Nord Stage EX v6.x
4. Getting Started: Activating instrument sections
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E
DITING
A
P
ROGRAM
Actually, how to change a programmed sound can be described in one sentence: “tweak the knobs
and press the buttons”. It
is
as simple as that! Don’t be afraid to edit and overwrite the factory Pro-
grams. If you want to restore any of the original factory programs later, you can download them at
http://www.nordkeyboards.com and transfer them to your Nord Stage EX as MIDI SysEx files or use
the Nord Sound Manager to reload them. To indicate that a Program has been edited (changed from
the stored version), an asterisk (*) is shown to the right of the Program number in the
D
ISPLAY
.
R
EVERTING
TO
THE
ORIGINAL
P
ROGRAM
If you have edited a Program and want to revert to the stored original, just press the corresponding
P
ROGRAM
button again.
S
TORING
AND
N
AMING
P
ROGRAMS
How to store and name Programs is described in a separate chapter - see
“The Program section” on
page 16
.
A
CTIVATING
INSTRUMENT
SECTIONS
There are three main instrument sections in Nord Stage EX: the Organ section,
the Piano section and the Synth section. You can activate/deactivate instrument
sections in the following ways:
• Pressing the
KB Z
ONE
S
ELECT
O
N
/O
FF
button for an Instrument section so
that one or more of the LEDs lights up will activate the corresponding instrument. If all LEDs are
lit, the instrument will play across the whole range of the keyboard. Any other active instrument(s)
will in this case be layered with the instrument you just activated.
• Pressing the
KB Z
ONE
S
ELECT
button for an active Instrument section (so that the LEDs go dark)
will turn off the corresponding section.
• For information on how to use splits see the chapter
“Keyboard Zones and Dual Panel setups” on
page 56
.
I
NSTRUMENT
I
NITS
Alternatively, you can use the following method to select one of four basic
I
NSTRUMENT
I
NIT
setups
(Init-Organ/Init-Split Organ/Init-Piano/Init-Synth). This will activate the corresponding instrument,
and deactivate all other instruments.
1. Hold down the
S
HIFT
button.
2. Press one of the
O
RGAN
, S
PLIT
O
RGAN
, P
IANO
OR
S
YNTH
buttons in the Program section to
activate the corresponding instrument section. The “Split Organ” setup uses a split for a Lower/
Upper manual organ where the lower half of the keyboard plays an organ belonging to Panel A
and the upper half plays Panel B (see
“About Split Organ Setups” on page 29
).