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rotAry
Dial
the
rotAry
dial is used
for changing the current
setting displayed in the LCd.
Usually this means loading
a new program, but in the
System or MIdI menus, the
rotAry
is used to change
parameter settings.
the dial is endless, though
the array of parameter
settings are not. once you
reach the first or last pos-
sible setting, turning the
dial further will have no
effect.
the
rotAry
has an accelerator feature; when operated
swiftly you scroll through the values in larger intervals.
octAve Shift
buttons
the
octAve Shift
buttons transposes the
sound of the Slot that has
the Panel Focus.
range: -24. -12, 0, +12,
+24
the center LEd indicates
when no octave shift is
applied.
LEds to the right of the center LEd will indicate a higher
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octave shift as you press the right
octAve Shift
button.
LEds to the left of the center LEd will indicate a lower
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octave shift as you press the left
octAve Shift
button.
Messages from the Nord Wave’s MIDI Out will not be
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affected.
gloBAl octAve
By pressing the
gloBAl
button (
Shift
+
octAve Shift
down) you can transpose the keyboard in even octaves.
the LEds will be in a inverted state to indicate that you are
in the Global octave Shift mode.
In this mode, both Slots as well as the note messages
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from the MIdI output will be effected.
A combination of extreme
F
octAve Shift
and
oSc
2
’s
Semi toNe
setting can produce sounds that are
outside the hearing range.
PANic
By pressing the
PANic
button (
Shift
+
octAve Shift uP
buttons) any voices
that are producing a sound on the
Nord Wave will be silenced.
Equipment connected via
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midi
out
will not be affected.
moNo mode
the Nord Wave is a polyphonic instrument with 18 stereo
voices. If the Mono Mode is activated, it will behave as
a monophonic synthesizer. only one key will produce a
sound at any time.
moNo mode
button
there are two available mono modes. these differ in how
the envelopes are triggered if you press a key without
releasing the previous one.
the
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moNo
setting will re-trigger the envelopes; the
sound will “re-start” for each note you play.
the
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legAto
setting will not re-trigger the envelopes;
the sound will “continue” with only a change in pitch.
SouNd iNit
By pressing the
SouNd iNit
button (
Shift
+
moNo
mode
buttons), the settings of the Slot in focus will be
initialized. this provides you with a neutral starting point if
you want to program a sound from scratch.
the settings of the oscillator waveforms, oscillator mix
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and the program effects will be excluded from the ini-
tialization. the effects will be turned off for the Slot but
the actual settings will not be changed.
glide
knob
If you press a key without releasing the previous one, the
Glide parameter can be used to set the time interval for the
pitch to glide from the previous note, to the new note. With
a setting of zero the pitch will change instantly
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range: 0 - 10.0
morPh
Buttons
these are the buttons that you use to select the Morph
sources when you set up a Morph - Velocity, Wheel/Ped
and Keyboard.
Note Velocity (
velocity)
this Morph source use the Note Velocity from the Nord
Wave keyboard and from any incoming MIdI messages.
a key velocity of 0 represents the parameters original
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value.
a key velocity of 127 represents the parameters mor-
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phed value.