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Panel Overview
Program
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 .
On the left upper part of the panel are the Master Level knob that controls the entire instrument's output level at the two output jacks and the head-
phone output . This control is not programmable .
The Program Bank section contain the display and the functions that are used to select and store the programs, to set the System, Sound, MIDI and
Pedal functions . We'll describe this area in greater detail starting at page 14 .
Moving towards the middle of the panel, to the left of the display is the instrument section where you select the actual piano and/or synth sounds .
The Effect section contains the functions of the effects . Please refer to page 17 and onwards for more information .
Knobs & buttons
Knobs
The knobs control the continuously variable
parameters in the Nord Piano 2 HP .
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A parameter value can be totally different
from the knob's physical position when
you load a Program. As soon as you start
turning the knob, the value will 'snap' to the
knob's physical position.
Selector buttons
Selector buttons are used to select one setting in an array . Selector
buttons have a set of round or triangular LEDs to indicate the current
setting . Press the button several times to cycle through the possible
options .
Holding Shift and pressing a selector
button (with the exception of the Type
button shown here) will cycle through the
settings in a counter clockwise fashion.
Piano
Sample Synth
On/Off and Source buttons
On/Off buttons are used for activating a parameter or a group of
parameters such as effects . The Effect's On/Off buttons acts as source
selectors, hold Shift and press repeatedly to select piano or synth .
You can also double-tap on a source button to
make the source selection .
Shift button
Some buttons have a secondary function, which will be available if you
hold down Shift while pressing the button . The
name of the secondary function is printed below
the button . Shift is also used together with the
Up/Down buttons when you want to change a
setting in the System, MIDI or Sound menus .
Shift is also used to Exit a Store procedure if you change your mind or
to exit from a select menu when you are finished with those settings .
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Effects
If you press and hold Shift while turning a
knob, the parameter value will be presented in the display, without
being changed.
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