The Quick Tour
Let’s get acquainted with some of the functions in the Nord Sound
Manager.
Transfer pianos to the Electro 4 HP/SW
When the Nord Electro 4 HP/SW leaves the factory, the Piano partition
is filled with sounds. In order to be able to download additional pianos,
you may have to delete some of the factory pianos. If you ever want
to reload any deleted pianos, they are available on the DVD that was in-
cluded with the Nord Electro 4 HP/SW, or available as a download from
the www.nordkeyboards.com web site, in the Libraries area.
Deleting a piano
3 Connect the Nord Electro 4 HP/SW to the computer and launch
the Nord Sound Manager.
4 The Piano tab will open and the current content of the piano parti-
tion in the Nord Electro 4 HP/SW will be displayed.
5 Select a piano 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.
6 You will be asked to confirm your intentions and then the piano in
the Nord Electro 4 HP/SW will be deleted.
Download a new sound
1 Using drag and drop: Open the folder on the computer hard drive
where the new sound is located.
2 Make sure that the Sound Manager window and the folder are
visible on the screen.
3 Drag the new sound to the white area in the Sound Manager list.
When the destination location will turn gray, release the mouse
button.
4 The Clean Deleted Space process will start to prepare the memo-
ry and then the new piano will be downloaded to the Nord Electro
4 HP/SW. If there isn’t enough free space, a message will appear
in the lower left text area in the Nord Sound Manager.
If the Organize option is active in the View menu, you can drop
a sound on any free location in the bank. If this function is not
active, the new sound will be automatically placed at the first free
location in the bank. The various locations are selected using the
Model selector on the Nord Electro 4 HP/SW.
M The pianos are categorized and can only be added to the correct
bank; electric pianos can not be added to the Grand bank, the
grand’s cannot be dropped in the Clavinet bank etc.
1 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).
2 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
its bank.
Replace
You can also use the Replace functionality. This action replaces a piano
in the Nord Electro 4 HP/SW with one that you want use from the DVD
or one that you have downloaded from the www.nordkeyboards.com
web site.
Replacing a piano with another will automatically update all the Pro-
grams that used the previous piano to use the new piano instead.
1 Open the Piano tab. The current content of the piano partition in
the Nord Electro 4 HP/SW will be displayed.
2 Select a piano in the list that you wish to replace with a new one
and click the Replace icon in the toolbar.
You can also right-click the sound and choose the Replace option
or use the Replace command in the Edit Menu.
The Replace dialog informs you about the action about to take place.
Click Browse to locate a new sound on the computer hard drive. The
Bright Grand is chosen in the image below.
3 Click on Open and then confirm by clicking Replace.
The replacing action will begin by deleting the original piano, then
cleaning the memory, downloading the new piano and finally relinking
all the programs to use the new one instead.
If you use Replace to try a piano and then change your mind, just
replace the new one with the previous one to get back to where
you started from.
The Replace action can be done with samples as well.
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