Nord Electro 5D Stage Piano and Organ Review 

he's one of the good ones.

Ben Allen how bad is the action for the piano sounds?

vince wilson if you want a piano action, get a weighted one

Jadam Pascual can't afford the weighted action 😂

Yes, absolutely! Props to Nord... and to the player!

I guess it's quite off topic but does anybody know of a good place to watch new movies online?

dude, get the 6d

slickcross the Stage series add a synth engine... so you have organ, piano, and synth. The electro has organ, piano, and a sample player.

Stage is their All in one flagship

I like the sound of the Electro better - can anyone explain that? Thanks in advance.

try the nord forum, they have a lot of user made samples

Hi, Carlysle! Thanks for your interest. The lack of a pitch bend control on the Electro series is intentional, since these instruments are designed to emulate vintage keyboards that did not have pitch bend. However, you can add pitch bend by connecting a second keyboard with a pitch bend control via MIDI. Since pitch bend is a very specific MIDI message, I don't believe you would be able to accomplish this with an expression pedal. Hope this helps, and feel free to contact me directly if you have further questions. Caleb Lowrey, Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 1620, caleb_lowrey@sweetwater.com

Exactly

I think they changed it in the new version

Hi, thanks for your interest! The Nord Electro line actually comes in three versions: a 61 and a 73-key version with semi-weighted, "waterfall" keys similar to a Hammond organ; and a 73-key "HP" version with fully hammer-weighted keys like a piano. The Electro 5D has also been discontinued and replaced with the 6D: www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/NE6D-73--nord-electro-6d-73 Feel free to contact me directly with further questions, and thanks again! Caleb Lowrey, Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 1620, caleb_lowrey@sweetwater.com

Mina None. maybe two if you layer a piano from the piano section and one from the sample synth section but the synth one won't sound as good bc it only record one touch response and increases or decreases the sound by touch response.

They just figured out how to "layer" sounds.... give them another 10 years and they'll figure out how to add "Pitch Bend". It's almost laughable the price tag of this Keyboard.

Strange omission of no pitch and mod wheels, considering that a “synth” is now included in this board. And in this day and age, why such minuscule amount of sample RAM ? We’re still in megabytes ? Wow...

Actually I think I see a pitch bend below the keybed, not sure... but strange place to put it for sure...

synthartist69 nope - just checked Nord’s page on this ; no PB or Mod, not any synth control at all. It’s a “sample player”, meaning you have to import sample files after editing them. They should have just added a simple VA synth and a PB/Mod lever like in their other models. Deal breaker for me.

Same here John... deal breaker

nope

Someone was able to connect it to a Leslie but I can't find out how. If you want one built into the keyboard you're going to have to go with the SK 1

Br. JD there is a velocity curve function that allows you to tweak them as well as a Decay knob and touch response button. They still don't sound as good as a as a Kronos but I prefer to use the pads

colbalt95 - I agree! I mostly use Nord Pads and layer them to get a bigger pad sound to imitate an orchestra. I.M.O - Montage and Kronos have the best strings/Orchestral sounds; Nord has the best piano & “B3” sound, but the board that’s King is the Kronos. I actually have the Nord Stage 3 -88, Kronos 2-88 & Montage 6... I actually don’t have a favorite but if I’m going to a gig in which I need everything to be on point-I’m going with the Kronos! I use the Montage and Nord more for gigs and bring out the Kronos Beast in special situations.

Where can I get one for a 1k ?

@@salthedrummer1 I mean I'm not using mine at this point now that I got a Stage 3..

@@TransistorBased Bro I'll take it. Seriously.

@@Meltedcheese567 I mean if I can get a solid $1k for it I'm in. That's well under market value