Using Midi; Instrument Midi - Clavia NordStage2 EX 88 User Manual

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MIDI

Using MIDI

The Stage 2 EX is designed to be as flexible as possible when you
use it with its MIDI capabilities. You can use it as a master keyboard
to control other hardware or software sound sources, or as a set of
individual sound engines to be played/controlled by outboard gear
such as a sequencer. If you like, you can even do both these things at
the same time.
There are four major parts in the Stage 2 EX's MIDI functionality: Global,
Slot, Extern and Instrument. Each of these are independently assign-
able to any of the thirty-two available MIDI channels: sixteen channels
on the standard MIDI port and sixteen more MIDI channels accessed
via USB MIDI. You can also choose to disable MIDI by selecting Off
instead of a channel number. These channels are set in the MIDI and
Extern menus, see page 44.
Global and Extern are used to transmit MIDI data to other units, while
Slot and Instrument only receive MIDI data. All settings relating to MIDI
functions are made in the MIDI Menu, except for the Extern settings
that are made in the Extern Menu.
Stage 2 EX
Global
Slot A/B
Extern
Instrument
Global
The Stage 2 EX Global MIDI is a transmitting and receiving part at the
same time. It allows you to control every aspect of the instrument,
just as if you were playing on its own keyboard and it can transmit
keyboard, pedal- and panel actions.
Any MIDI data that enters the Stage 2 EX on the Global MIDI channel
(or Global USB MIDI channel) will play the instruments that are active
on the program that is selected on the Stage 2 EX. If your program
includes layers and/or splits, those aspects will be acknowledged in
the same way as if you used the keyboard itself, when incoming MIDI
"plays" the instruments in the program.
Global will transmit both keyboard- and panel-generated MIDI data. If
you turn a knob on the synth section or use the modulation wheel, after
touch, any of the connected pedals or pitch stick, these will generate
MIDI data that is transmitted on the Global channel. This makes the
Global the preferred choice as the MIDI source from the Stage 2 EX to
a computer when you for example want to record panel changes in a
sequencer.
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Global MIDI can be turned Off in the MIDI menu. This will disable
both transmission and reception of MIDI from the Global compo-
nent.
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Slot A/B
The Slot MIDI setting is for receiving MIDI only and allows you to control
an entire Slot with instruments that are active, from external devices.
Slot A and Slot B can be set to individual MIDI channels in the Stage 2
EX MIDI Menu.
Extern
The Extern is the part to use when you want to integrate external MIDI
units in your performance. The Extern chapter can be found on page 40.
Look at the example on the following page.

Instrument MIDI

Each of the six instruments in the Stage 2 EX - Organ Slot A, Organ
Slot B, Piano A, Piano B, Synth A and Synth B - can be set to receive
on individual MIDI channels. This is done in the MIDI Menu. This can
be used to have individual control of instruments, either from a other
keyboards or by using the Stage 2 EX as big sound source in a se-
quencer/computer environment.
Let's have a look at a four different scenarios:
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