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6. The Instruments: Introduction NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x
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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 be-
haves 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
S
USTAIN
P
EDAL
/P
ITCH
S
TICK FOR
I
NSTRUMENTS
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
HIFT
+ the right
O
CTAVE SHIFT
button in the corresponding instrument section so that the
“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
HIFT
+ the left
O
CTAVE SHIFT
button in the corresponding instrument section so that the
“PSTICK” LED lights up below the button.
The bend range is fixed to -/+ 2 semitones.
L
EVEL ENCODER
The L
EVEL
rotary encoder allows you to adjust the output volume for the instru-
ment. Instrument level can be Morph controlled.
KB Z
ONE
S
ELECT BUTTONS
The KB Z
ONE SELECT
buttons allow you to assign the instrument to Keyboard
Zones to create splits and layers. This is described in “Keyboard Zones and Dual
Panel setups” on page 50.
O
CTAVE
S
HIFT
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.