Nord Wave 2 - Update History

v1.24 (2024-05-11)

Windows updater is now bundled with installer for Nord Keyboards USB Driver v4.x

v1.22 (2022-07-01)

Improvements to Unison for Sync waveforms
In Solo mode it was still possible to enable and disable Layers. Now it always reverts to the configuration as set when entering Solo mode
Fixed minor bug related to the Reverb effect
Improvements to Wavetables in high pitch range
MIDI Program Change behaviour (Off, Send, Receive, Send/Receive) did not always reflect current settings after boot. Fixed
Accomodates production component change

v1.20 (2020-10-27)

Fixes bug where sample presets (settings for Amp envelope and velocity that can be disabled using "Raw Smp") would not load as expected when selecting a sample

v1.18 (2020-10-22)

Fixed bug introduced with v1.16 where selecting certain sample categories could inadvertently cause program to change

v1.16 (2020-10-20)

Fixed bug where MIDI Program Change Off and Send settings did not filter out incoming MIDI Program Change messages
Improvements to Unison modes for FM

v1.14 (2020-08-14)

Fixed bug where playing extensively pitched up samples in high registers could cause artifacts and possibly halt the instrument
Improvements to Half Sine, Sine Squeeze and Sync Sine waveforms, reducing low frequency content with very short Amp Attack times

v1.12 (2020-06-26)

Using samples in Mono/Legato mode could cause audible clicks, especially with wide note intervals. Fixed
Optimisations to some of the analog waveforms

v1.10 (2020-06-11)

Split menu changes:

Split points are now turned On/Off by pressing the 1-3 Soft buttons
“Off” can also be selected with dial, for a split point
Split point is now not turned off by setting Width/xFade to “Off”
“Width” text changed to “xFade”, and values are “-“, “6, “12”

Parameter hints:

All parameter hints (shown when operating a panel control) are now placed at the bottom of display, regardless of “Prog View” mode
In “Layer” Prog View (Layer info shown in display), parameter hints temporarily hide the Layer info
Copy/Paste hints are updated and shown according to new hint system
Morph assign is now shown according to new hint system, with no dedicated display
Impulse Morph now has regular Morph hints when set up

Delay effect:

Chorus, Ens and Vibe effects now preserve the feedback tail for a significantly longer time with higher Feedback settings. Effect amounts are scaled in relation to FB amount
Filters (LP, HP, BP) were adjusted to allow longer feedback tail. Frequencies are dynamically controlled by FB amount
Both Analog and non-Analog modes were adjusted to allow longer feedback tail
Analog mode now has less timbre change and “analog” degradation over time
Note: Due to these changes, some programs using Delay may now sound slightly different, although stored Feedback amounts are scaled to give a close result

Other updates:

Level drawbars now indicate if an inactive Layer is “playing” with upper Level LED being lit. This is tied to Note On/Note Off, and the LED will be unlit 0.5 sec after last Note Off
- Useful when KB Hold is used on inactive Layer
- Useful when using Layer MIDI channels for incoming MIDI
Layer Group LED is now shown even for inactive Layers
Vibrato Dly1 and Dly3 times were shortened slightly
“Steps” parameter in Pattern preset view is now not reset when going to a preset and back to “user” pattern

Fixes:

Switching from Arp/Poly to Gate and vice versa would terminate sound. Fixed
Strokes on other layers would trigger Velocity Morphs. Fixed
Display was not correctly updated when deleting program from NSM. Fixed
Program display was not correctly updated when deleting the active sample. Fixed
Focusing program from NSM did not work correctly after move of focused program. Fixed
Nord Sound Manager changes such as Rename and sample Relink now propagate fully to the loaded NW2 program and update the displays
Layer Init for Layer did not remove Group status. Fixed
The sticky Delay tempo screen (press down on Tempo Tap/Set) is now closed when switching Layers
It was not possible to change Program or entering a menu during Impulse Morph. Fixed
Mono/Legato voice could under certain circumstances be inadvertently stolen, causing its Layer to become silent. Fixed
Hanging notes could occur when combining a Mono/Legato layer with other layers in certain ways. Fixed
Pattern with no gaps (one long “gate”) would play indefinitely. Fixed
Arpeggio section had a bug where it after a long time of playing could go silent, requiring turning Arp Off/On. Fixed
Pulse waves could produce click with 0 Mod Env attack. Fixed
Velocity Morphs would under some circumstances have no effect in a layer upon program load. Fixed
MIDI Layer settings could potentially/rarely be wrong upon program load. Fixed
Other minor fixes and improvemets

Program format:

New format 3.01 which handles scaling of Delay Feedback values stored with previous program formats

v1.02 (2020-05-05)

Fixed rare occurrence of instrument hanging at boot up
Group can be now be turned On/Off, and LED status is shown, even if a section is turned Off
Effects that cannot be synched to the Mst Clk now disable the Mst Clk LED, and their Rate can be adjusted as normal
Tremolo and Pan effects, synched to Mst Clk with KB Sync active, are now restarted at Max and Center positions respectively
Delay effect would under rare circumstances produce audible artifacts. Fixed
Layer Swap function did not include Level and Group settings. Fixed
Layer Init soft buttons are now called Prog and Layer. Prog resets the entire program to "Empty Program” settings
Empty Program setting changed to Sawtooth rather than Sine wave and Prog Level = 7.5
Drive effect could produce unexpected clipping artifacts at low Drive Amounts with certain material. Fixed
Mst Clk tempo could not be adjusted when MIDI Local was set to Off. Fixed
MstClk now does not reset when KB Hold is active, regardless of Soft or Hard setting
With Split Width 6 or 12, Mono/Legato sounds did not crossfade as expected. Fixed
Osc Type, Cat and Waveform controls are now locked during Impulse Morph
Default program category is now “None” rather than “Undefined”
Changes to some waveform displays in accordance to actual output
Various minor fixes and improvements

v1.00 (2020-04-09)

Arpeggiator/Pattern updates:

New 2 page layout with Presets + Steps (i.e. pattern length) on Page 1 and Pattern Editor on Page 2
Added “Acc” function which accents the selected step. Note that for Arp/Poly, velocity (e.g. Amp Vel, Filter Vel, Velocity Morph) needs to be active in some form for accents to have effect
Added “Shift” function which shifts/rotates the pattern across the grid
The “Gate” Soft Button is used for inserting, deleting as well as for adjusting the length of a step in the pattern
Now possible to Copy/Paste patterns between Layers and Programs (Copy+Shift+Pattern)

MIDI:

Layer MIDI Channels now send MIDI, when Global MIDI Channel set to “Off”
Layer MIDI Channels stored/loaded per-program when Global MIDI Channel set to “Off”
“Global” Layer MIDI Channels – i.e. same for all programs – are used when Global MIDI is not set to “Off”
Added MIDI menu option: Pitch Bend mode (Sr, R, S, Off)
Added MIDI menu option: Dump Layer CC
Improvements to handling of MIDI CC and grouped parameters

Other updates:

Multi Edit function is now implemented. “Double click” on Multi Edit enters latching/”sticky” mode. Use Shift/Exit to exit this mode.
Added System menu option: Control Pedal “Morph” or “Volume”
Improvements to Phaser effect
Various improvements to Oscillator waveforms
Improvements to Unison settings for some waveforms
Improvements to HP component of LP/HP filter
Artifacts could occur when changing Delay tempo. Fixed
Velocity morph had no effect on Arpeggiator rate. Fixed
Updates to expression pedal response curves
Improvements to Mono/Legato mode using samples
Master Level had no effect during Paste operation. Fixed
Layers B, C, D did not properly reset the Arpeggio in KB Sync mode. Fixed
Various minor fixes and improvements

v0.86 (2020-03-11)

Support for new panel print. Important changes:

Panic function moved to Shift+Octave Up
Pattern Menu/Editor moved to Shift+Program 5
Phaser effect added to position 4 of Effect section
Vibrato Rate per-program setting added to Shift+Vibrato
Layer Swap function previously found in Utility menu moved to Page 2 of Layer Init "menu"

Other updates:

Arpeggiator now releases all notes when disabled
Clearing morph did not redraw Synth OLED. Fixed
Incoming Program Change could cause changes to oscillator setting for active slot. Fixed
Program format 2.0 introduced, with support for Phaser effect.
Mono/Legato + Osc Mod Env AR mode did not work as intended. Fixed
Various improvements to Oscillator waveforms
Various minor fixes and improvements

v0.84 (2020-02-18)

First OS release