Specifications

7. The Effects: The Panel effects NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x
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E
FFECT
1
The Effect 1 section offers six different types of modulation. You use the S
ELECTOR
button
to switch between the available modulation effects. The following effects are available:
RM (R
ING MODULATION
)
Ring Modulation is a type of modulation where two signals are multiplied with each other.
The result is an inharmonic “bell like” sound. Herbie Hancock used this effect a lot in the
‘70s. In the Nord Stage the instrument signal is multiplied with an additional sinewave.
When RM is selected you set the sinewave pitch with the R
ATE/TEMPO
knob and the
amount of ring modulation with the A
MOUNT
knob.
This effect is mono in/out.
T
REM
(T
REMOLO
)
Tremolo is basically volume modulation that continuously varies the output signal volume. Tremolo is a
commonly used modulation, especially for Wurlitzer electric pianos.
The Tremelo effect is stereo in/out.
Use the R
ATE
/T
EMPO
and A
MOUNT
knobs to control the Tremolo rate and depth. Note that the output
volume is at maximum level at zero A
MOUNT
setting.
A-P
AN
(A
UTO
P
AN
)
The A-Pan is an auto panning modulation that smoothly pans the signal between the Left and Right out-
puts.
You control the rate and amount of panning with the R
ATE/TEMPO
and A
MOUNT
knobs. The Pan effect
is stereo in/out.
Tip! If the R
ATE/TEMPO KNOB is set to zero you can place the signal processed by A-Pan anywhere in
the stereo field manually by using the A
MOUNT
knob, just like a pan control on a mixer.
W
AH
-W
AH
The Wah-Wah modulation is often used for electric guitars to get that characteristic “talking guitar”
sound. Wah-Wah can also be extremely useful on electric piano sounds. Try out the Clavinet sound with
Wah-Wah modulation and you’ll understand. Basically, the Wah-Wah modulation is a lowpass type of
filter that can be swept across the frequency range. During the sweep, the filter’s characteristics also chang-
es. The Wah effect is mono in/out.
For the Wah-Wah1 modulation you control the “pedal position” with the R
ATE/TEMPO
knob and the
wet/dry mix with the A
MOUNT
knob.
If you use an expression pedal connected to the C
ONTROL PEDAL INPUT you can control the filter
sweep and thus the Wah-Wah effect from the pedal by using the Morph function - see page 54.
The filled curve indicates maximum
AMOUNT
value and the dashed curves
indicate lower
A
MOUNT
values. At zero
A
MOUNT
value the output level
is constantly at maximum level (the straight dashed line).
The filled curve indicates maximum
AMOUNT
value and the dashed
curves indicate lower
AMOUNT
values. The signal smoothly pans be-
tween the Left and Right outputs as indicated in the figure.