Specifications
13. MIDI functions: Program, Controller and Synth Sound dumps NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x
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PROGRAM, CONTROLLER AND SYNTH SOUND DUMPS
To dump Program, Synth Sound or MIDI Controller SysEx via MIDI, either to another Nord Stage or for
recording the data into another MIDI device, proceed as follows:
S
ENDING
P
ROGRAM
DUMPS
1. Connect a cable from MIDI O
UT
on the Nord Stage to MIDI In on the receiving device.
2. Set up the receiving device so that it accepts MIDI SysEx and MIDI Controller data.
3. Press S
HIFT
+ MIDI button and select the “Dump Program Source” menu item using the P
AGE -/+
buttons. Here you can select whether to send all Programs (‘ALL’), or the currently selected program
(‘ONE’) by using the V
ALUE DIAL
.
4. If needed, set the receiving MIDI device to “recording mode”.
5. Press the S
TORE
button to send the dump to the MIDI O
UT
of Nord Stage. The Store indicator will
stop flashing once the dump has been sent.
Note: For Organ and Synth sounds, the complete settings for the sound will be dumped as MIDI
SysEx. For Piano sounds, all parameters will be sent but NOT the actual instrument samples.
Therefore, when dumping back a Piano sound, make sure the actual instrument samples are
already loaded in the Nord Stage. Otherwise the parameters in the SysEx message will be ap-
plied to another available Piano instrument.
S
ENDING
MIDI C
ONTROLLER
DUMPS
1. Set up as in steps 1 and 2 in the preceding description.
2. P
RESS
S
HIFT
+ MIDI button and select the ‘Send MIDI Ctrl” menu item using the P
AGE
-/+ but-
tons. Here you can select whether to send all Controllers from Panel A or Panel B by using the V
ALUE
D
IAL or by pressing the corresponding PANEL button.
3. Press the S
TORE
button to send the dump to the MIDI O
UT
of Nord Stage. The Store indicator will
stop flashing once the dump has been sent.
S
ENDING
S
YNTH
S
OUND
BANK
DUMPS
You can perform a separate MIDI SysEx dump of just the Synth memory banks. You can select to send a
single sound category bank (Synth/Pad/Bass) or all banks:
1. Set up as in steps 1 and 2 in the preceding description.
2. P
RESS SHIFT
+ MIDI button and select the ‘Dump Synth Sound” menu item using the P
AGE -/+
buttons. Here you can select whether to send all Controllers from Panel A or Panel B by using the
V
ALUE DIAL or by pressing the corresponding PANEL button.
3. Press the S
TORE
button to send the dump to the MIDI O
UT
of Nord Stage. The Store indicator will
stop flashing once the dump has been sent.