Clavia Nord Electro 2 Owner's Manual

NORD ELECTRO 2 V3.0x Table of contentsITable of contents1. Introduction ... 5Welcome ...

2. Overview: Nord Electro 2 rear panel NORD ELECTRO 2 V3.0xPage 10It’s also possible to use only one single Sustain pedal connected to the SUSTAIN PED

NORD ELECTRO 2 V3.0x 2. Overview: Nord Electro 2 block diagramPage 11NORD ELECTRO 2 BLOCK DIAGRAMBelow is a schematic overview of the sound and modula

3. Getting started: Selecting Programs NORD ELECTRO 2 V3.0xPage 123. GETTING STARTEDSELECTING PROGRAMSPrograms are single sounds that are stored in th

NORD ELECTRO 2 V3.0x 3. Getting started: TransposePage 13TRANSPOSEIt’s also possible to transpose a sound up or down in semitone steps. Press the SHIF

3. Getting started: Using a Rotor Speed switch pedal NORD ELECTRO 2 V3.0xPage 14• As a sustain pedal for Piano sounds and as a Rotor Speed switch for

NORD ELECTRO 2 V3.0x 3. Getting started: Using a control (expression) pedalPage 15USING A CONTROL (EXPRESSION) PEDALAs indicated in the illustration o

4. Editing Programs: What’s a Program? NORD ELECTRO 2 V3.0xPage 164. EDITING PROGRAMSWHAT’S A PROGRAM?A Program in Nord Electro 2 consists of a select

NORD ELECTRO 2 V3.0x 4. Editing Programs: Reverting to the original ProgramPage 17SELECTING INSTRUMENT (ORGAN OR PIANO)No matter what Program you’re e

4. Editing Programs: Copying Programs NORD ELECTRO 2 V3.0xPage 18COPYING PROGRAMSCopying a Program from one memory location to another is just a varia

NORD ELECTRO 2 V3.0x 5. Panel reference: The Organ sectionPage 195. PANEL REFERENCETHE ORGAN SECTIONThe Organ in the Nord Electro 2 is based on a digi

Table of contents NORD ELECTRO 2 V3.0xIIDeleting Programs ...18Downloading Programs v

5. Panel reference: The Organ section NORD ELECTRO 2 V3.0xPage 20THE DRAWBARSThe drawbars of Nord Electro 2 are represented by buttons and LED chain g

NORD ELECTRO 2 V3.0x 5. Panel reference: The Organ sectionPage 21USER DRAWBAR PRESETSThere are 9 user configurable drawbar presets in addition to the

5. Panel reference: The Organ section NORD ELECTRO 2 V3.0xPage 22VIBRATOThe original B-3 chorus and vibrato scanner consists of a tapped delay line in

NORD ELECTRO 2 V3.0x 5. Panel reference: The Organ sectionPage 233. Select the same MIDI channel on the Nord Electro 2 by first pressing SHIFT + PROGR

5. Panel reference: The Organ section NORD ELECTRO 2 V3.0xPage 24KEY CLICK CONTROLOn an original B-3 organ, the key click produced by the random conta

NORD ELECTRO 2 V3.0x 5. Panel reference: The Piano sectionPage 25THE PIANO SECTIONThe Piano section of Nord Electro 2 comprises a selection of electro

5. Panel reference: The Piano section NORD ELECTRO 2 V3.0xPage 26PRESENCEThe Presence section features a parametric EQ with frequency and amount con-t

NORD ELECTRO 2 V3.0x 5. Panel reference: The Piano sectionPage 27A Clavinet D6 has two separate pick-ups, one on the “neck” and one on the “bridge”. B

5. Panel reference: The Effects section NORD ELECTRO 2 V3.0xPage 28tention was that when you play a Electric Piano sound, for example, it should almos

NORD ELECTRO 2 V3.0x 5. Panel reference: The Effects sectionPage 29• Rotary Speaker. Simulates a Leslie rotary speaker including its built-in amplifie

NORD ELECTRO 2 V3.0x Table of contentsIIISystem functions... 33MIDI Ch ...

5. Panel reference: The Effects section NORD ELECTRO 2 V3.0xPage 30TREMOLOTremolo modulation is basically an automatic volume control that continuousl

NORD ELECTRO 2 V3.0x 5. Panel reference: The Effects sectionPage 31EFFECTSNord Electro 2 offers six types of vintage style effects to add that extra f

5. Panel reference: The left panel section NORD ELECTRO 2 V3.0xPage 32OUTPUT LEVELThe OUTPUT LEVEL knob controls the individual output volume for each

NORD ELECTRO 2 V3.0x 5. Panel reference: System functionsPage 33STOREThe red STORE button is used for storing Programs and Drawbar presets and also fo

5. Panel reference: System functions NORD ELECTRO 2 V3.0xPage 34MIDI CHPress the SHIFT + PROGRAM 1 (MIDI CH) buttons to en-ter the MIDI Channel functi

NORD ELECTRO 2 V3.0x 5. Panel reference: System functionsPage 35the Nord Electro 2’s MIDI In. Since the sequencer echoes back incoming MIDI data, Nord

5. Panel reference: System functions NORD ELECTRO 2 V3.0xPage 36TRANSPOSEThe Transpose function is global for all sounds in Nord Elec-tro 2, i.e. chan

NORD ELECTRO 2 V3.0x 5. Panel reference: System functionsPage 372. If you’re using two separate sustain pedals: one in the Sustain Pedal Input and one

5. Panel reference: System functions NORD ELECTRO 2 V3.0xPage 383. Press any button (except for the SHIFT, STORE or UP/DOWN buttons) to exit.VELOCITY

NORD ELECTRO 2 V3.0x 5. Panel reference: System functionsPage 39DUMPPress the SHIFT + LEFT OCTAVE SHIFT (DUMP) buttons to enter the Dump menu. Here yo

Table of contents NORD ELECTRO 2 V3.0xIV9. History ... 49The story behind the Electro 2 i

6. Factory Presets and OS: Internal memory NORD ELECTRO 2 V3.0xPage 406. FACTORY PRESETS AND OSINTERNAL MEMORYThe Operating System, Programs and Piano

NORD ELECTRO 2 V3.0x 7. MIDI functions: About the MIDI implementationPage 417. MIDI FUNCTIONSABOUT THE MIDI IMPLEMENTATIONThe following MIDI messages

7. MIDI functions: Using Nord Electro 2 with a sequencer NORD ELECTRO 2 V3.0xPage 42MIDI SYSEX (SYSTEM EXCLUSIVE)Single Programs or all Programs can b

NORD ELECTRO 2 V3.0x 7. MIDI functions: Program and Controller dumpsPage 43However, in our example this wouldn’t help much, because the Drawbar openin

7. MIDI functions: Program and Controller dumps NORD ELECTRO 2 V3.0xPage 44RECEIVE MIDI SYSEX DUMPSTo receive a MIDI Sysex Dump, do like this:1. Conne

NORD ELECTRO 2 V3.0x 8. MIDI implementation: MIDI Controller listPage 458. MIDI IMPLEMENTATIONMIDI CONTROLLER LISTThe following is a list of the MIDI

8. MIDI implementation: MIDI Controller list NORD ELECTRO 2 V3.0xPage 46Percussion Upper On/Off 87Percussion Upper Fast/Slow, Normal/Soft 88Percussion

NORD ELECTRO 2 V3.0x 8. MIDI implementation: MIDI Controller listPage 47* The parameters ‘Piano Type’ and ‘Piano Sub Type’ are used to define the exac

8. MIDI implementation: MIDI Implementation Chart NORD ELECTRO 2 V3.0xPage 48MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHARTModel: Clavia Nord Electro 2 OS V2.0x Date: 2002

NORD ELECTRO 2 V3.0x 9. History: The story behind the Electro 2 instrumentsPage 499. HISTORYTHE STORY BEHIND THE ELECTRO 2 INSTRUMENTSThe Nord Electro

NORD ELECTRO 2 V3.0x 1. Introduction: WelcomePage 51. INTRODUCTIONWELCOMEWe’d first like to thank you for purchasing the Nord Electro 2 - Virtual Elec

9. History: The story behind the Electro 2 instruments NORD ELECTRO 2 V3.0xPage 50THE ELECTRO 2 ORGAN SECTIONThe organ chosen for the task to be simul

NORD ELECTRO 2 V3.0x 9. History: The story behind the Electro 2 instrumentsPage 51Hammond filed a patent for the tone wheel organ in 1934, and one yea

9. History: The story behind the Electro 2 instruments NORD ELECTRO 2 V3.0xPage 52On the left-hand side of both manuals, Hammond tone wheel or-gans ha

NORD ELECTRO 2 V3.0x 9. History: The story behind the Electro 2 instrumentsPage 53Laurens Hammond retired at age 65 in 1960 and passed away in 1973. O

9. History: The story behind the Electro 2 instruments NORD ELECTRO 2 V3.0xPage 54He filed a patent application in 1940. Don Le-slie met with Hammond

NORD ELECTRO 2 V3.0x 9. History: The story behind the Electro 2 instrumentsPage 55THE WURLITZER EPThe next instrument to be sampled for the Nord Elect

9. History: The story behind the Electro 2 instruments NORD ELECTRO 2 V3.0xPage 56The first electric piano released by Wurlitzer was the model 100, wh

NORD ELECTRO 2 V3.0x 9. History: The story behind the Electro 2 instrumentsPage 57THE HOHNER CLAVINETThe Clavinet is another story. It's based on

9. History: The story behind the Electro 2 instruments NORD ELECTRO 2 V3.0xPage 58Hohner unleashed the Clavinet C in 1968. This ver-sion features a sl

NORD ELECTRO 2 V3.0x 9. History: The story behind the Electro 2 instrumentsPage 59BOOK SUGGESTIONSThe A-Z of Analogue Synthesisers Part One: A-M (Revi

1. Introduction: Clavia on the Internet NORD ELECTRO 2 V3.0xPage 6With Adobe Acrobat Reader it is possible to use special navigation features like hyp

9. History: The story behind the Electro 2 instruments NORD ELECTRO 2 V3.0xPage 60

NORD ELECTRO 2 V3.0x IndexPage 61IndexNumerics2nd, 3rd (Organ Percussion) 21AAc.Grand (Piano Type) 25Auto-Wah (modulation) 30BBankselecting 12Bass (e

Index NORD ELECTRO 2 V3.0xPage 62Llevelmaster 7, 32output (individual per Program) 32Local (MIDI) 34Lower Ch 22, 34Lower Manual (organ) 22using exter

NORD ELECTRO 2 V3.0x IndexPage 63Rrear panel 9E.Piano (Piano Type) 25E.Piano2 (Piano Type) 25RingMod (modulation) 29Rotary Speaker 31controlling spee

NORD ELECTRO 2 V3.0x 2. Overview: The Nord Electro 2 front panelPage 72. OVERVIEWTHE NORD ELECTRO 2 FRONT PANELTHE LEFT PANEL SECTIONMASTER LEVELThe M

2. Overview: The Nord Electro 2 front panel NORD ELECTRO 2 V3.0xPage 8THE ORGAN SECTIONThe Organ section comprises four sub sections: the Percussion s

NORD ELECTRO 2 V3.0x 2. Overview: Nord Electro 2 rear panelPage 9NORD ELECTRO 2 REAR PANELCONNECTIONS• Make all connections before turning on your pow