6. The Instruments: The Synth section
Nord Stage v3.1x
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F
REQUENCY
C
ONTROL
This knob governs the amount of modulation applied to the Filter Frequency. The Filter Frequency
can be controlled by Velocity or the Mod Envelope. The
F
REQ
C
ONTROL
knob controls the modu-
lation Amount for both modes.
V
ELOCITY
If you turn the
F
REQ
C
ONTROL
knob clockwise, the filter frequency cutoff will be raised if you play
harder.
M
OD
E
NV
If you press
S
HIFT
and turn the
F
REQ
C
ONTROL
knob so that the
M
OD
E
NV
LED lights up, the filter
frequency will instead be modulated by the Mod Envelope (see
).
V
OICES
SECTION
In this section, you set various voice modes for the synth. You choose between monophonic and pol-
yphonic playing, and control glide between notes. Here you also find the powerful Unison mode.
M
ONO
MODE
In Mono mode you can only play one note at a time, just like on a traditional monophonic synthesizer.
If you play one key and then a second key without releasing the first key, the last note will sound. If
you now release the last key, the first one will retrig and start sounding again.
To activate Mono mode, press the
S
ELECTOR
button so that the
M
ONO
LED
lights up.
L
EGATO
MODE
To activate Legato mode, press the
S
ELECTOR
button so that the
L
EGATO
LED
lights up.
In Legato mode you can only play one note at a time, just like on a traditional monophonic synthe-
sizer. If you play a new key before releasing the previously played key (legato), the new note will
replace the previous one at the current Envelope phase of the previously pressed key. I.e. the new note
will not retrigger the Envelopes (Amp and Mod).
If you release the last played key before playing a new key (non-legato), the new note will sound ex-
actly like in Mono mode, i.e. the complete Envelopes will be retriggered.
G
LIDE
(
PORTAMENTO
)
When activated, the Glide function makes the pitch “glide” from one note to the next when playing
(this is sometimes called portamento). It operates in legato/mono mode only. The glide characteristics
can be described as “constant rate”, which means that the greater the “distance” between two subse-
quent notes, the longer the glide time. Turn the
G
LIDE
knob clockwise to increase the glide rate.