You can create detailed lists in HTML-format of the contents of your instrument, including the names, locations and sizes of pianos and samples and program dependencies. When transferring a bundle back to your Nord instrument the Nord Sound Manager will only transfer the pianos and samples that aren't already present. Very nice for backing up your stuff selectively or for sharing sounds you've created with others. The Bundle-feature lets you pack together everything needed for one or more sounds (program, samples, pianos) to a single file on your computer. The Relink features can also be very useful if a piano or sample is absent in the Nord, to repair programs that are missing a component. The Relink feature is used if you want one or several selected programs to use another piano or sample instead of the current. Replace allows you to replace a selected piano or a sample in your instrument and make sure that your existing programs will use the new sound instead. When browsing the programs, the associated pianos and samples are shown and if browsing pianos or samples, you will see a list of programs that use these sounds. The Info pane brings up additional information about the program/sound dependencies. This lets you move your sounds around freely without it affecting the programs and will also tell you what programs that will be affected when deleting sounds. The Dependencies feature keeps track of which pianos and samples that are in use by programs.

Sample manager software