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- Page 1 User Manual Nord Piano 2 HP OS Version 1.x Part No. 50417 Copyright Clavia DMI AB Print Edition 1.1...
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Page 2: Important Safety Instructions
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 3: Table Of Contents
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Page 4: Introduction
. and using the instrument, as we had developing it . All of the 240 programs in the Nord Piano 2 HP can be used to store your own settings . To make sure you don’t accidentally overwrite programs you want to keep, it’s a good idea to regularly back up your... -
Page 5: About The Nord Piano 2 Hp
Sample Synth Small, Medium, Large & Xtra Large The Sample Synth in the Nord Piano 2 HP allows you to layer a second All sizes share the same amount of velocity layers, and the Small, sound on top of the pianos, or to split the keyboard in two halves, with Medium and Large (Sml, Med &... -
Page 6: Pedal Noise With Triple Pedal
When the sustain pedal is operated on a acoustic grand or upright, many different sounds are produced by the mechanical components, several of the sounds can be reproduced by the Nord Piano 2 HP . The dampers are lifted from the strings when the sustain pedal is pressed down, and a beautiful sizzle can be heard . -
Page 7: Panel Overview
Effects The front panel of the Nord Piano 2 HP has four main areas, Program, Piano, Sample Synth, and Effects . We’ll familiarize ourselves briefly with the panel here and describe the functions in detail in the following chapters . -
Page 8: Connections
Use this to connect and monitor a signal from an mp3 or a CD player Computers running Microsoft Windows operating systems need a at the Nord Piano 2 HP’s headphone output . This allows you to e .g . driver for the USB connection to work. The installer for the driver rehearse with the instrument to pre-recorded music . -
Page 9: Pedal Connections
Nord Triple Pedal Pedal Connections The Nord Piano 2 HP can also be used with the Nord Triple Pedal (not included, optional accessory) . This pedal has the functionality of three pedals in one unit and can be used to take advantage of the pedal Sustain Pedal Input noise features and half damping . -
Page 10: Getting Started
Getting Started Let’s take a few minutes to get familiar with the Nord Piano 2 HP . The user interface is designed to be as intuitive as possible, and to perform as well as you do in a live situation . We hope that you soon will feel confident in using it, and in this short chapter, we will go through most of the functions . -
Page 11: Memory Protection
| 11 Press the Store button a second time to confirm your intention . The two banks (A & B) are duplicated when the Nord Piano 2 HP leaves the factory. This allows you to start storing sounds at once... -
Page 12: Split The Keyboard
Press and hold the Transpose button and use the Up and Down but- button, and adjust the tons to transpose the Nord Piano 2 HP in semitone steps . The range is delay time with the Up/ A : 01 : 1 +/- 6 semitones . -
Page 13: Acoustics
. Press the Acoustics button to turn on the String Resonance func- Some of the piano instruments in the Nord Piano 2 HP have very wide tionality if it is not active already . dynamic ranges by nature and we wanted to capture this as accurately as possible . -
Page 14: Nord Piano 2 Hp Reference
. The Up/Down buttons to the left of the display have several functions in the Nord Piano 2 HP . Press repeatedly to select one of the 24 Pages in Press Shift + Store . each Bank; the Bank, Page and Program number and the name of the program will be presented in the display . -
Page 15: Programs 1 ~ 5
If you switch the power off, or select another program, the settings are mono instead . Connect the L or the R output on the Nord Piano 2 HP still stored in the Live memory, so when you power up next time (or to an input on the sound system you wish to use . -
Page 16: Sustped Off
LCD Resonance on or off . The String Resonance LED will be lit when the when the Nord Piano 2 HP is powered up. The Type and Model function is active . -
Page 17: Piano Octave Shift
Sound Manager . Level The Effects section of Nord Piano 2 HP can be used to process the Use the Level knob to set the volume of the selected synth sample pianos and the samples . It is programmable and you can configure sound . -
Page 18: Effect 1
Equalizer Rate range: 0 - 10.5 Hz. The Nord Piano 2 HP has a 3-band EQ with treble, bass and a sweep- able midrange (4 kHz, 100 Hz and 200 Hz ~ 8 kHz) . The frequencies The Pan effect is an automatic panning modulation that smoothly can be boosted or attenuated with +/- 15 dB . -
Page 19: The Menus
There is one exception, one menu setting that doesn’t get automatically stored when you power off the Piano 2 HP, and this is the MIDI Local On/Off setting. This always reverts to Local On every time the Nord Piano 2 HP is powered up. -
Page 20: Dump Program One, All
Select the type of the pedal you have attached to the Volume Pedal input on the Nord Piano 2 HP . The range of a connected pedal will be shown in the display if you operate the pedal . This can help you match the performance of a pedal that isn’t directly available in this menu . -
Page 21: Nord Sound Manager
Nord Sound Manager The Nord Sound Manager is the application that allows you to organize the various memory areas, the partitions in the Nord Piano 2 HP . It is also used to download pianos, samples or programs to the Nord Piano 2 HP or to upload any of these items - called sounds - from the instrument’s memory to the computer hard drive . -
Page 22: The Toolbar
. use another piano or sample instead of the current sound . The sound in question have to be present in the memory of the Nord Piano 2 HP . The Tabs Relinking can also be used if a piano or sample is absent in the Nord Piano 2 HP, to repair the programs that are missing a component . -
Page 23: The Quick Tour
“Backup” on page 26 . If you have made some changes to the content in the Nord Piano 2 HP with one that you want use from the DVD or of the Nord Piano 2 HP already, now would be a great time to do a one that you have downloaded from the www .nordkeyboards .com web... -
Page 24: Relink
. Bundles are great to store parts of the memory from your Nord Piano 2 HP . If you select one program and create a Bundle, the Bundle will be pretty small in size, and the uploading process will be reasonably quick, compared to a complete Backup procedure . -
Page 25: Downloading A Bundle
CHaPter8NordsoUNdMaNaGer | 25 The Program Bundle Upload dialog gives you two choices: After the Manager has verified the files in the Bundle, the Program Bundle Download dialog will appear . Click on Show Details if you want to see what programs, pianos and samples are in the Bundle. -
Page 26: Organize The Program Partition
Nord Piano 2 HP. Backup Click on the Backup icon to make a backup file that contains all the content in your Nord Piano 2 HP . The Nord instruments are built to the highest standards of reliabil- ity but doing regular backups is always a good thing . -
Page 27: Sound Manager Reference
When this option is checked, the window (if set to display the Program Any Program in the Nord Piano 2 HP that used a particular piano partition) will be divided in two lists . You can make the lists show sepa- or sample that you deleted will probably not sound at all, since it rate banks with the drop-downs . - Page 28 This will make a backup of all the pianos, samples, programs, Live programs and the menu settings in the Nord Piano 2 HP . The file that is created on the hard drive will have the extension .np2b . Backing up the entire memory content in this manner will take some time, depending on the sizes of the pianos and samples installed .
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Page 29: Menus
This will make a backup of all the pianos, samples, programs, Live programs and the menu settings in the Nord Piano 2 HP . The file that is created on the hard drive will have the extension .np2b . Backing up the entire memory content in this manner will take some time, depending on the sizes of the pianos and samples installed . -
Page 30: Edit Menu
Delete (Del) Allows you to delete a selected item(s) from the Nord Piano 2 HP memory . This area will show if a selected piano or a sample is used in any... -
Page 31: Tabs
This area contains various information messages regarding the memory content in the Nord Piano 2 HP . If a piano or sample is not used by any of the programs, it will be indicated here . This area is also used to alert you if a piano or a sample that a program in the Nord Piano 2 HP would use, is missing from the instrument . -
Page 32: Midi
Controllers Local On/Off In the MIDI Menu (see page 19), you can select if the Nord Piano 2 HP should transmit and/or receive Control Change messages . Local Off may be used when you use a sequencer to record and play back from Nord Piano 2 HP . -
Page 33: Program & Controller Dumps
Sustped Off Piano Level Sending program dumps Piano Type Connect the MIDI Out on the Nord Piano 2 HP to the MIDI In on Piano Model the receiving device (or use the USB capabilities) . Piano On/Off Clav Model... -
Page 34: Midi Implementation Chart
Mode 1: Omni On, Poly - Mode 2: Omni O, Mono - Mode 3: Omni Off, Poly - Mode 4: Omni Off, Mono - O = Yes - X = No Model: Nord Piano 2 HP OS v1.x Date: 2013-04-15... -
Page 35: Index
CHaPter10iNdeX | 35 10 Index Acoustics 16 Half pedalling 9 Relink 22 Append 25 Headphones 8 Rename 30 Auto-Panning 18 Replace 23 A-Wa 18 Restore 29 Reverb 18 Info 30 Invert Selection 30 Backup 28 Bank Up 28 Sample Octave Shift 17 Bundle Down 28 Sample Synth 17 Bundle Up 28... -
Page 36: Declaration Of Conformity
This product, when installed as indicated in the instructions contained in this manual, meets FCC requirements. Modifications not expressly approved by Clavia may void your authority, granted by the FCC, to use the product. 2. IMPORTANT: When connecting this product to accessories and/ or another product use only high quality shielded cables.
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