Great tutorial applicable to all synths. Keyboard tracking is extremely useful as the default because it turns your synth response into a playable musical instrument rather than a lab audio device. When you're playing chords up top and a bass line below, you want the chords to cut through at a brighter setting, but you want the bass notes to remain at the low end to give a fat bass. When you trim the filter frequency to give a fat bass, playing anything up top has all the highs taken out. Turning filter tracking on, raise the cutoff frequency the higher you go up the keyboard, so it allows more high frequencies to cut through up top. A good example is the 'Jump' riff. You want the base notes to be a fat drone, while the chord triads stab through the mix with a crisper sound. That's keyboard tracking treating the bass differently to the top end by tracking the cutoff frequency to the keyboard pitch, adding musicality like a real instrument.
@itsjusterthought Thank you for your insight and terrific explanation here! The one thing that UA-cam doesn't allow us to do is to modify or replace videos while maintaining the original links (Vimeo does allow for this). If it allowed for this, I would most likely replace these videos with a "new and improved version" with the insight gained in the last several years. It was largely because of this reason that I decided to put this info in the form of professional courses (www.MyKeystoMusic.com) where I can replace, improve and add videos keeping the content not only relevant but accurate while also delivering it in the best possible way for learning. In any case, your comment here should hopefully assist people who read it. Thanks again for taking the time.
Thank you all for your patience with this one. If you hang with me on these videos, the best is yet to come. Here in part 3 you are still "paying your dues" a bit learning the fundamentals. In part 4 we dive deep into modulation and LFO and that's where all the fun stuff starts to come together. Thanks for watching!
Great videos, appreciate you taking the time to put these together. To really understand the difference between the LP24 and the LP24M you need to turn up the resonance, this will show clearly what made the Mini's 24 db LP filter unique from other 24 db LP filters - and why the Mini style filter response is still desirable to this day. Hope this helps, great work with these videos!
Hi Michael. Thanks for chiming in on this! Yes, I had that suspicion as well and ended up testing it AFTER the video was recorded. Glad we have comments like this to clarify it. Thanks for watching!
That's great. Then, when you're done with those lessons, then you can also gain some insight by watching a few of your favorite "Discovery" videos here for the Nord Stage 3: ua-cam.com/play/PLvND2qkkWygqahJWvI75kYCQo6nPMJA7i.html
Hi Elliott! Yes, there is a BIG link between part 3 and 4 on so many levels. As far as timing goes, I'm out of town on business for a week, then it's going to take a week to prep for the recording and another week or so to edit it (mixed in with the rest of my life etc.) Thanks for hanging in there and for your enthusiasm.
Hi Jonny! Yes, you can assign the pitch bend to any sound coming out of the Organ Engine, the Piano Engine (where most of the EPs hang out) and of course, the Synth engine where you can also have EP samples played from there. A big yes on your answer!
Another great video. Question: is the rate of the vibrato global only ? I.e If I wanted to have one program with a slow vibrato and another with a fast vibrato, would I have to go into the sound settings and change it there between patches?
Hello @morgansamuelnz (Morgan). Thanks for your comment. Yes, you would have to manually adjust the vibrato settings on the Nord Stage 3 (and the Wave 2) program by program, as the settings are only stored globally. On the Nord Stage 4, however, the vibrato settings are defined at the program level and saved specific to every program (much more flexible).
Pro Tip: The often mispronounced "Moog" is actually pronounced "Mogue" -- I remember Dr. Robert saying in an interview, "my last name rhymes with "Vogue".
Hi Retrobox. Thank you! Yes, after making this video, I did the research and I found the Bob M. interview you may be speaking about. I found it so curious that I actually put a quick lesson on the Master the Nord Stage 3 course with this interview because I assume this happens to a lot of people when they first see the "Moog" word/name.
After 40 years I still say "mooooog" because it sounds better. "Mini Moog" just sounds better than "Mini Mogue." The brighter vowels just describe the synth tonality better. No disrespect to Dr Moog. Play a note and you get "oooooooo", you don't get "ohhhhhh." lol a silly thing I just get stuck on. Some people want to say "Moog" so it's a bit pretentious to play the wise owl card. We know his name :)
@@itsjusterthought7941 You explained this beautifully. For those who are curious, here is the link to the Dr. himself on the pronunciation if you haven't already seen it. In fact, he doesn't get all that hung up about it but he did settle on the "Mogue" as the one he likes the best: ua-cam.com/video/UDN-y0QQ7cs/v-deo.html
Hi Walt! Yes, in fact, part 4 is all about modulation which will include the LFO (Low-Frequency Oscillator) as one of the main drivers of that concept. It will likely be a fairly advanced video too but perhaps one of the more exciting ones and I'm looking forward to it. Hoping for arrival by late Jan based on my "life schedule" at the moment. Thanks as always for your comments and support.
So... My Stage 3 has a few more Knobs and buttons that yours does. Very interesting... For example; I have 5 knobs in the synth section, under the screen. There are a few other areas that are different, but I kept struggling in the synth videos, and I figured out why.
@@lemmystop Awesome! So, apparently, the new versions have changed the configuration a bit. How Interseting! I wouldn't have expected this mid-model like this.
For sure and I find myself using the LPM filter for all the Rush sounds as it really brings out the resonance more than the other filters while also maintaining the low end. But the LP12 and 24 have their place too.
Thanks for the clarification, Thomas. Now that you mention it, I do recall the proper pronunciation but never committed it to my brain. Next time I'll say it correctly. ☺️
Great tutorial applicable to all synths. Keyboard tracking is extremely useful as the default because it turns your synth response into a playable musical instrument rather than a lab audio device. When you're playing chords up top and a bass line below, you want the chords to cut through at a brighter setting, but you want the bass notes to remain at the low end to give a fat bass. When you trim the filter frequency to give a fat bass, playing anything up top has all the highs taken out. Turning filter tracking on, raise the cutoff frequency the higher you go up the keyboard, so it allows more high frequencies to cut through up top. A good example is the 'Jump' riff. You want the base notes to be a fat drone, while the chord triads stab through the mix with a crisper sound. That's keyboard tracking treating the bass differently to the top end by tracking the cutoff frequency to the keyboard pitch, adding musicality like a real instrument.
@itsjusterthought Thank you for your insight and terrific explanation here! The one thing that UA-cam doesn't allow us to do is to modify or replace videos while maintaining the original links (Vimeo does allow for this). If it allowed for this, I would most likely replace these videos with a "new and improved version" with the insight gained in the last several years. It was largely because of this reason that I decided to put this info in the form of professional courses (www.MyKeystoMusic.com) where I can replace, improve and add videos keeping the content not only relevant but accurate while also delivering it in the best possible way for learning. In any case, your comment here should hopefully assist people who read it. Thanks again for taking the time.
Thank you all for your patience with this one. If you hang with me on these videos, the best is yet to come. Here in part 3 you are still "paying your dues" a bit learning the fundamentals. In part 4 we dive deep into modulation and LFO and that's where all the fun stuff starts to come together. Thanks for watching!
Thanks
Hi David! Thanks for watching.
These are so great
Thank you @WAXWANE - the full course is available on my website, but as you can see, I have indeed included a lot on the NS3 here on UA-cam. Enjoy!
Thank you so much!!!
Happy to do it!
Great videos, appreciate you taking the time to put these together. To really understand the difference between the LP24 and the LP24M you need to turn up the resonance, this will show clearly what made the Mini's 24 db LP filter unique from other 24 db LP filters - and why the Mini style filter response is still desirable to this day. Hope this helps, great work with these videos!
Hi Michael. Thanks for chiming in on this! Yes, I had that suspicion as well and ended up testing it AFTER the video was recorded. Glad we have comments like this to clarify it. Thanks for watching!
Another great tutorial, I think I am closer to understanding my new keayboard. Thanks again, Marc.
That's great. Then, when you're done with those lessons, then you can also gain some insight by watching a few of your favorite "Discovery" videos here for the Nord Stage 3: ua-cam.com/play/PLvND2qkkWygqahJWvI75kYCQo6nPMJA7i.html
Thanks for this great tutorial. Just got my Stage 3 here in 2021, and this helps me a lot :-)
Glad to hear it!
Very helpful and instructive, as always. Can't wait for part IV! Thanks!!!
Thanks, Albert. I'm right there with you. Modulation is likely going to be both advanced and exciting! Thanks for your comment.
Really great video. Thank you for taking time and make it really easy to understand. Now I can play my stage 3 better !
Awesome to hear that! Keep up the good work.
Can't wait for part 4, hopefully it's soon as I can imagine the link between part 3 and 4 is big! :)
Hi Elliott! Yes, there is a BIG link between part 3 and 4 on so many levels. As far as timing goes, I'm out of town on business for a week, then it's going to take a week to prep for the recording and another week or so to edit it (mixed in with the rest of my life etc.) Thanks for hanging in there and for your enthusiasm.
Thanks for uploading, very helpful!
Thanks Daniel S. Glad it helped!
Great tutorial again. Thank you Marc.
Happy to do it awass68! Thanks for saying so...
Hey Marc. Thanks for all the great vids! Is there a way to assign pitch bend to one of the many EP’s on the Nord?
Hi Jonny! Yes, you can assign the pitch bend to any sound coming out of the Organ Engine, the Piano Engine (where most of the EPs hang out) and of course, the Synth engine where you can also have EP samples played from there. A big yes on your answer!
Thanks Marc. Greatful for your efforts!
Thanks, Daniel F. Appreciate you watching!
Another great video. Question: is the rate of the vibrato global only ? I.e If I wanted to have one program with a slow vibrato and another with a fast vibrato, would I have to go into the sound settings and change it there between patches?
Hello @morgansamuelnz (Morgan). Thanks for your comment. Yes, you would have to manually adjust the vibrato settings on the Nord Stage 3 (and the Wave 2) program by program, as the settings are only stored globally. On the Nord Stage 4, however, the vibrato settings are defined at the program level and saved specific to every program (much more flexible).
Pro Tip: The often mispronounced "Moog" is actually pronounced "Mogue" -- I remember Dr. Robert saying in an interview, "my last name rhymes with "Vogue".
Hi Retrobox. Thank you! Yes, after making this video, I did the research and I found the Bob M. interview you may be speaking about. I found it so curious that I actually put a quick lesson on the Master the Nord Stage 3 course with this interview because I assume this happens to a lot of people when they first see the "Moog" word/name.
After 40 years I still say "mooooog" because it sounds better. "Mini Moog" just sounds better than "Mini Mogue." The brighter vowels just describe the synth tonality better. No disrespect to Dr Moog. Play a note and you get "oooooooo", you don't get "ohhhhhh." lol a silly thing I just get stuck on. Some people want to say "Moog" so it's a bit pretentious to play the wise owl card. We know his name :)
@@itsjusterthought7941 You explained this beautifully. For those who are curious, here is the link to the Dr. himself on the pronunciation if you haven't already seen it. In fact, he doesn't get all that hung up about it but he did settle on the "Mogue" as the one he likes the best: ua-cam.com/video/UDN-y0QQ7cs/v-deo.html
Another great video! Are you eventually going to put together a video about the Low Frequency Oscillator?
Hi Walt! Yes, in fact, part 4 is all about modulation which will include the LFO (Low-Frequency Oscillator) as one of the main drivers of that concept. It will likely be a fairly advanced video too but perhaps one of the more exciting ones and I'm looking forward to it. Hoping for arrival by late Jan based on my "life schedule" at the moment. Thanks as always for your comments and support.
My Keys To Music sounds good!
Thanks for this very useful tutorial again.
I hope you will cover also how to make sweeping-effects in one of your next video's.
Hi Michiel Pam. Thanks for your comment. Yes! The next video will cover how to make sweeping effects via modulation over time. Thanks for watching!
So... My Stage 3 has a few more Knobs and buttons that yours does. Very interesting... For example; I have 5 knobs in the synth section, under the screen. There are a few other areas that are different, but I kept struggling in the synth videos, and I figured out why.
Very interesting Chris. When did you get your Nord Stage 3 exactly?
@@MyKeysToMusic I got it on Saturday, and it was brand new, in the box.
@@lemmystop Awesome! So, apparently, the new versions have changed the configuration a bit. How Interseting! I wouldn't have expected this mid-model like this.
@@MyKeysToMusic It could have been called the stage 3.5.
@@lemmystop Yes! or the Nord Stage 3 (EKE) "Extra Knob Edition"
oh yeah
Hi Thomas
LP M definitely sounds fatter than LP 24.
For sure and I find myself using the LPM filter for all the Rush sounds as it really brings out the resonance more than the other filters while also maintaining the low end. But the LP12 and 24 have their place too.
However it is pronounced Moog -not Moog ------ rhymes with Rogue
Thanks for the clarification, Thomas. Now that you mention it, I do recall the proper pronunciation but never committed it to my brain. Next time I'll say it correctly. ☺️
@@MyKeysToMusic Bob Moog on his surname ua-cam.com/video/UDN-y0QQ7cs/v-deo.html