Nord Electro 3 User manual

User Manual

Nord Electro 3

OS Version 1.x

Part No. 50316 Copyright Clavia DMI AB 2009

Print Edition 1.1

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the following:

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the like.

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stand that is recommended by the manufacturer.

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amplier and headphones or speakers may be

perfectly capable of producing sound levels that

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operate for a long period of time at a high volume

level or at a level that is uncomfortable. If you

experience any hearing loss or ringing in the ears,

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remove the mains plug.

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equipment when the apparatus is connected to multimedia

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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 B3model ....................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

Set tings 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

Thank you!

We’d ﬁrst like to thank you for purchasing the Nord Electro 3. Our

goal when we developed the Nord Electro instruments was to create

the best emulations of traditional electromechanical keyboard

instruments on the market, and to make these instruments compact

and lightweight. With the Electro 3 we have taken our commitment a

step further, by upgrading the organ, the piano and the effects sections

and also by introducing the ability to use sampled instruments from the

Nord Sample Library in the Nord Electro 3.

This allows us to e.g. include some of the fabulous

Mellotron sounds in the factory sound bank. Each

and every piano and sample in the Nord Electro 3

can be replaced by you, using the free Nord Electro

3 Sound Manager application. New pianos and other

sounds are found on the enclosed Nord DVD and on

the www.nordkeyboards.com web site.

No compromises, just a good selection of outstanding, classic key-

board sounds with true feel, from a natural keyboard response to the

authentic sound quality – that is what we have been pursuing during

the development. To make a great tool you have to put all the focus on

a few things and that is exactly what we tried to achieve. We hope that

you will have as much fun owning and using the instrument, as we had

developing it.

About this manual

You are probably very eager to start using your new instrument, and

we sure don’t want to keep you from having fun. We will try to cover all

the essential aspects on how to use the Electro 3 in the very ﬁrst few

pages of this manual. After that follows the reference section where all

the functions are explained in detail.

Disclaimer

All trademarks and brand names mentioned in this manual are the

property of their respective owner’s and are not afﬁliated or associated

with Clavia. These trademarks and brand names are only mentioned to

describe the types of sounds reproduced by Nord Electro 3.

Factory presets, OS and internal

memory

The operating system, programs and pianos and samples in Nord

Electro 3 are stored in a Flash memory. A Flash memory keeps the

data also when the power is turned off. Another big advantage is that

you can replace data in the Flash memory at any time. This means that

you will be able to download OS upgrades, pianos and samples and

programs to your Nord Electro 3 from a computer. The Nord Electro 3

features a USB port for quick and easy download of new piano and/or

instrument samples.

The internal sound memory of Nord Electro 3 consists of 128 pro-

grams, numbered 1A, 1B, 2A. 2B ~ 64B. In addition there is the Live

buffer memory, which will continuously store any changes as they are

made, and remember these settings after the power is turned off.

Factory presets

All of the 128 factory Programs of Nord Electro 3 can

be replaced. To make sure you don’t accidentally

overwrite Programs you want to keep, it’s a good

idea to back up your sounds regularly on a computer

using the Electro Manager application.

Restoring the factory presets

The factory Programs are available as Electro Manager ﬁles for

download at the Nord web site at www.nordkeyboards.com or on the

included Nord DVD.

OS upgrades

The latest OS version for Nord Electro 3 is available

for download at www.nordkeyboards.com

1Introduction

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The front panel of the Nord Electro 3 has four main areas, Organ,

Piano, Program and Effects. We’ll familiarize ourselves brieﬂy with

the panel here and describe the functions in detail in the following

chapters.

On the left part of the panel is the Master Level knob, the organ

model selector and the Rotary Speed section. The Master level

controls the entire instruments output level at the two output jacks and

the headphone output. This control is not programmable, that particular

functionality is instead available in the effects section with the Gain

control.

The Organ section is lit and active when the Organ selector in the

Program area is activated.

Moving towards the middle of the panel, the Piano section behaves

just as the organ. The controls are lit when the Piano selector is active.

The Program section contain the parameters and functions that are

used to select and store programs, to set the System, MIDI and Sound

functions and to select the instrument to be used with the Organ or

Piano selectors. We’ll describe the functions in this area in greater detail

starting at page 14.

The Effect section contains the functions of the effects. Please refer

to page 15 for more information.

The functions and settings of the System, MIDI and Sound menus are

conveniently printed to the right on the panel.

Knobs & buttons

Knobs

The knobs control the continuously variable pa-

rameters in the Nord Electro 3.

A parameter value can be totally different from the knob’s physicalM

position when you load a Program. As soon as you start turning

the knob, the value will ‘snap’ to the knob’s physical position.

Selector buttons

Selector buttons are used to activate one setting

in an array. Selector buttons have a set of round

or triangular LEDs to indicate the current setting.

Press the button several times to cycle through the

possible options.

Holding Shift and pressing a selector button (with the exception

of the Type button) will cycle through the settings in a counter

clockwise fashion.

On/Off buttons

On/Off buttons are used for activating a parameter

or a group of parameters such as effects.

Shift button

Some buttons have a secondary function, which

will be available if you hold down Shift while

pressing the button. The name of the secondary

function is printed below the button. Shift is also

used together with the Up/Down buttons when

you want to change a setting in the System, MIDI

or Sound menus.

Drawbars

The nine drawbars of Nord Elec-

tro 3 are represented by up/down

buttons and LED chain graphs

instead of ordinary mechanical

drawbars. This gives you a big

advantage; when you change

presets, the correct drawbar set-

tings are shown immediately by

the LEDs.

2Overview and Connections

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Audio connections

Headphones

This is where you connect a ¼" stereo connector from a pair of head-

phones.

Left Out and Right Out

The left and right line level outputs from the Nord Electro 3 are unbal-

anced. Use ¼" connectors to connect the Nord Electro 3 to an ampliﬁer

or recording equipment.

The Nord Electro 3 is a stereo instrument, with separate signal paths for

the left and right audio channels. To properly experience the Electro 3,

use both outputs in a stereo operation.

The System functions allow you to separate the pianos/samples and

the organ sounds in the left and right outputs. Read more about this

functionality on page 17.

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.

Playing at a high volume level can result in hearing impairmentsE

such as permanent hearing loss.

Monitor In

Use this to connect and monitor a signal from an

mp3 or a CD player at the Nord Electro 3’s head-

phone output. This allows you to e.g. rehearse with

the Electro 3 to pre-recorded music.

Signals connected to this input will not be processed with theM

Electro 3’s effects or appear at the Electro 3’s left and right output

jacks.

USB Connection

The USB connection is used for the Nord Electro to communicate with

a personal computer in order to update the OS or to add or replace

any of the piano and/or sampled sounds. The computer can run the

Nord Electro Manager application, or be used to transfer the operating

system if the unit needs to be updated.

Computers running Microsoft Windows operating systems needM

a driver for the USB connection to work. The driver can be found

on the enclosed Nord DVD, or at the www.nordkeyboards.com

website.

MIDI Connections

MIDI Out

MIDI connection used for sending keyboard and panel generated MIDI

data from the Nord Electro 3 to other equipment such as sound mod-

ules or computers.

MIDI In

MIDI connection used to receive MIDI data to the Nord Electro 3 from

other equipment such as keyboards or computers.

3Connections

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Pedal Connections

The Nord Electro 3 has three pedal inputs; one for a sustain pedal, one

for a rotor speed control pedal and one for a control pedal (an expres-

sion type pedal, which can be used to control various parameters).

Sustain Pedal

¼" connector for a switch type pedal. When a connected pedal is

operated, the notes you play will be sustained.

Rotor Pedal

¼" connector for a switch type pedal. When a connected pedal is

operated, the rotary speed will change.

Two types of pedal polarities can be used with these inputs; youM

select the one that applies to each pedal, in the System menu

which is described on page 17.

It is possible to use only one pedal connected to the sustain pedal

input to control sustain for piano sounds and rotary speed selection

for organ sounds (see page 17 for details on how to conﬁgure this).

Control Pedal

¼" stereo connector for a pedal of the potentiometer type (also known

as expression pedals). A connected pedal can be used as a swell pedal

for the organs, a volume pedal for pianos and samples and also as a

controller for two of the effects: the P-wah and the ring modulator (RM).

When connecting an expression pedal to the Control 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 (Roland, Yamaha, Ernie Ball and Fa-

tar) are pre-conﬁgured in the Nord Electro 3, and you simply select the

type of pedal which you want to use in the System menu. The System

Menu is described on page 17.

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About the programs

Complete sound settings are stored in the Program memory of the

Nord Electro 3. This memory area has 128 locations that are numbered

1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, etc up to 64B. Every program can be edited and

replaced as you wish. A complete set of the factory programs are avail-

able on the Nord DVD and on our website.

Select a program

Press the Up or Down button repeatedly until you’ve selected the

desired program number. The program will be loaded immediately.

Press the Prog A or Prog B buttons to quickly switch between the

program number A or program number B. Press Shift and Up/Down

to scroll continuously in the program bank.

Edit a program

Editing a program is just as easy as grabbing a knob and change a set-

ting, or press a button to select a different setting. The knob’s physical

position isn’t always as the stored setting in the program that is active,

but as soon as you start turning a knob, the parameter will snap to the

knob’s position.

When you have edited a program, a dot will appear in the lower right

display corner next to the program number. This will alert you to the

fact that the program has been edited but not yet saved. If you select a

new program without saving, any edits you have made will be lost and

the program will have its original settings the next time you select it.

Storing a program

If you are happy with an edit that you have

made, you should probably save or Store the

program.

Press the

1 Store button.

The program number LEDs starts ﬂashing.

There is a Memory Protect function that is set to On when theM

Electro 3 leaves the Nord Factory. This has to be turned Off in the

System Menu before you can save a program.

Press

2 Shift + System and use the Up/Down buttons to select

the Memory Protect Option – this is the very ﬁrst option in the

System menu. Set the memory protection to Off by pressing and

holding Shift and the Up or Down buttons. Exit the System menu

by pressing the Prog A /System button again.

The setting of the memory protection will be remembered even ifM

the Electro 3 is turned off.

Select a new location where you want to store the program.

3

Use the Up/Down buttons and the Prog A and Prog B buttons to

navigate to a new program location if you do not want to overwrite the

original program.

Press the

4 Store button a second time to conﬁrm your choice.

The edited program has now replaced the previous one in the location

you speciﬁed.

To cancel the procedure, press the Shift button before you pressM

Store the second time.

With Memory Protect set to Off, a double tap on the Store buttonM

will store a Program in its original location.

4Getting Started

Let’s take a few minutes to get familiar with the Electro 3. 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 in using it, and by following this short chapter, we will go through most of the functions.

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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 1A1

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 on1 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 the1 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 the1 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 ClavinetM

EQ selector, when the Clavinet type

is active.

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Using the Organ

Press the1 Organ instrument selector.

This activates the Organ section.

Press the

2 Organ Model selector

repeatedly to cycle through the three

organs – the B3, Vox and Farﬁsa emula-

tions.

The settings for the three organ sounds are

made using the digital drawbars. The Farﬁsa

uses these in a switch mode, with only two

settings for each.

Make a setting with the drawbars and

3

then press the Preset/Split button.

This activates the second preset, which allows you to keep two dif-

ferent settings for an organ sound available from the panel at any

time. The settings of both Presets 1 and 2 are stored in the Electro 3’s

program memory.

Press and hold

4 Shift and the Preset/Split button.

This activates the organ split mode. The keyboard will be split at C4.

The lower half will use the Preset 1/Lo setting; the upper half will use

the Preset 2/Up setting.

If you press and hold both the Shift and the Preset/Split buttons

for a couple of seconds, the Split LED will begin to ﬂash and you

can press a key on the keyboard to set a new split point as long

as these buttons are held down. The key you press will be the ﬁrst

upper manual key.

The Rotary effect

The rotary effect adds some great sonic

drama to the organs, but can of course be

used with any other sound as well. The Elec-

tro 3 rotary has three available speeds: fast,

slow and stop. Stop does not disengage

the effect; it only stops the rotating speakers

Make sure that the

1 Speaker/Comp

effect is activated and select the Rotary

by pressing the effect selector.

The drive knob now controls the overdrive of

the rotary ampliﬁer.

Press the

2 Slow/Stop button 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, producing a nice swirly effect

without the negative side effects that e.g. alcohol intake might induce.

Press the

3 Stop mode button to activate this one-speed mode.

The Stop Mode LED will be lit.

Press repeatedly on the

4 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.

This ﬁnishes our little tour; we hope that you now have the initial knowledge on how to operate most of the functions on the panel.

The following chapter is the reference section, with the chapter on the Nord Electro Manager application after that, on page 20.

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