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Clavia Nord Stage User Manual

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  • Page 1 User Manual OS Version 3.1x...

  • Page 2: Important Safety Instructions

    Trademarks: The Nord logo is a registred trademark of Clavia DMI AB. All other trade- marks mentioned in this publication are the properties of their respective holders.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Welcome ... 5 About the Owner’s Manual... 6 Clavia on the Internet ... 6 2. Overview ... 7 The Nord Stage front panel ... 7 The Keyboard... 8 About Knobs & Buttons... 8 3. Connections ...10 Nord Stage rear panel ... 10 Audio connections ...
  • Page 4 About Aftertouch ...62 10. The Extern section ... 63 About the Extern section ...63 Setting up ...63 Using the Extern section ...63 The Parameter section...64 11. System functions... 66 System menu...66 Sound Menu...68 MIDI menu ...68 Extern menu ...70 Nord Stage v3.1x...
  • Page 5 Nord Stage Manager reference... 79 Tabs ... 84 14. MIDI functions...86 About the MIDI implementation ... 86 Using Nord Stage with a sequencer ... 87 Program, Controller and Synth Sound dumps... 88 Panic... 89 15. MIDI implementation ...90 MIDI Controller list ... 90 MIDI Implementation Chart...
  • Page 6 Table of contents Nord Stage v3.1x...

  • Page 7: Introduction

    Nord Stage was to create a flagship stage instrument encompassing the whole range of Clavia’s expertise. Building on the success of the Nord Electro, the Nord Stage incorporates the best emulations of traditional electromechanical/acoustic keyboard instruments on the market as well as a synthesizer section designed for maximum ease of use, yet offering wide sonic possibilities.

  • Page 8: About The Owner's Manual

    If you have access to the Internet, you’re very welcome to visit http://www.clavia.se. There you will find the latest information about Nord Stage and other Clavia products. You can also download new Nord Stage sounds and software upgrades, free of charge.

  • Page 9: Overview

    Nord Stage comes right out of the box with ten classic piano instruments stored in Flash memory. The big advantage with Flash memory is that you can replace instruments with new ones and that no back- up battery is required.

  • Page 10: The Keyboard

    “The Effects” on page EYBOARD The keyboard of the Nord Stage features 88/76 medium weighted keys or 73 semi-weighted waterfall keys for optimal feel and response with piano instruments. For organ sounds there is also a fast trigger response option which closely mimics the feel of a real organ.

  • Page 11: The Shift Button

    HE BUTTONS There are three types of buttons for editing sounds on the Nord Stage: ELECTOR BUTTONS Press the S button repeatedly to select between options printed next to ELECTOR the corresponding triangular LED (see figure). FF BUTTONS The O buttons have a LED next to them to indicate the status.

  • Page 12: Connections

    • All signal cables used with the Nord Stage must be shielded. • The four audio outputs (CH O • If you wish to connect the Nord Stage in stereo to your audio equipment, you should use CH1 O in pair with C •...

  • Page 13: Connecting Pedals

    Pedals from various manufacturers have different characteristics. To simplify setup, the most com- mon pedal models (Roland, Yamaha, Ernie Ball and Fatar) are preconfigured in the Nord Stage, and you simply select the type of pedal in the System menu. See information about this setting.

  • Page 14: Getting Started

    ELECTING ROGRAMS The Program memory in Nord Stage consists of 21 Program Pages, with each Page holding 6 Pro- grams for a total of 126 Programs. All Programs can be edited and replaced at any time. To select a Program for playing/editing, proceed as follows: 1.

  • Page 15: Activating Instrument Sections

    If you want to restore any of the original factory programs later, you can download them at http://www.clavia.se and transfer them to your Nord Stage as MIDI SysEx files. To indicate that a Program has been edited (changed from the stored version), an asterisk is shown to the right of the...

  • Page 16: About Panela & B

    A & B BOUT ANEL All instruments in Nord Stage are two part multitimbral. This means that each instrument section can produce two sounds simultaneously, with completely independent settings. The key to this feature are the two Panels; A and B.

  • Page 17: Setting Output Level For Instruments

    DDING A LOBAL EFFECT Nord Stage features four effect groups; the Rotor section (rotary speaker effect), the Effects section (three separate effects units; Effect 1, 2 and Delay), the Ampsim/EQ section (overdrive and amplifier/speaker modelling with EQ), and a Compressor and Reverb section.

  • Page 18: The Program Section

    You can load a program in several different ways. • Press any of the P ROGRAM gram Page. • Press or hold P + or - to step through the 21 Program Pages in the Nord Stage. • Turn the V ALUE shifted as needed. • Hold S...
  • Page 19 ENDING PROGRAM CHANGE Normally a program is loaded the same moment you press a P the V . Sometimes you may want to browse through the programs without leaving the cur- ALUE rent program, for example while still playing with the other hand. Then you can use the “pending pro- gram change”...
  • Page 20 TORE BUTTON The red S button is used when storing Programs (see TORE ROGRAM BUTTONS Below the D are the six P ISPLAY menus and to load either of the two Organ Inits. BUTTONS Pressing either of the L on page 19 for a description of this special memory feature.

  • Page 21: What Is A Program

    A Program basically stores everything (except System functions which are mostly global). To under- stand the internal architecture in Nord Stage, keep the following in mind: • For each Panel, settings for all three Instruments, the four Panel Effects, and the Extern section are independent (except the choice of organ model, which is always shared between the panels).

  • Page 22: Storing Programs

    Storing a Program will overwrite the existing Program in the selected memory location. Note! When Nord Stage is shipped from factory, Memory Protect is set to ‘On’. To be able to store Programs, you need to change this to “Off”. See...
  • Page 23 AMING A ROGRAM To name a program, proceed as follows: 1. Hold down S and press the S HIFT blinking, and the D ISPLAY 2. Now use one of the following methods to name your Program: • You can move the cursor position left or right in the D •...

  • Page 24: The Instruments

    NSTRUMENTS NTRODUCTION The Nord Stage features 3 different Instruments; Organ, Piano and Synth. Each Instrument is two part multitimbral meaning that there are actually two independent sound engines for each Instrument. These “engines” are internally connected to the Panels, one for Panel A and another for Panel B. The Organ behaves a little differently in that there is actually only one “engine”...

  • Page 25: Output Routing

    OUTING The Nord Stage has four audio outputs. Each instrument can be freely assigned to output 1&2 (de- fault) or 3&4 in stereo, or to output 3 or 4 in mono. The output routings can be set for each program, or globally for all programs, which is the default setting.

  • Page 26: The Organ Section

    B3 M ODEL The B3 Organ in the Nord Stage is based on a digital simulation of the mechanical tone wheels of the classic Hammond B3 organ. This simulation utilizes innovative and advanced methods to capture every nuance of the original B3 sound, for example: •...
  • Page 27 The drawbars of Nord Stage be- have similar to their mechanical counterparts, i.e. you “pull out” the drawbars by pressing the buttons and OWER RAWBAR “push them back in” by pressing the U buttons. PPER RAWBAR The D buttons are spe-...

  • Page 28: Key Click Control

    On an original B3 organ, the key click produced by the random contact bounces was originally an unintended audio artifact. This particular artifact later became a desirable effect amongst musicians. In the Nord Stage you can select the amount of key click that should be present in the B3 organ sounds.
  • Page 29 The typical “buzzy” sound of the Farfisa organ is one of the most distinct and easily recognizable keyboard sounds ever created, yet it is actually possible to get quite a wide range of sounds out of the instrument. For Nord Stage a Farfisa Compact DeLuxe was used as the source model. ONTINENTAL SUB3 FUND 2ND In the figure above we have chosen C3 as our reference note.
  • Page 30 Instead of drawbars, the original Farfisa organs featured “rocker”-type switches to select instrument “voices” (actually different filter settings) in vari- ous footage (octave) ranges. In Nord Stage, this functionality is reproduced. When the F-Type organ model is selected, the buttons are OWER RAWBAR...

  • Page 31: Rotary Speaker

    - for the B3 it also changes the character of the sound in a special way. To use Swell control on the Nord Stage, simply plug in a standard expression pedal to the O the rear panel (see “Connecting pedals”...

  • Page 32: The Piano Section

    “Nord Stage Manager” on page 72). Right out of the box, Nord Stage features a fine collection of carefully selected acoustic and electro- mechanical pianos. A lot of effort was put in to ensure that the play response and sound of the sampled instruments matches every nuance of the real article.
  • Page 33 As mentioned previously, the Piano section is open-ended in that you can load new or improved in- struments using the Nord Stage Manager utility. Below follows a description of the Piano Instruments that are included with the Nord Stage from factory:...
  • Page 34 E.Piano Wurl Clav RAND PRIGHT If you press the Grand/Upright Mono button when a Grand or an Upright is selected, the stereo sound will be played back in mono instead. This can be useful if you only have access to one channel on a mixing desk.

  • Page 35: Clavinet Sound

    YNAMICS ELOCITY SENSITIVITY Some of the piano instruments sampled for the Nord Stage have very wide dynamic ranges by nature and naturally we wanted to capture this as accurately as possible. Therefore, it could be perceived that it is a little hard to reach the most extreme levels when playing the Nord Stage piano sounds with the default keyboard Dynamics setting.

  • Page 36: The Synth Section

    YNTH SECTION ASICS The Synth section in Nord Stage was designed to be a versatile yet easy to use “stage” synthesizer to complement the other instrument sections. While being compact and easy to use, it is capable of all kinds of synthesized sounds, from piercing leads and fat basses to swirling pads and shimmering bells.
  • Page 37 ROUP SCILLATOR ARCHITECTURE A lot of effort has been spent on creating a versatile and powerful oscillator section for the Nord Stage Synth. Based on a variable architecture, it provides three different synthesis techniques: Analog, FM (frequency modulation) and Digital wavetables. For each category there is a number of predefined...
  • Page 38 AVES IN THE NALOG CATEGORY The Analog category has ten waveforms to choose from, summarized in the chart below. Wave display When you change waveform, the name of the currently selected waveform is shown briefly in the ISPLAY AWTOOTH The sawtooth wave contains all harmonics and is the richest of the available waveforms. It is suitable for all sorts of sounds.
  • Page 39 ULSE The pulse wave contains only odd numbered harmonics (3, 5, 7 etc.)at 50% pulse width (square wave). This waveform is special in that its harmonic content can be varied continuously, by adjusting the pulse width (PWM). The pure square wave: a pulse wave with 50% pulse width.
  • Page 40 The Saw, Square, Triangle and Cosine waveforms can be synchronized. These modes are marked with a special character in the W signal from one oscillator to restart another oscillator. Nord Stage has a “hidden” sync oscillator for waveforms with this option. Oscillator sync is very useful for generating lead lines with classic “hard sync”...
  • Page 41 Example 1: a sawtooth wave synced by a sync oscillator. The sawtooth wave is restarted every time the sync oscillator begins a new cycle. The resulting signal gets deep resonance in its harmonics. In the Nord Stage, oscillator sync is possible with sawtooth, pulse, triangle and cosine waveforms, each providing different spectral character.
  • Page 42 CARRIER The three different FM algorithms in the Nord Stage: one, two and three oscillator FM with feedback. The feedback is not active in all algorithms. The Timbre knob controls the FM and feedback amounts. When you turn the knob, all modulations are increased simultaneously.
  • Page 43 Wave disp. Tip! The one-operator algorithm can be used to produce a perfect sine-wave, if the T (feedback) is set to zero. IGITAL WAVEFORM CATEGORY This category features 77 different digital waveforms with various tonal characteristics. The wave- forms have been carefully designed and selected to provide rich and interesting timbres with a great variety, for those exquisite sounds that could not be produced with the other algorithms.
  • Page 44 ELEASE ECAY When the attack phase is over, the envelope drops back to zero level. Use the R set the time this should take. If you press S and turn the A HIFT velope will be scaled with the keyboard velocity (i.e. how hard or soft you play). This is normally used to make higher velocity (louder notes) produce brighter sounds (because of higher modulation of the filter or the Timbre), which is how most acoustic instruments behave.

  • Page 45: Amp Envelope

    NVELOPE The final stage of a synth signal chain usually consists of an amplifier to control the sig- nal volume. By modulating the amplifier with an envelope, the sound is given its basic “shape” over time. In fact, the “volume shape” is one of the most important factors to how we identify the sound.

  • Page 46: Filter Section

    The filter is, together with the oscillators, the most important sound-shaping tool in a synthesizer. The filter section in Nord Stage comprises a lowpass filter with either a 12dB or 24 dB slope, with selecta- ble keyboard tracking. The filter has adjustable resonance, and is self-olscillating at high resonance settings.
  • Page 47 The 12 dB/octave slope leaves more harmonics than the 24dB variation discussed above. This type of filter has been used in various early Oberheim synthesizers and others. A 12 dB filter is also known as a 2-pole filter. KB T RACK The reason for having the Keyboard Track switch is related to basic acoustics.

  • Page 48: Voices Section

    REQUENCY ONTROL This knob governs the amount of modulation applied to the Filter Frequency. The Filter Frequency can be controlled by Velocity or the Mod Envelope. The F lation Amount for both modes. ELOCITY If you turn the F ONTROL harder.
  • Page 49 Press S and turn the G HIFT LIDE that glide is active only when you play legato (you press a new key before you release the previous key). NISON The oscillator section has a number of “hidden” oscillators. The number of extra oscillators varies with the algorithms, but is usually between three and eight.

  • Page 50: Sound Init

    ELECTING YNTH SOUNDS The available memory slots are divided into three categories; Synth, Pad and Bass, with 99 memory slots in each category, a total of 297 sounds. Having categories helps you quickly find the type of sound you are looking for. Use the two S OUND ELECT...

  • Page 51: The Effects

    7. T BOUT THE EFFECTS The Effects available in Nord Stage can be divided into three main categories: • Panel Effects - these can affect one instrument (per Panel) at a time. Panel effects are the effects in the main Effects section and in the AmpSim/EQ section. All Panel effects have separate engines and settings for Panel A and B, thus you have two sets of Panel effects available for each Program.

  • Page 52: The Panel Effects

    ANEL EFFECTS CTIVATING ANEL EFFECTS To enable a panel effect, press the ON/OFF button at the bottom of the corresponding effect section. The LEDs above the button will indicate which instrument the effect is assigned to. Hold down S and press the S button to change the instrument assignment.

  • Page 53: A-Pan (Auto Pan )

    Ring Modulation is a type of modulation where two signals are multiplied with each other. The result is an inharmonic “bell like” sound. Herbie Hancock used this effect a lot in the ‘70s. In the Nord Stage the instrument signal is multiplied with an additional sinewave.
  • Page 54 with Wah-Wah modulation and you’ll understand. Basically, the Wah-Wah modulation is a lowpass type of filter that can be swept across the frequency range. During the sweep, the filter’s characteris- tics also changes. The Wah effect is mono in/out. For the Wah-Wah1 modulation you control the “pedal position” with the R wet/dry mix with the A MOUNT If you use an expression pedal connected to the C...

  • Page 55: Tap Tempo

    Nord Stage v3.1x 7. The Effects: The Panel effects EMPO You can also use Tap Tempo to set a delay time matching the tempo of a song. Simply tap the T button in the tempo you wish the delay to sync to a number of times, and the delay time will EMPO adjust automatically.

  • Page 56: Amp Model

    MP MODEL You select a type of amplifier/speaker simulation using the S tion. There are three types available, with different characteristiscs: Amp Model If all LEDs are off, the effect combines EQ with overdrive (no amp/speaker modelling). LOBAL EFFECTS If activated, the Compressor and Reverb effects will process all signals routed to the CH 1/CH 2 outputs, but do not affect any signals routed to the CH 3/CH 4 outputs.

  • Page 57: The Rotor Section

    OTOR EFFECT The Rotor effect is internally placed after the panel effects in Nord Stage. It also “sums” signals if both Panel A and B are active. This means that if you are using a split organ setup for example, both “manuals”...

  • Page 58: Keyboard Zones And Dual Panel Setups

    EYBOARD ONES You can split the Nord Stage keyboard in up to three Keyboard Zones; Lower (LO), Upper (UP) and High (HI). You can then assign any of the Instrument sections to any (or all) of these zones. An in- strument can also be assigned to no keyboard zone at all, which is useful when you want to play it from an external keyboard or from a sequencer.
  • Page 59 3. To assign the Organ instrument section to play on the lower Keyboard Zone only, hold down S HIFT button for the Organ section until only the LO KB Z lit. 4. To assign the Piano instrument to play on the upper half of the key- board hold down S and press the KB Z HIFT...

  • Page 60: Octave Shift

    Each instrument in Nord Stage has a finite note range: • The Organ extends one octave below and one octave above an 88 note keyboard range.

  • Page 61: Using An External Keyboard

    This function is ideal for live situations when you have a second keyboard in your rig that you mostly use to play internal sounds, but would in certain circumstances like to use to play the Nord Stage “double manual”. By activating Dual KB you can quickly switch between these modes without hav- ing to bother with MIDI menus.

  • Page 62: The Morph Assign Feature

    9. T FEATURE BOUT ORPH The three main M ORPH The Morph function can be used to control single or multiple pa- rameters using the Wheel, a connected Control pedal or After- touch (see “About Aftertouch” on page of real-time control possibilities to augment your playing style. It is very simple to set up and use, and all Morph assignments are stored with the Program.

  • Page 63: Morph Assignable Parameters

    5. Hold down the W HEEL knob that was set to minimum value in Step 2 up to maximum value. EVEL 6. Release the W button in the Morph Assign section. HEEL 7. When you now move the Wheel, the Level is gradually lowered for one instrument and raised for the other instrument, allowing you to “morph”...

  • Page 64: About Setting Morph Parameter Ranges

    Morph control parameters. The Nord Stage keyboard can respond in two ways to how you play. The first is velocity (not appli- cable for organ sounds or Morph), which means that the faster the player presses a key down, the higher the velocity value.

  • Page 65: The Extern Section

    5. Set the external instrument to receive on the same MIDI channel. SING THE XTERN SECTION CTIVATING Before Extern MIDI is sent out from Nord Stage, you have to activate the Extern section. This is done by pressing the O button under the P BOUT EYBOARD There are two Extern sections, one for each panel.

  • Page 66: The Parameter Section

    This is useful when you want to control external equipment with no TICK USTAIN EDAL MESSAGES or S buttons you can set up whether Nord Stage STICK USTPED ARAMETER rotary encoder will send MIDI Volume messages (0-127), allow- rotary encoder will send Program Change messages (0-127). This “Extern menu”...

  • Page 67: Send O N Load

    You can set whether Program Change, Volume and MIDI CC messages are sent out when you load a Program in Nord Stage. If you do not want this to occur, make sure “Send On Load” is set to “Off” on the Extern menu.

  • Page 68: System Functions

    To leave a menu at any time, press the E All changes you make to the system functions are automatically stored in Nord Stage, except the Lo- cal On/Off setting, which is always set to Local On at power on.
  • Page 69 “Program”, these settings will be saved with the program. Organ Keyboard This allows you to change how the Nord Stage key- Trig Mode board triggers Organ sounds. When “Fast” is selected, you will trigger organ sounds before the key is fully depressed.

  • Page 70: Sound Menu

    All if the volume of all sections should be controlled. Memory Protect This is set to “On” when Nord Stage leaves the fac- tory, meaning that you cannot save any changes to Programs or Synth Souns. Set this to Off if you wish to store your own Programs.
  • Page 71 This sets the MIDI channel for an external keyboard Channel when using Dual KB mode - see MIDI Prog Change This allows you to set whether you want Nord Stage Mode to transmit and/or receive MIDI Program Change Messages. MIDI Ctrl Change...

  • Page 72: Extern Menu

    Extern MIDI To avoid transmitting Program Change, Volume or MIDI CC Send on Load messages when you load a Program in Nord Stage, make sure “Send On Load” is set to “Off” on the Extern menu. Page 70 “The Extern section” on page is used to change settings.

  • Page 73: Factory Presets And Os

    OS upgrades and Programs to your Nord Stage from a computer or sequencer without needing to replace or add any new hardware. Nord Stage also features a USB port for quick and easy down- load of new Piano instrument samples.

  • Page 74: Nord Stage Manager

    Nord Stage. It is also used to download pianos, programs or synth patches to the Nord Stage or to upload any of these items - called sounds - from the Nord Stage memory to the computer hard drive. The Nord Stage Manager provides access to various methods to download the sounds to the Stage and a function to backup and restore the entire Nord Stage memory.
  • Page 75 Nord Stage. The Manager is on-line with a connected Stage at all times; any changes that you per- form in the Manager will immediately be executed in the Nord Stage. If you e.g. delete a Piano or a Program from the list in the Nord Stage Manager, that same Piano or Program will also be de- leted from the Nord Stage Flash memory.

  • Page 76: Right - Clicking

    CLICKING If you right-click on a sound, a context menu will provide the following options: PLOAD This will upload the selected sound from the Nord Stage to the computer hard drive in a folder of your choice. OWNLOAD This is only available if you right-click on an empty location that does not contain a sound. This al- lows you to choose a file on the hard drive, to be downloaded to the location in the Nord Stage.

  • Page 77: The Quick Tour

    RANSFER PIANO SAMPLES TO THE When the Nord Stage leaves the factory, the Piano partition is filled with piano sounds. In order to be able to download additional pianos, you may have to delete some of the factory pianos. If you ever want to restore any deleted pianos, they are available on the CD/DVD that was included with the Nord Stage, or available as a download from the www.clavia.se web site, in the Nord Stage download area.
  • Page 78 Stage. If there isn’t enough free space, a message will appear ni the lower left text area in the Nord Stage Manaager. • The pianos are categorized and can only be added to the correct parent bank; electric pianos can not added to the grand bank, the grand’s cannot be dropped in the clavinet bank etc.
  • Page 79 PLOAD A COMPLETE BANK OF SOUNDS FROM THE 1. Make sure that the desired partition and bank is focused in the Nord Stage Manager. You will also have the opportunity to change the source bank in an upcoming dialogue.
  • Page 80 • Note: When you click on Download a dialogue appears to inform you that the content of the desti- nation bank in the Nord Stage will be replaced with that of the source file. If you select All in the destination bank drop down, you can replace all the sounds in a partition with those on a folder structure on the hard drive.

  • Page 81: Nord Stage Manager Reference

    TAGE OOLBAR OUND Use this function to upload one or several sounds from the Nord Stage to the computer hard drive. OUND Use this function to download one or several sounds from the computer hard drive to the next avail- able location in the selected partition.
  • Page 82 Note: The destination bank in the Stage will be replaced by the content of the source folder. ACKUP This will make a backup of all the Piano samples, Programs and the Synth patches in the Nord Stage. The file that is created on the hard drive will have the extension .nsb.
  • Page 83 OUND PLOAD Use this function to upload one or several sounds from the Nord Stage memory to a folder on the com- puter hard drive. OUND OWNLOAD Use this function to download one or several sounds from the computer hard drive to the next avail- able location in the selected partition.
  • Page 84 ACKUP This will make a backup of all the Piano samples, Programs and the Synth patches in the Nord Stage. The file that is created on the hard drive will have the extension .nsb. Backing up the entire memory content in this manner will take some time, depending on the sizes of the samples.
  • Page 85 Select this option if you need to move items between different banks. Please note that both lists rep- resent the actual memory content in the Nord Stage. Any actions that you make in either of the lists will affect the memory content in the Stage.

  • Page 86: Tabs

    CLICK If you right-click on a sound or an empty location, a context menu will appear. PLOAD This will upload the selected sound from the Nord Stage to the computer hard drive in a folder of your choice. OWNLOAD This is only available if you right-click on an empty location that does not contain a sound. This al- lows you to choose a file on the hard drive to be downloaded to the location in the Nord Stage.
  • Page 87 ESSAGE AREA EXT AREA The left part of the text area will present any confirmations or error messages from the Nord Stage Manager. The right part will indicate of a Nord Stage is connected to the computer and in communication with the Nord Stage Manager.

  • Page 88: Midi Functions

    MIDI implementation chapter on EYBOARD ELOCITY Nord Stage can transmit and receive Keyboard Velocity messages. Organ sounds will always be played back at nominal level regardless of incoming MIDI Velocity data. Release velocity is trans- mitted, but ignored on MIDI In.

  • Page 89: Midi Channel

    Each Panel can respond its own MIDI channel. This is convenient when you want to play split and layered sounds. If you want to control each instrument separately, you can assign an individual MIDI channel to each of the six instruments of the Nord Stage. The MIDI channels are set up on the MIDI menu - see “MIDI menu”...

  • Page 90: Program, Controller And Synth Sound Dumps

    The sequencer has no information about the Drawbar setting before the recorded change, and therefore cannot “chase” the settings properly. To solve this, you could record a “snapshot” of all Controller settings of the Nord Stage Program(s) at the beginning of your sequencer song. See...

  • Page 91: Sending Midi Controller Dumps

    Program memory location. You will then have to store the Program manually to a memory location using the Store function (see ANIC If notes should hang using the Nord Stage in a MIDI setup, all you need to do is hold down the S button and press the P ANIC and reset certain parameters to their default values.

  • Page 92: Midi Implementation

    15. MIDI MIDI C ONTROLLER LIST The following is a list of the MIDI Controller numbers used for all K panel: Nord Stage Parameter Organ Preset II Organ Swell Organ Drawbar 1 Organ Drawbar 2 Organ Drawbar 3 Organ Drawbar 4...
  • Page 93 Nord Stage Parameter Synth Oscillator Mode Synth Oscillator Wave Synth Oscillator Timbre Synth Oscillator Timbre Amount Synth Oscillator TimbreVelocity Synth Filter Frequency Synth Filter Resonance Synth Filter Amount Synth Filter Velocity Synth Filter KBT (Keyboard tracking) Synth Filter Type Synth Amp Envelope Attack...
  • Page 94 Nord Stage Parameter AmpSim Enable Rotor Destination Rotor Drive Rotor Speed Rotor Stop Rotor Enable Compressor Amount Compressor Enable Reverb Amount Reverb Size Reverb Enable Organ Enable Sustain Pedal Organ Octave Shift Organ Level Organ Enable Organ KB Zone Assignment...

  • Page 95: Midi Implementation Chart

    MIDI I MPLEMENTATION Model: Clavia Nord Stage Eighty Eight/Seventy Six/Compact OS v3.x Date: 2008-06-10 Function MIDI Channels Velocity Note On/Off Aftertouch Pitch Bend Control Change Program Change System Exclusive HART Transmitted Recognized 1 – 16 1 – 16 Remarks Individual channels for Panel A and B.

  • Page 96: Midi Implementation Chart

    15. MIDI implementation: MIDI Implementation Chart Nord Stage v3.1x Page 94...

  • Page 97: Index

    Nord Stage v3.1x Index Numerics 2nd, 3rd (Organ Percussion) Aftertouch Amp Envelope Attack Amp Envelope (Synth) Ampsim/EQ Attack Amp Envelope Mod Envelope Audio Routing Mode Auto Glide mode Auto-Wah (modulation) B-3 Organ Bank Selecting Buttons About C1-C3 (Organ Chorus) Chorus (effect)
  • Page 98 Organ Key Click Level (Sound Page) Organ Output Organ Trig Mode OS upgrades Oscillator Analog waveforms Sync Waveforms Oscillator section (Synth) Output Level Instrument Nord Stage v3.1x recording in sequencer Banks Digital Pulse and Square wave Sawtooth wave Sine wave Triangle wave...
  • Page 99 Nord Stage v3.1x Page +/- buttons Panel A & B About Edit focus Panel Effects Activating Ampsim/EQ 51, 52, 53, Effect 1 Effect 2 Making settings for RM (ring modulation) Wah-Wah Panic button Patch selector (Synth) pdf file (reading the manual as...)
  • Page 100 Unison (Synth) USB (for downloading Piano instruments) V1-V3 (Organ Vibrato) Value Dial Velocity Sensitivity (Piano) Dynamics (Piano) Vibrato (F-Type organ) Vibrato (organ) Vibrato (Synth) V-Type Organ (Vox Continental) Wurlitzer 200A internal speaker Yamaha control pedals Page 98 Nord Stage v3.1x...

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