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morPH INDICaTorS
all morphable parameters are equipped with some means to indicate
that a morph has been assigned to it, or that a morph is being per-
formed. These are the three different types of indications used:
LED ENCoDErS
The
LEVEL
controls of the organ, Piano and Synth
sections feature a rotary LED encoder. These
provide a clear indication of the morph start and
end points as the morph is set up, and allows the
control to display its current value at all times as a
morph is being performed.
morPH LEDS
most morphable parameters are equipped with a
“morph LED” which will be lit with a green light after a
morph source has been assigned to the parameter.
DraWBar LEDS
If a drawbar has been selected as a morph destination, the drawbar
LEDs will adjust accordingly as a morph is being performed (except on
the Nord Stage 3
Compact
model, which uses physical drawbars in-
stead of drawbar LEDs).
CLEarINg a morPH
Hold
SHIFT
and press a
MORPH ASSIGN
button to clear all morphs for
this source within the focused panel. To clear a particular assignment,
hold the morph assign button and operate the control to remove the
“gap” between the programmed setting and the morph setting.
mST CLK
The master Clock allows you to synchronize the arpeggiator, the Synth
LFo, the Delay and Effects 1 rate in the Nord Stage 3. Not only can
these be made to run in sync with each other; different subdivisions
can be set for all synced components, allowing for some great rhythmic
effects.
Tap the
MST CLK
button a minimum of four times to set a tempo,
expressed in BPm (beats per minute). Keep tapping the button to further
refine the tempo setting if needed.
Press
CLOCK
(Shift + mst Clk) to bring up the master Clock tempo and
settings page. Use the
PROGRAM
dial to set the tempo. Press
EXIT
(Shift) when finished. The set tempo will be stored with the program, as
long as a Store operation is performed.
M
Pressing down on the
MST CLK
button opens the Master Clock
tempo page while the button is pressed down, as indicated by the
“
6
“ symbol.
When the master Clock tempo is set, you can select a subdivision of
that tempo for the various functions that can be synchronized to the
master Clock. any changes you make to the master Clock tempo will be
followed by all the functions in the Stage 3 that are synchronized to it.
The subdivisions are described in greater detail in the sections covering
each syncable function, the Synth LFo and arpeggiator, Effect 1 and
Delay.
EXTErNaL SYNC
The master Clock on the Stage 3 can be controlled by incoming mIDI
clock messages. This is an automatic behavior: as soon as the Stage 3
receives mIDI clock on the mIDI input or the USB mIDI input, the master
Clock will be synchronized to the incoming external clock.
When the master Clock is locked to an incoming clock, “external” will be
shown in the display if
MST CLK
is pressed, together with the incoming
tempo in BPm.
(KBS) KEYBoarD SYNC
on the master Clock tempo/settings page, Keyboard Sync behavior can
be selected by pressing the
KBS
soft button.
Off
: When set to
Off
the master Clock will
never
be reset by playing the
keyboard.
On
: When set to
On
the master Clock will always be reset after lifting all
keys and then playing the keyboard again.
Soft
: When set to
Soft
the master Clock will only be reset if waiting
longer than one quarter note (in relation to the current tempo) to play the
keyboard, after all keys have been lifted.
TraNSPoSE oN/SET
The Nord Stage 3 can be transposed in semitone
steps on a per-program basis, with a range of +6/-6
semitones. Hold the Transpose button and set the
transposition by turning the value Dial. Press the
Transpose button again to de-activate a transposition.
Transpose settings are saved and recalled as part of a program, and
always affect both panels of a program.
To set up a transpose that affects
all
programs, use the Global
Transpose parameter in the System Menu.
PaNIC
Hold
SHIFT
and press the Transpose button to execute an internal “all
Notes off” message and reset of some of the performance parameters.
This can for instance be used if notes get stuck during a mIDI or live
performance, or if all sound should quickly be eliminated for some other
reason.
SPLIT
The Nord Stage 3 keyboard can be split in up to four
keyboard zones
; 1, 2, 3 and 4, separated by the three
available
split points
, Low (
L
), mid (
M
) and High (
H
).
any sound engine (organ, Piano or Synth) can then
be assigned to any or all of these zones.
a single press on the Split
ON/SET
button will simply turn the the split
function on or off. Pressing down on the button, as indicated by the “
6
“
symbol, will open up the Keyboard Split
position
page in the display.
Pressing
SHIFT
and
SPLIT SELECT
will toggle between the different L, m
and H split point combinations.