User Manual

NORD ELECTRO 2 V2.2x 7. MIDI functions: Program and Controller dumps
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However, in our example this wouldn’t help much, because the Drawbar opening was the first Controller
message recorded in the song. The sequencer has no information about the Drawbar setting before the re-
corded change, and therefore cannot “chase” the settings properly. To solve this, you could record a “snap-
shot” of all Controller settings of the Nord Electro 2 Program(s) at the beginning of your sequencer song.
This can be done by using the ‘MIDI Controllers Dump’ function described below.
PROGRAM AND CONTROLLER DUMPS
To dump Program Sysex or MIDI Controllers via MIDI, to another Nord Electro 2 or for recording the
data into another MIDI device, do like this:
1. Connect a cable from MIDI O
UT on the Nord Electro 2 to MIDI In on the receiving device.
2. Set up the receiving device so that it accepts MIDI Sysex and MIDI Controller data.
3. Press the S
HIFT + LEFT OCTAVE SHIFT buttons to enter
the Dump menu. Select what to dump by pressing the
U
P/DOWN NAVIGATOR buttons. ‘Pr’ flashing in the DIS-
PLAY
means ‘single Program Dump’, ‘Al’ means ‘All Pro-
grams Dump’ and ‘Ct’ means ‘MIDI Controllers Dump’.
If you’re about to dump a single Program or MIDI Con-
trollers for a Program, select the Program by choosing
Program Bank with the U
P/DOWN NAVIGATOR buttons
and Program by pressing the corresponding P
ROGRAM
button.
4. If needed, set the receiving MIDI device to “recording
mode”.
5. Press the S
TORE button to send the dump to the MIDI
O
UT of Nord Electro 2. The Display will stop flashing
once the dump has been sent.
Note: For Sysex dumps of Organ sounds, the complete settings for the sound will be dumped as
MIDI Sysex. For Piano sounds, all parameters will be sent but NOT the actual instrument samples.
Therefore, when dumping back a Piano Sysex, make sure the actual instrument sound is already
loaded in the Nord Electro 2. Otherwise the parameters in the Sysex message will be applied to
another available Piano instrument. However, the Nord Electro 2 works in an intelligent way re-
garding substituting Piano sounds.Let’s say you dumped a Program Sysex based on the Rhod1
sound and then erased the Rhod1 sound. When you load the Program Sysex back to the Electro
2, it will apply another available Rhodes sound, the Rhod2 or Rhod3, for example. If no Rhodes
sound is available, another piano sound will be applied.