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Clavinet Pick-up Type Description
Clav Model A:
Only the “neck” pick-up; a warmer, less bright sound .
Clav Model B:
Only the “bridge” pick-up; a bright sound .
Clav Model C:
Both pick-ups on and in phase; a very full sound .
Clav Model D:
Both pick-ups 180 degrees out of phase; the
fundamental is almost cancelled out and the sound becomes thin .
Piano Octave Shift
The Model buttons can be used together with the Shift button to trans-
pose the piano sound in octave steps .
On
Press the On button to turn the Piano on or off .
Info
Hold Shift and press the On button to see the name of the current
piano in the LCD .
Sample Synth
The Sample Synth allows you to use
samples from the extensive Nord Sam-
ple Library in the Nord Piano 2 HP . The
Piano 2 HP is delivered with a selection
of samples . Additional samples can be
found on the DVD that accompanies
the unit or from the
www .nordkeyboards .com website .
Every sample in the unit can be re-
placed, this is done by using the Nord
Sound Manager .
Level
Use the Level knob to set the volume of the selected synth sample
sound .
Attack
When you strike a key, the sample synth may or may not begin to
sound at once . The actual volume of the sound can be made to be
gradually faded in with the Attack function on the Nord Piano 2 HP .
Turning the Attack knob clockwise allows you to increase the attack
time, which makes the volume of the sound to be gradually increased .
When the Attack knob is turned fully counter-clockwise, the sound will
played back without any additional attack . When turned fully clockwise,
the attack time will be 45 seconds .
M
Some samples have a slow attack in the actual waveform, this
cannot be shortened by adjusting this parameter.
Release
When you release a key, the sound of the sample synth may or may
not be silenced at once . The actual sound can be made to be gradually
faded out with the Release function on the Nord Piano 2 HP . Increas-
ing the release time by turning the Release knob clockwise makes the
sound longer, it will gradually decay after you have released the keys .
When the Release knob is turned fully counter-clockwise, the sound
will play back without any additional release . When turned fully clock-
wise, the release time will be 45 seconds .
On
Press the On button to turn the Sample Synth on or off .
Info
Hold Shift and press the On button to see the name of the current
sample in the LCD .
Sample
Press repeatedly on the Sample up/down buttons to select a sample .
The number will be shown in the LED and the name of the selected
sample will be shown in the display .
Sample Octave Shift
The Sample selector buttons can be used together with the Shift but-
ton to transpose the Sample Synth sound in octave steps .
Effects
The Effects section of Nord Piano 2 HP can be used to process the
pianos and the samples . It is programmable and you can configure
your effects separately for each and every program . Some of the ef-
fects are mono in/Mono out and some are stereo in/stereo out . For
each individual effect the channel configuration is stated in the related
text .
The Source buttons turn the effect on or off and is used to select the
instrument that will be affected by that particular effect . A double-tap
on a source button will select the next source . The Piano or Synth LED
will be lit when the Effect is active .
The Effect Selectors is used to cycle through the various effects and/or
effect depths .
Press and hold Shift and press an Effect selector to cycle through
the effects in a counter clockwise fashion.
You can use the Effect Selector to select an effect without it be-
ing turned on, in order to prepare a setting in advance during a
performance.
The Rate knobs changes the rate of the effect .
M
A numerical value of the rate will be shown in the display.
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