Lead 1: can I use one program slot to control an external synth?

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Aaronjw
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Lead 1: can I use one program slot to control an external synth?

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Is it possible to use a single program slot of the original Lead as a midi controller? What I'm envisioning is having slots A-C to switch between the Lead's sounds, and then being able to switch to D to control an external synth (in my case, the Yamaha Reface YC). Is this a possibility? I believe the program slots can be set to different midi channels, but I don't know if this is for sending as well as receiving. Right now my Lead is at my parents house so I can't experiment with it, but I've been unable to find an answer for this online or in the manual.
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Re: Lead 1: can I use one program slot to control an external synth?

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NL1 manual at page 67 says Which MIDI Channel the Nord Lead transmits on depends on which of the four Program Slots is active, so... ;-)
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Re: Lead 1: can I use one program slot to control an external synth?

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maxpiano wrote: 07 Jul 2024, 21:48 NL1 manual at page 67 says Which MIDI Channel the Nord Lead transmits on depends on which of the four Program Slots is active, so... ;-)
LOL guess I missed that, thanks! Will have to retrieve my Lead and experiment, hopefully it works as smoothly as I'm thinking it should.
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