Nord User Forum

RedLeo wrote:Bad news - there's no way to load Stage data into a Stage 2 - they're completely different. When Mr_-G- said "manually", he meant re-creating them from scratch by hand on your new machine. And that's assuming your can afford to buy a new one before having to sell the old one.

Hi RL,

Oh bloody hell, just when i thought this year can't get anymore worse !! Thats the worst thing i have heard dude !!!

Is it WRONG that Nord make follow up keyboards which don't allow for such data transfers ?? i mean surely they must know customers who stay loyal to Nord are going to want to be able to retain such programing/settings. i could understand it if i was switching from a Nord Lead to a Nord Organ keyboard, but i am just upgrading within the same catagory of instrument (ie. the Stage range).

i have programed the F**K out of my keyboard but it sounds like unless i can place both instruments back to back and manually program everything back in again, then everything is lost !!

i have stored tons of Program Changes (to my JV1080) and i would have hoped that i would have at least been able to 'dump' this aspect of each Preset over from one machine to the other.

Ta,

Paul

Sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings.

It's worth your while to download the manual for the Stage 2 from Nord's website to get the best idea of what it can do.

The main differences are:

1. More Piano memory

2. The ability to use the sample library

3. A somewhat expanded synth section

Of course there are lots of other smaller improvements including an upgraded Hammond Organ model and loads of bits and pieces.

If it helps, I have frequently considered changing my Stage Classic for a Stage 2, but each time I am faced with the conclusion that my Classic does everything I *need* it to do, it just doesn't do everything I *want* to do. For example, I would like several grand pianos to choose from, but I only need one, and it does the job fine. As a working musician, I have to justify spending money on new gear in terms of improved earning potential, and the Stage 2 doesn't pass that test for me. (But I would still kill to have one!)

monsterjazzlicks wrote:

maxpiano wrote:When I did the same upgrade I saved my most critical NS patches using the CTRL program (see the post about it in this forum) but had to convert them manually to NS2

Would you be able to send me a link please as i can't seem to find the thread ?? Cheers.

You can find the tool in the Download section of this forum, a link to the main thread about it is also included

http://www.norduserforum.com/downloads.php?cat=7

But if your concerns are mainly about the Extern section, I am not sure that editor will store them (because it is based on duml of Control changes sent by the NS, which address almost all parameters of organ/piano/synth sctions and common rotary/reverb, but not sure about EXT)

monsterjazzlicks wrote:Can you step thru your programs vertically (for lack of a better description). So from A1 to B1 to C1 etc ?? i don't see a Page + / Page - pair of buttons like on the Stage Classic ??

You have 4 banks called A B C D, (with 20 pages per bank and each page has 5 patches) so yes you can jump from C1 to A1, you have then 5 buttons that access the 5 patches in each page.
So from bank A1 you can jump to bank C1, by pressing C bank button. The five buttons access the patches in that page C01:1 to C01:5.
You move to other pages with the page + and - buttons (or with the rotary encoder button). You can also scroll the patches by category or alphabetically.

Mr_-G- wrote:You move to other pages with the page + and - buttons (or with the rotary encoder button). You can also scroll the patches by category or alphabetically.

Thanks Mr G,

i must be blind but i could not see where the Page+/- buttons are on the NS2 ?? Or are they shared with another function button ??

Ta,

Paul

maxpiano wrote:But if your concerns are mainly about the Extern section, I am not sure that editor will store them (because it is based on duml of Control changes sent by the NS, which address almost all parameters of organ/piano/synth sctions and common rotary/reverb, but not sure about EXT)

What i was hoping was that i could MIDI DUMP (even if one patch per time) each patch from the Stage Classic to the NS2, and then all the data from each patch (like all the sound settings and midi settings etc) would be contained in each DUMP.

monsterjazzlicks wrote: i must be blind but i could not see where the Page+/- buttons are on the NS2 ?? Or are they shared with another function button ??

The ones labelled "Program Page" to the right of the Program Banks ABCD buttons.
Yes they do other functions as well. Cheers.

Mr_-G- wrote:The ones labelled "Program Page" to the right of the Program Banks ABCD buttons.

Ok, i see them now thanks man.