joaofrancisco wrote:Hey guys, my first ever post in the forum and I am pretty sure it's a typical one!
I am about to buy my first Nord ever, and I am almost fully set on getting an NP5 (that thing is sooo cool)! However, because it is so pricey, a lot of friends of mine recommended me to get an NS3 HA instead,
simply because it has a lot more features that I can (eventually) use in the future.
Will I lose anything if I pick the NS3 over the NP5 ? (Action, Effects, Reverb...)
Thank you very much for your help!
As many guys here already said. There is no Nord that can do everything and every Nord is good for something else. At this point as not that many people got to own NP5 it's really hard to tell is it worth the money and compare it with other models and keyboards. Only things we have for now are the specs, user manual, overview video and few more videos that don't cover it very deep. And I assume nobody on this forum owns one yet...
Take a note that NS3 and NP5 are very different keyboards for different purposes regardless of their close price range and that NP5 is completely new. You need to take into account that NS3 is now 4 years old and even though it has been hardware and software updated it can't include some of the new features that Wave 2 and Piano 5 brought to the Nord assortment. I think that some of the new features and solutions that came with NP5 are very helpful and useful, but as your friends suggested, NS3 is like all in one board that includes Organ/Piano/Synth engines with A1 synth engine and also Morph feature that Piano 5 doesn't have.
It all gets down to what do you actually need?
UPDATE:
joaofrancisco wrote:Right at this time, I really need a really nice piano sound with good action and some pad sounds for church, and I get all of that with NP5.
But maybe in the future, I could use some organ and synth sounds, and with 500 euros more I get a lot more stuff. I think as Fziegler said, it's about the commitment to something
really pricey and making sure it's something that will last me years to come.
Do the reverb effects that transitioned from the wave to the NP5 available in the NS3 as well?
I assume you and me have very similar needs because I play worship music here in Croatia and I play a lot in church... That means I need good piano and pad sound too --> I don't own Nord yet, but as it came out I stopped my eyes on Nord Stage 3 88. As a worshiper (if we really have similar needs) I would definitely suggest going for NS3 rather than NP5. I don't say you won't be satisfied with NP5 (at this moment actually nobody knows that), but I'm telling you that I think that you will like very much possibility of layering different pads with pianos (sometimes organs) and morphing all that together with effects. That way you will be able to create very beautiful atmospheric sounds and pads that will help you a lot in worship/church playing.
p.s. as I said, I don't own any Nord keyboard yet, but I've put my self so much into Nord keyboards last few years (especially Stage 3 88) that I've read the whole NS3 user manual a few times, I've watched many many videos, reviews, comparisons, tests, sound checks... I've also went to the store many times to test it and play it so I will not say I know everything, and I don't know more than someone who already owns it for few years, but I think that I know pretty much about NS3 and it's capabilities, features and so on...
Hope that helps
