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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................... 5
Thank you! ........................................................................................................5
Features .............................................................................................................5
Nord Online ......................................................................................................5
About the User Manual ..............................................................................5
Reading the manual in PDF Format ...................................................................5
Restoring the factory presets .............................................................................5
OS upgrades .....................................................................................................5
Free sounds ......................................................................................................5
Custom samples ...............................................................................................5
Disclaimer..........................................................................................................5
2 OVERVIEW ......................................................................................... 6
The Piano 5 panel .........................................................................................6
Piano section – page 10 ....................................................................................6
Sample Synth section – page 13 .......................................................................6
Program section – page 15 ...............................................................................6
Effects section – page 18 ..................................................................................6
3 GETTING STARTED ................................................................. 7
Hooking it up ...................................................................................................7
Panel controls .................................................................................................7
Dials and knobs .................................................................................................7
Buttons .............................................................................................................7
The Shift button ................................................................................................7
Soft buttons ......................................................................................................7
Programs ...........................................................................................................7
Selecting a program ..........................................................................................8
List view .............................................................................................................8
Editing a program ..........................................................................................8
Selecting a new piano sound .............................................................................8
Memory Protection ......................................................................................8
Storing a program .........................................................................................8
Live Mode .........................................................................................................8
Activating effects ...........................................................................................9
Layering with Sample Synth ....................................................................9
Adding a second Piano sound ...............................................................9
Creating a split ................................................................................................9
Setting up a cross-fade (X-Fade) ...................................................................9
4 PIANO.....................................................................................................10
Layer A and B buttons .....................................................................................10
Combining Layer A and B ...........................................................................10
KB Split ...........................................................................................................10
Layer Init .....................................................................................................10
Level ...............................................................................................................10
Octave Up/Down .............................................................................................10
Sustain and Volume .........................................................................................10
About the Piano sounds ..........................................................................10
About Piano size .............................................................................................11
Piano Info ...................................................................................................11
Piano Select ...................................................................................................11
Type and model ............................................................................................... 11
Layer Detune .................................................................................................11
KB Touch .........................................................................................................11
Dyn Comp .......................................................................................................11
String Res and Soft Release ..................................................................12
String Resonance ............................................................................................12
Soft Release ....................................................................................................12
Nord Triple Pedal .........................................................................................12
Pedal Noise .....................................................................................................12
Half Pedaling ...................................................................................................12
Sostenuto ........................................................................................................12
Soft Pedal .......................................................................................................12
Timbre ...............................................................................................................12
Acoustic Piano Timbre settings........................................................................12
Electric Piano Timbre settings ..........................................................................12
5 SAMPLE SYNTH.........................................................................13
Layer A and B buttons .....................................................................................13
Combining Layer A and B ...........................................................................13
KB Split ...........................................................................................................13
Layer Init .....................................................................................................13
Level ...............................................................................................................13
Octave Up/Down .............................................................................................13
Sustain and Volume .........................................................................................13
About the Sample Synth .........................................................................13
Selecting a sample instrument .........................................................................14
Alphabetical Order ......................................................................................14
Shaping the sound .....................................................................................14
Dynamics ........................................................................................................14
Attack, Sustain and Decay/Release .................................................................14
Timbre .............................................................................................................14
Voice ...............................................................................................................14
Glide................................................................................................................14
Unison .............................................................................................................14
Vibrato ............................................................................................................14
Vibrato settings ...........................................................................................14
6 PROGRAM ........................................................................................15
Store ..................................................................................................................15
Storing a program ...........................................................................................15
Naming a program (Store As...) .......................................................................15
Prog View ........................................................................................................15
Transpose On/Set .......................................................................................15
Mono...............................................................................................................16
KB split .............................................................................................................16
Choosing a split position .................................................................................16
Split X-Fade settings........................................................................................16
MIDI LED indicator ......................................................................................16
Program dial ...................................................................................................16
Program List, Abc and Cat ..............................................................................16
Numeric Pad navigation mode .........................................................................16
Live programs ...............................................................................................17
Panic ...............................................................................................................17
Shift / Exit button .........................................................................................17
Program Select Buttons ..........................................................................17
What is a program? .........................................................................................17
Organize ...........................................................................................................17
Enter the Organize view ...................................................................................17
Swap two programs ........................................................................................17
Move a program ..............................................................................................17
7 EFFECTS .............................................................................................18
Activating effects .........................................................................................18
Mod 1 ................................................................................................................18
Trem (Tremolo) .................................................................................................18
Pan (Auto Pan) ................................................................................................18
RM (Ring Modulation) ......................................................................................19
Ctrl Ped ...........................................................................................................19