Brilliant! Started using the White Grand a couple of weeks ago, and I really like the sound in my in ear monitor, we’re still tweaking the house sound. More recently, added the reverb, and that was really a bonus in our space. Based on this video, I’ll get with our sound guy and talk about the Eq levels. We already have strong bass, so definitely not needed there. I’ll give the soft piano a try, I was using a different live setting for underplaying talking, but this sounds much better! Keep up the great hints!
I truly appreciate these videos and walkthroughs! These are the most thorough on RU-vid and the fact that it’s in the context of worship services makes it even better! Thank you kind sir!
Douglas, love your approach, your conciseness, your cadence (not blitzing through) and your topic selection! I'm involved in worship music as well and just bought the Nord Stage 3 and I'm finding that your videos are extremely helpful! After hearing your 'white grand' I'm going to follow your tutorial and substitute for the royal....could hear the significant difference from your youtubes...hands down, white grand is beautiful...and I can't wait to hear the string res!
I use a nord stage 3 HP 76 at my church, and the mane piano sound that I use on it, is the white grand. this has got to be my favorit piano sound that nord has right now. I also have been messing with a lot of EQ and effects to get it to sound good in both the front of house and my in ears. I layor synth pads and organs on top of it.
13:35, this where a lot keyboard players miss it, and I mean a lot, what he’s talking about here, It’s using the right chord progression, it’s knowing how to play these chords effectively not just majors, you have to incorporate minors, because it touches the soul realm, understanding when to use space between these chords to let it breathe out a mood and presence, this kind of anointed skill comes through the musicians diligence and understanding that every note struck is touching a nerve in someone’s spirit, you are just not going through the motions at this point, practicing alone with the Holy Spirit will bring out this skill, the space and breathing is a must, very few in the church have it, most players overplay, too busy, play over the speakers voice, being an anointed musician is being humble and knowing when to execute! Blessings.☝️
Hi, Douglas, it’s so wonderful to watch the video, and pretty informative too. ❤ Just wonder if you have any recommendations for Nord Piano 3 sound settings instead of Nord Stage 3 & 4 ?
Thanks much! So helpful! I bought a Nord piano 5 and play in church. I’m wishing I had sprung for the stage 3 because I use the pads and strings often and it seems that those sounds, and without much organ, is missing some options that I miss. May consider changing. I love the piano sounds on this piano 5, though!
Thanks! Yeah, while all the pianos are good, my personal opinion is that the White Grand is the best for live. I’ve tried a few others live and they just don’t sit in the mix as well as the White Grand does.
I roll off some bass on just about all the keyboard sounds on the Nord. I find the Nord sounds are all very full for solo piano playing, but in a group or other styles I find rolling off some bass helps a lot. I usually don't EQ in any highs, but when I want to a touch I will use the Bright option in the reverb section. As for my main choice of piano sound I like the Studio Grand 2 it has less bass, a lot of note definition, and shorter tail on the notes which helps keep things clean when playing fast. When I do want a big piano sound I will use the White Piano.
I have all the Nord piano sounds on my Yamaha Montage. I still prefer CFX piano on Yamaha over all the Nord piano voices. My favorite from Nord , is also White Grand. It has a very nice laid back sound. Love it! I use it, just not as much as CFX.
Just got a used stage 3 and getting into it. I am enjoying the process of learning the ins and outs of this keyboard. I have noticed that the piano sounds are much lower than the organ and synth sounds. Is this my imagination, or is there a way to get a louder sound on the piano section? By the way, I am playing in an R&B band and I have added some brass section sounds on to the synth engine for that purpose, but I would like to know how to make the piano more present. Thanks in advance.
If we record the Nord Stage 4 into your chosen DAW using MIDI (not audio), and we switch between programs while recording, such as moving from program A16 to A17, A18, and then back to A17, will these program changes be recorded by the DAW? Can we expect the MIDI playback to reflect these program changes as well? If this is the case, it seems we should manually set the program to A16 (our initial program) before starting MIDI playback. If this isn't possible, then we would need to record the audio instead of MIDI when using program switching. This would mean that we cannot easily edit the MIDI data to make adjustments later. Thanks for the content!
This all sounds great in stereo, but many churches have mono only system. How does this keyboard handle the stereo sample phasing mono distortion issue when putting out mono only? Excellent video by the way.
There is a mono button on the stage 3. I don’t know the technical side of how it sums it together, but I’m assuming they take phasing and distortion into account. Having said that, the Nord sounds way better in stereo to me and the people I A/B it with. Even in a sound system in a large room, even when you’re not in the middle of the room.
Thx - i think the workaround is to use another controller and have the nord as an external instrument rack in ableton or similar daw. You can then set the key range in ableton. 2 usb cables: one from controller keyboard to computer; one from nord to computer
Hi Douglas, I was wondering what is the best speakers to use for amplification the Nord St 3, to get good clean crips sounds like yours. Should I run it through a mixer?
@@DSoundman For recording at home We are planning to do a trio of songs for recording at a home studio- will be having 5 singers, myself on vocals and keys, an acoustic guitar and drums Am going to run everything through 2 Yamaha MGX10U mixers, as I need about 9 input channels and then through speakers. I also was wondering if I can run the Nord St3 into 2 line input channels using TRS cables - it is channel 5/6 in the Yamaha MGX10U- if you have the opportunity to see one of those Thank you so much brother Doug Blessings!
For piano playing, I prefer fully weighted, but for organs and EPs, I prefer semi. I went with the semi on the Nord Stage 3 because I play a combination and felt it was the best option for me. When playing the piano, I do miss weighted, but since Nord recently fixed the external midi velocity curve, I now just plug my hammer 88 pro into the Nord and use that to play the pianos!
Once in a while I do wish I had the 88, but then I play the organ and am glad I have the physical drawbars! Those drawbars and the waterfall semi weighted keys are the reason I got the Compact version. Just makes it a little more all around versatile for organ and synth playing.
@@DSoundman makes sense then the only draw back here is that they don’t have any Nord to try out before playing. It’s all special order and wish they had the compact here to try it first. But thanks for response my brother. I also play in a worship band well I play bass but my first instrument was piano and something has been telling me to play again in piano but also do t want to forget the piano and also teach my daughter when she’s a bit older. Thanks again my brother and God bless and love you videos too my man. Keep doing what you do and teach others
Medium files have damper resonance but only in the middle range. Large gets you damper resonance across the whole keyboard and XL gets you full keyboard mapping as opposed to some samples being stretched across keys. Just want to clear that up for anyone reading. All the file sizes use the same compression so the quality of the samples does not vary.
Hi there! I am actually working on a quick start video that will give a quick overview on getting started with the Nord Stage 3. Not exactly sure the release date yet, but keep an eye on my channel for that!
Nice tips! String resonance is actually not about the notes "around the area you're playing", but the harmonics above (an octave, an octave and a fifth, etc.). Demo: hold down a key without playing the note, press the damper pedal and then hit the note one octave below the first key: you'll hear the note you're holding down. More info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonic And your followers might be interested to hear that it works on the middle range if you load a Medium (Med) piano sound and on the entire range if you load a Large (Lrg) or ExtraLarge (XL) sound. (You will simply not be able to turn it on on a Small (Sml) piano sound.)
So I followed your tutorial for my nord 6 and man the grand piano sounds so bad on mine for some reason it sound so muffled and weird nothing like yours! I tried factory reset and it still sounds the same
Can't agree with you. But I jāveic playef Stainway GrandPianos, Bosendorfer real pianos and I cant hear that body of these Grand piano in Nord Piano. For me it actyaly sound like a Good uprigth piano. Comapring to Yamaha piano sounds where I feel that body in a sound.
And to all sound people... keyboards should be run with a flat eq dry. Eqs are set at the factory by people using equipment that most churches can't touch.
