Nord User Forum

[pastormike129]

Hello,

I have the Nord Stage 3 Ultimate Pianos' plugin and it works in Kontakt in Logic Pro X. When recording a midi piano part, random notes don't play. I've increased the velocity, I've checked the midi channel and still nothing on those notes. When I use that same midi section, add it to another track and use another instrument, the notes play. Not sure if I'm doing something wrong in the plugin? Now if I select the note (click on it) in the piano roll, it plays. But when I hit play in logic, that note won't play. Anyone experience this???

[maxpiano]

There is no official Nord library for Kontakt (that one you got is probably not legal also) and anyway what you ask fits better in a Logic forum than here, being clearly a problem related to Logic.

[Berretje]

Thanks - a lot of people have this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xy6PiGOSPA - also - URL REMOVED

Also, it only happens with this plug-in, so I don't think it's a logic issue. But appreciate the comment.

[maxpiano]

A site with no legal reference and downloads via Torrent... I think it is self explanatory...
(anyway, to be precise, that's not a "plugin", the plugin is Kontakt and that's just a samples library you load into it)

About that note not playing, I suggest to right click on it and analyze its velocity data and length (maybe it is at 0 velocity or too short) and/or modify it.

[Berretje]

Thanks - a lot of people have this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xy6PiGOSPA - also - URL REMOVED

Please don't misunderstand this as admonishment or criticism, but FWIW: most instruments, whether hardware or software, come with a license that expressly forbids repackaging the included samples and re-distributing them.

So anybody offering a package of Nord samples or sampled Nord pianos is doing so illegally.

Clavia (the manufacturers of Nord instruments) will shut down any such sales whenever they can.

[Schorsch]

Can't believe the existence of this post...

[Elias]

Can't believe the existence of this post...

I was reluctant to say anything like this, but you said it best

[FZiegler]

I didn't know Clavia has to deal with that amount of annoyance.

EDIT: Deleted. Owning a real Stage 3 or not - using that plugin should be illegal in either case.

[WannitBBBad]

The first sample is called "Access Virus". An amazing amount of work went into making this very convincing product; I'm sure not for money alone.

[StrangeAeons]

To answer the OP's question, that issue isn't Logic's fault, since the track gets played back with any other AU: it's highly likely the playback issues stem from that unlicensed library being buggy or simply not fully compatible with your version of Kontakt. As the others have said, that library infringes upon Clavia's copyright (there are several similar round the web, such as alleged Korg Kronos samples): not only that, it's also considerably inferior to an actual Nord's pianos (again, probably because of a rough or imperfect sampling). I strongly suggest you ask for a refund (especially if you paid via PayPal or other particularly safe methods).