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The Quick Tour
Let us go through a few things we know you are curious about and get
acquainted with the Nord Sample Editor at the same time .
Nord Sample Editor Audio File/Assign tab with an audio file,
with assigned samples
First Light
1
Make sure that the Nord Electro 3 is powered up, and connected
to the computer to a USB port .
2
Launch the Nord Sample Editor from the Program Files folder or
the Start Menu (PC) or from the Applications folder (Mac OSX) .
During the start-up procedure, the Editor will automatically try and
establish contact with the Nord Electro 3 .
If a Nord Electro 3 is not connected, you can still work on a Project
with sample editing, mapping and other functions . When the Editor
finds a Nord Electro 3, this will be indicated at the lower, right corner of
the Editor window and the Manager tab will open automatically . A list
with all the current Samples in the Flash memory will appear in the
Nord Sample Editor window .
In order for the Nord Sample Editor to be able to playback
samples, you need to select a driver for your audio card. This is
done in the Settings/Audio menu.
M
On a XP or Vista system, select an available Direct X driver. In
order to be compatible with as many XP and Vista computer sys-
tems as possible, the Nord Sample Editor uses Direct X drivers.
Download Sample Instruments
You can find new Sample Instruments at the www .nordkeyboards .com
website . These can be downloaded from the website free of charge .
Here's how to download a Sample Instrument from the computer hard
drive to the Nord unit:
1
Browse to www .nordkeyboards .com and go to the Nord Sample
Library area .
2
Select the Sample Instrument(s) that you wish to get and save the
file (or folder) to a location on your hard drive and unzip it .
The file extension of the file will be .nsmp for Sample Instruments . Read
more about the different file formats that the Nord Sample Editor uses
on page 41 .
3
In the Nord Sample Editor, open the Manager tab .
4
Select the Show Free Locations option in the Manager menu and
you will see a grid with all the available memory locations .
To add new Sample Instruments to the Nord Electro 3, just drag the
files from the hard drive to an empty location in the list of Sample
Instruments in the Browser tab .
E Audio files have to be added to a Project in the Audio File/Assign
tab and "generated" to become a Sample Instrument before they
can be used in the Nord Electro 3. Only Sample Instruments in the
.nsmp format can be downloaded using the method described
above.
Upload Sample Instruments
Using the Nord Sample Editor, it is very easy to upload SI:s from the
Nord Electro 3 to the computer hard drive . These actions also take
place in the Manager tab .
1
Open the Manager tab .
2
Right-click on a sample and select Upload .
The data will be saved in the same folder as the Editor application lives
in or in a folder chosen by you . Sample Instruments will be saved as
.nsmp files . Read more about the file types the Editor uses on page 41 .
By combining the techniques for down- and uploading the Sample
Instruments, you are now able to share Sample Instruments with
other Nord Wave or Electro 3 users if you wish.
Create a new Sample Instrument
Time to get creative; let's create a new Sample Instrument .
1
Copy the NW_demo1 .wav file from the Nord DVD to the folder
where the Nord Sample Editor is installed .
You may of course use any other audio file in the .wav format but this
particular file will demonstrate a very powerful feature of the Nord
Sample Editor .
2
Open a new Project from the File menu .
Only one Project can be open in the Editor, you will be prompted to
save any changes before any Project that has been edited is closed .
A quick way to open a new Project is to hit Ctrl+N on the comput-
er keyboard. Ctrl+S will save the current Project. The name you
give to a Project will also be the name of the Sample Instrument
that is downloaded to the Nord Electro 3.