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Setting split points to change Zone ranges
Adjust the splits for zone 2 and 3 in the following way:
• Hold Shift and press the Set Lo Split button repeatedly. The green
split indicator above the keyboard move between the available splits.
There are splits at C and F in each octave.
• The same procedure is used but with Set Hi Split button, to set the
splits for zone 3.
When using two zones, the split is set with the Set Lo Split button.
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Keyboard Zone splits are shared between Slot A and B.
Layering instruments
When two or three instruments are assigned the same keyboard zones,
they’re layered, they play at the same time. Combinations of layers and
splits are possible. A piano can be assigned on its own to the Upper
Zone, and “continue” and be layered with an organ up in the Hi Zone.
Another way to layer instruments is to activate both Slots simultane-
ously.
Octave Shift
You can use the Octave Shift buttons to shift the pitch up or down in
octaves, within the instrument’s note range.
Note Range
Each instrument in the Nord Stage 2 EX has a finite note range:
• The Organ extends one octave below and one octave above an 88
note keyboard range.
• The Piano extends one octave below the 88 key range, but not
above.
• The Synth extends one octave in either direction, just like the Organ.
An instrument cannot be transposed so that non-existing notes would
end up in the current Keyboard Zone. When an instrument is used over
the whole keyboard, you can only transpose a maximum of one octave
up or down.
When you are using splits, if a piano is assigned to a zone with a range
of 2 octaves, the Octave Shift buttons can be used to transpose the
piano up or down. As long as the 2 octave range are within the
available 9 octaves. The whole note range of any instrument, within any
set Zone range, is always accessible.
In the illustration above, a piano has been assigned to play in a KB
Zone stretching from middle C4 to C6. Without Octave Shift, the actual
note range that will be played will be the same as the set zone. The
dotted lines show which note range will be played in the set zone when
using Octave Shift. In this example you can transpose the piano up
or down two octaves to play any two octave note range from the KB
zone.
PStick & SustPed
These settings are used to control whether
or not an instrument (or the Extern section)
should respond to a connected Sustain
Pedal and/or to the Pitch Stick.
Hold Shift and press the left Octave button
in the corresponding instrument section,
to activate the sustain pedal for an instru-
ment. The Sustped LED is lit when this is
turned on. Press again to activate Pitch Stick reception and a third time
to have both functionalities. A fourth press will turn them both off, as
indicated by the LEDs.
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The bend range is fixed to -/+ 2 semitones
In most of the factory programs, the organ has neither sustain,
nor pitch stick activated, the piano has sustain but not pitch stick
active and the synth has usually both activated. But there may be
exceptions to this. Change this as you like, do not forget to store
any changes that you wish to keep.
Latch Ped & KB Gate
The Latch Pedal feature allows you to latch arpeggios in the synth,
sustain chords or individual notes on selected instruments by operating
a pedal, without affecting other instruments or the functionality of the
sustain pedal. The Latch is activated for the individual instruments by
holding Shift and pressing the right Octave (Latch Ped) button; the On
LED lights up. This behaves like the sostenuto functionality on a grand
piano; only the keys that are pressed down when the pedal is activated
will sustain.
If you use a Nord Triple Pedal, the center pedal on that unit will be the
designated latch pedal. A standard sustain pedal connected to the Ro-
tor/Latch input can also be used. If you use the Rotor/Latch input, you
need to change a setting in the System Menu, read more about this on
“Rotor/Latch Pedal Func” on page 42.
The KBGATE feature allows you to disable an instrument from being
triggered by the keyboard, for as long as the latch pedal is operated.
Both these features can be used simultaneously when both LEDs
are lit.
Output Routing
The Nord Stage 2 EX has four audio outputs. Each instrument can be
freely assigned to output 1&2 (default) or 3&4 in stereo, or to output
3 or 4 in mono. The output routings can be set for each program, or
globally for all programs. The Global setting is the default setting. In
global mode, the routing settings stored with the program are over-
ridden by the global settings. See the System Menu chapter on page
42 for more information about the output routings.
Dual Slot setups
Press both Slot A and Slot B buttons. Both Slot LEDs light up, and
both Slots become active. One of the Slots is in focus, its panel
settings are currently shown and can be edited. The Slot in focus is
indicated by a flashing Slot LED. Press the other Slot’s button to shift
the focus.
To disable one of the slots, hold the Slot button for the slot you want to
keep active, and press briefly the Slot button you want to disable.
Down 2 octaves
Down 3 octaves
Up 1 octave
Up 2 octaves
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