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Sorry if this is an obvious question... but is there a way to turn off (and back on) the Nome II? I can't find an obvious on/off switch.

Do I have to unplug it (and plug it back in) every time?

Yes you're all correct, there is no power button, so yes you can unplug/replug if you want to turn it off.
I've always seen the device as a very resilient device for Live, which will keep running even if your DAW or OS would crash for example (hence the powerful U-SYNC feature where the device smoothly takes over a master clock if the DAW crashes).

So the question is, why do you want to turn it off, is it for power consumption concerns?

There has been quite a discussion about adding a "sleep mode" which turns off the screen and the LEDs (95% of the power consumption is from them). Feel free to join and discuss it there

Simon

I'd mostly want to turn it off so the lights aren't lighting up my room all the time. It also just feels like I "should" turn it off (like I would an amp or keyboard) when I'm not using it, and I was a little worried that I might be causing damage by yanking on the USB cord every time.

Good to hear that the Nome is so resilient!

Fair enough - and I would not worry about damaging it, even the cable
You should see what I put the devices through when I test them - some Midronomes (Nome I) I have been butchering for years and they have not moved an inch