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MIDI functions
About the MIDI implementation
The following MIDI messages can be transmitted and received from the
Nord Electro 3:
Note On/Off
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Note On and Note Off messages are transmitted and received .
Controllers
In the MIDI Menu (see page 23), you can select if the Nord Electro 3
should transmit and/or receive Control Change messages .
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Incoming MIDI Controller 7 controls the overall volume of the Electro 3 .
•
Incoming MIDI Controller 10 controls the panning of the Electro 3 .
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If you have a control pedal connected to the control pedal input, this
is transmitted as Controller 11 (Expression) .
•
If you have a pedal connected to the sustain pedal input, this is
transmitted as Controller 64 (Sustain Pedal) .
•
If you have a pedal connected to the rotor pedal input, this pedal is
transmitted as Controller 90 .
•
Almost all other controls (knobs and buttons) on the front panel are
also transmitted (and received) as Control Change messages . This
can be used to record your actions on the front panel into a MIDI
sequencer . For a full list of which parameters correspond to the Con-
troller numbers, see the MIDI implementation on the next page .
Keyboard velocity
The Nord Electro 3 can transmit and receive keyboard velocity mes-
sages . Organ sounds will always be played back at nominal level
regardless of incoming MIDI Velocity data . Release velocity is also
transmitted .
Program change
In the MIDI Menu (see page 18), you can select if the Nord Electro 3
should send and/or receive Program Change messages .
When you select a Program, a Program Change message is transmit-
ted via MIDI . If a Program Change message is received on the selected
MIDI Channel, the Nord Electro 3 will change Program accordingly .
The 128 Program locations send and respond to MIDI Program
Change values 0-127 .
MIDI Sysex (System Exclusive)
Individual Programs or all Programs can be transmitted and received as
a System Exclusive dump .
Using the Nord Electro 3 with a
sequencer
Connections
1
Connect the MIDI Out on the Nord Electro 3 to the MIDI In on your
sequencer .
2
Connect the MIDI Out from your sequencer to the MIDI In on the
Nord Electro 3 .
Local On/Off
Local Off may be used when you use a sequencer to record and play
back from Nord Electro 3 . If the sequencer echoes back incoming
MIDI data, the Nord Electro 3 may respond twice to every note and
other message/action if e .g . the keyboard and the sequencer sends
the same MIDI information to the unit . Local On/Off is set on the "MIDI
menu" see page 18 .
MIDI Channel
The MIDI channel(s) that the Nord Electro 3 uses are set up in the MIDI
menu - see "MIDI menu" on page 18 . If you use the Organ model in
the split/lower manual configuration, the lower manual can receive on a
separate MIDI channel .
Program Change
Usually you select a Program Change value for a track in the sequenc-
er track settings . The 128 program locations send and respond to
Program Change values 0-127 .
If you want to record a Program Change message, activate recording in
the sequencer and simply select the program on the Nord Electro 3 .
Controllers
When you record actions with knobs and buttons, make sure that the
sequencer "echoes" the changes back on the correct MIDI Channel, or
your changes won't have any effect .
Some notes about controllers and "chasing"
Consider a situation where you record a Controller message, e .g . a
Drawbar opening, in the middle of your sequencer song . Then you
"rewind" the sequencer to a position before the recorded Drawbar
opening . The problem is that the Nord Electro 3's Drawbar will remain
opened, although it really should be as it was before you recorded the
opening .
To solve this, you could record a "snapshot" of all Controller settings of
the Nord Electro 3 Program at the beginning of your sequencer song .
See "Sending MIDI Controller dumps" below .
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