. this is the time in seconds leading up to the sample end during which the amplitude will gradually fade out. Apply on All the loop settings that you have made can be applied to all other samples in the project.
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Page 52: Sample Start Tab
Start tab by the green marker. assigned by the Nord Wave Manager, a Start point will be automatically set. this will be indicated in the Start tab by the green marker. -
Page 53: Instrument Tab
Nord Wave Manager Sample Gain grid and the Nord Wave, that allows you to increase the ampli- tude beyond this level if you need. all the individual samples will be presented here, as zones or slices that correspond to the map settings that are presented in the Keyboard Grid. -
Page 54: Keyboard Gain Graph
C1, C2, C3 etc. Transpose C4 represents the middle C on the Nord Wave, when the Use the buttons to transpose the entire Sample Instrument octave Shift control is set to 0. Set the value expressed in in semi tone steps. -
Page 55: Samp Init Program
7 Nord WaVE MaNaGEr Samp Init Program Every Sample Instrument can have a complete set of the Nord Wave synth parameters assigned to it. these param- eters will be recalled if you perform the Samp Init function on the Nord Wave. -
Page 56: Nord Wave Tab
Wave Manager. You can work with the Sample Instrument in the Nord Wave tab. If there is an empty location in the memory, and the Program memory. these are labeled middle of the list, it will be saved to this location. -
Page 57: File Types And Names
Use this file type to share Sampled Instruments with other Nord Wave users. the .nwi file can not be opened or edited; it can only be down- or uploaded to and from a Nord Wave. Expanded View to edit any content or setting in a Sample Instrument... -
Page 58: Program Lists
Program get its name when you save it on the Nord asked to confirm your intentions. Wave. the name will be shown in the Nord Wave LCd, when it is Memory Indicator selected. If a Program is uploaded to the computer hard this will give you a numerical and a visual indication of drive, the resulting .nwp file name will be the same as the... - Page 59 | 59 7 Nord WaVE MaNaGEr yet will be indicated with yellow color in the Memory Indicator. Format this is a radical function; it will format the entire Program memory and prepare it for some brand new content. You will be asked to confirm this action.
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Page 60: Introduction
Nord Wave and its analog predecessors. If you’d like to picture below is a basic and common one, used in the Nord... -
Page 61: Oscillators And Waveforms
Let’s take a look at some common waveforms and their Pitch spectra. the picture of the sawtooth on the Nord Wave front panel displays a sawtooth during one period of sound. during In the illustrations below, only some of the first harmon- this time, the wave raises gradually up to maximum level ics are displayed. -
Page 62: Filter
If you for example use the frequency modula- are available at full level. It would look like this: tion (FM, PM) capabilities in the Nord Wave, with the two oscillators set to an “unusual” interval (not octaves or fifths,... - Page 63 Let’s discuss the three most common ones, that are “sweeping the filter”. this is probably one of the most im- found in the Nord Wave. as you may already have noticed, portant ways of shaping the timbre of a synthesizer sound.
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Page 64: Amplifier
64 | Nord Wave User Manual v1.1 Resonance resonance in a filter is created by increasing the routing of the output from the filter to its own input. the amount of feedback is then controlled with a resonance function on the front panel of the instrument. -
Page 65: Lfos
Nord Wave, the Modulation Envelope is of ad/r- type. typically, it can be made to modulate the FM ampli- tude or the pitch of oscillator 2, to create a different timbre during the attack part of the sounds. -
Page 66: System Menu
66 | Nord Wave User Manual oS v1.1 System Menu System menu Closed Closed polarity; use this setting with a pedal with closed polarity the System Menu is used for editing system specific set- tings, which are shown in the lcd. -
Page 67: Midi Menu
Slot A. Since the Nord Wave with the two slots have more physi- cal controls than there are available MIdI CC addresses, this and the following option allows you to transmit and receive the knobs and buttons from the two slots, on sepa- rate MIdI channels. -
Page 68: Midi Controller List
MIDI Program Change Mode on the next page is a list of the MIdI Controller numbers Default value: send & rcv used for all the knobs and buttons on the Nord Wave front determines how Program Change messages are handled panel. via MIdI. - Page 69 | 69 10 MIdI Nord Wave Parameter MIDI Controller MIDI Controller Name oct Shift General Purpose #2 Mono Mode Undefined Glide Portamento time Vibrato LSB, Controller 24 LFo 1 Wave sel. Undefined LFo1 dest. Undefined LFo 1 Poly General Purpose #8...
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Page 70: Midi Implementation Chart
70 | Nord Wave User Manual v1.1 Nord Wave Parameter MIDI Controller MIDI Controller Name Filter Frequency Sound Controller 5 Filter resonance LSB, Controller 10 Filter Envelope amount LSB, Controller 11 output Level Sound Controller 2 EQ treble Undefined EQ Bass... -
Page 71: Specifications
| 71 11 aPPENdIX appendix Specifications * Stereo headphone output * Sustain Pedal General * Control Pedal 4 octave (49-keys) velocity and aftertouch sensitive key- board * USB-interface * 189Mb Flash Memory (180Mb for user samples) * MIdI in & out * 18 stereo voices Dimensions and weight * Wooden Pitch Stick... -
Page 72: Mellotron Sound Library
Nord machine had 2-track 1/4” tape and 6 banks. Wave Manager, the samples finally made it to a Nord Wave, these recordings were made during 1966 and 1967. the and then to this Cd. -
Page 73: Soundlist With Comments
| 73 11 aPPENdIX Soundlist with comments Use of the Mellotron Sounds although the Mellotron had been used earlier by some British bands, the song Strawberry Fields Forever by the Mk I Lead sounds Beatles (Flute) and Nights in White Satin by the Moody Blues (3 Violins) in 1967 became the first Mellotron ‘hits’... -
Page 74: M300 Lead Sounds
74 | Nord Wave User Manual v1.1 M300 Lead sounds 7 sounds: M300 Strings david Bowie M300 2 Violins Barclay James harvest M300 Solo Violin M300 Slow Vibraphone M300 Bass Flute M300 Clarinet M300 Celeste M400 Lead sounds 25 sounds: M400 Solo Cello oasis, King Crimson, Chili Peppers etc. - Page 75 | 75 12 INdEX Index deassign 48 high Pass 28 deassign all 48 decay knob, amp Env 27 add Button 46 decay knob, Filter 31 add Files 43 Instrument Menu 43 delay 32 add Folder 43 Instrument tab 53 Feedback button 32 alphabetical 19 Interval 47 on/off button 32...
- Page 76 76 | Nord Wave User Manual v1.1 MIdI Start 52 button 18 Start Note 47 Channel 67 Stereo button 32 Panic 17 Connections 9 Stop 50 Pedal Connections 9 Controller 68 Store Button 16 Pedal Polarity 66 Ctrl a Channel 67...
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