by chatfd » 23 Jun 2018, 18:31
I am wanting to upgrade (I figure one day I won't be able to do so - lol). I first got the NE3, NE4D, NE4, now I have JUST the NE5D. Anyway, I got to LIKE the Set List function, HOWEVER, playing in multiple bands, moving to a new place, with different bands & subbing - has made using the Set List Function a DOUBLE pain. Add in playing more outside, sunglasses and that screen - Ugh! I've gone to using just a hand full of what I'd programed into Set List (of course w/the 4 different buttons) to get through a gig. Searching through the list was & still can be a PAIN.
Back in the OLD NE3 or NE4 days-it was easier as I coded everything numerically & kind of memorized what was where. I LIKE having more memory, but it is harder to know where it all is on the unit if THAT particular sample is not used on a regular basis.
So, what now? I figure before I SELL (or not) the NE5 I would purchase the NE6 (I hope by the fall) & see the differences. Then I COULD sell the old one, or maybe the NEW one. Heck, it'll be at least two year or so before NORD changes or goes to a "7." (My NE5D is 3 years old this Fall) What I feel is that I'd get the opportunity to LEARN how to use a NE6 better before I take it to a gig, then take BOTH for a while in hopes of just one - maybe! There is & was SO MUCH on the NE5 I've never used + I still have a little memory left in a few places. But I will add that other keyboardist tend to wonder how I get all those sounds (samples) out of ONE single keyboard. And I certainly LOVE taking LESS to a gig!
If I could have my CAKE & eat it too: I'd EITHER swap my NE5 (73 model) for a 61 model (I have a hard shell 61 case) ----> OR ----> if I LIKE the NE6 a lot, sell the NE5 outright and also get a NE6-61 model. Love the NORD. it would give me the chance to choose if I need Both or take the smaller one when the gig says go SMALL! Or the larger 73 model.
Re: the SET LIST - I sold my other 61 model Mostly because after the NE5-73 I used the Set List almost exclusively ---> so I only used the top Ne4D-61 for just 2-4 songs a gig. Seemed like a waste of effort that only a keyboardist appreciated. Plus, on the OTHER hand: the Set List Function TOOK TIME. The last several months I've only moved or changed where things were located twice. So, I'm hoping I do not MISS on the NE6 the Set List Function. Change is OKAY! A Back to the Future moment - maybe ... we'll see.