Getting Started; Hook It Up; Programs; Select A Program - Clavia NordStage2 EX 88 User Manual

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Getting Started

Let's spend a few minutes to get acquainted with your new Nord Stage 2 EX. In order to make you feel confident in using the Stage 2 EX, this chap-
ter is written as a guided tour. We will show you the fundamental aspects of the unit in as few steps as possible. We know you'd rather play than
read.

Hook it up

1
Connect the Nord Stage 2 EX power cord to the unit and a mains
power supply, connect the sustain pedal and a set of headphones
or a sound system.
2
Make sure to turn on the Stage 2 EX first, before the sound sys-
tem. Please be careful with the output volume.
For more information on all the connections on the Stage 2 EX, look in
the Connections chapter on page 54.

Programs

The Program area is the part of the panel that is located in the center
of the panel with the display in the middle. Complete settings of every
parameter on the panel are stored in the program memory of the Nord
Stage 2 EX, with enough room for 400 programs.
This is organized into 4 banks; each bank contains 20 pages of 5 pro-
grams each, all of which can be edited and replaced as you wish.
E The 100 programs in the D bank when the unit is shipped from
the factory are duplicates of the programs in the A bank. This
means that you can immediately start to save any edits you do
in either the A or D bank without risking to overwrite any of the
factory programs until you have decided which ones you want to
keep.
A complete set of the factory programs are available on our website,
www.nordkeyboards.com. This means that you can always return to
the state of the program memory when the unit was new.

Select a program

1
Programs are selected by pressing the five Program buttons,
located below the display. An alternate method is to turn the Value
Dial located to the right of the display.
2
The Pages are accessed by pressing the Program Page 3/4
buttons repeatedly, located above the Value Dial.
M Some of the programs are labeled with MW or AT. This indicates
that the Mod Wheel or AfterTouch has an active part in the sound
and invites you to use these performance features.
3
The Banks are accessed with the Bank buttons A. B, C and D,
above the display.
A new program is immediately activated when you press a Bank,
Page or Program button. If you want to navigate with the Bank
and/or Page buttons and wait with the loading of a new program
until you press a program button, this can be acheived by activat-
ing the Pending Load setting (Shift + Program Page 3button.
Press and hold either of the Program Page buttons to continu-
ously scroll through the Pages.

The Shift Button

Many buttons on the Stage 2 EX have
a secondary function, which is printed
immediately below the button. These
additional functions and/or parameters
are accessed by first pressing and hold-
ing Shift while pressing that respective
button.
M The Shift button is also used to Exit from a menu or to cancel an
ongoing Store operation.