Control volume of an external source by the modulation wheel
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Control volume of an external source by the modulation wheel
Hi everyone.
I'm using Aeropads app for drones and I plugged my phone in to the Monitor In port of Nord Stage 4 and it works great, I have the sound coming thru just fine. What I was wondering is if there is a way to use the Modulation Wheel to control the volume of the Monitor In port ?
I'm using Aeropads app for drones and I plugged my phone in to the Monitor In port of Nord Stage 4 and it works great, I have the sound coming thru just fine. What I was wondering is if there is a way to use the Modulation Wheel to control the volume of the Monitor In port ?
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Re: Control volume of an external source by the modulation wheel
No. The monitor in is not controllable by the mod wheel.fbvenezian wrote: 05 Feb 2026, 00:34 Hi everyone.
I'm using Aeropads app for drones and I plugged my phone in to the Monitor In port of Nord Stage 4 and it works great, I have the sound coming thru just fine. What I was wondering is if there is a way to use the Modulation Wheel to control the volume of the Monitor In port ?
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Re: Control volume of an external source by the modulation wheel
I’m pretty sure you can set up a morph for the mod wheel to control the volume of your external channel. At least I am able to do that on my NS3 and even older NS2. That should do the trick. Unless I am misunderstanding what you are doing. Is this a MIDI thing or a backing track?
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Re: Control volume of an external source by the modulation wheel
As stated in the parent post, he wants to control the volume of the monitor in audio port with the mod wheel. There is no way to do that.ericL wrote: 05 Feb 2026, 03:41 I’m pretty sure you can set up a morph for the mod wheel to control the volume of your external channel. At least I am able to do that on my NS3 and even older NS2. That should do the trick. Unless I am misunderstanding what you are doing. Is this a MIDI thing or a backing track?
He's running backing pads off of his iPhone or iPad - No Midi.
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Re: Control volume of an external source by the modulation wheel
Ok, I wasn’t declaring a definitive solution and wasn’t as clear on their use case. Apologies for the noise.cgrafx wrote: 05 Feb 2026, 04:33As stated in the parent post, he wants to control the volume of the monitor in audio port with the mod wheel. There is no way to do that.ericL wrote: 05 Feb 2026, 03:41 I’m pretty sure you can set up a morph for the mod wheel to control the volume of your external channel. At least I am able to do that on my NS3 and even older NS2. That should do the trick. Unless I am misunderstanding what you are doing. Is this a MIDI thing or a backing track?
He's running backing pads off of his iPhone or iPad - No Midi.
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Re: Control volume of an external source by the modulation wheel
A backing track. It's playing drone pads for worship songs.ericL wrote: 05 Feb 2026, 03:41 I’m pretty sure you can set up a morph for the mod wheel to control the volume of your external channel. At least I am able to do that on my NS3 and even older NS2. That should do the trick. Unless I am misunderstanding what you are doing. Is this a MIDI thing or a backing track?
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Re: Control volume of an external source by the modulation wheel
Ok now it’s more understandable, perhaps a sub mixer device or a custom fader could make it happen. Good luck!fbvenezian wrote: 05 Feb 2026, 06:11A backing track. It's playing drone pads for worship songs.ericL wrote: 05 Feb 2026, 03:41 I’m pretty sure you can set up a morph for the mod wheel to control the volume of your external channel. At least I am able to do that on my NS3 and even older NS2. That should do the trick. Unless I am misunderstanding what you are doing. Is this a MIDI thing or a backing track?
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Re: Control volume of an external source by the modulation whee
In general if the backing track player supports MIDI CC automation (e.g. Camelot PRO can do that if I remember well) to control the playback volume, you could go for the option to use ModWheel morph over the Extern Section, associating it to Volume (MIDI CC7) or another custom CC.fbvenezian wrote: 05 Feb 2026, 06:11A backing track. It's playing drone pads for worship songs.ericL wrote: 05 Feb 2026, 03:41 I’m pretty sure you can set up a morph for the mod wheel to control the volume of your external channel. At least I am able to do that on my NS3 and even older NS2. That should do the trick. Unless I am misunderstanding what you are doing. Is this a MIDI thing or a backing track?
Unfortuntely Aeropads app doesn't seem to support that, but they say you can load .wav files generated by Aeropad in (a MIDI controllable player) so the above could work, they also offer a pedal which they claim to be suited for live performance and also supports MIDI https://aerospaceaudio.com/products/atmosphere-v3. but quite expensive.
Last option (the easiest) is to use a small stereo single channel fader/knob (like Fostex PC1 or Behringer Monitor 1 or TC Electronics Level Pilot etc.) which you can put on top of your Nord Stage as an additional controller.