Upgrade NS2 to NS2 EX - Program Replication

[Frantz]

Thanks for the feedback on what worked well for you. I will likely follow a similar path.

Although, I have this thought of going through all the programs in my NS2 and "optimizing" them such that there would be limited replication of the same samples...for example, if a program is only using organ then I would move the unused piano section to Clav for the smaller setting and thus maximize the memory utilization or make the bundles smaller at a minimum. I am very new to even using bundles, so I may do a little experimentation with this.

One thing that has gradually happened for me is I have a lot of duplicate sounds in my NS2. The reason for this is that I deleted all the internal memory some years ago to start mostly from scratch. I built up large collections of sounds associated with the songs my band plays. I have just about all of my catalog of sounds saved in the B and C banks, then I use A and D on the fly for each gig, typically switching between the two, but saving off backups of the programs in case I accidentally lose something.

The way I typically handle each new gig in terms of getting the sounds arranged is I hook up the NS2 to my Mac, open up Sound Manager and then pick the opposite bank from what I last used, either A or D. I usually delete all of those sounds so the bank is empty. Then I drag and drop sounds from the other banks as applicable. If our set does not change much, I will just edit whichever bank I last used.

Using this approach, my A and D banks will often house many of the same sounds, with B and C being more legacy copies or backlog sounds. It is good to have them there on the fly if a random song surfaces during the gig, but lower priority. I think when I get around to moving sounds from NS2 to NS2 EX, I will very carefully consider how I approach the sounds and samples. I know for sure that the EX will have a bunch of things I don't have in my NS2 since I blew out almost all of the original sample library in my NS2 and replaced it (same for the synth sounds as well). I bet I'll find some new inspiration from whatever Nord is stocking in the newest sample and synth sections.

Soon ready for the transfer process Good luck.

[ericL]

The project has been successfully completed. I saved all of my gig sounds into Bank D of my NS2 and then saved all 70 of these sounds into a bundle. I took the NS2EX and had to delete a bunch of things to open up memory, but I was able to upload the bundle from my NS2 into the NS2EX with fairly minimal fuss.