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The following MIDI messages can be transmitted and received from the
Nord C2:
Note On/Off
Note On and Note Off messages are transmitted and received.
Controllers
In the MIDI Menu (see page xx), you can select if the Nord C2 should
transmit and/or receive Control Change messages.
Incoming MIDI Controller 7 controls the overall volume of the Nord C2.
Incoming MIDI Controller 10 controls the panning of the Nord C2.
If you have a control pedal connected to the Swell pedal input, this is
transmitted as Controller 4 (Swell).
If you have a pedal connected to the sustain pedal input, this is
transmitted as Controller 64 (Sustain Pedal).
If you have a pedal connected to the rotor pedal input, this pedal is
transmitted as Controller 90.
Almost all other controls (knobs and buttons) on the front panel are
also transmitted (and received) as Control Change messages. This
can be used to record your actions on the front panel into a MIDI
sequencer. For a full list of which parameters correspond to the Con-
troller numbers, see the MIDI implementation on the next page.
The Nord C2 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 also transmitted.
In the MIDI Menu (see page 17), you can select if the Nord C2 should
send and/or receive Program Change messages.
When you select a Program, a Program Change message is transmit-
ted via MIDI. If a Program Change message is received on the selected
MIDI Channel, the Nord C2 will change Program accordingly.
The 128 Program locations (programs 1-126 + Live 1 and Live 2) send
and respond to MIDI Program Change values 0-127.
Individual Programs or all Programs can be transmitted and received as
a System Exclusive dump.
Connect the MIDI Out on the Nord C2 to the MIDI In on your
sequencer.
Connect the MIDI Out from your sequencer to the MIDI In on the
Nord C2.
Local Off may be used when you use a sequencer to record and play
back from Nord C2. If the sequencer echoes back incoming MIDI data,
the Nord C2 may respond twice to every note and other message/ac-
tion if e.g. the keyboard and the sequencer sends the same MIDI infor-
mation to the unit. Local On/Off is set on the "MIDI menu" see page 17.
The MIDI channel(s) that the Nord C2 uses are set up in the MIDI menu
- see "MIDI menu" on page 17.
Usually you select a Program Change value for a track in the sequenc-
er track settings. The 128 program locations send and respond to
Program Change values 0-127.
If you want to record a Program Change message, activate recording
in the sequencer and simply select the program on the Nord C2.
When you record actions with knobs and buttons, make sure that the
sequencer "echoes" the changes back on the correct MIDI Channel, or
your changes won't have any effect.
Consider a situation where you record a Controller message, e.g. a
Drawbar opening, in the middle of your sequencer song. Then you "re-
wind" the sequencer to a position before the recorded Drawbar open-
ing. The problem is that the Nord C2's Drawbar will remain opened,
although it really should be as it was before you recorded the opening.
To solve this, you could record a "snapshot" of all Controller settings
of the Nord C2 Program at the beginning of your sequencer song. See
"Sending MIDI Controller dumps" below.
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