Clavia Nord Piano 2 HP, User Manual



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Installation

USB Driver

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Mac OSX users may skip this section.

The USB driver can be installed automatically if the computer is con-
nected to the internet when the Nord unit is connected to it . You can 
then allow Windows to search for the driver . Here is how to make a 
manual driver installation:

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If you use a Windows computer (XP, Vista, W7 or W8), locate the 
Clavia USB Driver v3 .x Setup .exe on the DVD that accompanies 
the unit and double click on this file . 

2 

Follow the instructions on the screen .

3 

After the files have been installed, the driver will be activated when 
you connect the Nord unit . Do this by connecting a USB cable 
between the Nord instrument and your computer .

4 

When the Nord unit is connected to the computer, the driver will 
be automatically activated and a confirmation will appear in the 
notification area in the Windows task bar .

Sound Manager

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Windows users

: Open the Nord Sound Manager folder on the 

DVD, launch the “Nord Sound Manager v6 .x Setup .exe” and 
follow the instructions carefully . The Nord Sound Manager can be 
accessed from the start menu when the installation procedure is 
finished .

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Mac OSX users

: Open the Nord Sound Manager folder on the 

DVD, double-click on the “Nord Sound Manager 6 .x .dmg” and 
then drag the Nord Sound Manager application from the virtual 
hard drive to your “Applications” folder .

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The files mentioned for the driver and application installations can 
also be downloaded from the www.nordkeyboards.com website. 
Please visit our website from time to time to check for any Sound 
Manager updates.

Overview 

You can work with the contents of the Piano, Sample and Program 
partitions . These are accessed from the tabs, conveniently labeled 
Piano, Samp Lib and Programs . 

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If a Nord Piano 2 HP is not connected to the computer, pages, 
icons and memory locations will be grayed out.

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The actions that take place in the Nord Sound Manager will affect 
the memory in the Nord Piano 2 HP. The Manager is on-line with 
a connected Nord Piano 2 HP at all times; any changes that you 
perform in the Manager will immediately be executed in the Nord 
Piano 2 HP. If you e.g. delete a piano or a Program from the list 
in the Nord Sound Manager, that sound will be deleted from the 
Nord Piano 2 HP memory.

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Nord Sound Manager

The Nord Sound Manager is the application that allows you to organize the various memory areas, the partitions in the Nord Piano 2 HP . It is also 
used to download pianos, samples or programs to the Nord Piano 2 HP or to upload any of these items - called sounds - from the instrument’s 
memory to the computer hard drive . The Nord Sound Manager provides access to various methods to download the sounds to the unit and a func-
tion to backup and restore the entire Nord Piano 2 HP content .

System requirements

The Nord Sound Manager is compatible with computers running Mac OSX 10 .4 or later, Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows Vista . If 
you run the Nord Sound Manager on a Windows computer, you also need a Clavia USB Driver of version 3 .0 or later installed

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