No sostenuto on Nord Piano 4 according to comparison chart

[alecgargett]

Hi

In the synth section of the comparison chart here, it says the Nord Piano 3 has individual sustain via sostenuto pedal and it says the Nord Piano 4 doesn't. Is this correct or an error?

https://www.nordkeyboards.com/products/ ... ison-chart

[maxpiano]

Maybe it's me but I can't see anything like that in that chart, sostenuto requires the Nord triple pedal on both models, only difference I see being the fact that the triple pedal is included with NP4 and optional (not included) with NP3.

[maxpiano]

PS: Hi...

[Rychubil]

PS: Hi...

Exactly, could be nice

[gimble]

In the linked document from the question, there is a "Sample Synth" section. Within that, there is an entry for "Individual Sustain via Sustenuto pedal". This item is checked for the Nord Piano 3, and not checked (a minus?) on the Nord Piano 4.

I believe that is his intended question, "is this entry in the chart correct?"

[alecgargett]

Hi

In the linked document from the question, there is a "Sample Synth" section. Within that, there is an entry for "Individual Sustain via Sustenuto pedal". This item is checked for the Nord Piano 3, and not checked (a minus?) on the Nord Piano 4.

I believe that is his intended question, "is this entry in the chart correct?"

Yes, that was my question, thank you. It seems odd that this feature would be removed for the newer piano so that's why I'm wondering if it's a mistake. The user manuals for the Nord Piano 2, 3 and 4 don't say anything about using the sostenuto pedal with the synth.

If no one knows the answer her is there someone I can e-mail about this if this is not the place to ask? I've found Nord's e-mail addresses for "support" and "feedback" but not product inquiries.

[alecgargett]

I missed that one, sorry for that, it seems actually that feature is marked as removed on Np4.

From NP3 manual:

SOSTENUTO
By default the middle pedal operates as Sostenuto, meaning that notes held at the moment the pedal is pressed down will be sustained, while succeeding notes will not. The middle pedal can also be set to operate as a dedicated sustain or latch pedal for the sample synth. refer to the Pedal menu section on page 15 for more information about these features.

While NP4 manual only says

SOSTENUTO
When the sostenuto (middle) pedal is operated, notes held at the mo- ment the pedal is pressed down will be sustained, while succeeding notes will not.

[alecgargett]

Thanks. That's a pity. Seems a waste of a pedal and I would have used that feature.

[alecgargett]

I jut played the Nord Piano 4 the other day and it does seem to be a typo. From memory, the Sostenuto pedal did work with the sample section.

[baekgaard]

I can confirm that on the lastest OS at least, the sostenuto pedal works just like a sostenuto pedal on both the piano and on the synth.

The options on the NP3 appears to be that you can set up the middle pedal to also behave in slightly different ways for the synth (the options are sostenuto, sustain or sustain+latch), so apparently the NP3 has some additional options that the NP4 doens't have. I guess if you want to play a drone-sound on the synth while playing freely without sustain or sostenuto on the piano, then the NP3 supports this via the sustain+latch?