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  1. It’s priced fairly. It’s cheaper than a Schmidt. It’s totally unique and does a thing nothing else does, including the software emulations. They have the sound, but not the workflow, and that’s real. It’s not for many. But for those it’s for, it’s brilliant, welcome and an instant buy. I’m not on the list, but it’s a great synth. Way more interesting than any of the cheap mono synths flooding the market. It would look great next to a Schmidt, and sound very different! It has a unique architecture and capabilities. Such a great time to be alive - it’s a real renaissance for instruments of all kinds!
  2. I have a Nord Grand and a Stage4-88. They should make a Nord Grand only sample. Bigger. Better pianissimo. Let it take much of the piano sample space. Make it really great. This board is about piano and has a better action. Lean into that. I don’t see upgrading. I bought the action more than the sounds. The Stage is better for most things. So the Grand really should maximize acoustic piano.
  3. I’ll be there this year. First time. Been to many large trade shows in other industries. But, looking to connect with some key vendors.
  4. I tried selling my Nord Grand a month ago on Reverb. Only had scammers, and multiple a day. I took it down and decided I’d just keep it as backline for live sound company. It just wasn’t worth it, and shipping was going to be ludicrous. I did sell four Rupert Neve 500 series preamps around the same time on Reverb and all was well, and a professional trombone to a pro player in Vegas. So there are still good humans there. But expensive keyboards seem to be a trigger for scammers. I stopped using Craigslist years ago. Nothing but sketchy people looking to shortchange the money by a few $$ at the last minute. Never met anyone I’d want near my house. Wrote that off early. I have not sold on EBay since Reverb came up. But Reverb is not the place it used to be for sure. I still buy things there as there are deals on things I need from time to time.
  5. I use my Nord Stage4 to control either an OB-6 desktop or a Waldorf M. Neither have keyboards, so maybe they qualify as modules in this context? Patch changes come from Nord synth voice 3, and the slider is mapped to control the external synth volume. I run everything through a Key Largo, which has an Eventide H90 in the FX loop. A Hologram microcosm is in the FX loop of the H 90. So this is external FX if you will. The form factor is not a rack, but a giant pedalboard of sorts. There’s power to the pedals under the board. This is a very happy setup for me. Almost all the cables are self contained. I’ve got a dozen FX presets that give me much tonal variety. And it stays in musician brain space for me in use. All controls are right in front of me. One stand for the Nord. One stand for the upper board.
  6. Line arrays do have more phase cancellation than point-source boxes. That said, they offer deployment flexibility for sound company operators, which often is more important than sound quality. I think you will find they are deployed in every configuration from mono to stereo. Most people hear something that is not a perfect stereo image. But it still sounds better in most seats as stereo, in my opinion. I run my large Danley tops (covers about 3000 people outside) in stereo. The wall of subs is mono.
  7. I bought my Nord Stage4 at the San Francisco GC. I wanted to play it having not liked Nord Fatar actions in the past. The website said it was in stock. They had to open a new one for me to play it, which they did right in front of me. I played it, loved it and said I’ll take it. They insisted on getting me a fresh one not even opened, even though I just watched them open the unit I played, and I’m the only one that touched it! It was clear that I was a very unusual customer to come in for a “high end” item, know what it was, what I would use it for, pay for it and leave. The manager came over to thank me. They helped me lift it into the truck. Buying nice things there is a bit like the Apple Store. I know way more than the help about what I’m buying, but they were all very nice. I think they gave me two years extended warranty for free. I mostly buy electronics online, but this was a purchase I wanted to make in a store.
  8. Concert grands deserve to be treated like Formula One cars - their exceptional performance envelope comes in part from the very small tolerances that define optimal function. Leather, wood, felt…. All necessary, and necessarily worn over time. So glad to hear that it’s fully back to “race” condition. Well worth the time and expense. Keeping a high quality grand definitely requires more than tuning as the years roll.
  9. It’s my standard piano as well. I own a Kawai grand piano. The sound is familiar and so, I think that has a lot to do with it. The uprights get a lot of use in band context. Huge bass is rarely an asset in that context.
  10. Here’s my rig for modern worship, computer optional. The upper deck can take either my OB-6 or the Waldorf M. Nord and synth go into KeyLargo. H90 is in the FX loop of the KeyLargo, and the Hologram is in the FX loop of the H90. The Hologram is for granular textures and recalls as part of an H90 preset. Nord changes patches on upper tier synth, volume is mapped onto the synth 3 fader for on the fly blending. The KeyLargo, H90, and Hologram are powered by a Cioks Sol mounted underneath. it’s almost entirely self contained. 1 power, I MIDI, (2) 1/4” Nord to KeyLargo , and 2 XLR to FOH are all that go off-board. It’s kind of a long pedalboard, and deploys like it - With almost everything pre-wired. The goal was to speed load in, and not need a rack or a computer. of course, I can add laptop easily with the KeyLargo. the upper shelf for the KeyLargo hides a lot of cables - stereo pedals and all…
  11. look for Marcato Long articulations. They will have bite and the sustain. You may have to edit the note lengths to get it right.
  12. The Osmose is built around it. The Waldorf M receives it. The Schmidt 8-voice. The Bowen Solaris. Lots and lots of things. Not as much takes MPE. But poly AT is reasonably common in pro level synths.
  13. What version of BBC do you have? Even the Discover edition has spiccato and staccato articulations. Usually one of those work. Some libraries have short marcato samples or other short articulations. Any professional string library will have these from VSL, Orchestral Tools, East-West Hollywood/Opus series, etc. you can look in the sample content to see what short articulations are available.
  14. I upgraded to Nuendo on a special during COVID. It’s been a good experience. It’s slightly behind Cubase on shiny features that come when mature), but ahead on things like immersive audio.
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