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I had to create a new clav sound on my E3 and went to the manual to try to understand how to go about doing this.

From the manual;
Clav EQ
The .two .Clav .EQ .buttons .works .as .filter .selectors . .By .selecting .different . combinations .of .the .Brilliant/Treble .and .Medium/Soft .filter .indicators . you .can .reproduce .all .15 .possible .filter .variations, .exactly .like .on .the . original .D6 . .Use .the .Shift .button .together .with .the .Clav EQ .button .to . access .the .Med .and .Soft .settings


Once I got into the filter section I cant say I knew what adjustments I was making. It's easy to see the clav model you are editing, but it's not clear to me
what editing I am really doing. So basically I wound up using my ears to adjust to my needs , but, I would like to be more pragmatic about this next time..
i believe this was more concise on the E2. Can anyone make suggestions or comment on how to program this sound ?

Thanks

Hello rb4u1,
the Clav is easier to edit if you visualize the originals' panel.

There are 6 two position rocker switches:
Brilliant
Treble
Medium
Soft
C-D
A-B

On the real Clavinet, the A-B and C-D rocker switches are pickup selectors.
The Brilliant, Treble, Medium, and Soft rocker switches are filter selectors and are progressive lowpass filtering in nature.
As the name of the filter tabs implies, the Brilliant tab has the least amount of filtering, and the Soft tab has the most, but at least one HAS to be selected to produce a sound.

The pickup selectors are a little more complicated:
C+A = Lower pickup, a warm sound
C+B = Upper pickup, a bright brash sound
D+B = Both pickups, a very full sound
D+A = Both pickups on and out of phase, a thin sound

I hope that this helps.
Cheers, Hanon

Very well described Hanon, that should answer the OT's Clav needs!

In fact, the four selectable Filter Settings are as he describes it.
Just added a clearer image: Technically, they are extremely simple two-element switches: But they give you the real Clavinet sound with all the possible sound variations as in the classical D6 (and E7) model.
By combining the EQ switches (which give you a totalling 14 possibilities) and Pickup Settings (4 variations as described by Hanon) you get 64 different sound variations without any additional FX.
It s definitively worth trying them out to get your favorite sounds or replicatites for covers!

Only thing I miss on most Hardware Clav Emulations (including the Nords) is the Mute bar: which "mutes" the strings as it can be heard here:

Sorry for the slight off-topicness - just loove the clav...!

Thanks for the better pic Johannes.
I don't have a Clavinet any longer, so I quickly grabbed a pic off the web, then deleted it due to poor quality

Just want to say. Thank You very much.
RB4u1