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Program Change issue Stage-Wave

Postby pimdevente » 05 May 2012, 18:26

Hi there,

I've bought a new Nord Wave last week and I'm using one of it's banks to create sounds which I use with both my Stage EX and Wave. For instance, Stage's 1:1's grand piano program is accompanied by Wave's 8:1's windwoods.

However, after I adjusted some settings in the MIDI and External Sections, I can't seem to use the program change function. MIDI cables are correct for I can use both of the keyboards as a slave for the other one. In both menus, Prgm Change is set to Send&Receive. Even when I turn the Program Dial Knob, the MIDI transfer action light turns red for a moment, but nothing happens. It did a few days ago. I just can't seem to find the problem.
What am I doing wrong?

Pim
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Re: Program Change issue Stage-Wave

Postby mjbrands » 06 May 2012, 16:58

Do you have a MIDI interface for you PC or Mac? The easiest way to troubleshoot this (I think) would probably to connect your Wave's MIDI out to that interface and use a small piece of software (MidiOx on Windows, MIDI Monitor on Mac) to show incoming MIDI data. Now change the program on the Wave and you should see in MidiOx/MIDI Monitor on which channel the Wave expects the program change (because it sends it out on the same channel, if you've set it to Send&Receive).

Now do the same with the Stage (have it send a program change via the remote section) and see if the channel used matches the data the Wave is expecting. Provided you have the utility (MidiOx/MIDI Monitor) installed and a MIDI interface to hand, testing this will probably take less than a minute.

Btw. are you sure that Wave actually works correctly? ;)
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Re: Program Change issue Stage-Wave

Postby pimdevente » 07 May 2012, 16:59

Thanks! It somehow managed to work, so I won't be changing the settings anymore, haha. Thanks a lot.
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Re: Program Change issue Stage-Wave

Postby mjbrands » 08 May 2012, 11:20

pimdevente wrote:Thanks! It somehow managed to work, so I won't be changing the settings anymore, haha. Thanks a lot.

Well, if you happen to have some spare time somewhere, you might still want to figure this out. What if you run into this on a gig or something?

If you make a backup of the Stage EX/Wave before messing around with the settings, it is easy to restore those (since the settings are stored in the backup too).

Anyway, good to hear it is working now.
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Re: Program Change issue Stage-Wave

Postby pimdevente » 08 May 2012, 11:30

I'll do that, thanks again!

I ran into another problem though. I usually play Wave's panel B on Stage's panel B, and I can split it's sound via Extern Section on the Stage.
However, I can't split the sound in panel A, which is strange. It somehow maps it all over the keyboard..
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