Nord Stage EX v6.x
5. The Program section: What is a Program?
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To copy the settings from another Panel to the selected Program/Panel, press and hold one of the Pan-
el buttons and turn the Value dial. The display will indicate which of the Panels in the entire Program
memory of the Stage that will be copied to the current Program/Panel.
W
HAT
IS
A
P
ROGRAM
?
A Program basically stores everything (except System functions which are mostly global). To under-
stand the internal architecture in Nord Stage EX, keep the following in mind:
• For each
Panel
, settings for all three Instruments, the four Panel Effects, and the Extern section are
independent (except the choice of organ model, which is always shared between the panels).
• A
Program
stores settings for both Panel A and B, so a Program contains independent settings for
six instruments, eight Panel Effects, and two Extern sections.
• A Program also stores all settings from the Extern menu, except the Extern A & B MIDI channels
and the Send on Load setting (see
“Extern menu” on page 70
), and the output routings for each
instrument (see
“System menu” on page 66
).
• The Global effects (Compressor/Reverb) and the Rotor effect affect both Panels, and are stored
with the Program as well.
• Splits, layers (Keyboard Zones) and Morph assignments are of course also part of a Program.
A
BOUT
THE
L
IVE
1&2 B
UFFERS
The special Live memory feature can be described as a “live program memory”. If you activate the
L
IVE
1
OR
2
buttons, all changes to panel settings you make will be continuously saved. If you switch
the power off, or select another Program, the settings are still stored in the Live memory, so when you
power up next time (or return to the Live memory) all settings will be exactly as you left them.
Having two Live memory locations means that two independent setups can be “saved” in this way.
If Live memory is selected and you decide you wish to store the settings permanently as a Program
you can do so using the standard methods (see below).
You can also store Programs into the Live 1 or 2 memory locations, in which case the Program set-
tings will replace the current Live memory settings. Note that when you store a Program into either
of the Live memory locations, the stored settings will be “transferred” to Live memory, i.e. any
changes you make will be stored continuously, and you will not be able to revert back to the exact
settings as they were when “stored”.
The Live buffers are useful, e.g., for improvisatory performances, and as scratch pads for new sound
setups.