Specifications
NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x 6. The Instruments: The Synth section
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V
IBRATO
Vibrato modulates the pitch of the oscillators to produce natural vibrato effects.
There are three basic methods you can use to control Synth Vibrato which is set using the
S
ELECTOR
button in the Vibrato section:
• If Aftertouch (A.Touch) is selected you can control the vibrato by pressing down held
notes on the keyboard. See “About Aftertouch” on page 56.
• You can also control vibrato using the Mod Wheel.
• There are also three delay (Dly 1-3) modes which automatically activates vibrato after a certain time for
held notes. The difference between the three delay modes is the time it takes for vibrato to activate;
Dly1 is the fastest time and Dly3 the slowest. The basic Delayed Vibrato depth and speed settings are
set globally on the Sound Page - see “Sound Menu” on page 62.
EQ
The Synth also features a basic 2 band EQ section. This allows you to quickly
boost or cut treble and bass frequencies by +/- 15 dB. Turn the T
REBLE or
B
ASS knob clockwise (from center position) to boost the respective frequency
band and vice versa. A LED indicates when the EQ is active.
S
OUND
S
ELECT
SECTION
When you save a Program the current Synth settings are naturally stored together with all other panel set-
tings, but the Sound Select section allows you to select/store Synth sounds separately from Programs.
S
ELECTING
S
YNTH
SOUNDS
The available memory slots are divided into three categories; Synth, Pad and Bass, with 99 memory slotsin
each category. Having categories helps you quickly find the type of sound you are looking for.
Use the two S
OUND SELECT UP/DOWN
buttons to step through all the avail-
able sounds. To jump between categories, press S
HIFT
and the S
OUND
S
E
-
LECT UP/DOWN
buttons. When you select a sound, the name is shown briefly
in the main Display. The smaller LCD Display in the Sound Select section al-
ways shows the patch number.If a Synth sound has been edited, a dot is shown
after the number to reflect this in the Display.
S
TORING
S
YNTH
P
ATCHES
To store a Synth Patch, press S
HIFT
and the S
TORE SYNTH button in the Voices section. The display in
the Sound Select section starts blinking. You can now use the S
OUND SELECT UP/DOWN buttons to nav-
igate to a memory location where you would like to store your Patch. To switch category, press S
HIFT
and
the C
ATEGORY buttons.
To name a Synth Patch you can use the P
AGE -/+ buttons to move the cursor and the VALUE DIAL
to
select character just as for Programs, see page 13.
To store, press the S
TORE SYNTH button again.
S
OUND
I
NIT
To start with a “clean slate” when programming sounds you can use the Sound Init function. This will in-
itialize the Patch to basic default settings. This is done by pressing S
HIFT and the VIBRATO SELECTOR
button.