Nord Lead 2 Question

Hey;

I quick question : I bought a Nord Rack 2 the other day and have had a great time with it so far.

Yet :

I use a Roland 505 to sequence the Nord, yet of the 4 channels/slots (A,B,C & D ) I can only get the Nord to receive midi channel 1&2.

What I want to do is have the 505 control all 4 channels/slots on the Nord simultaneously, using midi channel 1-4 ( or which ever ) to control different programs in each slot ( say, to use it as a drum machine or 4 voice synth )

I have tried all the midi transmit channels on the 505 and only signals from 1 & 2 seem to trigger the Nord. The Nord "Trigger" light indicates that it is being triggered by 4 midi channels ( ie. Kick drum, Bass drum, snare drum and rim shot ) correctly, yet channels C&D ( midi rcv channel 3&4 ) do not respond.

I´m new to this, so any advice would be greatly appreciated.

thanks

Hold shift and then midi ch, then select the slot, and use the arrows to change the midi channels per part. Make sure all 4 parts (slots) are selected (lit up) and are on their appropirate midi channel. Certainly make sure none of the channels are on the "off" selection.

Also, I don't say this to be a jerk, it's an actual nice suggestion, but read the manual and keep a copy handy. The nord lead series have the best manuals I've ever experienced in a virtual analog synth.

http://www.vintagesynth.com/manuals/NordLeadV2_XManual.pdf

  On 8/3/2010 at 4:19 PM, Brandi_B said:

Also, I don't say this to be a jerk, it's an actual nice suggestion, but read the manual and keep a copy handy. The nord lead series have the best manuals I've ever experienced in a virtual analog synth.

 

 

http://www.vintagesynth.com/manuals/NordLeadV2_XManual.pdf

 

definite plus on that one there, the Nord manual could actually be used as an intro to subtractive synthesis. nicely concise.

thanks for the reply.

I already consulted the manual - which I agree, is good ). And that wasn´t it. turned out that the fault was not having selected sending outs C&D to the same ports as A&B