drawbar

drawbar reads, edits and moves the sounds on a Nord keyboard. It comes as an app that runs in your browser or on your desktop, and as nord, a command for your terminal.

Alpha software. Back up your instrument and your files before you use it. The file formats and the USB protocol were worked out by studying real instruments, and What is supported says exactly what has been tested on hardware.

Open drawbar at drawbar.app in Chrome or Edge. Install covers the desktop app and nord.

In this guide

• drawbar is the app. Start with The window.
• nord-cli is the nord command. Start with its overview.
• Reference is for developers: building from source, the file formats, the USB protocol, and how to contribute.

Both tools are built on two Rust libraries you can use in your own projects: nord-format for files and nord-usb for the instrument. The source is on GitHub.

Disclaimer

Not affiliated with, authorized, or endorsed by Clavia DMI AB. “Nord”, “Clavia”, and “Electro” are trademarks of Clavia DMI AB, used here only to identify the hardware these formats come from. Proprietary sound libraries and firmware are not distributed here.