Nord Sound Manager English User Manual v6.7x
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1. a Y ii Crand l Stw D Lrg 5 3 78 6 MB already downloaded we Mellotron Flute_MkII sml_mono 2 0 1 9 MB already downloaded wa Wurlitzer 1 200A 5 3 6 0 MB already downloaded ws Female Oh__SR ste 2 0 2 1 MB already downloaded wa Quartet Orch MW Split M Tron Programs in a Program Bundle will be downloaded to the locations where they came from if the Replace option is selected Not all Nord instruments are compatible with the Bundle feature Backup This will make a backup of all the pianos samples programs and in some instruments also the live programs and the menu settings Back ing up the entire memory content in this manner will take some time depending on the sizes of the pianos and samples installed Backing up from the Nord Sound Manager is done in an incre mental manner Unless you change the name or the location of the backup file only the pianos and or programs that have been changed since the previous backup will be saved The Nord Sound Manager will suggest a location for the backup the first time this function is selected in My Documents Nord Sound Man ager files If you d rather save the backup file elsewhere use the file dialog to pick another destination Restore To restore a previously saved backup file to the Nord instrument select this option and browse to a backup file on the hard drive and click Open A The restore process will begin after you have clicked Ope2. and press the Ctrl key on the computer key board If you now drag this selection the Program will be copied and pasted at the destination instead of just being moved Search Box By entering one or several characters in the Search Box you can filter out the content that is presented in the lists Q violin This provides you with a quick way to find duplicate programs etc Auto Select By clicking on the Auto Select icon in the toolbar you toggle the Auto Select function on or off 1 When Auto Select is turned on and you scroll 2 through the pianos samples or program lists using 3 4 Auto Select the computer keyboard arrow keys the sounds will automatically be selected in the Nord instrument amp Double clicking on a piano sample or program will also make it active in the Nord instrument Backup Click on the Backup icon to make a backup file that contains all the content in your Nord instrument 1 Backup Restore The Nord instruments are built to the highest standards of reli ability but doing regular backups is always a good thing Give the backup file a meaningful name and find a suitable loca tion on your hard drive amp Ifyou choose a backup file that already exists only the changes that have occurred in the instrument will be added to that previous file Restore When you want to restore the entire content of the Nord instrument click on the Restore icon in the Toolbar and select a b
3. and the menu settings in the Nord instrument Backing up the entire memory content in this manner will take some time depending on the sizes of the pianos and samples installed amp Backing up from the Nord Sound Manager is done in an incre mental manner Unless you change the name or the location of the backup file only the pianos and or programs that have been changed since the previous backup will be saved The Nord Sound Manager will suggest a location for the backup the first time this function is selected in My Documents Nord Sound Manager files If you rather keep the backup file elsewhere use the browser to pick another location Restore Ctrl R To restore a previously saved backup file to the Nord instrument select this option and browse to a backup file on the hard drive and click Open A The restore process will begin after you have clicked Open and confirmed your intentions in the dialog All the content of a con nected Nord instrument will then be irrevocably replaced by the content of the backup file Clean Deleted Space This function will clean up the space where any previously deleted pia nos or programs have been This is done in order to make this deleted memory space available to new additions Cleaning is automatically done if you download a new piano or program to the Nord instrument but this menu command makes it possible to manually start the cleaning process Format This is a radical func
4. have been installed the driver will be activated when you connect the Nord instrument Do this by connecting a USB cable between the Nord instrument and your computer When the Nord instrument is connected to the computer the driver will be automatically activated and a confirmation will appear in the notification area in the Windows task bar Sound Manager Windows users Launch the Nord Sound Manager v6 x Setup file and follow the instructions The Nord Sound Manager can be accessed from the start menu when the installation procedure is finished Mac OSX users Double click on the Nord Sound Manager 6 x dmg and then drag the Nord Sound Manager application from the virtual hard drive to your Applications folder A The files mentioned for the driver and application installations can be downloaded from the www nordkeyboards com website Please visit our website from time to time to check for any Nord Sound Manager updates O i 1 Nord Sound Manager o ee File Edit View Help i a F v ESE 2 A x ze ws ow 8 la ay x S fm om om Firm EB Organize Dual View Auto Select Rename Delete Relink Sound Upload Sound Down Bundle Upload Bundle Down Backup Restore Program th Piano Samp Lib g Syni Info Bank All 400 program v Q 1 program selected Bank Loca Name Vers Category Note a Italian Grand anl alian Grand 6 Grand al Using 4 pianos samples Bank A 01 2 B3 Ja
5. only exception to this are the Piano and Sample Library files that several models can use The various types are identified by different icons and the file extension with a model identifier and a type in the following fashion Type Description Wn Aono Piano files from the Nord Piano piano so Library nr Sample files from the Nord NSMP Sample Library m0000 ends with p or Program and Performance er ng files ds with pb e un Bundle files ey or bundle N ends with s Synth program files synt ends with op Organ Preset files ends with b Backup files o a The Quick Tour Let s get acquainted with some of the functions in the Nord Sound Manager If you perform the actions described in this tour the content in the Nord instrument may be changed but you can always get back to the factory content by restoring the instrument with the Factory Restore file available for download from www nordkeyboards com Backing up and restoring will be explained at the end of this tour on page 6 If you have made some changes to the content ofthe Nord already now would be a great time to do a Backup Transfer sounds to the Nord When the Nord instrument leaves the factory the Program Perfor mance Piano and the Samp Lib partitions are filled with sounds In order to be able to try out other pianos you can delete one or two pianos and load new ones and select this from the panel Deleting a s
6. to substitute with a new one and click the Substitute icon in the toolbar amp You can also right click the sound and choose the Substitute option or use the Substitute command in the Edit Menu a Substitute lt o This will delete Black Upright Petrof Med 5 3 download a replacement piano and relink the affected programs to use the replacement instead Substitute Browse No file selected itu Cancel The Substitute dialog informs you about the action about to take place Click Browse to locate a new sound on the computer hard drive fm Substitute GO Nord Stage 2 EX Samp Lib Samp Lib Samp Lib 4 Search Samp Lib p Organize v New folder i amp Favorites z Name Date modified Type WE Desktop 2 Violins 2_Mellotron_M300 mono 2 0 ns 2015 04 29 12 01 Nord Sample J Downloads q 3 Violins Chamberlin_MMaster mono 2 0 2015 04 29 12 01 Nord Sample Recent Places 3 Violins_Mellotron_MkIl mono 2 0 nsmp 2015 04 29 12 01 Nord Sample J Develop 8 Basses Sus_SO stereo 2 0 nsmp 2015 04 29 12 01 Nord Sample 10 Celli Leg_SO stereo 2 0 nsmp 2015 04 29 12 00 Nord Sample Libraries 12 Str Guitar1_DV mono 2 0 nsmp 2015 04 2912 10 Nord Sample Documents 16 Violins_Mellotron_M400 mono 2 0 ns 2015 04 29 12 01 Nord Sample Music 22violins Leg_LoVib_ SR ste 2 0 nsmp 2015 04 29 12 01 Nord Sample 5 Pictures 23 Violins NoVib_SR ste 2 0 nsmp 2015 04 29 12 01 Nord Sample Subversio
7. Bundle Upload be the cur ry This will upload one or more programs and their used pianos samples to a Program Bundle rently selected Source program s PS arheacive Selection 3 programs bank but you Bank Bank A 100 programs v can choose another bank Cancel with the drop down menu Click on the Upload button to enter the name of the Bundle and to select the destination on the hard drive The Program Bundle file that is created on the hard drive will have a file extension that ends with pb Program Bundle Download Ctrl Shift D This function will download a Bundle with programs pianos and samples from p the computer hard drive to the Nord in strument You have a choice if you want the Bundle to be added to the existing programs in the bank in focus or if the Bundle should replace the contents in an entire bank of your choice Program Bundle Download mym Program Bundle Download This will download the programs in the Program Bundle to the destination bank including all used pianos samples Source Program Bundle Hit Parade Destination Add to bank Replace the entire contents of bank Bank D 100 programs v Show Details gt gt Download Cancel Not all Nord instruments are compatible with the Bundle feature NORD SOUND MANAGER Backup Ctrl B This will make a backup of all the pianos samples programs perfor mances Live programs
8. MW n eee ar 05 4 Kraftwheel Let s say you need to delete some of the factory samples to make room for new samples By selecting a sample in the Samp Lib partition and activating Info you can see which of the programs that would be affected by such a deletion or replacement Organize When this option is active the lists will show all the available locations in the selected partition bank and not only the occupied ones This will for instance make it possible to drag a file to a specific free location in the middle of the list If this is inactive only the occupied locations will be shown and re arranging the order is not possible Dual View When this option is checked the window if set to display the Program partition will be divided in two lists You can make the lists show sepa rate banks with the drop downs Rearranging programs is simply a matter of drag and drop Drag a program from one bank list to another bank list in either direction NORD SOUND MANAGER Auto Select With this function active scrolling through the piano sample or program list with the computer keyboard arrow keys will automatically select the sound in the Nord instrument Rename This allows you to rename a program 16 characters can be used and the supported characters are a z A Z 0 9 and the hyphen Any other characters will not be displayed in the Sound Manager lists Pianos or samples cannot be renamed so t
9. ackup file that you have made You can also drag the backup file from the computer and drop it to the Manager window The Confirm Restore dialog will appear that requires your confirmation You can look at the content of the file if you click on Show Details lt a Restore Hide Details lt lt The contents of your instrument will be replaced by the contents of backup archive Nord Stage 2 EX Factory Restore v2 06 revA Restore Cancel a Backup archive contents Live H Piano H Program E Samp Lib H D Settings E Synth There are Factory Restore files available for all Nord instruments which can be used to restore the content of the instrument to that which it was shipped with The files are available for downloaded from www nordkeyboards com Sound Manager reference Toolbar File Edit View Help 3y m m m Info Organize Dual View Auto Select Rename Delete Substitute Relink Sound Upload Sound Down Bundle Upload Bundle Down U G Backup Restore Info Activating Info brings up an information area to the right of the list 2 GrandLadyD StwD Lrg IlIll EGrand 3 Amped CP80 mono Sml 5 3 3 Bright Grand YaS4 Med Used by 6 programs 4 Studio Grand 2 YaC7 Lrg 5 EGrand 3 Amped CP80 mono Bank Loc Name BankA 15 1 Peters Grand BankB 10 4 Arpamed MW BankC 02 2 RubbaMix FS BankC 05 5 CP80 Amped BankC 09 1 DXheaven MW FS BankD 15 1 Peters Grand 1 Gra
10. ams or performances and other types will be referred to as sounds throughout this manual amp Press Ctrl Tab on the computer keyboard to cycle between the tabs The list of sounds can be ordered according to location name size version and date in ascending and desce nding order Just click on a headline to select a preferred view Partition Memory Indicator 165 I 240 used 112 6 ME used 15 2 MB free The memory indicator at the bottom of the window indicates how much memory is being used in the selected partition The dark area shows the used memory the bright indicates space that is available for new sounds Right Ctrl Clicking If you right Ctrl click on a sound a context menu will provide options depending on what type of sound you selected Select in Instrument Select In Instrument This will select the chosen sound in the Nord Upload instrument Download Substitute Upload Relink programs This will upload the selected sound from the Nord instrument to the computer hard drive to a folder of your choice Delete Upload To Bundle Programs Performances This will upload the selected program s and any piano and or sample that this program uses to a Bundle file on the hard drive Bundles are explained in greater detail on page 4 Select In Instrument Download Upload This is only available if you right click on an Upload To Bundle empty location that does not contain a sound Do
11. c free location in the middle of the list If this is unchecked only the occupied loca tions will be shown Dual View Ctrl L When this option is checked the window will be divided in two lists The two lists makes it easy to move programs from one location to another You can make the lists show separate banks with the drop downs Rearranging programs is simply a matter of drag and drop Drag a program from one bank list to another bank list in either direc tion amp Press the Ctrl key on the computer keyboard before dragging to copy a selection to the destination during a drag and drop opera tion Info Ctrl I Activating Info brings up an information area to the right of the list 2 GrandLadyD StwD Lrg IlIll EGrand 3 Amped CP80 mono Smi 5 3 3 Bright Grand YaS4 Med p Used by 6 programs 4 Studio Grand 2 YaC7 Lrg Bank i an oc 5 EGrand 3 Amped CP80 mono Bank A 15 1 Peters Grand Grand Upright YaU3 Lrg Mellow Upright Bdrf C130 Med BankB 10 4 Arpamed MW BankC 02 2 RubbaMix FS Black Upright Petrof Med BankC 05 5 CP80 Amped Queen Upright Bdorf Med Romantic Upright Schimmel BankC 09 1 DXheavenMW FS BankD 15 1 Peters Grand 1 2 3 4 5 6 Saloon Upright Baumgardt M 7 1 2 3 Name HonkyTonkUpright Sml EPiano 1 Mk I Low Deep EPiano 2 Mk I ClosIdeal EPiano 3 Mk II Shallow This area will show if a selected piano or a sample is used in any programs or what pianos and samples are us
12. d their used a selection pianos samples to a Program Bundle of programs or an entire Selection 1 program Bank to the Bank computer hard gi drive and Bank B 100 programs Bank C 100 programs include all the Bank D 100 programs Cancel pianos and or samples that these programs use in a Program Bundle file The default source will be the currently selected Program s or the ac tive bank but you can choose another bank with the drop down menu Click on the Upload button to enter the name of the Bundle and to select the destination on the hard drive The Program Bundle file that is created on the hard drive will have a file extension that ends with pb Bundle Down This function will download a Bundle with programs pianos and samples from the computer hard drive to the Nord instrument You have a choice if you want the Bundle to be appended to the existing programs in the bank in focus or if the Bundle should replace the contents in an entire bank of your choice Program Bundle Download Program Bundle Download This will download the programs in the Program Bundle to the destination bank including all used pianos samples Source Program Bundle Hit Parade Destination Add to bank Replace the entire contents of bank Bank D 100 programs v Hide Details lt lt Download Cancel All pianos samples are already downloaded Program Bundle contains 3 programs
13. ed in any selected programs 01 1 DX Full Tines Info 01 2 Grand Strings Daan ake 01 3 B3 Ethel Smith wth i 01 4 PulsyCimbalom FS PulsyCimbalom FS 01 5 Softwurl MW Using 3 pianos samples 02 1 Attack Bass Slot Bank Loc Name 02 2 Osc Orgy 02 3 Rick W SlotA Grand 1 Italian Grand Faz XL 5 3 02 4 New Frontier a SlotA Samp Lib 125 CimbalomHard__PS ste 2 0 02 5 Brandenburg SiotB Grand 1 _ Kalian Grand Faz XL 5 3 03 1 80 Pi layer MW Slots No sample 03 2 UkrainianBandura 03 3 B3 Full Tibias u 03 4 Japanese 03 5 Filter Tapdance Brandenburg 04 1 Spain ll Using 4 pianos samples 04 2 GlassOrgan Slot Bank Loc Name an SiotA Harps 2 French Harpsi 1D Lo8 Lo4 5 04 4 Techno Tron wns i i 04 5 Dont Jump AT SlotA SampLib 19 StudioStr Leg_Vib_KH ste 2 05 1 WheelOfFortune SlotB Harps 2 French Harpsi 1D Lo8 Lo4 5 1 05 2 GirlsOnlyMw MC SlotB Samp Lib 45 All Winds __SR ste 2 0 05 3 Hidden Valley MW m N 05 4 Kraftwheel Find Ctrl F This is a shortcut to the Search Box By entering one or several charac ters in the Search Box you can filter out the content that is presented in the lists Auto Select When this function is active pianos samples or programs will be auto matically selected in the Nord instrument when you browse through the sounds in the Manager list with the computer keyboard arrow keys Help menu About About Brings up the About box with a informatio
14. es and all the pianos and samples that these programs use in one file Bundles are great to store parts of the memory from your Nord instrument If you select one program and create a Bundle the Bundle will be pretty small in size and the uploading process will be reason ably quick compared to a complete Backup procedure You can also create another Bundle with all the programs you need for a specific performance and when you need those programs again the Bundle functionality will restore them and their associated sound files to the Nord instrument Not all Nord instruments are compatible with the Bundle feature Look at the Sound Manager page on the Nord website for further details Pianos and samples that are used by several programs will not be duplicated in a Bundle nor will they be downloaded back to the instrument if they already are in place in the instrument Upload a Program Bundle Open the Program Tab and select one or several programs Use Otrl click t0 make non consecutive selections like this one Bank Loca Name Bank A 01 1 Italian Grand Bank A 01 2 B3 Jazz Spell FS Quartet Orch MW Bank A 01 4 SparkleTop Bank A 01 5 Lisa EX Bank A 02 1 Mellow Upright Bank A 02 2 B3 Gospelly MW Bank A 02 3 Grand Peggio MW Bank A 02 4 Tom Sawyer AT Darjeeling Bank A 03 1 Grand Lady D Split M Tron 03 3 Clavinet A Bank A Click on the Bundle Up icon in the Toolbar The Program Bundle Upload dialo
15. g gives you two choices Program Bundle Upload x Program Bundle Upload AT This will upload one or more programs and their used pianos samples to a Program Bundle Source goosoesoesecosoesscossesososseccsoesossssosososcscsesosossesossssog Bank Bank A 100 programs v Selection will create a Program Bundle with the selection of programs you made in the Nord Sound Manager program list and the pianos and or samples that these programs use Bank makes a Bundle of an entire Bank that you select with the drop down This action will probably take a bit longer and the resulting Bundle will be a bigger file since there may be many more pianos and samples in this type of Bundle Choose the Selection option and click on Upload In the following dialog give the Bundle a meaningful name and find a location on the computer hard drive Downloading a Bundle Here comes the really great part about Bundles When you download a Bundle to the instrument any pianos and samples that the programs in the Bundle depend on are downloaded They will be placed at the next available location in the piano and or Samp Lib partition Pianos and samples are not duplicated if these files are already in the instrument The Bundle programs will use the new or existing locations of the pianos and samples when they are downloaded to the free locations in the program partition Make sure the Program Tab is open Press the Bundle Down icon in the T
16. his function is not available if you have selected any of these Delete Allows you to delete one or several selected sounds You will be asked to confirm your intentions You may also use the delete or backspace key on the computer keyboard to perform this action Any Program in the Nord instrument that used a particular piano or sample that you deleted will probably not sound at all since it will be missing an important component The space that a deleted piano occupied is not immediately available to other sounds even though it is gone from the list and its location is free The Flash memory needs to be cleaned to free up the space where the deleted sounds have been When you add a new piano the cleaning process will be initiated automatically You also have the option to manually start the cleaning process with the Clean Deleted Space command from the File menu Flashing LEDs in the Piano Type and Model section indicates that the piano that the current program tried to use is not available in the Nord instrument memory Select another program or down load the missing piano to the Nord instrument Substitute Substitute allows you to replace a selected piano or a sample with another piano or sample that you have on the computer hard drive This function is not only about replacing the sound file in the memory all the programs that used the old sound will be updated relinked to use the new sound instead Substitute ne
17. n A1 Brass_NLA1 stereo 2 0 nsmp 2015 04 29 12 12 ord Sample v 8 Videos vE T File name 8 Basses Sus_SO stereo 2 0 nsmp v nsmp files nsmp x ans Press Open and then confirm by clicking Substitute The substitution will begin by deleting the original sound then cleaning the memory downloading the new sound and finally relinking all the programs to the new sound If you use Susbtitute to try a sound and then change your mind just substitute the new one with the previous one to get back to where you started from 3 4 NORD SOUND MANAGER USER MANUAL V6 7X Relink Relink is a powerful feature that makes it possible to change the piano or sample or both that one or several programs use Let s imagine that you have downloaded a new favorite grand piano and want to change the programs that used your previous favorite grand to the new one instead Instead of manually changing every program on the instrument Relink can achieve this in the Nord Sound Manager Let s Relink a program to change what sound s the program should use Open the Program tab and right click a program in the list Select the Relink Samp Lib option in the context menu The menu will expand to show the sample that is linked to this program Select In Instrument Upload Upload To Bundle Dg nic ad iui Relink Fiano 2fviolins ste SRy5 Select the sample and let go of the mouse button This will o
18. n and confirmed your intentions in the dialog All the content that isn t in the backup file in a connected Nord instrument will then be irrevo cably replaced by the content in the backup file Menus The usual Windows and Mac OSX keyboard commands can be used in the Nord Sound Manager The menus can be accessed by pressing the Alt key and the underlined letter in the menu bar Most of the commands can also be accessed by pressing the Ctrl on the Mac Command key together with the letter shown next to the command name in the menus File menu Sound Upload Ctrl U Sound Download Ctrl C Sound Upload Ctrl U Program Bundle Upload CErl Shift U Use this function to upload one or several sounds from the Program Bundle Download Cerl 5hift b Backup Ctri B Nord instrument s memory to Restore Ctri R a folder on the computer hard ee drive Format Export Sound Lists Sound Download Ctrl D zen Use this function to download one or several sounds from the computer hard drive to the next avail able location in the selected partition Look at page 8 for a detailed description of Sound Up and Sound Down Program Bundle Upload Ctrl Shift U This function will upload a selection of programs or an entire Bank to the computer hard drive and include all the pianos and or samples that these programs use in a Program Bundle file The default Program Bundle Upload lt a source will Program
19. n regarding the version of the Nord Sound Manager You will also see a list of compatible instruments and OS versions Tabs Piano Samp Lib Program Synth Bank All 400 program Piano Samp Lib Program Performance Use the tabs to select the desired partition The drop down menu is used to select the desired bank within the piano sample or program partitions The content of the partition will be presented in the list amp Press the Ctrl Tab keys on the computer keyboard to cycle between the tabs Search Box Enter a phrase to quickly shown any pianos or programs that contains the characters in their names Press Clear to clear the filtering and show all entries again Loc Location The banks are organized in locations the number of locations varies for the different bank types Name The name of the item Size Shows the file size of the pianos and samples This may be useful if you need to know how much space for example a particular piano oc cupies in the piano partition This unit is not shown in the program lists Ver Version Number This indicates the version number of the actual piano sample or program format Older OS versions may not be able to use sounds in a newer format Note This area contains various information messages regarding the memory content in the Nord instrument If a piano or sample is not used by any of the programs it will be indicated here Thi
20. nd Upright YaU3 Lrg 2 Mellow Upright Bdrf C130 Med 3 Black Upright Petrof Med 4 Queen Upright Bdorf Med 5 Romantic Upright Schimmel 6 Saloon Upright Baumgardt M 7 1 2 3 HonkyTonkUpright Sml EPiano 1 MkILow Deep EPiano2 Mk I Clos Ideal EPiano 3 Mk I Shallow The Info area will show if a selected piano or a sample is used in any Programs or what pianos and samples are used in any selected Programs This provides you with an excellent way of keeping track of how the content components in the Nord instrument depends on each other 01 1 DX Full Tines Info 01 2 Grand Strings i aa aan oe 01 3 B3 Ethel Smith prog j 01 4 PulsyCimbalom FS PulsyCimbalom FS 01 5 Softwurl MW Br Using 3 pianos samples 02 1 Attack Bass Slot Bank Loc Name 02 2 Osc Orgy 02 3 Rick W sSlotA Grand 1 Italian Grand Faz XL 5 3 02 4 New Frontier SlotA Samp Lib 125 CimbalomHard_ PS ste 2 0 02 5 Brandenburg WM SlotB Grand 1 Kalian Grand Faz XL 5 3 03 2 UkrainianBandura 03 3 B3 Full Tibias s ul p 03 4 Japanese 03 5 Filter Tapdance Brandenburg 04 1 Spain Per Using 4 pianos samples 04 2 GiassOrgen Slot Bank Loc Name 04 3 Logical T ee SiotA Harps 2 French Harpsi 1D Lo8 Lo4 5 1 04 4 Techno Tron es i j 04 5 Dont Jump AT SlotA Samplib 19 StudioStr Leg_Vib_KH ste 2 05 1 WheelOfFortune a Slot B Harps 2 French Harpsi 1D Lo8 Lo4 5 1 05 2 GirlsOnlyMW MC SlotB Samp Lib 45 All Winds__SR ste 2 0 05 3 Hidden Valley
21. nd you will see a message about this Delete or move some programs from that Bank and try again Replace contents in a bank will simply delete all programs in the Bank you choose and download the programs in the Bundle to this bank instead The programs will be placed at the same locations as they had when the bundle was created If a bundle will not fit in a bank this will be presented in the dialog like in the image below where more free locations are needed in the program bank Program Bundle Download X Program Bundle Download Ww This will download the programs in the Program Bundle to the destination bank including all used pianos samples Source Program Bundle Hit Parade Destination PPPLLPEFLPPPFERFFPPERREERPERFERFFRER Fonansonnsnnsnnunssennunsnnennenne Bank A 100 programs v Replace the entire contents of bank amp Bank requires 3 additional free locations Show Details gt gt Download 5 6 NORD SOUND MANAGER USER MANUAL V6 7X Organize the program partition By using drag and drop you can organize the content of the Program partition s Make sure that Organize is turned on in the View menu Select and drag a program from the destination location to the desired location IF you drop a sound on a free location the sound will be moved from the source location If you drop it on a location that is oc cupied the two sounds will change locations Select a program
22. no2 MkIClosIdeal 5 1 5 9 MB Queued E Piano 3 EPiano 3 Mk II Shallow 5 1 6 8 MB Queued F Diann 4 FDG Rrinhk Tinse CiuicktarmMnd S 1 14 AMR cin Files that are placed in the queue will be displayed in bold If you wish to cancel an ongoing queue you can either delete all files that are queued or press the Cancel button During the Clean process the Cancel option is not available Files waiting in the queue can be deleted from the queue If you change your mind Right click on the queued sound or use the Toolbar or Menu Delete command amp Files already in the instrument can be moved or deleted during the processing of the queue Upload sounds from the instrument Select the desired partition that holds the sounds that you wish to store on the computer hard drive Select the bank and the sound s Shift click will allow you to se lect several consecutive sounds Ctrl click will allow you to select nonconsecutive sounds Here is a selection of a few programs Loc Mame Categor 1 The Grand Grand 2 Eltons Piano arand 3 awiTines EPiano 4 SparkleTop EPiano 5 HardTines EPiana Click the Sound Up icon or right click the selected sound s and select Upload The dialog will prompt you to browse to the desired destination folder on the hard drive The upload process may take a few moments depending on the size of the sounds Program Performance Bundles A Program Performance Bundle contains one or several programs per formanc
23. om the Nord instrument s memory A A dialog will appear with information if this action will affect any programs in the Nord instrument that uses these sound You will be asked to confirm your intentions Substitute Ctrl T This allows you to replace a selected piano or a sample with another plano or sample that you have on the computer hard drive This will also change all programs that used the previous sound to the new sound instead Relink Ctrl K Use the Relink feature if you want one or several selected programs to use another piano or sample instead of the current sound The sound in question have to be present in the memory of the Nord instrument Relinking can also be used if a piano or sample is absent in the Nord instrument to repair the programs that are missing a component Not all Nord instruments are compatible with the Substitute and Relink features in which case these items will be grayed out Select All Ctrl A Select all items in a bank partition Invert Selection This will deselect the original selection and then select all the other items in the list View menu Organize Chr o Organize Ctrl 0 Dual view Ctrl L When this option is checked the lists Info Ctrl I will show all the available locations in the selected partition bank and not Find Ctrl F only the occupied ones Auto Select This will for instance make it easier to drag a file to a specifi
24. oolbar You can also use the Bundle Download command from the File menu Ctrl Shift D oo amp Navigate to the Bundle file that you wish to download and click Open NORD SOUND MANAGER After the Manager has verified the files in the Bundle the Program Bundle Download dialog will appear amp Click on Show Details if you want to see what programs pianos and samples are in the Bundle Program Bundle Download xn Program Bundle Download This will download the programs in the Program Bundle to the destination bank including all used pianos samples Source Program Bundle Hit Parade Destination Add to bank Bank D 100 programs v Replace the entire contents of bank Hide Details lt lt All pianos samples are already downloaded Download Cancel Program Bundle contains 3 programs rr ooo ooo SooSo SETTIST a E E ae Mellotron Flute_MkII sml_mono 2 0 1 9 MB already downloaded iM Wurlitzer 1 200A 5 3 6 0 MB already downloaded a Female Oh__SR ste 2 0 2 1 MB already downloaded amp Quartet Orch MW gg Split M Tron There are two options when you download a Bundle Add to bank will download the program files and add them to the program bank that you choose in the drop down menu The programs will be placed at the first available locations f the programs in the Bundle will not fit in the Bank the process will not be performed a
25. ound Open the appropriate Tab and select a piano or a sample to delete and press the Delete icon in the toolbar You can also right click on the sound and choose the Delete option or use the backspace or delete keys on the computer keyboard A dialog appears where you will be asked to confirm your intentions If any programs uses the soon to be deleted piano or sample you will be alerted about this If you confirm by clicking Yes the sound in the Nord instrument will be deleted amp If you delete a piano or sample that is used by any programs these programs will then be missing an important part This can be fixed by downloading the same sound at a later time Download a new sound Using drag and drop Open the folder on the computer hard drive where the new sound is located Make sure that the Sound Manager window and the folder are visible on the screen Drag the new sound to the white area in the Sound Manager list When the cursor gets a plus sign release the mouse button a mo neee ah i NEP i N i r Desktop Bright Grand YaS4 Med 5 3 npno Harps 1 Kal Harpsic Downloads L EGrand 3 Amped CP80 mono Sml 5 3 npno Harps 2 French Ha Recent Places 7 Grand LadyD StwD Lrg 5 3 npno Harps 3 Ital Harpsi m Italian Grand Faz XL 5 3 npno um I Studio Grand 2 YaC7 Lrg 5 3 npno I Libraries 4 The Clean Deleted Space process will start to prepare the memory and then the new piano will be downloaded to the Nord ins
26. p www nordkeyboards com to down load any updates of the Nord Sound Manager and sounds that have been released for the Nord instrument These items will be available as free downloads in the Download area and in the Libraries areas 12 NORD SOUND MANAGER USER MANUAL V6 7X Index A Append 5 Auto Select 7 B Backup 8 9 Bundle Down 8 Bundle Up 8 C Cancel 11 Clean Deleted Space 9 D Delete 7 10 Dual View 7 E Exit 10 Export Soundlists 9 F File extensions 2 File Formats 2 Format 9 Info 7 10 Invert Selection 10 L Loc 11 Note 11 O Organize 7 P Partition Memory 11 Program Bundle 4 9 Progress 11 R Relink 2 4 7 Rename 10 Restore 9 S Select All 10 Size 11 Sound Down 7 Sound Upload 9 Substitute 3 7
27. pen the Relink dialog where you can choose the new sound that the program should use instead gt This will relink the selected program to use the new sample instead of the current sample 22violins__ste SRv4 Choose new sample Bank Loc Name Samp Lib 3 Violins MkII_Mellotron_v4 Samp Lib 16 Violins M400_Mellotron_v4 Samp Lib 22violins__ste SRv4 Hi Samp Lib ChambStringsMarc_LiteVib _ste KHv4 wg Samp Lib FullStrings1__ste SRv4 Samp Lib StringEns_Tremelo_SRv4 Samp Lib 16celli__ste SRv4 Samp Lib OrchStrings Marc_LiteVib _ste KHv4 Samp Lib SoloViolin1_Vib_SRv4 Samp Lib StringOrchestra_ _ste SRv4 won u a un me oO Click Relink to relink the program to the new sound You can only Relink programs to a sound that is already present in the Nord instrument Download Queue You can add several sounds one by one using the drop method or with the Toolbar or Menu commands These sounds will be put in the download queue The memory will be cleaned if needed and the files will be downloaded to the instrument in the order they were added to the queue Select the desired partition that holds the type of sounds that you wish to load Drag a sound from the computer hard drive to the white area in the Sound Manager list Drag another sound to the white area in the Sound Manager list ee ETW we Ss Se We Eu WW wes wew ie wesw E Piano 1 EPiano 1 MkILow Deep 5 1 6 2 MB Downloading 17 E Piano 2 EPia
28. s So This will delete Black Upright Petrof Med 5 3 download a replacement piano and relink the affected programs to use the replacement instead Substitute Browse No file selected Substitute Cancel Relink Use the Relink feature if you want one or several selected programs to use another piano or sample instead of the current sound The sound in question have to be present in the memory of the Nord instrument Relinking can also be used if a piano or sample is absent in the Nord instrument to repair the programs that are missing a component Not all Nord instruments are compatible with the Substitute and Relink features In these cases the toolbar icons will be grayed out 7 8 NORD SOUND MANAGER USER MANUAL V6 7X Sound Up Use this function to upload one or several sounds from the Nord instrument to the computer hard drive The Sound Up Program Upload ex dialog allows you to choose either the current selec tion of sounds or an entire bank Program Upload This will upload one or more programs from the instrument u If source is set to Bank the programs will be put in a folder with the same name as the source bank Source Selection 1 program gesessen Bank B 100 programs v Clicking Upload brings up a file dialog where you select a location for the files on the computer hard drive Tem Sound Down Use Sound Download to download one or several sound
29. s area is also used to alert you if a piano or a sample that a program in the Nord instrument would use IS missing from the instrument On a rare occasion that something happens with any of the files in the instrument error information about broken corrupted or rejected files will be displayed here If this happens delete the broken file and download it again to the instrument Footer Area The footer area is located at the bottom of the Nord Sound Manager window 1 piano selected 51 6 MB Verifying backup archive Connected to Nord Stage 2 v2 06 NORD SOUND MANAGER 11 Partition Memory Indicator This indicates the usage of the selected partition s memory The dark area shows the used memory and the brighter area indicates space that is available for additional sounds Cancel Button Use this function if you need to cancel a process that is in progress Certain actions like a restore process cannot be cancelled once they have been started Progress Bar The progress bar indicate the progress of an ongoing process Message Text Area The left part of the text area will present any confirmations or error messages from the Nord Sound Manager The right part will indicate of a Nord instrument is connected to the computer and in communication with the Nord Sound Manager The OS version of the connected Nord instrument will also be displayed here Updates and sounds Please visit our website at htt
30. s from the computer hard drive to the next available location in the selected parti tion The Sound Down dialog gives you a few choices regarding the source files and their destination Source Files is the f s l Program Download X option when you want to browse for and select individual files on the computer hard drive Program Download r This will download programs to the destination bank in instrument Source Please browse for programs to download Browse for Folder Destination Add to bank Source Folder is the option when you want to browse for and select an entire folder that contains sounds all of the folder content will be downloaded to the instrument Replace the entire contents of bank Bank B 100 programs Bank C 100 programs Bank D 100 programs I The files in the folder have to be of the same kind Destination Add to bank will add the selected source files to the bank you select in the drop down menu If the number of source sounds does not fit in the destination bank a message will appear Destination Replace the content in bank will delete all the sounds in the selected bank in the instrument and replace those with the source files Show Details will list the source files before they are downloaded to the instrument Bundle Up i Program Bundle Upload x This function will upload Program Bundle Upload EI This will upload one or more programs an
31. sound manager User Manual Nord Sound Manager Version 6 7x Copyright Clavia DMI AB 2015 Nord Sound Manager NORD SOUND MANAGER The Nord Sound Manager is an application which allows you to organize the various memory areas or partitions in a Nord instrument It is also used to download pianos samples programs or performances to the Nord instrument or to upload any of these items called sounds from the instru ment s memory to the computer hard drive The Nord Sound Manager provides various methods for downloading sounds to the instrument and functions for backing up and restoring the entire content of a Nord instrument System requirements The Nord Sound Manager is compatible with computers running Mac OSX 10 4 or later Windows XP Windows 7 Windows 8 and Windows Vista If you run the Nord Sound Manager on a Windows computer you also need a Clavia USB Driver of version 3 0 or later installed Installation USB Driver Mac OSX users may skip this section The USB driver is installed automatically if the computer is connected to the internet when the Nord instrument is connected to it You can then allow Windows to search for the driver Here is how to make a manual driver installation If you use a Windows computer XP Vista 7 or 8 locate the Clavia USB Driver v3 x Setup file downloadable from www nord keyboards com and double click it Follow the instructions on the screen e amp 3 After the files
32. t the instrument you use is not compatible with that particular feature A The actions that take place in the Nord Sound Manager will affect the memory in the Nord instrument The Manager is online with a connected Nord at all times any operations that you perform in the Manager will immediately be executed in the Nord instrument If you for example delete a piano or a Program from the list in the Nord Sound Manager that sound will be deleted from the Nord memory The Toolbar File Edit View Help Info LA EHE a i 2 oy wi 3 Dual View Auto Select a4 wv Arm Sound Upload Sound Down A X x 5 Rename Delete Substitute Relink J B Backup Restore S iii e Bundle Upload Bundle Down The Toolbar at the top of the Manager window gives you direct access to some of the most commonly used functions in the Nord Sound Manager Clicking on an icon will activate its corresponding function and a dialog will often appear asking for confirmation or further instruc tions from you 1 2 NORD SOUND MANAGER USER MANUAL V6 7X The Tabs Piano samp Lib Program Synth Bank All 400 program a Select the memory area partition that you wish to work with by click ing its tab As an example the Piano and Samp Lib tabs allow you to alter the content of the piano and sample partitions and the Program tab allows you to organize the programs of your instrument Pianos samples progr
33. tion it will format the entire partition that is in focus All the sounds in the partition will be deleted You will be asked to confirm your intentions Do not show your cat this Export Sound Lists The Export command will create a set of text based lists of the content in the instrument saved to location of your choice The number of lists created depends on the type of instrument The lists contain informa tion with the names locations and sizes of pianos and samples the program list also contain information of which piano and or samples are used for every program in the instrument The lists are formatted in a html format Double click on a list to view it with a web browser an application that probably can print them for you as well The lists can be opened with a spreadsheet application if you wish to perform further manipulation Exit Ctrl Q Exits the Nord Sound Manager application Edit menu Re i Ctrl M Rename Ctrl N See i Delete Del This allows you to rename a pro war l gram 16 characters can be used u Z nz the supported characters are a z Relink Ctri k A Z 0 9 and the hyphen Any Select All Cte other characters will not be dis played in the Sound Manager lists Invert Selection Pianos or samples cannot be renamed so this function is not available if you have selected any of these 9 10 NORD SOUND MANAGER USER MANUAL V6 7X Delete Del Allows you to delete a selected item s fr
34. trument If there isn t enough free space to complete the opera tion a message about this will appear If the Organize view is active you can drop a sound on any free location in the bank If this is not active the new sound will be automatically placed at the first free location in the bank The pianos are categorized and can only be added to the bank they belong to electric pianos cannot be added to the grand bank grand s cannot be dropped in the clavinet bank etc Samples can only be added to the Samp Lib partition Programs to the program etc NORD SOUND MANAGER Adding a sound using the Toolbar or Menu command Click on the Sound Down icon in the toolbar The same command is also available in the File menu Sound Download Ctrl D Browse to the folder on the hard drive where the desired sound is located select it and click Open The sound will now be added to the bank at the first free location Substitute The Substitute feature replaces a piano or sample in the Nord instru ment with another one that you want to use There are many different sample instruments available for download from the www nordkey boards com website Substituting a piano sample with another will automatically update all the Programs that used the previous sound to use the new sound instead Open the Piano or Sample tab The current content of the partition in the Nord instrument will be displayed Select a sound in the list that you wish
35. wnload This allows you to choose a file on the hard Relink Piano drive to be downloaded to the location in the Relink Samp Lib Rename Nord instrument Delete Substitute Pianos amp Samples This feature makes it possible to substitute a piano or a sample in the instrument with another piano or sample from your hard drive The pro cess will update all the programs that used the former piano sample to use the new one after the substitution Relink Programs Use the Relink feature if you want one or several selected programs to use another piano or sample instead of the current sound The sound in question have to be present in the memory of the Nord instrument Relinking can also be used if a piano or sample is absent in the Nord instrument to repair programs that are missing a component Rename Programs Performances This allows you to rename and assign a category to a program or performance Characters supported are a z A Z 0 9 and a hyphen The name can contain up to 16 characters Any other characters will not be displayed in the Sound Manager lists Pianos and samples cannot be renamed this option will not be available if you right click on any of these Delete This action will delete the selected sound s from the Nord instrument memory File Formats The Nord Sound Manager creates and or uses files together with the Nord instruments The files are exclusive for each individual model the
36. zz Spell FS 6 Organ Slot Bank Loc Name Bank A 01 3 Quartet Orch MW 6 String m sSlotA Grand 1 Italian Grand Faz XL 5 3 BankA 01 4 SparkleTop 6 EPiano1 wo 2 Bank A 01 5 Lisa EX 6 synth SlotA Samp Lib 5 22violins Leg_LoVib_ SR ste Bank A 02 1 Mellow Upright 6 Upright slotB Grand 1 Italian Grand Faz XL 5 3 Bank A 02 2 B3 Gospelly MW 6 Organ amp siotB Samplib 187 SynthPad2__Cl stereo 2 0 Bank A 02 3 Grand Peggio MW 6 Arpeggio Ir mr Bank A 02 4 Tom Sawyer AT 6 Synth Bank A 02 5 Darjeeling 6 Organ Bank A 03 1 Grand Lady D 6 Grand Bank A 03 2 Split M Tron 6 Vocal Bank A 03 3 Clavinet A 6 Clavinet Bank A 03 4 Grand Pad 6 Grand m r 400 400 used Nord Stage 2 connected 1 program selected Connected to Nord Stage 2 v2 06 You can manage various types of content in the Nord instrument Depending on the Nord model there may be Piano Sample Organ Preset Performance and Program partitions These are accessed from the tabs labeled according to the partition they represent for example Piano Samp Lib and Programs Only the appropriate tabs for each individual Nord model are avail able The Nord Wave or C2D Organ are for instance not compatible with the Nord Piano Library which means that the Manager will not show a Piano tab if any of these models are used with the Nord Sound Manager Certain features in the v6 version of the Manager are exclusive to some models If a Toolbar icon or a menu item is greyed out this means tha
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