Nord Lead 1 patches readable by Nord Lead 2?

[Earl]

Hey kids,

I have an old nord lead I keyboard. I don't use it often (been liking my other synths better for most stuff - please don't flame me ...but I do have some very odd patches on the little red swede that are just trippy as hell, that I just can't duplicate on anything else and love.

The unit I have has the voice expansion and the PCMCIA slot for storing extra patches.

Now someone in my area is selling a Nord Rack 2 at a very tempting price (and I'm trying to downsize as many keyboards into their rack equivalents as possible as I accumulate more - but the big question I can't seem to get an answer to is: If I save patches from the Nord Lead onto its PCMCIA card, then stick the card into a Nord Lead 2, will the 2 be able to load the paches?

I know the feature set is somewhat expanded on the 2 ...LFO extras, ring mod... but if the other elements are the same.... Well, it's software, so I just have no friggin clue

The objective would be to grab the rack, get an upgraded version, still be able to play the old patches, and that way, be able to sell the Nord Lead 1 keyboard.

Anyone know? Beuller? Anyone?

Thanks.

Earl

[Popbott]

The Nordlead 2 was a huge step up from the Nordlead 1. The ND2 can read ND 1 patches via sysex dump, just not the other way around.

Cards are usualy formatted for their readers. I do know there was an issue with ver. 1.04 on the ND 2 erasing some memory slots on it's cards. It was repared in ver 1.06, but I wouldn't take a chance, back-up your patches via sysex dump before attempting anything.

In any event, if you have a ND1, it would be totally worth it to upgrade to a ND2 anyhow and just reprogram your sounds adding newances from the ND2. The polyphony alone makes a big difference.

[initself]

Here's what Clavia has to say:

clavia digital musical instruments

Q: Can I use my Nord Lead 1 sounds on a Nord Lead 2?
A: Yes, if you have a PCMCIA card with Nord Lead 1 sounds made on a Nord Lead/Rack 1 with software version 2.x. When you insert the card in a Nord Lead/Rack 2, you can convert the sounds to play back correctly on the Nord Lead 2/Rack 2. See more about how to convert PCMCIA card sounds here.

If you have made a MIDI Sysex dump of your Nord Lead 1/Rack 1 sounds, and download this dump to your Nord Lead 2/Rack 2, some sounds may sound the same and others not. This is because Nord Lead 2/Rack 2 has a couple of more parameters, and also different ranges on some parameters compared to Nord Lead 1/Rack 1.

[Llitsor]

Originally Posted by initself

Here's what Clavia has to say:

clavia digital musical instruments

Umm, you do check the date of posts you are replying to, right? Many of them are years old.

[initself]

Originally Posted by Llitsor

Umm, you do check the date of posts you are replying to, right? Many of them are years old.

So what? I'm late to the party. Probably done about 4 hours of research on the Nord Lead 1 this week.