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NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x Table of contents
Table of contents
1. Introduction ......................................................... 5
Welcome ....................................................................................... 5
About the Owner’s Manual........................................................ 6
Clavia on the Internet ............................................................... 6
2. Overview ................................................................ 7
The Nord Stage front panel ..................................................... 7
The Keyboard............................................................................... 8
About Knobs & Buttons............................................................. 8
3. Connections ........................................................10
Nord Stage rear panel ............................................................ 10
Audio connections .................................................................... 10
MIDI connections ...................................................................... 10
Connecting pedals.................................................................... 11
4. Getting Started .................................................12
About Instruments ................................................................... 12
About Programs........................................................................ 12
Activating instrument sections .............................................. 13
About Panel A & B .................................................................... 14
Setting output Level for instruments .................................. 14
Adding a Global effect ............................................................ 15
5. The Program section ..........................................16
Overview..................................................................................... 16
What is a Program? .................................................................. 18
Storing Programs..................................................................... 19
6. The Instruments .................................................20
Introduction.............................................................................. 20
Common Features...................................................................... 20
The Organ Section.................................................................... 21
The Piano section...................................................................... 27
The Synth section..................................................................... 31
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7. The Effects ......................................................... 44
About the effects .....................................................................44
The Panel effects......................................................................45
The Rotor section ....................................................................49
8. Keyboard Zones and Dual Panel setups .........50
About Keyboard Zones .............................................................50
Octave Shift ..............................................................................52
Dual Panel setups ....................................................................52
9. The Morph Assign feature ................................ 54
About Morph Assign .................................................................54
Using Morph - an example.........................................................54
Morph Assignable parameters.................................................55
About setting Morph parameter ranges ................................56
Clearing Morph Assignments...................................................56
About Aftertouch .....................................................................56
10. The Extern section .......................................... 57
About the Extern section ........................................................57
Setting up ..................................................................................57
Using the Extern section.........................................................57
The Parameter section..............................................................58
11. System functions............................................. 60
System menu...............................................................................60
Sound Menu................................................................................62
MIDI menu ...................................................................................62
Extern menu ...............................................................................63
12. Factory Presets and OS .................................64
Internal memory ........................................................................64
Factory presets ........................................................................64
Downloading Piano instruments via USB ...............................65
OS upgrades ..............................................................................65
13. MIDI functions ................................................. 66
About the MIDI implementation................................................66
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Using Nord Stage with a sequencer ...................................... 67
Program, Controller and Synth Sound dumps..................... 68
Panic........................................................................................... 69
14. MIDI implementation.........................................70
MIDI Controller list................................................................ 70
MIDI Implementation Chart...................................................... 73
Index........................................................................75
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NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x 1. Introduction: Welcome
1. INTRODUCTION
WELCOME
We’d first like to thank you for purchasing the Nord Stage Eighty Eight! Clavia’s goal when developing
the Nord Stage was to create a flagship stage instrument encompassing the whole range of Clavia’s expertise. Building on the success of the Nord Electro, the Nord Stage incorporates the best emulations of traditional electromechanical/acoustic keyboard instruments on the market as well as a synthesizer section
designed for maximum ease of use, yet offering wide sonic possibilities.
Nord Stage features outstanding classic keyboard sounds with true feel, from natural keyboard response to
authentic sound. A medium weighted hammer action 88 note keyboard makes this instrument the largest
in Clavia’s range, yet it weighs only 18,5 kilos which is an achievement in itself.
To make a great tool you have to put all the focus on a few things, and that’s what we did with the Nord
Stage. Think about it, the best tool isn’t a Swiss army knife.
Nord Stage Eighty Eight has the following main features:
• Organ section with faithful reproductions of three classic models; B-3 (Hammond), V-Type (Vox Continental) and F-Type (Farfisa).
• Piano section with concert grand/upright acoustic pianos, Rhodes and Wurlitzer electric pianos, Clavinet, and electric grand.
• Synth section with subtractive, FM and wavetable synthesis.
• Comprehensive effects section.
• A medium weighted hammer action 88 note keyboard with Aftertouch.
• An Extern section for controlling external MIDI instruments.
• A Morph feature for applying multiple parameter changes to a sound with controllers.
• Splits and layers are easily set up by assigning instruments to Keyboard Zones.
But that’s not all. There are two independent Panels “A” and “B”, that can have their own settings. This
means that you have access to six instrument sections and two independent effect sections! Amongst other
things, this allows for “dual manual” B-3 organ emulation.
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1. Introduction: About the Owner’s Manual NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x
ABOUT THE OWNER’S MANUAL
The manual is arranged mainly as a reference manual. In many cases you’ll get tips on how to practically
use the functions, alone and also together with other functions. Every time the manual wants your attention to an object on the Stage, the name of that object will be printed
button’. The LCD display on the Nord Stage is always referred to as the D
reference to the ‘keyboard’, that reference also applies to any incoming MIDI note messages.
R
EADING THE MANUAL IN ADOBE ACROBAT READER
This manual is also available in the digital PDF-file format. It can be downloaded, free of charge, from Clavia’s web site at http://www.clavia.se. When reading the manual as PDF-file, you will need Adobe Acrobat
Reader 4.0 or later. This program can be downloaded, free of charge, at http://www.adobe.com.
With Adobe Acrobat Reader it is possible to use special navigation features like hyperlinks. This means
that you can click with the mouse on a word or sentence and automatically get to the location indicated by
the word/sentence. To better show what words or sentences are hyperlinked in this manual, these words
are written in magenta.
LIKE THIS
, e.g. ‘press the S
ISPLAY
. Whenever there is a
TORE
CLAVIA ON THE INTERNET
If you have access to the Internet, you’re very welcome to visit http://www.clavia.se. There you will find
the latest information about Nord Stage and other Clavia products. In the future you’ll also be able to
download new Nord Stage sounds and software upgrades, free of charge.
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NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x 2. Overview: The Nord Stage front panel
2. OVERVIEW
THE NORD STAGE FRONT PANEL
Master
Level/Rotor
effect section
THE
M
THE O
Organ section
PROGRAM SECTION
The central Program section is where you select and store Programs, access System parameters, activate
keyboard zones for splits and layers, and assign Morphing functions. See “The Program section” on page 16
for details.
ASTER LEVEL/ROTOR SECTION
The leftmost front panel section contains a Master Level control and a rotary speaker simulator effect.
The M
ASTER LEVEL
PHONES
The Rotor effect section is logically placed close to the organ section (as rotary speaker effects are most commonly used with organ sounds), but can be applied to any instrument section just like the other effects. See
“The Rotor section” on page 49
The Organ section in the Stage features emulations of three classic organ models; a Hammond B-3, a Vox
Continental II (V-Type) and a Farfisa Compact DeLuxe (F-Type). See “The Organ Section” on page 21.
output.
RGAN SECTION
Piano
section
knob controls the overall output level for all four CH OUT jacks and the H
Program section
Synth section
Extern
section
Effects section
EAD-
THE P
IANO SECTION
The piano section in Nord Stage comprises various multi-sampled piano instruments. Nord Stage utilizes
advanced multi-level sample playback, catching every nuance from soft to hard key strokes. Nord Stage
comes right out of the box with ten classic piano instruments stored in Flash memory. The big advantage
with Flash memory is that you can replace instruments with new ones and that no backup battery is required. The Stage also sports a USB interface for quick and easy download of new piano sounds. See “The
Piano section” on page 27.
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2. Overview: The Keyboard NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x
THE S
THE E
THE E
YNTH SECTION
The Synth section has been designed for maximum ease of use in live situations. It is basically utilizes standard subtractive synthesis but also incorporates FM and wavetable synthesis.
See “The Synth section” on page 31.
XTERN SECTION
The Extern section controls an external MIDI instrument. You can use the P
various parameters on the external device. You can also assign the external instrument to any Keyboard
Zone, just like the built-in instruments! See “The Extern section” on page 57.
FFECTS SECTION
Here you’ll find the numerous effects and modulations you can use to add that extra flavour to your sounds.
See “The Effects” on page 44.
ARAMETER
knob to control
THE KEYBOARD
The keyboard of Nord Stage features 88 fully weighted keys for optimal feel and response with piano instruments. For organ sounds there is also a fast trigger response option which closely mimics the feel of a
real organ.
The keyboard can be split into three Keyboard Zones to which any instrument section can be freely assigned. Assigned Keyboard Zones are saved with a Program. See “Keyboard Zones and Dual Panel setups”
on page 50.
ABOUT KNOBS & BUTTONS
THE
KNOBS
There are two types of knobs on the Nord Stage:
• Rotary Encoders that show the position with green LED indicators.
These always reflect the “true” value, and can also be controlled using the Morph
function (see “About Morph Assign” on page 54).
• Other knobs are of potentiometer type. This means that when you begin to edit a
Program the values of the parameters can be totally different from the knobs physical positions. As soon as you begin turning a knob, the parameter value will ‘snap’ to
the knob’s physical position. This could generate drastic changes to the sound but
that’s normal.
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NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x 2. Overview: About Knobs & Buttons
THE
BUTTONS
There are three types of buttons for editing sounds on the Nord Stage:
S
ELECTOR BUTTONS
Press the S
ELECTOR
button repeatedly to select between options printed next to the
corresponding triangular LED (see figure).
O
N/OFF BUTTONS
The O
D
RAWBAR BUTTONS
The D
rameter when held. I.e. if you hold a D
buttons have a LED next to them to indicate the status.
N/OFF
RAWBAR
buttons are special in the way that they auto-increment/decrement the corresponding pa-
RAWBAR
button the corresponding drawbar parameter will contin-
ue to increment or decrement (within its range) until you release the button.
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3. Connections: Nord Stage rear panel NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x
3. CONNECTIONS
NORD STAGE REAR PANEL
AUDIO CONNECTIONS
• Make all audio connections before turning on your power amplifier!
• All signal cables used with the Nord Stage must be shielded.
• The four audio outputs (CH O
• If you wish to connect the Nord Stage in stereo to your audio equipment, you should use CH1 O
.
2 O
H
pair with C
• You can also route individual instruments to CH O
channels. This is done on the System page - see page 60.
UT
1-4)) are line level and unbalanced.
UT
UTPUTS 3 & 4 either in stereo or as two mono
MIDI CONNECTIONS
• If you are using a Nord Stage together with a MIDI keyboard, connect a MIDI cable from MIDI Out
on the keyboard to MIDI I
• If you are using Nord Stage to control an external MIDI instrument, connect a MIDI cable from MIDI
O
UT on the Nord Stage to the MIDI In connector on the other instrument.
on the Nord Stage.
N
UT in
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NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x 3. Connections: Connecting pedals
CONNECTING PEDALS
The Nord Stage has four pedal inputs, one C
ters), one O
speaker fast/slow selection). You can select for each instrument whether it should react to sustain or not
(see “Activating the Sustain Pedal/Pitch Stick for Instruments” on page 20). Connect the pedals as shown
in the figure below:
When connecting an expression-type pedal to the C
should use a stereo cable (Tip-Ring-Sleeve). Please note that the pedal must have a stereo output jack. Pedals from various manufacturers can have different characteristics but any expression pedal can easily be adjusted to function properly with Nord Stage (see “Ctrl Pedal Gain” on page 61).
RGAN SWELL input, one SUSTAIN PEDAL input and one ROTOR SPEED input (for rotary
ONTROL PEDAL input (for controlling Nord Stage parame-
ONTROL PEDAL OR ORGAN SWELL input, you
THE O
You can connect an expression pedal to the O
volume/frequency response control used by the original B-3 organ, and normal organ swell for the other
organs.
U
SING A ROTOR SPEED PEDAL
You can use a pedal connected to the R
for the Rotary Speaker effect. In this case you may need to make System settings to make it operate the
way you like. This is done on the System menu page - see “System menu” on page 60, where you can set
up the Rotor Speed control mode (Hold/Toggle).
RGAN SWELL INPUT
RGAN SWELL
OTOR SPEED
input to control organ swell, the characteristic
input to switch between Slow and Fast rotor speed
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4. Getting Started: About Instruments NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x
4. GETTING STARTED
ABOUT INSTRUMENTS
When “Instrument sections” or “Instruments” are referred to in the manual this is a collective reference to
the Organ, Piano and Synth instruments which can be all be active within a Program.
ABOUT PROGRAMS
A Program in Nord Stage basically contains all settings (instruments and effects etc.) when the Program
was saved. A Program can consist of a single instrument or a combination of up to six instruments, which
can be assigned to one ore more Keyboard Zones for split and layered sounds.
Programs also contains settings for both Panel A and B (see “About Panel A & B” on page 14.
For more details about the Program memory architecture see “What is a Program?” on page 18.
S
ELECTING PROGRAMS
The Program memory in Nord Stage consists of 21 Program Pages, with each Page holding 6 Programs
for a total of 126 Programs. All Programs can be edited and replaced at any time. To select a Program for
playing/editing, proceed as follows:
1. Select a Page (1-21) by pressing the P
tion.
2. Select a Program on the current Page by pressing one of the six P
buttons 1 to 6.
• You can also use the V
to select Programs. By turning the knob you can continuously
scroll between all Programs (on all Pages).
ALUE DIAL
AGE -/+ buttons in the Program sec-
to the right of the D
ISPLAY
ROGRAM
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NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x 4. Getting Started: Activating instrument sections
E
DITING A PROGRAM
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 Programs. If you
want to restore any of the original factory programs later, you can download them at http://www.clavia.se
and transfer them to your Nord Stage as MIDI SysEx files. 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
.
PLAY
R
EVERTING TO THE ORIGINAL PROGRAM
If you have edited a Program and want to revert to the stored original, just press the corresponding P
button again.
GRAM
IS-
RO-
S
TORING AND NAMING PROGRAMS
How to store and name Programs is described in a separate chapter - see “The Program section” on
page 16.
ACTIVATING INSTRUMENT SECTIONS
There are three main instrument sections in Nord Stage: the Organ section, the Piano section and the Synth section. You can activate/deactivate instrument sections
in the following ways:
• Pressing the KB Z
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
will turn off the corresponding section.
• For information on how to use splits see the chapter “Keyboard Zones and Dual Panel setups” on
page 50.
I
NSTRUMENT INIT
Alternatively, you can use the following method to select one of four basic I
gan/Split Organ/Piano/Synth). This will activate the corresponding instrument, and deactivate all other instruments.
ONE SELECT ON/OFF button for an Instrument section so
ONE SELECT
button for an active Instrument section (so that the LEDs go dark)
1-4
NSTRUMENT INIT
setups (Or-
1. Hold down the S
2. Press one of the O
vate 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 26).
button.
HIFT
RGAN, SPLIT ORGAN, PIANO OR SYNTH buttons in the Program section to acti-
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4. Getting Started: About Panel A & B NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x
ABOUT PANEL A & B
All instruments in Nord Stage are two part multitimbral. This means that each instrument section can produce two sounds simultaneously, with completely independent settings. The key to this feature are the two
Panels; A and B.
The two P
Panel controls three instrument sections and four Panel effects. The intended functionality of having two
Panels with their own settings is not to alternate between two sound setups within a selected Program (although you can).
The “proper” way to use Panels is rather to have both Panels activated, giving you access to two simultaneous instrument sounds in each instrument section, e.g. a Rhodes and a Clavinet, two Synths etc. In dual
panel mode you are basically layering two sets of the Nord Stage panel.
buttons A and B selects which Panel is currently active (or edit active - see below). Each
ANEL
• You activate both panels by holding down one of the P
• To exit “Dual Panel” mode, hold down one of the P
A
BOUT PANEL EDIT FOCUS
Both Panels activated. One of the
If both Panels are activated, the settings on the front panel always reflects settings for one of the Panels (A
or B) at a time.
• Any tweaking of parameters will only affect the currently “edit active” Panel, which is indicated by a
blinking P
• Pressing the other P
to edit the settings.
• Each Panel contains independent settings for three instruments (Organ/Piano/Synth), as well as the settings of the four Panel effects (Effect 1/2, Delay and AmpSim/EQ).
• Thus, within a single Program you can use up to six instruments and eight independent effects.
ANEL
button.
PANEL
ANEL
button LEDs will blink to indicate which Panel is currently has edit focus.
button will then instantly switch edit focus to the other Panel and allow you
ANEL A/B buttons and then pressing the other.
A/B buttons and then press the other.
ANEL
SETTING OUTPUT LEVEL FOR INSTRUMENTS
Each instrument has a L
instrument section. The L
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rotary encoder at the top. This adjusts the output level for the corresponding
EVEL
encoders can be Morph controlled.
EVEL
NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x 4. Getting Started: Adding a Global effect
ADDING A GLOBAL EFFECT
Nord Stage features four effect sections; the Rotor section (rotary speaker effect), the Effects section (three separate effects units; Effect 1, 2 and Delay), the Ampsim/EQ section
(overdrive and amplifier/speaker modelling with EQ), and a Compressor and Reverb section. The Compressor and Reverb effects are global, and affect all instruments routed to
the main CH OUT 1/2 jacks. The other effects can process one instrument at a time per
Panel.
• To add a global reverb effect to a sound, simply press the O
tion.
Now you can adjust the amount of reverb effect using the D
basic reverb character (Hall/Stage/Room) using the Selector button!
How to use the other effects is described in the Effects chapter, see “The Effects” on
page 44..
button in the Reverb sec-
N
RY/WET
knob, and set the
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5. The Program section: Overview NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x
5. THE PROGRAM SECTION
OVERVIEW
The Program section comprises central functions such as Program handling, system pages etc. System pages are covered in a separate chapter - see “System functions” on page 60.
P
D
THE S
-/+
AGE
The P
ISPLAY
The D
various system parameters.
Many buttons and knobs have secondary functions that you can access by holding down S
and pressing the button or turning the knob. The Shift induced functions are always printed
below the corresponding button or knob. For example, pressing S
will allow you to access the MIDI system parameters.
BUTTONS
AGE -/+ buttons are used to select Programs and to navigate between System menu pages.
ISPLAY normally shows the name of the currently selected Program, but is also used for displaying
HIFT BUTTON
HIFT
HIFT + PROGRAM
3 button
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NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x 5. The Program section: Overview
V
ALUE DIAL
The V
ALUE DIAL
eter values.
THE S
P
ROGRAM BUTTONS
THE L
KB Z
TORE BUTTON
The red S
Below the D
ious system functions (using S
Pressing either of the L
on page 18 for a description of this special memory feature.
These buttons are used to activate keyboard zones. Each Program can have up to
three keyboard zones (Lower/Upper/Hi), and each instrument section can be set to
play across all, two or one of these zones - see “Keyboard Zones and Dual Panel set-
ups” on page 50.
TORE
IVE
ONES
to the right of the Display is used to select Program locations, and to set system param-
button is used when storing Programs (see “Storing Programs” on page 19).
ISPLAY
1/2
are the six P
BUTTONS
2/3
ROGRAM buttons (1- 6). Use them to select Programs and to select var-
).
HIFT
IVE 1/2 buttons will activate the Live memory - see “About the Live 1&2 memory”
BUTTONS
M
ORPH ASSIGN BUTTONS
This section allows you to assign panel parameter(s) to be controlled using the Mod wheel, a control pedal
or keyboard aftertouch. Multiple parameters can be Morph-assigned so that when you for example move
the Mod wheel it will change the drawbars settings for the organ and the volume of the piano section simultaneously. See “The Morph Assign feature” on page 54.
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5. The Program section: What is a Program? NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x
P
ANEL
For each Program you have two independent Panels; A and B, where each Panel contains independent settings for the three instrument sections and effects. If you activate both Panels you can use two instruments
of the same type at the same time, e.g. two Piano instruments or a Split Organ setup (see “About Split
Organ Setups” on page 26. This is done by simultaneously pressing both P
both panels are active you have access to six instrument sections and eight effects sections (Effect 1 & 2,
Delay and AmpSim/EQ x2). One of the P
which of the two Panel’s settings that are currently shown and can be tweaked. To switch edit focus to the
other Panel, press the corresponding P
A/B
BUTTONS
ANEL A and B buttons. When
ANEL A & B buttons will then blink to indicate edit focus, i.e.
button.
ANEL
WHAT IS A PROGRAM?
A Program basically stores everything (except System functions which are mostly global). To understand
the internal architecture in Nord Stage, keep the following in mind:
• For each Panel
independent.
, settings for all three Instruments, the four Panel Effects, and the Extern section are
• A Program
instruments, eight Panel Effects, and two Extern sections.
• The Global effects (Compressor/Reverb), and the Rotor effect, are not Panel independent, but 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 LIVE
The special Live memory feature can be described as a “live program memory”. If you activate the L
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 settings 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”.
stores settings for both Panel A and B, so a Program contains independent settings for six
1&2
MEMORY
IVE 1
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NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x 5. The Program section: Storing Programs
STORING PROGRAMS
Storing a Program will overwrite the existing Program in the selected memory location.
Note! When Nord Stage is shipped from factory, Memory Protect is set to ‘On’. To be able to
store Programs, see “Memory Protect” on page 61.
S
TORING A PROGRAM
To store a Program without changing its name, proceed as follows:
1. Press the S
rently selected P
the D
ISPLAY will read “Store to X : X” (the current Page and Pro-
button once. The S
TORE
ROGRAM
button and the cur-
TORE
button indicator starts blinking, and
Store to 1:5
Wizard
gram number), plus the Program name,
2. Next step is to select a Page/Program location to store the edited Program in. You can use the P
/+ buttons to select a Program Page (1-21), and the P
number on the selected Page (or the Live 1 or 2 memories). Alternatively, you can use the V
to scroll through all Programs (on all Program Pages). To cancel the operation, press any but-
IAL
D
ton, except for the S
HIFT, PROGRAM, STORE or PAGE -/+ buttons.
ROGRAM 1-6 buttons to select a Program
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• From here you can opt to name the program before finally storing it - see “Naming a Program” below.
3. Press S
again to store your Program. The Display now reads “Program Stored!” for a short dura-
TORE
tion.
N
AMING A PROGRAM
To name a program, proceed as follows:
1. Hold down S
and the D
ISPLAY
and press the S
HIFT
will read “Set Name”.
button once. The S
TORE
button indicator starts blinking,
TORE
AGE -
2. Now use one of the following methods to name your Program:
• You can move the cursor position left or right in the D
ISPLAY
by using the P
AGE -/+ buttons.
• When the cursor is at the position where you want to enter/change a character, you can use the V
to scroll through all available characters (a-z.A-Z, 0-9, Space and “-”).
D
IAL
• By holding down S
and pressing the P
HIFT
AGE + (INS) button, you enter a blank step at the cursor
position.
• By holding down S
and pressing the P
HIFT
AGE - (DEL) button, you erase the character at the cursor
position.
• Alternatively, you can press and hold down the KB Z
acters in the D
ALUE DIAL
V
ISPLAY
to select a character at the current cursor position. When you release the KB Z
with the focus on the character the cursor was last on. You can now use the
ONES 2 OR 3 button. This will bring up the char-
ONES but-
ton the cursor automatically moves to the next position.
3. Press S
again. Now you can use the same methods as outlined in “Storing a Program” above to
TORE
store your name with the Program.
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6. The Instruments: Introduction NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x
6. THE INSTRUMENTS
INTRODUCTION
The Nord Stage features 3 different Instruments; Organ, Piano and Synth. Each Instrument is two part
multitimbral meaning that there are actually two independent sound engines for each Instrument. These
“engines” are internally connected to the Panels, one for Panel A and another for Panel B. The Organ behaves a little differently in that there is actually only one “engine” but supports two manuals with separate
drawbar settings - see “About Split Organ Setups” on page 26.
COMMON FEATURES
A
CTIVATING THE SUSTAIN PEDAL/PITCH STICK FOR INSTRUMENTS
You can freely set which instruments are to respond to a connected Sustain Pedal and to Pitch Bend
• To activate the Sustain pedal for an instrument, press S
CTAVE SHIFT
O
“SUSTPED” LED lights up below the button. You use the same general method
to deactivate reception of Sustain for an instrument section, which in that case
turns off the “SUSTPED” LED indicator.
• To activate Pitch Bend for an instrument section, press S
O
CTAVE SHIFT
“PSTICK” LED lights up below the button.
The bend range is fixed to -/+ 2 semitones.
L
EVEL ENCODER
The L
EVEL
ment. Instrument level can be Morph controlled.
KB Z
ONE SELECT BUTTONS
The KB Z
Zones to create splits and layers. This is described in “Keyboard Zones and Dual
Panel setups” on page 50.
ONE SELECT
button in the corresponding instrument section so that the
button in the corresponding instrument section so that the
rotary encoder allows you to adjust the output volume for the instru-
buttons allow you to assign the instrument to Keyboard
+ the right
HIFT
HIFT
+ the left
O
CTAVE SHIFT
Each instrument has a finite note range. You can use Octave Shift to shift the pitch up or down within the
instruments note range. See “Octave Shift” on page 52 for more information.
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THE ORGAN SECTION
The Organ section in the Stage features emulations of three classic organ models; a Hammond B-3, a Vox
Continental II (V-Type) and a Farfisa Compact DeLuxe (F-Type).
You select which model to play using the O
THE B-3 M
The B-3 Organ in the Nord Stage is based on a digital simulation of the mechanical tone wheels of the
classic Hammond B-3 organ. This simulation utilizes innovative and advanced methods to capture every
nuance of the original B-3 sound, for example:
• An extremely accurate digital model of the original chorus and vibrato scanner.
• Modeling of the individual random contact bounces for each harmonic.
• Modeling of the unique frequency characteristics of the built-in pre-amplifier which forms the ”body” of
the B-3 sound.
• Simulation of the energy stealth on the tone wheels that results in the typical ”compressed” sound.
• Authentic tuning of the tone wheels according to the original B3 design.
• Extremely fast keyboard response.
• Full polyphony.
T
HE DRAWBARS
The drawbars of Nord Stage are represented by buttons and LED chain graphs instead of ordinary mechanical drawbars. This gives you a big advantage: when you change preset or Programs, the correct drawbar
settings are recalled immediately and shown by the LEDs. In other words, no need for the regular ’trial and
error’ method. It’s very easy to get the hang of changing the drawbar settings in a natural way with the
buttons.
ODEL
(H
AMMOND
RGAN MODEL
)
button.
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6. The Instruments: The Organ Section NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x
The drawbars of Nord Stage behave similar to their mechanical
counterparts, i.e. you “pull out”
the drawbars by pressing the
OWER DRAWBAR
L
“push them back in” by pressing
the U
PPER DRAWBAR
The D
RAWBAR
cial in the way that they auto-increment/decrement the drawbar
value when held. I.e. if you hold a
D
RAWBAR
button the corresponding drawbar value will continue to increment or decrement
(within its range) until you release
the button. Each drawbar represents a harmonic (sometimes
called a partial). In the figure you
can see the pitch interval among
the nine drawbars. Note that the
SUB3 drawbar actually lies a 5th
above the fundamental harmonic.
However, in most situations it is perceived as sounding below the basic harmonic. When you play different
notes on the keyboard, the harmonics are being transposed up or down with the fixed harmonic intervals.
buttons and
buttons.
buttons are spe-
In the figure above we have chosen C3 as our reference note. The FUND drawbar is
considered the basic (fundamental) harmonic in the organ sound. The arrows point
at the respective note that each drawbar represents when C3 is our reference note.
ERCUSSION
P
In the original B-3 the Percussion effect is generated by a single envelope generator that controls either the 2nd or 3rd harmonic. The envelope “opens up” for a short moment in the beginning of the sound
when you press the key(s).
• You activate and deactivate the Percussion effect by pressing the
button.
O
N
• The Percussion effect can be set to control either the 2nd (H
ARMONIC 3RD button LED Off) or 3rd
harmonic.
• The envelope Decay time can be set to Fast (D
teristics to Normal (V
The figure above shows the Percussion envelope in
SOFT mode
OLUME
button LED Off) or Soft.
(The horizontal dotted lines
represent the current drawbar level without Percussion)
button LED Off) or Slow and the Volume charac-
ECAY
The figure above shows the Percussion envelope in NORMAL mode
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Like on the original B-3, the Percussion is a single-triggered non-legato effect. By “single-triggered” we
mean that the percussion is only present when you hit the keys when no other note is sounding. In other
words, if you play a note or a chord and then add on more notes without releasing the previously pressed
keys, there will be no percussion effect in the new notes. You have to release all keys to be able to play new
notes with the percussion effect. Also, like on the original B-3, in Normal Percussion mode the sustain level
is significantly lower than in Soft Percussion mode (or with the Percussion effect disabled).
V
IBRATO
The original B-3 chorus and vibrato scanner consists of a tapped delay line in
combination with a rotating scanner. For the Vibrato effect, phase shift is applied to the signal. For the Chorus effect, the phase modulated signal is added
to the original signal. A lot of time and effort have been spent in accurately
recreating the chorus and vibrato scanner effect. Like on the original B-3,
Nord Stage offers three different types of choruses (C1-C3) and three different
types of vibratos (V1-V3). Select one of these types by pressing the S
button. You activate and deactivate the Vibrato section by pressing the
TOR
button.
N
O
K
EY CLICK CONTROL
On an original B-3 organ, the key click produced by the random contact bounces is actually an audio artifact. This particular artifact later became a desirable effect amongst musicians. In the Nord Stage you can
select the amount of key click that should be present in the B-3 organ sounds.
ELEC-
1. Press the S
2. You use the P
3. Now you can use the V
+ S
HIFT
OUND buttons to access the Sound menu page.
AGE -/+ buttons to navigate to the Organ Key Click Level menu item.
ALUE DIAL
When you are done, press the S
to change the Click Level 0-100%. Default setting is 50%.
button again to exit the Sound page.
OUND
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