Hi all, tech question:
I'd like to use my Lead A1 also as a cotroller to my JV-1010 (for piano sounds) mainly during rehearsal so I don't have to carry too much stuff. I can't seem to figure out a way to designate one of the four slots as the exclusive "midi" slot to run the jv-1010 over. Ideally I'd like to use 3 slots each for a different sound coming from the Lead A1 and one slot for the JV, but unfortunately once I connect the JV it is on all 4 slots. Any way to designate just one slot for midi? I currently bypass the problem by turning down the volume of the jv each time I use a Lead slot but it is hardly ideal.
Thanks.
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Re: Lead A1 as midi controller
Sorry, Shark ... from The Book:
... but with a stereo volume pedal you could mix "on the fly" while playing?
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... but with a stereo volume pedal you could mix "on the fly" while playing?
/Vänligen
Michael in Scania
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Re: Lead A1 as midi controller
Thx Marlowes, yeah I figured as much after reading the manual but I hoped some whiz kid might have a workaround or something. Which brings me to what I think is a serious limitation: who needs all these seperate midi ins and no individual midi out? Never mind, the lead a1 and I were not made for each other I guess.
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Re: Lead A1 as midi controller
Shark:
What??? Send it to me, then. I'll even pay the postage ...
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Never mind, the lead a1 and I were not made for each other I guess.
What??? Send it to me, then. I'll even pay the postage ...
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Re: Lead A1 as midi controller
shark wrote:... who needs all these seperate midi ins and no individual midi out?...
The Nord Lead A1 was designed to be a synth. They threw some basic midi controller functionality into it for convenience, but it was not designed to take the place of a full-fledged midi controller.
Being able to assign different slots to respond to different midi channels is HUGELY useful for anyone interested in sequencing multiple parts using multiple voices.
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Re: Lead A1 as midi controller
Thx Pablo, I see.
Being old school myself all the music I make comes from my fingers so I just need an instrument that does what my fingers ask it to do, sequencing, computer generated music and lip sync are not what I do. Still it would have been nice to be able to hook one add-on that complements the A1 with sound it is unable to provide (like pianos and strings). My workaround works ok at rehearsals, I have the electro at gigs so no pbm there.t
Being old school myself all the music I make comes from my fingers so I just need an instrument that does what my fingers ask it to do, sequencing, computer generated music and lip sync are not what I do. Still it would have been nice to be able to hook one add-on that complements the A1 with sound it is unable to provide (like pianos and strings). My workaround works ok at rehearsals, I have the electro at gigs so no pbm there.t
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Re: Lead A1 as midi controller
I, too, am fond of the JV-1010 for compact and decent quality sound source that's easy to program...but gave it up when I went all Nord, donated to a music school program in Trenchtown...
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Re: Lead A1 as midi controller
Yeah man, I sold mine when I bought the Electro and immediately regretted it!
Found one recently on craigslist for €50 including original powersupply (how rare is that?!) and midi cable. The strings are just so sweet and being half rack you can just put in a bag and carry it anywhere.
I'm hopeless nostalgic for 70/80s stuff and sounds! That's why I bought the Lead but am still struggling to make it sound like I want it to as you well know...
Found one recently on craigslist for €50 including original powersupply (how rare is that?!) and midi cable. The strings are just so sweet and being half rack you can just put in a bag and carry it anywhere.
I'm hopeless nostalgic for 70/80s stuff and sounds! That's why I bought the Lead but am still struggling to make it sound like I want it to as you well know...
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Re: Lead A1 as midi controller
I have a Roland XV-5050, and I use it with my Electro 3 serving as its MIDI controller. I am an huge user of custom splits and overlays, including some songs where I use a Roland PK5 footpedal MIDI controller to fire off multiple notes at once while both of my hands are tied up playing the sax. I always put the split definitions in the XV itself.
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Re: Lead A1 as midi controller
pablomastodon wrote:shark wrote:... who needs all these seperate midi ins and no individual midi out?...
The Nord Lead A1 was designed to be a synth. They threw some basic midi controller functionality into it for convenience, but it was not designed to take the place of a full-fledged midi controller.
Being able to assign different slots to respond to different midi channels is HUGELY useful for anyone interested in sequencing multiple parts using multiple voices.
How do you assign a different midi channel to each of the 4 slots? Are they auto assigned 1, 2, 3 &4 or what buttons or combo of buttons does this?
The manual is slightly obtuse in reference to this? I am trying but all I get is the G function which is the Global midi assign!
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