NordModularG2-Editor

Nord Modular G2 - Editor

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Editor for the Nord Modular G2 - For macOS, Windows and (later) Linux.

The original editor by Clavia does not work on macOS. A new editor, for all platforms, would benefit the future of the Nord G2.

Current status

A lot is working, and a lot is not working ;-)

• First goal is to have a basic working editor.
• Next goal is to have all features the original Clavia editor has.
• Future goals could be: A small/light version that runs on a raspberry pi, batch processing, midi messages via USB, …

Video of first proof of concept (30 april 2026):

System Requirements

Platform	Minimum OS
macOS (Apple Silicon & Intel)	macOS 11 (Big Sur)
Windows	Windows 10 (64-bit)

Download & Run

Download the latest version:

Platform	Editor	CLI
macOS Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3/M4)	G2-Editor-arm64.dmg	g2-cli-macos-arm64
macOS Intel	G2-Editor-x64.dmg	g2-cli-macos-x64
Windows	G2-Editor-Setup.exe	g2-cli-windows-x64.exe

CLI

Most people don’t need this. In some cases it could be helpfull for testing without the whole UX editor. Or if you like to control your G2 from the terminal. Look at GitHub Page for more info.

macOS

1. Open the .dmg and drag G2 Editor to your Applications folder.
2. On first launch macOS may block the app because it is not notarized:
   • If you see “unidentified developer”: Right-click (or Control-click) the app icon, choose Open, then confirm.
   • If you see “damaged and can’t be opened”: open Terminal and run:

     xattr -cr /Applications/G2\ Editor.app
     

     Then launch the app normally.

Windows

Run the .exe installer and follow the steps.

USB Driver

The editor requires the WinUSB driver for the Nord G2. If the app reports a USB driver problem, install it using Zadig:

Important: Run Zadig as Administrator (right-click → Run as administrator), otherwise it cannot replace/install the driver.

1. Open Zadig and select the Nord G2 device.
2. Choose WinUSB as the driver.
3. Click Replace/Install Driver.

Note: This replaces Clavia’s original USB driver.

Windows 11: Driver Signature Enforcement

Windows 11 may block the unsigned WinUSB driver. If Zadig fails to install the driver, boot with signature enforcement disabled:

1. Start → Power, hold Shift and click Restart.
2. Go to Troubleshoot → Advanced options → Startup Settings → Restart.
3. Press F7 — Disable driver signature enforcement.
4. Once Windows has booted, run Zadig as Administrator and install the driver as described above.
5. Reboot normally — the driver persists across reboots.

Help

See the help file for keyboard shortcuts, module editing, cabling, and more.

How to contribute

You could contribute:

• Developing
• Testing on your hardware (see these testing guidelines)
• If you have any other ideas how to contribute (apart from requesting features you can’t develop yourself or are beyond the goals i mentioned below) feel free to contact me.
• If you can’t contribute whatsoever, but realy wan’t to support this editor and appreciate the investment in time and subscriptions I make for this, consider a donation. See donate button at the bottom of this page.

Roadmap:

First Goal - core:

• Core USB Communication: connecting, disconnecting
• Startup sequence, getting device info, patches from the slots, and list of patches and performances
• Parsing patch data
• Basic rendering of a patch
• Switch Slots & Variations (in editor & G2, synced)
• Load & Save pch2 file (and from synth)
• Loading performances (file/synth)
• Editing modules: adding, deleting, moving, change colors (also multiple modules)
• Editing cables: adding, deleting, change color of cable
• Watch params change in editor, while changed on G2
• Change params in editor and sync to G2
• Switching perf/patch mode
• Update Led’s & VU meters
• Update CPU
• Starting/stopping Clock
• Editing performance / patch settings
• Change voice mode/count
• Editing synth settings

Second Goal - basics - (except Help, Patch Mutator/Adjuster etc.):

• Undo/Redo
• Use cursor keys to move between modules and params
• Use cursor keys to edit params
• Modules: some graphs missing, some graphics missing, change some mode switches.
• Show Morphs
• Change Morphs on params
• Midi CC’s on params
• Parameter Pages
• Help (modules)
• …

Third goal - Beyond the basics:

• Patch Adjuster
• Patch Mutator (if possible)
• Editing names with search/replace
• …

Disclaimer

Use this editor at your own risk. I cannot be held responsible in any way for any damage, data loss, or issues that may arise from its use.

Acknowledgement

A lot of the code is based on work of others from the Nord G2 community at electro-music.com, especially the Delphi Editor by bverhue and the patchviewer by ian-s. But also the g2ools by qfingers.

My development setup

Coded and tested by me on M1 apple macOS 15.7.3 and an expanded Nord Modular G2. With some help from coding agents (claude & opencode) on a tight budget.

Donate

Although i’m not in it for making money with this editor, donations will help with the development in a few ways:

• Subscriptions to coding agents which speeds up development a lot. (Now i use Claude Code & Opencode, but i’m open for good quality agents that are more friendly).
• If donations grow substantial i may buy myself a second hand Nord G2 Engine for testing purposes.

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