List of Nord Stage 2 known issues/bugs

[sjkeyboard]

Hi guys,
Since yesterday I've got problem with my Nord Stage 2.
When switch the Power ON, the screen stuck in OS v1.72. and can't continue load the main menu?
Is there anybody who can give me an idea what;s going on..?
Thanks folks!
SJ

[WhoCanDunCan]

I have an issue with my NS2 and was wondering if I wasn't the only one.

When I set a synth sound with a tremolo effect to hold a chord in the top - and only the top - split, I notice a problem. The chord being held in the top split drops back to only one note when there is 'busy' playing on the rest of the keyboard. I wonder if this is because it can't process so much information or a lack of memory.
I'm not sure, so any light that could be shed on this would be awesome.

Thanks.

[Mr_-G-]

Most likely you ran out of polyphony and probably has no relation (?) to the tremolo effect. Synth section is 18 notes polyphonic. If you have 2 slots overlaid I suppose it is reduced to 9, although I am not sure if there is any further voice allocation in split mode).

[Mr_-G-]

Does the Shape dial do anything when the oscillator is in "wave" mode? If there is no function to it, should the led just switch off, or I am missing something?

[godyn]

Guess I've found a bug also:

When using the sustain pedal on organ sounds:
- releasing the keys when holding sustain gies a louder sound
- playing multiple notes with sustain gives polifony problems, you don't hear the last keys pressed.

I'm on 1.72

[godyn]

I'm having similar probs with the synth, there's not so much polyfony on the sample section, f.e. when hold a lower drone and building the sound up.

[Mr_-G-]

When using the sustain pedal on organ sounds:
- releasing the keys when holding sustain gies a louder sound
- playing multiple notes with sustain gives polifony problems, you don't hear the last keys pressed.
I'm on 1.72

I never saw that behaviour, so perhaps it is your instrument, not a bug present in all NS2s.
Can you check in which port you have connected the sustain pedal?
Do you have anything else connected (midi/usb)?

[godyn]

When using the sustain pedal on organ sounds:
- releasing the keys when holding sustain gies a louder sound
- playing multiple notes with sustain gives polifony problems, you don't hear the last keys pressed.
I'm on 1.72

I never saw that behaviour, so perhaps it is your instrument, not a bug present in all NS2s.
Can you check in which port you have connected the sustain pedal?
Do you have anything else connected (midi/usb)?

Yes, I've found out, it's because of the connected USB probably Me happy it's fixed !
One thing: I find the organ is not so loud at it's max volume. I think I'm going to reprogram the other sounds.

[Berretje]

When using the sustain pedal on organ sounds:
- releasing the keys when holding sustain gies a louder sound
- playing multiple notes with sustain gives polifony problems, you don't hear the last keys pressed.
I'm on 1.72

I never saw that behaviour, so perhaps it is your instrument, not a bug present in all NS2s.
Can you check in which port you have connected the sustain pedal?
Do you have anything else connected (midi/usb)?

Yes, I've found out, it's because of the connected USB probably Me happy it's fixed !
One thing: I find the organ is not so loud at it's max volume. I think I'm going to reprogram the other sounds.

If you are using the rotary speakers simulator, you could probably try to turn that up just before it starts to overdrive.
Or turn up the gain at the Amp Sim/Equalizer.

But nevertheless, maybe you could try to turn down the other parts en raise the main volume

Gr
Bart

[hector space]

I've got a couple Midi problems with my Stage 2 Rev B os v1.72.

1. In instrument mode (setting up separate midi input channels for each of the 3 sound sections in each slot) The NS2 does not to respond to Volume (CC 7) or Expression (CC 11), sent on the instrument channel selected. Yet it will respond to pitch bend and obviously, play the notes! In other words you can play the instrument (organ, piano, synth) remotely via midi (or midi usb) on its selected channel, but you can't change its volume remotely on this channel. Looks like this is the sort of bug (Feature) you used to get on 1980's synths!!!!

2. It seems to be possible to crash the NS2's midi input processor so that it refuses to listen and respond to midi input on Channel(slot) B if you subsequently enable Channel(slot) A midi input. Once the NS2 has stopped responding to Channel B midi input, I've found only two ways of restarting it. Power ON/OFF or set Channel A Midi to off and then set Channel B Midi to off.. Then reset Channel B Midi to the desired input channel. Hey presto! It all works again.. Simply switching off Channel A midi doesn't work. The NS2 doesn't seem to be able to cope with having both Channels midi enabled. So why does it let you do it???

E.G. If I set Channel (slot) B to midi channel 11 (With Global off and Dual Channel off) the NS2 will happily allow input from my Juno DI to control Channel B - Regardless of the slots enabled from the Nord's own keyboard. In other words I can have either slots or both on and the Juno Di will continue to play only slot B like you'd expect. But as soon as I set up Channel A midi input to (say) channel 10, the midi input from the Di on channel 11 is suspended. Note too that I am using the Di's control pedal set to Modulation to control a morph on Slot b which is set to control the volumes of the organ and synth sections on that slot - All of which works until I enable Channel A midi input...

Any ideas on this would be interesting. :*: