by JeffLearman » 30 May 2023, 21:04
One possible reason why NOT to go NG + NS is that you'd have the same sounds on both keyboards. As much as I love Nord sounds, I like having different ones to choose from, so I'm sticking to NE6 over a Yamaha CP4 (which also has the best action I've tried in a stage piano, though I haven't had a chance to try the Kawai, which are reputably very good.)
The biggest limitation of the CP4 is that while it has a master keyboard control section per patch, you can't mute a zone locally (!) You can do it using splits if you only have 2 zones, but with 3 or more zones you just can't do it; have to plug it into a computer or something. Fortunately, with two keyboards, I don't (now) ever need more than one split point. But then again, I don't do Top40 where it might be more necessary.
Regarding stands, for me nothing beats the K&M 18880 with 18882 for second tier. I wouldn't try setting a NS or Electro on top of the NG, which looks just a bit to shallow to hold it. Maybe if the front of the top board sticks a good bit over the NG's control panel, but that's a bit of a compromise.
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