Extern Parameters
The Parameter section comprises the three buttons in the Parameter
Select section and the Parameter rotary encoder at the top . Simply put,
you select a parameter and vary the value of the selected parameter
with the Parameter encoder .
The Parameter encoder can also be Morph controlled - read more
on page 18. This allows you to change MIDI parameters during a
performance.
The following parameters can be set using the Parameter Select but-
tons:
Volume
If Volume is activated, the Parameter encoder will send MIDI Volume
CC7 messages (0-127) . This allows you to control the level of the
external device . The external instrument may have to be set to receive
MIDI CC messages for this to work as expected .
Prog Change
The Prog Change option allows the Parameter encoder to send Pro-
gram Change messages (0-127), allowing you to select programs in
the external instrument . This function behaves slightly differently than
the other parameters . The Parameter encoder will in this mode send a
program Change message for each individual rotary encoder LED . To
access all 127 messages, simply continue to turn the encoder multiple
times - it will continue to send messages across the whole range .
The external instrument may have to be set to receive MIDI program
Change messages for this to work as expected .
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The Stage 2 itself can transmit MIDI Program Change when you
select a Bank, Page and Program. If this occurs on the same
MIDI channel, it can lead to unwanted results on the external
units. Make sure that the Slot A and Slot B MIDI channels are not
the same as the Extern MIDI channel. The specific setting for the
“internal” Stage 2 Program Change in the MIDI Menu can also be
turned off.
If the external instrument organizes programs in Banks, there is an op-
tion to send Bank Change messages on the Extern Menu page, - see
page 45 .
MIDI CC
This feature makes it possible to transmit MIDI Control Change mes-
sages to control a parameter of your choice on the external instru-
ment . First you have to decide which Controller number the Parameter
encoder should transmit, this is done in the Extern Menu:
1
Hold Shift and press the Extern button to access the Extern
menu .
2
Use the Page buttons to select the “Extern MIDI CC Number”
menu page .
3
Use the Value Dial to select a MIDI CC Number (0-119) . You may
want to check the manual for the external instrument to see which
parameters are assigned to which CC numbers .
4
Press the Exit (Shift) button to exit .
Activate the MIDI CC button in the Parameter Select section, to control
the selected external parameter using the Extern’s Parameter encoder .
The external instrument may have to be set to receive MIDI CC mes-
sages for this to work as expected .
Send On Load
If the Send On Load feature is activated in the Extern Menu, Program
Change, Volume and MIDI CC messages are transmitted via MIDI when
you load a program in Nord Stage 2 . If you do not want these actions
to occur, make sure “Send On Load” is set to “Off” on the Extern
menu .
Extern Section and MIDI re-routing
When an external device transmits MIDI notes to the Stage 2 and the
Extern section is activated on the Stage 2, those incoming MIDI notes
can be re-routed to the MIDI Output of the Stage 2, on the MIDI chan-
nel that is set for the Extern section .
This allows you to control one external device from another external
device . The incoming notes must be on the same MIDI channels as set
in the Stage 2 for the Dual Kb, the Slot A or Slot B MIDI channel setting
or the Global MIDI channel setting .
The Extern menu setting Soft Thru must in these cases be set to
“On”.
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