Clicking sound on new Astoria Grand sample

[Xerosnake90]

Hey everyone,

I get this really weird clicking sound out of C6 which seems to happen randomly. Sometimes I'll hit the note over and over to see if it's consistent but it can go several hits without the click and then do it all the time otherwise with a few drops. Has anyone else noticed this?

[Mighty Motif Max]

Yes, please see this thread:

viewtopic.php?t=27112&start=20

Particularly,

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In comparing the XL with the L/M/S variants, I found an anomaly at C6 - at a mezzo dynamic level, there's a "click" of sorts in the sample itself, which almost sounds like a person setting an object down on a shelf or something. In the XL version, this is only present on the C6 note; in the L/M/S versions (which all share the same samples, only differing in string resonance), that anomaly also exists on the C#6 key, which is evidently a stretched sample from the C6 below it. I found having two notes with that to be much more annoying than one, enough to make me free up enough space to keep the XL version along with loading the Royal XL back in.

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I also like a lot the Astoria Grand, especially its warmth and its sustain.
When playing with the Bright equalizer, I’ve also noticed the noise on the C6 and C#6 keys.
It’s less audible with the normal equalizer setting.

[ElectroStrat]

Let’s hope that NORD will fix the issue, after the fever of NAMM 2026 and the launch of the Electro 7.

[Macsaint777]

I really think people need to realize that the Nord piano samples have imperfections and character ON PURPOSE.

[ElectroStrat]

I think that most people on the forum know the « character » of NORD Piano sounds with their imperfections like some notes slightly out of tune …
But I think this is not the same case here and especially when there is a noise on a single note.
Have you tried the Astoria Grand ?

[Mighty Motif Max]

I really think people need to realize that the Nord piano samples have imperfections and character ON PURPOSE.

I agree in most cases, but this particular instance doesn't sound like it's actually a physical part of the piano itself - it's only in that one velocity layer range and is nowhere to be found above or below that dynamic level, which is quite strange if it were an anomaly in the piano's construction etc.

[maxpiano]

Just wondering: does this defect shows only on NS4/NP6 (i.e. where Dynamic Compression feature exists) or also on other models?

[ElectroStrat]

The defect can be heard on the Electro 6.
So not related with Dynamic Compression or other feature from NS4 and NP6.

[ElectroStrat]

When playing the C6 note with the sustain pedal engaged, the sound is clean !
I can’t hear any click / noise at various velocity levels even with the bright equalizer !
It seems that the click / noise is a background layer that appears at medium velocity when the sustain pedal is not engaged.