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Hey, I am quite new with nord , that's why my question may sound dumb :
How do I name or should i say rename a sound that I store on Nord Stage 88 (revision C) ?
It's a second hand Nord , and the previous owner saved the sounds with his own names , now i would like to store new sounds with new names... How do you type/rename them?

Thanks
Eli

Shabbat Shalom! (not sunset here in the North, yet...)

Someone who knows the Rev C will come along soon, but you can get the manual for it here; http://www.nordkeyboards.com/main.asp?t ... &osdwn=osw

in case you didnt get one with your Nord...it is fairly short and easy,,,compared to some other companies, that is..

Here's the bit you need:

STORING PROGRAMS

Storing a Program will overwrite the existing Program in the selected memory location.
Note! When Nord Stage EX is shipped from factory, Memory Protect is set to ‘On’. To be able to store Programs, you need to change this to “Off”. See “Memory Protect” on page 68.

STORING A PROGRAM
You can store a Program in two ways, with the old name or with a new name. To store a Program without changing its name, proceed as follows:

1. Press the STORE button once. The STORE button and the cur- rently selected PROGRAM button indicator starts blinking, and the DISPLAY will read “Store to X : X” (the current Page and Program number), plus the Program name,
2. 2. Next step is to select a Page/Program location to store the edited Program in. You can use the PAGE -/+ buttons to select a Program Page (1-21), and the PROGRAM 1-6 buttons to select a Pro- gram number on the selected Page (or the Live 1 or 2 memories). Alternatively, you can use the VALUE DIAL to scroll through all Programs (on all Program Pages). To cancel the operation, press EXIT (SHIFT).
   • From here you can opt to name the program before finally storing it - see “Naming a Program” below.
3. 3. Press STORE again to store your Program. The Display now reads “Program Stored!” for a short duration.

NAMING A PROGRAM
To name a program, proceed as follows:

1. Hold down SHIFT and press the STORE AS... button once. The STORE button indicator starts
   blinking, and the DISPLAY will read “Set Name”.
2. Now use one of the following methods to name your Program:
   • You can move the cursor position left or right in the DISPLAY by using the PAGE -/+ buttons. • When the cursor is at the position where you want to enter/change a character, you can use the
   VALUE DIAL to scroll through all available characters (a-z.A-Z, 0-9, Space and “-”).
   • By holding down SHIFT and pressing the INS (PAGE +) button, you enter a blank step at the cursor
   position.
   • By holding down SHIFT and pressing the DEL (PAGE -) button, you erase the character at the cur- sor position.
   • Alternatively, you can press and hold down the KB ZONES 2 OR 3 button. This will bring up the characters in the DISPLAY with the focus on the character the cursor was last on. You can now use the VALUE DIAL to select a character at the current cursor position. When you release the KB ZONES button the cursor automatically moves to the next position.
3. Press STORE again. Now you can use the same methods as outlined in “Storing a Program” above to store your name with the Program.

Moreover, if you ave to rename A LOT of programs, you might consider using the the Nord Sound Manager software, right click on any program and rename it, it might be easier using your computer keyboard rather than the Nord Dial Wheel and Bank buttons for editing text.

Johannes wrote:Moreover, if you have to rename A LOT of programs, you might consider using the the Nord Sound Manager software, right click on any program and rename it, it might be easier using your computer keyboard rather than the Nord Dial Wheel and Bank buttons for editing text.

Do this, it's so much easier.

wow thanks a lot to all of you. you helped me indeed!

Sakari- Shabat Shalom to you too (new week already in here), for some reason I can not download the manual,something's wrong with the page. anyway i would like to get it, so i can get to know my second hand nord better. Is it possible to send such a file through email?

bdodds and Johannes- thanks for your decent answers! do you know how can I get Nord Sound Manager software - because i have a second hand nord , so i don't have any CD, and then, when I have it - will I need to connect my nord with a MIDI cable?

Hey ! I found Nord Sound Manager software . and i allready set an order in my sounds and renamed them all!
it was so easy.
thank you guys!

Happy to hear you got it all sorted, literally and figuratively! It's a fun keyboard to play with, I'm sure you'll have a bunch more questions for us soon, and hopefully even more answers.