Nord User Forum

[soultrane]

...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!

[Quai34]

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...

[knopf_piano]

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.

[elsongs]

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.

[RichardG]

4. No one makes a case for the NS3HA88 that can fit in the backseat of my car.

Buy a bigger car ?

[kbmatson]

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.

[hilbilly parade]

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.

[CraigW]

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?

[analogika]

The key to a great Clav sound on the Nords is distortion.

[hilbilly parade]

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