Clavia Nord Piano 2 HP, User Manual

Page 1: ...User Manual Nord Piano 2 HP OS Version 1 x Part No 50417 Copyright Clavia DMI AB Print Edition 1 1 ...

Page 2: ...e arrowhead symbol within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated voltage within the products en closure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons Le symbole éclair avec le point de flèche à l intérieur d un triangle équilatéral est utilisé pour alerter l utilisateur de la presence à l intérieur du coffret de ...

Page 3: ...r 18 Amp Comp 18 Reverb 18 7 The Menus System Menu 19 Memory Protect On Off 19 Fine Tune 19 Global Transpose 19 MIDI Menu 19 MIDI Channel 19 Local Control 19 Control Change CC Mode 19 Program Change Mode 19 Send CC 19 Dump Program One All 20 Sound Menu 20 Piano Pedal Noise level 20 Piano String Res Level 20 FX Delay Mode 20 Pedal Menu 20 Piano Pedal 20 Volume Pedal Type 20 Volume Pedal Gain 20 Vol...

Page 4: ...rd Piano 2 HP consists of 240 programs organized in 2 banks A B each with 24 pages with 5 programs in each page There are also five Live buffer memories which will continuously store any changes as they are made 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 ...

Page 5: ...ss an 88 note keyboard Every key has its own samples String Resonance String Resonance is the acoustic phenomenon that occurs inside an acoustic piano or grand when strings or parts of strings resonate at their fundamental or harmonic frequencies when other strings are played When this functionality is turned on while using the Nord Piano 2 HP s acoustic pianos all notes you play will affect each ...

Page 6: ...e strings which creates a different muted type of sound Since the Nord Triple Pedal is dynamic you can experiment with various forces in pressing and also in releasing the pedal If you just slip your foot of the sustain pedal allowing the return spring to spring with full force a noticeable sound will appear The floor sound is heard when the pedal reaches the bottom of its travel You can experienc...

Page 7: ...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 If you press and hold Shift while turning a knob the parameter value will be presented in the display without being changed 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 3 Panel...

Page 8: ...M Signals connected to this input will not be processed with the Piano 2 HP s effects or appear at the Piano s left and right output jacks MIDI Connections MIDI In MIDI connection used to receive MIDI data to the Nord Piano 2 HP from other equipment such as keyboards or computers MIDI Out MIDI connection used for transmitting keyboard and panel generated MIDI data from the Nord Piano 2 HP to other...

Page 9: ...all the notes that you play will sustain until the pedal is released again The Triple Pedal can also introduce the dynamic pedal noise functionality and it can be used with half pedaling techniques by press ing it down for parts of its travel on certain pianos Soft The left pedal is the soft pedal also known as the Una Corda When you press this pedal all the notes you play will be slightly lower i...

Page 10: ...ank A Page 01 Program 1 for this exercise The display looks something like this The controls for the Piano instrument are located immediately to the right of the Program Display area on the panel Notice that the Grand type is the current type in this program Select a new piano sound 2 Press repeatedly on the Piano Type selector to browse the 6 types Each piano type can hold several models 3 Press ...

Page 11: ...the Nord Piano 2 HP This prevents you from overwriting a program that you want to keep 5 Press the Store button a second time to confirm your intention The edited program has now replaced the previous one in the location you specified M M To cancel the storing procedure press any button except for the Bank Live Mode or Program buttons M M With Memory Protect set to Off a double tap on the Store bu...

Page 12: ... version Flang 2 is a more pronounced effect and when both Flang 1 and Flang 2 LEDs are lit you have selected the most dramatic flanger effect If you double tap on the Source button the instrument that is routed to the effect will change 4 Turn the Effect Rate knob This changes the rate of the active effect 5 Hold Shift and press repeatedly on the effect selector This allows you to reverse through...

Page 13: ...ts in the Nord Piano 2 HP have very wide dynamic ranges by nature and we wanted to capture this as accurately as possible However If you want the piano sounds to respond differently to key board velocity you can set this with the Kbd Touch feature When the LEDs are off the default setting is active Should you wish to reach the maximum velocity with a little less effort press the Kbd Touch button s...

Page 14: ...lso display values and settings when you change any of the functions on the panel Press and hold Shift while turning a knob to display the value without changing it Store The red Store button is used when you want to store the settings that you have made in Programs 1 Press the Store button once and the Store LED will start to flash The display will ask you for a location where to store your new p...

Page 15: ...again to turn it off The transposition setting will be retained even when the function is turned off M M This transposition will also affect the MIDI output from the Nord Piano 2 HP M M In the System Menu there is a global transpose that will affect all programs and all sounds in the Nord Piano 2 HP but not the MIDI output Read more about this on page 19 E E The piano and sampled sounds have a fin...

Page 16: ...al Noise By activating this you will recreate the mechanical noise that happens when you operate the sustain pedal on an acoustic or electric piano This feature can only be heard if the Nord Triple Pedal is attached not included sold separate ly The Nord Triple Pedal is dynamic you can control the level of the noise by the force you use when you operate the sustain pedal Hold Shift while pressing ...

Page 17: ... 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 ...

Page 18: ...lliseconds The delay effect is stereo in stereo out Dry Wet The Dry Wel knob sets the balance between the dry unprocessed signal and the wet processed signal Feedback The Feedback is the number of repeats There are four available set tings indicated by the LEDs Press the Feedback button repeatedly to select a setting Tempo Tap Set Tap the Tempo button to set a delay time Pressing and holding the T...

Page 19: ...ult Off M M Local defaults back to Local On every time the Nord Piano 2 HP is powered on Control Change CC Mode This setting specifies how the front panel s knobs and buttons are han dled in the MIDI communication with MIDI Control Change messages You can select if the panel controls should either send or receive or both or if Control Change messages should be ignored Range Send Recv default Recei...

Page 20: ... 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 Type Roland EV5 default Roland EV7 Yamaha FC7 Korg Fatar SL Volume Pedal Gain This setting allows you to add some gain to the output of the pedal This can be used if an attached pedal does not reach the maximum level or setting Range 1 10 Volume Pedal Func...

Page 21: ...nstallations can also be downloaded from the www nordkeyboards com website Please visit our website from time to time to check for any Sound Manager updates Overview You can work with the contents of the Piano Sample and Program partitions These are accessed from the tabs conveniently labeled Piano Samp Lib and Programs M M If a Nord Piano 2 HP is not connected to the computer pages icons and memo...

Page 22: ...ion that does not contain a sound This allows you to choose a file on the hard drive to be downloaded to the location in the Nord Piano 2 HP Replace Pianos Samples This feature makes it possible to replace a piano or a sample in the unit with another piano or sample from your hard drive The process will update all the programs that used the former piano sample to use the new one after the replacem...

Page 23: ...be downloaded to the Nord Piano 2 HP If there isn t enough free space to complete the operation a message about this will appear If the Organize view is active you can drop a sound on any free location in the bank If this is not active the new sound will be automatically placed at the first free location in the bank M M The pianos are categorized and can only be added to the bank they belong to el...

Page 24: ...utton During the Clean process the Cancel option is not available Files waiting in the queue can be deleted from the queue if you change your mind Right click on the queued sound or use the Toolbar or Menu Delete command Files already in the unit can be moved or deleted during the pro cessing of the queue Upload sounds from the Nord Piano 2 HP 1 Select the desired partition that holds the sounds t...

Page 25: ... locations of the pianos and samples when they are downloaded to the free locations in the program partition 1 Make sure the Program Tab is open 2 Press the Bundle Down icon in the Toolbar You can also use the Bundle Download command from the File menu Ctrl Shift D 3 Navigate to the Bundle file that you wish to download and click Open After the Manager has verified the files in the Bundle the Prog...

Page 26: ...n the Nord Piano Double clicking on a piano sample or program will also make it active in the Nord Piano 2 HP Backup 1 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 You never know when a revengeful cat figures out how to for...

Page 27: ...are a z AZ 0 9 and the hyphen Any other characters will not be displayed in the Sound Manager lists M M Pianos or samples cannot be renamed so this function is not available if you have selected any of these Delete Allows you to delete one or several selected sounds You will be asked to confirm your intentions You may also use the delete or backspace key on the computer keyboard to perform this ac...

Page 28: ...is 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 Backing up from the Nord Sound Manager is done in an incre mental manner Unless y...

Page 29: ... from the Nord Sound Manager is done in an incre mental manner Unless you change the name or the location of the backup file only the pianos and or programs that have been changed since the previous backup will be saved The Nord Sound Manager will suggest a location for the backup the first time this function is selected in My Documents Nord Sound Manager files If you rather save the backup file e...

Page 30: ...selected partition bank and not only the occupied ones This will for instance make it easier to drag a file to a specific free location in the middle of the list If this is unchecked only the occupied locations will be shown Dual View Ctrl L When this option is checked the window will be divided in two lists The two lists makes it easy to move programs from one location to another You can make the...

Page 31: ... HP would use is missing from the instrument On the rare occasion that something happens with any of the files in the unit error information about broken corrupted or rejected files will be displayed here If this happens delete the broken file and reload it to the instrument Footer Area The footer area is located at the bottom of the Nord Sound Manager window Partition Memory Indicator This indica...

Page 32: ...ch bank transmit and respond to MIDI Program Change values 0 119 The Live Mode programs use MIDI Program Change 120 124 MIDI Sysex System Exclusive Individual or all Programs can be transmitted and received as a System Exclusive dump Nord Piano 2 HP with a sequencer Connections 1 Connect the MIDI Out on the Nord Piano 2 HP to the MIDI In on your sequencer or use the USB MIDI capabilities 2 Connect...

Page 33: ...t the MIDI Out on the transmitting device to the MIDI IN on the Nord Piano 2 HP 2 Initiate the transmission on the transmitting device If the dump contained all Programs All it will replace all programs currently stored in the Nord Piano 2 HP If the dump contained only a single program it will be temporarily placed in the currently selected program memory location An asterisk will appear in the di...

Page 34: ... s Touch Channel X X X X Pitch Bender X X Control Change O O Program Change True O 0 127 O 0 127 System Exclusive O O System Song Pos Common Song Sel Tune X X X X X X System Clock Realtime Commands X X X X Aux Local on off Message All notes off Active Sense Reset X X X X X X X X Number True Voice 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...

Page 35: ...level 14 Memory Protect 11 19 MIDI Channel 19 MIDI Controller list 33 MIDI In 8 MIDI Indicator 14 MIDI Menu 19 MIDI Out 8 Model 16 Monitor In 8 Mono 15 Music Stand 9 P Partition Memory 31 Pedal Menu 20 Pedal Noise 16 Phaser 18 Piano 16 Piano Type 16 Press 17 Program 14 Program Bundle 24 Program Change 19 Program memory 10 Progress 31 R Relink 22 24 Rename 30 Replace 23 Restore 29 Reverb 18 S Sampl...

Page 36: ...nd to be the source of interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that ...

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