Program change problem on Electro 5 receiving from Stage 3

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Program change problem on Electro 5 receiving from Stage 3

Post by AgoZone »

Hi,
I can't get my Electro 5 to change program by MIDI from my Stage 3.
I am planning for a gig with 20 songs and I put 20 different programs in a row on both keyboards.I would like the Elctro to follow when changing program on my Stage but it doesn't. When I connect my Wave 2 in the same way this works perfect. Does anyone know why I can't get the Electric 5 to do the same? on this gig I really need the Electro so replacing it with the Wave won't work.

Many thanks for your advice! :keyboard2:
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Re: Program change problem on Electro 5 receiving from Stage

Post by FZiegler »

I'm not sure about the Electro 5, but did you check those 4 points?
A) Let the Electro 5 receive the PC data on Global channel;
B) have the correct program number range used by the Electro;
C) use the correct PC syntax containing MSB, LSB and PC command;
D) have the MIDI menu point "program change mode" set to "Receive" or "Send/Receive".
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Re: Program change problem on Electro 5 receiving from Stage

Post by maxpiano »

To send PCs from the Nord Stage to external equipment the best way is to use the Extern section (see also The Nord Stage MIDI Tutorial) but you need to ensure you also send the correct MSB and LSB to the NE5 (which may be different from the ones of the NS3 and/or NW2 and that could a the reason why it is not working, besides checking what FZiegler suggested)

Check also this thread nord-electro-forum-f9/e5-program-change ... 11945.html and you have an iPhone/iPad there is an App to calculate them made by a NUF forumer https://apps.apple.com/de/app/midi-mapp ... orm=iphone otherwise there should be some discussion but basically it should be MSB=0 and LSB= 0...n (NE5 bank)
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