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Percussion Kits Page 29

6. Percussion Kits

The Nord Lead Percussion Kits consist of eight different virtual analog percussion sounds, arranged in

zones across the keyboard. They allow you to incorporate percussion patterns in your music without us-

ing up more than one Nord Lead Program Slot.

Selecting and playing a Percussion Kit

1. Select the slot where you want the Percussion Kit.

You can select Percussion Kits for all four slots if you like, giving you a total of 32 different percussion

sounds available simultaneously.

2. Use the Program Up/Down buttons to scroll past Program number 99 and select one of the Percussion Kits.

There are ten Percussion Kits in ROM, located directly after the “regular” Programs and labelled “P0” to

“P9”. For example, select Percussion Kit P0.

Percussion Kit P0 selected in Program Slot C.

3. Use the white keys to play the percussion sounds in the selected Kit.

There are eight different percussion sounds in each Percussion Kit, arranged in zones across the key-

board like this:

If you for example press the lowest keys F, G, A or B with Percussion Kit P0 selected, you will play a

snare sound. A list of the ROM Percussion Kits and their sounds is supplied in page 100.

The keys in a zone will produce different pitches, just as if you played the sound as a regular Program.

However, some percussion sounds are not programmed to respond to keyboard pitch.

Program

TUNE LOCALOUT MODE PRG.CTRL.

ABCD

STORE

Program

Drum Sound 1

Drum Sound 2

Drum Sound 3

Drum Sound 4

Drum Sound 5

Drum Sound 6

Drum Sound 7

Drum Sound 8