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[Paulo Reis]

Hello guys, okay? It's my first post on the forum, I hope to be doing everything right!

My question is, is anyone out there tried to connect a midi controller on a Nord Electro 3 with midi cable and thus sending a sound from the Nord to the controller? If anyone knows how I appreciate the help, and as I have already connected the controller to the Nord but can not send it sounds to Controller.

I want for example, sending a sound of a Hammond or strings to the controller and use the piano sounds in the Nord and E.Piano!

Thank you in advance!
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Paulo Reis

[pablomastodon]

Just to clarify some concepts here...

First, you can't send sounds over MIDI. However, MIDI does allow you to trigger the sounds in your Nord from another keyboard (your controller) which is, I think, what you're trying to do.

Second, the Nord is monotimbral... one sound at a time. You simply cannot play two of its sounds at the same time, and MIDI does not change that. If you have the Nord set for piano, and you connect another controller, yes, you can play the Nord from the controller, but all it will let you play is the same piano sound that you are playing on the Nord itself. You can't play the piano sound from the Nord's keyboard and the Nord's organ sound from the controller at the same time, because at any given time, the Nord can either generate its piano sound or its organ sound, never both simultaneously, even if you "add more keys" from the controller. The multi-timbral Nord Stage has the ability to do that, but the mono-timbral Electro can not.

[Paulo Reis]

Hi, I really appreciate your attention!

Perfect answer and answered my questions with precision!
The way will be to get a good sound plugin to send the notebook to the controller, agree? Try selling my Electro to get a Stage 2 and thus transform 1 in 2, since I already have a good midi controller.

When the Lead 4, you can tell me if multi-timbral or mono-timbral is?