This is just an enquiry for a general opinion on the following.
If you had a Nord Stage 3 what other Nord keyboard would you have to compliment the NS3 so that you could then say you have a mixture of the best that Nord has to offer?
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Re: Nord two keyboard setup
MarkT56 wrote:This is just an enquiry for a general opinion on the following.
If you had a Nord Stage 3 what other Nord keyboard would you have to compliment the NS3 so that you could then say you have a mixture of the best that Nord has to offer?
I'd say that the NS3 already pretty much has a mixture of the best that Nord has to offer! Any second Nord would depend on your particular desire for some specialty feature. For example, if the thing you miss most from an NS3 is having a 2-manual organ with multiple sets of drawbars, then you could add a C2D. If the thing you miss most is having a more piano-specific action with a third sensor, you could add a Nord Piano 3. For most people, I think the best thing to complement the NS3 with would be a non-Nord board, something that provides some sounds and/or capabilities that you can't get from any Nord. Something like maybe a Yamaha MOXF (or even MX), or a Kronos, or some Kurzweil. And probably something with a complementary action (hammer action if you get the NS3 SW, or vice versa).
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Re: Nord two keyboard setup
+1 on another Scott comment:
When I got my stage 2, I looked at buying two extra boards: A dual manuals organ and found a C2 Nord at a Very good price (1700 Can$) wih the red gig bag....But I also found a used NL2X anniversary....Then, as I had already a Yamaha Tx802 and a Roland D50, I was quite covered with really different characters from different type of synthesis and different brand as a well. And finally, to get "romplers", I bought used again an Xv5080 fully loaded, a Matrix 1000 and an Emu Propteus....I know, I could have had maybe better with a lot of soft synth and so on, but I was able get the sound I liked so much back in the days, in the 80's/90's and that was perfect....
So, as a conclusion, try always to complement a stage or whatever is your main board with some really different synth with opposite character....
When I got my stage 2, I looked at buying two extra boards: A dual manuals organ and found a C2 Nord at a Very good price (1700 Can$) wih the red gig bag....But I also found a used NL2X anniversary....Then, as I had already a Yamaha Tx802 and a Roland D50, I was quite covered with really different characters from different type of synthesis and different brand as a well. And finally, to get "romplers", I bought used again an Xv5080 fully loaded, a Matrix 1000 and an Emu Propteus....I know, I could have had maybe better with a lot of soft synth and so on, but I was able get the sound I liked so much back in the days, in the 80's/90's and that was perfect....
So, as a conclusion, try always to complement a stage or whatever is your main board with some really different synth with opposite character....
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Re: Nord two keyboard setup
I use the NS2 Compact and G2 Modular on 2nd tier of the stand. Carried the G2X for the 2nd tier for a few years but "downsized"...!
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Basically Too Many Nords to Haul to a Gig
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Re: Nord two keyboard setup
You haven't mentioned whether your NS3 is weighted, or unweighted. If weighted, I'd go for an unweighted board on top
I think I have gear issues ....
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