nord Electro 3 - Adding Effects

The Live buffer
The special Live buffer can be described
as a “live program memory”. If you activate
the Live button, all changes to the panel set-
tings you make will be continuously saved. 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 set-
tings will be exactly as they were when 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.
Octave Shift
Press either of the Octave Shift buttons to
shift the pitch up or down in whole octaves
within the instrument’s note range. Each
instrument has a finite note range, read more
about this on page 15.
Adding effects
Select a program, e.g. number 1A 1
which is a Grand Piano with a hint of
reverb.
Turn on
2 Effect 2 (the On LED should
be lit) and press repeatedly on the
Effect 2 selector.
The effect options are indicated with the
selector LEDs and changes in a cyclical,
clockwise fashion for each time the selec-
tor is pressed.
Some of the effects have three options that
indicate the depth of the effect. Flang 1 is
the shallowest version, Flang 2 is a more
pronounced effect and when both Flang 1
and Flang 2 LEDs are lit, you have selected
the most dramatic tremolo effect.
Turn the
3 effect rate knob.
This changes the rate of the active effect.
Hold
4 Shift and press repeatedly on the effect selector.
This allows you to reverse through the effect selections.
Turn
5 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.
Let’s try the wah effect
Turn on 1 Effect 1 and activate the A-Wa.
The A-Wa is a dynamic Wah-wah effect. It will affect the sound de-
pending on the volume of the signal.
Play a few notes with varying velocity while turning the
2 Effect 1
knob.
The P-Wa is a manual Wah-wah effect that can be controlled 
manually by turning the knob while playing or by using a control
pedal connected to the Control Pedal input on the rear panel.
Activate an amplier emulation
Press the 1 Speaker/Comp button to activate the Amp emulation.
The Speaker/Comp LED will be lit.
Press repeatedly on the selector to cycle through the various options.
2
The knob controls the drive for the three amps and the rotary simulator,
and the amount when the compressor is selected.
Selecting a piano or a sample
Make sure that the 1 Piano instrument selector is active.
Press repeatedly on the
2 Piano Type selector to cycle through the
six types.
Select the
3 Grand and press the
Model button.
This allows you to select the various
Grand’s within this particular type.
Press the
4 Type selector again until
the Samp Lib is activated.
Use the Model selector to select one
of the samples that are included in the
Electro 3 from the factory.
Press the
5 Samp Env button repeat-
edly.
This will cycle through the four options for
the sample’s attack and velocity settings.
Press and hold
6 Shift and the Samp
Env button.
This allows you to select one of the four
available release time settings.
This button doubles as the Clavinet M
EQ selector, when the Clavinet type
is active.
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