Nord User Forum

Leo Castro wrote:Some old samplers can send and receive wav samples over midi....

Of course, as "sample dump", not realtime audio...

maxpiano wrote:

pablomastodon wrote: since when was it possible to "do audio over MIDI?"

Oh I didn't catch that, but I am sure anotherscott meant USB, not MIDI

Yup, that's what I meant, fixed, thanks!

Evans The Song wrote:I've never understood why you don't find more controller keyboards with a decent audio interface built-in? Seems an obvious thing to do to me and would save having extra clutter when using a laptop on stage.

I remember my old Novation X-Station was like this, but it's so old I haven't used it in years.

Is anyone making something like this in 2019?

A MIDI controller with weighted action and a built in interface that's tailor made for running a laptop setup is something I would definitely be interested in. Something like a Kawai VPC-1 with the functionality of a Radial Key Largo built into it.

JiminWales wrote:I suppose it could be called the "Stage Centre".

Or the 'Centre Stage' maybe?!

Nice to know there are other Welsh Nord users on here by the way!

stringtapper wrote:A MIDI controller with weighted action and a built in interface that's tailor made for running a laptop setup is something I would definitely be interested in. Something like a Kawai VPC-1 with the functionality of a Radial Key Largo built into it.

I guess Novation would be the obvious manufacturer because they are so closely associated with Focusrite (possibly even the same company?). If it were to have a magnetic panel to hold a laptop (like StudioLogic do on their SL controllers) even better! I can't recall Novation ever making a 76 or 88 note weighted piano-style controller - one with a simple built-in 2-in, 2-out audio interface would be great.

Sorry, this hasn't got much to do with Nord anymore

maxpiano wrote:

pablomastodon wrote:but....don't hold your breath for that one. Chances of that happening are roughly equivalent to chances of the orangutan currently residing in the White House admitting that it was all a joke and resigning his office.

You made me chuckle, thanks Pablo!

made me laugh too

Dan

I'm struggling to find a lighter replacement for my trusty Fatar Studiologic; while the piano / mellotron strings combination via the Stage 2 can still make women go faint at the knees and swoon in admiration (although I may be exaggerating a bit), I'm not exactly getting any younger and if I manage to do my back in, that's going to be no gigging at all.

I had a glance at the Hammond SK-X the other day, and it does what no Nord can do - have two manuals, allowing one hand to play piano and the other covering organ and synth, without having to go through the rigamole of setting up a controller keyboard with a separate power supply and all the connecting wires, plus a two-tier stand. The Stage still wins because of the greater variety of instruments, but I can't believe I'm the only person out there who would really like a two-manual general purpose keyboard. Even 73 semi weighted would do. Failing that, just a Nord Piano without the piano would be ideal.

pablomastodon wrote:Chances of that happening are roughly equivalent to chances of the orangutan currently residing in the White House admitting that it was all a joke and resigning his office.

I realise that politics are off-topic in this place, but I have been to quite a few anti-Brexit and Trump marches over the past year or so. There are a couple of regulars at jam nights that I know think the opposite to me on these issues, and fortunately music is the one thing that we've all still got in common!

pablomastodon wrote: but to lighten the mood, here's an easy DIY job, cobbled together from Fatar 49 and 610+ and an old Anatek Pocket Merge

I think cobbled together is selling it short, Pablo. Once upon a time Elka would have made something looking uncannily like that and called it a f**king flagship model.

Ritchie333 wrote: I realise that politics are off-topic in this place, but I have been to quite a few anti-Brexit and Trump marches over the past year or so. There are a couple of regulars at jam nights that I know think the opposite to me on these issues, and fortunately music is the one thing that we've all still got in common!

Good for you, mate. I must admit I do struggle with British gigging muscians supporting Brexit. And this isn't any kind of arrogant assumed cultural superiority, either, but rather practicality: do they not remember the effing carnet and the tedious border wait when every item of equipment was laboriously inspected?

Why would a nord controller be interesting? To me, look! I would love to!
Think of a standard model, varying in the amount of keys (61, 73, 76, 88), like the Hammond XK lower but red, that fits perfectly under a Stage or Electro, forming a hammond cabinet style furniture?

Also think of the C2D, two fantastic 16kg keyboards!
But why not make an electro like that? Cost? So a nord controller would solve the issue.