...is that it really cured my never ending craving to buy more keyboards!
The NS2 was great, but I always wanted another board to compliment it, whether a VA like the Virus, a real Analog like the Prophet 6, or a Sampler like the Motif XF
The NS3 is really not just a Stage Piano but a proper synth, imo, and covers all the bases.
As a VA, it sounds better (aka more analog and vintage) than a Virus. It's got a lot more voices than a P6, and the filters etc are better than the Motif.
Just listening to some of the banks on the Nord Library site, and you can get pretty wild with the NS3, ESPECIALLY when you consider the way you layer a piano, clav, or organ with the synth.
I guess the only thing I really need is a proper analog monosynth, but even then, there's so much good software that for the first time in a looooong time, I don't really have the urge to add anything to my setup!
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Re: Worst Thing About Nord Stage 3...
Agreed, I have my stage 2 and several synths so, I don't need anything else.... And I don't have any room anyway so...
Stage 2/C2/NL2X+TC Pedals, 2XMatrix, EMU P2K, TX802, DSI P8/Tetra+H9, P12+TC HoF, D50+PG1000, XV5080,AX keytar, Streichfett, Drumbrute.Ibanez SR1200 & 2605 basses, Artstar AS153,G&L L2000,Legacy HSS,Asat Blueboys,Asat Deluxe Savanna.genelec 8040A.
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Re: Worst Thing About Nord Stage 3...
sold all my boards to have only one machine. one size fits all -my ns3c. less weight, less stuff, huge sounds, editing on the fly without getting lost in menus, backpack playing... but it's individual.
Find all you need in your mind - if you take the time!
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Re: Worst Thing About Nord Stage 3...
Four complaints about the NS3:
1. Weak clavinet sounds
2. Not enough onboard RAM to load *any* soundsets in the Nord library
3. Lack of Auto-Wah filter effect found in Electro 2
4. No one makes a case for the NS3HA88 that can fit in the backseat of my car.
1. Weak clavinet sounds
2. Not enough onboard RAM to load *any* soundsets in the Nord library
3. Lack of Auto-Wah filter effect found in Electro 2
4. No one makes a case for the NS3HA88 that can fit in the backseat of my car.
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Re: Worst Thing About Nord Stage 3...
elsongs wrote:4. No one makes a case for the NS3HA88 that can fit in the backseat of my car.
Buy a bigger car ?
The following statement is not true. The previous statement is true.
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Re: Worst Thing About Nord Stage 3...
elsongs wrote:Four complaints about the NS3:
1. Weak clavinet sounds
2. Not enough onboard RAM to load *any* soundsets in the Nord library
3. Lack of Auto-Wah filter effect found in Electro 2
4. No one makes a case for the NS3HA88 that can fit in the backseat of my car.
disagree with #1 ... after having played the clavs on the Motif and my new Fantom, the Nord clav is like heaven. Maybe I've just spent enough time dialing it in - i dunno - but quite happy.
Re: Worst Thing About Nord Stage 3...
Yes Clavs are excellent once dialed in. I was able to obtain that "Phish" Page McConnell clav that was on the money after some tweaking.
Really my only complaint more sample memory. I did however get rid of many unused samples and now have plenty of space.
Really my only complaint more sample memory. I did however get rid of many unused samples and now have plenty of space.
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hilbilly parade wrote:Yes Clavs are excellent once dialed in. I was able to obtain that "Phish" Page McConnell clav that was on the money after some tweaking.
Really my only complaint more sample memory. I did however get rid of many unused samples and now have plenty of space.
Are you willing to share the patch?
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The key to a great Clav sound on the Nords is distortion.
The Nord giveth; the Nord taketh away…
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Yes i will share that patch and many others prob next week. Just need some spare time to bundle them. I will include all my 80' and 90's patches and some neat samples
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