User Manual

NORD ELECTRO 2 V2.2x 5. Panel reference: The Piano section
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A Clavinet D6 has two separate pick-ups, one on the “neck” and one on the “bridge”. By selecting either
one pick-up or both in different combinations you can alter the character of the sound quite drastically. On
the Mega Clavinet sound, the A
MOUNT knob works as the pick-up selector according to the figure below
OUTPUT ROUTING (HARD PAN)
If you want to process your sound using external effects,
it can be convenient to route Organ and Piano sounds to
separate outputs of the Nord Electro 2. Note that the
Output routing is not saved, so you will have to
reconfigure after power off.
1. Hold down S
HIFT and press the PROGRAM 8 button
three times. The D
ISPLAY reads ‘H.0’ where ‘H’
stands for ‘Hard pan’ and ‘0’ that both Organ and
Piano sounds are routed to L
EFT OUT and RIGHT
O
UT without separation.
2. Select ‘separate outputs’ by pressing the U
P NAVI-
GATOR
button so the DISPLAY reads ‘H.1’. ‘H.1’
means that Organ sounds will be output only
through the L
EFT OUT and Piano sounds only
through the R
IGHT OUT. Note that any stereo effect you apply to a sound internally will be in
mono in ‘H.1’ mode.
3. Press any button (except for the S
HIFT, STORE or UP/DOWN buttons) to exit.
VELOCITY SENSITIVITY FOR THE PIANOS
Some of the piano instruments sampled for the Nord Electro 2 have very wide dynamic ranges by nature
and naturally we wanted to capture this as accurately as possible. Therefore, it could be perceived that it
is a little hard to reach the most extreme levels when playing the Nord Electro 2 piano sounds with the
default keyboard Velocity Sensitivity setting. This is because the dynamic response curves have been very
carefully adjusted to match each original instrument's response characteristics. In other words, Clavia's in-
By turning the AMOUNT knob you select one of the four Clavinet D6
pick-up configurations. The pick-up configuration number is briefly
shown in the DISPLAY as you turn the AMOUNT knob.
The configurations are these:
C.b: Only the "bridge" pick-up; a bright sound.
C.A: Only the "neck" pick-up; a warm, less bright sound.
d.A: Both pick-ups on but 180 degrees out of phase; the fundamental
is almost cancelled and the sound becomes pretty thin
d.b: Both pick-ups on and in phase; a very full sound