About the MIDI implementation
The following MIDI messages can be transmitted and received from the
Nord C2:
Note On/Off
Note On and Note Off messages are transmitted and received .
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Controllers
In the MIDI Menu (see page xx), you can select if the Nord C2 should
transmit and/or receive Control Change messages .
Incoming MIDI Controller 7 controls the overall volume of the Nord C2 .
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Incoming MIDI Controller 10 controls the panning of the Nord C2 .
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If you have a control pedal connected to the Swell pedal input, this is
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transmitted as Controller 4 (Swell) .
If you have a pedal connected to the sustain pedal input, this is
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transmitted as Controller 64 (Sustain Pedal) .
If you have a pedal connected to the rotor pedal input, this pedal is
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transmitted as Controller 90 .
Almost all other controls (knobs and buttons) on the front panel are
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also transmitted (and received) as Control Change messages . This
can be used to record your actions on the front panel into a MIDI
sequencer . For a full list of which parameters correspond to the Con-
troller numbers, see the MIDI implementation on the next page .
Keyboard velocity
The Nord C2 can transmit and receive keyboard velocity messages .
Organ sounds will always be played back at nominal level regardless of
incoming MIDI Velocity data . Release velocity is also transmitted .
Program change
In the MIDI Menu (see page 17), you can select if the Nord C2 should
send and/or receive Program Change messages .
When you select a Program, a Program Change message is transmit-
ted via MIDI . If a Program Change message is received on the selected
MIDI Channel, the Nord C2 will change Program accordingly .
The 128 Program locations (programs 1-126 + Live 1 and Live 2) send
and respond to MIDI Program Change values 0-127 .
MIDI Sysex (System Exclusive)
Individual Programs or all Programs can be transmitted and received as
a System Exclusive dump .
Nord C
2
with a sequencer
Connections
Connect the MIDI Out on the Nord C2 to the MIDI In on your
1
sequencer .
Connect the MIDI Out from your sequencer to the MIDI In on the
2
Nord C2 .
Local On/Off
Local Off may be used when you use a sequencer to record and play
back from Nord C2 . If the sequencer echoes back incoming MIDI data,
the Nord C2 may respond twice to every note and other message/ac-
tion if e .g . the keyboard and the sequencer sends the same MIDI infor-
mation to the unit . Local On/Off is set on the “MIDI menu” see page 17 .
MIDI Channel
The MIDI channel(s) that the Nord C2 uses are set up in the MIDI menu
- see “MIDI menu” on page 17 .
Program Change
Usually you select a Program Change value for a track in the sequenc-
er track settings . The 128 program locations send and respond to
Program Change values 0-127 .
If you want to record a Program Change message, activate recording
in the sequencer and simply select the program on the Nord C2 .
Controllers
When you record actions with knobs and buttons, make sure that the
sequencer “echoes” the changes back on the correct MIDI Channel, or
your changes won’t have any effect .
Some notes about controllers and “chasing”
Consider a situation where you record a Controller message, e .g . a
Drawbar opening, in the middle of your sequencer song . Then you “re-
wind” the sequencer to a position before the recorded Drawbar open-
ing . The problem is that the Nord C2’s Drawbar will remain opened,
although it really should be as it was before you recorded the opening .
To solve this, you could record a “snapshot” of all Controller settings
of the Nord C2 Program at the beginning of your sequencer song . See
“Sending MIDI Controller dumps” below .
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MIDI functions
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