Anyone also disappointed by the W2?

[DanLong]

I got a Wave 2 a couple weeks ago. I also have a Stage 3C and a Lead A1. I don't have any real complaints so far. I've put a fair amount of time into programming the sounds I need and have done a couple rehearsals and a gig with the board. I love the keyboard feel. It's super easy to program. I play in a Floyd tribute, and I programmed from scratch all the sounds I used on my Lead A1 in a couple hours and that was getting used to the flow of the operating system as well. Now I can start from a blank patch and dial in what I want in minutes.

The detune thing was a little bit of a hurdle, but I just took the same sound and put it in 2 layers and detuned the layers, and it sounds fat.

I haven't used a stock patch for anything yet, and I'm basically overwriting them with my own programs as I create them.

This was exactly my experience when moving from the A1 to the NW2. The Wave 2 is super-easy to program and can make some great sounds with just a single layer.

-dj

I set up both my Stage 3 and the A1 and then dialed in the sounds on the Wave by doing an A/B compare. It was so easy. I have a huge minimoog sound for Any Colour You Like with 3 layers set up like a 3 osc Moog, it's so fat sounding.

[cavstef]

I received the NW2 a few days ago. Excellent keyboard (slightly heavier than the NS4 Compact). I don't like the keyboard split system, the one on the NS4 is much easier.

[Matt-new]

Hi, I'm new with the NW2. The split zones are very uncomfortable compared to Stage 3. I can't layer two sounds over the whole keyboard and additionally sound 3 on the lower and sound 4 on the upper part. No seamless transitions when changing programs, I'm missing something like a song-list mode, when I select a new sample, the settings start again from zero and don't keep the previous settings, pending load missing, no MIDI Soft Thru...

in addition: I can pitch -24 down but only +2 up maximum.

Why is in the forum no section with Nord Wave 2 programs?
Thanks
Helmuth

[LFOlogy]

the split zones are a bit clunky. Depending on which of the three you select, you should be able to use it ok. But it's not very intuitive.

I've made lots of sounds on mine both with and without using the yorick tech expander module and my own pre loop scanned wavetables (as samples). Some I did fill multi sampling others I just did a quick version to get them in using c4.


There is a way to adjust the pitch bend wheel. Though I'm at work right now I can check later on. It should be possible to get +/- 24 if that's what you want .

[LFOlogy]

Ok so the way to adjust pitch bend to plus and minus 12 on the wave 2 is to hold shift and long press the pbend button. Then use the value dial to the desired pitch bend extremes.

+/-12 is one of the options. But you can't do +/-24 though. Only way around that is to use pedal expression or modwheel to those boundaries.

[RogerMusic]

I LOVE Nord keyboards, however I had to return my Wave 2.
The weight of the keys were really hard on my hands. I was actually having a hard time playing this key bed.
The Sound Presets did seem like an after thought. The initial string pad was excellent, many others were lacking.
I felt the price was high for this keyboard.
I hope they fix the keyed for version 3.

Hello, I have the same issue with my Wave 2. Its a outstanding synth, but I 'm used to a "typical" synth (workstation) keybed, like the ones of the montage or the Kronos. My fingers are used to that, and from that perspective I was disappointed by the semi-weighted waterfall keybed, which is too "weighted" for my taste , maybe good for piano players, but not good for me as a synth player. The keybed of my electro 5D is also semi-weighted waterfall, but feels easier and "quicker" and more fluently to play. By the way, I hade the same issue when I wanted to change from my electro 5D to a stage 3, the keybed of the stage 3 was also more "harder" compared to my electro. Maybe this comes from the aftertouch capability this keybeds have. So I sold the stage 3 again and still have my electro 5D. I still have the Wave 2 but as a matter of fact the keybed of my montage feels more comfortable and faster to play - any thoughts ?

[tsss27]

There have been discussions about replacing the springs on Electro keybeds to make them lighter and more responsive. The Wave 2 should have the same Fatar keybed, so it's worth researching those threads. Otherwise I'd say the action is a little stiff.