Nord User Forum

[sonicblue]

In any case, considering normal product development and industrialization timings, if an Electro 7 is coming as soon as you'd wish, probably they have already designed it, but if your wishes exceed the specs then Nord may consider them for Electro 8

And that's just sounds great to me. Let's skip 7, let it be 8!!!

[M1tsos]

If I don't have enough memory for samples & sounds and if the keybed is simply bad and could be better, and the same synth section/engine, sorry this is not 10% of my hysteria and use but rather 95
(Every business needs more sales/income to survive, simple law of economy. Professional piano instruments this is not a niche market but very big and quite competitive worldwide market, Clavia is a part of this market)

Not really, economy is much more complex than that, companies have cycles, "growth" or profitability (which matters most) can also be reached by raising prices (see recent situation) or changing target/product mix and you can be a niche player in a wide market nevertheless (cars are a wide market, Ferrari is a niche player); then what I mean is that if with that "older and limited" model (even if "not enough memory for samples & sounds and the keybed" simply bad") other artists have made worldwide hits or played in shows without any issues, it means that it is not so bad, at least not urgently need an upgrade... or not?

Then of course, space for improvement is always there, but I still believe that if a product has still a good Q/P balance and sells well, a manufacturer may be legitimate to not be in a hurry in issuing a new one.

In any case, considering normal product development and industrialization timings, if an Electro 7 is coming as soon as you'd wish, probably they have already designed it, but if your wishes exceed the specs then Nord may consider them for Electro 8

They need to have the difference from stage .. if they make electro 8 in the future and make it with big amount of memory and almost everything from stage 3 of present .. then it should cost almost like stage 3… i mean electro is their cheapest model.. if they give much with electro then people will not spend money for stage or piano.

[maxpiano]

They need to have the difference from stage .. if they make electro 8 in the future and make it with big amount of memory and almost everything from stage 3 of present .. then it should cost almost like stage 3… i mean electro is their cheapest model.. if they give much with electro then people will not spend money for stage or piano.

Agree, but actually sonicblue requests would still keep the NE different (since OP is not asking to add to NE things like PB/MW or VA or 2 Panels etc.. which are the main differentiators between NE and NS series)

[Valpurgis]

So how do Nord keep making money in these difficult times

Nord is probably one of the most profitable companies in the business. Don’t worry at all.

[sonicblue]

Anyone who shares my enthusiasm for having a brand new Electro 7, could you please send your feedback directly to Nord? I'm sure it can help more than doing nothing:

https://www.nordkeyboards.com/about-us/feedback

Many thanks!

[Gambold]

>you rarely will find a Nord representative who is listening<

That statement applies to pretty much anywhere on the planet, not just this forum

[Gambold]

>I see and read of many affirmed professionals who keep on using their instruments from 10 or more years ago, simply because they are just used to them, they know them long time<

Not with digital technology. The only people playing 10-year old digital keyboards on the road are Nord users, because that's all they have available to them. They will be first in line if Nord ever gets around to updating anything. And that clock is ticking ever louder.

[Wolfgang T]

>. The only people playing 10-year old digital keyboards on the road are Nord users...

The advantage of NORD is that the samples are backwards compatible, which is why you don't always have to buy the latest model for new sounds.

At the company YAMAHA z. B. you had to update the Motif (montage) series, now, if you wanted to have new piano sounds, because these were not available for the old models. The same applies to the brands KORG (Kronos or SV models) etc.

However, if you need new functions and more sample storage on your NORD Piano, then an update to a new model is essential.

[maxpiano]

>I see and read of many affirmed professionals who keep on using their instruments from 10 or more years ago, simply because they are just used to them, they know them long time<

Not with digital technology. The only people playing 10-year old digital keyboards on the road are Nord users, because that's all they have available to them. They will be first in line if Nord ever gets around to updating anything. And that clock is ticking ever louder.

Not really just Nord users, unless they are endorsers then of course they are pushed to use the latest models of the endorsed brand; to be more clear: professionals for me are not just the "big ones" I mean anyone who make a living out of playing music as his/her main profession (and needs to carefully choose how to invest mony in new instruments).

PS: Yamaha CP300 was introduced in 2006 and it is still produced by Yamaha today (so also sold and used, unless at Yahama are crazy to keep it) just to make an example.

[EstebanSugarhill]

If they just made all the features of previous models available, it would be cool. I’ve gone from a 2 to a 5, and now a 6, and it seems like they take away features as others are added.

The 5 didn’t have the clav filters the 2 did. The 6 brought those back, so that’s cool. But now the mellotron library is scant compared to what’s still available for the 5. There’s no longer an option to have percussion defeat the highest drawbar.

At some point between the 3 and the 5, the Vox flute and string voice drawbars were inexplicably combined, with a non-functional drawbar next to it. And the manual doesn’t say how that works. At least it sounds fine, which is what’s important, but why make it less analogous to the real organ being modeled?

As for an actual new feature, a spring setting on the reverb seems obvious. There’s a Twin model, and there were Leslies with spring reverb. It would be much more authentic to the amps modeled than the studio reverb effects that are offered (not that I’d do away with those).

I really like the 6, lest it sound like I’m dogging it. I’m just baffled by previous models having capabilities new models don’t. And having a Twin model, and reverb, but no spring reverb sim.