User manual

The Shift Button
Many buttons on the Stage 2 have a secondary function, which is
printed immediately below the button. These additional functions and/
or parameters are accessed by first pressing and holding Shift while
pressing that respective button.
1 Hold Shift and press the Program Page 3 button.
This will activate the Category sort mode; pro-
grams will be displayed alphabetically within the
selected category.
2 To change the category, press the Program
Page buttons.
A program can be assigned to a category when
it is saved or by using the Nord Sound Manager
applications. Read more on categories on page
17.
3 Hold Shift and press the Sort mode button
that is active to revert to the numerical
presentation.
M The sort modes will only affect how the
programs are accessed by turning the
Value Dial. Pressing Bank, Page and Pro-
gram buttons will select programs in the
numerical fashion.
M The Shift button is also used to Exit from a menu or to cancel an
ongoing Store operation.
The Knobs
There are two types of knobs on the Nord
Stage 2. The Value Encoders are surrounded by
LED indicators. The LED’s always present the
stored value of a setting. These parameters can
be controlled using the Morph function.
The potentiometer-type knobs shown to the right are
used, for example, in the Synth and Effect sections.
As you scroll through programs, the physical posi-
tions of these knobs will not necessarily correctly re-
flect the active parameter values, but as soon as one
of these knobs is turned, that respective parameter’s
value will immediately “snap” to the knob’s position.
 Hold Shift and turn a knob to view the stored
setting of a parameter in the display, without
changing it.
The Buttons
Selector buttons are used to select one setting in an array. They have a
set of round or triangular LEDs to indicate the current setting. Press the
button several times to cycle through the possible options.
 Holding Shift and pressing a selector button (with the exception of
the Type button) will cycle through the settings in a counter
clockwise fashion.
The On/Off buttons are used for activating
a function or a group of functions such as
effects and have a LED close to them to
indicate the on/off status and sometimes
also the source or zone.
M The on/off buttons of the Effect’s shown here, also have a selector
functionality. Press once to turn the Effect on, and press immedi-
ately again to select the “next” source.
Edit a program
Editing a program is as easy grabbing a knob or pressing a button to
change an existing setting; go ahead and give it a quick try.
1 Dial up bank A, page 1, program 1 (the Imperial Grand Piano
program) for this exercise.
The controls for the Piano instrument are located immediately to the left
of the Program/Display area on the panel. Notice that the Grand type is
the current type in the program.
Selecting a new piano sound
2 Press repeatedly on the Type selector to browse the 6 types. Each
piano type can hold several models.
3 Press repeatedly on the Model button, located beneath the Model
LED and play on the keys to listen to the different sounds.
This will cycle through the models that are available in the selected
piano type.
Note that changing any parameter on your Stage 2’s panel will
immediately cause an asterisk to appear next to the current program
number in the display.
This is provided for you as an indication that the program has been
edited/changed, but not yet saved into memory. If you select a new
program prior to performing a Store operation, your edits will be lost
and that program will have its original settings the next time you select
it.
A : 01 : 1 Piano
Imperial Large
A : 01 : 1* Piano
Imperial Large
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