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Is the only way to do this the global transpose? That requires a few more moves. I'm used to transposing on my NE2 and changing programs mid-tune so, for instance, I'd be comping on organ than punch up my wah clav for a funky solo.

On my new NE5D, it turns out I can't do that so easily. I played the NE5 for the first time at the weekly jam last night, and tried the same move only to discover that when I switched to clav, it wasn't transposed. I got home and checked this forum and some other places to find out that I have to go into the system, scroll to transpose, then set that to the transposition I want. This is extra moves for what used to be a quick flick and I was soloing on a different patch while staying transposed. I appreciate that I can now save transposed programs but I really don't want to do that. I want to be able to transpose at the start of the song, then change programs as many times as I want and have the transposition hold throughout. Then as soon as the tune is over I want to quickly "untranspose" as the next song is in C (or whatever). I guess I have to go into the system and do global transpose before each song if I want to do what I used to do quickly on my trusty old NE2.

Hello
You managed to find a solution.?
I have the same dilemma with NS2.

Transposition functions are the only real objection I had to buying any Nord product. I like what Yamaha does - they put the button on top of the board!! It's not buried in a menu somewhere. For corn sake, Nord gave us dedicated buttons for everything else, why not Transposition??!! It's as though they really don't care about the semi-pro or purely amateur guys who need transposition sometimes. A Global Transpose button placed right under our noses would be SO handy ! Even an assignable button would work. That change would only be at the OS level.

Funny, second post today with transposition issue...As I said, just transpose in you Head...But easier to say than to do....

Agreed Quai34. You may as well ask a Cessna, single engine pilot to fly an A380 Airbus by saying, "Just fly the darn plane!" Easier said than done . The principles are the same but...

+1, very good comparaison Cessna/A380..,

I use a Roland J50 for my other board ; another easy one to transpose.