By activating Dual KB you can quickly switch between these modes
without having to bother with MIDI menus. Having this function easily
accessible on the front panel makes it simple to quickly enable and dis-
able the mode, effectively switching your external keyboard in and out
of the Stage 2 EX’s internal sound engines.
Another advantage with the Dual KB mode is that you can access
the knobs and parameters for either panel from the Nord Stage 2 EX,
while the internal keyboard is always playing Slot A, and the external
keyboard controls Slot B. For example, you can keep on playing Slot A
with one hand on the Stage’s keyboard while you simultaneously adjust
the drawbars played with the second keyboard on Slot B.
The Dual KB setting is saved with a Program, together with all other
Slot settings. This makes it easy to access any complicated keyboard
setup with the push of a button - ideal for live situations.
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The MIDI Channel for the Dual KB feature is set in the MIDI Menu
on the Stage 2 EX. Read more on this on page 44.
Shift / Exit button
Many buttons have secondary functions that you can access by hold-
ing Shift and pressing the button. The Shift activated functions are
always printed below the corresponding button. For example, holding
Shift and pressing the Program 3 button will allow you to access the
MIDI Menu parameters.
In a few cases, the shift functionality can be achieved without holding
the Shift button, but instead by double-clicking a button. This works
primarily with Keyboard Zone selections and Effect source selections.
Hold Shift and turn a knob to view the stored setting of a param-
eter in the display without changing the parameters value.
Holding Shift and pressing a selector button (with the exception of
the Piano Type button) will cycle through the settings in a counter
clockwise fashion.
The Shift button also acts as an Exit button,
which can be used if you want to exit a
menu, or cancel a Store operation.
Live Mode
The special Live Mode can be described as “program memories that
automatically and always save everything”. If you activate the Live
Mode, all changes to panel settings you make will be continuously
saved. If you switch the power off, or select another program, the set-
tings are still stored in the Live memory location, so when you power
up next time (or return to that Live memory) all settings will be exactly
as you left them. Having 5 Live memory locations means that five inde-
pendent setups can be “saved” in this way.
If a Live memory is selected and you decide you wish to store the
settings permanently as a program you can do so using the standard
methods (see below).
You can also store Programs into the Live memory locations, in which
case the program settings will replace the current Live memory set-
tings. Note that when you store a program into either of the Live mem-
ory locations, the stored settings will be “transferred” to Live memory,
any changes you make will be stored continuously, and you will not be
able to revert back to the exact settings as they were when “stored”.
Program Buttons
The 5 Program Buttons give you immediate access to all the 5 pro-
grams in a selected Program Page.
What is a program?
A program basically stores everything (except System functions which
are mostly global). To understand the internal architecture in Nord
Stage 2 EX, keep the following in mind:
• For each Slot, settings for all three Instruments, the four Effects,
and the Extern section are independent (except the choice of organ
model, which is always shared between the two slots).
• A program stores the settings for both Slot A and B, it contains in-
dependent settings for six instruments, eight effects, and two Extern
setups.
• A program also stores all settings from the Extern menu, except the
Extern A & B MIDI channels and the Send on Load setting (read
more on this in the Extern Menu chapter on page 45), and the output
routings for each instrument (read more on this on page 42).
• The Global effects (Compressor/Reverb) and the Rotary effect affect
both Panels, and the settings for these are stored with the program.
• Splits, layers (Keyboard Zones) and Morph assignments are also part
of a Program.
System, Sound, MIDI, Extern
The Program buttons are also used to enter the 4 menus, if you press
any of the first four while holding the Shift button. The settings in the
menus are described in the Menu chapter that begins on page 42.
Panic
Hold Shift and press the 5th Program Button to execute an internal All
Notes Off message and reset of some of the performance parameters.
This can be used if notes gets stuck and sounds all the time during a
MIDI- or live performance.
Store, Store As….
The Store button is used when you want to store an edited program,
when you want to rename a program or when you want to change a
program’s category. Storing a program will overwrite the existing pro-
gram in the selected memory location.
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When the Nord Stage 2 EX is shipped from factory, Memory
Protect is set to “On”. To be able to store Programs, you need to
change this to “Off”, read more on how to do this on page 10.
The Memory Protect function does not affect the Live Mode
memories.
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