
- •Table Of Contents
- •1. Introduction
- •Welcome!
- •About This Manual
- •Clavia on the Net
- •2. Connections
- •Connecting Pedals
- •3. Basic Operations
- •Demo Play Function
- •Basic MIDI Settings for the Nord Rack
- •Selecting Programs
- •Selecting Percussion Kits
- •Using the Slots To Switch Programs
- •Layering
- •Replacing One Program In the Layer
- •Splitting the Keyboard
- •Selecting Performances
- •Monophonic and Polyphonic Operation
- •Stereo/Mono
- •Pitch Stick and Modulation Wheel
- •Master Tune
- •Using a Sustain Pedal
- •Using a Control (Expression) Pedal
- •The “Panic” button
- •4. Editing Programs
- •Changing An Existing Program
- •Changing One Sound In A Layer
- •Getting Back To The Programmed Sound
- •Using Manual Mode
- •Customizing Manual Mode
- •Storing Programs
- •Copying Programs
- •Using PCMCIA Cards
- •The Filter Velocity Function
- •Making Any Parameter Velocity Dependent
- •Clearing Velocity Programming For One Knob
- •Clearing All Velocity Programming
- •Morphing
- •6. Percussion Kits
- •Selecting and playing a Percussion Kit
- •Editing the sounds in a Percussion Kit
- •Saving Percussion Kits
- •Sys Ex Dumps of Percussion Kits
- •Using Percussion Kits in Performance Mode
- •7. Performances
- •What Are Performances?
- •Recalling A Performance
- •Editing the Performance
- •Extracting Single Sounds from a Performance
- •Saving a Performance
- •Exiting Performance Mode
- •What a Performance contains
- •8. Panel Reference
- •Oscillator 1
- •Oscillator 2
- •Settings For Both Oscillators
- •Amplifier
- •Filter
- •LFO 2/Arpeggiator
- •LFO 2:Arpeggiator Mode
- •LFO 2:LFO Mode
- •Modulation Envelope
- •Mod Wheel Destination
- •Poly Legato Mono
- •Unison
- •Portamento
- •Oct Shift
- •9. Shift Functions
- •Accessing The Shift Functions
- •Tune (Master Tune)
- •Out Mode
- •Local
- •Prog/Ctrl
- •MIDI Channel
- •Special
- •System
- •10. MIDI
- •About the MIDI Implementation
- •Using Nord Lead 2 With a Sequencer
- •Bulk Dump
- •Introduction
- •The Building Blocks
- •Connections
- •The Oscillators and Waveforms
- •The Filter
- •The Amplifier
- •Envelopes
- •LFOs
- •12. MIDI Implementation
- •Controller Number List
- •System Exclusive Implementation
- •13. Factory Settings
- •Factory Programs
- •Factory Percussion Kits
- •Factory Performances
- •About the Organ Sounds
- •Restoring the Factory Programs in RAM
- •Index

Connections |
Page 7 |
2.Connections
▼Make all connections before turning on your power amplifier!
▼If you are using a Nord Rack together with a MIDI keyboard, connect a MIDI cable from MIDI Out on the keyboard to MIDI In on the Nord Rack.
▼All signal cables used with the Nord Lead 2 must be shielded.
▼All four Outputs (A-B-C-D) are line level.
▼If you connect the Nord Lead 2 in stereo to your audio equipment, you should use Outputs A and B. For mono connections, use Output A.
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Sustain |
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Footswitch Control pedal |
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MIDI equipment (sequencer etc.) |
Audio equipment (mixer, PA etc) |

Page 8 |
Connections |
Connecting Pedals
The Nord Lead 2 has two pedal inputs, one for a sustain pedal and one for a control pedal (an expressiontype pedal, used to control various parameters in much the same way as the modulation wheel). Connect the pedals as shown in the figure below:
▼When connecting an expression-type pedal to the Control Pedal input, you should use a “stereo cable”. Please note that the pedal must have a stereo output jack.
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▼ For information on how to set the Nord Lead 2 up for sustain or expression pedal, see page 18.