Perfect keyboard to accompany my NS3 for cover band

[Eriknie]

I have a Wave 2 as second board with my NS3 compact.
The only issue that I see is that there is no Hammond simulations, but I manage to have the wave 2 midi'd to my NS3 for the piano-lower/hammond-upper situation.

I love the Wave 2 because it has 4 splits/layers (enough for me) and has the same structure that I understand from Nord. I used to have a Motif/Kurzweil and I manage to do what I want, but if I needed to make new sounds/modification I almost have to go reverse-engineer what I did

The simplicity of the Wave 2 (and also enough depth for more complex things) together with the sample-loading option and the Nord Sample Editor makes it very easy to transfer samples from VST, other synths, samples from internet...
For live usage more than good enough, very light, very quick modification during rehearsals/live.

There are also many virtual analog sounds.

I'm sure the Roland/Korg/Yamaha direction will also give similar or perhaps even better results, for me the simplicity wins so i can focus on playing

good luck with your setup!

[Wietze]

Nord Wave 2!

[krupa809]

Thanks, all. Tremendously helpful advice and appreciate your time in responding.

Note that I have both an NS3 88 and an NS3 Compact. Sounds like there's definitely some opportunities in exploring how these two can interact to make this all work out. And since budget isn't really an issue, I may also explore the Roland Fantom-0 series to see how that may provide an advantage over both said Nords.

I would be playing 80's (synth heavy) and 90's covers.

[Elias]

Another idea:
80s and 90s (synth heavy) music used a lot of arpeggiators synced up with the drums and of course other instruments. Maybe convince (or force ) your drummer to use a click synced up to your instrument(s), and make your synth engines work that arp like there's no tomorrow? Of course also applicable to LFOs, delays and such.