![]() When we walk on stage, if there's a well-tuned, nicely-miked grand or upright sitting there we would shout with glee and leave our Nords in the carry bags. We moan about action, resonance, key length, digital sustain - all of it never as good as what we'd get from a "real" piano. We continuously battle the sound system, and find we must spend thousands to get something we can call decent. Clavia seems to have forgotten about that.Īs for acoustic pianos, the only advantage of using a Nord or any other digital board as an acoustic piano is that you can carry it in from your car. But I feel that a continuous updating of that library is part of the price of the Nord, which is quite high and not competitive with some other brands. Gambold wrote:That's a good point, and yes we are spoiled with an embarrassment of riches that is the Nord's library. And it is totally under your control.īecause of this the last 3 years have been probably the best in my rig's 40year history! Evening replacing individual samples if you don't like the sound of a particular note at a particular velocity.Ĭonsequently the Forte is capable of producing the exact instrument you want. On my Kurzweil Forte (That I bought having given up on my Stage 2 HA88!) you have total freedom to import any library or sample and to edit every detail of the existing libraries. So you're stuck with what they 'give' you! Yes you can create multi samples but they're limited to a single velocity layer - great for 1986!!!! Their closed system doesn't provide the user the option to import their own piano sample sets from other libraries etc or edit the piano libraries themselves. In fact it's worse than that because you are tied to whatever Nord chooses to produce. Nord has backed off on that promise/expectation, to my way of thinking. Regular new samples in the piano library is part of the high cost of the boards. I'm not a Nord customer anymore, partially for this reason. The call on the forums for XL samples of some of the older grands has gone on for years, and has been ignored. The last good grand was the Silver and that came out over three years ago. Yes, they promised a standard sample and no they didn't deliver it. Chris Maene pianos? Digital layers? Baby upright? The Royal Grand is a specialist sample that was designed for headphones. I'm not sure who decides what gets sampled, but for the past few years, Clavia has dumped a lot of stuff on us that has limited, if any, appeal. Gambold wrote:The wait has been really long. Have gone off topic a bit but will load in the 3D to replace the Silver. Xstand opinions forums portable#The price and their popularity helped me decide too.įor pianos, I think a portable 76 weighted key rompler maybe more suitable if one existed. I didn’t do a huge amount of research before buying the Stage 2 but did check the spec and user reviews. Sounds great because it’s recorded directly.Īchieving that quality on stage I think requires In ear monitors or very high quality and very expensive sound reinforcement. I use the same Silver Grand sample that’s being used here. I bought 2 DXR10’s from the same store soon after trying my the Stage 2 through my Roland KC350.īig improvement but over time now learn that these are ok for Nord pianos but you need to spend a lot more to get them sounding their best on stage. This info is really only acquired through experience and helpful user forums such as here. Xstand opinions forums how to#It’s just the time it’s taken to learn how to best amplify Nords. It’s not a big problem and I hope to find a Nord piano sample that suits my playing and gigs. This is my first Nord and when trying it in the store, the piano’s were really good through their studio monitors. Or maybe get a Roland FA06 as a top board to replace my Triton Extreme and play it’s pianos from the Stage 2. Xstand opinions forums plus#MOXF8 I think would give me the piano sound I’m after plus it’s pretty light for an 88. This is more important than differences in sound.Ī Motif XF8 would be nice if I had a roady but possibly a bit large for some stages. Yes you’re right for the sound but I chose the Nord primarily for it’s portability and weighted keys. Analogika wrote:Then you should play a Motif or a Kronos. ![]()
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