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Using PCMCIA Cards

If you have the eight voice expansion card installed in your Nord Lead, you can use a standard PCMCIA

computer memory card in the slot at the back of the instrument. This allows you to save another three

Banks for a total of 297 programmable memory slots and 30 programmable Percussion Kit locations, and

100 Performances (which in practice includes an additional 400 Programs). PCMCIA cards are also per-

fect for “backing up” (making safety copies of important Programs and Performances).

You can purchase Clavia cards at your Nord Lead dealer. These come with sounds for your instrument,

but can be used to store your won. Ask your dealer for the Nord Lead Sound Library Series.

If you purchase the card at a computer retailer you should ask for this: A 64 kilobyte S-RAM-based, bat-

tery-backed PCMCIA card. There are cards with larger memory capacity than 64 kByte but using one with

the Nord Lead is simply a waste of money.

Formatting of New Cards

For the Nord Lead to be able to use a new PCMCIA card, it has to be formatted. The instrument will do

this for you, if you perform the following steps:

1. Check that the card is not write protected.

This is done with a switch located directly on the card.

2. Insert the card.

The display will flash with the letters “Fo”.

3. To format the card, press Store.

Storing Programs On the Card

This is nothing different from storing into the internal memory Bank. When specifying where to store Pro-

gram, simply select one of the memory slots above “99”, as when selecting Programs from the card (see

page 11).

Storing Performances On the Card

This is described on page 35.

Before storing, make sure the card is not write protected. If it is write protected, the display will not stop

flashing when you press Store the second time, to indicate the Program hasn’t been stored.

Updating Older Cards

A number of new parameters were introduced with the Nord Lead Software version 2.x. If you have a

PCMCIA S-RAM card formatted with a previous Nord Lead software version, you need to update the card

to be able to properly save settings for the new parameters. This updating procedure will not erase or

alter any sound already on the card. Proceed as follows:

1. Check that the card is not write protected.

2. Insert the card.

The display will flash with the letters “UP”.

3. To update the card, press Store.