Nord Lead 3 Rotary Encoders
Nord Lead 3 Rotary Encoders
Hi, I have a NL3 and just found out that the Rotary Encoders cause some major malfunction in the keyboard and that's why they removed them from the NL4. Does anyone know what problem they cause in the NL3 keyboard and if there are any prevention methods or precautions that I can take to preserve it for longer? Please Help!
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Darren
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Re: Nord Lead 3 Rotary Encoders
Has anything actually gone wrong with your NL3?
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Re: Nord Lead 3 Rotary Encoders
Nothing as of yet, but since it's a second hand, I'm not certain if it has been repaired before.
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Re: Nord Lead 3 Rotary Encoders
Maybe the NL4 has no encoders w/leds because it is cheaper/less complex to design them that way?
Is this a well known problem?
Is this a well known problem?
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Re: Nord Lead 3 Rotary Encoders
I agree with Mr_G - I'm more inclined to think the reason Nord no longer use the rotary LED encoders is purely down to price and perhaps supply.
Don't worry - if it's not broken, then there is nothing to fix. Enjoy your NL3
Don't worry - if it's not broken, then there is nothing to fix. Enjoy your NL3
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Re: Nord Lead 3 Rotary Encoders
It's a shame if they removed the Rotary Encoders in order to cut the cost. They are so beautiful on the NL3. Anyways, thanks the help guys!
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mjbrands
Re: Nord Lead 3 Rotary Encoders
The Stage line of keyboards still uses them; the Stage 2 has 8 of them I think. The light show on the Lead 3 is 3.25 times better though, with its 26 encoders with LED rings.
As for issues with the Nord Lead 3: the only issue I've come across is issues with the power supply. I've posted something about this here: http://www.norduserforum.com/nord-lead- ... tml#p32294
If you have strange crashes/hangs when playing at gigs but not at home (for example), you might be impacted by this. What seems to happen is that the voltage on the 3.3V output of the power (which feeds the DSPs and the LEDs) supply dips low enough for long enough for one or more DSPs to crash (or at least behave erratic). Judging from posts I found on the net, this issue seems more common in the US than in Europe. It does not damage your equipment, but of course is rather annoying and maybe even nerve wrecking (when playing live). If you run in to this you could have the power supply slightly modified, but don't fix it if it ain't broken (tm).
Speaking of light shows: here's my Nord Rack 3 sitting on my Virus TI2, after I gave it a good cleaning when I bought it (I'm the 3rd or 4th owner).
As for issues with the Nord Lead 3: the only issue I've come across is issues with the power supply. I've posted something about this here: http://www.norduserforum.com/nord-lead- ... tml#p32294
If you have strange crashes/hangs when playing at gigs but not at home (for example), you might be impacted by this. What seems to happen is that the voltage on the 3.3V output of the power (which feeds the DSPs and the LEDs) supply dips low enough for long enough for one or more DSPs to crash (or at least behave erratic). Judging from posts I found on the net, this issue seems more common in the US than in Europe. It does not damage your equipment, but of course is rather annoying and maybe even nerve wrecking (when playing live). If you run in to this you could have the power supply slightly modified, but don't fix it if it ain't broken (tm).
Speaking of light shows: here's my Nord Rack 3 sitting on my Virus TI2, after I gave it a good cleaning when I bought it (I'm the 3rd or 4th owner).