Blazerunner wrote:I always said I wish it had more room for samples and if I could layer the sounds I wanted.
Note that you'll be able to layer 3 rather than 2 sounds, but still only one per engine. So one of the three sounds must be a piano library sound, and one must be an organ. You still can't layer two sample library sounds.
Blazerunner wrote: Me I don't like VST's but I can't count the number of times someone has tried to push me away from buying a Keyboard trying to get me to go the VST route. That's just the new norm now because it's more accessible and cheaper route for people to get into to create music these days but I was saying that "features" are no longer a limitation manufacturers can afford to have if they're going to survive VST's. You have to put more into your keyboards otherwise it's a 1up on VST's.
What Nord has over the VSTs is the customized, hands-on, dedicated interface. You simply interact it with it differently than you do a controller running a set of VSTs. So instead of trying to compete with VSTs at their own game (a losing battle), they compete by doing well what VSTs do poorly. If you simply want the biggest sound libraries, the most memory, etc., the MI hardware mfrs are not going to win that game. They have to find other ways to provide what some will find to be a better user experience.
Blazerunner wrote:But I dropped $2,500 on it and if there's a new version with more in that price range... hey why not wait and upgrade?
If you're in no rush, sure, the E6 will almost certainly be better than the E5 for most people. (Though it looks like it may be losing Set List mode, which may make the E5 better for some.) If you can manage it, though, I still think you'd be happier with the NS3, which addresses more of what you've seen as Electro shortcomings than the E6 does. Whether 5 or 6, I think the Electro is still best for players with a piano/organ focus.