Yeah, I think you're right. That's one feature I would really like to see Nord add... the ability to "lock" a slot so its sound doesn't change when you pick the next program. There are numerous times I've found where that would have come in handy... especially when driving Slot A from the Nord's internal keyboard and Slot B from some other external keyboard over MIDI. And this is another great example, if it could be used to combine the Slot A sound from one program with the Slot B sound from another, in order to save that combination as a third Program. It would really be a very useful feature.bdodds wrote:I don't know of an easy way to do that other than copying one of the programs to a new program, and editting that new program's other slot to mimic the other desired slot.
How do you organize your sounds?
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Re: Newbie: Using the Stage 2 live
You can actually copy the contents of any slot to the currently active slot, by pressing and holding the slot button while browsing through the programs with the bank, page, and program buttons as well as the value dial. (In contrast to normal program selection, the value dial scrolls through both slots of each program.)
It's on page 15 in the manual ("Program Section"), but the description is very short.
It's on page 15 in the manual ("Program Section"), but the description is very short.
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Re: Newbie: Using the Stage 2 live
oh right! there are tons of little overloaded features on different buttons, it's difficult to keep them all at the ready..
One of the reasons I love Nord keyboards is because of this - things like this (though I forget them from time to time) are very intuitive if you've got a technical mind, and keyboard players tend to have more of a technical bent to begin with, so it's a great marriage.
One of the reasons I love Nord keyboards is because of this - things like this (though I forget them from time to time) are very intuitive if you've got a technical mind, and keyboard players tend to have more of a technical bent to begin with, so it's a great marriage.
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I'm wondering what people do to make using the NS2 easier to use live. The programs don't seem too easy to access on the fly, at least in my inexperienced view. How do you organize patches to get through a setlist?
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Thanks,
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Re: Nord Stage 2 live
check the thread at http://www.norduserforum.com/nord-stage ... t1569.html
and a recent one only a few below yours at the moment, http://www.norduserforum.com/nord-stage ... t1977.html
and a recent one only a few below yours at the moment, http://www.norduserforum.com/nord-stage ... t1977.html
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Reason: Good point. Just merged the two topics!
Reason: Good point. Just merged the two topics!
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Re: How do you organize your sounds?
I organized the banks by main piano section instrument. Bank a was acoustic, b was Rhodes, c Wurlitzer and dx, and d was clav and the deeper pages on d was my custom song patches. I could get to anything I wanted within two button pushes. Press bank a press program 2 while all on page 1 and I would have a piano/strings patch. Press bank d program 5 and I would have a dirty clav and organ patch.
With the new stage 3, I’m interested to see how people are choosing to set up their boards for live use. How do you organize it to have the least amount of buttons to push between patches while having access to something similar to above. I can add more detail to my description above but it seems that the lack of bank buttons is going to be a roadblock to set it up the same way I did my ns2. That’s not the end of the world for me as I realize that there are probably better ways to do it. I just ordered my ns3 compact on Friday! Should be here in a few days so I’d like to get a head start on this before it arrives so I can program it correctly from the start. Thanks in advance for all of your thoughts!
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With the new stage 3, I’m interested to see how people are choosing to set up their boards for live use. How do you organize it to have the least amount of buttons to push between patches while having access to something similar to above. I can add more detail to my description above but it seems that the lack of bank buttons is going to be a roadblock to set it up the same way I did my ns2. That’s not the end of the world for me as I realize that there are probably better ways to do it. I just ordered my ns3 compact on Friday! Should be here in a few days so I’d like to get a head start on this before it arrives so I can program it correctly from the start. Thanks in advance for all of your thoughts!
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Re: How do you organize your sounds?
The loss of the Bank buttons is a real loss in the NS2-->NS3 transition. It's not nearly as easy to access a good number of your favorite sounds on the fly. I'm thinking this really calls for using a smartphone/tablet to aid patch selection. You could use a program like Set List Maker.
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Re: How do you organize your sounds?
I use set list maker for really complex shows or when the set is defined in a way that it doesn’t make sense to navigate with the buttons. I think I may have to add a few button presses to my bread and butter patch selection... seems like the pages 1-4 could function like the banks so would have to press page up or down a few times. Why would they get rid of the bank buttons!!! Seems like they solved a problem and created another.
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