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When you have edited a Program, an asterisk (*) will appear
in the
lcd
next to the Program number to alert you to the
fact that the program has been edited but not yet saved.
If you select a new program without saving, any edits you
have made will be lost and the Program will have its origi-
nal settings the next time you select it.
Saving a Program
If you are happy with an edit that you have made, you
should probably save the Program.
Press the
1
Store
button.
the Store button
LEd starts flashing
and the original
Program location is
shown in the LCd.
there is a Memory Protect function that is set to on
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when the Wave leaves the Nord Factory. this needs to
be turned off in the System Menu before you can save a
Program.
Press
2
Shift
+
SYSTEM
and scroll to the Memory Protect
setting with the
uP/doWN
buttons and set this to Off using
the
rotAry
.
Select a new location where you want to store the Program.
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Use the
uP/doWN
buttons and/or the
rotAry
dial to
choose a new Program location if you do not want to
overwrite the original Program.
to select another bank, press
Shift
and select an-
other bank with the
uP/doWN
buttons.
Press the
4
Store
button a second time to confirm your choice.
Your edited Program has now replaced the previous
one in the location you specified.
to cancel the procedure, press any buttons on the panel
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before you press
Store
the second time.
With Memory Protect set to off, a double tap on the
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Store
button will store a Program in its original loca-
tion.
Saving a Program with a new name and/or
category
Press the
1
Store AS
button (
Shift
+
Store
).
the Store button LEd starts flashing and the Program
name and category is shown in the LCd.
Use the
2
rotAry diAl
to select a category.
Give your program a name using the
uP/doWN
buttons to change position, and the
rotAry
to scroll
between the available characters.
Press the
3
Store
button a second time to confirm the new
name and category selection.
Use the
4
uP/doWN
buttons or the
rotAry
dial to choose
the location where you want to store the Program.
Press the
5
Store
button a third time to confirm your choice.
Your edited Program has now replaced the previous
one in the location you chose.
Slots
the Nord Wave has two Slots labelled a and B. Each slot
represents a complete synthesizer setup, a complete sound
if you wish. the Slots can be used for layering sounds or
quickly switch between sound settings. the Slots are also
used when the Nord Wave is controlled via MIdI.
Every Program contains the settings for each individual
slot. Program 1:11 can have a piano sound setting for Slot
a and a string setting for slot B. You can very quickly switch
between the two slots in a live situation by pressing a but-
ton. You can also layer the two slots, playing both sounds
from the keyboard at the same time.
Switch between two sounds
Select a Program.
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Press repeatedly on
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the
Slot A
and the
Slot B
buttons to
activate the two dif-
ferent sounds in that
particular Program.
Layering
to play with both the slots in a selected Program is called
to layer two sounds.
Press both of the Slot buttons at the same time.
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one slot LEd will be steadily lit, the other will flash.
this indicates which of the two slots has the Panel
focus, more on this in a little while.
Deactivating Slots
To deactivate a Slot in a layer, press both
1
Slot
buttons, and
then release one of them.
the slot with the button you released will be the one
that is removed from the layer.
Copying a setting from one Slot to another
In order to be able to organize the sounds to suit your
needs, you can copy settings from one slot to another.
Press and hold a
1
Slot
button.
turn the rotary dial or press the
uP/doWN
buttons
to scroll through the memory area.
When you have found the desired Slot and Program that you
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wish to copy, release the
Slot
button.
the settings from the selected Slot and Program are
now copied to the Program/Slot in use.
If you want to keep these new settings, make sure that
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you save the Program before you select a new one.