Nord User Forum

[arinahum]

I just purchased a Nord Grand. I am looking for a simple way to record myself for the sole purpose of practicing. So just listening to what I have just played - maybe once or twice - in order to critique it and then being done with it. My old keyboard had an internal record mechanism that could store a few tracks, but the Grand does not seem to have that function and the MIDI route seems unnecessarily complicated for this purpose.

Is there a simple way to do this on the Nord Grand?

[DJKeys]

Hi, and welcome-

There is no on-board recording feature in the Nord Grand, so you will need to connect it to a DAW or other kind of recorder/sequencer.

-dj

[DJKeys]

The absolutely simplest way is to use your smartphone. Many phones nowadays have a surprisingly good recording quality, a couple years ago when one of my bandmates got a last-generation (at that time) iPhone, I stopped bringing my Zoom digital recorder to practice because amazingly, the iPhone recordings were simply better.

The weak point of a smartphone is sound reproduction, such tiny speakers will inevitably sound weak and with no bass. But you can listen back on headphones or send the file to your computer.

[HalfSwede]

If you do not have a DAW, and want something easy to use, Audacity is free software where you can do stereo recording. I have cheap mixer with USB out (Allen and Heath Zed 10x). Use it for practice and basic demos. I found Audacity easy to use and some great You Tube videos to help. Best of luck!

[ericL]

Another option is to take your mobile phone and use the video recording feature, placed however you like it, perhaps with a tripod. Not as pristine from an audio standpoint, though it works pretty well. I usually make YouTube videos this way, just demonstrating sounds and songs.

[PScooter63]

Yet another option would be to use a small Zoom H-series recorder, using either its surprisingly good internal stereo mics, or grab an appropriate patch cable and use line outs/ins if your environment is less than quiet.