User Manual Nord c2 OS Version 2.x Part No. 50326 Print Edition 1.
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| Table of contents 1 Introduction 5 Nord C2 Reference Thank you! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Development goals . . . . . . . . . . . . Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . About this user manual . . . . . . . . 4 4 4 4 2 Overview Organ performance area . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Effect and Program area . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Master level knob . . . . . . . . . . . . .
| Nord C2 Combo Organ User Manual OS v2.X 1 Introduction Thank you! Features We would first like to thank you for purchasing the Nord C2 Combo Organ! We hope you will find it to be everything you wished for and that you’ll have many hours of great fun with your new instrument.
Chapter 2 Overview 2 Overview The Nord C2 Combo Organ front panel consists of 2 areas, easily identified by their gray and black background color: About the buttons Organ performance area Selector buttons The organ section features the controls for the four different organ models, and this is where you make model specific adjustments. Please refer to “The Organ Area” on page 11. Press the selector button repeatedly to select between options printed next to the corresponding LEDs.
| Nord C2 Combo Organ User Manual OS v2.X 3 Connections Pedal connections Sustain Pedal input ¼" connector for a switch type pedal. When a connected pedal is operated, the notes you play will be sustained. You can use any standard sustain type pedal. A polarity setting can be selected in the system menu. Read more on this on page 17. MM A connected sustain pedal will not affect the Pipe organ model.
Chapter 3 Connections Bass Pedal To play the Nord C2 Combo Organ’s dedicated bass registers, connect the MIDI Out from your external controller (preferably a bass pedalboard) to the Bass Pedal connector. The bass registers will respond to all MIDI note messages received regardless of their MIDI channel. Audio connections Monitor In Use this to connect and monitor a signal from an mp3 or a CD player at the Nord C2's headphone output. This allows you to e.g. rehearse with the C2 to pre-recorded music.
| Nord C2 Combo Organ User Manual OS v2.X 4 Getting Started Let’s take a few minutes to get familiar with the Nord C2. The user interface is designed to be as intuitive as possible, and to perform as well as you do in a live situation. We hope that you soon will feel confident using it, and by following this short chapter, we will go through most of the functions. About the programs Memory protect Complete sound settings are stored in the Program memory of the Nord C2.
Chapter 4 Getting Started The Live buffers The special Live buffers can be described as a “live program memory”. If you activate the Live button, all changes to the panel settings you make will be continuously saved. If you switch the power off, or select another program, the settings are still stored in a Live memory, so when you power up next time (or return to a Live memory) all settings will be exactly as they were when you left them.
| Nord C2 Combo Organ User Manual OS v2.X 4 If you press and hold Preview and then a Drawbar/Preset button, you can set up a new sound while the previous settings are still active, and then quickly activate the new settings by pressing the Drawbar/Preset button again. Splitting the great/lower manual Sound Manager installation Mac OSX 1 Download the Mac OSX version of Nord Sound Manager from the www.nordkeyboards.com website. 2 Open the image file (.dmg) and drag the Nord Sound Manager v5.xx.
Chapter 5 Nord C2 Reference 5 Nord C2 Reference Master level knob This control sets the overall output level of the C2, at the line- and the headphone outputs. The setting of this control is not stored in a Program. Shift button Many buttons have a second job, whose function is printed below the button or knob. You access these additional functions and parameters by holding down shift while pressing a button.
| Nord C2 Combo Organ User Manual OS v2.X When the B3 model is activated the Bass Drawbars control the B3 bass registers. When the B3 model is activated you can activate the Synth Bass model by pressing Shift + Organ Model button. When the VX or Farf models is activated, the Bass Drawbars control the synth bass model. When the Pipe model is activated, the Bass Drawbars control the pipe organ bass stops. The B3 Model This model is based on a digital simulation of the classic mechanical tonewheel organ.
Chapter 5 Nord C2 Reference The VX Model The Farf Model The original Vox™ organ is probably the most famous of all the transistor-based combo organs that emerged in the early 60’s. Transistor technology made it possible to manufacture much more compact and portable organ instruments.
| Nord C2 Combo Organ User Manual OS v2.X Vibrato The original instrument have two basic vibrato modes; “Light” and “Heavy”, with different rates for each mode. There are several types of vibrato and choruses available for the FARF model in the C2, which are activated using the ON button in the Vibrato section. MM MM The V1, V2 and the V3 settings are the ones that are modeled after the original instrument’s. The FARF models vibrato setting is common for both the swell and great manuals.
Chapter 5 Nord C2 Reference Program area Display The LED display will show the active Program number. If you edit the settings of a Program, a dot will appear next to the Program number, at the bottom right of the display. If you have activated any of the three menus, the System, MIDI or Sound menu, the setting for each menu item is shown with the LED’s. What is a program? All sound related knob and button settings can be stored into any of three storage areas; Prog, Live 1 and Live 2.
| Nord C2 Combo Organ User Manual OS v2.X Effect area Speaker Model This allows you to select the speaker/amp and rotary emulations. JC and Twin emulates two different kinds of amplifier and speaker cabinets. The amount of overdrive is controlled by the Drive Amount controls to the upper right on the panel. Rotary simulates a rotary speaker including its built-in amplifier. The C2 has two models of rotary speakers, you select these in the Sound Menu, see page 18 for details.
Chapter 6 The Menus 6 The Menus Any settings that you change in the System, MIDI or Sound menu will take immediate effect on a global basis, and will be stored until you change them the next time *. Enter the menus by pressing and holding Shift and the System, MIDI or Sound button (Prog, Live 1 or Live 2). Select a function with the Up/Down buttons and change the setting by pressing and holding Shift and the Up or Down button. Exit the menus by pressing a second time on the Prog, Live 1 or Live 2 button.
| Nord C2 Combo Organ User Manual OS v2.X 10 - Rotor Pedal Mode 4 - Local Control If you are using a sustain pedal connected to control Rotor Speed this allows you to set how this should operate. “Hold” means that the Rotor Speed is fast for as long as the pedal is down and reverts back to slow/stopped when the pedal is released (or vice versa depending on the set pedal polarity).
Chapter 6 The Menus 2 - Bass Rotor Speed 12 - Rotary Model Sets the speed setting (in the fast and slow speed modes) of the rotary speaker simulation’s bass rotor. Sets the rotary model. The “A” model is the “122” from the C2D, the “b” model is the “122 with close up mic’s” from the C2D, and the “C” is a vintage 145 unit.
| Nord C2 Combo Organ User Manual OS v2.X 7 MIDI functions About the MIDI implementation The following MIDI messages can be transmitted and received from the Nord C2: Nord C2 with a sequencer Note On/Off Connections • Note On and Note Off messages are transmitted and received. 1 Connect the MIDI Out on the Nord C2 to the MIDI In on your sequencer. 2 Connect the MIDI Out from your sequencer to the MIDI In on the Nord C2.
Chapter 7 MIDI functions Program and CC dumps To dump a Program SysEx, or MIDI Controller data via MIDI, either to another Nord C2 or for recording the data into another MIDI device, proceed as follows: Sending program dumps 1 2 3 Connect the MIDI OUT on the Nord C2 to the MIDI In on the receiving device. MIDI Controller list This is a list of the MIDI Controller numbers used for all knobs and buttons on the front panel and the pedals. When a function is available for both the Swell.
| Nord C2 Combo Organ User Manual OS v2.X MIDI Implementation Chart Function Transmitted Recognized Basic Channel 1 - 16 1 - 16 1 - 16 1 - 16 Default Mode 3 Mode 3 Message X X 0-127 0-127 Default Channel Mode Altered Note Number True Voice Velocity Note ON O, v= 1 - 127 O, v= 1 - 127 Note Off O, v= 1 - 127 O, v= 1 - 127 After Key’s X X Touch Channel X X Pitch Bender X X Control Change O O Program Change O, 0-127 O, 0-127 O O X . X . X X . X .
Chapter 8 Appendix 8 Appendix Nord Sound Manager Updates The Nord Sound Manager is the application that allows you to organize the memory area in the Nord C2. It is also used to download programs to the Nord C2 or to upload these items - called sounds - from the Nord C2 memory to the computer hard drive. The Nord Sound Manager provides access to various methods to download the sounds to the unit and a function to backup and restore the entire Nord C2 memory. Please visit our website at http://www.
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