Nord Stage 4 Pianos - 88 vs. HA73 vs 73 Compact Demo
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- Опубликовано: 11 фев 2025
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Nord’s newest array of stage keyboards has finally arrived: Nord Stage 4. Each of its three available configurations are outfitted with Nord’s cutting-edge, triple-sensor technology, as well as their iconic, dual-engine architecture, delivering a powerful array of piano, synth, and organ sounds, with plenty of room to design your own. Between the 88, the HA73, and Compact 73, which of the new Nord Stage 4 keyboards is right for you? Jacob Dupre has all the information you need to decide. Check it out!
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effects per layer, new ARP, and LED faders mixers for layers... since I come from NS2, the gap is also tremendous in terms of sounds shaping and quality... just a little sad that synths envelopes are still not real ADSR
Can piano A and B be overlayed ?
@@cooltrades7469 yes. If you mean played at the same time, then yes.
Yes
This was a great video. I'm glad I found your channel. I played on a stage 4 for the first time earlier this month. I was impressed with what I could do while not even knowing much about its functionality. With this video, I can't wait to play it again. And now I REALLY want one!
I have an Modx8 I had it since it came out and now I think it’s time to step up to this. Love Yamaha it’s always been good enough but Nord takes the top for its versatility and really having everything a keyboardist needs today!
Yamaha YC
I like my modx6 more and it’s much cheaper)
Jacob, you did SUCH a fantastic job demonstrating the new features of this board. Very thorough! Your chops are also equally impressive to pair with this impressive machine's impressively intuitive modern features. I LOVE the Lo-Hi function to specify certain voices to always be exclusively be bass or soprano/melody voices!! Will have to buy one!
that whole section around 11:50 made me think a villian was sneaking up on me in Breath Of The Wild
I love this comment ❤
you can see that the man is a very good musician, thank you bro
Hey Jacob, you play really well, I love your videos and how you go through the sounds of the different keyboards that you talk about. I'm mostly a singer but I play keyboard for fun as well, I actually bought the Talkbox Synth from Sweetwater and I really enjoy using that with my keyboard, the string sound on my keyboard really works well with it.
That scene switching feature looks amazing, not only can i now have more synth layers but i can have another 3 for solos and so on then switch back without having to build a second patch. Coming from the Stage 2 this takes away so many challenges ive had... 2 synths per patch isnt enough... i've been juggling them for years
He explains it wrong. The layer scene II button only changes the on/off status of the layers. It is not 2 programs in one.
Hi. You didnot compare 73 hm to 88 hm. I felt it isnt the same touch. And the 88 kb brings more qullaltis of the sounds then the 73 hm. It soprised me that nord didnt wrote about the kb difrences
Thanks. Great video. Love your playing! I bought one from Sweetwater today!
I really like this keyboard
I have a stage 4 compact and it is an evolution fabulous board , not getting rid of my stage 3 though! I really miss song mode but i think having 8 live modes mitigates this
Podrías hablar un poco más de esto, quiero decir, de los modo en vivo, en relación al modo canción.
My gut feeling tells me that Nord will bring back the song mode in a near future OS update. It’s just a matter of dedicating one of the knobs already on the board to song mode by shift-click that button. Remember, on the Stage 3 they made a 2nd revision, where they added some text to the piano filter buttons, and I think the exact same will happen to Nord Stage 4. To remove Song mode from the board was a design-flaw in my opinion….
@@theclaverman Lets hope so !!
How long will it take to get the Electro “ 7 ”, the 6D has been in use for five years
Does anyone know if section volume becomes a problem with the new fader setup? In Motif, I always struggled when my fader was at the max, the sound I switch to had that fader value at maybe 1/10, and me trying to bring down that fader resulted in the volume spike of that part/section from 1 to 10 and then down. I hope I make sense since these faders aren't motorized. In this sense, the old knob setup is perfect since it doesn't have the physical beginning and the end position.
In Nord forum we discuss a lot about this. And someone is complaining as well
Just…thank you , so helpful
Very nice review.. but you missed to mention the new arpeggiator!!!
Is this heaven Nord Stage 4 🤯
Being a beginner I really need a rhythm section included in the keyboard. Any recommendations would me most appreciated. Thank you.
Hi I am gonna buy the nord stage 4 compact. I know it cannot be like a full weigthed keys but Do you think I can get a good compromise playing the acoustic pianos even with the semi weighted keys? I know its fantastic with the organs and the Synth but I would like having your thought about how it works with the acoustic pianos
Hi, William! Thanks for your interest. Although the semi-weighted waterfall keys on the Stage 4 Compact are designed to replicate the feel of an electric organ like a Hammond, they will work well for the piano sounds, as well - as long as you have the proper expectation that they won’t have the same heft as fully weighted hammer-action keys.
I hope this helps a bit - feel free to contact me directly with any further questions, and thanks again!
Caleb Lowrey, Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 1620, caleb_lowrey@sweetwater.com
I jsut bought this. I think this keyboard is a real game changer and a challenge on many levels to it's competitors. The only glaring ommision is no 11 pin output for a Leslie. Have you found a way around this using a third party product? Please post
I use Neo Instruments Ventilator II. Best Leslie emulator pedal by far I think. Way better than the Nord Leslie simulator.
I think id miss the dedicated attack decay and release knobs.... not being able to tweak them while in a menu would affect my workflow...
I agree, I use those a lot live, though I think you can assign almost anything in the synth section now to pedal or mod wheel, so that could cover that situation.
Hi does anyone know if the 88 and 73HA fully weighted actions are graded?
10:35 Cathedral, bit much? I could see it for a movie score or video game cut scene.
Great presentation!
How is the 88 key version for doing B3 and Rhodes and Whirly? I would prefer 88 for versatility but was curious how it responds for those other uses
very good action
Please tell where I can learn how to play my Nord Stage 4, Is there a website offering lessons for the Nord?
I live in the San Francisco Bay area,.
Very good deep dive! Just a short question regarding the 88 keyboard. Is it identical to the Piano 5 88 version? Can I mount the Nord monitors to the Stage 4 without „blocking“ the edges of the control panel?
Hi Rainer, great question! The keyboard action on the Stage 4 is the same as the Piano 5. The Nord Monitors are not direct mountable onto the Stage 4, though.
Thanks!
Jason Filloramo, Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 1281, Jason_Filloramo@sweetwater.com
@@sweetwaterWow! I would have thought those great monitors would have been mountable on the Stage 4.
You guys did a much better job than nord with this for sure, they made it seem like a fairly similar instrument. It certainly isn't coming from a nord stage 3 owner...
Need it.
I'll preface my comments by saying I bleed Nord red! I've had the Electro 1 through 4. Five years ago went to the Stage 3. Now, I guess I'll be ordering a Stage 4. My biggest complaint is the inability to back up to a flash drive. Having to schlep a laptop to a gig if your keyboard needs to be restored is just silly and counter productive here in the year 2023. How did something this simple get past the engineers? The other thing I'd like to see is for Nord to offer a 61 or 73 key waterfall controller. The best of both worlds would be an 88 note weighted S4 with a waterfall keyboard to play the organ engine. Right now I use a Stage 3 Compact because the waterfall keys are important to me. However, I still use a Kurzweil PC4 for a weighted keyboard.
It’s ludicrous that Nord refuse to make a librarian for iOS, like uh… every other manufacturer. I would have to take a laptop with me to festivals in order to load my set and patches onto the backline hired synth… It would be so easy with an iOS librarian, but… nope.
Pls clarify, does A and B piano has independent 120 polyphony allocation and same thing to synth ABC?
Wow!!! That's all I have to say!!!
Can the pianos in A and B section be played together ?
Yes
Will the piano sounds be identical (sound just as good), on the semi-weighted Nord Stage 4 Compact vs the Hammer Action 88 or 73?
Hi, Danny - great question. The onboard sounds are consistent across the Nord Stage line regardless of the key type.
Thanks!
Jason Filloramo, Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 1281, Jason_Filloramo@sweetwater.com
I would like to here some brass sounds from Nord but all demos and reviews are all about organs and pianos and some synth pads. For cover bands without physical brass instruments it is very important to have credible brass sounds. Is it important only for me?
What are the differences in key size between the compact and full size stage 4? Is it just the length of the keys? I understand the difference in weighting, etc. Thanks!
Hi, thanks for your interest! The sound engine is exactly the same between the Stage 4 Compact and the full-size Stage 4. The only differences are the number of keys and the weighting (organ-like “waterfall” semi-weighted keys on the Compact, fully weighted piano-like hammer action on the HA73 and full Stage 4).
I hope this helps - feel free to contact me directly with any further questions, and thanks again!
Caleb Lowrey, Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 1620, caleb_lowrey@sweetwater.com
@@sweetwater Hi! So, is the weighting on the HA73 and the 88 exactly the same? Thank you :)!
Hello there, I would like to clarify some questions I have regarding Nord Stage 4, it’s a 5k investment I want to be sure it works for me
- Can you record audio and midi into a daw via usb ?
- Can you connect an audio external source (another synth, guitar, microphone, etc.) to use the Nord’s effects ?
- Is the 1GB sample memory enough to hold the whole Nord Sample Library 4.0 ?
- Does the 73 gig bag work for the NS4 compact ?
- Would it be wise in your opinion to get the Nord Stage 4 compact instead Nord Electro 6D & Nord Wave 2 “combo” if space / transportation is not a problem?
Thanks in advance
Hi, thanks for your interest! Happy to help with this. I’ll address your questions in order here:
• The USB connection handles MIDI data, but not audio.
• There’s no input to connect an external instrument for use with the Nord effects.
• Nord doesn’t list a total file size for the Sample Library 4.0, but at a glance at the individual file sizes, it looks like it should be under 1GB total. You can also choose which sounds to store on the instrument. You can see all the sounds listed here: www.nordkeyboards.com/sound-libraries/nord-sample-library-40
• Yes, the 73-key gig bag will fit the Stage 4 Compact.
• Getting an Electro and a Wave instead of a Stage will give you a more advanced synth interface on the Wave compared to the Stage, as well as more keys to work with. On the other hand, getting the Stage will consolidate everything into a single instrument, which can be more convenient. One solution isn’t necessarily better than the other - it depends on what’s important to you.
Ultimately, if you are looking for a keyboard that will allow you to record audio over USB and serve as an effects processor for external instruments, you might want to look at other options. Roland Fantom comes to mind, but again, it depends on what’s important to you.
Feel free to contact me directly via phone or email and I’d be glad to help narrow down the selection. Thanks again!
Caleb Lowrey, Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 exc. 1620, caleb_lowrey@sweetwater.com
thnx
Layer function... per program you can have seven layers times two for a total of 14 per program?
I thought Nord keyboards were overrated, I researched for years and realized they basically have a monopoly on stage pianos. Every “stage piano” is kind of a downgrade and is trying to be a Nord…
I love the nord stage 388 and 488
Amazing!
Nord Stage 4 Vs Midi Controller and computer what’s the better route?!
I believe you need them both. You can avoid the MIDI controller of course. But you can avoid to buy several VSTs. You will need only the drums ones
what will you be using the keyboard/midi rig for?
@@johnnulf624 Gigging and studio but I don't want to spend too much that Nord Stage 4 is literally my emergency fund
i think the nord can do a lot and you could get by with just it. if you want ultra realism pianos (vsl) you would want a nice computer too, but this thing has a lot of potential
No va actions this summer nord stage 4 take my money 😆
Love is in the air❤
When is it coming out though???
Sweetwater told me July. It’s available for pre-order. Already released in Europe.
@@ikepre here in Italy the vendors can just showing it not selling.
@@sergiobrunetti2072 Interesting. I noticed UK vendors are showing pre-order too. There a number of people in the Nord Stage forum that have them already so must have been a small batch that went out in Sweden / Europe.
Se puede poner modo split?
Can you give me the nord stage 3🥺🥺🥺🥺
I can't even watch this at that price tag.
I Love the organ also first
$5600. Does anyone honestly think this keyboard is worth that? Honestly? Come on now.
Daniel, you are basically getting a Nord Piano 5 ($3500), Nord Wave ($2600) and C2D organ in one package!
Independent effects to each section.
Yes, it’s steep , but consider what you get….
Yes. Though here in Norway it costs 4700$.
As I am looking to purchase my 1st Nord & really need all the different sounds. & effects from the other Nord ‘s this is a one fits all for me & meets all my needs also cheaper than buying 3 other models to achieve my goals
Everyone knows red paint costs $3k
@@MyBash10 Go for it! It`s a good board
$5,600 and no looper!?
🔥🔥🇯🇲💯
이번엔 좀 비싸다 ㅠㅠ
Tbh, kinda funny to look at these all cool features, which are so much easier to do on a laptop with nanokontrol
What´s wrong with Korg Kronos? It is really much more power full. But it depends on your "religion" what you prefer.
Why is there no sustain in the synth section envelope … ADSR. I expect more advanced features in this section compared to the A1 model
Facts!! Nord dropped the ball here
Cheaper made in production as KURZWEIL, but much more expensive with keyboard just for kids. Don’t to offer to use at all. I head all of it on my desk already. I dislike it due to low quality, gents!
Question. Can i have one for free? Im 14 :) so i think i should get a 100% discount 😁
Mate your are not a skilled pianist believe me your are overskilled 😊
In term of demo, that's great
In term of content, I have to dislike this. Came for the compare title, didn't even see one
Kind of silly how people buy a 5k$ plus keyboard, just to use sounds from an computer program
I clearly understand your opinion in today’s tech world, but there’s absolutely nothing like keeping things as simple as possible, and utilizing the instrument to its highest and best use. I’ve owned Moog synthesizers, Oberheims, Rolands, Yamahas, and many others. Yet….playing these instruments individually, rather than using VST’s through a controller and computer just takes the organic feel I experienced in the 80’s, right up to now out of the element. Believe me, Shawn Martin utilized Keyscapes VST to show its incredible versatility, and how the use of a great controller like the Native Instruments 88 can indeed be quite the luxury. I will embrace both with an open mind, and yet still enjoy sitting down to those keys on my Nord, while flipping two switches to partake in some of the most creamy sounds ever. Best regards.😎