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Chapter 11 MIdI | 33

Control Slots with another keyboard

Use a Performance with some of the Slots controlled from the Lead A1

itself and other Slots from an external keyboard or sequencer, set to

corresponding Slot MIDI channel(s). Active Slots will be controlled from

the A1 keyboard, inactive Slots are controlled from external units.

Message types

Program Changes and Bank Select

Program Change messages are transmitted on the Global MIDI chan-

nel and are recognized on the Global and/or the Slot MIDI Channels.

Bank Select messages (CC00, CC32) are used to select the 8 program

banks (CC00, value 0 + CC32 values 0-7) or the 4 performance banks

(CC00, value 0 + CC32, value 0-3) when Performance Mode is active.

Bank Select messages should be immediately followed by a Program

Change message when you wish to select a bank from an external

unit.

The Slots will respond to incoming Program Change messages on their

individual Slot MIDI Channels.

Incoming Program Change messages on the Global MIDI Channel will

change the performance, if Performance Mode is enabled.

M Incoming Program Change on the Global MIDI Channel will

change programs on the focused Slot if Performance Mode is not

enabled.

If you do not want the Nord Lead A1 to transmit or respond to Program

Change messages, this can be turned off in the MIDI Menu.

Control Change messages

Most of the parameters on the Nord Lead A1 panel will generate a CC

message if operated, and the reception of these messages will change

the parameter accordingly. A full list of the parameters and their Control

Change number is on page 34.

If you do not want the Nord Lead A1 to transmit or respond to Control

Change messages, this can be turned off in the MIDI Menu.

Pedal Control Change

A Control pedal transmits CC7 if it is set to volume in the System Menu

and CC11 if is set to be a Morph source. The sustain pedal transmits

CC64.

Volume

The output level of an Performance or an individual Slot can be set by

transmitting CC7 to the Nord Lead A1 on the Global, or any of the Slot

MIDI Channels.

Pan CC

The position of an Performance or a individual Slot in the stereo pan-

orama can be set by transmitting CC10 to the Nord Lead A1 on the

Global Channel, or any of the Slot MIDI Channels.

MIDI Local

If a sequencer is set to echo back incoming MIDI data, this can cause

double triggered notes if the Nord Lead A1 keyboard is used. If this

occurs, set MIDI Local to Off.

MIDI Thru

A Soft Thru Channel can be set in the MIDI Menu. By doing this, in-

coming note messages on that channel from the USB MIDI or the 5-pin

MIDI Input, will be re-routed through the 5-pin MIDI Out connector.

MIDI Clock

The Nord Lead A1 Master Clock will automatically sync to incoming

MIDI Clock.

M The Nord Lead A1 does not transmit MIDI Clock messages. If you

want to synchronize several units including the Nord Lead A1, an

external MIDI Clock source should be used.

USB MIDI

If you use a computer running Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7 or

Windows 8, install the Nord v3.x USB driver to be able to use the MIDI

via USB functionality. This driver is available through Windows Update

by just connecting the computer to the Internet with the Nord Lead

A1 connected at one of the USB ports. The USB driver can also be

downloaded from the www.nordkeyboards.com website.

M Computers running Mac OSX have a native USB MIDI support for

the Nord units. No driver installation is necessary.

Panic

If notes get stuck during a performance, press Panic.

This will reset incoming CC messages and send an

All Notes Off message to all Slots.

MIDI Dumps

Transmit settings

Complete Program and Performance settings can be transmitted

through MIDI as Controller Change or System Exclusive messages. The

transmissions are executed in the MIDI Menu.

A Control Change transmission contains the settings of the single

Program in focus and can be used to initialize a sequencer track with

Program parameters.

Use System Exclusive to store a Program or a complete Performance

on a computer or in a sequencer. A System Exclusive transmission can

also contain all the Programs or Performances in a Bank.

Receive Programs or Banks

Make sure that the MIDI Channel on the transmitting device matches

the Global (or Slot) MIDI Channel on the Nord Lead A1 and start the

transmission on the computer/sequencer.

Single Programs will be placed in the Nord Lead A1 edit buffer, you

need to Store these if you want to keep them.

The currently active Program Bank in the Nord Lead A1 will be over-

written if a System Exclusive package of a complete Bank is received.

Slot C & D

Slot A & B

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