Older Nord Products Not Getting Any New Samples?

[PScooter63]

I really think this is unfair (and will also substantially lower our instruments resale value).
Your thoughts?

FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out) is so pervasive of late, it even has its own article in Wikipedia.

I too own an E4, and it’s my only Nord. No, I don’t think they owe me anything more than I’ve gotten (or not gotten) to date. When the finances have realigned, I’ll modernize, and while I’m a little wistful about my instrument “ageing out”, I also realize Nord make money by selling hardware... and I’m ok with their staying in business.

Let me ask you this: assuming you use a smartphone, are you still using an iPhone 5, or Galaxy S3? Those were all released the same year as the E4. Do you also bemoan that those vintage devices can’t keep up with the latest/greatest smartphone features?

[Gambold]

This is the price of digital instruments - they ultimately lose all their value. Unlike a 1960s Telecaster, nobody wants a decades-old digital keyboard, barring a few collectible examples. Ditto on the Nords - great instruments all, but they age into electronic rubbish just like all the rest. Suck it up and buy a new one - you can go on eternal interest-free payments at Sweetwater or someplace like that, it can be done...

>Let me ask you this: assuming you use a smartphone, are you still using an iPhone 5, or Galaxy S3?<

Word. The same goes for any laptop too. Anyone still plugging away on a 2012 computer?

[afroskully]

I'm currently plugging away on a 2010 laptop (with an '8' button that I have to push really hard to work), and as I read your above response, I have to ask...

Where's Gambold and what have you done with him?

[ajstan]

Word. The same goes for any laptop too. Anyone still plugging away on a 2012 computer?

2011 Mac Mini here. Not getting the new MacOS updates, but still getting app updates. More than enough horsepower for Windows/Office 365 under Bootcamp. Not great with processor-intensive stuff like rendering video, but for daily web browsing, work documents/spreadsheets and email, there's virtually no difference with a new computer. Great, I just jinxed myself, didn't I.

[cgrafx]

Word. The same goes for any laptop too. Anyone still plugging away on a 2012 computer?

Yes, I work daily on a 2012 Apple Mac Pro Tower. Granted its a beast of a machine (64gigs of RAM, PCI card SSDs, Dual XEON CPUs, and a decent Nvidia graphics card)

-- And I do edit video and do 3D modeling/rendering on it

[Schorsch]

Still using a laptop built in 2006 originally running on Windows XP, still running OK on Windows 7 with manual installation and tweaks of necessary drivers. Doing a good job in controlling our X32 Rack, but can’t be used for much more. Windows 10 does not work since the hardware is too old and also is missing performance, but I don’t complain not to be able to use the latest greatest on an old machine.

Fully agree with Gambold

[PScooter63]

Interesting topic about PCs, thanks Gambold.

My 2011 Mac Mini soldiers on just fine at the moment, even as an occasional live performance tool... but I know it’s on borrowed time. Much more so than my E4.

I was mildly disappointed a couple of weeks ago when the App Store refused to sell me something, because the new app required a newer model.

[harmonizer]

I am still running my Electro 3 purchased in 2012, with the sounds that were available for it then, but also with the bonus of the Nefertiti and Royal Grand (if you care about mono, Royal Grand was a bonus).

For my home computer I am running an old Windows 7 computer to access this forum. This PC had belonged to a family member, and as best as I can tell it was probably new in 2010.

It does not bother me that the new sounds are not supported on the Electro 3. The Electro 4 was already available when I bought it; I chose the E3 as a cheaper entry point into good organ sounds. It's probably a more difficult feeling for anyone who owns an E4, which is less obsolete and has more memory.

[kpr99]

Hello,

I'm Klaus P. Rausch and the developer of many samples you get from the Nord Sample Library download pages. So far I've contributed the most Vintage Synthesizers from Minimoog to Matrix 12 as well as the String Ensembles like the Godwin Symphony, all the Korgies and many more. Also I did the entire Fairlight sample library, the Sonatina Orchestra editing and formatting to Nord nsmp files, a couple of Stage internal samples and a huge part of the entire Ethnic Instruments content.

As a kind of White Label sound developer I'm working for many manufacturers. for references please check this page https://www.kpr-srd.com/factory-voicing/

Since a good while I am thinking about sound support for older Nord instruments, like the Electro 3, and I have several ideas including Split Programs with left hand Bass and Pads and right hand lead and chord sounds (all categories).

I am very familiar with supporting older instruments and I am the worldwide leading Alesis Fusion sound content developer. Although this instrument is now over 10 years old and out of production since long I am still developing new sounds which is appreciated by the Fusion owners who want to keep their instrument but still looking for new sounds. The current sound product catalog is here https://bitr-store.de/produkt-kategorie ... -soundware

So I find this Posting here quite interesting and perhaps there is a chance to get the things done. I would need to know following:

- What sounds you are looking for?
- What are the instruments you are playing (like the mentioned Electro 3)?
- As I am a commercial developer: Would you pay for the sounds?

Thank you for getting into that matters and any help to make it happen is appreciated.

Cheers

Klaus P. Rausch

P.S.: Please don't send PN here, instead of it you can use the contact form of my main website www.backintimerecords.de

[sudkcoce]

Actually, all that I am missing on my NE 4 is a good mono piano sample. Been waiting for it forever and now I think it's never going to happen and that makes me sad.