New! Nord Electro 7!

[neworleans]

Just saw the announcement on the site today. Looks like they have been closely watching the public response of the E7 announcement and will be adding the pitch stick and mod wheel to the 73 key and 73HP models only. Looks like the 61 will remain as originally designed.

[pianoharri]

Well, I really believe that this was planned from the outset. You don't do something like this just a few days after announcing a new model. Very strange...

I agree. They had a plan for this, but wanted to test first the feedback without. Now let’s hope that they have a memory increase waiting in their sleeve, too! Then I would be ready to order an upgrade for my good old NE5.

[cphollis]

So much for the argument that "Nord doesn't listen".

I thought the Electro 7 was competitive without PB/MW. Now I see it as even MORE competitive in its category.

Looking forward to understand what can and cannot be modulated, e.g. Leslie speed as a morph on the NS4?

[maxpiano]

Article on NE7 on Synthanatomy.com https://synthanatomy.com/2026/01/nord-e ... ngine.html (including comments about the last-minute addition of Pitch Bend and Mod Wheel)

[Tracii]

Three things:

1 - I sincerely hope this doesn't increase the price tag!

2 - "Pitch stick calibration error" anyone?

3 - You might get the feeling that I would have been perfectly fine without this, and you are right.

[analogika]

Looking at your list of what you seem to be saying are lead synth essentials, though, I'd point out that a Minimoog lacks much of that as well.

You get my point.

But the Minimoog is a great comparison. It's expensive - overpriced, some might say. It's got cache. Its design and capabilities haven't been updated in 50 years, even the newer iterations.

They added
- a dedicated LFO w/ triangle and square waveforms
- velocity & aftertouch
- switchable lowest-/highest-/last-note priority (original only had lowest-note)
- MIDI
- mixer feedback loop (a standard routing, achievable on the original with a short patch cable)
- spring-loaded pitch wheel.

Wanna reconsider?

[Rusty Mike]

Looking at your list of what you seem to be saying are lead synth essentials, though, I'd point out that a Minimoog lacks much of that as well.

You get my point.

But the Minimoog is a great comparison. It's expensive - overpriced, some might say. It's got cache. Its design and capabilities haven't been updated in 50 years, even the newer iterations.

They added
- a dedicated LFO w/ triangle and square waveforms
- velocity & aftertouch
- switchable lowest-/highest-/last-note priority (original only had lowest-note)
- MIDI
- mixer feedback loop (a standard routing, achievable on the original with a short patch cable)
- spring-loaded pitch wheel.

Wanna reconsider?

Amazing progress since 1970!

[Gambold]

>1 - I sincerely hope this doesn't increase the price tag!<

Prices haven't changed on the online sites and they are taking pre-orders, so looks like no increase. Which is a little surprising - seems like some additional engineering and parts would be required.

[st2ex]

I don’t believe I’ve ever seen a company do such a thing right after a big product announcement. That’s pretty incredible.

[dansnord]

Most certainly planned all along. Still an interesting move either way, both in that they are including it, and how they announced it.