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To copy any other Slot’s settings to the currently active Slot, press
and hold that Slot button and turn the value dial to the desired
alternative Slot. When you release the Slot button, the copy op-
eration is performed.
When you have both Panels active you have access to two of each
Instrument section, and two Effect sections. Amongst other things, this
allows you to play two sounds from each Instrument section simultane-
ously, e.g. a Clavinet and a Electric Piano or two Synths.
For the Organ section, things work slightly differently. Instead of two
completely separate organ sections, you have one organ engine with
two manuals, that can be set to different drawbar settings, like on an
original B3 or a dual manual Farfisa or Vox.
Using an external keyboard (Dual KB)
If you would like to use an external keyboard to control Slot B, set it up
as follows:
Select a MIDI channel to transmit on the external keyboard, and select
the same MIDI channel as the “Dual KB” channel in the Nord Stage 2
EX MIDI page menu - read more about this on page 44.
Press Shift and the Dual KB button, the Dual KB indicator lights up.
The internal keyboard will control Slot A and the external keyboard will
control Slot B. It is not possible to activate both Panels in this mode.
This function is ideal for live situations when you have a second
keyboard in your rig that you mostly use to play its internal sounds,
but would in certain circumstances like to use to play the Nord Stage
2 EX “second manual”. By activating Dual KB you can quickly switch
between these modes without having to bother with MIDI menus. Hav-
ing this function easily accessible on the front panel makes it simple to
quickly enable and disable 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 2 EX’s keyboard while you simultaneously
adjust the drawbars played with the second keyboard on Slot B.
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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.
Using multiple keyboards
Sometimes you may want to control the Nord Stage 2 EX from more
than two keyboards. For example, you may want to have two external
keyboards for Organ A and B, while keeping the internal keyboard for
the piano sounds. Thanks to the flexible MIDI configuration of the Nord
Stage 2 EX, this is no problem at all. Read more in the MIDI chapter.
Master level
The Master Level control is located in the
upper, left area of the panel. This control
sets the overall output level of the Nord
Stage 2 EX, at the line level and the head-
phone outputs.
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This is not a programmable control.
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