DMI Nord Stage 4 User manual

USER MANUAL
Nord Stage 4
English
OS version: 1.0x
Edition: D
Part number: 50522 Copyright Clavia DMI AB
Edition: D

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INFORMATION ON RECYCLING OF PACKAGING MATERIALS
Outer box and internal cardboard protecon should be recycled as paper.
Internal plasc foam protecon and plasc bags should be recycled as plascs.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1INTRODUCTION .......................................................................... 8
Thank you! ........................................................................................................8
Features .............................................................................................................8
Nord Online ......................................................................................................8
About the User Manual ..............................................................................8
Reading the manual in PDF Format ...................................................................8
Free sounds ......................................................................................................8
Custom samples ...............................................................................................8
Restoring the factory presets.............................................................................9
OS upgrades.....................................................................................................9
Disclaimer..........................................................................................................9
2OVERVIEW........................................................................................10
Organ section................................................................................................10
Piano section.................................................................................................10
Nord Piano Library...........................................................................................10
String Resonance............................................................................................10
Nord Triple Pedal.............................................................................................10
Piano and Clav Timbre ....................................................................................11
Dynamic Compression ....................................................................................11
Program section ..........................................................................................11
Synth section.................................................................................................11
External MIDI...................................................................................................11
Layer Effects section .................................................................................11
3GETTING STARTED................................................................12
Hooking it up.................................................................................................12
Programs.........................................................................................................12
Select a program.............................................................................................12
Panel controls ...............................................................................................12
Dials and knobs...............................................................................................12
Faders.............................................................................................................12
Buttons ...........................................................................................................13
The Shift button..............................................................................................13
Button Hold and double tap functions .............................................................13
List view ...........................................................................................................13
Program View modes................................................................................13
Edit a program..............................................................................................13
Select a new piano sound ...............................................................................13
Turn off Memory Protection....................................................................14
Store a program...........................................................................................14
Live Mode .......................................................................................................14
Sections and Layers..................................................................................14
Turning Layers On and Off ...............................................................................14
Layer Effects..................................................................................................15
Activate an effect.............................................................................................15
Load a preset................................................................................................15
Load a Single Layer Preset..............................................................................15
Create a split ...................................................................................................15
Add an Organ Layer ........................................................................................16
Layer Scene II ...............................................................................................16
Morphs .............................................................................................................16
The Synthesizer............................................................................................17
Loading and adjusting a Sample......................................................................17
The Arpeggiator/Gate ...............................................................................18
4ORGAN SECTION.....................................................................19
About the Organ Section ........................................................................19
On/Off and Level .............................................................................................19
Layer Buttons and FX Focus............................................................................19
Octave Shift and KB Zone ...............................................................................19
Sustped and Pstick .........................................................................................19
Selecting an Organ model ...............................................................................19
Organ Presets...............................................................................................20
Drawbars and LED Graphs....................................................................20
The B3 model................................................................................................20
B3 drawbars....................................................................................................20
Percussion ......................................................................................................21
Key click control ..............................................................................................21
The Vox model..............................................................................................21
Vox drawbars ..................................................................................................21
Vibrato ............................................................................................................21
The Farf model..............................................................................................21
Farf registers ...................................................................................................21
Vibrato ............................................................................................................22
Pipe Organ......................................................................................................22
Pipe 1..............................................................................................................22
Pipe 2..............................................................................................................22
Pipe Vibrato/Chorus ........................................................................................22
Pipe 1&2 registers ...........................................................................................22
B3 Bass............................................................................................................22
Preset and Drawbar Live.........................................................................22
Sync................................................................................................................22
Swell pedal .....................................................................................................22
Rotary Speaker ............................................................................................22
5PIANO SECTION ........................................................................23
On/Off and Level .............................................................................................23
Layer Buttons and FX Focus............................................................................23
Octave Shift and KB Zone ...............................................................................23
Sustped and PStick.........................................................................................23
About the Piano sounds..........................................................................23
About Piano size .............................................................................................24
Piano Presets ................................................................................................24
Piano Select...................................................................................................24
Type and model...............................................................................................24
List view ..........................................................................................................25
KB Touch .......................................................................................................25
Dynamic Compression .............................................................................25
Acoustics.........................................................................................................25
Soft Release....................................................................................................25
String Resonance............................................................................................25
Ped Noise (Pedal Noise) ..................................................................................25
Nord Triple Pedal.........................................................................................26
Sustain and half pedaling.................................................................................26
Sostenuto........................................................................................................26
Soft pedal........................................................................................................26
Timbre...............................................................................................................26
Acoustic Piano Timbre settings........................................................................26
Electric Piano Timbre settings..........................................................................26
Clav Settings ...................................................................................................26
Unison...............................................................................................................26
6SYNTH SECTION.......................................................................27
About the Synth Section .........................................................................27
On/Off and Level .............................................................................................27
Layer Buttons and FX Focus............................................................................27
Octave Shift and KB Zone ...............................................................................27
Sustped and Pstick .........................................................................................28
Synth Section Modes................................................................................28
Synth Presets................................................................................................28
Samples...........................................................................................................28

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Sample Presets ...............................................................................................28
Analog...............................................................................................................28
Osc Ctrl...........................................................................................................28
Waveform Selection.........................................................................................28
Analog.............................................................................................................29
Wave...............................................................................................................30
FM...................................................................................................................30
Filter Section ...................................................................................................30
Filter Type........................................................................................................31
LP 24 & LP 12.................................................................................................31
LP M ...............................................................................................................31
LP+HP ............................................................................................................31
High Pass - HP................................................................................................31
Band Pass - BP...............................................................................................31
Keyboard Tracking...........................................................................................31
Filter Drive .......................................................................................................32
Filter Frequency...............................................................................................32
Filter Resonance..............................................................................................32
Env Amt (Envelope AMount) ............................................................................32
The Envelopes ..............................................................................................32
Attack, Decay and Release times ....................................................................33
Oscillator Envelope .........................................................................................33
Filter Envelope.................................................................................................33
LFO.....................................................................................................................33
Mst Clk............................................................................................................33
Voice ..................................................................................................................34
Mono and Legato ..........................................................................................34
Glide................................................................................................................34
Unison...............................................................................................................34
Unison and Samples .......................................................................................34
Arpeggiator/Gate.........................................................................................35
Arp (Arpeggiator) .............................................................................................35
Poly (Polyphonic Arpeggiator)..........................................................................35
Gate (Rhythmic Gate) ......................................................................................35
Range / Env ....................................................................................................35
Arpeggiator Menu............................................................................................35
Arpeggiator Rate/Time ....................................................................................36
Arpeggiator Master Clock................................................................................36
KB Hold............................................................................................................36
Vibrato...............................................................................................................36
Vibrato Menu...................................................................................................36
Vibrato and Samples .......................................................................................36
KB Sync...........................................................................................................36
Sound Init........................................................................................................36
7 PROGRAM........................................................................................37
What is a program?.........................................................................................37
Morph Assign................................................................................................37
Morph indicators .............................................................................................38
Split ....................................................................................................................38
Keyboard Split settings ..................................................................................38
Mst Clk .............................................................................................................38
External sync...................................................................................................39
(KBS) Keyboard Sync......................................................................................39
Pedal Tap ........................................................................................................39
Transpose On/Set.......................................................................................39
Panic...............................................................................................................39
Store ..................................................................................................................39
Storing a program ...........................................................................................39
Program dial...................................................................................................40
List options......................................................................................................40
Page buttons.................................................................................................40
MIDI and Extern indicators .....................................................................40
Preset Library ................................................................................................40
Browsing and loading Presets .........................................................................40
Storing Presets to the Preset Library................................................................41
Prog View........................................................................................................41
Preset Name ...................................................................................................41
Solo....................................................................................................................41
Undo...............................................................................................................41
Section Edit....................................................................................................41
Layer Init..........................................................................................................42
Layer Scene II ...............................................................................................42
Setting up Layer Scenes..................................................................................42
Layer Scenes and Presets...............................................................................42
Monitor / Copy / Paste.............................................................................42
Aux KB............................................................................................................42
Shift / Exit buttons ......................................................................................43
Live Mode .......................................................................................................43
Program Buttons.............................................................................................43
Num Pad (Numeric Pad)..................................................................................43
Menus ...............................................................................................................43
Organize...........................................................................................................43
Program Levels ............................................................................................44
8EXTERN.............................................................................................. 45
Extern Mode .................................................................................................45
Setting up........................................................................................................45
Using the Extern section..........................................................................45
Activating ........................................................................................................45
Octave Shift.....................................................................................................45
Keyboard Zones..............................................................................................45
Pitch Stick and Sustain Pedal messages .........................................................45
Extern Parameters......................................................................................46
MIDI CC ..........................................................................................................46
Program ..........................................................................................................46
Send On Load.................................................................................................46
Volume ............................................................................................................46
Arpeggiator .....................................................................................................46
Extern Section and MIDI Soft Thru...................................................................46
9LAYER EFFECTS........................................................................47
Overview..........................................................................................................47
FX Focus (Effects Focus) .................................................................................47
Section Mode..................................................................................................47
Activating effects and Global mode .................................................................47
Mod 1................................................................................................................48
A-Pan (Auto Pan).............................................................................................48
Trem (Tremolo).................................................................................................48
RM (Ring Modulation) ......................................................................................48
A-Wah.............................................................................................................48
Wah.................................................................................................................48
Pump ..............................................................................................................48
Master Clock...................................................................................................48
Mod 2................................................................................................................49
Phaser.............................................................................................................49
Flanger ............................................................................................................49
Vibe.................................................................................................................49
Chorus ............................................................................................................49
Ensemble ........................................................................................................49
Spin.................................................................................................................49
Delay..................................................................................................................49
Tap Tempo ......................................................................................................49
Effects.............................................................................................................49
Filters ..............................................................................................................50
Analog Mode...................................................................................................50
Master Clock...................................................................................................50
Amp Sim/EQ..................................................................................................50
Drive................................................................................................................50
EQ section.......................................................................................................50
Amp model......................................................................................................50
To Rotary.........................................................................................................51
LP 24 Filter......................................................................................................51
HP 24 Filter .....................................................................................................51
Compressor ...................................................................................................51
Fast mode.......................................................................................................51
Reverb ..............................................................................................................51

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Reverb Types...................................................................................................51
Rotary Speaker ............................................................................................52
Rotary Speaker and Reverb.............................................................................52
Rotary menu settings.......................................................................................52
10 MIDI ...................................................................................................... 53
Using MIDI ......................................................................................................53
Global Channel................................................................................................53
Layer Channels................................................................................................53
Extern................................................................................................................53
Controlling external gear from the Nord Stage 4 ..............................................53
Controlling the Nord Stage 4 using MIDI.........................................54
Aux KB (Auxilliary Keyboard)............................................................................54
Layer MIDI control ...........................................................................................54
Global MIDI .....................................................................................................54
External Sync ..................................................................................................54
Extern Section and MIDI re-routing..................................................................54
Recording a Stage 4 performance to a MIDI sequencer ........54
Messages........................................................................................................55
Program Change operations.................................................................55
Local Control On/Off..................................................................................55
Panic..................................................................................................................55
11 MENUS ............................................................................................. 56
Soft buttons ....................................................................................................56
System Menu ................................................................................................56
1 - Memory Protect .........................................................................................56
2 - Global Transpose .......................................................................................56
3 - Fine Tune ...................................................................................................56
4 - Version and model info...............................................................................56
Sound Menu..................................................................................................56
1 - Program Levels..........................................................................................56
2 - Piano Pedal Noise Level.............................................................................57
3 - Piano String Res Level ...............................................................................57
4 - Organ Keyboard Trigger Point ....................................................................57
5 - B3 Organ Tonewheel Mode........................................................................57
6 - B3 Organ Click Level..................................................................................57
7 - Rotary Speaker Type..................................................................................57
8 - Rotary Rotor Speed ...................................................................................57
9 - Rotary Rotor Acceleration ..........................................................................57
10 - Rotary Horn Speed ..................................................................................57
11 - Rotary Horn Acc (Acceleration).................................................................57
Aux KB..............................................................................................................57
1 - Aux KBD Enable ........................................................................................57
2 - Aux KBD Organ / PIANO / SYNTH.............................................................57
3 - Keyboard Velocity ......................................................................................57
Output Menu .................................................................................................57
1 - Output Bus Channels.................................................................................57
2 - Organ/Rotary Output Bus ..........................................................................58
3 - Piano Output Bus.......................................................................................58
4 - Synth Output Bus ......................................................................................58
Pedal Menu....................................................................................................58
1 - Control Pedal .............................................................................................58
2 - Swell Pedal ................................................................................................58
3 - Sustain Pedal.............................................................................................59
4 - Triple Pedal Function ..................................................................................59
5 - Rotor Pedal................................................................................................59
6 - Foot Switch................................................................................................59
MIDI Menu ......................................................................................................59
1 - Local Control..............................................................................................59
2 - Channel Global / Aux Kb............................................................................60
3 - Channel Organ...........................................................................................60
4 - Channel Piano............................................................................................60
5 - Channel Synth............................................................................................60
6 - Channel Extern ..........................................................................................60
7 - Control / Prog Change / Device Mode........................................................60
8 - Transpose MIDI At......................................................................................60
Extern Menu...................................................................................................61
1 - Keyb Velocity A/B/C...................................................................................61
2 - Device MIDI A/B/C .....................................................................................61
3 - Pedal MIDI Panel A/B/C .............................................................................61
4 - Bank Select Settings A/B/C .......................................................................61
5 - Control Change Numbers A/B/C................................................................61
6 - Send on Load ............................................................................................61
12 NORD SOUND MANAGER ..........................................62
About Nord Sound Manager.................................................................62
System requirements ................................................................................62
13 NORD SAMPLE EDITOR 4.......................................... 63
About Nord Sample Editor 4.................................................................63
System requirements ................................................................................63
IAPPENDIX: CONNECTIONS........................................... 64
Audio connections......................................................................................64
Headphones....................................................................................................64
OUT 1&2, OUT 3&4.........................................................................................64
Monitor In........................................................................................................64
MIDI connections ........................................................................................64
MIDI In.............................................................................................................64
MIDI Out..........................................................................................................64
USB connection...........................................................................................64
Pedal connections......................................................................................64
Triple Pedal......................................................................................................64
Sustain Pedal ..................................................................................................64
Control Pedal ..................................................................................................64
Organ Swell.....................................................................................................64
Foot Switch.....................................................................................................64
II APPENDIX: MIDI CONTROLLER LIST................ 65
III INDEX ................................................................................................... 66

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1
INTRODUCTION
THANK YOU!
Thank you for choosing the Nord Stage 4!
Representing our vision of the ultimate stage keyboard, our new flagship
instrument features award-winning technologies such as the Nord Wave
2 Synth engine with Sample playback, the acclaimed Nord C2D Organ
engine, an enhanced Piano section and extensive hands-on Effects – all
in one exceptional performance keyboard.
FEATURES
The Nord Stage 4 has the following main features:
Organ section with faithful reproductions of three classic organ
models: B3 with a dedicated B3 Bass mode, Vox and Farf (Farfisa).
There are also two Pipe organ models, each with its own distinct
character.
Physical Organ drawbars with LED graphs.
Physical volume faders with LED graphs for each Organ, Piano and
Synth Layer.
Piano section with two independent Layers. Acoustic Grand and
Upright pianos, tine and reed based Electric pianos, Clavinet and
Harpsichord sounds and a Digital category including rich sounding
piano layers. The Misc category provides a selection of expressive
mallet sounds such as a Marimba and a Vibraphone.
Synth section with three independent Layers based on the Nord
Wave 2 synthesizer with dedicated OLED display, Sample playback,
Analog style waveforms, a variety of FM algorithms, digital Waves
and massive Super Waves.
Comprehensive and independent Effects section for each Piano and
Synth Layer and a shared Effects section for both Organ Layers.
Organ, Piano and Synth Preset banks with a large selection of
sounds – including effects – for each section.
Seamless transitions: Sustaining notes are maintained when
changing programs.
Extern mode in the Synth section for controlling external MIDI
instruments.
Powerful Morph features for changing multiple parameters using
physical controls.
Four keyboard zones with user adjustable split cross-fade allowing
sounds to smoothly transition over split points.
Two Layer Scenes, allowing different Layer configurations within the
same Program.
Extensive pedal functionality including support for the new Nord
Triple Pedal 2 and Nord Sustain Pedal 2.
Nord Stage 4 HA88 and HA73 models with fully weighted triple
sensor keybeds. NordStage 4Compact with a 73-note semi
weighted triple sensor “waterfall” keybed(E-E).
NORD ONLINE
On the nordkeyboards.com website you will find:
»Information about the Nord Stage 4 and other Nord instruments
»Latest Operating System for download
»Free software: Nord Sound Manager, Nord Sample Editor 4 and
drivers
»Nord Piano Library sounds for free download
»Nord Sample Library sounds for free download
»Nord World: Nord releated news stories and videos
»User Manuals for download
»Tutorials can be found at nordkeyboards.com/tutorials
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Feel free to tag your content with our official hashtag #iseenord.
ABOUT THE USER MANUAL
The manual is arranged mainly as a reference manual. In many cases
you’ll also get tips on how to practically use the different features in a
musical context.
READING THE MANUAL IN PDF FORMAT
This manual is available as a digital PDF file which can be downloaded
from the Nord Stage 4 section on our website.
FREE SOUNDS
Since the Nord Stage 4 is designed as an open system, each and
every piano and sample in the Nord Stage 4 can be replaced with
sounds from the continuously expanding Nord Piano Library and the
Nord Sample Library. These free sound libraries are found at www.
nordkeyboards.com where you will also find the free Nord Sound
Manager application which is used for downloading and organizing
content on the Nord Stage 4.
CUSTOM SAMPLES
Use the Nord Sample Editor 4 for quick and easy creation of custom
sample instruments for the Nord Stage 4. Whether creating a fully
mapped instrument, a simple FX sound or assigning a sampled
song intro to a single key, the Nord Sample Editor 4 opens up many
possibilities together with the Nord Stage 4.
The Nord Sample Editor 4 can be downloaded from the Software
section at www.nordkeyboards.com.

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RESTORING THE FACTORY PRESETS
The factory programs, presets, samples and pianos are available as
individual Nord Sound Manager backup files for download from our
website. There is also a complete backup of the entire instrument and its
factory content, in case it needs to be restored to its original state.
OS UPGRADES
The latest OS (Operating System) version for the Nord Stage 4 is always
available for download from our website. There is also an Update History
page on the website, which specifies what has been updated with each
new version. Please check our website from time to time, to make sure
you have the latest version in your unit.
DISCLAIMER
Any trademarks and brand names mentioned in this manual are the
property of their respective owners and are not affiliated or associated
with Clavia. These trademarks and brand names are only mentioned to
describe certain sound qualities reproduced by the Nord Stage 4.

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2 OVERVIEW
ORGAN SECTION
The dedicated Organ section, with its two independent Layers, features
physical drawbars accompanied by LED graphs for hands-on control
and ease of use.
The B3 model is based on the analysis of the signals generated by
each of the 91 spinning discs inside several original instruments,
and painstaking work on understanding exactly how all the original
components interact with each other. The virtual circuitry reacts not only
to the settings on the panel but also in response to your playing. The
Stage 4 faithfully reproduces the important foldback and energy robbing
characteristics; the latter will produce the gentle compression effect that
makes those lovely smears a joy to play. The three tonewheel modes
allow for switching from a clean, factory new instrument to a worn and
battered workhorse. The B3 Bass mode allows for split or dual keyboard
setups with the dedicated bass drawbars for the left hand or pedals.
We have also created carefully modelled emulations of two of the most
famous transistor organs from the 1960’s; the Vox Continental and the
Farf (Farfisa) Compact. Alongside the organ’s themselves, the Nord
Stage 4 features a rotary speaker simulation derived from the Nord
C2D. Incorporating the acoustic variations that occur as a physical
rotating speaker spreads the sound around in a room, they bring the
organ sounds to life with remarkable realism. All Nord Stage 4 models
feature physical drawbars coupled with LED graphs.
Finally, there are two distinct Pipe Organ models including a “Principal”
Pipe model with two variations, delivering a wide range of versatile
pipe/church organ sounds.
This section is described in detail in the Organ chapter, beginning on
page 19.
PIANO SECTION
The Nord Stage 4 Piano section, with its two independent Layers,
delivers a stunning range of piano and keyboard sounds. Piano sounds
are divided into six different types including both classic Grand, Upright
and Electric pianos as well as Clavinet, Harpsichords, Digital pianos and
Miscellaneous keyboard sounds.
NORD PIANO LIBRARY
The Nord Stage 4 benefits from the sounds found in the ever-growing
Nord Piano Library. We spend a lot of time and effort on expanding the
palette of available sounds, ranging from state-of-the-art concert grand
pianos to characterful uprights, historical instruments, electric pianos
and more.
New sounds are regularly made available free of charge on the
www.nordkeyboards.com website.
STRING RESONANCE
String resonance is a physical phenomenon which occurs inside every
acoustic piano when strings, or parts of strings, resonate at their
fundamental or harmonic frequencies as other strings are being played.
When String Resonance is turned on, played notes will affect each other
to reproduce the acoustic interactions that occur inside an acoustic
grand or upright piano.
NORD TRIPLE PEDAL
The Nord Stage 4 is compatible with the Nord Triple Pedals which
unlock additional functionality within the Piano section.
The right pedal is the sustain pedal. When operated, all notes being
played will sustain until the pedal is released again. It also adds dynamic
control of the mechanical “pedal noise” and enables dynamic “half-
pedaling” techniques.
ORGAN SECTION PIANO SECTION PROGRAM SYNTH/EXTERN SECTION LAYER EFFECTS
Pearl Upright L
Melody Pad
2:53
B3 Flute 2
1:27
E:26
Sweet Layers
Multi Saw x2
WAVE
1(5)
MULTI
4.5
ANALOG
DETUNE:
TYPE CAT
OSC WAVEFORM