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4. MIDI
ABOUT THE MIDI IMPLEMENTATION
The Nord Piano 3 features 5-pin MIDI In and MIDI Out sockets, and
also supports MIDI over USB. All outbound MIDI messages are auto-
matically sent from both the MIDI and USB ports simultaneously. The
MIDI channel selected for the
Channel Global
setting is used for all MIDI
communication.
MIDI MESSAGES
The Nord Piano 3 transmits and receives
Note On
and
Note Off
mes-
sages, including velocity information. It also sends and receives Control
Change and Program Change messages.
CONTROL CHANGE
Most physical panel controls can be sent (and received) as CC messag-
es. This is useful for automating front panel activity in a MIDI sequencer,
DAW or similar. The table on page 20 provides a complete reference
of parameters and their respective CC numbers. Whether the Nord
Piano 3 sends and/or receives
Control Change
(CC) messages can be
set in the MIDI Menu (see page 15).
CC messages associated with physical controllers other than front
panel knobs and buttons will always be sent and received, regardless of
menu settings. These controllers and their values are listed in the table
below:
Controller
Nord Triple Pedal position
CC
Sustain
Right
64
Sostenuto
Middle
66
Soft/Una Corda
Left
67
Volume/Control pedal
-
11
PROGRAM CHANGE
If set to
send
Program Change messages, a Program Change message
is sent when a Program is loaded. If set to
receive
, the Nord Piano 3
will change Program accordingly when a Program Change message is
received on the global MIDI Channel. Settings for Program Change are
found in the MIDI Menu (see page 15).
The 50 Program locations within each bank send and respond to MIDI
Program Change values
0-49
. Values above 49 are ignored. When in
Live mode, Program Change values
0-4
correspond to the five Live
Programs.
M
Program Change messages sent by the Nord Piano 3 consist of a
Bank Select MSB message (CC#0) of 0, a Bank Select LSB mes-
sage (CC#32) with the Bank number (0-3) and a Program Change
message of 0-49.
MIDI AND TRANSPOSE
Any Transpose value set for the Nord Piano 3, either by the front panel
Transpose function or the Global Transpose setting in the MIDI menu,
will affect sent or received MIDI notes as defined by the
”Transpose
MIDI at”
option in the MIDI menu. Refer to page 15 for details on how
to make these settings. With “
Transpose MIDI at”
set to “MIDI In” the
transpose value will not be applied to outgoing MIDI notes, but only to
incoming ones. If set to “MIDI Out” the transpose value will affect sent
MIDI notes but not incoming ones.
The diagrams below show the effects of the
“Transpose MIDI at”
setting
when using the Nord Piano 3 with a sequencer or computer for record-
ing and playback of MIDI data. Note that the setting determines wheth-
er MIDI notes are transposed
before
being recorded or not. The notes
you hear played back will in both these cases be the same.
+1
MIDI Out
MIDI In
C
+1
MIDI Out
MIDI In
C
C#
C
C#
C#
Transpose value of
+1
with “
Transpose MIDI at”
set to
MIDI In
.
Transpose value of
+1
with “
Transpose MIDI at”
set to
MIDI Out
.
+1
MIDI Out
MIDI In
C
+1
MIDI Out
MIDI In
C
C#
C
C#
C#
