Convert to Stage 4

OpenNord can turn a Stage 2 or Stage 3 program into a Stage 4 program. The result is a .ns4p file your Stage 4 can load. It won’t sound exactly the same: the Stage 4’s engines are different, so some settings need choosing by ear.

Convert a program

1. Open a Stage 2 or Stage 3 program in the Library.
2. Press Convert to Stage 4.
3. Read the report, in four groups:
   • Carried over: set the same on the Stage 4.
   • Close match: the nearest Stage 4 setting.
   • Pick on your Stage 4: choose this one yourself on the keyboard.
   • Doesn’t carry over: the Stage 4 program leaves it out.
4. Press Save. Without a connected folder the file downloads. With a folder, choose Save as new file or Overwrite (when a file of that name is there); Remember my choice skips the question next time.

Then load it on your Stage 4: send it to a slot, or use Nord Sound Manager.

What carries over

• Organ: model, drawbars, percussion, vibrato/chorus.
• Piano: type, volume, octave.
• Synth: oscillator mode, filter, envelopes, LFO.
• Effects: on/off and type, where the menus line up.

What doesn’t, yet

• Morphs, the arpeggiator, the second panel and the rotary speaker.
• Piano and sample sounds always come back as Pick on your Stage 4: choose the closest piano or sample on the keyboard.
• You can only convert to the Stage 4, not back.

The conversion hasn’t been compared by ear on a real Stage 4 yet. If something sounds clearly wrong, let us know.