nord C2D User manual

User Manual
Nord C2D
OS Version 1.1x
Part No. 50374 Copyright: Clavia DMI AB
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1 Introduction
Thank you! .................... 4
Development goals............ 4
Features ...................... 4
About this user manual ....... 4
2 Overview
The performance area.............. 5
Master level knob ................. 5
The keyboard .................... 5
About the knobs .................. 5
About the drawbars ............... 5
About the buttons ................. 5
3 Connections
Pedal connections ............. 6
Swell Pedal input.................. 6
Rotary Control input ............... 6
Sustain Pedal input ................ 6
MIDI & USB Connections ...... 6
USB Connection .................. 6
MIDI Out ........................ 6
MIDI In .......................... 6
Bass Pedal ...................... 7
Audio connections ............. 7
Main stereo output - Left & Right ..... 7
Headphone output ................ 7
Rotary Speaker output ............. 7
4 Getting Started
About the programs ........... 8
Select a program .............. 8
Edit a program ................ 8
Memory Protect ............... 8
Store a program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
The Live memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Full set of drawbars . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Presets ........................ 9
Edit a Preset................... 9
Create a Preset ................10
Add effects ....................10
Activate an amplifier emulation .......10
The Rotary effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Select an organ model ........10
Split the great/lower manual..11
Use the Sound Manager ......11
Installation of the USB driver .........11
Sound Manager Windows PC........11
Sound Manager Mac OSX ..........11
Connect the Manager and the C2D ...11
5 Nord C2D Reference
Master level knob .................12
Shift button ......................12
The Organ area................12
The Drawbars ....................12
Presets .........................12
Editing & Creating Presets ..........12
Drwb A and Drwb B buttons.........13
Preset Focus in Programs...........13
Selecting The Organ Model .........13
The B3 Model .................13
The Drawbars ....................13
Percussion ......................13
Vibrato .........................14
The VX Model .................14
Vox Vibrato ......................14
The Farf Model ................14
Farf Vibrato ......................15
The Pipe Organ ...............15
Pipe Organ Tremulant ..............15
The Couplers.....................15
The Synth Bass Model ........16
Splitting the great manual ..........16
Pedal Preset .....................16
Program area .................16
What is a program?................16
Loading a Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Storing a Program .................16
Store As... .......................16
Up/Down Buttons ................17
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Live ............................17
Effects .........................17
Speaker Model ...................17
Rotary Speaker controls ...........17
Delay ..........................17
Drive ...........................17
Reverb .........................18
6 The Menus
System Menu ..................19
Memory Protect – On, Off ...........19
Transpose .......................19
Fine Tune........................19
Output Routing L/R Mode...........19
Output Routing ExtRotary Mode .....19
Keyboard Trig Mode ...............19
Sustain Pedal Type ................19
Sustain Pedal Mode ...............19
Swell Pedal Type ..................19
Rotor Control Type ................19
Rotor Pedal Mode ................ 20
MIDI Control Local ............... 20
MIDI Upper Channel .............. 20
MIDI Lower Channel .............. 20
MIDI Pedal Channel............... 20
MIDI Control Change Mode ........ 20
MIDI Prog Change Mode........... 20
MIDI Send CC .................. 20
MIDI Dump One ................. 20
MIDI Dump All ................... 20
Sound Menu .................. 20
B3 Tonewheel Mode .............. 20
B3 Key Click Level ............... 20
B3 Key Bounce ................. 20
B3 Perc DB9 Mute ................21
B3 Perc Decay Fast................21
B3 Perc Decay Slow ...............21
B3 Perc Level Norm ...............21
B3 Perc Level Soft.................21
Rotary Speaker Type...............21
Rotary Balance Bass/Horn ..........21
Rotary Horn Speed ................21
Rotary Horn Acceleration ...........21
Rotary Rotor Speed ...............21
Rotary Rotor Acceleration...........21
Pipe Pedal Level ..................21
Pipe Upper Level..................21
Pluck/ Release Menu ..........21
Synth Bass Pluck .................21
Synth Bass Release ...............21
7 MIDI functions
About the MIDI implementation ..... 22
Keyboard velocity ................ 22
Program change ................. 22
MIDI Sysex (System Exclusive) ...... 22
Nord C2D with a sequencer .. 22
Connections .................... 22
Local On/Off .................... 22
MIDI Channel.................... 22
Program Change................. 22
Controllers...................... 22
Program and CC dumps ...... 23
Sending program dumps .......... 23
Sending MIDI Controller dumps ..... 23
Receive MIDI SysEx dumps ........ 23
MIDI Controller list................ 23
MIDI Implementation Chart..........24
8 Appendix
Nord Sound Manager ............ 25
System requirements ............. 25
Updates........................ 25
9 Index
Index .......................... 26
Table of Contents

1 Introduction
Thank you!
We would first like to thank you for purchasing the Nord C2D! We hope
you will find it to be everything you wished for and that you’ll have
many hours of great fun with your new instrument.
Development goals
First some history: at the time of designing the Nord C2D, Clavia had
already been developing digital tonewheel organ models for more than
a decade. The first model featured in the Nord Electro series of instru-
ments was designed to fit comfortably in a multi electro-mechanical
instrument along side various piano implementations. With focus given
to fit several mechanical instruments into a single package, you are
always forced to make some compromises.
Though not surprised, we were definitely thrilled when the Electro
started to appear in different magazine’s tonewheel clone tests and
shoot-outs. It was included for its fabulous sound that some found
to be better than far more expensive hardcore clone units. However,
due to its single manual and additional piano samples, it was generally
included “out of contest”.
With the preceding models - the C1 and C2 - we wanted to design
instruments without having to find the right blend of things; like piano
vs. organ keyboard action, or multi-effects suited for a wide array of
sounds. We wanted to focus on the things needed for killer organ
sounds, and those things only.
Some areas we knew were up for improvement prior to the start of
the project, others were found along the way. What really paid off was
focusing on each of the components involved in the sound generating
process, rather than just the sounding outcome. After spending thou-
sands of man hours leaving no detail untouched - no matter how small
and seemingly insignificant - we believe we have not only reproduced
the perfect tonewheel sound but also the proper response and feel of
playing the original instrument.
Taking the next step after developing the Nord C1 was looking at the
classical organ sounds. We sourced a beautiful baroque organ and
sampled it with the same painstaking effort and focus on quality as we
do when we create our other instruments.
The next step on the evolution ladder that is added to the C2D are the
full set of drawbars and preset functionality that allows you to use the
C2D as an original instrument, or go even beyond that functionality. A
brand new rotary emulation modeled on a 122 cabinet is like a nice,
creamy topping of a cake.
And we could not resist the possibility to further tweak the B3 model,
to take the award winning realism one step further. The key-on and
key-off clicks have been improved together with the modelling of the
level and mixes of the individual tonewheels. Enjoy.
Features
The Nord C2D features high quality digital emulations of three vintage
organs, a sampled baroque pipe organ, a bunch of effects as well as
several amp and speaker cabinet combinations in a single lightweight
package.
The dual keyboards, bass pedal input and high level outputs allows you
to use the instrument in the exact same application and set-up as with
the vintage originals - and several more!
By focusing on each individual component involved in the sound gener-
ating process you get not only a vintage sound experience but also
spot-on response and feel of playing the original instruments.
The Nord C2D has the following features:
•1 model of a vintage Tonewheel organ
•2 models of vintage Vox and Farfisa transistor organs
•1 sampled baroque pipe organ
•A full set of physical drawbars on the panel and preset functionality.
•3 Amplifier models, featuring simulations of the gain characteristics of
two popular combo amps as well as a rotary speaker cabinet.
•Selectable rotary speaker models.
•Overdrive, offering a gentle to massive amount of tube-style distor-
tion.
•Vintage-sounding delay, with tap-tempo function and a possibility to
limit its operation to the upper manual.
•3-band EQ
•6 types of Reverberation - Room, Stage and Hall-types with varia-
tions
•Dual manuals with 2 x 61 waterfall keys, featuring a high trigger point
for the optimal organ keyboard feel and response time.
•Dedicated MIDI connector for use with any MIDI compatible foot
pedalboard to play the bass registers.
•High level outputs, featuring quarter-inch as well as a 11-pin Leslie
standard connectors allows you to connect directly to rotary speak-
ers. When using the 11-pin connector, the panel controls for rotation
speed are transferred as well.
About this user manual
This manual is arranged mainly as a reference manual. In many cases
you’ll get tips on how to practically use functions.
The LCD-display is referred to as the display. Whenever there is a refer-
ence to the ‘keyboard’, that reference also applies to incoming MIDI
note messages.
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The Nord C2D front panel consists of 2 areas, easily identified by the
layout.
The performance area
The panel is dominated by the full set of physical drawbars, that allow
you to adjust and prepare the sound of the organ to suit your needs.
The preset- and drawbar buttons are found to the left of the keys.
Effects and Program area
This section is where you set and adjust settings for the effects, the
reverb and speaker simulation. This also includes the controls for stor-
ing and recalling sound settings into programs, and also adjust system
specific parameters. Read more abut the effects on page 17 and the
programs on page 16.
Master level knob
The master level knob controls the overall output level for all audio
outputs, including high level output and headphone output. The master
level knob’s physical position is always the same as the output level.
The keyboard
The Nord C2D keys have a high trigger action, which closely mimics
the feel and response time of an original organ.
About the knobs
The knobs are of the potentiometer type. This means that when you
load a program the values of the parameters can be totally different
from the knobs physical positions. As soon as you begin turning a
knob, the parameter value will ‘snap’ to the knob’s physical position.
The exception to this is the master level knob. The physical position
always reflects the output level of the Nord C2D.
About the drawbars
The drawbars can be used to set the desired sound of the organ
models when Drwb A or/and Drwb B on the Preset panels next to the
keys, are in focus (when these function’s respective LEDs are lit). When
a Preset is in focus, the setting in this preset is used.
About the buttons
Buttons have different behavior depending on their functionality:
Selector buttons
Press the selector button repeatedly to select
between options printed next to the correspond-
ing LEDs. Note that some options are selected by
several LEDs being lit simultaneously.
On/off buttons
The on/off buttons have a LED next to them to indi-
cate the status of the function.
Shift button
Some buttons have a secondary function, available by
holding shift while pressing the button. The name of the
secondary function is then printed just below the button.
2 Overview
Chapter 2 overview | 5

Pedal connections
The Nord C2D has three pedal inputs; one for a sustain pedal, one for
a rotary speed controller and one for a swell pedal.
Swell Pedal input
Used for controlling the swell level of the selected organ model. When
connecting an expression pedal to the Swell Pedal input, you should
use a stereo cable with a Tip-Ring-Sleeve connector. Please note that
the pedal must have a stereo output jack. The resistance range of a
control pedal should be 10 or 50 kOhm. To simplify setup, the most
common pedal models are pre-configured in the Nord C2D, and you
simply select the type of pedal which you want to use in the System
menu. Have a look at page 19 for further instructions.
Rotary Control input
Used for controlling the rotary speaker’s speed. You can use any stan-
dard sustain pedal, switch pedal or the Half Moon Switch accessory.
When using the Half Moon Switch accessory you have to configure this
as the Rotor Control Type in the System menu. Have a look at page 19
for further instructions.
Sustain Pedal input
¼" connector for a switch type pedal. When a connected pedal is op-
erated, the notes you play will be sustained. You can use any standard
sustain type pedal. A polarity setting can be selected in the System
menu. Read more on this on page 19.
MA connected sustain pedal will not affect the Pipe organ model.
If you use external sound devices you can disable the Nord C2 from
responding to sustain messages, but still transmit them via MIDI out.
This is set in the System menu, read more on page 19.
MIDI & USB Connections
The settings of the MIDI transmission and reception behavior can be
adjusted in the MIDI section of the System menu. For more information
about this, please go to page 22.
USB Connection
The USB connection is used for the Nord C2D to communicate with a
personal computer in order to update the OS or manage the programs.
The computer can for example be used to transfer the operating
system if the unit needs to be updated and to make backups of the
memory content.
MComputers running Microsoft Windows operating systems need a
driver for the USB connection to work. The driver can be found at
the www.nordkeyboards.com website.
MIDI Out
Both manuals, all knobs and buttons (Shift, Store and Master Level
excluded), pedal that are connected as well as the Bass Pedal input
transmits messages via MIDI Out.
MIDI In
MIDI connection used to receive MIDI messages to the Nord C2D from
other equipment such as keyboards or computers.
3 Connections
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Bass Pedal
To use the Nord C2D's dedicated pedal registers, connect the MIDI
Out from your external controller (preferably a bass pedalboard) to the
Bass Pedal connector. The pedal registers will respond to all MIDI note
messages received regardless of their MIDI channel.
Audio connections
Monitor In
Use this to connect and monitor a signal from an mp3 or a CD player
at the Nord C2D's headphone output. This allows you to for example
rehearse with your C2D to pre-recorded music.
MSignals connected to this input will not be processed with the
Nord C2D's effects or appear at the left and right output jacks.
Main stereo output - Left & Right
The left and right line level outputs from the Nord C2D are unbalanced.
Use the ¼" connectors to connect the Nord C2D to an amplifier or
recording equipment.
General guide on audio connections:
•Makealltheconnectionsbeforeyouturnonthepowertoyouramplier.
•Turnonthepowertoyouramplierlast.
•Turnoffthepowertoyouramplierrst.
Headphone output
This is where you connect a ¼" stereo connector from a pair of head-
phones.
EPlaying at a high volume level can result in hearing impairments
such as permanent hearing loss.
Rotary Speaker outputs
The rotary speaker high level outputs consist of a ¼" jack, and a 11-pin
Leslie™ standard connector. The high level jack output are 14V RMS
high level, unbalanced, and are only intended to be connected to a ro-
tary speaker cabinet with built in amplifier. Any other form of use might
result in damaged equipment.
It is possible to route the tonewheel organ to the High Level and 11-pin
outputs and the other organs to the main outputs. Other combinations
are also possible. Read more about this on page 19.
Chapter 3 CoNNeCtioNs | 7

About the programs
Complete sound settings are stored in the Program memory of the
Nord C2D. This memory area has 126 locations. Every program can
be edited and replaced as you wish and is given a name for easy
identification. A complete set of the factory programs are available on
the www.nordkeyboards.com website or on the CD that accompanies
the unit.
The first 104 memory locations contain the factory programs, to
provide you with examples of how the C2D can sound. The last 22
memory locations from 105 to 126 are the “Empty Programs”.
These can be used to store your own programs without overwriting
anything in the factory sound bank until you have familiarized yourself
with the unit and the programs. After using the C2D for a while, you
will know which of the programs you want to keep and which ones you
can replace with your own.
Select a program
1 Press on the Up or Down buttons to the left on the display to
select a Program.
2 The location and the name of the program will be shown in the
display. Red LEDs will light up on the panel to indicate parameters
that are active in the program.
Edit a program
To change an effect, just grab a knob or press a button. An asterisk will
appear in the display next to the program number to alert you that the
program has been changed and not yet stored.
If you select a new program, the edit you made will be lost and that
particular program will have the original settings the newt time you
select it.
Memory Protect
When the Nord C2D is shipped from the factory, the Memory Protect
setting is active, to avoid the possibility of programs being unintention-
ally overwritten. In order to be able to store your changes in programs,
you need to turn this setting off.
1 Hold Shift and press the Prog button to enter the System Menu.
Release the Shift button.
2 The Memory Protect setting is found at the very beginning of this
menu.
If it is not immediately shown in the LCD, press the Down button
repeatedly until it is.
3 Hold Shift and press the Down button to change the setting from
On to Off.
Any change you make to almost all of the menu settings are kept
even if you turn the unit off, until you change them again.
MThe setting of the memory protection will be remembered even if
the Nord C2D is turned off.
001
B3 Drawbar Panel
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Jimmys
Memory Protect
Mode: On
Memory Protect
Mode: Off
4 Getting Started
Let’s take a few minutes to get familiar with the Nord C2D. The user interface is designed to be as intuitive as possible, and to perform as well as you
do in a live situation. We hope that you soon will feel confident using it, and by following this short chapter, we will go through most of the functions.
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Store a program
If you are happy with an edit that you have made,
you should probably Store the program.
1 Press the Store button once, located to the
right of the display. The Store and Program
button LEDs starts flashing.
2 Use the Up/Down buttons to navigate to a new program location,
if you do not want to overwrite the original program.
3 Press the Store button a second time to Store the program.
The edited program has now replaced the previous one in the
location you specified. A program is stored with the active preset
selection in focus.
4 If you hold Shift and then press Store, you will get the possibility
to enter a name for your program. Move the cursor with Up/Down
and change the letter by pressing Shift + Up/Down. Then proceed
with step 2 and 3.
MTo cancel the procedure, press the Shift button before you press
Store the second time.
MWith Memory Protect set to Off, a double tap on the Store button
will store an edited Program in its original location.
The Live memory
The special Live buffer
can be described as a
“live program memory”.
If you activate Live, all
changes to the panel
settings you make will
be continuously saved.
If you switch the power off, or select another program, the settings are
still stored in a Live memory. When you power up next time (or return
to the Live memory) all settings will be exactly as they were when you
left them.
If a Live memory is selected and you decide you wish to store the
settings permanently as a program you can do so using the stan-
dard methods (see above). You can also store programs into the Live
memory location, in which case the program settings will replace the
current Live memory settings.
Full set of drawbars
There are two sets of nine drawbars, for each of the upper and lower
manuals and one smaller set in between these, for the pedals.
The drawbars are labeled Swell A (Preset), Swell B (Perc), Pedal, Great
A (Preset) and Great B. The drawbars become active if you press the
Drwb A or Drwb B buttons on the preset panel or the drawbar selec-
tors on the main panel below the drawbars.
Presets
The Preset buttons on the panels to the left of the keys are used to
select one of three presets or one of the two sets of drawbars for each
manual. This gives you access to several settings during a performance
in just one program.
Three of these settings are stored as presets and two are the draw-
bars. Pressing the Drwb A or 8 buttons gives you access to the two
sets of drawbars on the panel that can be manipulated in real time.
1 Most of the factory programs have the first Preset in focus, but the
very first program – 001 B3 Drawbar Panel
– has the drawbars labeled Swell and Great
A as the focused selection.
This is indicated with the LED to the right of
the 9th drawbar and the Drwb A LED on the
preset panel.
MA program that is stored with either Drwb A
or Drwb B in focus will always use the physi-
cal position of drawbars as on the panel when it is selected.
Edit a Preset
1 Press and hold the Up button to scroll to one of the last programs
in the C2D memory. These are the “Empty Programs”, where
you can experiment with Programs without risking to overwrite
anything that might be useful from the factory programs.
2 Press the Preset 1 button on the Swell manual’s Preset panel.
3 Note the LEDs that lights up above the first three of the Swell A
(Preset) drawbars.
4 Press and hold down the Swell manual’s Preset 1 button and
simultaneously push up one of the first three drawbars.
Notice that the sound will change while you are doing this. When
you have pushed the drawbar all the way up, the LED goes out
and that particular drawbar is not heard anymore.
5 Release the preset button. This will save the change that you just
made to this particular preset but you need to store the Program
as well if you want to use is the next time this Program is selected.
6 An alternative method to edit a preset is to double click on a
Preset button. The LED will start flashing to indicate that editing
is possible and you can change the drawbars. Click again to exit
editing.
Store to: 126
Empty Program
Chapter 4 GettiNG started | 9

Create a Preset
1 Select one the Empty Programs.
2 Press the Drwb A button on the Preset panel and adjust the Swell
A (Preset) drawbars and Chorus/Vibrato controls to a setting that
you want to save.
3 Hold the Shift button and press one of the three Preset buttons to
store the settings as that Preset.
4 If you want the percussion to be active when you select this
particular Preset (or when a Program is selected), use the Swell
Drawbar B (Perc), set the percussion controls to your liking and
save this as Preset 1.
5 Select the Preset that you want to be in focus when the Program
is selected.
MIf Drwb A or Drwb B is active, the physical position of the draw-
bars on the panel will determine the sound when such a program
is selected.
6 Press the Store button and choose a location for the Program if
you want to keep the changes you have just made.
Read more about presets for the organ models on “Presets” on
page 12.
Add effects
1 Select a program and play some notes on the keyboard while
you....
2 ... turn on the Delay (the On LED should be lit) and then press
repeatedly on the Feedback selector.
The feedback options are indicated with the selector LEDs and chang-
es in a cyclical fashion for each time the selector is pressed. When both
LEDs are lit you have the maximum amount of feedback.
3 Turn the Amount and the Tempo knobs while playing.
This changes the level of the delay effect and the time between
the repeats.
4 The Reverb is turned on and off with its On button.
5 Press repeatedly on the reverb selector.
Holding Shift while pressing the selector
(except the Organ Model) will cycle through the
selections in a counter clockwise fashion.
6 Turn off the effect.
If you now continue to press on the effect selector
after the effect is turned off, the effect setting will
change even though the effect is not active.
This method can be used to select a certain
effect setting while playing, without affecting
the sound until you actually activate the effect.
Activate an amplifier emulation
1 Press the Speaker Model button to activate the Amp emulation.
The Speaker Model LED will be lit.
2 Press repeatedly on the selector to cycle through the various options.
3 The Drive knob at the upper right of the panel controls the drive
for the amps and the rotary simulator. Make sure that Drive is On,
and then turn the knob to get the desired amount of overdrive.
MThe Speaker Models cannot be used when the Pipe organ
selected.
The Rotary effect
The rotary effect adds some great sonic drama to the sound. The Nord
C2D rotary has three available speeds: fast, slow and stop. Stop does
not disengage the effect; it only stops the rotating speakers.
1 Make sure that the Speaker Model is activated and select the
Rotary by pressing the effect selector.
The drive knob now controls the overdrive of the rotary amplifier.
2 Press the Slow/Stop and Fast buttons in
the Rotary Speed section to the left on the
panel, to cycle between the Fast and Slow
speeds of the rotary.
The rotors will speed up and slow down, pro-
ducing a nice swirly effect.
3 Press the Stop mode button to activate
this one-speed mode.
The Stop Mode LED will be lit.
4 Press repeatedly on the Slow/Stop button to cycle between Fast
and Stop.
The rotary will now emulate the functionality of an early, one speed
original rotary speaker that had only the fast and the stopped rotary
speed options.
If you connect a foot switch to the rotor pedal input, you can
control the rotary speed with this pedal.
Select an organ model
1 Press repeatedly on the Organ Model selector to cycle through
the four types - the B3, Vox, Farfisa emulations and the sampled
Pipe organ.
The settings for the organ sounds
are made using the drawbars. The
Farfisa and the Pipe organ uses
these in a switch mode, with only
two settings for each.
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Split the great/lower manual
The pedal registers can be played with a MIDI foot pedal, or by splitting
the lower manual and use the first two octaves with the pedal registers.
1 Select the B3 model or a program that uses this model.
2 Press the Pedal – To Great Man button to split the lower manual.
3 If the Pedal Preset LED is
lit, press the Pedal Preset
button to turn it off.
4 Use the Pedal drawbars to
adjust the pedal sound and
play the bass on the lower
two octaves.
5 Holding Shift and pressing the Organ Model button turn on the
synth bass. This model is automatically selected if the Vox or
the Farfisa models are active. The Pipe organ has its own bass
registers.
Use the Sound Manager
Installation of the USB driver
Before the Nord C2D can communicate with a computer running a
Windows operating system, you need to install a Clavia USB driver. To
install the USB driver, follow these instructions:
Mac users may skip this paragraph.
1 If the computer is connected to the Internet, the driver can be au-
tomatically downloaded with the Windows Update services when
you connect the C2D to the computer.
2 If you prefer to make a manual installation, a driver installer is avail-
able on the CD that accompanies the organ, in the Clavia USB
Driver folder.
3 Double-click on the Clavia USB Driver setup to manually install the
driver.
Sound Manager Windows PC
1 Download the Windows version of Nord Sound Manager from the
www.nordkeyboards.com website or look in the Sound Manager
folder on the CD that is included with the organ.
2 Run the Install Nord Sound Manager v6.xx.exe and follow the
instructions in the setup program.
3 The Nord Sound Manager will be installed in the Program Files
folder on the hard disk.
During the installation you will have the option to select an alternative
location for the application.
4 Confirm every window in the installation procedure by clicking on
the Next button.
The installation may be aborted at any time by clicking on Cancel.
When the installation is complete, click the Close button to return
to the Windows desktop.
Sound Manager Mac OSX
1 Download the Mac OSX version of Nord Sound Manager from the
www.nordkeyboards.com website.
2 Open the image file (.dmg) and drag the Nord Sound Manager
v6.xx.app to the Applications folder.
When new versions of the Nord Sound Manager are released,
they will be available at www.nordkeyboards.com.
Connect the Manager and the C2D
1 Make sure that the Nord C2D is powered up, and connected to
the computer, to a USB port.
2 Launch the Nord Sound Manager from the Program Files folder or
the Start Menu (PC) or from the Applications folder (Mac OSX).
During the start-up procedure, the Manager will automatically try and
establish contact with the Nord C2D.
3 When the Manager finds a Nord C2D, this will be indicated at the
lower, right corner of the Manager window and the Program tab
will open automatically.
4 A list with all the current Programs in the memory will appear in
the Nord Sound Manager window. Read more about the functions
in the Manager in the pdf manual that is available on the
www.nordkeyboards.com website.
This finishes our little tour; we hope that you now have the ini-
tial knowledge on how to operate most of the functions on the
panel. The following chapter is the reference section.
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Master level knob
This control sets the overall output level of
the C2D, at the line- and the headphone
outputs. The setting of this control is not
stored in a Program.
Shift button
Many buttons have a second job, whose function is
printed below the button or knob. You access these
additional functions and parameters by holding down
shift while pressing a button.
The Organ area
The Nord C2D features four Organ Models; one digitally modeled tone-
wheel/B3 organ, two digitally modeled transistor (VX and Farf) organs
and a sampled baroque pipe organ.
The Organ area features three main sections for control:
•The Drawbar section is where you set-up the basic organ sound
structure. It is divided in three areas with controls for the Swell and
Great manuals, and the Bass Pedal registers.
•The Percussion area is where you control the percussion effect (avail-
able to the B3 organ model only)
•The Vibrato/Chorus area is where you select the chorus and/or
vibrato effect depending on the selected Organ Model.
The Drawbars
The Nord C2D has a full set of drawbars on the panel. They are divided
in five sets.
•The two sets of nine drawbars that are located to the left are used
with the Swell manual, labeled Swell A (Preset) and Swell B (Perc).
•The two drawbars in the center of the panel are used with the Pedal.
•The two sets of nine drawbars to the right are used with the Great
manual, labeled Great A (Preset) and Great B.
When the B3 and VX models are active you “pull out” and “push in” the
drawbars to change the sound.
When the Farf and the Pipe organ are used, the drawbars function as
switches, toggling each register on or off when they are pulled in or out.
Press the Drwb A or Drwb B buttons on the preset panel to adjust the
sound with the drawbars.
Presets
Every program in the C2D has settings for 6 presets. These settings
are recalled with the Preset buttons on the panels to the left of the keys
and red LEDs on the panel show which preset (or drawbar) is in focus.
If you want a particular drawbar setting to be recalled every time you
select a certain program, this setting should be saved in a preset and
that preset should then be in focus when the program is stored. The
presets saves different settings depending on the organ model.
B3 Swell Preset 1
Saves the settings of either the Swell A or Swell B drawbars and the
Chorus/Vibrato on/off setting of the Swell manual. If the Swell B draw-
bars are saved, the percussion settings may be saved in this preset.
Percussion settings can be added to Preset 1 by editing the
preset, see below.
B3 Swell Preset 2 & 3
Saves the settings from the Swell A or B drawbars. Chorus/Vibrato on/
off and percussion settings are not saved.
B3 Great Preset 1
Saves the settings from the Great A or B drawbars and the on/off set-
ting of the Chorus/Vibrato for the lower manual.
B3 Great Preset 2 & 3
Stores the settings from the Great A or B drawbars.
MB3 Chorus/Vibrato mode is global and stored in the programs.
Vox, Farfisa Swell manual Preset 1, 2, & 3
Saves drawbar/switch settings from the Swell A or B drawbars.
Vox, Farfisa Great manual Preset 1, 2, & 3
Saves drawbar/switch settings from the Great A or B drawbars.
MAll Vox/Farfisa Vibrato/Chorus settings are stored in the programs.
Pipe Organ Presets 1 to 6.
Saves the stop settings for both manuals from the Swell and Great
A or B drawbars, the coupler settings and the On/Off setting of the
tremulant.
MThe Tremulant Mode setting is stored in the programs.
Pedal Preset
The Pedal has one Preset for each program for all organ models. If the
Synth Bass is used, the Pluck/Release settings will be saved in the
pedal preset.
Editing & Creating Presets
To edit the settings of an existing preset, hold down a preset button
and operate the drawbars or other controls that can be saved in this
particular preset. You can also double click on a Preset button to acti-
vate editing, the Preset LED will start to flash. Press the Preset button
again to exit .
To create a preset from scratch, press the Drwb A or Drwb B button,
make the settings to the drawbars and other functions that may be
included in the preset. Hold Shift and press the preset button to save
the settings.
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MOnly the B3 Swell Preset 1 can save the percussion settings.
EChanges that you make to a preset needs to be stored with the
program or they will be lost when you select a new program. Read
more on how to store a program on page 9.
Drwb A and Drwb B buttons
Beneath the preset buttons are the drawbar A & B buttons. These are
also duplicated on the main panel, next to the 9th drawbars for the
Swell manual and the 1st drawbars for the Great manual. When these
are in focus, the physical positions of the drawbars on the panel will
determine the sound of the C2D.
Preset Focus in Programs
The Presets and their settings, that are in focus on the C2D when you
store a program, will be recalled as being in focus when this program
is selected.
Selecting The Organ Model
You select which model to use with the
Organ Model button. Only one model
can be used at a time.
The Pedal registers
When the B3 model is activated the
Pedal Drawbars control the B3 bass registers.
When the B3 model is activated you can activate the Synth Bass
model by pressing Shift + Organ Model button.
When the VX or Farf models is activated, the Pedal Drawbars control
the synth bass model.
When the Pipe model is activated, the Pedal Drawbars control the pipe
organ bass stops.
The B3 Model
This model is based on a digital simulation of the classic mechani-
cal tonewheel organ. This simulation utilizes innovative and advanced
methods to capture every nuance of the original sound, for example:
•An extremely accurate digital model of the original chorus and vibrato
scanner.
•Modeling of the individual random contact bounces for each har-
monic.
•Modeling of the unique frequency characteristics of the built-in pre-
amplifier, which forms the “body” of the sound.
•Simulation of the energy robbing on the tone wheels that results in
the typical “compressed” sound.
•Authentic tuning of the tonewheels according to the original design.
•Extremely fast keyboard response.
•Full polyphony.
The Drawbars
The harmonic intervals for the tonewheel organ are printed on the panel
below the drawbars.
Each drawbar represents a partial with a fixed harmonic interval in
relationship with the played note.
The illustration below shows the pitch interval among the nine drawbars
when the key of C3 is played. Note that the SUB3 drawbar actually lies
a 5th above the fundamental harmonic. However, in most situations it is
perceived as sounding below the fundamental.
Percussion
The Percussion effect adds
extra attack to the sound
by having a single envelope
generator controlling either
the 2nd or 3rd harmonic.
The envelope “opens up” for a short moment in the beginning of the
sound when you press the key(s). The percussion is a single-triggered
non-legato effect. By “single-triggered” we mean that the percussion
is only present when you hit the keys when no other note is sounding.
In other words, if you play a note or a chord and then add more notes
without releasing the previously pressed keys, there will be no percus-
sion effect in the new notes. You have to release all keys to be able to
play new notes with the percussion effect.
The percussion effect is available when the Swell Drawbar B (Perc) is in
focus (or saved in Preset 1, that is in focus).
The Soft button toggles between Normal and Soft percussion level.
The Fast button toggles between Slow and Fast decay times.
The Third button toggles between using the 2nd or 3rd partial as the
source for the percussion effect. The percussion decay time can be
fine-tuned for Fast and Slow mode individually. Please refer to “The
Sound Menu” on page 20 for details.
MWith the original instrument, you could not use the percussion ef-
fect and 9th Drawbar simultaneously. However with the Nord C2D
you have a choice. You can use the percussion and 9th drawbar
together or chose to mimic the original organ behavior by turning
off the 9th Drawbar whenever the percussion is activated. Read
more about the B3 Perc DB9 Mute setting in the Sound menu on
page 21.
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Vibrato
The original vibrato and chorus scanner in a
tonewheel organ consists of a tapped delay
line in combination with a rotating scanner.
For the Vibrato effect, phase shift is applied
to the signal. For the Chorus effect, the phase
modulated signal is added with the original
signal.
Three different types of choruses (C1 - C3) and three different types of
vibratos (V1 - V3) are available. Select one of these types by press-
ing the Mode button. The effect can be activated/deactivated for both
manuals individually by pressing the Vibrato/Chorus button for the swell
and great manuals.
Please note that the Vibrato/Chorus button for the great manual also
controls this effect for the tonewheel pedal registers.
Key click control
The key click produced by the random contact bounces is an impor-
tant audio artifact. This quickly became a desirable effect amongst
musicians. You can adjust the click level in the Sound menu, read more
about this on page 20.
Do not forget to try out the four tonewheel modes that are avail-
able in the Sound menu. These will dramatically change the sound
of the B3 model from squeaky clean to a battered, old work horse.
The VX Model
The original Vox™ organ is probably the most famous of all the
transistor-based combo organs that emerged in the early 60’s. Transis-
tor technology made it possible to manufacture much more compact
and portable organ instruments. Compared to the mighty sound of
tonewheel based organs, transistor organs generally sounded reedier
and weaker, but this one had a distinctive sound character which
together with the portability and cool design (inverse colored keyboard
and chrome “Z-frame” stand) made the instrument massively popular
at the time. The sound is timeless and recreated faithfully in Nord C2D.
The Drawbars
The labels used for the VX drawbars are printed on the row directly
above the drawbars.
For basic drawbar operation, please look at page 12.
The seven drawbars to the left control the level of each partial. Each
partial has a fixed harmonic interval relating to the played note. The
illustration below shows the pitch interval of the drawbars when the key
of C3 is played. The intervals vary for the upper and lower manual on
the original instrument, but are identical on the Nord C2D.
The two right drawbars control the sum of all partials in the form of a
filtered signal sounding soft and dark, and an unfiltered signal sounding
bright and intense.
EIf these two drawbars are both fully pushed in, the manual will not
produce any sound.
Vox Vibrato
There are several types of vibrato and choruses available for the VX
model, which is activated using the Swell/Great buttons in the Vibrato
section. The V3 setting is the one that is modeled after the original
instrument.
MThe VX models vibrato setting is common for both the swell and
great manual.
The Farf Model
This typical “buzzy” sound of this vintage instrument is one of the most
distinct and easily recognizable organ sounds ever created, yet it is
actually possible to get quite a wide range of sounds out of the instru-
ment. Note that the voices aren’t supposed to replicate the instruments
they are named after, but rather to describe the basic tonal characteris-
tic of the voice; Flute - soft, Oboe - reedy, Trumpet - brassy.
The Register selectors
The labels used for the Farf drawbars are printed above the drawbars.
The drawbars act as on/off switches, or “register selectors” when the
Farf model is selected. The original instrument featured “rocker”-type
switches select instrument “voices” (actually different filter settings) in
various footage (octave) ranges. The drawbars are used to turn voices
on and off. The table below shows the original register name.
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Register
Selector Voice Panel Name
1 Bass 16 BASS16
2 Strings 16 STR16
3 Flute 8 FLUTE8
4 Oboe 8 OBOE8
5 Trumpet 8 TRMP8
6 Strings 8 STR8
7 Flute 4 FLUTE4
8 Strings 4 STR4
9 A bright voice, an octave
and a fifth above the
fundamental
2 2/3
The illustration below shows the pitch interval between each voice
when the key of C3 is played. Though some voices have the same
pitch, they differ in tonal character.
Farf Vibrato
The original instrument have two basic vibrato modes; “Light” and
“Heavy”, with different rates for each mode. There are several types of
vibrato and choruses available for the Farf model in the C2D, which are
activated using the On button in the Vibrato section.
MThe V1, V2 and the V3 settings are the ones that are modeled
after the original instrument.
MThe Farf models vibrato setting is common for both the swell and
great manuals.
The Pipe Organ
The pipe organ model is a sampled classic organ with a set of pipes of
the baroque variety. The drawbars on the C2D acts as “stops” and the
description of the stops are above the drawbars. A stop can be on or
off, similar to the register selectors in the Farfisa model.
The two manuals have 9 different stops each. Their names are printed
on the panel above the drawbars. The pedals have 3 stops, the Fagot
16 can be added to the Sub stop by pulling down the drawbar a bit
further.
MWhen the pipe organ is selected, the speaker models, the sustain
pedal and the drive function will be inactive.
Pipe Organ Tremulant
When the pipe organ is selected, the vibrato/chorus function acts like
the tremulant of the original instrument. This functionality is achieved
by varying the actual wind supply to the pipes on a pipe organ. The
tremulants in the C2D can be activated individually for the swell and
the great manuals. You select which one to use by pressing the Vibrato
Mode button. The tremulant has two rates (V and C) with three depths
each (1, 2 & 3).
Press and hold Shift to cycle through the tremulant settings in a
counter-clockwise fashion.
MThe bass stops are not affected by the tremulant.
The Couplers
When the pipe organ is used, the controls on the panel for the Rotary
speed and the Percussion controls are used to activate the pipe organ
couplers. A coupler allows the stops of one division or manual to be
played from another manual. This can be used to create huge sounds,
combinations of stops across the manuals and also to use the pedal
stops in combination with the two manual’s stops.
Coupler Description
PED/GR LOW This couples the lowest key played on the great
manual to the bass stop. The affected range ends
at F3. This is a great way to move some serious air
even if you do not have a set of pedals.
SW 16/GR This couples the stops on the swell manual to be
played on the great manual. The stops are also
transposed one octave down.
SW/GR This couples the stops on the swell manual to be
played on the great manual without any transposi-
tion.
SWELL 16 This doubles the stops on the swell manual, with
the doubling transposed one octave down.
SWELL 4 This doubles the stops on the swell manual, with
the doubling transposed one octave up.
SW/PED This couples the swell manual stops to the pedals.
GR/PED This couples the great manual stops to the pedals.
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The Synth Bass Model
The synth bass model is available when the B3, VX or Farf models are
activated. For the tonewheel model you can alternate between the
original tonewheel bass registers or the synth bass model by pressing
Shift + Organ Model.
The main feature of the synth bass model is a monophonic bass
synthesizer with adjustable release time, giving you more time to
move your foot when using a foot pedal board. It also has an adjust-
able pluck for a more pronounced attack. Pluck and release time are
adjusted with the Bass drawbars while holding down the Shift key or
by entering the Pluck/Release menu by holding Shift and pressing the
To Great button.
Splitting the great manual
By pressing the To Great button
you split the great (lower) manual
in two sections at the C3 key.
The lower two octaves of the
great manual are then using the
pedal drawbars.
Hold Shift and press the To Great button to open the Pluck/Release
menu. This option is only available if the Synth Bass model is active.
Pedal Preset
Pressing the Pedal Preset button toggles between the settings in the
Pedal Preset and the panel drawbars.
Hold the Pedal Preset button and adjust the drawbars to edit the Pedal
Preset.
Program area
What is a program?
All sound related knob and button settings can be stored into any of
the two storage areas; Prog and Live. These can be selected with the
corresponding buttons.
With Prog activated, 126 program locations are available. The current
program location number and name is shown in the display. Use the
Up/Down buttons to select a program.
Pluck Level
Release Time
Drawbar level
Note On Note Off
level
time
001
Jimmys B3
EChanges that you make has to be stored or they will be lost when
you select another program.
Live contains one complete panel setting. Changes are saved auto-
matically, so when you load a stored program or even when you power
off, all settings will be exactly as you left them the next time you return
to that live program.
Loading a Program
When Prog is activated, you can select a program location by pressing
the Up/Down buttons. Programs will be loaded automatically.
When a Live program is activated, you can jump to a program in the
Prog area by pressing the Up/Down buttons.
Storing a Program
To store a program to any of the 126 program locations:
1 Press the Store button once. The display will ask you to enter a
location and the Store LED next to the Store button will start to
flash.
MIf the LCD shows “Memory is Protected”, you must turn off the
memory protection setting in the system menu. Please read more
about this on page 8.
2 Select the desired location with the Up/Down Buttons and press
Store again to confirm your intentions to store the current settings
to the selected location.
3 The LCD will briefly indicate “Stored” to confirm that the program
has been stored.
Press any button except the Up/Down, Prog or Live buttons if you wish
to abort the store procedure.
Store As...
By using the Store As feature, you can provide a name to the program
you store.
1 Hold Shift and press the Store button once. The display will show
the current name in the second row with a line under the first
character.
2 Use the Up/Down buttons to move the line/cursor.
3 Hold Shift and use the Up/Down buttons to select a character.
The available characters are a-z, A-Z, 0-9, space and a hyphen (-).
4 Press Store a second time when you have entered the characters
and use the Up/Down buttons to find a location for the program.
5 Press the Store button a third time to store the program with the
new name on the selected location.
MThe Program area is used when you enter the System, Sound
and Pluck/Release menus and change settings. Read more about
these functions on page 21.
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Up/Down Buttons
The Up/Down Buttons to the left of the display have several functions
in the Nord C2D. Press repeatedly to select one of the 126 programs.
The name and number of the program will be presented in the display.
If you have activated any of the menus, the System, Sound or Pluck/
Release menu, these buttons are then used to select a function, and
together with the Shift button, to change the value of a selected func-
tion. Read more about the menus on page 19.
Display
The LCD display will show the active program number and the name of
the program.
If you edit the settings of a program, an asterisk will appear next to the
Program number to alert you that the program has been edited and not
stored.
If you have activated any of the three menus, the System, Sound or
Pluck/Release menu, the parameter and the setting for each menu
item is shown in the display.
Live
If you press the Live button, all changes to panel settings you make
will be continuously saved in the “Live Buffer”. If you switch the power
off, or select another program, the settings are still stored in the live
memory, so when you power up next time (or return to the live memory)
all settings will be exactly as you left them.
If the live memory is selected and you decide you wish to store the
settings permanently as a program you can do so using the stan-
dard methods (see above). You can also store programs into the live
memory location, in which case the program settings will replace the
current live memory settings.
Effects
Speaker Model
The C2D has two different speaker/amp and
one rotary emulation selectable from the
panel.
JC and Twin emulates two different kinds of
amplifier and speaker cabinets. The amount of overdrive is controlled
by the Drive Amount controls to the upper right on the panel.
Rotary simulates a rotary speaker including its built-in amplifier. The
C2D has several models of rotary speakers, you select these in the
Sound Menu, see page 21 for details.
The Drive knob to the upper right on the panel sets the amount of
overdrive of the rotary amplifier.
MThe speed of the rotating speaker is set with the rotary speed
controls on the left side of the panel.
001
Jimmys
009*
Jimmys
Press the Speaker Model button repeatedly to cycle through the avail-
able settings.
Rotary Speaker controls
The rotary speaker speed is set with the but-
tons in the Rotary Speaker section to the left
side of the panel.
You can also connect an external control to
the Rotary control input on the back panel,
such as a sustain pedal, a pedal switch or the
Half Moon Switch accessory.
A sustain pedal can operate by momentarily changing the speed
setting or by toggling between slow and fast or if the Stop mode is
activated on the panel, between stop and fast.
Please refer to the paragraph on the System Menu on page 19 for infor-
mation on how to set the parameters for the rotary control input.
Delay
The Nord C2D is equipped with a delay featuring echoes/repeats with
adjustable tempo and feedback settings. The On button activates/de-
activates the effect.
MAll knobs and buttons will always be active even though the effect
needs to be activated in order for the change to be audible.
The tempo knob controls the delay time. The tap tempo button allows
you to set the delay time by tapping the button repeatedly “in time”.
The amount knob acts as a effect send control, to set the amount of
the dry signal that will be routed to the delay.
The feedback button selects number of repeats, starting with one
repeat (no LEDs lit) to many repeats (both LEDs lit). Press repeatedly on
this button to set the feedback amount.
MBy activating the Swell only function (Shift + Feedback), the delay
effect is applied only to the swell manual.
EQ
This is a
3-band
equalizer with
treble, mid
and bass
controls. The frequency ranges (100 Hz, 1 kHz, 4kHz) can be boosted/
attenuated with +/- 15 dB. The On button activates/deactivates the
equalizer.
Drive
The Drive knob controls the amount
of gain applied to the amp simula-
tions or the Rotary Speaker, depend-
ing on the Speaker Model setting.
The On button activates/deactivates
the effect.
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Reverb
The reverb simulates the natural sound reflec-
tions in various acoustic environments. The On
button activates/deactivates the effect.
The Reverb amount knob sets the balance
between the unprocessed and the processed
signal. By pressing the reverb button you can
choose between six reverb types, indicated by
the LEDs.
•Room 1 - Room ambience with a rather short
decay time.
•Room 2 - A brighter room ambience with a
short decay time.
•Stage 1 - A reverb with a medium decay time
and mellow character.
•Stage 2 - A medium decay reverb, with slightly brighter character.
•Hall 1 - A reverb with the response and character of a spacious hall,
with a long decay and a mellow character.
•Hall 2 - A Hall reverb with a slightly brighter character.

System Menu
Memory Protect – On, Off
This is set to “On” when the Nord C2D leaves the factory, meaning that
you cannot save any changes to the programs. Set this to Off when you
wish to store your own programs. The System or Sound menu settings
and the Live memory are not protected by this setting.
Range: On (default), off
Transpose
Transpose allows you transpose the pitch of the Nord C2D up or down
in semitone steps.
Range: -/+ 6 semitones (default = 0).
Fine Tune
This allows you to fine tune the pitch of the Nord C2D.
Range: +/- 50 cent (default = 0).
Output Routing L/R Mode
If you want to process your sound using external effects or separate
amplifier systems, it can be convenient to route organs to separate
outputs of the Nord C2D. This setting determines which organs should
be routed to the main left & right outputs.
Range: All, Pipe+Electr (Vox & Farf), Pipe+B3, Pipe.
EIf the High Level or 11-pin output is not connected, all organs will
be automatically routed to the L&R outputs.
Output Routing ExtRotary Mode
This setting determines which organs should be routed to the 11-pin
and High Level outputs, if these are connected to an external.
Range: B3, Electr, B3+Electr, All.
EIf the High Level or 11-pin output is not connected, all organs will
be automatically routed to the L&R outputs.
Keyboard Trig Mode
This allows you to change how the Nord C2D keyboard triggers the or-
gan sounds. When “High” is selected, you will trigger the organ sounds
before the key reaches the end of its travel. This mode closely mimics
the way a vintage tonewheel organ or a pipe organ trigger its notes.
Range: High (default), Low
High trigger point Low trigger point
Sustain Pedal Type
This allows you to change the polarity of a connected sustain pedal, in
case the functionality of your pedal is reversed (when the pedal is up,
sustain is on and vice versa).
Range: Open, Closed (default).
Sustain Pedal Mode
Controls whether the C2D should respond to sustain pedal messages
or if a connected sustain pedal should just transmit MIDI messages.
Range: Normal, MIDI Only.
MThe Pipe organ is never affected by a sustain pedal.
Swell Pedal Type
Different brands of control pedals have different specifications (resistance,
offset and linearity). To simplify setup and to optimize the response of the
pedal for the Nord C2D, the most common pedal makes are pre-config-
ured, and you simply select the type of pedal you connect.
Range: Roland EV5 (default), Roland EV7, Yamaha FC7, Korg,
Fatar SL
Rotor Control Type
Specifies the type of controller connected to the Rotary Control input.
Range: Closed (default), Open, Halfmoon.
6 The Menus
Any settings that you change in the System or Sound menu will take immediate effect on a global basis, and will be stored until you change them
the next time *. Enter the menus by pressing and holding Shift and the System or Sound button (Prog or Live ). Select a function with the Up/Down
buttons and change the setting by pressing and holding Shift and the Up or Down button. Exit the menus by pressing a second time on the Prog or
Live 1 button. The MIDI Settings are found at the end of the System menu. The settings in the Pluck/Release menu are accessed with Shift + Pedal
To Great button. These settings are stored in the programs.
M* The only exception to this is the MIDI Local On/Off setting which always reverts to Local On every time the Nord C2D is powered up.
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Rotor Pedal Mode
If you are using a sustain pedal connected to control Rotor Speed
this allows you to set how this should operate. “Hold” means that the
Rotor Speed is fast for as long as the pedal is down and reverts back
to slow/stopped when the pedal is released (or vice versa depending
on the set pedal polarity).
“Toggle” means that the fast & slow/stopped rotor speed is cycled
each time you activate the pedal, like an on/off switch pedal.
Range: Hold, (default), Toggle.
MIDI Control Local
This allows you to set if the Nord C2D keyboard and front panel con-
trols should control internal Programs or only send note and controller
messages via MIDI. Local On is the normal “mode”. In Local Off mode,
the front panel and keyboard action are transmitted via MIDI only and
does not control the internal sound(s) directly.
If the “E” mode is active, the keyboard of the C2D will transmit velocity.
Range: On (default), Off, Ext
MLocal defaults back to mode On every time the Nord C2D is
powered on.
MIDI Upper Channel
This sets the MIDI Channel that the upper/swell manual on the Nord
C2D transmits and responds to.
Range: Off, 1-16 (default = 1)
MIDI Lower Channel
This sets the MIDI channel that the lower/great manual on the Nord
C2D transmits and responds to.
Range: Off, 1-16, (default = 2)
MIDI Pedal Channel
This sets the MIDI channel that the Bass section of the Nord C2D
organ transmits (if the Great manual is split) and responds to.
Range: Off, 1-16, (default = 3)
MIDI Control Change Mode
This setting specifies how the front panel’s knobs and buttons are
handled in the MIDI communication with MIDI Control Change mes-
sages. You can select if the panel controls and functions should either
send (Snd) or receive (Rcv), or both or if Control Change messages
should be ignored.
Range: Snd & Rcv (default), Receive, Send, Off
MIDI Prog Change Mode
This setting specifies how the Nord C2D should handle MIDI Program
Change messages.
Range: Snd & Rcv (default), Receive, Send, Off
MIDI Send CC
You can perform a dump of all the active Program’s parameters as
MIDI Control Change messages. Press the Store button to perform the
dump.
MOnly settings in a selected preset will be transmitted.
MIDI Dump One
This allows you to perform a MIDI SysEx dump of the currently selected
Program. Press the Store button to perform the dump.
MIDI Dump All
This allows you to perform a MIDI SysEx dump of all the Programs in
the Nord C2D. Press the Store button to perform the dump.
In the MIDI chapter on page 23 is a description on how the Nord C2D
receives a Sys Ex dump.
Sound Menu
B3 Tonewheel Mode
Sets the level of tonewheel crosstalk and cable leakage artifacts of the
B3 organ model.
MThe default Vintage 3 mode will create noises from the B3 model
even if you don’t play any keys.
Range: Clean, Vintage 1, Vintage 2, Vintage 3 (default)
B3 Key Click Level
This sets the level of the Key Click for B3 organ model.
Range: Low, Normal (default), High, Higher
B3 Key Bounce
This turns on or off the Key Bounce feature. When this is on, the key off
click can be accentuated if the key is released quickly.
Range: On (default), Off
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