Specifications

5. The Program section: What is a Program? NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x

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ANEL

A/B

BUTTONS

For each Program you have two independent Panels; A and B, where each Panel contains independent set-

tings 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

ANEL A and B buttons. When

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

ANEL A & B buttons will then blink to indicate edit focus, i.e.

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

ANEL

button.

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

, settings for all three Instruments, the four Panel Effects, and the Extern section are

independent.

• 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.

• 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.

BOUT

THE

IVE

1&2

MEMORY

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 settings will

replace the current Live memory settings. Note that when you store a Program into either of the Live mem-

ory 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”.