Nord User Forum

The sounds on the NS88 are very nice, even though I understand that some people don't like the piano sounds - I think they're workable.

The biggest problem (and this is a deal breaker for me) is sustain and switching issues. There is not as far as I could see a sustain function on the organ!

But by far the biggest problem is that I need to be able to switch sounds seamlessly - sustain a chord or note, change sound and come in with the new sound on the next chord. I can do this on my present kbd, but on the Nord things come screeching to a halt. As soon as I touch a button all sound cuts out whether I'm damping or holding down the keys. To me this is unacceptable in a $4000 rig which otherwise I was on my way to buy!

The piano's on the stage are great! I own a yamaha s90-es and a nord stage, and I think there are absolute great piano's on the Nord.

And ofcourse there is a sustain function on the Nord, even for the organs. Read the manual!

And another great thing of the Nord is that you have increadible possibilities within a program, so switching sounds is seamlessly in that setup!
Most keyboard I know can't switch seamlessly between sounds because of effect settings. The Roland XP synths could, but the sound always changed dramaticly because of the other effect settings.

The Nord has within a program 2 organ sounds, 2 piano sounds, s synth sounds, and two extern synth sounds. You can change between these sounds seamlessly. This is a true performance keyboard, and I have not come across a song a could not make a program for.

Laver