Clavia Nord Stage EX User Manual page 61

Nord Stage EX v6.x
When you have both Panels active you have access to two of each Instrument section, and two Effect
sections. Amongst other things, this allows you to play two sounds from each Instrument section si-
multaneously, e.g. a Clavinet and a Electric Piano or two Synths. For the Organ section things work
slightly differently. Instead of two completely separate organ sections, you have one organ engine
with two manuals, i.e. different drawbar settings, like on a real B3. See
on page 29.
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SING AN EXTERNAL KEYBOARD
If you like to use an external keyboard to control Panel B, you set it up as follows:
• Select a MIDI channel to transmit over from the external keyboard, and select the same MIDI
channel as the "Dual KB" channel on the Nord Stage EX MIDI page menu - see
page 68.
• Press S and the D
HIFT
Now the internal keyboard will control Panel A and the external keyboard will control Panel B. It is
not possible to activate both Panels in this mode.
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. Having this function easily accessible on the front panel makes its
easy to turn off and prevent the external keyboard to play when its used to play its own sounds.
Another advantage with the Dual KB mode is that you can access the knobs and parameters for either
panel from the Nord Stage, while the internal keyboard is always playing Panel A, and the external
keyboard controls Panel B. For example, you can keep on playing Panel A with one hand on the in-
ternal keyboard while you simultaneously adjust the drawbars for the second keyboard on Panel B.
Please note that the Dual KB setting is saved with a Program, together with all other Panel settings.
This makes it easy to access any complicated keyboard setup with the push of a button - ideal for live
situations.
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SING MULTIPLE KEYBOARDS
Sometimes you may want to control the Nord Stage from more than two keyboards. For example, you
may want to have two external keyboards for Organ A and B, while keeping the internal keyboard
for the piano sounds. Thanks to the flexible MIDI configuration of the Nord Stage, this is no problem
at all.
The Nord Stage can be set up to receive on a separate MIDI channel for each instrument (see
menu" on page 68). When such a MIDI channel is assigned, the instrument can be assigned to no
Keyboard Zone at all (when no KB Zone indicator is lit). This means that the instrument is active and
you can adjust all parameters on the panel as usual, but it can only be played via MIDI, i.e. from your
external keyboard (or a sequencer).
8. Keyboard Zones and Dual Panel setups: Dual Panel setups
(D
KB button so that the D
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"About Split Organ Setups"
KB)
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KB indicator lights up.
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"MIDI menu" on
"MIDI
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