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Glad you enjoy it!

I bought the collection a while back, and although I don’t use it to gig,it makes the NS3 a joy to play around with! And as he said, you can continue to get the latest and greatest.

Thank you 🙏 And yes, had no idea what I was getting myself into on this one 😂

Glad you enjoyed it!

Glad you liked it! Yes, planning on expanding more tutorials in the future.

Good catch!

I get the stereo IEM feed from my monitor engineer, not the front of house mix. Probably misspoke- sorry about the confusion!

@@PatchFoundry No no, that makes total sense. I just wasn't quite sure, but I get it now. I was prob thinking in my head, how would someone get this just off the FOH board if they wanted it, because I do P/T FOH at a crappy bar that just has a crappy 16 Ch Mixer hah. I'm guessing I'd have to somehow split the main stage mon Aux's to them I guess huh?

You’re right- not cheap at all. I work as a full time musician so I am using my Nord Stage 3 a lot (last year it was about 200 shows and sessions) so the income covers it for me. Some do it for fun and have extra income to spare. Nords also hold their value better than some keyboards- mine is worth only about 1k less than what I bought it for about 7 years ago. So that usually means when I buy a Nord, I’ll probably get some money out of it on the backend.

Also, if I was just playing classical music and needed a piano sound, I would probably not get a Nord Stage 4. The action is OK, but to me the weakest part of the Nord Stage series. For just piano sounds with a great action, there’s several other far more inexpensive options out there.

@@PatchFoundry Thank you for the reply. What would say is the best Digital piano SLAB only? Under $10K

Man, that is niche and unfortunately I don’t have them :( There’s a few good forums out there that swap those kind of patches, and you might dig a little.

@@PatchFoundry I used to have the floppy! Might still be able to find it actually…

That's correct- I HIGHLY recommend backing up your Nord before doing this obviously, but if you do that it's a really quick way to swap in patches without much fiddling.

Definitely will keep updating!

Hi Josh, yes, I did receive it and wrote you back on Saturday night. I’ll send the email again today in case it got lost.

I've got this one- really happy with it at the price point it is: amzn.to/4bAonfm

Thanks for the quick reply. Yeah I was wondering if it was that one I debated this one because I've heard a lot of piano players don't like the key action, but I've heard opposite too. So you feel good about the playing action?

@@Eighty8Music for the money, I've found it to be great. It's definitely a mid-tier keybed, but to me it plays better than anything I've played in the sub $1,000 range!

@@PatchFoundry interesting, I’ve seen these online, and while the price is right, plus the accessories like magnetic music and computer stand are appealing, I don’t care for the pitch/mod sticks. Although my Nord has a pitch stick, the mod control is a wheel, they work well together, not sure two sticks would be that easy to control. Also, it’s 38 lbs, and while for most people that is light weight, not for me, and there are other keyboards that are at or under 39 lbs, which is the sweet spot for hammer action keyboards. Yamaha CK 88 costs more, but at 30 lbs is easier to transport and set up, has good action and sound, full midi capability and more. It is 3 times as expensive. If Casio had a mod wheel on their Privia keyboard they would be perfect for a sub-1000 keyboard. A Roland RD 88 is another sub 30 lb option, and might be the best value of all.

Personally I don't use song mode, because I prefer to make song-specific patches and manually load them in in setlist order. How do you use song mode?

@@PatchFoundry it’s indispensable, because I don’t need to make duplicates of any of my patches. I may use several patches per song, and repeat some of those patches in different order for another song in the set. If I didn’t have song mode I’d need many duplicates of patches, plus it would be harder to switch patches within songs and then go back to a previous patch during the song.

@@midiexpert That makes a lot of sense. I don't use this way of managing patches, but if I did, this would be an absolute dealbreaker.

@@PatchFoundry I’m interested in how you organize your sets. For example, are you a one patch per song person? If so, you might have to copy some patches to step through the set. If you never repeat or perhaps only use a few patches in a set, then you don’t need song mode, I guess. I do a Stevie Nicks Tribute show., 90 minutes, and in it many of my patches are 2 or three way splits using pianos, organs, clavs, guitars, ep, and arpeggiated patters with synths, etc and other pads and synths. Different song sections require switching back and forth between up to five patches per song, then going to the next group of patches for the next song. I could do the same thing by using a program like MainStage or gig performer, but the programming of,those are very time consuming and I find using my Nord exclusively for sounds so much more efficient, and requires less baggage. Please share with me your methods, types of gigs, and whether you use a software solution for sounds or for set/patch organization, I really would love to understand how other pros get the job done.

Brand new

Wow- where did you find that deal?

@@PatchFoundry on a music retailer here in the UK! Was looking at just getting stage 3 used but it actually ended up costing more than a brand new 4!

Absolutely! Usually the mod wheel sends 0-127, with 127 being the highest value. So if for example a manufacturer had cutoff assigned to the mod wheel, it would be: 0 = completely closed 127 = completely open If I mapped it this way, AND mapped the expression pedal to the same parameter, the following would happen: The mod wheel would register 0-127, and then if the mod wheel was completely open, the expression pedal would register 127-256, slamming the organ volume all the way to the system maximum and potentially getting me fired from a gig 😂 So the solution I found was to reverse the mod wheel. So that means: 127 = Closed 0 = Open When I combine that with the expression pedal mapping (0=Closed, 127 = Open) this allows me to never go over the maximum threshold for volume or cutoff. I simply keep the mod wheel at 127 (which equals closed) and then I’m free to use the expression wheel to add up to 127. Hope that makes sense!

@@PatchFoundry thanks for explaining this!

Agreed.

It is very pricey, for sure. The CP series is a great alternative if you don't need a lot of the power of The Nord Stage 3 or 4, as well.

Such a small world! I’m sure it’s only a matter of time before you end up needing these skills!

Unfortunately we’re limited to the Nord Stage 3 and MainStage 3 at the moment. That will probably change in the future.

Hmm- the principles should be the same across all of the Nord Stage 3 series.

Latency is pretty good- I don’t mind 256 samples, but your preferences may vary.

Thank you 🙏 Here’s the link in case I didn’t share it: www.patchfoundry.com/stage4/worshipcollection

I don’t think I have! It’s a Platform Desk from output. Here’s a link: de-fi.com/

Wish that was possible- unfortunately the organ section doesn’t contain samples, it’s just a dedicated organ.

Hmm, I’m not sure. If you wanted to adjust the range, you could do that using the “morph assign” button, which would give you a bump or a range if you wanted it for any parameter.

It’s still up! Here’s the link: www.patchfoundry.com/stage3/coverbandcollection

Here’s a link: www.patchfoundry.com/electro6/worshipcollection

Thank you ❤️ I still play a Nord Stage 3 live- I need to make a video about why I haven’t upgraded yet, and don’t feel any rush 😂

Thank you!

Thank you!

Thanks! Will do!

I was thinking the same thing when I made it 😂

Appreciate it!

It really depends on what you have pre-installed- it could be as little as zero, or as much as 50-60 megabytes in the sample section. To find out all the details, check out the product page with the description here: www.patchfoundry.com/stage4/coverbandcollection

Right here: www.patchfoundry.com/stage4/coverbandcollection

It's available now :) Here's a link: www.patchfoundry.com/stage4/coverbandcollection

Glad to help! Of course, 90% of volume leveling is matching the volume to the way you play the song, but at least this gets you close to begin with.

Thanks 👍

I just did an update for the Nord Stage 4! Here’s a link: www.patchfoundry.com/stage4/coverbandcollection