Mellotron with nord electro 4 ?

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Happyclimber
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Mellotron with nord electro 4 ?

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hello, I may be buying a used nord electro 4 but I wanted to make sure that I can download mellotron banks? Is it possible ? I believe so but not the latest versions

what do you think ? Do you advise me to take a 5 or even a 6 ?

I'm not a great pianist, I need to have a nice keyboard with sounds of electric pianos and piano + mellotron on hand

Thanks a lot
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You are correct regarding sample compatibility. Check the Sample Library Archive section on Nord’s official website.
Speaking as a current Electro 4 AND Stage 3 owner, the E4 still sounds great… but there’s no layering/splitting of sounds (piano, B3, samples). One timbre at a time is all you get. If that matters to you, you should pursue the 5 or 6.
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Ok , thanks ,
I'll see that, I'm not really interested in the superposition of sounds ;)
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Because the Mellotron sounds are single velocity, you can easily sample from any favorite VST or get a (free) sample set. Using the Sample editor you can load them into the Electro.
So for live usage you can load any flavour you like.

The stock Nord Samples are already a great start however.
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Re: Mellotron with nord electro 4 ?

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it's possible with nord electro 4 ?
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There are several Mellotron samples on the Nord sight that wprk with the Electro 4.
https://www.nordkeyboards.com/sound-lib ... /mellotron
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