How to use the "Live"-buttons on a Nord Stage EX

[mr ex]

Hello!
I am totally New at this forum but hope to get a lot of interesting information here. I have had a Nord stage ex for some years, and am very satified With the keyboard. But there is one thing I haven`t found out how to use, and that is the "Live 1" and "Live 2"-buttons on the Board.

Can anyone explain how to use these buttons as simply as possible, so that a regular man from Norway can understand it!? I would be very pleased!

[neolithic]

I have the NS2, but I'm sure it's the same. Someone with an EX can correct me otherwise.

live buttons allow you to store any patch from normal memory into a special Live location, so that you can quickly recall it.
Also, any tweaks you make to a Live patch are preserved, without you having to explicitly save the changes. So if you switch off,and come back to it, it's exactly as you last left it.
To use it, find a program you like, press Store, press Live Mode, then the live slot you want to save in. then press Store again. That's from memory as I am nowhere near my Nord as I write this

BTW - My interpretation is that 'LIVE' is not referring to performing live, as the NS is really designed for that anyway. Instead it means 'this memory is live' I.e. Remembering any changes you make to any parameters, effects etc.

[mr ex]

Thank you for your quick answer! It didn`t sound that difficult so I will soon try this and hope for the best.

[mr ex]

Now I have tried what you explained, and it workt out just fine. But can I just stor one sound in "Live 1" and one sound in "Live 2"?

[jazzystu]

If you've taken one of your normal sounds and tweaked it a bit, you press a Live button and it stores all of that in that button.

When you press the button, it recalls it.

It's like a snapshot and recall button. No need for the store, store as etc, etc.

[mr ex]

Ok, I think I understand. I originally thought that the Live-buttons was a place where I could line up all the different sounds I needed for a gig, but i think I understand it now.

[pablomastodon]

If you've taken one of your normal sounds and tweaked it a bit, you press a Live button and it stores all of that in that button.

slight correction here: if you follow the above procedure you will lose your edits. Pressing a Live button does not cause your edits to be stored to that Live location. Pressing a Live button causes the program to change from whatever was previously loaded to whatever has previously been stored to that Live button. If you want something stored to a Live location, it is necessary to perform a STORE operation.

Thus, if you've taken one of your normal sounds and tweaked it a bit and wish to store it to a Live location, press the red STORE button once, then the Live location button of your choosing, then the red STORE button a second time.

The characteristic which makes LIVE locations unique is that ALL edits are ALWAYS stored instantaneously without having to go through the formal motions of performing a STORE operation. There are both good and bad aspects to this behavior and when/whether you choose to use this feature will depend heavily upon what your needs are at any given moment. Generally speaking, I only use Live Mode when at home alone engaged in programming operations; I never actually use it while performing live. Here's why: let's suppose that I have a special program which I use to begin a particular song. During the course of performing the song, I am likely to change aspects of the sound, e.g. modify organ drawbars, change delay rate or feedback or amount, etc. If there's a solo in the tune, my keyboard settings might get a little wild and wooly along the way. At the end of the solo (or at the next gig), it is useful to be able to return to the initial settings quickly and easily. When not in Live Mode, this is easily accomplished by simply reloading the same program (hitting one button). When in Live Mode, that original program you started out with no longer exists and in order to find it back each individual parameter which may have been adjusted along the way needs to be precisely adjusted back to original values one by one. That's just not the way I want to work onstage...

There are meaningful uses for Live Mode, but to my way of thinking, they do not occur while actually performing live.

Bless,

Pablo

[neolithic]

Thus, if you've taken one of your normal sounds and tweaked it a bit and wish to store it to a Live location, press the red STORE button once, then the Live location button of your choosing, then the red STORE button a second time.

Thanks Pablo - I was starting to doubt my memory/sanity but I checked my Nord when I got in studio this morning and the sequence I described is correct (for the NS2 at least), although the OP was about the Stage EX to be fair.
However, I think your directions above may be misunderstood by some NS2 users, as the Live location buttons double as program selectors, so if you don't press the LIVE button as step 3 (below), you are potentially overwriting another program...
(1) Choose program
(2) Press STORE
(3) Press LIVE
(4) Press Live location (1 to 5 on the NS2)
(5) Press STORE to confirm.
I think this is what you meant by saying "the Live location button of your choosing", but just thought it was worth clarification

[pablomastodon]

Neo, you have it correct there for NS2. I was referring to Jazzy Stu's stated procedure as being wrong -- he doesn't mention using the Store button at all (and I hadn't noticed that you'd already correctly stated it earlier in the thread). And also was referring to Stage Classic/EX where the button arrangement is slightly different.

Pablo

[MEL868]

thanks guys for this post and much needed info on live mode I just wasn't getting it at all from the manual. a wonderful tool for creating sounds and deciding if you want to go back to something.