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8 Sound Banks

The Numa Compact 2 offers the latest innovative technolo- gy by Fatar: the sophisticated weighted keyboard TP9-Piano with Aftertouch. The Numa Compact weighs just 7,1 kg and is therefore very portable, yet it offers a great keyboard touch, for which Fatar is famous.

You can immediately start playing the included high quali- ty sounds, which have been carefully sampled. Experienced keyboard players and musicians selected those sounds and were involved in the design of the straightforward operation of Numa Compact. Therefore Numa Compact is your perfect partner on stage, in the studio or at home. 128 voices of max polyphony are available to add depth and expression.

You can combine two sounds by assigning them to the Lower and Upper sections in Split or Layer mode.

The 2 double FX processors allow to assign 2 different effects to both Lower and Upper sections, in addition to a Strings Resonance effect on all piano sounds and a Stereo Reverb, for an endless variety of combinations of all kind.

A Volume, Bass, Treble and Mastering controls allow to get the preferred sound setting and the internal monitor-ampli- fication system with elliptical speakers allow you to play the instrument using the internal 10+10W amplification system, digitally controlled and equalized. For the best result a sugge- sted setting is with all pots at halfway, to avoid any possible distorsion and ensure a correct frequncy responce. Settings can be modified according to the selected sound.

The master keyboard functions of the Numa Compact 2, with 2 programmable Zones, allow you to control other MIDI de- vices, select the sounds and adjust the levels directly from your Numa Compact 2.

As well as the stereo L/R audio output and built in amplifi- cation system, the Numa Compact 2 has an additional head- phone plug, ideal for late-night jam sessions without distur- bing the neighbours. This connection can also be used as an auxiliary audio output.

The integrated USB port allows your Numa Compact 2 to con- nect to your computer and be powered directly, without the need of the external adapter (included). You can use a USB and MIDI out for MIDI data transmission. In addition, updates of the firmware or the sound library are accessible via USB. Please note that the internal amplification system is automa- tically switched off when the instrument is powered by USB, to avoid excessive power consumption or power drops.

FX1 - FX2- REV Strings Resonance

Mixer & Mastering Built-in Amplification

Master keyboard functions

Audio connections

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Your new Numa Compact

Interactive Numa

USB <> Computer

Delivery includes

The integrated USB port allows your Numa Compact 2 to con- nect to your computer and be powered directly, without the need of the external adapter (included). You can use a USB and MIDI out for MIDI data transmission. In addition, updates of the firmware or the sound library are accessible via USB. Please note that the internal amplification system is automa- tically switched off when the instrument is powered by USB, to avoid excessive power consumption or power drops.

Numa Compact 2/2x Power Adapter
USB cable Informative material

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Power - Inputs and connections

Power On/Off

Power

12V - 2,5A

Power connection

Ped 1, Ped 2

Expression pedal, Universal pedal

USB Port

MIDI I/O, firmware update, power

Audio L/R Out

2x 6,3mm mono jack

Headphones / Aux Out

1x 6,3mm stereo jack

Power - Inputs and connections

MIDI In-Out

USB power

Expression / Universal pedals

Audio output

Use the power adapter supplied with the device to connect the Numa Compact to the power socket (or use the USB con- nection). Switch the unit on by using the power button next to the power plug of the Numa Compact, set the main Vo- lume, Bass and Treble controls to the half position and the Mastering control to zero-minimum (the function will be ex- plained later on this manual) to avoid excessive output power and allow the internal speakers to play with a correct dyna- mic range.

The instrument can also be powered by USB, using a shielded quality certified cable and providing that the computer has enough power and not too many devices are powered through the same USB port.

When the instrument is USB powered, the internal amplifica- tion system is disconnected.
PLEASE NOTE: in case of weak or unstable connection, use the traditional power (see previous paragraph).

Connect the (optional) pedal or pedals to the related sockets, labelled Ped1 and Ped2; at the socket labelled Ped 1 you can plug in the Studiologic VP pedal, typically for volume-expres- sion controls. To the Ped2 socket you can plug either a single swicth pedal, a volume-expression pedal or the custom triple pedal SLP3-D, as explained in the related chapter.

If you want to use external amplification systems, or record the instruments sounds, connect the Left and Right audio outputs to the inputs of your mixing desk or amplifier, or to your computer audio board inputs, using suitable cables.

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Power - Inputs and connections

Headphones

Volume

The Headphones output can be used with an headphones set or as an extra audio auxiliary output, according to the setting of the related GLOBAL edit function (explained in this manu- al). As an auxiliary audio out, you can use this plug to connect the instrument to a subwoofer or an additional amplification system, while the L/R outputs are still available for recording or other audio connections.

When you use the Numa Compact for the first time, we re- commend you to turn the Volume knob on the Output sec- tion to not more than half way between 0 and Full. While you are playing you can adjust the volume according to the se- lected sounds. Adjusting the Volume knob will effect all au- dio and headphone outputs at the same time.

CAUTION:

To prevent hearing damage, you should – as with all audio devices – avoid using the Numa Compact at high volume for long periods.

For data transmission via USB, connect the Numa Compact to your computer with a USB cable. The first time you switch the Numa Compact on, it will be recognised by your computer au- tomatically and the appropriate driver will be installed by the OS (cross compliant).

USB

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The SOUND button can also be pressed for a longer time, to enable the eight DEMO songs (one for each sound BANK) to start playing in sequence; clicking on a SOUND BANK you can also select the related demo; at the end of it, the next demo song will start for the other BANKS, in a continuous cycling loop.

This button is a real time control of the SPLIT function, that is edited and controlled in all details by the GLOBAL EDIT fun- ction (Split Point) and PART EDIT function (Split Assign). This is a fast way to immediately enable and disable the SPLIT and play the UPPER and LOWER parts all over the keyboard, in layer mode without split.

As explained in the EDIT sections, the SPLIT button can also be used as a short cut to select the MIXER page, by keeping it pressed for a few seconds.

The Numa Compact has 99 user’s programmable memories called Programs, where you can store all SOUND, FX1/2 con- trols, amounts, functions, split points and all editable para- meters also related to the MIDI ZONES, with a programmable NAME for each Program. The only non-storable functions are the VOLUME, BASS, TREBLE and MASTERING, since they are pure real-time controls, not related to a particular Program.

All Programs can be sent and received via USB, as explained in the related paragraph of this manual, in the GLOBAL EDIT section.

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Organ Model

Numa Compact 2x 

Drawbars

Drawbars are a characteristic trait of a tone wheel organ, the- refore we’ll explore them first; a Tonewheel Organ sound can be made of nine sine frequencies and each drawbar repre- sents a harmonic of the scale related to the 8‘ stop of a pipe organ (drawbar 3) which is also called “native pitch“.

Drawbar123456789correspondtoFeet16‘ 51/3‘ 8‘ 4‘ 2 2/3‘ 2‘ 1 3/5‘ 1 1/3‘ 1‘.

The labelling of the drawbars in feet derives from pipe or- gans, where it represents the length of a reference pipe that plays the note C is exactly 8 feet long (=2,4m).

Note: the first two Sliders are made of a different color to show that they play “below” the standard 8’ of a Piano, as it also was on Vintage Tone wheel organs, where the first two Drawbars were Brown, the Even harmonics are were White and the Odd harmonics were black. In the NC2x they main- ly show that they are active on all sounds as controls of the Synth parameters, while the other Sliders are enabled only for the Synth Bank sounds.

When a drawbar is pushed all the way in, its harmonic is ab- sent from the timbre, while the maximum volume for the drawbar is achieved when you pull it all the way down and you see the digit 8 on the Display, on a pop-up display that appears any time you move a Drawbar/Slider. The drawbars simply adjust the levels among them and you can change and hear the timbre while keys are pressed.

With your NUMA Compact 2x you can play two different tim- bres at the same time, on the Upper and Lower sections, in Layer or Split mode as all other Sounds and the related Draw- bars setting is shown on the Display according to the posi- tion of the Focus (selection of Upper or Lower buttons) and moving the Drawbars when the focus is on the selected part.

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