User manual

System Menu
Hold Shift and press Program 1/System to access the System menu
settings. Use the Page 3 and 4 buttons to navigate between the vari-
ous menu items on the System menu. The Value Dial is used to change
settings, the Slot buttons to switch between A and B where applicable.
When you are done, press Exit (Shift) to exit the menu.
Fine Tune
Fine Tune can be used to adjust the pitch of the Stage 2 in finer incre-
ments.
Range: +/- 50 Cents (half a semitone). Default value is “0”
Output Routing
The output routing of the instruments in the Nord Stage 2 can be
determined in two different ways, globally, or independently for each
program. In Program mode, the output selections will be stored in
individual programs. When “Global” is selected, the output routings will
be the same for all programs, overriding the routings stored with each
program.
Range: Global (Default), Program
Organ Audio A/B Output
This allows you to set which channel output pairs (or mono output) to
use for the Organ section. If the Audio Routing Mode (see above) is
“Program”, this setting will be saved with the program.
Range: “1 & 2” (Default), ”3 & 4”, ”3” ,”4”
M You cannot have individual routings for Organ Slot A and B.
Piano Audio A/B Output
This allows you to set which channel output pairs (or mono output) to
use for the Piano A and B sections. Use the Slot A & B buttons to ac-
cess the settings for each Slot. If the Audio Routing Mode (see above)
is set to “Program”, these settings will be saved with the program.
Range: “1 & 2” (Default), ”3 & 4”, ”3” ,”4”
Synth Audio A/B Output
This allows you to set which channel output pairs (or mono output) to
use for the Synth A and B section. Use the Slot A & B buttons to ac-
cess the settings for each Slot. If the Audio Routing Mode (see above)
is set to “Program”, these settings will be saved with the program
Range: “1 & 2” (Default), ”3 & 4”, ”3” ,”4”
Organ Keyboard Trig Point
This allows you to change how the Nord Stage 2 keyboard triggers
Organ sounds. When “High” is selected, you will trigger organ sounds
before the key is fully depressed. This mode closely mimics the way a
original tonewheel organ triggers its notes.
Range: High, Low (Default)
Sustain Pedal Polarity
This allows you to change the polarity of a connected sustain pedal,
in case the functionality of the pedal is reversed (when the pedal is up,
sustain is on and vice versa).
Range: Open, Closed (Default), Triple (the Nord Triple Pedal)
Rotor Pedal Polarity
This allows you to change the polarity of a sustain pedal connected to
control Rotor Speed, in case the functionality of the pedal is reversed
(when the pedal is up, Rotor Speed is fast and vice versa).
Range: Open, Closed (Default)
Rotor Pedal Mode
If you are using a sustain-type pedal connected to control Rotor Speed
this allows you to set how this should operate. “Hold” means that the
Rotor Speed is fast for as long as the pedal is down and reverts back
to slow when the pedal is released (or vice versa depending on the
set pedal polarity). “Toggle” means that the fast/slow rotor speed is
switched with a pedal depression, like an on/off switch pedal.
Range: Hold (Default), Toggle
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Reference: Menus
Any settings that you change in the System, Sound, MIDI or Extern menus will take immediate effect on a global basis, and the settings will be
stored until you change them the next time. Enter the menus by holding Shift and pressing the System, Sound, MIDI or Extern button (Program but-
tons 1 to 4). Select a function with the Page 3 and 4 buttons and change the setting with the Value Dial. Exit the menus by pressing the Shift/Exit
button.
M There is one menu setting that doesn’t get automatically stored when you power off the Stage 2, the MIDI Local On/Off setting. This always
reverts to Local On every time the Nord Stage 2 is powered up.
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