Janatuinen wrote:I’m new at this forum and I have some questions about Electro 5 and Stage 2. I have at the moment quite old Roland FP-2 stage piano with good enough keyboard action but I don’t like its piano sound. That’s why I’m looking for the new equipment. My plan is that I use Roland FP-2 as a MIDI controller and buy Electro or Stage 2 for primary sound generator. Questions:
1) I’m quite poor with MIDI issues. What should I consider when using Roland as a midi controller? Is it totally suitable for playing piano sound of the Electro or Nord?
2) With Electro 5D 61 I would get better piano sounds but also good keyboard action for organ playing. Just to make sure, is it possible to play simultaneously Electro 5D’s piano sound with Roland’s keyboard and organ sound with 5D’s keyboard? Meaning that no need to change or press something when changing sound from piano to organ.
3) I think that I don’t need the synth section of the Stage 2. Is there some advantages in Stage 2 which I probably would need compared to Electro 5D 61? I play piano, electro piano and organ sounds. That’s it.
If your Roland keyboard has MIDI-OUT, you can control the NE5D with it (also, "Yes" on the 2nd question).
If you don't need the synth section the NE5D is the best choice IMHO. Also, you can load and use a lot of synths samples.