nord Electro 3 - Table of Contents

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1Introduction
Thank you! .................... 4
About this manual............. 4
Disclaimer ..................... 4
Presets, OS & int. memory ... 4
Factory presets ................ 4
Restoring the factory presets ........ 4
OS upgrades .................. 4
2Overview and Connections
Knobs & buttons .............. 5
Knobs .......................... 5
Selector buttons .................. 5
On/Off buttons ................... 5
Shift button ...................... 5
Drawbars........................ 5
3Connections
Audio connections............. 6
Headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Left Out and Right Out ............. 6
Monitor In ....................... 6
USB Connection .................. 6
MIDI Connections.............. 6
MIDI Out ........................ 6
MIDI In .......................... 6
Pedal Connections............. 7
Sustain Pedal .................... 7
Rotor Pedal ...................... 7
Control Pedal .................... 7
4Getting Started
About the programs........... 8
Select a program .............. 8
Edit a program ................ 8
Storing a program............. 8
The Live buffer ................ 9
Octave Shift ................... 9
Adding effects ................. 9
Let’s try the wah effect ............. 9
Activate an amplifier emulation ....... 9
Selecting a piano or a sample 9
Using the Organ...............10
The Rotary effect ..............10
5Nord Electro 3 Reference
Master level knob .................11
Organ section .................11
Organ Model button ...............11
The B3 model ....................11
The VX model ....................11
The Farf model ...................11
Rotary Speed ....................12
Vibrato/Chorus ...................12
Percussion ......................12
Preset/Split ......................12
Using an additional MIDI keyboard ....12
The drawbars ....................13
Organ Presets ...................13
Store your own organ preset.........13
Piano section ..................13
Clavinet sound ...................13
Pick-up type .....................13
Pick-up Type Description ...........13
Clav EQ .........................14
Samp Env .......................14
Piano Type.......................14
Mono...........................14
Model ..........................14
Program section ..............14
Up/Down buttons .................14
Display..........................14
Store/Store Org. Preset ............14
Prog A - Prog B ...................15
Live ............................15
Instrument selectors ...............15
Shift............................15
Octave Shift......................15
Effects .........................15
EQ .............................15
Effect 1 .........................15
Effect 2 .........................16
Speaker/Comp ...................16
Reverb..........................16
Gain............................16
6The Menus
System Menu ..................17
Memory Protect – On, Off ...........17
Output Routing ...................17
Transpose .......................17
Fine Tune........................17
Sustain Pedal Polarity ..............17
Sustain Pedal Configuration .........17
Rotor Pedal Polarity ...............17
Rotor Pedal Mode .................17
Ctrl Pedal Type ...................17
Ctrl Pedal Mode ..................18
Organ Trig Mode ..................18
Drawbar Speed ...................18
MIDI Menu.....................18
MIDI Channel.....................18
Lower Channel ...................18
Local Control.....................18
Control Change (CC) Mode..........18
Program Change Mode.............18
MIDI Split Mode...................18
Send CC (Control Change messages) 18
Dump One.......................18
Dump All ........................18
Sound Menu ...................18
Treble Horn Speed ................18
Treble Horn Acceleration............18
Bass Rotor Speed .................19
Bass Rotor Acceleration ............19
Perc. Fast Decay ..................19
Perc. Slow Decay .................19
Perc. Norm Level..................19
Perc. Soft Level ...................19
Tonewheel Mode..................19
Perc Drawbar 9 Cancel .............19
Key Click Level ...................19
7Nord Electro 3 Manager
System requirements ............. 20
Overview ..................... 20
The Toolbar ..................... 20
The Tabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Partition Memory Indicator ..........21
Right-Clicking ....................21
Upload..........................21
Download .......................21
Rename.........................21
Delete ..........................21
File Formats......................21
The Quick Tour ................21
Transfer pianos ...................21
Deleting a piano ..................21
Download a new piano .............21
Upload from the Nord Electro 3 ..... 22
Upload a partition from the Electro 3 . 22
Download a complete bank ........ 22
Organize the program partition ...... 22
NE3 Manager reference ...... 23
Toolbar ........................ 23
Sound Up ...................... 23
Sound Down .................... 23
Rename........................ 23
Delete ......................... 23
Bank Up ....................... 23
Bank Down ..................... 23
Backup ........................ 23
Restore ........................ 23
Menus ........................ 23
File............................ 23
Sound Upload (Ctrl+U) ............ 23
Sound Download (Ctrl +D) ..........24
Bank Upload (Ctrl +Shift+U) .........24
Bank Download (Ctrl +Shift+D) .......24
Backup (Ctrl +B) ..................24
Restore (Ctrl +R) ..................24
Clean Deleted Space ..............24
Format..........................24
Exit (Ctrl +Q) .....................24
Edit ............................24
Rename (Ctrl +N)..................24
Delete ..........................24
Select All (Ctrl +A) .................24
Invert Selection ...................24
View............................24
Free Locations (Ctrl +F) .............24
Help............................24
About ..........................24
Tabs ...........................24
Loc - Location ................... 25
Name.......................... 25
Size ........................... 25
Ver – Version Number ............. 25
Right-Click...................... 25
Upload......................... 25
Download ...................... 25
Rename........................ 25
Delete ......................... 25
Footer Area ..................... 25
Partition Memory Indicator ......... 25
Cancel Button ................... 25
Progress Bars ................... 25
Message/Text Area ............... 25
Updates and piano samples ........ 25
8Nord Sample Editor
Nord Sample Editor........... 26
Non-destructive editing............ 26
System Requirements............. 26
Getting Started ............... 26
Project, sample memory .......... 26
WYDIWYH...................... 26
Working offline .................. 26
Sample, Zone ................... 26
Sample Instrument ............... 26
Sample editing, ..................27
Generate, upload, download.........27
Installation ....................27
Installation of the USB driver .........27
Install, Windows PC ...............27
Install, Mac OSX ..................27
The Quick Tour .............. 28
First Light ...................... 28
Download Sample Instruments...... 28
Upload Sample Instruments . . . . . . . . 28
Create a new Sample Instrument .... 28
Adding Audio files ................ 29
Single Sample Per File Assign....... 30
Editing ......................... 30
Looping.........................31
Generate a Sample Instrument ......31
Menu Reference .............. 32
File Menu....................... 32
Edit Menu ...................... 33
Instrument Menu ................. 33
Settings Menu ................... 33
Manager Menu .................. 33
Help Menu...................... 33
Tab Reference ................ 33
Common area ................... 33
Audio File/Assign Tab ........ 34
Single Sample Per File Assign ...... 35
Multi Sample Per File Assign ....... 35
Manual Sample Assign ............ 35
Sample Loop/Stop Tab ....... 36
Long Loop.......................37
Short Loop ......................37
No Loop ........................37
Sample Start Tab ............. 38
Sample Alt Start Tab ......... 38
Instrument Tab ............... 38
Sample Gain grid ................ 38
Keyboard Gain graph ............. 39
Detune......................... 39
Sample Zone.................... 39
Auto Map....................... 39
Play Mode ...................... 39
Samp Preset Tab ............. 40
Manager tab.................. 40
Manager Toolbar ................. 40
File Types and Names..............41
9MIDI functions
About the MIDI implementation ..... 42
Keyboard velocity ................ 42
Program change ................. 42
MIDI Sysex (System Exclusive) ...... 42
Nord Electro 3with a seq. ... 42
Connections .................... 42
Local On/Off .................... 42
MIDI Channel.................... 42
Program Change................. 42
Controllers...................... 42
Controllers and “chasing” .......... 42
Program & Controller dumps. 43
Sending program dumps .......... 43
Sending MIDI Controller dumps ..... 43
Receive MIDI SysEx dumps ........ 43
MIDI Controller list................ 43
MIDI implementation chart ......... 44
10Index
Index .......................... 45
Nord Electro 3 User Manual