Nord User Forum

10 Rules for the Nord User Forum

Guidelines for posting

1. Please use the Search function prior to post a question. Many questions have already been asked. And almost all of them have already been answered.

2. Please use a title that clearly indicates your question or problem. Double posts - posting the same question in two different topics, even in different forums - are not allowed.

What is allowed and what is not

3. A valid email address has to be given when registering. Users are not allowed to have more than one account. Spammers are not tolerated.

4. Abusive, obscene, vulgar, slanderous, hateful, threatening, sexually-orientated, illegal content or links, and "forum trolling" are not permitted on this Forum. In particular, refrain from using this language.

5. Promoting illegal or unauthorized copies of another person's copyrighted work such as computer software, copyrighted music or samples is not tolerated

6. What samples can I upload? (Licensing and Copyrights)

1. Users that upload samples need to ensure that they are legally allowed to share those files. Please indicate how you obtained your samples.
2. Using commercial sample libraries or resampling virtual instruments (VSTis) and sharing the samples might be prohibited by the vendor or creator. Check with the license, terms of use, or contract with the seller of those samples or software!
3. Hardware Keyboards, Synths or ROMplers and natural instruments are typically allowed to be resampled and freely distributed.
4. Samples from original recordings should not exceed one bar in length per sample.
5. In all cases you are responsible to ensure to only upload files that are based on material that you have obtained legally.
6. All samples uploaded om this forum must be provided for free on this website to members and guests. This right includes using them as basis for your own sounds and distributing and sharing them for free when the original creator is given credit for. If you want to sell your samples/patches, rule No. 7 applies.
7. Programs, Patches and Samples downloaded from this website are NOT allowed to be sold neither as an individual sample nor as part of a sample collection.
8. If violations of copyrights, licenses or other third party rights are detected, moderators or administrators will delete the uploaded files.

7. Any advertisements, business related posts etc. are allowed only in the special Buy&Sell Section. All Sales or trade propositions should be posted only there.
Advertising or promoting a particular product that might be of interest for members of this forum are allowed to be posted only ONCE every 30 days by any user in a different topic and shall be deleted after one month. In general, it needs to be kept in a non-intrusive way.

Interactions with Moderators

8. If violations against one or more of these rules occur, the thread/post may be edited or deleted by the Moderators. Warnings may be issued for the concerned user, and are erased after three months. If violations are continued, considered "severe", or a user has been warned three or more times, the concerned user may be banned for one month from the forum or permanently for recurrent violations. Violations of rule No.5 or rule No.3 clause 3 can lead to a permanent ban or the deletion of the user account.

9. In case a user feels treated unfair he/she may contact the board administrator. It will be the administrator's decision either to revoke or to keep warnings or bannings.

Further rules

10. In the context to these rules we additionally point to the terms of use, which every user has accepted with creating his account and the Imprint.

About this Forum

About this Forum
Our goal is to provide a community for Nord Keyboards users or people interested in them. Also, free sharing of programs and samples to be used with Nord instruments is encouraged on this website. All members of this forum including the team (Admins and Mods) are working on this forum during their spare time. All have a real life to live with priorities as there are family, job, studies/school, and more private obligations. All team members are working hard to provide support and assistance as fast as possible. Above this, the forum has a considerable amount of experienced users, who provide excellent support. Many thanks for that!
In order to keep the team members doing their job in the forum and fellow members sharing their knowledge and experiences with fun, we kindly remind you to follow certain rules specified in this FAQ.
This forum is a non-profit community. Running expenses for domain, server, traffic, and maintenance are paid for by the founder, through donations from members, through advertisements for guests and inactive members (<5 posts) and link partners.

What technologies are used on this website?
The websites of this forum use several web services and technologies including Google Analytics statistics software, Google AdSense for advertisements, link rewriting and monetization by VigLinks, and a board cookie for registered members to facilitate repeated logins.

I have problems with posting, the login or other technical questions, where can I get some help?
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