Specifications
6. The Instruments: The Synth section NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x
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V
ELOCITY
If you turn the F
REQ CONTROL
knob clockwise, the filter frequency cutoff will be raised if you play hard-
er.
M
OD
E
NV
If you press S
HIFT
and turn the F
REQ CONTROL
knob so that the M
OD ENV
LED lights up, the filter
frequency will instead be modulated by the Mod Envelope (see “Mod Envelope” on page 37).
V
OICES
SECTION
L
EGATO
/M
ONO
This section allows you to set various voice modes.
M
ONO
MODE
In Mono mode you can only play one note at a time, just like on a traditional monophonic synthesizer. If
you play one key and then a second key without releasing the first key, the last note will sound. If you now
release the last key, the first one will retrig and start sounding again.
To activate Mono mode, press the S
ELECTOR
button so that the M
ONO LED lights up.
L
EGATO
MODE
To activate Legato mode, press the S
ELECTOR
button so that the L
EGATO LED lights up.
In Legato mode you can only play one note at a time, just like on a traditional monophonic synthesizer. If
you play a new key before releasing the previously played key (legato), the new note will replace the pre-
vious one at the current Envelope phase of the previously pressed key. I.e. the new note will not retrigger
the Envelopes (Amp and Mod).
If you release the last played key before playing a new key (non-legato), the new note will sound exactly
like in Mono mode, i.e. the complete Envelopes will be retriggered.
G
LIDE
(
PORTAMENTO
)
When activated, the Glide function makes the pitch “glide” from one note to the next when playing (this
is sometimes called portamento). It operates in legato/mono mode only. The glide characteristics can be
described as “constant rate”, which means that the greater the “distance” between two subsequent notes,
the longer the glide time. Turn the G
LIDE knob clockwise to increase the glide rate.
A
UTO
Press S
HIFT and turn the GLIDE
button to select Auto Glide mode (the Auto LED is lit). This means that
glide is active only when you play legato (you press a new key before you release the previous key).
U
NISON
When you activate Unison, several slightly detuned voices are added to the basic sound for fat chorus ef-
fects. Note that Unison doesn’t reduce the polyphony!
• You adjust the detune amount among the voices with the U
NISON
knob.