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Slots

The Nord Lead A1 has four

Slots labelled A, B, C and

D. Each slot represents a

complete synthesizer setup,

a program. Slots can be used for layering sounds or quickly switch

between programs.

Selecting a Program

1 Press the Perf Mode button

so that the Perf Mode LED

is not lit. You are now in

(single) Program mode, the

Slot LEDs will be red.

2 Press Slot A, its LED should be the only Slot LED lit.

If not, deselect the other Slots by holding A while pressing the

other Slot buttons.

3 Play on the keyboard and listen to the sound. Turn the Program

Dial when you want to select a different program.

Editing a Program

Editing a program is just as easy as turning a knob or pressing a but-

ton.

1 Select the Slot to be edited.

2 Play on the keyboard, listen and change the sound parameters.

Editing will not destroy the original program. To retrieve the original

program, just turn the Program Dial ﬁrst one step back and then one

step forward. To keep changes you have made, you have to store the

program in the memory.

When you have changed

any setting in a program,

a dot (.) will appear in the

display to the right of the

program number. This is

to alert you of the fact that

the program have been

changed but not yet stored.

Storing a Program

If you are happy with an edit that you have made, you should probably

store the program. Before you can do this for the ﬁrst time, there is a

Memory Protect function that is set to On when the Lead A1 leaves

the factory. This needs to be turned Off in the System Menu before you

(and your cat) can store anything.

1 Hold Shift and press the System button. Turn the Program Dial to

select the ﬁrst setting - “1.ON”.

2 Hold Shift and turn the Program Dial to select “1.OF”, exit the

Menu by pressing Exit.

With the protection turned off, we can now store our edited program.

3 Hold Shift and press Store.

The display starts ﬂashing.

4 If you want to overwrite the original program number, just press

Shift + Store a second time.

To Store to another program number, select a new location with

the Program Dial and then press Shift + Store a second time. Your

edited program has now replaced the previous one in the location

you speciﬁed.

To cancel the store procedure, press any buttons on the panel.

 When searching for a new program location, there is a pre-lis-

tening feature that can prevent you from overwriting your favorite

programs.

Layering Programs

1 Press and hold the Slot A button and then press the Slot B

button. Both the Slot A and B LEDs are lit and both programs will

be active on the keyboard.

If you have a

layer, it is the

focused Slot

with its LED

blinking that

will be edited.

The blinking

Slot LED

indicates the

Slot in focus.

2 Press the other Slot button to move the focus to the other Slot.

3 Hold Slot A and press again on Slot B. This will deactivate Slot B.

Soloing a Slot

Since a performance may be using up to 4 different programs at once,

there is a Solo function available, to be able to listen to only one Slot.

Double-tap on an active Slot button in a multi-slot selection to solo this

Slot. Press on any of the Slot buttons to exit.

Multi Focus

All parameters can be changed on all active Slots in a layer at the same

time. This is called Multi Focus and is activated by holding Shift and

pressing the Multi Focus button. All the active Slot LEDs will start to

ﬂash, and all Slots will then respond to any parameter changes you

make on the panel. Press Multi Focus again to exit.

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