Finally!!! Nord Modular G2 OS & G2 Editor 1.62 (UPDATED)

boxcolony · Last edited by boxcolony on Thu Feb 05, 2009 10:05 am; edited 1 time in total

The Nord Modular G2 OS and the G2 Editor has just been updated to version 1.62 to fix the bugs.

Check out clavia's front page.

http://www.nordkeyboards.com/main.asp

Mabuhay,

-eric-

JLS · Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 6:44 am Post subject:

Hmm

Bad news - only vista and mac support Sad

Keysandslots · Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 7:06 am Post subject:

The page mentions Vista support but I do not think it is Vista and Mac only.

Randy

ark · Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 8:06 am Post subject:

It's not. I just installed it on my XP machines and it works fine. I think the earlier poster meant that it didn't add anything beyond Vista and Mac support.

Incidentally, there is one wrinkle that I did not see mentioned in the documentation.

I installed the 1.60 editor package as instructed, and it removed the device driver as it said it would.

I then installed the new device driver and tried the editor. No problem.

Then I uninstalled the 1.40 editor. After that, the 1.60 editor stopped working.

Installing the 1.60 editor a second time fixed the problem.

On my other computer, I unstalled the 1.40 editor first, then installed the 1.60 package. Again it uninstalled the driver and I installed the new one. This time everything worked perfectly.

So I suggest that if you intend to install the new package, remove the 1.40 editor first.

JLS · Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 8:56 am Post subject:

sorry my bad english

I mean only this news is bad news. Not new modules, new function, nothing !

Sad

CoolAngel · Joined: Jan 28, 2009 Posts: 6 Location: Siracusa

Hello to all,
are the new forum, I have now installed the new driver and the new editor for my G2 is on XP or on Vista (2 computers where it was not installed the driver and the editor of the previous G2) .. and I noticed in both cases that if you open the editor for the first time everything works fine, but if you close the editor and reopened several times this is blocked and you turn off and on the G2 Crying or Very sad

. Someone had this problem? Thank you

P.S. Sorry my bad English

ark · Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 9:28 am Post subject:

I've noticed the same problem. At least power-cycling the G2 fixes it. I've sent email to Clavia about it; perhaps others should do the same.

CoolAngel · Joined: Jan 28, 2009 Posts: 6 Location: Siracusa

Perfect ark .. then it is not only my problem, we hope that Clavia solve the problem soon. Thanks for your response

P.S. I too have just sent an email to Clavia

Tim Kleinert · Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 9:35 am Post subject:

ark · Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 9:39 am Post subject:

peterkadar · Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 9:41 am Post subject:

I'm just glad that there's a life for my G2 if and when my current windows and macs (an old Powerbook and the first Mac Mini) bite the dust. Now I might pick up a 2nd G2 if I find one for a good price in Toronto.

CoolAngel · Joined: Jan 28, 2009 Posts: 6 Location: Siracusa

Yes, I too have noticed that just simply disconnect and reconnect the USB cable, but still a bug that I hope Clavia solve ...Thanks ark Wink

ark · Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 10:05 am Post subject:

Can someone with the beta version check whether it has the same problem?

Also, is there a safe way of going back to 1.40? There doesn't seem to be any advantage to 1.60 unless you have Vista or an Intel Mac.

purusha · Joined: Mar 13, 2008 Posts: 131 Location: Ilkley

It was also a problem on the beta. I informed nord on that some time ago.

Not ideal, but not the worst issue I've ever come across either.

I notice the USB driver is shared with other nord keyboards. Maybe we'll be able to use any updates on that side of things in future?

buzzr · Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 11:11 am Post subject:

Hey, good news!!!!! This is it for the G2 folks........

Now, onto other ventures. Hopefully we see something new at Messe, but now I highly doubt it.

I will wait until april before I buy the Pacarana or just learn Reaktor.

I hope they come out with something new but I'm dreaming at this point Crying or Very sad

GovernorSilver · Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 12:15 pm Post subject:

More info on the update is here:

http://www.nordkeyboards.com/main.asp?tm=Products&clpm=Nord_Modular_G2&clnlm=Software_Updates

purusha · Joined: Mar 13, 2008 Posts: 131 Location: Ilkley

BTW - anyone know if any of the other Nord synths which use the USB driver suffer from anything similar to the bug described?

jksuperstar · Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 9:51 pm Post subject:

This shared driver news is a VERY good thing, IMHO. It means that even if the G2 isn't supported by future software updates, it may still get driver updates when more popular products get them. It also probably reduces the load on Clavia to support many drivers, which could make them more responsive to OS support issues. That's great for everyone involved. This, along with the 64bit release, explains why it took a full year to finish.

doctorno · Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 10:31 am Post subject: Thank you, Clavia!

We have waited for more than a year and finally there is the update of the Nord Modular G2 driver, OS and software. And all that some people have to do is to complain. I would like to say "thank you" to Clavia. They have offered another update to make the editor work better with Vista and with Intel Macs - great! What more do you expect? It is for free. It works. And it is an update for a product that does not seem to be very profitable for Clavia.

ark · Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 10:41 am Post subject: Re: Thank you, Clavia!

doctorno · Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 11:54 am Post subject: Re: Thank you, Clavia!

ark · Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 11:59 am Post subject: Re: Thank you, Clavia!

dorremifasol · Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 12:10 pm Post subject:

It happens to me also. Just open and close the editor many times.

Well it's not terrible, you can unplug and plug the usb cable again to fix it, but it's a bug worth of mention.

doctorno · Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 12:50 pm Post subject:

So it might be a problem with the Windows driver exclusively? Well, I have always said - you are running the wrong OS Wink

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iPassenger · Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 2:46 am Post subject:

Not experienced this bug but then i dont tend to open and close the editor many times (i usually leave it open for hours).. why are you all doing this?