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Edit Menu
Select All [Ctrl+A]
This command will select all available items,
e .g . all the audio files or all the Sample Instruments .
Instrument Menu
Generate And Download
[Ctrl+G]
Creates a Sample Instrument
from the current Project and
stores it on the hard drive as
an .nsmp file . The Sample
Instrument will also be downloaded to the first available location in a
connected Nord Electro 3 .
This process automatically encodes the samples with Clavia's propri-
etary lossless compression algorithm, in order to reduce the sizes of
the samples . Samples will also be cropped before the sample start
points and after the loop end marker .
The duration of this process may take several minutes depending on
the amount of samples being used . You can use this file to share your
Sample Instrument with other Nord Wave or Nord Electro 3 users .
Generate Only [Ctrl+Y]
Creates a Sample Instrument from the current Project and stores it on
the hard drive as an .nsmp-file . This process automatically encodes the
samples with Clavia's proprietary lossless compression algorithm, in
order to reduce the sizes of the samples .
The audio will also be cropped before the start points and after the
loop end marker . The duration of this process may last several minutes
depending on the amount of samples being used . The file is saved in
the same folder as your Project . Use this file type if you want to share
your Sample Instrument with other Nord Wave or Nord Electro 3 users .
Settings Menu
Audio...
Brings up the Audio Settings dialog box where you
select the driver for any audio card that is con-
nected to or installed in your computer . The output
level can also be set in this dialog . The selected audio card will be used
to play back samples by the Nord Sample Editor .
The Nord Sample Editor is compatible with Direct X drivers on a XP or
Vista system, and with the native Mac OSX drivers .
Manager Menu
Sound Upload
Use this function to upload
one or several sounds from the
Nord Electro 3 to the computer hard
drive
Sound Download
Use this function to download one or
several Sample Instruments from the
computer hard drive to the Nord Electro 3 .
Delete
Allows you to delete a selected Sample Instrument from the
Nord Electro 3 memory .
Show Free Locations
When this option is checked, the list will show all the available locations
in the memory and not only the occupied ones . This will for instance
make it easier to drag a file to a specific free location in the middle of
the list . If this is unchecked, only the occupied locations will be shown .
Refresh
This function refreshes the content of the current window in the Nord
Sample Editor .
Clean Deleted Space
This function will clean up the space where any deleted Sample
Instruments have been before they were removed . If nothing has been
deleted, this button will be blanked out .
Format
This is a radical function; it will format the entire Sample memory and
prepare it for some brand new content . You will be asked to confirm
this action .
Help Menu
About...
Brings up the About box with information regarding
the version of the Nord Sample Editor .
Tab Reference
Each of the tabs opens up a set of functions that will assist you in map-
ping the samples, setting the start point of samples, loop the samples
and to manage the Sample Instruments in the Flash memory in the
Nord Electro 3 .
You can select the different tabs one after each other, by typing
Ctrl+Tab on the computer keyboard.
Common area
The common area will be present at the top of all the tabs except
for the Manager tab . It contains functions that are used to view the
mapping, to change the focus of the samples, to generate a Sample
Instrument and to start and stop playback .
The Keyboard Grid
The Keyboard Grid represents the total keyboard range that the Zones
can cover - from F0 to C8 . The middle C on the Nord Electro 3 - when
the Octave Shift is set to 0 - is the C4 key, MIDI Note Number 60 .
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A key with a
dot ( ) indicates the Root Key - a sample is assigned to
this key and the sample plays back at its original pitch . The Zone that
this sample is assigned to is presented in a color scheme, with alter-
nating blue and gray colors to separate the Zones from each other .
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