Clavia NordStage2 EX 88, User Manual

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Extern Parameters
The Parameter section comprises the three buttons in the Parameter
Select section and the Parameter rotary encoder at the top. Simply put,
you select a parameter and vary the value of the selected parameter
with the Parameter encoder.
The Parameter encoder can also be Morph controlled - read more
on page 18. This allows you to change MIDI parameters during a
performance.
The following parameters can be set using the Parameter Select but-
tons:
Volume
If Volume is activated, the Parameter encoder will send MIDI Volume
CC7 messages (0-127). This allows you to control the level of the
external device. The external instrument may have to be set to receive
MIDI CC messages for this to work as expected.
Prog Change
The Prog Change option allows the Parameter encoder to send Pro-
gram Change messages (0-127), allowing you to select programs in
the external instrument. This function behaves slightly differently than
the other parameters. The Parameter encoder will in this mode send a
Program Change message for each individual rotary encoder LED. To
access all 127 messages, simply continue to turn the encoder multiple
times - it will continue to send messages across the whole range.
The external instrument may have to be set to receive MIDI Program
Change messages for this to work as expected.
E The Stage 2 EX itself can transmit MIDI Program Change when
you select a Bank, Page and Program. If this occurs on the same
MIDI channel, it can lead to unwanted results on the external
units. Make sure that the Slot A and Slot B MIDI channels are not
the same as the Extern MIDI channel. The specific setting for the
“internal” Stage 2 EX Program Change in the MIDI Menu can also
be turned off.
If the external instrument organizes programs in Banks, there is an op-
tion to send Bank Change messages on the Extern Menu page, - see
page 45.
MIDI CC
This feature makes it possible to transmit MIDI Control Change mes-
sages to control a parameter of your choice on the external instru-
ment. First you have to decide which Controller number the Parameter
encoder should transmit, this is done in the Extern Menu:
1
Hold Shift and press the Extern button to access the Extern
menu.
2
Use the Page buttons to select the “Extern MIDI CC Number”
menu page.
3
Use the Value Dial to select a MIDI CC Number (0-119). You may
want to check the manual for the external instrument to see which
parameters are assigned to which CC numbers.
4
Press the Exit (Shift) button to exit.
Activate the MIDI CC button in the Parameter Select section, to control
the selected external parameter using the Extern’s Parameter encoder.
The external instrument may have to be set to receive MIDI CC mes-
sages for this to work as expected.
Send On Load
If the Send On Load feature is activated in the Extern Menu, Program
Change, Volume and MIDI CC messages are transmitted via MIDI
whenever you load a program. If you do not want these actions to oc-
cur, make sure “Send On Load” is set to “Off” on the Extern menu.
Extern Section and MIDI re-routing
When an external device transmits MIDI notes to the Stage 2 EX and
the Extern section is active, incoming MIDI notes can be re-routed to
the MIDI Output of the Stage 2 EX, on the MIDI channel that is set for
the Extern section.
This allows you to control one external device from another external
device. The incoming notes must be on the same MIDI channels as
set in the Stage 2 EX for the Dual Kb, the Slot A or Slot B MIDI channel
setting or the Global MIDI channel setting.
The Extern menu setting Soft Thru must in these cases be set to
“On”.
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