NS4C or NE6D + Lead A1?

[EdwardGlekov]

What to choose - NS4C or NE6D_61 + Lead A4? I bought the NE6D and am very disappointed by the lack of a synthesizer (((but buying the NS4C now without selling the NE6D is very expensive for me and I can’t be left completely without an instrument for a while. But I saw a lucrative offer for the sale of a new Lead A4 and it will be cheaper than buying an NS4C and selling the NE6D. What are the nuances? Besides the fact that 2 keyboards are harder to carry to concerts and rehearsals, you need more wires and a two-tier stand. What other disadvantages is.Which would you choose NE6D+Lead A1 or NS4C, and why?

[cphollis]

Well, with a single keyboard such as the NS4C, you get a single control surface and a single set of programs to manage for your performances.

I found trying to coordinate program changes and setting between two keyboards unpleasant and distracting.

I use a weighted piano controller with my NS4C, so best of both worlds.

[Matt-new]

Well, with a single keyboard such as the NS4C, you get a single control surface and a single set of programs to manage for your performances.

I found trying to coordinate program changes and setting between two keyboards unpleasant and distracting.

I use a weighted piano controller with my NS4C, so best of both worlds.

I plan to do the same. What type of keybord do you use?

[cphollis]

My bottom board is the shorter NP5, which also does double-duty for acoustic piano gigs. It's lovely.

While not the cheapest option, it has a few advantages:
- perfectly weighted keybed for long gigs without sore hands
- velocity response curve matches the NS4C perfectly as well
- it's a functional backup board just in case
- visually matches my NS4C and looks very cool

I don't miss the extra keys you'd find on an 88 -- but I do appreciate the smaller form factor!

[EdwardGlekov]

Well, with a single keyboard such as the NS4C, you get a single control surface and a single set of programs to manage for your performances.

I found trying to coordinate program changes and setting between two keyboards unpleasant and distracting.

I use a weighted piano controller with my NS4C, so best of both worlds.

I have a kawai vpc1 piano controller, but I don’t use it for concerts and rehearsals - I can’t even lift it))) but for recording and practicing - yes, that was the goal, to buy an NE6D with light keys and when I need to connect (at home) a heavy keyboard. But I'm very upset about the lack of a synthesizer. I'm just broken. I've been saving for a NE6D for a long time and it is a wonderful instrument. But I have some work (cover band with dancing) where I can get by with just one Lead A1, probably, although a piano and rhodes are also needed. But powerful synths, leads and arpeggiators are more important in dance music. I'm confused

[maxpiano]

Well, with a single keyboard such as the NS4C, you get a single control surface and a single set of programs to manage for your performances.

I found trying to coordinate program changes and setting between two keyboards unpleasant and distracting.

I use a weighted piano controller with my NS4C, so best of both worlds.

I have a kawai vpc1 piano controller, but I don’t use it for concerts and rehearsals - I can’t even lift it))) but for recording and practicing - yes, that was the goal, to buy an NE6D with light keys and when I need to connect (at home) a heavy keyboard. But I'm very upset about the lack of a synthesizer. I'm just broken. I've been saving for a NE6D for a long time and it is a wonderful instrument. But I have some work (cover band with dancing) where I can get by with just one Lead A1, probably, although a piano and rhodes are also needed. But powerful synths, leads and arpeggiators are more important in dance music. I'm confused

Sorry but in generale one should know what he/she is buying in advance, not discover it after; the fact that NE6D has not a full synthesiser (but just a sample playback engine with very basic Filter/Amp) is well known as it is on public specs and manuals (and demos and reviews)... then, if you cannot spend money now for another keyboard, you can compensate that with some Virtual Instruments on a computer/tablet (NE6 has USB MIDI, but on the other hand no ModWheel and PitchBend), but if you mainly play music where you need synth sounds then NE6d is definitely nor for you and you should rather sell it (or return to seller, if still possible) and get something else.

[EdwardGlekov]

Well, with a single keyboard such as the NS4C, you get a single control surface and a single set of programs to manage for your performances.

I found trying to coordinate program changes and setting between two keyboards unpleasant and distracting.

I use a weighted piano controller with my NS4C, so best of both worlds.

I have a kawai vpc1 piano controller, but I don’t use it for concerts and rehearsals - I can’t even lift it))) but for recording and practicing - yes, that was the goal, to buy an NE6D with light keys and when I need to connect (at home) a heavy keyboard. But I'm very upset about the lack of a synthesizer. I'm just broken. I've been saving for a NE6D for a long time and it is a wonderful instrument. But I have some work (cover band with dancing) where I can get by with just one Lead A1, probably, although a piano and rhodes are also needed. But powerful synths, leads and arpeggiators are more important in dance music. I'm confused

Sorry but in generale one should know what he/she is buying in advance, not discover it after; the fact that NE6D has not a full synthesiser (but just a sample playback engine with very basic Filter/Amp) is well known as it is on public specs and manuals (and demos and reviews)... then, if you cannot spend money now for another keyboard, you can compensate that with some Virtual Instruments on a computer/tablet (NE6 has USB MIDI, but on the otehr hand no ModWheel and PitchBend), but if you mainly play music where you need synth sounds then NE6d is definitely nor for you and you should rather sell it (or return to seller, if still possible) and get something else.

I watched a lot of reviews, and basically I liked the way it sounded. I didn’t have the opportunity to try this live; it’s impossible in my city. And it's like choosing a wife on the Internet. Live it turned out that the absence of a full-fledged synthesizer part is very annoying. Of course, I sampled several sounds, but this is some kind of imitation. Well, I’ll save up for the NS4C, it will take more than a year, although I can buy lead a1 in a few months

[maxpiano]

Personally I'd go for NE6+NL A1 (or NE6 + the new Yamaha MODX M)

[cphollis]

If you haven’t checked out the AudioKit “Nerd” A1 iPad soft synth, it’s pretty cool and you can’t beat the price.

[cphollis]

If you haven’t checked out the AudioKit “Nerd” A1 iPad soft synth, it’s pretty cool and you can’t beat the price.