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Nord Drum 2 Manager on OS X 10.4 or later
Posted: 03 Oct 2022, 20:29
by Frantz
Hello ,
Does someone knows how to deal with this situation,
when Nord Drum 2 Manager does not launch and displays the message is the following screenshot :
- Error trying to launch "Nord Drum 2 Manager"
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?
I checked Clavia 's web site for the latest version and its compatibility :
- Nord website for "Nord Drum 2 Manager" compatibility and last version
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Re: Nord Drum 2 Manager on OS X 10.4 or later
Posted: 03 Oct 2022, 22:23
by Berretje
Hi,
It seems that the Drum Manager 2 is not compatible anymore with this macOS.
You could fill out a
tech support form on the Nord's website with a update request.
Re: Nord Drum 2 Manager on OS X 10.4 or later
Posted: 06 Oct 2022, 23:20
by Frantz
Hi,
Thank you.
My request on clavia's website was routed to Algam, the main dealer for the country I live in, France.
Their answer is that no update is planned, an old but compatible system must be used, which I haven't of course
I wanted to load some preset banks.
I found a solution to backup and restore my presets using the ND2's feature that can send or receive MIDI System Exclusive, and a free software named "Sysex Librarian" :
https://www.snoize.com/sysexlibrarian
I still cannot load banks, this one for instance :
https://www.nordkeyboards.com/sound-lib ... ander-bank
Is there a way to extract syses messages from these banks .... ?
Re: Nord Drum 2 Manager on OS X 10.4 or later
Posted: 06 Oct 2022, 23:31
by Frantz
The file is a 'PK' :
https://www.nordkeyboards.com/sound-lib ... ander-bank
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Re: Nord Drum 2 Manager on OS X 10.4 or later
Posted: 06 Oct 2022, 23:32
by Frantz
So it's expandable using 'unzip' command line tool.
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Re: Nord Drum 2 Manager on OS X 10.4 or later
Posted: 06 Oct 2022, 23:34
by Frantz
Each file is a "CBIN" format :
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Re: Nord Drum 2 Manager on OS X 10.4 or later
Posted: 06 Oct 2022, 23:38
by Frantz
I guess it is a proprietary format from Clavia.
nd2p preset files are 201 bytes long.
sysex preset files are 212 bytes long.
Here is a sysex preset file for instance :
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How do we convert the nd2o to the Sysex format ?
Convert nd2p to sysex ?
Posted: 06 Oct 2022, 23:48
by Frantz
Hello,
Because Nord Drum 2 Manager is not compatible with recent operating systems I have to use the ND2 's MIDI sysex send and recieve feature to save and load my presets.
Is there a way to convert Clavia's nd2p files to MIDI sysex files in order to load them as well ?
Re: Convert nd2p to sysex ?
Posted: 07 Oct 2022, 01:14
by wartaler
Hi Frantz,
Perhaps I can check if it works on my Windows 11 machine, and then see if I can find the sysex of a single program within the file of the entire bank. Perhaps it's just some extra header/trailer added per program to separate them within the bank file. Your first screenshot seems to suggest that, it says Program 000.nd2pCBIN ndp2 and further on Program001 etc
Albert
Re: Convert nd2p to sysex ?
Posted: 07 Oct 2022, 08:31
by maxpiano
Frantz wrote:Hello,
Because Nord Drum 2 Manager is not compatible with recent operating systems I have to use the ND2 's MIDI sysex send and recieve feature to save and load my presets.
Is there a way to convert Clavia's nd2p files to MIDI sysex files in order to load them as well ?
Why don't you instead run an older Windows operating system in a virtual machine, like Virtual Box, so that you can still use the old ND2 Manager app?