Clavia Nord electro 5d 61 User manual

NORD ELECTRO 5 USER MANUAL OS V1.X | 1

User Manual

English

Nord Electro 5D 61

Nord Electro 5D 73

Nord Electro 5HP 73

OS Version: 1.0x

Edition: C

Part No. 50434 Copyright Clavia DMI AB

Edition: C

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1) Read these instructions.

2) Keep these instructions.

3) Heed all warnings.

4) Follow all instructions.

5) Do not use this apparatus near water.

6) Clean only with dry cloth.

7) Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance

with the manufacturer’s instructions.

8) Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat

registers, stoves, or other apparatus (including ampliers) that

produce heat.

9) Do not defeat the safety purpose of the polarized or

grounding-type plug. A polarized plug has two blades with one

wider than the other. A grounding type plug has two blades

and a third grounding prong. The wide blade or the third prong

are provided for your safety. If the provided plug does not t

into your outlet, consult an electrician for replacement of the

obsolete outlet.

10) Protect the power cord from being walked on or pinched

particularly at plugs, convenience receptacles, and the point

where they exit from the apparatus.

11) Only use attachments/accessories specied by the manu-

facturer.

12) Use only with the cart, stand,

tripod, bracket, or table specied by the

manufacturer, or sold with the apparatus.

When a cart is used, use caution when

moving the cart/apparatus combination to

avoid injury from tip-over.

13) Unplug this apparatus during lightning

storms or when unused for long periods of time.

14) Refer all servicing to qualied service personnel. Servicing

is required when the apparatus has been damaged in any way,

such as power-supply cord or plug is damaged, liquid has been

spilled or objects have fallen into the apparatus, the apparatus

has been exposed to rain or moisture, does not operate nor-

mally, or has been dropped.

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an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the

presence of uninsulated voltage within the products en-

closure that may be of sufcient magnitude to constitute

a risk of electric shock to persons.

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the apparatus;

Do not use the apparatus in tropical climates.

WARNING: To reduce the risk of re or electric shock, do not expose

this apparatus to rain or moisture.

The apparatus shall not be exposed to dripping or splashing and that

no objects lled with liquids, such as vases, shall be placed on the

apparatus.

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readily operable.

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telles que des bougies allumées;

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éclaboussures et de plus qu´aucun objet rempli de liquide tel que des

vases ne doit étre placé sur l´appareil.

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de déconnexion, ce dispositif doit demeuré aisément accessible.

Warning - When using electric products, basic precautions should always be followed, including the following:

Additional Safety Information

NORD ELECTRO 5 USER MANUAL OS V1.X | 3

1. INTRODUCTION

THANK YOU!

Thank you for purchasing the Nord Electro 5. Our goal when developing the Nord Electro line of instruments has always been to oer the best em-

ulations of traditional electromechanical keyboard instruments in a compact and lightweight package. With the Nord Electro 5 we have taken this

several steps further by not only upgrading the existing sections but also adding a sample synthesizer section and making the Nord Electro 5 bi-tim-

bral – a rst for the Electro series. There are also new ways in which sounds can be layered and organized making the Nord Electro 5 one of the

most versatile and player friendly instruments on the market today.

DISCLAIMER

All trademarks and brand names mentioned in this manual are the property of their respective owners and not in any way aliated or associated with

Clavia AB. The trademarks are only mentioned as a reference to certain sonic qualities or actions reproduced by Nord Electro 5.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................... 3

Thank you!..............................................................................................................................................3

Disclaimer...............................................................................................................................................3

2. OVERVIEW....................................................................................................................... 4

3. USING THE NORD ELECTRO 5..................................................... 5

Parts .............................................................................................................................................................5

Program....................................................................................................................................................5

Storing and naming Programs .......................................................................................................6

Live Programs .......................................................................................................................................6

Storing sounds to and from Live Programs.........................................................................6

Organ...........................................................................................................................................................7

Preset 1 and 2 .......................................................................................................................................7

DRWB Live and DRWB Sync.............................................................................................................7

B3...............................................................................................................................................................7

Percussion........................................................................................................................................8

B3+Bass.............................................................................................................................................8

Pipe...........................................................................................................................................................8

VX..............................................................................................................................................................8

Farf ............................................................................................................................................................8

Piano ............................................................................................................................................................8

Long Release.........................................................................................................................................8

String Resonance.................................................................................................................................9

Mono........................................................................................................................................................9

Kbd Touch ..............................................................................................................................................9

Nord Piano Library size comparison chart .................................................................................9

Sample Synth......................................................................................................................................9

Dynamics................................................................................................................................................9

Filter Vel...................................................................................................................................................9

Attack, Sustain and Decay/Release...............................................................................................9

Eects.......................................................................................................................................................10

Eect 1..................................................................................................................................................10

Eect 2..................................................................................................................................................10

Spkr/Comp.......................................................................................................................................... 10

The Rotary eect ........................................................................................................................10

Delay .....................................................................................................................................................10

EQ...........................................................................................................................................................11

Reverb...................................................................................................................................................11

Set List Mode ..................................................................................................................................11

Selecting Programs for a Song....................................................................................................11

Storing Songs and Set Lists ..........................................................................................................12

Storing Program changes from Set List mode.......................................................................12

List View.................................................................................................................................................12

Programs and Set Lists ................................................................................................................... 13

Piano .....................................................................................................................................................13

Sample Synth.....................................................................................................................................13

Organize ..............................................................................................................................................13

4. MIDI.......................................................................................................................................... 14

Scenario 1: Nord Electro 5 as controller..............................................................14

Scenario 2: Nord Electro 5 sending MIDI on Part Upper in

KB Split mode..................................................................................................................................14

Scenario 3: Nord Electro 5 receiving MIDI on Part Upper in

MIDI Upper Receive mode.................................................................................................15

Scenario 4: Nord Electro 5 with a sequencer.................................................15

5. MENUS.................................................................................................................................16

System.....................................................................................................................................................16

MIDI............................................................................................................................................................16

Sound.......................................................................................................................................................16

6. NORD SOUND MANAGER.................................................................17

System Requirements ...........................................................................................................17

Installation..........................................................................................................................................17

Overview .............................................................................................................................................. 17

Downloading Piano sounds .........................................................................................................18

Downloading Sample Synth samples.......................................................................................18

Deleting sounds and samples .....................................................................................................18

Substituting sounds and samples..............................................................................................18

Backing up and restoring your Nord Electro 5............................................19

Sound Up and Sound Down.........................................................................................................19

Bundle Up and Bundle Down ......................................................................................................19

Backup and Restore.........................................................................................................................19

I APPENDIX: CONNECTIONS................................................................ 20

Audio Connections....................................................................................................................20

Headphones ......................................................................................................................................20

Left and Right Out............................................................................................................................20

Monitor In............................................................................................................................................20

MIDI Connections .......................................................................................................................20

MIDI In .................................................................................................................................................20

MIDI Out ..............................................................................................................................................20

USB Connection............................................................................................................................20

Pedal Connections.....................................................................................................................20

Sustain pedal......................................................................................................................................20

Rotor Pedal .........................................................................................................................................20

Control Pedal......................................................................................................................................20

II APPENDIX: MIDI CONTROLLER LIST...............................21

III INDEX....................................................................................................................................22

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2. OVERVIEW

Above all, the Nord Electro 5 is a player’s instrument, with accessible front panel controls for

virtually all performance functions.

The front panel of the NE5 has ve main areas: Organ, Piano, Program, Sample Synth and Ef-

fects, each of which is discussed in detail in this manual.

Most continuous parameters, such as the master volume level are adjusted using standard

knobs. You will also nd endless knobs. These are used for browsing Programs, scrolling in lists

etc. Some knobs serve double purposes, depending on what mode you are in. In these cases

the alternate functions are written out separated by a ”/”, such as in PROG/MENU.

A parameter value can be dierent from the knob’s physical position when you load a Program.

As soon as you start turning the knob however, the value will snap to the knob’s physical posi-

tion. As adjustments are made, the value of the parameter will also be shown on the large OLED

display.

l Pressing and holding the SHIFT button while turning any knob will cause that parameter’s

current value to be displayed without changing.

Buttons are used for turning functions on and o and switching between dierent settings. Many

buttons serve multiple purposes, in which case a second function will be described under the

button, and is accessed by pressing SHIFT.

The 5D models (61 and 73) contain real Drawbars for adjustment of organ settings. On the 5HP

models buttons and LEDs are used for these functions.

The LED lights on the panel will most commonly be either lit with a xed light, when their asso-

ciated functions are active or non-lit when inactive. In some scenarios blinking LEDs are used.

For example, blinking Menu LEDs indicate that the associated menu is in focus, and the sound

source selectors for the two Parts will blink at a slow rate if the same sound source is selected for

both of them.

Endless knob

Standard knob

Digital drawbar

(5HP model)

Physical drawbar

(5D models)

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PARTS

The Nord Electro 5 is a bi-timbral instrument,

meaning that it allows you to play two separate

sounds simultaneously. These sound sources

are referred to as PART LOWER and PART UPPER.

For each Part you can choose from one of the

three sound engines:

• The Organ Model

• The Piano Engine

• The Sample Synth

Parts are selected in the Program area and can be blended in any way you choose by turning the

PART MIX knob. In KB SPLIT mode the keyboard is divided in two, with Part Lower to the left and

Part Upper to the right. The split point can be adjusted by pressing the KB SPLIT button while

turning the VALUE dial to select from six available split points: C3, F3, C4, F4, C5 and F5. Green

LEDs are provided across the keyboard to indicate which split point is active.

l It is also possible to use KB SPLIT to allow PART UPPER to be addressed via an external

controller, or to send MIDI only from the upper half of the keyboard. These features require

that an Upper Split channel is dened in the MIDI menu. You can read more about possible

MIDI setups on page 14-page 15.

The OCTAVE SHIFT buttons transpose their respective Parts in octave intervals. The number of

octaves available for each Part to be transposed up or down depends on whether you are in KB

SPLIT mode or not, designed to always give you access to the entire playable range for both Parts.

The TRANSPOSE function, activated by a single press of the button, will allow the keyboard to be

transposed +/- 6 semitones. Pressing and holding the TRANSPOSE button while operating the

VALUE dial adjusts the amount of transposition.

PROGRAM

A Program contains all the settings for all of the available parameters, including sound engines

and sound processing eects, for both Parts regardless of whether both Parts are active within

the Program. Output volume of each Program is controlled using the GAIN knob. This value is

also stored within the Program, allowing adjustment of relative volumes between Programs.

The Nord Electro 5 can store up to 400 user Programs organized in eight banks holding 50 Pro-

grams each. To scroll through your Programs simply turn the PROG dial.

Program names, along with Bank and Program numbers (separated by a colon), are shown

in the display when in Program Mode. The lower half of the display contains small icons

representative of the three available sound engines. Current drawbar positions are shown

for the Organ model, while the names of the loaded sounds are displayed for the Piano and

Sample Synth engines. An asterisk will appear to the right of the program number if/when

changes are made to a Program. Note that these changes will be lost upon changing to

another Program unless a STORE operation is performed rst.

3. USING THE NORD ELECTRO 5

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STORING AND NAMING PROGRAMS

For saving changes made to an existing Program, press STORE to enter the STORE PROGRAM

TO screen. The display now shows you where the Program will be stored to. Optionally, you can

now use the PROG dial to choose a dierent location.

Press STORE again to go through with the operation. A pop-up text on the display conrms that

the store was successful.

Pending store operations can be aborted by pressing EXIT. The text ”Store aborted!” veries that

no changes were saved.

To name your new Program:

1. Select STORE AS... and you will now see the STORE PROGRAM AS screen. The cursor will

highlight the rst character of the name

2. Press-hold the SHIFT button and an alphanumeric row of letters will show

3. Turn the VALUE knob until the desired character is highlighted

4. Release SHIFT and the cursor will jump to the next letter slot. Optionally use the VALUE dial to

select a dierent position within the name

If needed, use the DEL function to delete the selected character or INS to insert a blank space at

the current cursor position.

Repeat the actions above until the new name is complete. When nished, press STORE again and

the STORE PROGRAM TO screen will show. Again, use the PROG dial to if you want to select a

dierent store location.

LIVE PROGRAMS

The Nord Electro 5 has three easy-to-access Live Programs, diering from regular Programs in

that edits you make are automatically stored. Even when exiting a Live Program, or powering o

the machine your sounds will remain the way you left them, without the need for storing.

STORING SOUNDS TO AND FROM LIVE PROGRAMS

Sounds created in Live mode can be stored to a Program bank. To do this, rst press STORE, or

optionally STORE AS... and then the Program button. From here you can save the Live sound over

an existing Program, or select an unused location using the PROG dial.

Similarily, you can also copy a Program from a Program bank to a Live Program. This is done

from Program mode by pressing STORE and then selecting one of the three LIVE Programs. Con-

rm the action with a second click on the STORE button.

For Live Programs, the display is similar to that of regular Programs, but will read Live 1-3,

depending on which is selected. To select a Live Program, press any

of the Live 1-3 buttons in the Program area.

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ORGAN

The Organ model faithfully reproduces the tonal characteristics of both tone wheel and transistor

organs, with a vibrant Principal Pipe organ simulation added to complete the sonic palette. Alter-

ing the sound within the Organ section is primarily done through the use of DRAWBARS, whose

settings are stored together with your Program.

PRESET 1 AND 2

For each Program the Organ model can hold two dierent drawbar settings in its memory, graph-

ically visible in the display, selected by pressing PRESET 1 or PRESET 2 respectively. Additionally,

Vibrato/Chorus and Percussion can be turned on or o with each Preset.

DRWB LIVE AND DRWB SYNC

The DRWB LIVE option can be used if you would like a particular Program to always use the actu-

al positions of the drawbars. The DRWB SYNC command is used for instantly applying the current

drawbar postitions to the active organ preset.

l These options are only present on and relevant to the Nord Electro 5D models.

Tone wheel organs use notched steel disks - TONE WHEELS - to produce sine waves, generated

as a wheel rotates at its designated speed close to a corresponding electromagnetical pick-up.

The generated tone, whose pitch depends on the number of notches of that particular disk, is

then transformed and amplied, either through the use of a built-in speaker system or through

an external cabinet depending on the organ model. The details of this construction and all other

aspects of the original design - including its imperfections - are very closely simulated by the B3

model of the Nord Electro 5.

The nine drawbars of the Nord Electro 5 correspond to the available registers on the original B3

model. These are in turn named according to the approximate pipe lengths emulated by its tone

wheels. These ”pipe lengths”, 16’– 1’ are printed at the bottom of the drawbar section. The 8’

drawbar is sometimes referred to as the fundamental, being the root of the overtone series that

form the basis for the drawbar selections and the B3 sound.

The Vibrato and Chorus eects of the B3 model use a simulation of the original rotating scanner

based design. Both eects have three intensities to choose from, V1-V3 and C1-C3 respectively.

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PERCUSSION

The harmonic percussion feature is available in B3 mode. When switched on, an attack transient

is added to the organ tone giving it a more percussive character. The controls within this section

let you choose between second or third harmonics, slow or fast decay and soft or hard percus-

sion levels.

B3+BASS

One of the features new to the Nord Electro series is the B3+BASS mode, which will give you the

traditional B3 Bass tone wheels - 16’and 8’- in the left hand and a full B3 in the right. To enable

this feature, select Organ for both parts and enable KB Split. In non-split mode the B3+Bass

setting will behave as a normal B3.

l The SOUND menu is home to some additional settings, relevant to the various features of

the B3 model. See “Sound” on page 16 for details.

PIPE

Another new addition is the PIPE organ model which uses physical modelling to produce a versa-

tile and carefully tuned principal pipe section. Its pipe lengths match those of the B3 tone wheel

markings, also ranging from 16’to 1’.

The tonal controls for the VX transistor organ model range from 16’to IV, including the funda-

mental and its octaves, as well as various combinations of harmonics. Additionally, there is a

drawbar for adjusting the sound character between a softer and a brighter (less ltered) mode

represented by the sine and sawtooth waveforms.

The VX organ has three Vibrato modes to choose from - V1-V3 - each increasing its rate and inten-

sity.

FARF

The FARF model is based on another easy-to-recognize transistor organ and has its drawbars

labeled after the original Bass 16 – 2 2/3 tabs. In Farf mode the drawbars are congured as on/

o switches in order to match the original design.

The Vibrato/Chorus options for the Farf model consist of four dierent settings, V1-V2 and C2-

C3. In this case all positions represent variations on the original Vibrato model.

PIANO

The Piano engine has a six-part type selector, each type containing a range of individual pianos

and keyboard instruments, accessible with the selector below the numeric MODEL display. The

Program area display will always show you the name of the currently loaded Piano sound.

From www.nordkeyboards.com you can download any number of piano sounds you like - in ad-

dition to the ones that come pre-installed. Nord Piano Library sounds come in four dierent sizes,

letting you choose which range of features you want for each piano sound (see table below). The

internal memory of the Nord Electro 5 can hold up to 1 GB worth of piano sounds.

l Refer to the Nord Sound Manager section for details on downloading and transferring

sounds.

LONG RELEASE

The rst option of the ACOUSTICS section is LONG RELEASE, which adds a slightly longer release

to acoustic and electric pianos. This can for instance be useful for acheiving a more legato char-

acter in your playing.

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STRING RESONANCE

For sounds that support this feature STRING RES can be activated. When active, notes that you

play also aect other ”strings” within the loaded piano sound, making them resonate sympatheti-

cally with the played note, just like with a real piano.

MONO

In MONO mode all stereo sampled pianos will be played back in mono. The mono versions of our

piano sounds are specially designed to provide the player with optimal sound and playing experi-

ence, even in mono.

KBD TOUCH

How a piano sample responds to keyboard touch can be adjusted according to what ts your

playing style, or the context which you are performing in. With higher KBD TOUCH settings, less

force is required to trigger high velocity levels and vice versa.

NORD PIANO LIBRARY SIZE COMPARISON CHART

S M L XL

Stereo sampled 3 3 3 3

Detailed velocity mapping 3 3 3 3

String resonance for middle region of the range 3

String resonance for entire range 3 3

Fully mapped keyboard 3

SAMPLE SYNTH

The Sample Synth is a powerful addition to the Nord Electro 5’s Organs and Piano sections. The

internal memory can hold up to 256 MB of samples.The knob below the SAMPLE display is used

to scroll through the available samples. In places 99-159 within the list, samples are displayed

using the numbering A0-F9.

New samples can be downloaded from www.nordkeyboards.com or you could create your own

samples using the Nord Sample Editor, also available from our website.

l See the Nord Sound Manager section for details on downloading and transferring sounds.

DYNAMICS

With the DYNAMICS function it is possible to select four dierent modes of velocity response. If

this funcion is deactivated, samples will always play back at full velocity. When active, the three

dierent settings will give you increasing degrees of dynamic range.

FILTER VEL

With FILTER VEL a low pass lter is applied to the Sample Synth, which reacts to the velocity with

which a note is played. Generally, this gives the sound a more dampened quality with low input

velocities and a brighter character with higher velocity.

ATTACK, SUSTAIN AND DECAY/RELEASE

Another useful feature of the Sample Synth is the envelope section. With the ATTACK knob you

set the time it takes for the sample to reach its full level, whereas DECAY/RELEASE will let you

adjust how quickly the sample fades after having been triggered. At 12 o’clock the sample is in

SUSTAIN mode - meaning that a (looped) sample will sound as long as the key is pressed. Set-

tings past 12 o’clock determine how long the sample sounds after the key has been released.