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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.
Auto Select
With this function active, scrolling through the piano or program list
with the computer keyboard arrow keys will automatically select the
sound in the Nord Stage 2.
Sound Up
Use this function to upload one or several sounds from the Nord Stage
2 to the computer hard drive.
Sound Down
Use this function to download one or several sounds from the com-
puter hard drive to the next available location in the selected partition.
Rename
This allows you to rename
a Program. 16 characters
can be used, and the
supported characters
are: a-z, AZ, 0-9 and the
hyphen (-). Any other
characters will not be displayed in the Sound Manager lists.
M Pianos or samples cannot be renamed so this 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.
M Any Program in the Nord Stage 2 that used a particular piano 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.
M 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 Flash memory. Select another program or download the miss-
ing piano to the Nord Stage 2.
Bank Up
This function will upload an entire bank of pianos or programs to the
computer hard drive. The default source will be the currently active
bank, but you may choose another partition and bank if you wish.
Click on the Choose Folder button to select the destination on the hard
drive.
If the Create Subfolders option is checked, a folder structure will auto-
matically be created in the destination folder.
M If a folder with the same name as the source partition/bank
already exists in the location on the hard drive, this folder’s entire
content will be replaced by the uploaded files from the Nord Stage
2.
Bank Down
This function will download an entire bank of pianos or programs from
the computer hard drive to the Nord Stage 2. The default destination
will be the currently active bank, but you may choose another partition
and bank if you wish. Click on the Choose Folder button to select the
source on the hard drive.
E The destination bank in the Nord Stage 2 will be replaced by the
content of the source folder.
Backup
This will make a backup of all the pianos, programs, Live programs and
the menu settings in the Nord Stage 2. The file that is created on the
hard drive will have the extension .npb. Backing up the entire memory
content in this manner will take some time, depending on the sizes of
the pianos 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
Manager files/). If you rather save the backup file elsewhere, use the
browser to pick another destination.
Restore
To restore a previously saved backup file to the Nord Stage 2, select
this option and browse to a backup file on the hard drive (file extension
.npb) 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
connected Nord Stage 2 will then be irrevocably replaced by the
content of the backup file.
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