5. Panel reference: System functions
NORD ELECTRO 2 V2.0x
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L
L
L
L
O
O
O
OW
W
W
WE
E
E
ER
R
R
R
C
C
C
C
H
H
H
H
Press the
S
HIFT
+
P
ROGRAM
2
(LOWER CH) buttons to
enter the Lower MIDI Channel function. Here you set the
MIDI channel for the Lower Manual of Nord Electro 2 Or-
gan section to respond to. Select Lower MIDI Channel with
the
U
P
/D
OWN
N
AVIGATOR
buttons. Press any button (ex-
cept for the
S
HIFT
, S
TORE
or
U
P
/D
OWN
buttons) to exit.
“Using an additional “Lower Manual” MIDI keyboard”
for more details on how to use an external “Low-
er Manual” MIDI keyboard.
Range: 1-16, -- (off)
Note: If the LOWER CH and MIDI CH (see above) are
set to the same number, incoming MIDI notes will pro-
duce a layered sound of the Upper Manual and Lower
Manual sounds together. This is normally not what you want, so keep the channels separated from
each other.
L
L
L
L
O
O
O
OC
C
C
CA
A
A
AL
L
L
L
Press the
S
HIFT
+
P
ROGRAM
3
(LOCAL) buttons to enter
the MIDI Local on/off function. Here you set whether the
Nord Electro 2 keyboard and front panel controls should
control internal Programs or only send MIDI. Local On is
the normal “play mode”. In Local Off mode, the front panel
and keyboard actions are transmitted via MIDI only and
does not control the internal sound(s) at all. (The MIDI In
works as usual, though.)
Local Off should be used when you use a sequencer to
record and play back from Nord Electro 2. When using a se-
quencer, you connect the MIDI Out of Nord Electro 2 to
the sequencer’s MIDI In. Then, from the sequencer’s MIDI
Out back to the Nord Electro 2’s MIDI In. Since the se-
quencer echoes back incoming MIDI data, Nord Electro 2 will respond normally to your playing and
knob tweaking via the MIDI “loop”. If you use Local On in the sequencer setup described above, you
will get double-notes when you play: from the keyboard internally and via the MIDI “loop”. This is not
what you want. Therefore, always use Local Off together with sequencers.
Select Local On or Local Off with the
U
P
/D
OWN
N
AVIGATOR
buttons. Press any button (except for the
S
HIFT
, S
TORE
or
U
P
/D
OWN
buttons) to exit.
Note that ‘Local Off’ is not saved, so you will have to
reconfigure after power off.
