Clavia nord electro2 User Manual
7. MIDI functions: Program and Controller dumps
NORD ELECTRO 2 V2.0x
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However, in our example this wouldn’t help much, because the Drawbar opening was the first Controller
message recorded in the song. The sequencer has no information about the Drawbar setting before the
recorded change, and therefore cannot “chase” the settings properly. To solve this, you could record a
“snapshot” of all Controller settings of the Nord Electro 2 Program(s) at the beginning of your sequencer
song. This can be done by using the ‘MIDI Controllers Dump’ function described below.
message recorded in the song. The sequencer has no information about the Drawbar setting before the
recorded change, and therefore cannot “chase” the settings properly. To solve this, you could record a
“snapshot” of all Controller settings of the Nord Electro 2 Program(s) at the beginning of your sequencer
song. This can be done by using the ‘MIDI Controllers Dump’ function described below.
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To dump Program Sysex or MIDI Controllers via MIDI, to another Nord Electro 2 or for recording the
data into another MIDI device, do like this:
data into another MIDI device, do like this:
1. Connect a cable from MIDI O
UT
on the Nord Electro 2 to MIDI In on the receiving device.
2. Set up the receiving device so that it accepts MIDI Sysex and MIDI Controller data.
3. Press the S
HIFT
+ L
EFT
O
CTAVE
S
HIFT
buttons to enter
the Dump menu. Select what to dump by pressing the
U
U
P
/D
OWN
N
AVIGATOR
buttons. ‘Pr’ flashing in the
D
ISPLAY
means ‘single Program Dump’, ‘Al’ means ‘All
Programs Dump’ and ‘Ct’ means ‘MIDI Controllers
Dump’. If you’re about to dump a single Program or
MIDI Controllers for a Program, select the Program by
choosing Program Bank with the U
Dump’. If you’re about to dump a single Program or
MIDI Controllers for a Program, select the Program by
choosing Program Bank with the U
P
/D
OWN
N
AVIGA
-
TOR
buttons and Program by pressing the corresponding
P
ROGRAM
button.
4. If needed, set the receiving MIDI device to “recording
mode”.
5. Press the S
TORE
button to send the dump to the MIDI
O
UT
of Nord Electro 2. The Display will stop flashing
once the dump has been sent.
Note: For Sysex dumps of Organ sounds, the complete settings for the sound will be dumped as MIDI
Sysex. For Piano sounds, all parameters will be sent but NOT the actual instrument samples. There-
fore, when dumping back a Piano Sysex, make sure the actual instrument sound is already loaded in
the Nord Electro 2. Otherwise the parameters in the Sysex message will be applied to another available
Piano instrument. However, the Nord Electro 2 works in an intelligent way regarding substituting Pi-
ano sounds.Let’s say you dumped a Program Sysex based on the Rhod1 sound and then erased the
Rhod1 sound. When you load the Program Sysex back to the Electro 2, it will apply another available
Rhodes sound, the Rhod2 or Rhod3, for example. If no Rhodes sound is available, another piano
sound will be applied.
Sysex. For Piano sounds, all parameters will be sent but NOT the actual instrument samples. There-
fore, when dumping back a Piano Sysex, make sure the actual instrument sound is already loaded in
the Nord Electro 2. Otherwise the parameters in the Sysex message will be applied to another available
Piano instrument. However, the Nord Electro 2 works in an intelligent way regarding substituting Pi-
ano sounds.Let’s say you dumped a Program Sysex based on the Rhod1 sound and then erased the
Rhod1 sound. When you load the Program Sysex back to the Electro 2, it will apply another available
Rhodes sound, the Rhod2 or Rhod3, for example. If no Rhodes sound is available, another piano
sound will be applied.