Wish List for Nord Keyboards

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Re: Wish List for Nord Keyboards

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Nord Grand 2 with RM3 Grand II action (the one found in Kawai VPC1).
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A proper song mode, having the possibility to make changes per section and for both panels without affecting the original programs:

Essential:
-Zones
-Pitch :Coarse Fine +/- 48 semitones
-Pitch: Transpose octaves
-Pan: L and R

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Nice to have:
-Velocity curve
-Midi channel

This will help to get rid of my other keyboards that are way more flexible for that.
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With "per section" you really mean per piano, organ or synth engine? Or do you mean per single panel? Don't understand why you would want a detuning or transposing for only a part of a program!?

If you have to transpose in semitones (as you mentioned accompaniment for different singers), the whole program should be shifted, doesn't it?
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FZiegler wrote:With "per section" you really mean per piano, organ or synth engine? Or do you mean per single panel? Don't understand why you would want a detuning or transposing for only a part of a program!?

If you have to transpose in semitones (as you mentioned accompaniment for different singers), the whole program should be shifted, doesn't it?
Per section, indeed. Organ, synth, etc. Why doing this? example: can play Piano, then add a 7th with Organ sound and 5th with a Brass, depending the part of the song. For the different singers is easy as you said, but if sax player is not showing up, I will be in charge of 'sax/brass' section too.

I can actually do this with all my Roland stuff, and used to do the same with Korg. Have a screenshot here below:

nord-stage-forum-f3/feature-request-son ... 19616.html

Of course you do not need such big screen to do that.

Hope this is of clarity.

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It sounds a bit like "band in a box" to me... But yes: If you are accompanying on a rehearsal, it might happen they demand things like that from you. "Hey, aren't you the keyboard guy who can play any sound?"
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FZiegler wrote:It sounds a bit like "band in a box" to me... But yes: If you are accompanying on a rehearsal, it might happen they demand things like that from you. "Hey, aren't you the keyboard guy who can play any sound?"
It is exactly that :mrgreen:. In the good old times, keyboardist used to play just... keyboards. Things have changed since ... everything may happen: in a gig last year, 30' before the start, sax player was sick and asked me to 'support him' in some sax sections with extra brass. Happily I had my Roland FA as 2nd keyboard and it was easy to set up and choose the right sounds, pitches and pan levels. When you perform many times a week, anything can happen.

But not only that: some songs may require some special arrangements, or harmonics to be added, then the fine coarse are good for that. Same for pan levels: is good to distribute the parts across the stereo field.

Anyway, hope it helps more people too.
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Post by DoreenFreeman »

I would like Nord to add USB4/Thunderbolt4 and WiFi 6E to all future keyboards, thereby enabling lightning-fast transfers and updates.
Also, transfers just via USB-Stick without the need to bring the laptop should be possible (and FAST).
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DoreenFreeman wrote: transfers just via USB-Stick without the need to bring the laptop should be possible (and FAST).


Yes I would welcome that function,there have been times I have needed to Hire a Nord Unit when gigging abroad,rather than shipping my own gear,Would have been really convenient to have the Soundest required on a USB drive slot it in the back and the option to boot the file/samples Directly upon powering on,I'm sure Nord could add this capability to future Boards without the need for a Computer in tow....Although its not really a bother to transfer soundsets would cut down the need to carry a laptop for just that purpose!
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Post by weremole »

Ive already posted this on another thread and I did not see it on the wishlist so here goes:

Option to assign an instrument engine (and external instrument on the stage) to no zone. This was already there on the sgtage classic and 2. No keyzone lights activated but instrument activated = play only from external midi.

My 2x doesnt have this feature so I have to split the keyboard on the top or bottom key thereby wasting a playable zone. On my stage EX i can select 'no zone' for a particular instrument i want to play from an external controller/or sequence and still have all split zones on both panels available for whatever I want. Its very clever and very unfortunate that it isnt there on the new models.
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Re: Wish List for Nord Keyboards

Post by Aida_w »

I dearly miss the option in the Sound Manager to drag a PROGRAM (which is my song) into a SONG list (which would be my setlist)!
So I could create different setlists just by dragging my programs(songs) to the relevant list for different gigs.....
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