User manual

Storing a Program
To store a program without changing its name or category, proceed as
follows:
1 Press the Store button once. The Store button and the currently
selected program button indicator starts blinking, and the display
will read “Store to X:X : X” (the current Bank, Page and program
number), and the program name.
2 Next step is to select a Bank/Page/Program location where to
store the edited program. Use the Bank, Page and the Program
buttons to select a location, or browse by turning the Value Dial.
You can also save a Program to one of the 5 Live memories. The
settings in the programs that you browse will become active,
which allows you to verify by playing on the Stage 2 that it is safe
to overwrite a program.
E To cancel an ongoing Store operation, press Exit (Shift).
3 When you have found a location for your new Program, press
Store again to confirm your intentions. The display confirms with a
“Program Stored!” message for a short duration.
Naming a program
Naming a program and/or changing a programs category is done with
the Store As… procedure:
1 Hold Shift and press the Store As... button once. The Store button
indicator starts flashing, and the upper row in display will read
“Name”, the current category to the right and the current name on
the lower row.
2 Turn the Value Dial to change the category.
3 Press the Page 4button to move the cursor to the first character
in the name.
4 Use one of the following methods to name your program:
• You can move the cursor position left or right by using the Program
Page buttons.
• When the cursor is at the position where you want to enter/change
a character, you can use the Value Dial to scroll through all available
characters (a-z, A-Z, 0-9, space and a hyphen “-”).
• By holding down Shift and pressing the Ins (Page 4) button, you
enter a blank space at the cursor position.
• By holding down Shift and pressing the Del (Page 3) button, you
erase the character at the cursor position.
• Alternatively, you can press and hold down the KB Zones 2 or 3
button. This will bring up the characters in the display with the focus
on the character the cursor was last on. Use the Value Dial to select
a character at the current cursor position. When you release the KB
Zone button the cursor automatically moves to the next position.
5 Press Store again and then use the same methods as outlined in
“Storing a Program” above to store your name with the program.
E To cancel an ongoing Store operation, press Exit (Shift).
 Naming Programs and setting categories can also be done with
the Nord Sound Manager, read more on this on page 52.
Categories
Every program can be assigned to a category as described in the
previous section. This can help you find e.g. all the programs in the
“Organ” category if you look for a specific organ sound. The category is
shown in the upper row of the display like in the example of a program
in the Piano category.
There are 17 different categories to choose from.
Categories
Acoustic Organ Synth
Bass Pad Vocal
Drum Piano Wind
Fantasy EPIano User
Fx Pluck None
Lead String
 Use the Cat Sort mode to display only the programs in a selected
category.
Display
The backlit LCD display will present the name of the selected program,
the name of the piano, the name of a sample and selections and set-
tings for various parameters, including the menu parameters.
Value Dial
The Value Dial to the right of
the Display is used to select
programs, to enter system
parameter values and to enter
characters in program names.
MIDI Indicator
The MIDI LED will indicate incoming MIDI messages at the MIDI Inputs
or through the USB connector if the USB-MIDI is active.
M Short flashes indicates any kind of incoming MIDI data, longer
flashes indicates MIDI data that the Stage 2 actually uses (the
data has the correct MIDI channel etc.).
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