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Nord Stage EX
OS Version 6.x
Part No. 50250
Copyright Clavia DMI AB 2010
Print Edition 6.0

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  • Page 1 User Manual Nord Stage EX OS Version 6.x Part No. 50250 Copyright Clavia DMI AB 2010 Print Edition 6.0...

  • Page 2: Important Safety Instructions

    Trademarks: The Nord logo is trademark of Clavia DMI AB. All other trademarks mentioned in this publication are the properties of their respective holders. Specifications and appearances are subject to change without notice.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of contents 1. Introduction ............5 Welcome ..................5 About the Owner’s Manual............6 Clavia on the Internet ............... 6 2. Overview ..............7 The Nord Stage front panel ............. 7 The Keyboard................8 About Knobs & Buttons............. 8 3.
  • Page 4 Table of contents Nord Stage EX v6.x 7. The Effects ............49 About the effects ..............49 The Panel effects..............50 The Rotor section ..............55 8. Keyboard Zones and Dual Panel setups ..56 Keyboard Zones .................56 Octave Shift ................58 Dual Panel setups ..............58 9.
  • Page 5 Nord Stage EX v6.x Table of contents 12. Factory Presets and OS .........71 Internal memory................ 71 Factory presets ................ 71 OS upgrades................71 13. Nord Stage Manager ........72 Overview..................72 The Quick Tour ................75 Nord Stage Manager reference..........79 Tabs ....................
  • Page 6 Table of contents Nord Stage EX v6.x...

  • Page 7: Introduction

    Clavia’s goal when developing the Nord Stage was to create a flagship stage instrument encompass- ing the whole range of Clavia’s expertise. Building on the success of the Nord Electro, the Nord Stage incorporates the best emulations of traditional electromechanical/acoustic keyboard instruments on the market as well as a synthesizer section designed for maximum ease of use, yet offering wide sonic possibilities.

  • Page 8: About The Owner's Manual

    If you have access to the Internet, you’re very welcome to visit http://www.nordkeyboards.com. There you will find the latest information about Nord Stage EX and other Nord products. You can also download new Nord Stage EX sounds and software upgrades, free of charge.

  • Page 9: Overview

    IANO SECTION The piano section in Nord Stage EX comprises various multi-sampled piano instruments. The Nord Stage EX utilizes advanced multi-level sample playback, catching every nuance from soft to hard key strokes. Nord Stage comes right out of the box with several classic piano instruments stored in a Flash memory with a total capacity of 256 MB.

  • Page 10: The Keyboard

    “The Effects” on page EYBOARD The keyboard of the Nord Stage EX features 88/76 medium weighted keys or 73 semi-weighted wa- terfall keys for optimal feel and response with piano instruments. For organ sounds there is also a fast trigger response option which closely mimics the feel of a real organ.
  • Page 11 Nord Stage EX v6.x 2. Overview: About Knobs & Buttons HE BUTTONS There are three types of buttons for editing sounds on the Nord Stage EX: ELECTOR BUTTONS Press the S button repeatedly to select between options printed ELECTOR next to the corresponding triangular LED (see figure).

  • Page 12: Connections

    • The four audio outputs (CH O 1-4)) are line level and unbalanced. • If you wish to connect the Nord Stage EX in stereo to your audio equipment, you should use CH1 in pair with C • You can also route individual instruments to CH O 3 &...

  • Page 13: Connecting Pedals

    Pedals from various manufacturers have different characteristics. To simplify setup, the most com- mon pedal models (Roland, Yamaha, Ernie Ball and Fatar) are preconfigured in the Nord Stage EX, and you simply select the type of pedal in the System menu. See “Ctrl Pedal Type”...

  • Page 14: Getting Started

    ELECTING ROGRAMS The Program memory in Nord Stage EX consists of 21 Program Pages, with each Page holding 6 Pro- grams for a total of 126 Programs. All Programs can be edited and replaced at any time. To select a Program for playing/editing, proceed as follows: 1.

  • Page 15: Activating Instrument Sections

    If you want to restore any of the original factory programs later, you can download them at http://www.nordkeyboards.com and transfer them to your Nord Stage EX as MIDI SysEx files or use the Nord Sound Manager to reload them. To indicate that a Program has been edited (changed from...

  • Page 16: About Panela & B

    BOUT ANEL All instruments in Nord Stage EX are two part multitimbral. This means that each instrument section can produce two sounds simultaneously, with completely independent settings. The key to this fea- ture are the two Panels; A and B.

  • Page 17: Setting Output Level For Instruments

    DDING A LOBAL EFFECT Nord Stage EX features four effect groups; the Rotor section (rotary speaker effect), the Effects section (three separate effects units; Effect 1, 2 and Delay), the Ampsim/ EQ section (overdrive and amplifier/speaker modelling with EQ), and a Compressor and Reverb section.

  • Page 18: The Program Section

    5. The Program section: Overview Nord Stage EX v6.x 5. T ROGRAM SECTION VERVIEW The Program section comprises central functions such as Program handling, system pages etc. Sys- tem pages are covered in a separate chapter - see “System functions” on page OAD A PROGRAM You can load a program in several different ways.
  • Page 19 Nord Stage EX v6.x 5. The Program section: Overview ENDING PROGRAM CHANGE Normally a program is loaded the same moment you press a P button, or as soon as you turn ROGRAM the V . Sometimes you may want to browse through the programs without leaving the cur- ALUE rent program, for example while still playing with the other hand.
  • Page 20 5. The Program section: Overview Nord Stage EX v6.x TORE BUTTON The red S button is used when storing Programs (see “Storing Programs” on page 20). TORE ROGRAM BUTTONS Below the D are the six P buttons (1- 6). They are used to load Programs, to access...

  • Page 21: What Is A Program

    A Program basically stores everything (except System functions which are mostly global). To under- stand the internal architecture in Nord Stage EX, keep the following in mind: • For each Panel, settings for all three Instruments, the four Panel Effects, and the Extern section are independent (except the choice of organ model, which is always shared between the panels).

  • Page 22: Storing Programs

    Storing a Program will overwrite the existing Program in the selected memory location. Note! When Nord Stage EX is shipped from factory, Memory Protect is set to ‘On’. To be able to store Programs, you need to change this to “Off”. See “Memory Protect”...
  • Page 23 Nord Stage EX v6.x 5. The Program section: Storing Programs AMING A ROGRAM To name a program, proceed as follows: 1. Hold down S and press the S ... button once. The S button indicator starts HIFT TORE TORE blinking, and the D will read “Set Name”.

  • Page 24: The Instruments

    NSTRUMENTS NTRODUCTION The Nord Stage EX features 3 different Instruments; Organ, Piano and Synth. Each Instrument is two part multitimbral meaning that there are actually two independent sound engines for each Instrument. These “engines” are internally connected to the Panels, one for Panel A and another for Panel B. The Organ behaves a little differently in that there is actually only one “engine”...
  • Page 25 OUTING The Nord Stage EX has four audio outputs. Each instrument can be freely assigned to output 1&2 (default) or 3&4 in stereo, or to output 3 or 4 in mono. The output routings can be set for each pro- gram, or globally for all programs, which is the default setting.

  • Page 26: The Organ Section

    ODEL AMMOND The B3 Organ in the Nord Stage EX is based on a digital simulation of the mechanical tone wheels of the classic Hammond B3 organ. This simulation utilizes innovative and advanced methods to cap- ture every nuance of the original B3 sound, for example: •...
  • Page 27 Nord Stage EX v6.x 6. The Instruments: The Organ Section The drawbars of Nord Stage EX SUB3 FUND 2ND behave similar to their mechani- cal counterparts, i.e. you “pull out” the drawbars by pressing the L buttons OWER RAWBAR and “push them back in” by...
  • Page 28 On an original B3 organ, the key click produced by the random contact bounces was originally an unintended audio artifact. This particular artifact later became a desirable effect amongst musicians. In the Nord Stage EX you can select the amount of key click that should be present in the B3 organ sounds.
  • Page 29 The typical “buzzy” sound of the Farfisa organ is one of the most distinct and easily recognizable keyboard sounds ever created, yet it is actually possible to get quite a wide range of sounds out of the instrument. For the Nord Stage EX a Farfisa Compact DeLuxe was used as the source model. Page 27...
  • Page 30 Farfisa organs featured “rocker”-type switches to select instrument “voices” (actually different filter settings) in vari- ous footage (octave) ranges. In Nord Stage EX, this functionali- ty is reproduced. When the F- Type organ model is selected, the L buttons...
  • Page 31 Swell is the characteristic volume function that you control from an organs pedal. Swell is not only a volume control - for the B3 it also changes the character of the sound in a special way. To use Swell control on the Nord Stage EX, simply plug in a standard expression pedal to the O input...

  • Page 32: The Piano Section

    “Nord Sound Manager” on page 72). Right out of the box, Nord Stage EX features a fine collection of carefully selected acoustic and elec- tromechanical pianos. A lot of effort was put in to ensure that the play response and sound of the sam- pled instruments matches every nuance of the real article.
  • Page 33 As mentioned previously, the Piano section is open-ended which means that you can load new or im- proved instruments using the Nord Sound Manager utility. Here is a description of the pianos that are included with the Nord Stage EX when it left the Nord factory: Category...
  • Page 34 6. The Instruments: The Piano section Nord Stage EX v6.x E.Piano Electric Piano Mk I Stage Piano SeventyThree. It was built in May 1978 and was adjusted to “deep timbre adjustment”. The volume adjustment is set to ‘Low’. These settings gives the piano a warm sound with a rich fundamental.
  • Page 35 YNAMICS ELOCITY SENSITIVITY Some of the piano instruments sampled for the Nord Stage EX have very wide dynamic ranges by nature and naturally we wanted to capture this as accurately as possible. Therefore, it could be perceived that it is a little hard to reach the most extreme levels when playing the Nord Stage EX piano sounds with the default keyboard Dynamics setting.

  • Page 36: The Synth Section

    YNTH SECTION ASICS The Synth section in Nord Stage EX was designed to be a versatile yet easy to use “stage” synthesizer to complement the other instrument sections. While being compact and easy to use, it is capable of all kinds of synthesized sounds, from piercing leads and fat basses to swirling pads and shimmering bells.
  • Page 37 Nord Stage EX v6.x 6. The Instruments: The Synth section ROUP SCILLATOR ARCHITECTURE A lot of effort has been spent on creating a versatile and powerful oscillator section for the Nord Stage Synth. Based on a variable architecture, it provides three different synthesis techniques: Analog, FM (frequency modulation) and Digital wavetables.
  • Page 38 6. The Instruments: The Synth section Nord Stage EX v6.x AVES IN THE NALOG CATEGORY The Analog category has ten waveforms to choose from, summarized in the chart below. Wave display Waveform Explanation Sawtooth A plain sawtooth oscillator. Sawtooth detuned Two sawtooth oscillators with adjustable relative pitch (Timbre knob) and detune (Unison knob).
  • Page 39 Nord Stage EX v6.x 6. The Instruments: The Synth section ULSE The pulse wave contains only odd numbered harmonics (3, 5, 7 etc.)at 50% pulse width (square wave). This waveform is special in that its harmonic content can be varied continuously, by adjusting the pulse width (PWM).
  • Page 40 . Oscillator Synchronization means that you use the ISPLAY signal from one oscillator to restart another oscillator. Nord Stage EX has a “hidden” sync oscillator for waveforms with this option. Oscillator sync is very useful for generating lead lines with classic “hard sync”...
  • Page 41 Nord Stage EX v6.x 6. The Instruments: The Synth section Example 1: a sawtooth wave synced by a sync oscillator. The sawtooth wave is restarted every time the sync oscillator begins a new cycle. The resulting signal gets deep resonance in its harmonics.
  • Page 42 6. The Instruments: The Synth section Nord Stage EX v6.x feedback MODULATOR feedback MODULATOR MODULATOR feedback CARRIER CARRIER CARRIER output output output The three different FM algorithms in the Nord Stage: one, two and three oscillator FM with feedback. The feedback is not active in all algorithms.
  • Page 43 Nord Stage EX v6.x 6. The Instruments: The Synth section Wave disp. Algorithm Freq. relation 3 op 2:2:1 3 op 4:2:1 3 op 8:2:1 3 op with feedback 1:1:1 3 op with feedback 1:2:1 3 op with feedback 1:3:1 3 op with feedback...
  • Page 44 6. The Instruments: The Synth section Nord Stage EX v6.x ELEASE ECAY When the attack phase is over, the envelope drops back to zero level. Use the R knob to ECAY set the time this should take. If you press S...
  • Page 45 Nord Stage EX v6.x 6. The Instruments: The Synth section NVELOPE The final stage of a synth signal chain usually consists of an amplifier to control the signal volume. By modulating the amplifier with an envelope, the sound is given its basic “shape”...
  • Page 46 The filter is, together with the oscillators, the most important sound-shaping tool in a synthesizer. The filter section in Nord Stage EX comprises a lowpass filter with either a 12dB or 24 dB slope, with selectable keyboard tracking. The filter has adjustable resonance, and is self-oscillating at high reso- nance settings.
  • Page 47 Nord Stage EX v6.x 6. The Instruments: The Synth section The 12 dB/octave slope leaves more harmonics than the 24dB variation discussed above. This type of filter has been used in various early Oberheim synthesizers and others. A 12 dB filter is also known as a 2-pole filter.
  • Page 48 6. The Instruments: The Synth section Nord Stage EX v6.x REQUENCY ONTROL This knob governs the amount of modulation applied to the Filter Frequency. The Filter Frequency can be controlled by Velocity or the Mod Envelope. The F knob controls the modu- ONTROL lation Amount for both modes.
  • Page 49 Nord Stage EX v6.x 6. The Instruments: The Synth section Press S and turn the G knob to select Auto Glide mode (the A LED is lit). This means HIFT LIDE that glide is active only when you play legato (you press a new key before you release the previous key).
  • Page 50 6. The Instruments: The Synth section Nord Stage EX v6.x ELECTING YNTH SOUNDS The available memory slots are divided into three categories; Synth, Pad and Bass, with 99 memory slots in each category, a total of 297 sounds. Having categories helps you quickly find the type of sound you are looking for.

  • Page 51: The Effects

    FFECTS BOUT THE EFFECTS The effects available in Nord Stage EX can be divided into three main categories: • Panel Effects - these can affect one instrument (per Panel) at a time. Panel effects are the effects in the main Effects section and in the AmpSim/EQ section. All Panel effects have separate engines and settings for Panel A and B, thus you have two sets of Panel effects available for each Program.

  • Page 52: The Panel Effects

    7. The Effects: The Panel effects Nord Stage EX v6.x ANEL EFFECTS CTIVATING ANEL EFFECTS To enable a panel effect, press the ON/OFF button at the bottom of the corresponding effect section. The LEDs above the button will indicate which instrument the effect is assigned to. Hold down S...
  • Page 53 Ring Modulation is a type of modulation where two signals are multiplied with each other. The result is an inharmonic “bell like” sound. Herbie Hancock used this effect a lot in the ‘70s. In the Nord Stage EX the instrument signal is multiplied with an addi- tional sinewave.
  • Page 54 7. The Effects: The Panel effects Nord Stage EX v6.x with Wah-Wah modulation and you’ll understand. Basically, the Wah-Wah modulation is a lowpass type of filter that can be swept across the frequency range. During the sweep, the filter’s characteris- tics also changes.
  • Page 55 Nord Stage EX v6.x 7. The Effects: The Panel effects If you press S and turn the F knob so that the P indicator lights up, the delay HIFT EEDBACK repeats will alternate between the left and right channels. When short delay times are used, the repeats will be “asymmetrical”...
  • Page 56 7. The Effects: The Panel effects Nord Stage EX v6.x MP MODEL You select a type of amplifier/speaker simulation using the S button in the Amp Model sec- ELECTOR tion. There are three types available, with different characteristics: Amp Model...

  • Page 57: The Rotor Section

    S INTERNAL ROUTING The Rotor effect is internally placed after the panel effects in Nord Stage EX. It also “sums” signals if both Panel A and B are active. This means that if you are using a split organ setup for example, both “manuals”...

  • Page 58: Keyboard Zones And Dual Panel Setups

    EYBOARD ONES You can split the Nord Stage EX keyboard in up to three Keyboard Zones; Lower (LO), Upper (UP) and High (HI). You can then assign any of the Instrument sections to any (or all) of these zones. An instrument can also be assigned to no keyboard zone at all, which is useful when you want to play it from an external keyboard or from a sequencer.
  • Page 59 Nord Stage EX v6.x 8. Keyboard Zones and Dual Panel setups: Keyboard Zones 3. To assign the Organ instrument section to play on the lower Keyboard Zone only, hold down S and then press the KB Z HIFT ELECT button for the Organ section until only the LO KB Z indicator is lit.

  • Page 60: Octave Shift

    Each instrument in Nord Stage EX has a finite note range: • The Organ extends one octave below and one octave above an 88 note keyboard range.
  • Page 61 This function is ideal for live situations when you have a second keyboard in your rig that you mostly use to play internal sounds, but would in certain circumstances like to use to play the Nord Stage EX “double manual”. By activating Dual KB you can quickly switch between these modes without hav- ing to bother with MIDI menus.

  • Page 62: The Morph Assign Feature

    9. The Morph Assign feature: About Morph Assign Nord Stage EX v6.x 9. T ORPH SSIGN FEATURE BOUT ORPH SSIGN The three main M buttons are located in the Program section. ORPH SSIGN The Morph function can be used to control single or multiple pa-...

  • Page 63: Morph Assignable Parameters

    Nord Stage EX v6.x 9. The Morph Assign feature: Morph Assignable parameters 5. Hold down the W button in the Morph Assign section again while turning the Instrument HEEL knob that was set to minimum value in Step 2 up to maximum value.

  • Page 64: About Setting Morph Parameter Ranges

    We have previously used the Wheel as an example controller, but you can also use Aftertouch to Morph control parameters. The Nord Stage EX keyboard can respond in two ways to how you play. The first is velocity (not applicable for organ sounds or Morph), which means that the faster the player presses a key down, the higher the velocity value.

  • Page 65: The Extern Section

    5. Set the external instrument to receive on the same MIDI channel. SING THE XTERN SECTION CTIVATING Before Extern MIDI is sent out from Nord Stage EX, you have to activate the Extern section. This is done by pressing the O button under the P rotary encoder.

  • Page 66: The Parameter Section

    10. The Extern section: The Parameter section Nord Stage EX v6.x In addition to the usual Keyboard Zones, there is an extra option that doesn’t assign the Extern section to the internal keyboard at all. However, all other External features are still active, such as the Pitch Stick and the P knob.
  • Page 67 You can set whether Program Change, Volume and MIDI CC messages are sent out when you load a Program in Nord Stage EX. If you do not want this to occur, make sure “Send On Load” is set to “Off” on the Extern menu.

  • Page 68: System Functions

    To leave a menu at any time, press the E ) button briefly. HIFT All changes you make to the system functions are automatically stored in Nord Stage EX, except the Local On/Off setting, which is always set to Local On at power on. YSTEM MENU Press S to enter the System menu.
  • Page 69 If the Audio Routing Mode (see above) is set to “Program”, these settings will be saved with the program. Organ Keyboard This allows you to change how the Nord Stage EX Fast/High (Default), Normal Trig Mode keyboard triggers Organ sounds. When “Fast/High” is selected, you will trigger organ sounds before the key is fully depressed.

  • Page 70: Sound Menu

    All if the volume of all sections should be controlled. Memory Protect This is set to “On” when Nord Stage EX leaves the On (default), Off factory, meaning that you cannot save any changes to Programs or Synth Sounds. Set this to Off if you wish to store your own Programs.
  • Page 71 The following items can be found on the MIDI menu: Function Description Range/Values MIDI Control Here you set whether the Nord Stage EX keyboard On (Default), Off Local and front panel controls should control internal Pro- grams or only send MIDI. Local On is the normal “play mode”.

  • Page 72: Extern Menu

    To avoid transmitting Program Change, Volume or MIDI CC mes- No (Default), Yes Send on Load sages when you load a Program in Nord Stage EX, make sure “Send On Load” is set to “Off” on the Extern menu. Page 70...

  • Page 73: Factory Presets And Os

    OS upgrades and Programs to your Nord Stage EX from a computer or sequencer without need- ing to replace or add any new hardware. Nord Stage EX also features a USB port for quick and easy download of new Piano instrument samples. The total capacity of the Flash memory is 256 MB in the Stage EX.

  • Page 74: Nord Stage Manager

    Nord Stage EX. It is also used to download pianos, programs or synth patches to the Nord Stage EX or to upload any of these items - called sounds - from the Nord Stage EX memory to the computer hard drive.
  • Page 75 Important: The actions that take place in the Nord Sound Manager will affect the memories in the Nord Stage EX. The Manager is on-line with a connected Stage at all times; any changes that you perform in the Manager will immediately be executed in the Nord Stage. If you e.g. delete a piano or a program from the list in the Nord Sound Manager, that same piano or program will also be deleted from the Nord Stage EX Flash memory.
  • Page 76 This is only available if you right-click on an empty location that does not contain a sound. This al- lows you to choose a file on the hard drive, to be downloaded to the location in the Nord Stage EX.

  • Page 77: The Quick Tour

    RANSFER PIANO SAMPLES TO THE TAGE When the Nord Stage EX leaves the factory, the Piano partition is filled with piano sounds. In order to be able to download additional pianos, you may have to delete some of the factory pianos. If you ever want to restore any deleted pianos, they are available on the DVD that was included with the Nord Stage EX, or available as a download from the www.nordkeyboards.com web site, in the Nord...
  • Page 78 13. Nord Sound Manager: The Quick Tour Nord Stage EX v6.x OWNLOAD A NEW PIANO 1. Using drag and drop: Open the folder on the computer hard drive where the new piano is located. 2. Make sure that the Sound Manager window and the folder are visible on the screen.
  • Page 79 Nord Stage EX v6.x 13. Nord Sound Manager: The Quick Tour PLOAD ONE OR SEVERAL SOUNDS FROM THE TAGE TO THE HARD DRIVE 1. Select the desired partition that holds the sounds that you wish to store on the computer hard drive.
  • Page 80 When this is activated and you scroll through the Pianos, Program or Synth patch list using the com- puter keyboard arrow keys, these will automatically be selected in the Nord Stage EX. Double-clicking on a Piano, Program or Synth patch will also select it in the Electro 3.

  • Page 81: Nord Stage Manager Reference

    ELECT With this function active, scrolling through the program list with the computer keyboard arrow keys will automatically select the programs in the Nord Stage EX. OUND Use this function to upload one or several sounds from the Nord Stage to the computer hard drive.
  • Page 82 Note: The destination bank in the Stage will be replaced by the content of the source folder. ACKUP This will make a backup of all the pianos, programs and synth patches in the Nord Stage EX. The file that is created on the hard drive will have the extension .nsb.
  • Page 83 Nord Stage EX v6.x 13. Nord Sound Manager: Nord Sound Manager reference ENUS In the Nord Sound Manager, the usual Windows and Mac OSX keyboard commands can be used. The menus can be accessed by pressing the Alt key and the underlined letter in the menu bar.
  • Page 84 13. Nord Sound Manager: Nord Sound Manager reference Nord Stage EX v6.x ACKUP This will make a backup of all the Piano samples, Programs and the Synth patches in the Nord Stage. The file that is created on the hard drive will have the extension .nsb.
  • Page 85 Stage. ELECT When this function is active, programs will be automatically selected in the Nord Stage EX when you browse through the Programs in the Manager list, with the computer keyboard arrow keys.

  • Page 86: Tabs

    13. Nord Sound Manager: Tabs Nord Stage EX v6.x IANO ROGRAM YNTH Use the tabs to select the desired partition. Type Ctrl+Tab on the computer keyboard to cycle between the three tabs. The drop down menu is used to select the desired bank within a partition. The content of the partition will be presented in the list.
  • Page 87 The left part of the text area will present any confirmations or error messages from the Nord Sound Manager. The right part will indicate of a Nord Stage EX is connected to the computer and in communication with the Nord Sound Manager. The OS version of the Stage will also be presented here.

  • Page 88: Midi Functions

    EYBOARD ELOCITY Nord Stage EX can transmit and receive Keyboard Velocity messages. Organ sounds will always be played back at nominal level regardless of incoming MIDI Velocity data. Release velocity is trans- mitted, but ignored on MIDI In. FTERTOUCH The Nord Stage EX keyboard can transmit Aftertouch messages (sometimes called channel pressure).

  • Page 89: Using Nord Stage With A Sequencer

    68). OCAL Local Off should be used when you use a sequencer to record and play back from Nord Stage EX. Since the sequencer echoes back incoming MIDI data, Nord Stage EX will respond normally to your playing and knob tweaking via the MIDI “loop”. If you use Local On with a sequencer setup as de- scribed above, this would cause “double-triggered”...

  • Page 90: Program, Controller And Synth Sound Dumps

    The sequencer has no information about the Drawbar setting before the recorded change, and therefore cannot “chase” the settings properly. To solve this, you could record a “snapshot” of all Controller settings of the Nord Stage EX Program(s) at the beginning of your sequencer song. See "Sending MIDI Controller dumps”...

  • Page 91: Panic

    20). ANIC If notes should hang using the Nord Stage EX in a MIDI setup, all you need to do is hold down the button and press the P button in the Piano section. This will execute an internal All Notes...

  • Page 92: Midi Implementation

    15. MIDI implementation: MIDI Controller list Nord Stage EX v6.x 15. MIDI IMPLEMENTATION MIDI C ONTROLLER LIST The following is a list of the MIDI Controller numbers used for all K and B on the front NOBS UTTONS panel: Nord Stage Parameter...
  • Page 93 Nord Stage EX v6.x 15. MIDI implementation: MIDI Controller list Nord Stage Parameter MIDI Controller # Synth Oscillator Mode Synth Oscillator Wave Synth Oscillator Timbre Synth Oscillator Timbre Amount Synth Oscillator TimbreVelocity Synth Filter Frequency Synth Filter Resonance Synth Filter Amount...
  • Page 94 15. MIDI implementation: MIDI Controller list Nord Stage EX v6.x Nord Stage Parameter MIDI Controller # AmpSim Enable Rotor Destination Rotor Drive Rotor Speed Rotor Stop Rotor Enable Compressor Amount Compressor Enable Reverb Amount Reverb Size Reverb Enable Organ Enable Sustain Pedal...

  • Page 95: Midi Implementation Chart

    Nord Stage EX v6.x 15. MIDI implementation: MIDI Implementation Chart MIDI I MPLEMENTATION HART Model: Clavia Nord Stage EX Eighty Eight/Seventy Six/Compact OS v4.x Date: 2008-12-09 Function Transmitted Recognized Remarks MIDI Channels 1 – 16 1 – 16 Individual channels for Panel A and B.
  • Page 96 15. MIDI implementation: MIDI Implementation Chart Nord Stage EX v6.x Page 94...

  • Page 97: Index

    Nord Stage EX v6.x Index Index Decay/Release Amp Envelope Mod Envelope Display Drawbars (B-3) Numerics Drawbars (V-type organ) 2nd, 3rd (Organ Percussion) Dual KB Dual Panel setups Dump (Program source) Dump Program Source Aftertouch Amp Envelope Attack Amp Envelope (Synth)
  • Page 98 Index Nord Stage EX v6.x local on/off Program Change Glide (Synth) recording in sequencer Global Effects Program dump Compressor send all MIDI controllers Reverb Sysex dump of single Programs Sysex reception of Program and Program Banks MIDI Page Instruments Mod Envelope...
  • Page 99 Nord Stage EX v6.x Index Register selectors (V-type) Release Page +/- buttons Amp Envelope Panel A & B Mod Envelope About Release velocity Edit focus Resonance (Filter) Panel Effects Reverb Activating RM Effect Ampsim/EQ Roland control pedals 51, 52, 53,...
  • Page 100 Index Nord Stage EX v6.x Synth Vibrato Amount Rate System menu Tap Tempo (Delay Effect) Timbre control (Synth) Transpose Tremolo (modulation) Unison (Synth) USB (for downloading Piano instruments) V1-V3 (Organ Vibrato) Value Dial Velocity Sensitivity (Piano) Dynamics (Piano) Vibrato (F-Type organ)

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