Request for NS4 and Piano 5 Tests on NSMP Conversion

[WannitBBBad]

Nord Sound Manager v8.00 has been released here. Though noted otherwise with the release of v7.82, conversion of user-created NSMP v2 files to NSMP4 format for the NS4 didn't work and the functionality was also broken for Piano 5 owners. Conversion of user-created NSMP v2 files hasn't EVER worked for Nord Stage 4 owners. I would appreciate it if current owners of NS4s and Piano 5s would test NSM v8.0 and report if NSMP conversion has been fixed. Below are two files - a Stage 3 "B3" 888 setting with slow Leslie and one of my brass samples. Those and over 70 other NSMP files I've created can be found here if you'd like to load something different. Thank you!

B3 888 SL W.nsmp

(2.28 MiB) Downloaded 14 times

Brass 05M W.nsmp

(1.06 MiB) Downloaded 13 times

• Brass 05 W.mp3

[Jon Lukas]

I tried the both samples (one at a time) with my Nord Piano 5 Rev B, and Sound Manager 8.00 on Mac Ventura. I got this error message:

Download Failed
File extension for
"B3_888_SL_W" (nsmp) is not supported by this instrument.
Please use a file of correct type, and try again.

[Nordine]

Same error message here with Nord Sound Manager v8.00.

Download Failed
File extension for
"B3_888_SL_W" (nsmp) is not supported by this instrument.
Please use a file of correct type, and try again.

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[MartinJ2EX]

correct, your sample files do not work.
Although, I have multiple .nsmp files that I have been able to import in the past and still am.
The question is by what pattern the issue can be described... is it nsmp2 files (they have .nsmp extension) or is it just random or is it files that have been created by the old sound manager?

[WannitBBBad]

correct, your sample files do not work.
Although, I have multiple .nsmp files that I have been able to import in the past and still am.
The question is by what pattern the issue can be described... is it nsmp2 files (they have .nsmp extension) or is it just random or is it files that have been created by the old sound manager?

Interesting. Almost all of my sample files are NSMP2 created using Nord Sample Editor 4. Below are the same samples created with the latest NSE v4.3 today. The B3 sample is a little larger as I mapped an additional sample to D7.

B3 888 SL 43W.nsmp

(2.52 MiB) Downloaded 11 times

Brass_05M 43W.nsmp

(1.06 MiB) Downloaded 9 times

[Nordine]

Same error message here.

[maxpiano]

correct, your sample files do not work.
Although, I have multiple .nsmp files that I have been able to import in the past and still am.
The question is by what pattern the issue can be described... is it nsmp2 files (they have .nsmp extension) or is it just random or is it files that have been created by the old sound manager?

Interesting. Almost all of my sample files are NSMP2 created using Nord Sample Editor 4. Below are the same samples created with the latest NSE v4.3 today. The B3 sample is a little larger as I mapped an additional sample to D7.

B3 888 SL 43W.nsmp

Brass_05M 43W.nsmp

Maybe the problem is that they are nsmp2 and not nsmp (v1)?

[WannitBBBad]

Maybe the problem is that they are nsmp2 and not nsmp (v1)?

I'm at a loss to understand what's going on with Nord. Quite a few reported that the B3 sample converted just fine for the Piano 5 last year. Almost all of my posted NSMP samples are NSMP2 format and converted fine to NSMP3 format for older keyboards and even NSMP4 for the Piano 5 until just the last few NSM versions. NS4 owners have been out of luck for over a year. Perhaps folks who have successfully loaded a NSMP sample on their Piano 5 with NSM v8.00 can provide file with details of when it was created.

[WannitBBBad]

correct, your sample files do not work. Although, I have multiple .nsmp files that I have been able to import in the past and still am....

Can you provide a sample or two for others to check out. Do you know what version of NSE was used to create them? Thanks

[MartinJ2EX]

correct, your sample files do not work. Although, I have multiple .nsmp files that I have been able to import in the past and still am....

Can you provide a sample or two for others to check out. Do you know what version of NSE was used to create them? Thanks

these were created using Sample Editor 2, back when the official nord samples were already v2.0, but the Sample Editor could only write v1, Stage 2 EX was compatible with both v1 and v2.
these two I can load into my Stage 4 without any issues. Sound Manager v8

Hells Bells.nsmp

nsmp created with Sample Editor 2

(260.5 KiB) Downloaded 12 times

Paperback Writer.nsmp

nsmp created with Sample Editor 2

(622.89 KiB) Downloaded 11 times