System Menu
Memory Protect – On, Off
This is set to “On” when the Nord Piano leaves the factory, meaning that
you cannot store any changes to the programs. Set this to Off when you
wish to store your own programs. The System, MIDI or Sound menu
settings and the Live memory are not protected by this setting.
Range: On (default), Off
Fine Tune
This allows you to ine tune the pitch of the Nord Piano.
Range: +/- 50 cent (default = 0).
Global Transpose
This allows you to transpose the entire Nord Piano in semitone steps.
Any setting you make here will be added to the panel transpose that
may be saved with the programs.
Range: +/- 6 semitones (default = 0).
MIDI Menu
MIDI Channel
This sets the MIDI Channel that the Nord Piano transmits and responds
to. Use the U-settings if you want to transmit and receive keyboard and
panel MIDI messages via USB.
Range: 1-16, USB1 - USB16, Off (default = 1)
Local Control
This allows you to set if the Nord Piano keyboard and front panel con-
trols should control internal Programs or only send note and controller
messages via MIDI. Local On is the normal “mode”. In Local Off mode,
the front panel and keyboard action are transmitted via MIDI only and
does not control the internal sound(s) directly.
Range: On (default), Off
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Local defaults back to Local On every time the Nord Piano is
powered on.
Control Change (CC) Mode
This setting speciies how the front panel’s knobs and buttons are han-
dled in the MIDI communication with MIDI Control Change messages.
You can select if the panel controls should either send or receive, or
both or if Control Change messages should be ignored.
Range: Send/Recv (default), Receive, Send, Off
Program Change Mode
Speciies how the Nord Piano should handle MIDI Program Change
messages.
Range: Send/Recv (default), Receive, Send, Off
Send Ctrl
You can perform a dump of all the active Program’s parameters as
MIDI Control Change messages. Press the Store button to perform the
dump.
Dump One
This allows you to perform a MIDI SysEx dump of the currently selected
Program. Press the Store button to perform the transmission.
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The Menus
Any settings that you change in the System, MIDI ,Sound or Pedal menus will take immediate effect on a global basis, and the settings will be stored
until you change them the next time. Enter the menus by pressing and holding Shift and the System, MIDI, Sound or Pedal button (program but-
tons 1 to 4). Select a function with the Up/Down buttons and change the setting by pressing and holding Shift and the Up or Down button. Exit the
menus by pressing a second time on the program buttons.
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There is one exception, one menu setting that doesn’t get automatically stored when you power off the Piano, and this is the MIDI Local On/Off
setting. This always reverts to Local On every time the Nord Piano is powered up.
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