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20 | NORD ELECTRO 6 USER MANUAL OS V2.6X
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SAMPLE SYNTH
ON/OFF, LEVEL AND ZONE SELECT
The Sample Synth section is turned On or Off by pressing its ON/OFF
button. The LEVEL dial controls the volume of the Sample Synth. Press
ZONE SELECT (Shift + On/Off) to assign the Sample Synth to any of the
active keyboard zones. The KBD ZONE LEDs indicate the zones to which
the Sample Synth is assigned. Read more about this on page 17.
OCTAVE UP/DOWN
Use OCTAVE UP/DOWN to transpose the Synth section up or down by
octaves (+/- 12 semitones). When assigned to the entire keyboard it can
be transposed one octave up or down. When assigned to only one zone
the available transpose values will vary, but always provide access to the
entire range of the synthesizer.
SUSTPED AND CTRLPED
SUSTPED (Shift + Octave Up) activates any attached sustain pedal for
the Synth section.
CTRLPED (Shift + Octave Up) assigns any attached control pedal as a
volume control for the Synth section.
Read more on how to configure attached pedals on page 27.
ABOUT THE SAMPLE SYNTH
The versatile Sample Synth section can hold up to 512 MB of samples
and comes with a large selection right out of the box. Additional sam-
ples can be found in the Nord Sample Library section of the www.nor-
dkeyboards.com website, and are downloaded to the instrument using
the Nord Sound Manager software. To further the possibilities, custom
samples can be created from any sound source using the Nord Sample
Editor application, also found on the Nord website.
SELECTING A SAMPLE
Use the SAMPLE SELECT dial to scroll through the available samples. The
position and name of the selected sample is shown in the Program area
display. This selection is stored in the program when a Store operation
is performed.
LIST VIEW
Pressing SHIFT while turning the SAMPLE SELECT dial allows for brows-
ing all samples in a list. The Abc and Cat soft buttons can be used for
displaying samples based on name or category. To filter out only the
samples from a certain category, press down on the Cat soft button and
select the desired category using the PROGRAM dial.
SHAPING THE SOUND
There are several ways to fine-tune the sound and behaviour of a loaded
sample, in order to make it more or less dynamic and responsive. Each
sample comes with preset values for the parameters below, which are
automatically loaded when a sample is selected. Of course, all controls
can still be adjusted manually as desired.
DYNAMICS
With the DYNAMICS control four different levels of velocity response can
be selected. If this funcion is turned off (no LED being lit) samples will
always play back at full velocity. When active, the 1, 2 and 3 settings
provide increasing degrees of dynamic range.
FILTER
Press FILTER (Shift + Dynamics) to apply a velocity sensitive low pass
filter to the Sample Synth. The filter reacts to how hard the key is being
played and gives the sound a more dampened quality when played
softly and a brighter character when more force is applied to the key.
ATTACK, SUSTAIN AND DECAY/RELEASE
These controls allow for setting the contour, or envelope, of the Sample
Synth sound:
ATTACK controls the time it takes for the sample to reach its full level
while DECAY/RELEASE determines how quickly the sample fades after
having been triggered. At 12 o’clock the sound is in SUSTAIN mode,
meaning that a sample will sound as long as the key is being pressed.
Settings past 12 o’clock give samples an increasingly long tail after the
key has been released.
OrchStrings Marc HiVib
OrchStrings Leg HiVib
OrchStrings Tremolo
OrchStrings Pizzicato
5
4
3
2
Sample Ens Strings
Num Abc Cat
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