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1. INTRODUCTION | 3
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
OS upgrades .....................................................................................................5
Free sounds ......................................................................................................5
Custom samples ...............................................................................................5
Restoring the factory presets .............................................................................5
Disclaimer..........................................................................................................5
2 OVERVIEW ......................................................................................... 6
The Nord Grand panel ................................................................................6
Master section ...................................................................................................6
Piano section – page 10 ....................................................................................6
Sample Synth section – page 13 .......................................................................6
Program section – page 14 ..............................................................................6
Effects section – page 17 ..................................................................................6
3 GETTING STARTED ................................................................. 7
Hooking it up ...................................................................................................7
Panel controls .................................................................................................7
Dials and knobs .................................................................................................7
Buttons .............................................................................................................7
The Shift button .................................................................................................7
Master Level ......................................................................................................7
Panel Lock ........................................................................................................7
Soft buttons ......................................................................................................7
Programs ...........................................................................................................8
Select a program ...............................................................................................8
List view .............................................................................................................8
Edit a program ................................................................................................8
Select a new piano sound .................................................................................8
Turn off Memory Protection ......................................................................8
Store a program .............................................................................................8
Live Mode .........................................................................................................9
Activate effects ...............................................................................................9
Layer with Sample Synth ...........................................................................9
Create a split ....................................................................................................9
Set up a Split cross-fade (Split Width) ...........................................................9
Turn on Panel Lock ......................................................................................9
4 PIANO.....................................................................................................10
On/Off and Level .............................................................................................10
Octave Up/Down .............................................................................................10
Sustain and Volume .........................................................................................10
About the Piano sounds ..........................................................................10
About Piano size .............................................................................................10
Piano Info ...................................................................................................10
Piano Select ...................................................................................................10
Type and model ............................................................................................... 10
List view ..........................................................................................................11
String Res and Soft Release ..................................................................11
String Resonance ............................................................................................11
Soft Release ....................................................................................................11
Nord Triple Pedal .........................................................................................11
Pedal Noise .....................................................................................................11
Half Pedaling ...................................................................................................12
Sostenuto ........................................................................................................12
Soft Pedal .......................................................................................................12
Timbre ...............................................................................................................12
Acoustic Piano Settings ...................................................................................12
Electric Piano settings .....................................................................................12
5 SAMPLE SYNTH.........................................................................13
On/Off and Level .............................................................................................13
Octave Up/Down .............................................................................................13
Pedals .............................................................................................................13
About the Sample Synth .........................................................................13
Selecting a Sample ..........................................................................................13
List functions ..............................................................................................13
Shaping the sound .....................................................................................13
Dynamics ........................................................................................................13
Amp ...........................................................................................................13
Filter ...........................................................................................................13
Attack, Sustain and Decay/Release .................................................................13
6 PROGRAM ........................................................................................ 14
Transpose On/Set .......................................................................................14
Mono...............................................................................................................14
KBD split ..........................................................................................................14
Keyboard Split settings ....................................................................................14
Choosing a split position .............................................................................14
Split Width settings .....................................................................................14
Store ..................................................................................................................14
Storing a program ...........................................................................................14
Naming a program (Store As...) .......................................................................15
Shift / Exit button .........................................................................................15
Live Mode .......................................................................................................15
Program Buttons .........................................................................................15
What is a program? .........................................................................................15
Program dial ...................................................................................................15
Program List, Abc and Cat ..............................................................................15
Numeric Pad Navigation mode ........................................................................16
Panel Lock ......................................................................................................16
Organize ...........................................................................................................16
Enter the Organize view ...................................................................................16
Swap two programs ........................................................................................16
Move a program ..............................................................................................16
MIDI LED indicator ......................................................................................16
Panic ..................................................................................................................16
7 EFFECTS .............................................................................................17
Activating effects .........................................................................................17
Effects 1 ...........................................................................................................17
Trem (Tremolo) .................................................................................................17
Pan (Auto Pan) ................................................................................................17
RM (Ring Modulation) ......................................................................................17
Ctrl ped ...........................................................................................................17
Effects 2 ...........................................................................................................17
Phaser 1 & 2 ...................................................................................................17
Flanger ............................................................................................................17
Chorus 1 & 2 ...................................................................................................18
Vibe .................................................................................................................18
Deep ...............................................................................................................18
Delay ..................................................................................................................18
Equalizer ..........................................................................................................18
Amp/Comp .....................................................................................................18
Amp models ....................................................................................................18
Dist..................................................................................................................18
Comp ..............................................................................................................18
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