Clavia Nord Stage User Manual page 49

Nord Stage v3.1x
A
UTO
Press S and turn the G
HIFT
that glide is active only when you play legato (you press a new key before you release the previous
key).
U
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. When you activate Unison, these slightly
detuned voices are gradually added to the basic sound for those classic synth chorus effects. Note that
Unison doesn't reduce the polyphony!
You adjust the number of extra oscillators and the detune amount among the voices with the U
knob:
• The left half of the U
• As a special case, in the "Sawtooth detuned" oscillator mode, the left half of the U
range controls the detuning between the two main oscillators.
• The right half of the U
very powerful.
V
IBRATO
Vibrato modulates the pitch of the oscillators to produce natural vibrato effects.
There are three basic methods you can use to control Synth Vibrato which is set using
the S button in the Vibrato section:
ELECTOR
• If Aftertouch (A.Touch) is selected you can control the vibrato by pressing down
held notes on the keyboard. See
• You can also control vibrato using the Mod Wheel.
• There are also three delay (Dly 1-3) modes which automatically activates vibrato after a certain
time for held notes. The difference between the three delay modes is the time it takes for vibrato to
activate; Dly1 is the fastest time and Dly3 the slowest. The basic Delayed Vibrato depth and speed
settings are set globally on the Sound Page - see
EQ
The Synth also features a basic 2 band EQ section. This allows you to
quickly boost or cut treble and bass frequencies by +/- 15 dB. Turn the
T or B
REBLE ASS
spective frequency band and vice versa. A LED indicates when the EQ is
active.
S S
OUND ELECT SECTION
When you save a Program the current Synth settings are of course stored together with all other panel
settings, but the Sound Select section allows you to select/store Synth sounds separately from Pro-
grams. in this way, you can build up a library of favorite synth sounds to access whenever you need
them.
knob to select Auto Glide mode (the A
LIDE
knob range controls a classical two-voice detune effect.
NISON
knob range introduces a thicker multi-voice detune, which can be
NISON
"About Aftertouch" on page
knob clockwise (from center position) to boost the re-
6. The Instruments: The Synth section
UTO
62.
"Sound Menu" on page
LED is lit). This means
NISON
knob
NISON
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