USER MANUAL Nord Electro 6 English OS version: 1.
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1. Introduction TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION........................................................................... 5 Thank you!.........................................................................................................5 Features..............................................................................................................5 Nord Online.......................................................................................................5 About the User Manual...........
| Nord Electro 6 User Manual OS v1.1x List view......................................................................................................19 10 - Local Control ...........................................................................................27 Shaping the sound......................................................................................19 11 - Channel....................................................................................................27 Dynamics.........
1. Introduction 1 INTRODUCTION THANK YOU! »» Nord World: Nord releated news stories and videos Thank you for choosing the Nord Electro 6! »» Tutorials can be found at nordkeyboards.com/tutorials The Nord Electro 6 combines our award-winning emulations of vintage electro mechanical and acoustic instruments in one ultra-portable package.
| Nord Electro 6 User Manual OS v1.1x 2 OVERVIEW A:14 EightyNine 260 ORGAN PIANO THE ELECTRO 6 PANEL The Nord Electro 6 is designed to be a musically inspiring yet easy-touse instrument. Let’s have a quick look at all its panel sections: ORGAN SECTION – PAGE 10 The dedicated Organ section, with its nine drawbars for real-time adjustments to the Organ sound, uses our latest B3 tonewheel Organ model, as found in the acclaimed Nord C2D Combo Organ.
3. GETTING STARTED 3 | 7 GETTING STARTED Let’s spend a few minutes getting acquainted with the most fundamental features of the Nord Electro 6. In this chapter some of the most common tasks and scenarios will be described in a stepwise fashion. HOOKING IT UP 1 Connect the Nord Electro 6 power cord to the unit and a mains power supply, connect the sustain pedal and a set of headphones or a sound system. 2 Make sure to turn on the Nord Electro 6 first, before the sound system.
| Nord Electro 6 User Manual OS v1.1x LIST VIEW Any dial that has LIST written below it - such as the Program dial - can be used to access a useful list view. 2 Memory Protect is the first setting of the System menu. If the display shows a different setting, use the Page3button to navigate to the Memory Protect setting. 3 4 Change this setting to Off by turning the PROGRAM dial. This setting, like most other System settings, will be permanently stored until it is changed again.
3. GETTING STARTED ACTIVATE EFFECTS 1 2 Activate the reverb by pressing the Reverb ON button. 3 4 Activate the delay effect by pressing the Delay ON/OFF button once. The LEDs above the button indicate which sound engine is routed to the effect (O = Organ, P = Piano and S = Sample Synth). Press SHIFT and the Delay SOURCE button until the P LED is lit, if it is not already. Try the RATE, FEEDBACK and DRY/WET controls, to alter the character and intensity of the Delay effect.
| Nord Electro 6 User Manual OS v1.1x 4 ORGAN The Nord Electro 6 features five organ models, all digitally modeled: A B3 tonewheel organ with a dedicated B3 Bass mode, two transistor organs and two Pipe organ models, including a “principal pipe” section. functions as a traditional Swell pedal which also changes the character of the sound when the Rotary Speaker Drive is used. Read more about how to configure pedals on page 26.
4. Organ SELECTING AN ORGAN MODEL VIBRATO & CHORUS Use the ORGAN MODEL selector button to select your preferred Organ model: B3, VOX, FARF, PIPE1, PIPE2 or B3 BASS. With the B3 Bass setting, its drawbars are placed on the “upper” manual in non-Dual Organ mode, making it possible to create B3 Bass and Piano/Sample Synth splits. In Dual Organ mode the bass drawbars are found on the lower manual, with a standard set of B3 drawbars on the upper manual, as expected.
| Nord Electro 6 User Manual OS v1.1x THE VOX 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 compact and portable organ instruments.
4. Organ VIBRATO The original instrument has 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 on the Nord Electro 6, which are activated using the ON button in the Vibrato section. MANUAL ORGAN The MANUAL ORGAN (Shift + Octave Down) can be thought of as a separate – program independent – organ, the settings of which are in always sync regardless of which program it is loaded from.
| Nord Electro 6 User Manual OS v1.1x 5 PIANO be downloaded from the www.nordkeyboards.com website and added to the Nord Electro 6 by using the Nord Sound Manager. Right out of the box, the Nord Electro 6 features a fine collection of carefully selected acoustic and electric pianos, digital piano sounds and piano layers. A lot of effort was made to ensure a nuanced response and sound, matching the original models as closely as possible. The available memory size for piano sounds is 1 Gigabyte.
5. Piano MM CATEGORY DESCRIPTION Grand Acoustic and electric grand pianos Upright Upright pianos Electric Electric Pianos (tine and reed based) Clav/Hps Clavinets and Harpsichords Digital Digital piano sounds Layer Layered piano sounds Pianos can not be moved from one category to another. The name of the selected model is shown at the bottom of the Program section display, indicated by a keyboard icon.
| Nord Electro 6 User Manual OS v1.1x 6 PROGRAM A:14 EightyNine B3 Ballad EP1 Sml 260 Synth Bass 5 2 To select a different store location use the dial and/or PROGRAM 1-4 and PAGE 3/4 buttons. A program can also be stored to one of the Live program locations by pressing the LIVE MODE button and then selecting the desired Live program. The program at the selected destination can always be auditioned by playing the keyboard. MM To cancel an ongoing Store operation, press EXIT.
6. Program CHOOSING A SPLIT POSITION Use the dial to choose one of the 6 keyboard split positions, C3-F5, on the Keyboard Split position page. LEDs are provided above the keyboard, indicating which split position is active. SPLIT WIDTH SETTINGS Normally the transition between two keyboard zones is immediate, with no overlap between the sounds selected for each zone. By setting a Width, sounds can instead be mixed or “cross-faded” across the split point, creating a smoother transition between the sounds.
| Nord Electro 6 User Manual OS v1.1x PROGRAM LIST, ABC AND CAT The LIST (Shift + Program dial) view provides great overview when browsing programs linearly (Num selected in the display) but also presents two additional sort modes: Abc (Program 2) and Cat (Program 3). Abc sorts the list alphabetically while Cat will display all programs of the selected category.
7. Sample Synth 7 SAMPLE SYNTH SELECTING A SAMPLE Use the SAMPLE SELECT dial to scroll through the available samples. The position and name of the selected sample is shown in the Program area display. Which sample is selected is stored in the program, when a Store operation is performed. LIST VIEW Pressing SHIFT while turning the SAMPLE SELECT dial allows for browsing all samples in a list. The Abc and Cat soft buttons can be used for displaying samples based on name or category.
| Nord Electro 6 User Manual OS v1.1x 8 EFFECTS ACTIVATING EFFECTS To enable an effect, press its ON/OFF button. The LEDs above the button indicate which sound engine the effect is assigned to; O = Organ, P = Piano and S = Sample Synth. Press SOURCE (Shift + On/Off) to change the sound engine assignment. Source can also be changed by double-clicking the Source button. EFFECT 1 The EFFECT 1 unit offers six different types of modulation effects.
8. Effects EFFECT 2 EFFECT 2 provides a selection of modulation effects, including two types of Phaser, a Flanger, two Chorus types and a Vibe effect. Each effect has its rate controlled by the Effect 2 knob. PHASER 1 & 2 The PHASER effect produces a characteristic “sweep” effect, commonly used with electric piano sounds. The digital models for the phasers of the Nord Electro 6 are inspired by classic units such as the Bi Phase and the Small Stone.
| Nord Electro 6 User Manual OS v1.1x MM The Rotary Drive is dependent on the level of the input signal. If the instrument routed to the Rotary is set to a very low level, the amount of available drive will be significantly reduced. This is also how it works with the “real articles” – when the organ level is raised, e.g. by using a swell pedal, the amount of distortion also increases.
9. MIDI 9 MIDI MIDI FUNCTIONS The Nord Electro 6 can be used as a master keyboard to control other hardware units or software sound sources, and it is also possible to control all or only parts of the Nord Electro 6 from a separate keyboard or MIDI device. GLOBAL MIDI The Global MIDI channel is used both for transmitting and receiving MIDI information, at the same time.
| Nord Electro 6 User Manual OS v1.1x • Almost all other controls (knobs and buttons) on the front panel are also transmitted and received as Control Change messages. This can be used for recording front panel actions into a MIDI sequencer. For a full list of which parameters correspond to which Controller number, refer to page 29. KEYBOARD VELOCITY The Nord Electro 6 transmits and receives Keyboard Velocity messages.
5. NORD SOUND MANAGER 10 NORD SOUND MANAGER ABOUT NORD SOUND MANAGER SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Nord Sound Manager is an essential application for any Nord Electro 6 owner, and allows for organizing, altering and backing up content within the various memory areas on the Nord Electro 6. These are some of the common tasks performed through the Nord Sound Manager: Mac OS X 10.6 or later Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10.
| Nord Electro 6 User Manual OS v1.1x 11 MENUS Any settings that are made in the System and Sound menus will take immediate effect, and will be stored until they are changed again. MM The MIDI Local On/Off setting is an exception and will always revert to Local On when the Nord Electro 6 is powered up. Enter a menu by holding SHIFT and pressing SYSTEM or SOUND, (Program buttons 1 and 2). Menus are navigated with the PAGE 3 and 4 buttons and settings are changed with the PROGRAM dial.
11. Menus Range: Roland EV7 (default), Yamaha FC-7, Korg, Fatar/Studiologic GAIN This setting allows for adding some gain to the pedal signal. This can be useful if an attached pedal does not reach its maximum level or setting. Range: 1 - 10 10 - LOCAL CONTROL MIDI Local Control determines if the Nord Electro 6 keyboard and panel will control internal sound engines and programs or only transmit MIDI. Local Control On is the normal “play mode”.
| Nord Electro 6 User Manual OS v1.1x 12 CONNECTIONS AUDIO CONNECTIONS USB CONNECTION General guide on audio connections: Before turning on your amplifier, make all audio connections. Always turn on the amplifier last, and when shutting down, always turn off your amplifier or active speakers first. The USB port is used for connecting the Nord Electro 6 to a computer.
Appendix II APPENDIX: MIDI CONTROLLER LIST Nord Electro 6 Parameter MIDI CC # Bank Select MSB Program 0 Bank Select MSB Live 6 Bank Select MSB Piano Nord Electro 6 Parameter MIDI CC # Piano EQ 40 3 Sample Synth Enable 42 Bank Select MSB Sample 4 Sample Synth Level 43 Bank Select LSB 32 Sample Synth Octave Shift 44 Sample Synth Sustain Pedal 45 Volume 7 Sample Synth Ctrl Pedal 46 Pan 10 Sample Synth Attack 68 Sample Synth Decay/Release 69 Sustain 64 Sample Synth Dynami
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