Clavia Nord Modular G2 Manual de usuario

NORD MODULAR G2 V1.4x :

Table of contents

Introduction 15

Welcome! 15

About the Nord Modular G2 system 15

About this manual 15

Reading the manual in Adobe Acrobat Reader 15

Clavia on the Internet 16

G2 Basics 16

Modular synthesis 16

Patches 16

Variations 17

Slots 17

Playing multitimbrally 18

Performances 18

Special features in Performances 18

Focus 19

Modules 19

Parameters 19

Assignable Knobs/Buttons 19

Parameter pages 19

Morphs 20

Synth quick tour 21

Checking out the instrument first 21

Check out some Patches! 21

Access more assigned parameters in the Patch 22

Variations 22

Load a new Patch from the internal memory 22

Check out some Performances 23

Access assigned Performance (Global) parameters 23

Loading another Performance from the internal memory 24

Changing Variations when in Global Panel mode 24

Working with the synth 25

System Functions section 26

Edit System Settings 29

List of functions in the G2 System menu 30

Sound Functions section 33

Editing Patch Settings 34

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Working with Patches 36

Load a Patch from memory 36

Search for and load a Patch 36

Creating a blank Patch 36

Acessing (Edit) any Parameter in a Patch 37

Assign Parameters to Panel Controls 37

Patch parameter Variations 39

Store a Patch 40

Copying Patches 42

Rename a Patch 43

Delete a Patch 43

Working with Slots 43

Activate several Slots 43

Layering Patches 43

Changing Edit Focus but not Keyboard focus 44

Morph groups 44

Assign parameters to a Morph group 44

Deassign parameters from a Morph group 46

Edit parameters in a Morph group 46

Copy a Morph group from one source to another 46

Morph groups in separate Variations 46

A word about the Keyboard Morph 46

A word about the Pitch Stick Morph 47

Performances 47

Entering Performance Mode 47

Exiting Performance Mode 47

Load a new Performance from the internal memory 48

Creating a Performance 48

Editing a Performance 48

Global (Performance) Parameter Pages 49

Keyboard Split 49

Keyboard Zone 50

Storing a Performance 50

Extracting Patches from a Performance 51

Deleting Performances 52

Nord Modular G2 Engine front panel 53

Nord Modular G2 rear panel 53

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The G2 Editor software 55

The Editor software 55

Software installation 55

Editor system requirements Windows PC 55

Editor system requirements Macintosh 55

Windows 98SE/2000/XP, Apple Mac OSX 55

When editing more than one G2 55

Installation of the usb driver 56

Installation of the Editor on a Windows PC 56

Starting up 57

Launching the Editor on a Windows PC 57

The Editor application 58

Toolbar 59

Perf: (name) 59

Master Clock 59

Slot buttons 59

Connection indicators 59

Perf 59

New 60

Init 1&2 60

Module Group selectors 60

Module Icons 60

Patch Load, Cycles and Memory 60

Undo & Redo 61

Color 61

Morph groups 61

Patch Name 61

Category 61

Voice Mode 62

Variation 62

Var Init 62

Patch Level 62

Visible cables 62

Hide all cables 62

Shake cables 62

Patch window split bar 63

Making your first patch 63

Popup menus in the Editor 68

Patch window popup 68

Module popup 69

Parameter popup 70

Cable popup 70

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Basic module functions 71

Cables and connectors 71

Module output sample rate 71

Module input sample rate 72

Red and blue outputs, bipolar and unipolar 72

Yellow and orange outputs, logic states 72

Yellow and orange inputs 72

Display boxes and graphs 73

leds 73

Basic module parameter controls 73

Parameters 73

Parameters that can’t be changed between Variations 73

Buttons 74

Radio Buttons 74

Arrow buttons 74

Knobs 74

Sliders 74

Drop-down selectors 74

Scroll buttons 75

Name buttons 75

Modulation 76

Modulation inputs 76

Mod-amount knobs (attenuators) 77

Knob positions 77

Modulation examples 78

Maximum modulation 79

Modulation Level knob names 80

Working in the Editor 81

Sound synthesis on the G2 81

Create a new empty Patch window 81

Add modules to a Patch 81

Rename a module 82

Move a module 82

Delete a module 82

Replace a module 82

Coloring a module 83

Connecting modules 83

Edit module parameters in a Patch 84

Voice Area and FX Area 85

Download a Patch to the synthesizer 86

Store a Patch 86

Delete a Patch 88

Creating Patch parameter Variations 88

Save a Variation 89

Copy a Variation 89

Variation Init 89

midi control of Variations 89

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Knobs and controllers 89

The Parameter Pages window 89

Assign a parameter to a knob 90

Assign all module parameters to a set of knobs 91

midi controllers 91

Morph groups 92

Assign parameters to a Morph group 93

Deassign parameters from a Morph group 93

Edit parameters in a Morph group 94

Copy a Morph group to another source 94

Morph groups in separate Variations 94

Keyboard Morph and Pitch Stick morph 94

The Editor and Performances 94

Performance mode and Patch mode 94

Uploading a Performance to the Editor 95

Creating a Performance in the Editor 95

Keyboard Split (Keyboard Range) 96

Keyboard range and G2 panel split function 96

Combining Split and Layer 96

The Global Parameter Pages 96

Storing a Performance 97

Storing in the synth 97

Saving on the computer 97

Renaming single Patches in Performances 97

Extracting Patches from a Performance 97

Extract a Patch and store it in the synth 97

Extract a Patch and save it on the computer 98

Deleting Performances in the synth 98

Exiting Performance Mode 98

The Patch Mutator 99

Introduction 99

The Patch Mutator Window 100

Using the Patch Mutator 101

Quick Start 102

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Patch Mutator reference 103

Which parameters will be affected? 104

Exclude from mutation 104

The Quick Lock buttons 104

Probability distributions 105

Permanently locked parameters 105

Modules excluded by default 106

Mutate 106

Randomize 107

Interpolate 107

Cross 108

The Temporary Storage 109

Saving Sounds 110

Patch Mutator Shortcuts Overview 110

Historical background 111

Further reading 111

The Patch Adjuster 113

Introduction 113

Editor menu reference 115

Editor menu bar 115

File menu 115

New Patch {Ctrl-N} 115

New Performance 115

Open {Ctrl-O} 115

New To 115

Open To 116

Save {Ctrl-S} 116

Save As 116

Save All 116

Save From 116

Save InitPatch1 & 2 116

Recent Files 116

Quit {Ctrl-Q} 116

Edit menu 117

Undo {Ctrl-Z} 117

Redo {Ctrl-Y} 117

Cut {Ctrl-X} 117

Copy {Ctrl-C} 117

Paste {Ctrl-V} 117

Clear 117

Paste Params {Ctrl-E} 117

Select All {Ctrl-A} 117

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Patch menu 118

Patch Settings {Ctrl-P} 118

Textpad {Ctrl-H} 119

Delete Unused Modules 119

Download To Slot {Ctrl-D} 119

Performance menu 119

Performance Settings {Ctrl-R} 119

Download 120

Synth menu 120

Synth Settings {Ctrl-G} 120

Upload Active Slot {Ctrl-U} 122

Save In Synth 122

Bank Upload (From Modular) 123

Bank Download (To Modular) 124

Send Controller Snapshot {Ctrl-M} 124

Dump one {Ctrl-1} 125

Setup menu 125

Options 125

Tools menu 125

Parameter Pages {Ctrl-F} 125

Using Parameter pages to make knob assignments 126

Parameter Overview {Ctrl-L} 126

Using Parameter Overview to make knob assignments 126

Virtual Keyboard {Ctrl-K} 128

Patch Browser {Ctrl-B} 128

Assign midi to Selection 130

Deassign midi to Selection 130

Deassign All midi 130

Extended Toolbar {Ctrl-T} 130

Window menu 130

Close {Ctrl-W} 130

Close All 130

Cascade 130

Tile horizontally 131

Tile vertically 131

Tile Active Slots {Ctrl-I} 131

Tile All Slots 131

Currently open Patches/Performances 131

Help menu 131

Contents/Search/Index 131

Keyboard Shortcuts 131

About 131

Computer keyboard shortcuts 131

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Technical reference 134

Signal types in a Patch 134

Definitions 134

Audio signals, red connectors 135

Control signals, blue connectors 135

Logic or gate signals, yellow and orange connectors 135

Bandwidth considerations 137

Resolution and audio signal headroom 137

Self-optimizing modules 137

Experiment! 138

Voice allocation and polyphony 138

Calculation order for the modules 139

Updating the Synth OS 140

midi implementation 141

What is MIDI? 141

MIDI Global Channel 142

MIDI Controllers 143

MIDI Automation 144

MIDI-Learn function (L key) 145

Troubleshooting MIDI CC#'s 145

MIDI CC# Auto assignment function 146

MIDI Talkback function 147

The G2 as a MIDI controller box 147

G2 MIDI System Exclusive Specification 148

MIDI Implementation Chart 153

Module reference 155

In/Out group 156

Common In/Out module parameters and definitions 156

2-Out 157

4-Out 157

2-In 158

4-In 158

FX-In 158

Keyboard 158

MonoKey 159

Device 160

Status 160

NoteDet 162

Name 163

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Note group 164

NoteQuant 164

KeyQuant 164

PartQuant 165

NoteScaler 167

Glide 168

PitchTrack 168

ZeroCnt 169

LevScaler 170

Oscillator group 172

Common Oscillator parameters 172

OscA 174

OscB 175

OscC 176

OscD 176

OscPM 176

OscShpA 176

OscShpB 178

OscDual 179

OscString 180

OscPerc 181

DrumSynth 181

Noise 182

MetNoise 182

OscNoise 183

OscMaster 183

Operator 184

DXRouter 185

LFO group 187

Common LFO parameters 187

LfoA 189

LfoB 189

LfoC 189

LfoShpA 189

ClkGen 191

Random group 193

Common random generator parameters 193

Clocked random generator inputs and parameters 194

RandomA 195

RandomB 195

RndClkA 196

RndClkB 196

RndTrig 196

RndPattern 196

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Envelope group 197

Common Envelope Generator parameters 197

EnvADSR 200

EnvH 200

EnvD 201

EnvADR 201

EnvAHD 201

EnvADDSR 202

EnvMulti 202

ModAHD 202

ModADSR 203

Shaper group 204

Common Shaper parameters 204

Clip 205

Overdrive 205

Saturate 206

ShpExp 206

WaveWrap 206

ShpStatic 206

Rect 207

Filter group 208

Common Filter parameters 208

FltLP 209

FltHP 209

FltNord 209

FltClassic 210

FltMulti 211

FltStatic 211

WahWah 211

FltVoice 211

Vocoder 212

EqPeak 213

Eq2Band 213

Eq3Band 214

FltPhase 214

FltComb 215

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