Clavia nord lead, Owner'S Manual

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MIDI Page 67
10. MIDI
About the MIDI Implementation
The following MIDI messages can be transmitted and received from the Nord Lead:
Notes
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Note On and Off messages are of course transmitted when you play the keyboard. If you use the Octave
Shift buttons in their “Keyboard” mode (see page 54), you can shift the Nord Lead keyboard
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2 octaves,
giving you an effective keyboard range of 8 octaves.
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Notes can be received over the entire MIDI range. That is, when playing via MIDI you have access to a
pitch range wider than 10 octaves!
Pitch Bend
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Pitch Bend messages are always transmitted from the Pitch Stick.
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The Pitch bend range (used when receiving pitch bend messages) can be adjusted, see page 66.
Controllers
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The Modulation wheel is transmitted and received via MIDI as Controller 1 (Modulation wheel).
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When the Pedal input is used with an Expression pedal, this is transmitted as Controller 11.
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When the Pedal input is used with a footswitch (sustain) this is transmitted as Controller 64 (Damper Ped-
al).
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All other controls (knobs and switches) on the front panel (except Master Level), are also transmitted and
received as Control Change messages. This can be used to record your actions on the front panel into a
MIDI sequencer, for playback together with the musical performance.
For a full list of which parameters correspond to which Controller number, see page 89.
You can turn the transmission/reception of the front panel Controllers on/off, see page 59.
Aftertouch
The Nord Lead can receive (but not send) Aftertouch (channel pressure) messages. For each program
slot, you can set which parameter (if any) should be controlled by the Aftertouch messages:
1. While holding down the Shift button, press the Special button.
2. Press the Special button repeatedly, until the left character in the display is a “t” (for “touch”).
3. Select a slot for which you want to set the aftertouch function.
4. To assign a parameter for the aftertouch, press Store.
The display will flash, showing one of the abbreviations in the table below.