Files

nord inspect patch.ne5p              # what is in a file
nord inspect *.ne5p                  # several at once
nord inspect --raw song.ne5t         # everything, as decoded
nord verify *.ne5p                   # check each re-encodes byte for byte

inspect prints a summary in the instrument’s own terms: the parts and their settings, the effects, and which piano and sample a program depends on. It exits non-zero if any file fails to parse.

verify reads a file, writes it back, and checks that the bytes are identical, reporting the offset of the first difference if not. Every supported format passes, pianos and samples included. nord piano verify --deep and nord sample verify --deep also decode every recording inside.

A file where a slot goes

get, info and deps take a file wherever they take a slot, so you can look at a file without an instrument:

nord program get patch.ne5p            # the same summary as for a slot
nord program info patch.ne5p           # format, version, checksum
nord program deps patch.ne5p           # the piano and sample ids it refers to

A file stores ids, not names. deps on a slot asks the instrument for the names. On a file, it prints the ids.

Changing what is inside a file is Editing.