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6. The Instruments: The Synth section Nord Stage EX v6.x

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FREQUENCY CONTROL

This knob governs the amount of modulation applied to the Filter Frequency. The Filter Frequency

can be controlled by Velocity or the Mod Envelope. The F

REQ CONTROL knob controls the modu-

lation Amount for both modes.

ELOCITY

If you turn the FREQ CONTROL knob clockwise, the filter frequency cutoff will be raised if you play

harder.

OD ENV

If you press SHIFT and turn the FREQ CONTROL knob so that the MOD ENV LED lights up, the filter

frequency will instead be modulated by the Mod Envelope (see “Mod Envelope” on page 41).

VOICES SECTION

In this section, you set various voice modes for the synth. You choose between monophonic and poly-

phonic playing, and control glide between notes. Here you also find the powerful Unison mode.

ONO MODE

In Mono mode you can only play one note at a time, just like on a traditional monophonic synthesizer.

If you play one key and then a second key without releasing the first key, the last note will sound. If

you now release the last key, the first one will retrig and start sounding again.

To activate Mono mode, press the S

ELECTOR button so that the MONO LED lights up.

EGATO MODE

To activate Legato mode, press the SELECTOR button so that the LEGATO LED lights up.

In Legato mode you can only play one note at a time, just like on a traditional monophonic synthe-

sizer. If you play a new key before releasing the previously played key (legato), the new note will

replace the previous one at the current Envelope phase of the previously pressed key. I.e. the new note

will not retrigger the Envelopes (Amp and Mod).

If you release the last played key before playing a new key (non-legato), the new note will sound ex-

actly like in Mono mode, i.e. the complete Envelopes will be retriggered.

LIDE (PORTAMENTO)

When activated, the Glide function makes the pitch “glide” from one note to the next when playing

(this is sometimes called portamento). It operates in legato/mono mode only. The glide characteristics

can be described as “constant rate”, which means that the greater the “distance” between two subse-

quent notes, the longer the glide time. Turn the G

LIDE knob clockwise to increase the glide rate.