SOLVED: opening backup files

[aamigo]

hi! i was wondering if there was a way to open a backup file without replacing the actual sounds my nord currently has. is that possible???

[Schorsch]

Hi,

yes you can open it on your PC. backup files are basically zip files, so just rename the extension of the file to .zip and you can unpack it on your computer to see the content of the file.

It’s not possible to open it with Nords Sound Manager as far as I know ..

[aamigo]

already tried that! got a warning saying that the file format is not supported ((

[Schorsch]

What did you do exactly? Please describe steps by step

[aamigo]

selected the file. renamed the extension from .ns3b to .zip then opened it. got the message saying the format is not appropiate

[Schorsch]

How did you tried to open it? Did you use Nord Sound Manager?

If so it will not work - you need to unzip the file with either Windows Explorer or an unzip program, and then open the directory with Windows Explorer and look into the directory structure to see which files are included. If you are on a Mac do the same with Finder

[joshuanesbit]

How did you tried to open it? Did you use Nord Sound Manager?

If so it will not work - you need to unzip the file with either Windows Explorer or an unzip program, and then open the directory with Windows Explorer and look into the directory structure to see which files are included. If you are on a Mac do the same with Finder

Is it possible to extract certain elements of a backup ie samples and transfer to keyboard rather than restoring the entire backup through stage manager?

[M_a_c]

How did you tried to open it? Did you use Nord Sound Manager?

If so it will not work - you need to unzip the file with either Windows Explorer or an unzip program, and then open the directory with Windows Explorer and look into the directory structure to see which files are included. If you are on a Mac do the same with Finder

Is it possible to extract certain elements of a backup ie samples and transfer to keyboard rather than restoring the entire backup through stage manager?

Have you read the previous answers? It is already explained there (rename to .zip and unzip the pick up the individual files you need )

[joshuanesbit]

How did you tried to open it? Did you use Nord Sound Manager?

If so it will not work - you need to unzip the file with either Windows Explorer or an unzip program, and then open the directory with Windows Explorer and look into the directory structure to see which files are included. If you are on a Mac do the same with Finder

Is it possible to extract certain elements of a backup ie samples and transfer to keyboard rather than restoring the entire backup through stage manager?

Have you read the previous answers? It is already explained there (rename to .zip and unzip the pick up the individual files you need )

apologies i missed this. Will try this

Can I also ask why the backups of my nord piano 5 appear on my computer with a blank icon? the backups from my stage4 have the proper nord archive icon but the piano5 is just a plane white one? Macos

[joshuanesbit]

How did you tried to open it? Did you use Nord Sound Manager?

If so it will not work - you need to unzip the file with either Windows Explorer or an unzip program, and then open the directory with Windows Explorer and look into the directory structure to see which files are included. If you are on a Mac do the same with Finder

Is it possible to extract certain elements of a backup ie samples and transfer to keyboard rather than restoring the entire backup through stage manager?

Have you read the previous answers? It is already explained there (rename to .zip and unzip the pick up the individual files you need )

when I rename to .zip it won't let me unzip it unfortunately