User Manual

5. Panel reference: System functions NORD ELECTRO 2 V2.2x
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MIDI CH
Press the SHIFT + PROGRAM 1 (MIDI CH) buttons to enter
the MIDI Channel function. Here you set the MIDI Channel
for the Nord Electro 2 to send and respond to. Select MIDI
Channel with the U
P/DOWN NAVIGATOR buttons. Press any
button (except for the S
HIFT, STORE or UP/DOWN buttons)
to exit.
Range: 1-16, -- (off)
Note: If the MIDI CH and LOWER CH (see below) are
set to the same number, incoming MIDI notes will pro-
duce a layered sound of the Upper Manual and Lower
Manual sounds together. This is normally not what you
want, so keep the channels separated from each other.
LOWER CH
Press the SHIFT + PROGRAM 2 (LOWER CH) buttons to
enter the Lower MIDI Channel function. Here you set the
MIDI channel for the Lower Manual of Nord Electro 2 Or-
gan section to respond to. Select Lower MIDI Channel with
the U
P/DOWN NAVIGATOR buttons. Press any button (ex-
cept for the S
HIFT, STORE or UP/DOWN buttons) to exit. See
“Using an additional “Lower Manual” MIDI keyboard” on
page 22 for more details on how to use an external “Lower
Manual” MIDI keyboard.
Range: 1-16, -- (off)
Note: If the LOWER CH and MIDI CH (see above) are
set to the same number, incoming MIDI notes will pro-
duce a layered sound of the Upper Manual and Lower
Manual sounds together. This is normally not what you want, so keep the channels separated from
each other.
LOCAL
Press the SHIFT + PROGRAM 3 (LOCAL) buttons to enter
the MIDI Local on/off function. Here you set whether the
Nord Electro 2 keyboard and front panel controls should
control internal Programs or only send MIDI. Local On is the
normal “play mode”. In Local Off mode, the front panel and
keyboard actions are transmitted via MIDI only and does not
control the internal sound(s) at all. (The MIDI In works as
usual, though.)
Local Off should be used when you use a sequencer to record
and play back from Nord Electro 2. When using a sequencer,
you connect the MIDI Out of Nord Electro 2 to the sequenc-
er’s MIDI In. Then, from the sequencer’s MIDI Out back to
the Nord Electro 2’s MIDI In. Since the sequencer echoes