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Menus
In the Nord Sound Manager, the usual Windows and Mac OSX key-
board commands can be used. The menus can be accessed by press-
ing 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)
Use this function to upload
one or several sounds from
the Nord Electro 4 HP/SW
memory to a folder on the
computer hard drive.
Sound Download (Ctrl+D)
Use this function to download
one or several sounds from the computer hard drive to the next avail-
able location in the selected partition.
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 source will be the
currently selected program(s)
or the active 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 destina-
tion 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 the computer hard drive to the Nord unit. 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.
Backup (Ctrl+B)
This will make a backup of all the pianos, samples, programs, the Live
programs and the menu settings in the Nord Electro 4 HP/SW. The file
that is created on the hard drive will have the extension .ne4b. Backing
up the entire memory content will take some time, depending on the
sizes of the pianos and samples in the unit.
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.
Restore (Ctrl+R)
To restore a previously saved backup file to the Nord Electro 4 HP/SW,
select this option and browse to a backup file on the hard drive (file
extension .ne4b) and click Open.
E The restore function will begin after you have clicked Open and
confirmed your intentions in the dialogue. All the content of a con-
nected Nord Electro 4 HP/SW 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.
M Cleaning is automatically done if you download a new piano or
program to the Nord Electro 4 HP/SW, but this menu command
makes it possible to manually start the cleaning process.
Format
This is a radical function; 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.
Exit (Ctrl+Q)
Exits the Nord Sound Manager application.
Edit Menu
Rename (Ctrl+N)
This allows you to rename a
Program. 16 characters can be
used, 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.
Renaming also allows you to change or set the category that each
program and synth sound can be labeled with.
M Pianos cannot be renamed so this function is not available if you
have selected any of these.
Delete
Allows you to delete a selected item(s) from the Nord Electro 4 HP/SW
memory. You will be asked to confirm your intentions.
Replace (Ctrl+P)
This allows you to replace a selected piano or a sample with another
piano or sample that you have on the computer hard drive. This will
also change all programs that used that 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 unit. Relink-
ing can also be used if a piano or sample is absent in the Nord unit, to
repair the programs that are missing a component.
Select All (Ctrl+A)
Select all items in a bank/partition.
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