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Spider wrote:
And unless it's been moved to the menus, it looks like we lost the Song Mode: it only lasted for one iteration of the Electro and Stage, who knows why Clavia hated it so much? To me it was a huge improvement in managing a set list...
Yo I'm such a keyboard slut giggist playing all sorts of genres and songs so this mode is exceptionally useful and needed for me! If this is true this will severely affect my choice in considering an NS4... hopefully it's still in the menu somewhere!
If they really omitted the song mode I'm out.
Yes looks like song mode is gone - I just got used to it
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Spider wrote:
And unless it's been moved to the menus, it looks like we lost the Song Mode: it only lasted for one iteration of the Electro and Stage, who knows why Clavia hated it so much? To me it was a huge improvement in managing a set list...
Yo I'm such a keyboard slut giggist playing all sorts of genres and songs so this mode is exceptionally useful and needed for me! If this is true this will severely affect my choice in considering an NS4... hopefully it's still in the menu somewhere!
If they really omitted the song mode I'm out.
Just to bring a different experience, I never used Song mode much, as I have been using an app like Setlist Maker (or lately Camelot Pro) on a tablet for my live setlists management (when needed) since the times of Nord Stage Classic and those Apps allow a flexibility in organizing Songs/Concerts/Setups that is hard to replicate in a Song mode implemented on the single keyboard.
Of course everyone's mileage may vary but I wonder if Nord had something like that in mind when deciding to drop Song mode.
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I confirm my disappointment and in my particular case, no intention, no need and not even GAS for upgrade. 5 years with my NS3, and it might last for another 5. This is without any doubts a NS3ex, there is no breaking/huge improvements IMHO to be called NS4.
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Current Keyboard Rig: Nord Stage 3 compact, Yamaha Montage 7wh, Yamaha YC61, Alesis Fusion 6HD. Yamaha babygrand Piano. Extra sounds Ipad with AUM and plenty of synth apps + onsong pro
Spider wrote:The big improvements are concentrated in the synth and effect sections, which are totally new and MUCH more powerful: we have 150% more synths (3 layers instead of 2) and 300% more effects (6 sections instead of 2)!
maybe I don't see it right but NS4 has not 6 section instead of 2 on the NS3.
That is not a fair comparison imo.
They placed it all under the tag 'layer effects' while on the NS3 it is placed separately.
NS4 has more delaytypes and more reverbtypes.
And what about the rotary? No assignment to piano and synth anymore?
maxpiano wrote:
Just to bring a different experience, I never used Song mode much, as I have been using an app like Setlist Maker (or lately Camelot Pro) on a tablet for my live setlists management (when needed) since the times of Nord Stage Classic and those Apps allow a flexibility in organizing Songs/Concerts/Setups that is hard to replicate in a Song mode implemented on the single keyboard.
Of course everyone's mileage may vary but I wonder if Nord had something like that in mind when deciding to drop Song mode.
How does the software work? Does it connect real time to the NS3 so example.. I move around patches in my tab so it syncs in the Nord as well?
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Good morning from United States
please excuse this is my first post
I'm a huge fan of Nord
this will come across as being a troll which I most certainly am not
but are you kidding me that they didn't even give us any more memory
they had the nerve to put out a comparison specification right on their own site
we waited six years for very little meaningful change
I hope someone here will talk me out of walking away from the brand entirely
six years
memory is cheap
they can't even offer you more
even if you wanted to spend more money
you still have to spend time with their sound manager shuffling meaningful sounds back-and-forth
visit arrogance or stupidity that drives their decision-making in this situation?
A new video every two hours showing off the skills of the stock people using this keyboard
impressive but absolutely nothing that couldn't have been done with the Stage 3
why did they even bother?
Again I am not a troll
I love the brand
I love the quality and what they give us
but I've listened to the lamenting posts from all those who spent a lot of money on the over last couple of months on the Stage 3 just to find out they introduce this keyboard
and I held my money so that I could buy the 4
it looks like they'll be the one smiling today and I'm going to be the one who is sad
looks like the $4,100.00 USD for the Stage 3 is an amazing deal
I'll get off the soapbox now and I do apologize
sure a lot of you are feeling the same way but won't take the time for all of this run-on sentence garbage that I have vomited here
I'm just shocked
maybe those of you who have been following the brand much more intently that I have won't be surprised
it seems when they bring out new products is always amazing things to be excited about
this is Nord's flagship model
somebody's asleep at the switch
maxpiano wrote:
Just to bring a different experience, I never used Song mode much, as I have been using an app like Setlist Maker (or lately Camelot Pro) on a tablet
of course a dedicated app will always more flexible...but you have to bring a tablet.
but I wonder if Nord had something like that in mind when deciding to drop Song mode.
