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ebbandflow
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Stage vs. Wave vs. Electro vs. Lead
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Pardon my ignorance but I'm a Nord Newbie and I'm having the *hardest* time determining which Nord product is right for me. I can't really find any "clear cut" comparisons between them all. Can anyone help/direct me?
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blue hell
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I'm pretty sure I recently read some article explaining the differences ... maybe in an online SOS article ... can't recall, sorry ...
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ebbandflow
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| Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 4:47 pm Post subject:
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Maaaan, now I *really* feel like a newbie because I don't even know what *SOS* stands for!  |
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blue hell
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| Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 4:55 pm Post subject:
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Sorry, I meant : http://www.soundonsound.com/
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ebbandflow
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| Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 7:13 pm Post subject:
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Thanks, Blue Hell! There's not quite a comparison that I can find there but definitely some in-depth reviews of each keyboard that steer me a *little* better in a defined direction.... 
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blue hell
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| Posted: Fri May 15, 2009 5:48 am Post subject:
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I did a quick search there too yesterday and couldn't find it either ... yet 'm sure I saw it somewhere ... not sure it was SOS though.
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ebbandflow
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| Posted: Fri May 15, 2009 6:01 am Post subject:
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| Blue Hell wrote: | | I did a quick search there too yesterday and couldn't find it either ... yet 'm sure I saw it somewhere ... not sure it was SOS though. |
Thanks for your help Blue. I'll keep looking - I also have a call into the North American rep. for more info.... |
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| Posted: Fri May 15, 2009 6:09 am Post subject:
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Meanwhile ... what do you want to use the synth for? I mean what sort of music, or what way to use it, stuff like that. Maybe that would open a back door or something ...
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ebbandflow
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I suppose that's a more difficult question than it should be. I'm looking for it to do everything! 
But primarily, this would be a live keyboard rig that has a great piano, B3 organ, fat rhodes, synths, horns, strings, etc.
Samples would be nice but not essential...
Creating a Baba O'Riley-type arpeggiator would be nice but not essential... |
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Wout Blommers
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| Posted: Fri May 15, 2009 10:33 am Post subject:
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| ebbandflow wrote: | | I suppose that's a more difficult question than it should be. I'm looking for it to do everything! |
Well, take them all... | Quote: | | But primarily, this would be a live keyboard rig that has a great piano, B3 organ, fat rhodes, synths, horns, strings, etc. |
Electro3 then! | Quote: | | Samples would be nice but not essential... |
No Electro3... | Quote: | | Creating a Baba O'Riley-type arpeggiator would be nice but not essential... |
That can only be done by the NordLead2X, all others don't have an Arpeggiator...
Well, how about the keyboard feeling?
More instruments in the same Program?
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ebbandflow
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| Posted: Fri May 15, 2009 10:39 am Post subject:
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| Wout Blommers wrote: | | ebbandflow wrote: | | I suppose that's a more difficult question than it should be. I'm looking for it to do everything! |
Well, take them all... | Quote: | | But primarily, this would be a live keyboard rig that has a great piano, B3 organ, fat rhodes, synths, horns, strings, etc. |
Electro3 then! | Quote: | | Samples would be nice but not essential... |
No Electro3... | Quote: | | Creating a Baba O'Riley-type arpeggiator would be nice but not essential... |
That can only be done by the NordLead2X, all others don't have an Arpeggiator...
Well, how about the keyboard feeling?
More instruments in the same Program?
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Thanks for your help, Wout! I need to have at least semi-weighted keys. And more instruments in the same program isn't really essential. I'd rather have great *single* patches instead of mucking around with layers.
I suppose I should mention that the other keyboard I'm planning on using live is a controller connected to a laptop with Reason. That way I should be able to pull up plenty of additional "unique" patches on that board (samples, particular patches for cover songs, any loops, etc.)
The Nord product would be replacing a Yamaha S80 - which I love but has seen so much "road" that the lists of issues with it has grown a bit extensive (iffy mod wheel, mucky keys, etc)
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ebbandflow
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| Posted: Fri May 15, 2009 10:43 am Post subject:
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| Also - would the Electro3 cover horns and synths as well as just piano and organ? |
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| Posted: Fri May 15, 2009 10:49 am Post subject:
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| ebbandflow wrote: | | Also - would the Electro3 cover horns and synths as well as just piano and organ? |
The Electro 3 can handle everything in the Nord Sample Library as well as the Nord Piano Library.
I doubt it has enough memory to load everything in these libraries at once, but you can pick what you want. |
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ebbandflow
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| Posted: Fri May 15, 2009 2:45 pm Post subject:
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| ark wrote: | The Electro 3 can handle everything in the Nord Sample Library as well as the Nord Piano Library.
I doubt it has enough memory to load everything in these libraries at once, but you can pick what you want. |
Thanks for the tip, Ark! I'll take a look and see that those libraries fit my needs.
Does the Electro 3 have some touch sensitivity to it? Are the keys weighted at all? |
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| ebbandflow wrote: | | Does the Electro 3 have some touch sensitivity to it? Are the keys weighted at all? |
I don't actually have one, so I don't know. However, the Nord website describes the Electro 3 keys as "semi-weighted" and to be at all useful for piano samples, it would have to have velocity sensitivity. The manual also suggests that the keyboard is sensitive to release velocity, but I do not know whether release velocity is actually used for anything during sample playback. |
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ebbandflow
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| Posted: Fri May 15, 2009 10:43 pm Post subject:
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Thanks Ark - actually found a shop in town that has a floor model Electro 3 - going to go play it tomorrow (or later today really.... zzzz)
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| How'd your search work out? I have the Stage Compact, and I love it. I find I can get decent strings and synth brass with it, plus it's a decent midi controller... I love the simplicity of the Extern section. |
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ebbandflow
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| Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 4:55 am Post subject:
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| peterkadar wrote: | | How'd your search work out? I have the Stage Compact, and I love it. I find I can get decent strings and synth brass with it, plus it's a decent midi controller... I love the simplicity of the Extern section. |
I ended up getting the Electro 3 and it's been great so far. The EP's, pianos and organs are just phenom! |
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Bucksnort
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| Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 6:09 am Post subject:
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| ebbandflow wrote: | | peterkadar wrote: | | How'd your search work out? I have the Stage Compact, and I love it. I find I can get decent strings and synth brass with it, plus it's a decent midi controller... I love the simplicity of the Extern section. |
I ended up getting the Electro 3 and it's been great so far. The EP's, pianos and organs are just phenom! |
I agree, mine blows me away everytime I turn it on. I have a Traynor k4 amp and the tube overdrive makes the B3 unbelievable. |
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peterkadar
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| Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2009 10:02 pm Post subject:
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Glad you're digging the Electro 3. I think they're great, but I found for what I needed, I had to get the extra functionality of the Stage.
I gotta get new amps soon... maybe I'll rock a K4... Hmmm.... |
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