General Overview; Slot Handling - Clavia Nord Lead A1 User Manual

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Slots and Memory

General Overview

The Nord Lead A1 is a four part multi timbral synthesizer. This means
that you have four independent synthesizers to be used simultaneously.
The synthesizers are divided into Slots, where each Slot contains one
synthesizer. The Slots are called A, B, C and D.
The panel shows and edits the features of one Slot at a time. Which
Slot that is edited is determined by the Slot focus.
A Slot can either be active or not. All active Slots respond to keyboard
input as shown in Figure 1. If several Slots are active it is called a layer.
Active
Mod.
Wheel
Pitch
Stick
All active Slots respond to keyboard input. Modulation Wheel,
Pitch Stick and Control Pedal always reach all slots.
Each of the Slots can listen to different MIDI channels and respond to
different keyboard zones. Pitch Stick, Modulation Wheel and Control
Pedal reaches all Slots regardless of focus and their active state.
MIDI Input
Global Channel
G
Program
yes
Active
 
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 
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Slot Channel
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A
B
C
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D
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The global channel acts just like playing on the keyboard. The
individual slot channels give multi timbrality. MIDI output is always
sent on the global channel.
A A
Performance
Keyboard
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A B C
MIDI Output
Global Channel
A A B C
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A A B C D
Settings
B C D

Slot Handling

The Slot buttons, labelled A to D, are used to set the Slot focus, and
the active state of the Slots.
To change focus to another Slot, simply press that Slot button. If focus
is set to an inactive Slot, that Slot will become active, and the others
deactivated.
If only one Slot is active, the focused Slot LED will be lit. When several
slots are active, the focused Slot LED will be flashing, and the other
active slots will have their LEDs lit.
A layer is created by pressing several Slot buttons at once. You can
also hold one of the Slot buttons pressed, then tap another Slot button
to activate / deactivate it.
Split
By creating a Split point, the keyboard is divided into two zones, where
the lower zone (the left part) plays on Slot A and B, and the upper on
Slot C and D. Create a Split Point by holding Shift + Split and pressing
no
the note on the keyboard where you want the Split Point.
Solo
D
If you double-tap on a Slot button, that Slot enters Solo mode. The
other Slots are temporarily deactivated and any audio from them is
muted. The Solo mode is indicated with a single flashing Slot LED.
Press any Slot button to exit Solo mode and return to the previous
state.
Multi Focus
By using Multi Focus, Slot focus can be set to multiple Slots simulta-
neously. Any changes that are made on the panel then affect all the
focused Slots. To turn Multi Focus on, simply press Shift + Multi Focus
and all active slots become focused. The focused Slots are indicated
with flashing Slot LEDs.
Settings
G
D
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MIDI Input
Global Channel
G
Active
Slot Channel
A
B
C
D
A A
Performance
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 
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 
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Global C
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A A B C D
Settings
B C D
MIDI O