Led Display; Performance Mode; Execute; Store - Clavia Nord Lead 4 User Manual

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LED Display

The LED Display will show which Program or Per-
formance is active . Menu functions, menu settings,
confirmation of executed actions and parameter
values are also displayed when appropriate .

Performance Mode

Pressing the Perf Mode button will cycle between
Program and Performance Mode . Programs are
shown in the LED Display as a two or three digit
number between 1 . 1 and 4 .99 . This mode is typically
used to play on one Slot, one program at a time .
Performances can use up to 4 slots with 4 simultaneous programs
in various combinations - splits, layers, keyboard controlled and MIDI
input . Performances are indicated by initial letters "A" or "b", followed
by a number from 1 to 50.

Execute

Commands and actions - such as the Store command and actions
that are found in the Menus - that needs confirmation will be indicated
by flashing in the Display . Press Execute to confirm or to start the ac-
tion or the process .

Store

Store is used when Program or Performance settings
are to be stored in the Nord Lead 4 memory . Read
more about the Store procedure on page 9 .

Slot A - D buttons

The Nord Lead 4 has
4 Slots, labeled A
to D . Each Slot can
be loaded with one
program . Slots can be
used one by one in Program Mode or together in Performance Mode .
The Slot buttons can be used to quickly change from one program in
one Slot A to another Program in another Slot .
Press and hold several Slot buttons to use them at the same time in
a layer or split configuration . Any combination of the four slots is pos-
sible, by pressing two or more Slot buttons at the same time .
Hold a Slot button and turn the Program Dial to load another program
in that Slot .
Double-click on an active Slot in a multi-slot selection to de-select all
the other Slots . To turn off a selection where all four Slots are included,
press all four Slot buttons again .
If several Slots are active, the slot with the flashing Slot LED has the
Panel focus, the knobs and buttons on the panel will change the pro-
gram in that Slot . Press an active Slot button to shift the Panel focus .
Multi Focus
Multi Focus allows you to
change settings simultaneously
on all the active Slots in a perfor-
mance (or a multi-Slot scenario) .
Press Multi Focus and all the
active Slot's LEDs will flash . Any
parameter change you make on
the panel will affect all the Slots .
Active Multi Focus will be stored
in a performance .

System - MIDI - Sound - Mutator

Shift and the Slot A, B or C buttons enters the menus where global set-
tings are made . Read more about the menu settings on page 43 .
Shift + Slot D brings up the automatic program generator, the Mutator .

Hold

Use Hold together with Hold Enable to create notes
and chords with infinite length, they will continue to
sound when keys are released . This can be used to
create drones or hold arpeggios .

Hold Enable

A program must have Hold Enable active to be held with the Hold fea-
ture . The separate Hold Enable feature makes it possible to Hold only
selected programs in a performance .

Chord Memory

Chord Memory memorizes note intervals and auto-
matically add these to notes that are played .
Chord Memory settings are stored in a Program .

Set Chord

Note intervals are set and Chord Memory will be activated by combin-
ing panel and keyboard actions .
1
Play and hold a chord while Chord Memory is Off, hold Shift and
press the Chord Memory button .
If you want chords that are bigger than Rachmaninov could reach,
use the sustain pedal.
2
Release the Chord button first, then the chord . The LED will show:
"Set" .
The four lowest keys in the chord will be memorized and the
Chord Memory function is activated . The lowest key in the chord
will act as the root key .
Deactivating a Chord Memory
1
Press the Chord Memory button to deactivate the Chord Memory
function .
Once deactivated, press at any time the chord button again to
re-activate the previous Chord Memory .