Clavia electro 2 Guida Utente
NORD ELECTRO 2 V3.0x
5. Panel reference: The Piano section
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A Clavinet D6 has two separate pick-ups, one on the “neck” and one on the “bridge”. By selecting either
one pick-up or both in different combinations you can alter the character of the sound quite drastically. On
the Mega Clavinet sound, the A
one pick-up or both in different combinations you can alter the character of the sound quite drastically. On
the Mega Clavinet sound, the A
MOUNT
knob works as the pick-up selector according to the figure below
O
UTPUT
ROUTING
(
HARD
PAN
)
If you want to process your sound using external effects,
it can be convenient to route Organ and Piano sounds to
separate outputs of the Nord Electro 2. Note that the
Output routing is not saved, so you will have to re-
configure after power off.
it can be convenient to route Organ and Piano sounds to
separate outputs of the Nord Electro 2. Note that the
Output routing is not saved, so you will have to re-
configure after power off.
1. Hold down S
HIFT
and press the P
ROGRAM
8 but-
ton three times. The D
ISPLAY
reads ‘H.0’ where
‘H’ stands for ‘Hard pan’ and ‘0’ that both Organ
and Piano sounds are routed to L
and Piano sounds are routed to L
EFT
O
UT
and
R
IGHT
O
UT
without separation.
2. Select ‘separate outputs’ by pressing the U
P
N
AV
-
IGATOR
button so the D
ISPLAY
reads ‘H.1’. ‘H.1’
means that Organ sounds will be output only
through the L
through the L
EFT
O
UT
and Piano sounds only
through the R
IGHT
O
UT
. Note that any stereo effect you apply to a sound internally will be in
mono in ‘H.1’ mode.
3. Press any button (except for the S
HIFT
, S
TORE
or U
P
/D
OWN
buttons) to exit.
V
ELOCITY
S
ENSITIVITY
FOR
THE
P
IANOS
Some of the piano instruments sampled for the Nord Electro 2 have very wide dynamic ranges by nature
and naturally we wanted to capture this as accurately as possible. Therefore, it could be perceived that it is
a little hard to reach the most extreme levels when playing the Nord Electro 2 piano sounds with the de-
fault keyboard Velocity Sensitivity setting. This is because the dynamic response curves have been very
carefully adjusted to match each original instrument's response characteristics. In other words, Clavia's in-
and naturally we wanted to capture this as accurately as possible. Therefore, it could be perceived that it is
a little hard to reach the most extreme levels when playing the Nord Electro 2 piano sounds with the de-
fault keyboard Velocity Sensitivity setting. This is because the dynamic response curves have been very
carefully adjusted to match each original instrument's response characteristics. In other words, Clavia's in-
By turning the
A
MOUNT
knob you select one of the four
Clavinet D6 pick-up configurations. The pick-up configu-
ration number is briefly shown in the
ration number is briefly shown in the
D
ISPLAY
as you turn
the
A
MOUNT
knob.
The configurations are these:
C.b:
Only the "bridge" pick-up; a bright sound.
C.A:
Only the "neck" pick-up; a warm, less bright sound.
d.A:
Both pick-ups on but 180 degrees out of phase; the
fundamental is almost cancelled and the sound becomes
pretty thin
pretty thin
d.b:
Both pick-ups on and in phase; a very full sound