Activating Pitch Stick/Sustain Pedal Messages; Extern Section - Clavia NordStage2 EX 88 User Manual

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Nord Stage 2 eX USer MaNUal oS v1.7X

Extern section

Control of external MIDI instruments is an

integrated feature of the Nord Stage 2 EX.

You have all the essential external MIDI

control functions as accessible and easy to

use as the functions and parameters for the

built-in instruments. That's what you get in

the Extern section.

The Extern behaves like the internal instru-

ments in most cases. It is enabled and

assigned to a keyboard zone in the same

way. It has a multi-purpose Parameter knob,

which is used to send MIDI Volume, Program

Change and Continuous Controller mes-

sages. Press the Parameter Select button to

select the Parameter to transmit.

Detailed settings for MIDI Channel, program

Change and Continuous Controllers, among

other things, are accessed through the

Extern Menu (read more about this on page

45). These settings can be part of the Pro-

grams, this makes it possible for the Stage 2

EX to send MIDI messages to your external

units when you change Programs.

Setting up

Connect a MIDI cable from the Nord Stage 2 EX's MIDI Out to the

MIDI In on the external device.

Hold Shift and press the Extern button to access the Extern

menu.

Use The Page buttons to access the "Extern MIDI A/B Channel"

page.

Use the Value Dial to select the transmitting MIDI channel (1-16)

you would like to use. Use the Slot A and B buttons to access the

channel setting for each slot. Press the Exit (Shift) button to exit

the menu.

Set the external instrument to receive on the same MIDI channel.

Extern Section

Using the Extern section

Activating

Activate the Extern section in order to have Extern transmit MIDI from

your Nord Stage 2 EX. This is done by pressing the On button under

the Parameter rotary encoder, in the same fashion as you activate the

Stage 2 EX instruments.

Keyboard Zones

There are two Extern sections, one for each Slot A and B. Use the

keyboard zones to create splits and layers just like for the internal in-

struments. If the Extern section is assigned to only play in the LO Zone,

the external instrument will only respond to notes played in this zone.

In addition to the usual keyboard zones, there is an extra option

that doesn't assign the Extern section to the internal keyboard at all.

However, all other External features are still active, such as the Pitch

Stick and the Parameter knob. This is useful when you want to control

external equipment with no need for MIDI keyboard messages. Hold

Shift and press the Extern On button. Note how the Zone LEDs are off

but the parameter LEDs lit up.

See the section about splits on page 20 for information on how to set up

and use keyboard zones.

Octave Shift

The Octave Shift buttons in the Extern section work exactly as for the

internal instruments. The shift range depends on the total note range of

the external instrument, and the range of the keyboard zone(s) that the

external instrument is currently assigned to.