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NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x Table of contents Table of contents 1. Introduction ......................................................... 5 Welcome ....................................................................................... 5 About the Owner’s Manual........................................................ 6 Clavia on the Internet ............................................................... 6 2. Overview ................................................................
Table of contents NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x 7. The Effects ......................................................... 44 About the effects .....................................................................44 The Panel effects......................................................................45 The Rotor section ....................................................................49 8. Keyboard Zones and Dual Panel setups ......... 50 About Keyboard Zones ..........................................
NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x Table of contents Using Nord Stage with a sequencer ...................................... 67 Program, Controller and Synth Sound dumps..................... 68 Panic........................................................................................... 69 14. MIDI implementation .........................................70 MIDI Controller list ................................................................ 70 MIDI Implementation Chart.....................................
Table of contents 4 NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.
NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x 1. Introduction: Welcome 1. INTRODUCTION WELCOME We’d first like to thank you for purchasing the Nord Stage Eighty Eight! Clavia’s goal when developing the Nord Stage was to create a flagship stage instrument encompassing the whole range of Clavia’s expertise.
1. Introduction: About the Owner’s Manual NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x ABOUT THE OWNER’S MANUAL The manual is arranged mainly as a reference manual. In many cases you’ll get tips on how to practically use the functions, alone and also together with other functions. Every time the manual wants your attention to an object on the Stage, the name of that object will be printed LIKE THIS, e.g. ‘press the STORE button’. The LCD display on the Nord Stage is always referred to as the DISPLAY.
NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x 2. Overview: The Nord Stage front panel 2. OVERVIEW THE NORD STAGE FRONT PANEL Master Organ section Level/Rotor effect section THE Piano section Program section Synth section Extern section Effects section PROGRAM SECTION The central Program section is where you select and store Programs, access System parameters, activate keyboard zones for splits and layers, and assign Morphing functions. See “The Program section” on page 16 for details.
2. Overview: The Keyboard THE SYNTH NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x SECTION The Synth section has been designed for maximum ease of use in live situations. It is basically utilizes standard subtractive synthesis but also incorporates FM and wavetable synthesis. See “The Synth section” on page 31. THE EXTERN SECTION The Extern section controls an external MIDI instrument. You can use the PARAMETER knob to control various parameters on the external device.
NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x THE 2. Overview: About Knobs & Buttons BUTTONS There are three types of buttons for editing sounds on the Nord Stage: SELECTOR BUTTONS Press the SELECTOR button repeatedly to select between options printed next to the corresponding triangular LED (see figure). ON/OFF BUTTONS The ON/OFF buttons have a LED next to them to indicate the status. DRAWBAR BUTTONS The DRAWBAR buttons are special in the way that they auto-increment/decrement the corresponding parameter when held.
3. Connections: Nord Stage rear panel NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x 3. CONNECTIONS NORD STAGE REAR PANEL AUDIO CONNECTIONS • Make all audio connections before turning on your power amplifier! • All signal cables used with the Nord Stage must be shielded. • The four audio outputs (CH OUT 1-4)) are line level and unbalanced. • If you wish to connect the Nord Stage in stereo to your audio equipment, you should use CH1 OUT in pair with CH2 OUT.
NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x 3. Connections: Connecting pedals CONNECTING PEDALS The Nord Stage has four pedal inputs, one CONTROL PEDAL input (for controlling Nord Stage parameters), one ORGAN SWELL input, one SUSTAIN PEDAL input and one ROTOR SPEED input (for rotary speaker fast/slow selection). You can select for each instrument whether it should react to sustain or not (see “Activating the Sustain Pedal/Pitch Stick for Instruments” on page 20).
4. Getting Started: About Instruments NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x 4. GETTING STARTED ABOUT INSTRUMENTS When “Instrument sections” or “Instruments” are referred to in the manual this is a collective reference to the Organ, Piano and Synth instruments which can be all be active within a Program. ABOUT PROGRAMS A Program in Nord Stage basically contains all settings (instruments and effects etc.) when the Program was saved.
NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x EDITING A 4. Getting Started: Activating instrument sections PROGRAM Actually, how to change a programmed sound can be described in one sentence: “tweak the knobs and press the buttons”. It is as simple as that! Don’t be afraid to edit and overwrite the factory Programs. 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.
4. Getting Started: About Panel A & B NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x ABOUT PANEL A & B 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. The two PANEL buttons A and B selects which Panel is currently active (or edit active - see below). Each Panel controls three instrument sections and four Panel effects.
NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x 4. Getting Started: Adding a Global effect ADDING A GLOBAL EFFECT Nord Stage features four effect sections; 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. The Compressor and Reverb effects are global, and affect all instruments routed to the main CH OUT 1/2 jacks.
5. The Program section: Overview 5. THE PROGRAM NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x SECTION OVERVIEW The Program section comprises central functions such as Program handling, system pages etc. System pages are covered in a separate chapter - see “System functions” on page 60. PAGE -/+ BUTTONS The PAGE -/+ buttons are used to select Programs and to navigate between System menu pages.
NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x 5. The Program section: Overview VALUE DIAL The VALUE DIAL to the right of the Display is used to select Program locations, and to set system parameter values. THE STORE BUTTON The red STORE button is used when storing Programs (see “Storing Programs” on page 19). PROGRAM BUTTONS Below the DISPLAY are the six PROGRAM buttons (1- 6). Use them to select Programs and to select various system functions (using SHIFT).
5. The Program section: What is a Program? PANEL A/B NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x BUTTONS For each Program you have two independent Panels; A and B, where each Panel contains independent settings for the three instrument sections and effects. If you activate both Panels you can use two instruments of the same type at the same time, e.g. two Piano instruments or a Split Organ setup (see “About Split Organ Setups” on page 26. This is done by simultaneously pressing both PANEL A and B buttons.
NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x 5. The Program section: Storing Programs 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, see “Memory Protect” on page 61. STORING A PROGRAM To store a Program without changing its name, proceed as follows: 1. Press the STORE button once.
6. The Instruments: Introduction NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x 6. THE INSTRUMENTS INTRODUCTION 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.
NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x 6. The Instruments: The Organ Section THE ORGAN SECTION The Organ section in the Stage features emulations of three classic organ models; a Hammond B-3, a Vox Continental II (V-Type) and a Farfisa Compact DeLuxe (F-Type). You select which model to play using the ORGAN MODEL button. THE B-3 MODEL (HAMMOND) The B-3 Organ in the Nord Stage is based on a digital simulation of the mechanical tone wheels of the classic Hammond B-3 organ.
6. The Instruments: The Organ Section NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x The drawbars of Nord Stage behave similar to their mechanical counterparts, i.e. you “pull out” the drawbars by pressing the LOWER DRAWBAR buttons and “push them back in” by pressing the UPPER DRAWBAR buttons. The DRAWBAR buttons are special in the way that they auto-increment/decrement the drawbar value when held. I.e.
NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x 6. The Instruments: The Organ Section Like on the original B-3, the Percussion is a single-triggered non-legato effect. By “single-triggered” we mean that the percussion is only present when you hit the keys when no other note is sounding. In other words, if you play a note or a chord and then add on more notes without releasing the previously pressed keys, there will be no percussion effect in the new notes.
6. The Instruments: The Organ Section NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x THE V-TYPE MODEL (VOX CONTINENTAL II) The Vox Continental is probably the most famous of all the transistor-based combo organs that emerged in the early 60’s. Transistor technology made it possible to manufacture much more compact and portable organ instruments.
NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x THE REGISTER SELECTORS The drawbars act as on/off switches, or “Register selectors” when the F-Type model is selected. Instead of drawbars, the original Farfisa organs featured “rocker”type switches to select instrument “voices” (actually different filter settings) in various footage (octave) ranges. In Nord Stage, this functionality is reproduced.
6. The Instruments: The Organ Section SWELL NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x CONTROL Swell is the characteristic volume function that you control from the B-3’s pedal. Swell is not only a volume control - for the B-3 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 resistive expression pedal to the ORGAN SWELL input on the rear panel (see “Connecting pedals” on page 11).
NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x 6. The Instruments: The Piano section THE PIANO SECTION The Piano section of Nord Stage contains six Piano Categories, and each Category can contain different instrument Types. You can freely add new piano instruments via USB using the Nord Stage Manager utility (see “Downloading Piano instruments via USB” on page 65). Right out of the box, Nord Stage features a fine collection of carefully selected acoustic and electromechanical pianos.
6. The Instruments: The Piano section SELECTING NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x PIANO INSTRUMENTS You use the SELECTOR button to select an instrument category and then use the TYPE button to select a specific instrument or variation within the selected category. The Piano categories are as follows: CLAV This is the Clavinet Category. WURL This is the Wurlitzer Category. RHOD This Category is for Fender Rhodes pianos. GRAND This Category is for acoustic grand pianos.
NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x ABOUT THE FACTORY 6. The Instruments: The Piano section SOUND LIBRARY As mentioned previously, the Piano section is open-ended in that you can load new instruments using the Nord Stage Manager utility. Below follows a description of the Piano Instruments that are included with the Nord Stage from factory: Category Type # Description Clav 1-4 This selects a sampled Hohner Clavinet D6. There are 4 Types selectable, with different pick-up variations.
6. The Instruments: The Piano section CLAVINET NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x SOUND On an original Clavinet D6 you can select different pick-up and filter combinations by pressing a number of rocker switches.
NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x 6. The Instruments: The Synth section THE SYNTH SECTION BASICS The Synth section in Nord Stage was designed to be a versatile yet easy to use “stage” synthesizer to complement the other instrument sections. It is based on traditional “subtractive” synthesis, but also features waveforms derived from FM and wavetable synthesis. The Synth is polyphonic with 16 voices.
6. The Instruments: The Synth section NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x OSC GROUP TIMBRE CONTROL The central TIMBRE control is used to shape the sound in various ways (depending on waveform). Timbre can be Morph controlled. WAVE SELECTOR BUTTONS The two WAVE SELECTOR buttons are used to switch between the different modes and categories in the osc group.
NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x 6. The Instruments: The Synth section The TIMBRE knob does not have any effect on the sawtooth wave. PULSE The pulse wave contains only odd harmonics 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 The frequency spectrum of a pure square wave.
6. The Instruments: The Synth section NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x OSCILLATOR SYNC WAVEFORMS The Saw, Square, Triangle and Sine waveforms can be synchronized, these modes are marked with a special character in the wave display and extended with synced in the main DISPLAY. Oscillator Synchronization means that you use the signal from one oscillator to restart another oscillator. Nord Stage has a “hidden” sync oscillator for waveforms with this option.
NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x 6. The Instruments: The Synth section FM CATEGORY The basic principle behind FM synthesis relies on one oscillator (the modulator) modulating the frequency of another (the carrier). There are several different types of algorithms in the FM category ranging from one up to three oscillators (operators) working together. Depending on what kind of sound you want choose from the different combinations availible and you have many interesting FM sounds at your disposal.
6. The Instruments: The Synth section NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x TIMBRE CONTROL This knob governs the amount of modulation applied to the Timbre parameter. The Timbre parameter can be controlled by Velocity or the Mod Envelope. The TIMBRE CONTROL knob controls the modulation amount for the different modes/algorithms in the FM category. VELOCITY If you turn the TIMBRE CONTROL knob clockwise, the Timbre will be raised if you play harder.
NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x 6. The Instruments: The Synth section MOD ENVELOPE The Mod (Modulation) Envelope is a simple type of envelope only comprising Attack and Decay/Release. It sends out a control signal that could look like in the figure below. In this illustration, the Mod Envelope outputs a control signal that rises to maximum amount at the set Attack time and then falls back to zero at the set Decay time.
6. The Instruments: The Synth section NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x on the maximum level for as long as you hold down the key. When you release the key, the Release phase starts and the amount falls back to zero. In Attack/Release mode, the control signal from the Mod Envelope behaves basically like this Hold down SHIFT and turn the DECAY knob so that the lower LED in the Env Mode section lights up to select Release time instead of Decay. Hold down SHIFT and turn the ATTACK knob to revert to Decay time.
NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x 6. The Instruments: The Synth section AMP ENVELOPE An amplifier is most often used at the final stage of a synth signal chain, to control volume. By modulating the amplifier with an envelope, the sound can be given its basic “shape”. In fact, the “volume shape” is one of the most important factors to how we identify the sound. By setting up a proper volume envelope you can make a sound “soft”, “hard”, “plucked” “static” etc.
6. The Instruments: The Synth section NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x FILTER SECTION The Filter section in Nord Stage comprises a lowpass filter with either a 12dB or 24 dB slope. FILTER FREQUENCY CUTOFF With the FREQ knob you set the cutoff frequency. Simply put, if you turn the FREQ knob clockwise, the high-frequency content in the signal will increase. This parameter can be Morph controlled. When you “open” a lowpass filter, the high-frequency content increases in the output signal.
NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x 6. The Instruments: The Synth section KB TRACK The reason for having the Keyboard Track switch is related to basic acoustics. If you raise the pitch of a waveform, the harmonics naturally raise in frequency. If the cutoff frequency is constant, the sound will be perceived as getting “muddier” the higher up the keyboard you play. To avoid this effect, use KB Track. KB Track (keyboard tracking) has three modes; “FULL”, “2/3” and “1/3”, which is set with the KB TRACK button.
6. The Instruments: The Synth section NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x VELOCITY If you turn the FREQ CONTROL knob clockwise, the filter frequency cutoff will be raised if you play harder. MOD ENV If you press SHIFT and turn the FREQ CONTROL knob so that the MOD ENV LED lights up, the filter frequency will instead be modulated by the Mod Envelope (see “Mod Envelope” on page 37). VOICES SECTION LEGATO/MONO This section allows you to set various voice modes.
NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x 6. The Instruments: The Synth section VIBRATO 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 SELECTOR button in the Vibrato section: • If Aftertouch (A.Touch) is selected you can control the vibrato by pressing down held notes on the keyboard. See “About Aftertouch” on page 56. • You can also control vibrato using the Mod Wheel.
7. The Effects: About the effects NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x 7. THE EFFECTS ABOUT 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 independent settings for Panel A and B, thus you have two sets of Panel effects available for each Program.
NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x 7. The Effects: The Panel effects THE PANEL EFFECTS ACTIVATING PANEL EFFECTS To add an individual effect to an instrument, you simply press the ON/OFF button at the bottom of the corresponding effect section. This will automatically select the instrument section (ORG/PIANO/SYNTH) that the selected effect currently points to as the source (indicated by a lit LED below the name of the instrument).
7. The Effects: The Panel effects NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x EFFECT 1 The Effect 1 section offers six different types of modulation. You use the SELECTOR button to switch between the available modulation effects. The following effects are available: RM (RING MODULATION) 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.
NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x 7. The Effects: The Panel effects A-WHA 1&2 (AUTO-WAH) Auto-Wah 1-2 are variations of the Wah-Wah effect described above. For A-Wha you control the filter sweep range from the signal’s amplitude envelope (envelope follower). For the Auto-Wah 1 modulation you control the range with the RATE/TEMPO knob and the wet/dry mix with the AMOUNT knob. A-Wha 2 works in the same way, but produces a different character.
7. The Effects: The Panel effects NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x AMPSIM/EQ This effect section combines an equalizer with amplifier and speaker cabinet simulation, for overdrive effects. This effect is mono in/out. DRIVE The Drive knob controls the amount of overdrive for the Ampsim section. If the Drive LED is on, it indicates that overdrive is active. EQ SECTION This is a 3-band equalizer which features controls for bass, midrange and treble.
NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x 7. The Effects: The Rotor section THE ROTOR SECTION The Rotor effect (rotary speaker simulation) in Nord Stage accurately reproduces the sound of the rotating horn and bass rotor, as well as the characteristics of the builtin amplifier of the original Leslie units. The Rotor effect is mono in/Stereo out. • You activate or deactivate the Rotor effect for a selected instrument in the same way as Panel Effects (see “Activating Panel effects” on page 45.
8. Keyboard Zones and Dual Panel setups: About Keyboard Zones NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x 8. KEYBOARD ZONES DUAL PANEL SETUPS AND ABOUT KEYBOARD ZONES 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. CREATING A SPLIT Creating a split so that different instruments are assigned to different keyboard zones is very easy to set up. Proceed as follows: 1.
NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x 8. Keyboard Zones and Dual Panel setups: About Keyboard Zones 3. To assign the Organ instrument section to play on the lower Keyboard Zone only, hold down SHIFT and then press the KB ZONE SELECT button for the Organ section until only the LO KB Zone indicator is lit. 4. To assign the Piano instrument to play on the upper half of the keyboard hold down SHIFT AND press the ZONE SELECT button for the Piano section until both the UP/HI KB Zone indicators are lit.
8. Keyboard Zones and Dual Panel setups: Octave Shift NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x OCTAVE SHIFT Each Instrument section and the Extern section have two OCTAVE SHIFT buttons, which can be used to transpose the notes up or down in octave steps within the total note range of the instrument. Each instrument in Nord Stage has a finite note range, and only the Synth and the Organ can extend the range beyond the 88 notes of the keyboard.
NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x USING 8. Keyboard Zones and Dual Panel setups: Dual Panel setups AN EXTERNAL KEYBOARD (DUAL KB) If you like to use an external keyboard to control one of the Panels, you set it up as follows: • Select a MIDI channel to transmit over from the external keyboard, and select the same MIDI channel as the “Dual KB” channel on the Nord Stage MIDI page menu - see “MIDI menu” on page 62. • Press SHIFT and the PANEL B button so that the DUAL KB indicator lights up.
9. The Morph Assign feature: About Morph Assign NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x 9. THE MORPH ASSIGN FEATURE ABOUT MORPH ASSIGN The three main MORPH ASSIGN buttons are located in the Program section. The Morph function can be used to control single or multiple parameters using the Wheel, a connected Control pedal or Aftertouch (see “About Aftertouch” on page 56). This gives you plenty of real-time control possibilities to augment your playing style.
NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x 9. The Morph Assign feature: Morph Assignable parameters 5. Hold down the WHEEL button in the Morph Assign section again while turning the Instrument LEVEL knob that was set to minimum value in Step 2 up to maximum value. 6. Release the WHEEL button in the Morph Assign section. 7.
9. The Morph Assign feature: About setting Morph parameter ranges NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x ABOUT SETTING MORPH PARAMETER RANGES In the previous example we controlled the full range of two Instrument LEVEL knobs with Morph. But you can also set relative ranges for parameters. For example, you could assign one parameter to be controlled fully (min/max), and another parameter knob to be controlled from 12 o’clock position to 3 o’clock position.
NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x 10. THE EXTERN 10. The Extern section: About the Extern section SECTION ABOUT THE EXTERN SECTION A good stage instrument wouldn’t be complete if it didn’t allow you to control external MIDI instruments. Normally you can do this by simply connecting an external instrument via MIDI. Although this works, it usually doesn’t provide the flexibility and control that you need in live situations.
10. The Extern section: The Parameter section NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x OCTAVE SHIFT The OCTAVE SHIFT buttons in the extern section also work exactly as for internal instruments. As with them, the shift range depends on the total note range of the external instrument, and the range of the Keyboard Zone(s) that the external instrument is currently assigned to. See “Octave Shift” on page 52.
NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x 10. The Extern section: The Parameter section MIDI CC This allows you send MIDI Control Change messages to control a parameter of your choice on the external instrument. You first have to decide which Controller number the PARAMETER rotary encoder should send value changes for. This is done on the Extern Menu: 1. Press SHIFT and the EXTERN button to access the Extern menu. 2. Use the PAGE buttons to select the “Extern MIDI CC Number” menu page. 3.
11. System functions: System menu 11. SYSTEM NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x FUNCTIONS System functions are divided into four menus; “System, Sound, MIDI and Extern”, which are accessed by using the corresponding buttons in the Program section. All changes you make to system functions are automatically stored in Nord Stage. SYSTEM MENU Press the SHIFT + SYSTEM buttons to enter the System menu.
NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x 11. System functions: System menu Sustain Pedal Use as Rotor You can connect a Sustain Pedal (as opposed to a switch pedal) to the Rotor Speed connector. If you wish to use a sustain pedal to control rotor speed set this to “Yes”. Note that even if this is enabled, and you connect a pedal to the Rotor Speed input, this setting will be overridden and you will be able to use both pedals separately.
11. System functions: Sound Menu NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x SOUND MENU Press the SHIFT + SOUND buttons to access the Sound menu. You use the PAGE -/+ buttons to navigate between the various menu items on the Sound menu, and the VALUE DIAL is used to change settings. When you are done, press the SOUND button again to exit the Sound menu.
NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x 11. System functions: Extern menu Send MIDI Ctrl You can perform a dump of all MIDI Controllers for the selected Panel. See “Sending MIDI Controller dumps” on page 68. Panel A, Panel B Dump Program Source Here you can perform a MIDI SysEx dump of the currently selected Program or of all 126 Programs of the internal memory (plus the Live buffers 1 & 2). See “Sending Program dumps” on page 68.
12. Factory Presets and OS: Internal memory NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x 12. FACTORY PRESETS OS AND INTERNAL MEMORY The Operating System, Programs and Piano samples in Nord Stage are stored in a so-called Flash memory. A Flash memory keeps the data also when the power is shut off. Another big advantage is that you can replace data in the Flash memory at any time.
NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x USB 12. Factory Presets and OS: Downloading Piano instruments via DOWNLOADING PIANO INSTRUMENTS VIA USB To be able to do this you have to use Clavia’s Stage Manager application. With this you will be able to download and add/replace/erase piano sounds in the Flash memory of the Nord Stage. Please visit http:// www.clavia.
13. MIDI functions: About the MIDI implementation 13. MIDI NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x FUNCTIONS ABOUT THE MIDI IMPLEMENTATION The following MIDI messages can be transmitted and received from Nord Stage: NOTE ON/OFF • Note On and Note Off messages are sended and received. PITCH BEND • Pitch Bend messages are sended and received by Nord Stage. CONTROLLERS • If you have an Control/Expression pedal connected to the ORGAN SWELL INPUT, this is transmitted and received as Controller 4.
NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x 13. MIDI functions: Using Nord Stage with a sequencer MIDI SYSEX (SYSTEM EXCLUSIVE) Single Programs or all Programs can be transmitted and received as a System Exclusive dump (see “Sending Program dumps” on page 68). USING NORD STAGE WITH A SEQUENCER CONNECTIONS 1. Connect the MIDI Out on the Nord Stage to the MIDI In on your sequencer. 2. Connect the MIDI Out from your sequencer to the MIDI In on the Nord Stage.
13. MIDI functions: Program, Controller and Synth Sound dumps NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x PROGRAM, CONTROLLER AND SYNTH SOUND DUMPS To dump Program, Synth Sound or MIDI Controller SysEx via MIDI, either to another Nord Stage or for recording the data into another MIDI device, proceed as follows: SENDING PROGRAM DUMPS 1. Connect a cable from MIDI OUT on the Nord Stage to MIDI In on the receiving device. 2. Set up the receiving device so that it accepts MIDI SysEx and MIDI Controller data. 3.
NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x 13. MIDI functions: Panic RECEIVE MIDI SYSEX DUMPS To receive a MIDI SysEx Dump, do like this: 1. Connect a cable from the MIDI Out on the transmitting device to MIDI IN on the Nord Stage. 2. Initiate the transmission on the transmitting device. If the dump contained all Programs (All), it will replace all Programs currently stored in the Nord Stage.
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NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x 14. MIDI implementation: MIDI Implementation Chart MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHART Model: Clavia Nord Stage Eighty Eight OS V1.0x Date: 2005-06-29 Function Transmitted Recognized Remarks MIDI Channels 1 – 16 1 – 16 Individual channels for Panel A and B. Velocity Note On/Off O O Incoming Velocity data ignored for Organ. Aftertouch O O Pitch Bend O O Control Change O O See “MIDI Controller list” on page 70.
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Index I Instruments Activating 13 Internal memory 64 Internet 6 K KBT Filter 41 Key click control (B-3 organ) 23 Keyboard About 8 Keyboard splits 50 Keyboard Tracking Filter 41 Keyboard Zones 50 Knobs About 8 L Live Buffer memory 18 Live Buffer mode 17 Live buttons 17 LP Filter (Synth) 40 M Master level 7 Memory (internal) 64 Memory Protect 61 MIDI about the implementation 66 channels using with sequencer 67 connections 67 Controller list 70 controllers "chasing" when using a sequencer 67 recording in s
NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x Effect 2 47 Making settings for 45 Pan 46 RM (ring modulation) 46 Wah-Wah 46 Panic button 69 Patch selector (Synth) 43 pdf file (reading the manual as...
Index U Unison (Synth) 42 USB (for downloading Piano instruments) 65 V V1-V3 (Organ Vibrato) 23 Value Dial 17 Velocity Sensitivity (Piano) Dynamics (Piano) 30 Vibrato (F-Type organ) 25 Vibrato (organ) 23 Vibrato (Synth) 43 V-Type Organ (Vox Continental) 24 Page 78 NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.