Common Features; Instrument & Extern Controls; Level Encoders; On/Off Buttons - Clavia NordStage2 EX 88 User Manual

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Common features

The Nord Stage 2 EX instruments, effects and the Extern section share
a few common features and characteristics.
Instrument & Extern Controls
The Nord Stage 2 EX features 3
different instruments; Organ, Piano
and Synthesizer. Each instrument
is multi-timbral with two parts
which means that there are actu-
ally two sound engines for each
Instrument. These "engines" are
internally connected to the Slots,
one for Slot A and another for Slot
B.
M The Organ behaves a little differently in that there is actually only
one "engine" but it supports two manuals with separate drawbar
settings.
The Extern sections can be used to control external MIDI instruments
(or to transmit MIDI data to e.g. a sequencer). The Slot A Extern can
transmit on one MIDI channel, the Slot B Extern on another.

Level encoders

The Level encoders are located at the top on each section and allows
you to adjust the volume for each instrument.
The instrument level can be controlled
in real time with the Morph. Read
more on Morphing on page 18.
The Extern's Level encoder is used to
transmit MIDI data.

On/Off buttons

The On/Off buttons are reas-
suringly used to turn sections/
instruments on, or to turn them
off. When a section is on, the cor-
responding LEDs in that section
will be lit up and the green LEDs will indicate which zones on the Stage
2 EX's keyboard will control the instrument. The alternative functions of
selecting a zone with these buttons are not only accessed by holding
the Shift button, you can also double-tap on them to assign an instru-
ment to a zone (provided that the keyboard is split).

KB Zone Select buttons

The KB Zone Select functionality of these buttons allow you to assign
an instrument to Keyboard Zones. Hold Shift and press the buttons to
select one of the zone alternatives.

Creating a split

It is very easy to create a split where different instruments are assigned
to different keyboard zones. Proceed as follows:
1
Activate two instruments by pressing the KB Zone Select buttons
in each corresponding section, which makes the KB Zone LEDs
(Lo/Up/Hi) light up.
2
Press the KB Zones 2 button, located above the Value Dial. This
splits the keyboard into two parts, an upper and a lower zone.
The split point is indicated by a green LED above the correspond-
ing key on the keyboard.
3
Assign one of the active instruments to play on the lower Key-
board Zone by holding Shift and then press the KB Zone Select
button in the instrument's section until only the LO KB Zone
indicator is lit.
4
Assign the other instrument to the upper half of the keyboard.
Hold Shift and pressing the KB Zone Select button for the other
instruments section until both the UP/HI KB Zone indicators are lit.
The lower half of the keyboard will play one instrument, and the
upper half will play the other.
You can also step through the different Keyboard Zone assignments
by double-clicking the KB Zone Select button. This is a convenient
method when you can only use one hand and cannot reach the Shift
button.
Activate all three Keyboard Zones by pressing the KB Zones 3 button.
This splits the keyboard into three zones. Press the Shift + KB Zone
Select button (or double-click the KB Zone Select button) for an Instru-
ment section, to step through the following options:
• LO/UP/HI indicators lit - the instrument will play in all the three zones
1-3.
• LO indicator lit - the instrument will only play in zone 1.
• LO/UP indicators lit - the instrument will play in zones 1 and 2.
• UP indicator lit - the instrument will only play in zone 2.
• UP/HI indicators lit - the instrument will play in zones 2 and 3.
• HI indicator lit - the instrument will only play in zone 3.
• No indicator lit - the instrument will not be controlled at all from the
internal keyboard, but it can be controlled with incoming MIDI. This
alternative is only available when an instrument has been assigned
an individual MIDI channel. The panel controls are however active,
you can still change the instrument's parameters on the Stage 2 EX's
panel.