Clavia Nord Stage EX User Manual page 48

6. The Instruments: The Synth section
F C
REQUENCY
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
lation Amount for both modes.
V
ELOCITY
If you turn the F
harder.
M E
OD NV
If you press S
HIFT
frequency will instead be modulated by the Mod Envelope (see
V
OICES SECTION
In this section, you set various voice modes for the synth. You choose between monophonic and poly-
phonic playing, and control glide between notes. Here you also find the powerful Unison mode.
M
ONO MODE
In Mono mode you can only play one note at a time, just like on a traditional monophonic synthesizer.
If you play one key and then a second key without releasing the first key, the last note will sound. If
you now release the last key, the first one will retrig and start sounding again.
To activate Mono mode, press the S
L
EGATO MODE
To activate Legato mode, press the S
In Legato mode you can only play one note at a time, just like on a traditional monophonic synthe-
sizer. If you play a new key before releasing the previously played key (legato), the new note will
replace the previous one at the current Envelope phase of the previously pressed key. I.e. the new note
will not retrigger the Envelopes (Amp and Mod).
If you release the last played key before playing a new key (non-legato), the new note will sound ex-
actly like in Mono mode, i.e. the complete Envelopes will be retriggered.
G (
LIDE PORTAMENTO
When activated, the Glide function makes the pitch "glide" from one note to the next when playing
(this is sometimes called portamento). It operates in legato/mono mode only. The glide characteristics
can be described as "constant rate", which means that the greater the "distance" between two subse-
quent notes, the longer the glide time. Turn the G
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ONTROL
C knob clockwise, the filter frequency cutoff will be raised if you play
REQ ONTROL
and turn the F C
REQ
ELECTOR
ELECTOR
)
REQ
knob so that the M
ONTROL
button so that the M
button so that the L
knob clockwise to increase the glide rate.
LIDE
Nord Stage EX v6.x
C knob controls the modu-
ONTROL
E LED lights up, the filter
OD NV
"Mod Envelope" on page
LED lights up.
ONO
LED lights up.
EGATO
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