The Synthesizer; Arpeggio Clinic - Clavia NordStage2 EX 88 User Manual

The Synthesizer

Let's have a look at some of the features in the Stage 2 EX Synthesizer.
1
Hold Shift and press the
Bank D/Synth Init but-
ton above the display.
2
Press the Oscillator but-
ton until the sawtooth
waveform is selected.
3
Play some keys and
adjust the Freq dial in
the filter section.
4
Turn the Oscillator selector dial beneath Osc LED display to
audition the other waveforms that are in the sawtooth category.
5
Make sure that "dtn" is se-
lected; this is a dual sawtooth.
6
Turn the Oscillator Shape dial
to detune the two waveforms in
semitone steps.
M
The Shape and the Freq dials
in the Synthesizer section have
the LEDs surrounding them,
which indicates that they can
be Morphed.
The Shape parameter have different duties, depending on the
waveform selected. It controls for example the pulse width on
some of the pulse waveforms; on some other waveforms it has no
effect at all.
7
Press the Oscillator button until
Samp is selected. This is the
sample playback feature.
8
Select which sample by turning
the Oscillator dial.
This is the method to use if you
have added samples from the Nord
Sample Library or samples that you
have made yourself with the Sample
Editor.
Those samples are first selected in the oscillator. Then you can use the
other synth parameters to sculpt the sound with the filter, envelopes
etc.
You can store individual synthesizer sounds, by pressing Shift
and the Vibrato button. There are 300 memory locations for synth
sounds.
Chapter 3 gettiNg Started

Arpeggio clinic

Are you ready for some action? Let's try the Synth arpeggio.
1
Make sure that only the Synth section is turned on. Set the attack
times to 0, the decays to 250 ms, select a sawtooth waveform
and open up the filter a little bit. This will produce a percussive
sound.
Add some Mod Env control of the Filter Freq if you want to in-
crease the pleasure.
2
Press the Arpeggiator On/Off button, play a chord on the
keyboard and turn the Arpeggiator Rate knob. This will play the
notes you hold down, one after the other in a repeating fashion.
3
Keep holding the keys and press the Arpeggiator Direction/Range
button to select a different direction.
When no direction
LED is lit, the direc-
tion is Up, from the
lowest key and up
to the highest and
then it starts over
again. The other di-
rections are down,
up and down and
random.
4
Hold Shift and press the Arpeggiator button repeatedly to select
a range.
When none of the range-LEDs are lit, the range is exactly the keys
you hold down. A setting of 2 extends the range by transposing
the arpeggio one octave up and plays this octave after the initial
octave, 3 adds yet another octave and 4 adds four octaves to the
keys you play.
5
Press the Arpeggio Hold button if you want to lift your fingers off
the keys and have the arpeggio continue to play.
There are some programs in the Factory setup that utilizes the arpeggio
with the synthesizer on its own or together with the other instruments
in the Stage 2 EX just watch for an "ARP" in a program's name or the
Arpeggio category.
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