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Nord ElEctro 5 UsEr MaNUal os v1.X User Manual English Nord Electro 5d 61 Nord Electro 5d 73 Nord Electro 5HP 73 OS Version: 1.x Edition: D Part No. 50434 Copyright Clavia DMI AB Edition: D...
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Nord Electro 5 bi-tim- bral – a first for the Electro series. there are also new ways in which sounds can be layered and organized making the Nord Electro 5 one of the most versatile and player friendly instruments on the market today.
4 | Nord ElEctro 5 UsEr MaNUal os v1.X 2. ovErvIEW above all, the Nord Electro 5 is a player’s instrument, with accessible front panel controls for virtually all performance functions. the front panel of the NE5 has five main areas: organ, Piano, Program, sample synth and Ef- fects, each of which is discussed in detail in this manual.
Program, allowing adjustment of relative volumes between Programs. the Nord Electro 5 can store up to 400 user Programs organized in eight banks holding 50 Programs each. to scroll through your Programs simply turn the PROG dial.
To select a Live Program, press any of the Live 1-3 buttons in the Program area. the Nord Electro 5 has three easy-to-access live Programs, differing from regular Programs in that edits you make are automatically stored. Even when exiting a live Program, or powering off the machine your sounds will remain the way you left them, without the need for storing.
- including its imperfections - are very closely simulated by the B3 model of the Nord Electro 5. the nine drawbars of the Nord Electro 5 correspond to the available registers on the original B3 model. these are in turn named according to the approximate pipe lengths emulated by its tone wheels.
B3+BASS one of the features new to the Nord Electro series is the B3+BASS mode, which will give you the traditional B3 Bass tone wheels - 16’ and 8’ - in the left hand and a full B3 in the right. to enable this feature, select organ for both parts and enable KB split.
Fully mapped keyboard saMPlE sYNtH the sample synth is a powerful addition to the Nord Electro 5’s organs and Piano sections. the internal memory can hold up to 256 MB of samples.the knob below the SAMPLE display is used to scroll through the available samples. In places 99-159 within the list, samples are displayed using the numbering a0-F9.
COMP mode. THE ROTARY EFFECT the rotary speaker effect of the Nord Electro 5 is modeled after a leslie 122 and can be controlled in a number of different manners. the ROTARY SPEED switch of the organ sec- tion toggles between FAST and SLOW rotation speeds, and in STOP MODE between fast or stopped rotors.
Nord Electro 5, set lists can be used to group Programs in a manner that fits songs within a particular set, concert, genre or any other context. Each set list can contain a number of entries, in this manual referred to as Songs, which each makes up to four different Programs instantly accessible from the A-D buttons within the Program area.
Program (see “storing and naming Programs” on page 6). lIst vIEW on the Nord Electro 5, a new list view mode enables easy browsing and navigation of Pro- grams, Set Lists, Piano sounds and Sample Synth samples.
3. UsING tHE Nord ElEctro 5 | 13 ProGraMs aNd sEt lIsts to scroll through your Programs or set list entries, turn the LIST dial while pressing down on the LIST VIEW button. PIaNo Use the LIST VIEW control within the Piano section, while pressing down on LIST VIEW in the Program area to see a list of your piano sounds.
4. MIdI the Nord Electro 5 is designed to be as flexible as possible in regards to how it can be used together with external controllers, sequencers and sound modules. this section illustrates the most common setups for using the MIdI functionality of the Nord Electro 5 together with other equip- ment.
MIdI oN Part UPPEr IN MIdI UPPEr rEcEIvE ModE In this scenario, the Nord Electro 5 is set up to receive MIdI on Part Upper, using an external key- MIdI Menu settings board to play its corresponding sound engine. Part lower is played with the keyboard of the Nord Electro 5, using one of the remaining sound engines.
SHIFT. any changes made will automatically be stored until changed again except for MIdI local control on/off which will return to its default local on setting everytime the Nord Electro 5 is powered on. sYstEM...
Nord sound Manager is the list view, divided into tabs representing the three partitions: Piano, Samp Lib and Program. With- in each tab the content of the partition is listed. at the top of the list view is a dropdown Bank selector and at the bottom a Partition Memory Indica- tor, showing how much of the space within each partition is being used.
All our sounds and samples utilize the lossless compression algorithm implemented in the playback engines of the Nord Electro 5, making it possible to fit more sounds into the mem- ory of the machine without compromising their quality.
In order to transfer a Bundle to the Nord Electro 5, select the Program tab and use the dropdown menu at the top of the tab view to select which bank you want to add the Bundle content to.
UsB coNNEctIoN General guide on audio connections: Before you turn on your amplifier, the UsB port is used for connecting your Nord Electro 5 to a computer. make all audio connections. always turn on your amplifier last, and the connection can be used for transferring MIdI, for os updates and...
Nord ElEctro 5 UsEr MaNUal os v1.X | 21 II aPPENdIX: MIdI coNtrollEr lIst Nord Electro 5 Parameter MIdI cc # Nord Electro 5 Parameter MIdI cc # sustain sample synth attack control Pedal (Expression) sample synth release sample synth sample...
22 | Nord ElEctro 5 UsEr MaNUal os v1.X III INdEX acoustics 8 list view 12 samples 18 a-d buttons 11 local control Mode 16 samp lib 17 audio connections 20 long release 8 second harmonic 8 set list 11...
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 Electro 5D, Nord Electro 5HP Type of Equipment: Digital Organ and piano Responsible Party: Clavia DMI AB Address: P.O.