Nord User Forum

[jeddy3]

Hi guys, I've recently decided to upgrade my set-up and boy, things have changed. I reckon I could reduce from 3 boards to two. One will be Nord Electro 5, the other I don't know. I need something with plenty of sounds, split key function and a good appegiator.

Also, I use Reason as my DAW. Is there a keyboard on the market that will import sounds from Reason?

Many Thanks

[Marlowes]

Hej Jeddy!

I don't know much about any keyboards than Juno-106 and the Nords.
The issue I came to think of is "standardization"; a Stage HA with an Electro SW on top would be very easy to maintain (I'm old and lazy) and would also cover most sounds and techniques the gigging dude would ever need?

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[RedLeo]

What sort of music do you play and what types of sounds are you looking for? I'm guessing that most likely you are looking for either traditional subtractive synth sounds or sample-based sounds, or a mixture of both. Perhaps you could let us know what your old rig consisted of to give us a better idea of what you need?

[neolithic]

Gotta be piano-action on the bottom and synth action on the top IMHO, This covers pretty much all bases - anything else comes from iPad, or VSTs in my DAW.

My current set-up, for what it's worth:

Nord Stage 2 HA88 on the bottom
Prophet 08 on the top (could have been a Nord A1, but I love the P08 and couldn't justify both
I also (don't laugh) use an Electribe ESX as it's very versatile and I had it lying around. I know it's meant for dance, but I use it to knock up ideas quickly without having to fire up the Macbook and mess around with DAWs. It can be a drum machine, a pattern sequencer for the NS2 or the P08, or a groovebox in its own right. The new Electribe ESX2 Sampler is smaller, lighter, polyphonic.. i'm selling the old ESX and buying one of these ASAP

[jeddy3]

Ok, my current set-up is: Roland VR-760 (bottom); Roland XP-60 (Top) CME keyboard controller hooked up to Reason via dodgy laptop (right).

I am joining a Muse Tribute act (for my sins), so great piano sounds a must, hence Electro 5 as bottom keyboard, it's just the top one I'm needing advice for. As I said, plenty of patches, split keyboard and good arpegiator a must. Also the ability to import my reason patches would be great, but I don't know if that's possible.
Any ideas?

Cheers (especially for those who already posted)

[neolithic]

Have you looked at stuff like the Korg Krome or the Yamaha Mox? - they are a good deal cheaper/lighter than their workstation big brothers and pretty versatile if you need to cover a range of sounds. They both do splits, layers, have arpeggiators etc.
as for the Reason patches - I'd be interested to see if anyone reckons that's possible.
As far as 2nd hand gear you can get something like a korg Triton extreme or Karma for not too much . I'll leave it to others to suggest suitable Roland gear as I don't have much experience with it. (There are other makers of course, but I'm starting with the obvious!)

[jeddy3]

many Thanks Neolithic, will check some of those out

[Leo Castro]

Roland fa-06 or Fantom G6 on top and Nord Electro 5 73 bottom!!

[jeddy3]

Hey Leo,

it's weird, I just looked at the FA06 and thought that could be the one, then saw your post!! Cheers, I may well go with that

[Leo Castro]

Nice! Very well packed that Roland !!
My actual rig: Roland Juno g on top and Electro 4D at bottom. Portable and versatile.
And please: try before you buy