Clavia electro 2 Guida Utente
NORD ELECTRO 2 V3.0x
5. Panel reference: The Piano section
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T
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P
IANO
SECTION
The Piano section of Nord Electro 2 comprises a selection of electromechanical pi-
anos. Nord Electro 2 features a unique multi-sample playback, catching every nu-
ance from soft to hard key strokes. Each piano instrument was carefully multi-
sampled in a vast amount of velocity levels. That’s one of the reasons they all sound
and feel so authentic. As an extra bonus we also included an acoustic grand piano
(concert model) - in stereo! Nord Electro 2 comes from factory with the following
piano instruments:
anos. Nord Electro 2 features a unique multi-sample playback, catching every nu-
ance from soft to hard key strokes. Each piano instrument was carefully multi-
sampled in a vast amount of velocity levels. That’s one of the reasons they all sound
and feel so authentic. As an extra bonus we also included an acoustic grand piano
(concert model) - in stereo! Nord Electro 2 comes from factory with the following
piano instruments:
• Mega Clavinet D6 (Clav) including all the possible filter and pick-up com-
binations of the original Clavinet D6. 60 + 4 different Clavinet sounds out
of a single instrument!
of a single instrument!
• Wurlitzer 200A (Wur)
• Electric Piano Mk I Stage Piano SeventyThree (E.Piano1). It was built in
May 1978 and was adjusted to “deep timbre adjustment”. The so called vol-
ume adjustment is set to ‘Low’. These settings gives the piano a warm
sound with a rich fundamental
ume adjustment is set to ‘Low’. These settings gives the piano a warm
sound with a rich fundamental
• Clavia Electric Grand Model G (El.Grand). The ‘Model G’ is a custom modified 1934 Gärbstedt
acoustic grand piano fitted with CP-80 pick-ups. The Model G produces a very rich and “punchy”
rock piano sound that sounds great across the entire note range
rock piano sound that sounds great across the entire note range
• A Malmsjö acoustic grand piano, sampled and played back in stereo (Ac.Grand)
• Electric Piano Mk I SeventyThree Suitcase (E.Piano2). It was built in January 1975. We have fine
tuned the mechanics and adjusted the tines according to the “ideal timbre adjustment”. The so
called volume adjustment is set to ‘Close’. These settings gives the piano a sound with a lot of
“bite”
called volume adjustment is set to ‘Close’. These settings gives the piano a sound with a lot of
“bite”
T
YPE
Press the T
YPE
button to select a piano instrument. On the Nord Electro 2 front
panel are printed names of the piano instruments loaded from factory. Since all pi-
ano samples are stored in Flash memory you can easily add and/or replace the
stored piano instruments with new ones (see
ano samples are stored in Flash memory you can easily add and/or replace the
stored piano instruments with new ones (see
). You can download any piano sound to any of the six locations,
i.e. you are not restricted to the configuration printed on the panel. For example,
you could have six different Electric Piano sounds (when available) in your Electro
2 at the same time if you like.
you could have six different Electric Piano sounds (when available) in your Electro
2 at the same time if you like.