Nord Stage and MIDI tutorial

[FZiegler]

If you are on a Win10 Pro computer, it's probably a 64-bit machine?

Does anybody on the forum know if a Nord Stage will communicate with a 64-bit Win10 computer? Or to ask another way round: May the Clavia USB Driver 3.02.4 JDHD1991 installed (which seemed to have worked) make both communicate?

[maxpiano]

If you are on a Win10 Pro computer, it's probably a 64-bit machine?

Does anybody on the forum know if a Nord Stage will communicate with a 64-bit Win10 computer? Or to ask another way round: May the Clavia USB Driver 3.02.4 JDHD1991 installed (which seemed to have worked) make both communicate?

Clavia latest driver supports Win10 64bit versions, as stated in its download page https://www.nordkeyboards.com/downloads ... er-windows

Anyway a Nord Stage Classic/EX can use USB only for firmware updates, not for MIDI (just to remind). On those models MIDI is only via DIN so it requires a MIDI interface to work with a computer.

[VINNY]

I feel like an idiot here, but I still can't get my NS2 to control my Roland XV-5050 properly.
I simply want to blend the Roland with my Nord, sending all the touch and bend info but no patch changes.
Simple right?
I read your tutorial but still can't stop the Roland from changing patches with I change them on the Nord.
I've set the A/B Midi to off but it's still changing, what am I missing here?
I've monkeyed around with it so much, is there and reference as to how all the parameters should be set using the Nord as a Master?
Thanks for your help
Vinny

[M_a_c]

The XV-5050 should offer a kind of Midi-Filter (all those older Rolands got one). It should be possible to set all Channels to ignore Programm changes...

[VINNY]

Humm, so my solution is in the Roland. I'll have to look at the manual.
thought the issue was in the Nord controls.
thanks
Vinny

[M_a_c]

... got it! XV-5050 Manual page 67 says:

Establishing a Part’s MIDI Settings
* Parameters that can be set independently for each Part are indicated by “P.”
* Parameters that can be set independently for each MIDI channel are indicated by “C.”
To choose the MIDI channel whose parameters you wish to set, press [ PART]/[PART ].
The selected MIDI channel’s number appears in the upper right of the display.

Settings (here the Channel and the Program Change refuse)
Rx Channel Receive Channel (1–16) - Sets the MIDI channel to which the Part responds
=> Rx Prog Change Receive ProgramChange Switch (OFF, ON) - Sets whether the Part responds to received MIDI Program Change messages or not

It´s interesting, what functions ROLAND had included in their Synthies Midi-Setting-options since the XP-Series (middle 90ies). I got them all under my hands from the JV-Series on and even the current (budget) Juno-DS does still offer these options. But this does not make the NordStage2 less nice...