NORD STAGE 4 Unboxing Video - FIRST LOOK! 

Truth!

I hope it does too! I've had mine for nearly a year now and I'm still loving it!

Good luck! I think you'll love it.

I'm glad someone appreciates my dad jokes. haha. Thanks!

Absolutely!

Thanks Ben! See you soon I hope.

Thanks man! I’ve been at this for a minute. This new Nord has really opened some possibilities for me too.

Haha. That’s the spot. Enjoy it!

I played a jump-blues gig with it tonight and the piano sounded incredible. So far so good!

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Cool. Thanks man. In July I'm going to edit a video showing my whole process of sound designing for my new group. I have hours of footage, so I need a minute to sort through it all. haha. Thanks for subscribing.

That's very kind of you. Thanks!

Thank you! I have a cousin in Germany. I'll be across the pond to play in the next year.

@@BronsonHoover cool! I'm from Munich, maybe the gig is in my area....😊

Hey Brandon - if you're used to a real organ feel than this will be weird for you. I stack the E6D with waterfall keys on top for my organ stuff. If the organ parts are secondary it totally does the job. I need both boards for most of my work, but whenever I can get away with one board the Stage 4 is the best option I've ever had. And the synth engine is really powerful for how simple it is. Good luck!

So far it feels amazing. Proof is in the pudding. I have a show tonight which will be the real test. I'll let you know tomorrow.

@@BronsonHoover Thank you! I've been using the RD-2000 as midi controller for soft synths. While not playing live, I miss the immediacy of direct access without menu diving. Using: Roland RD-2000, Hydrasynth Deluxe, Mac Studio, Studio Display, Logic Pro, Arturia:V Collection 9/Cherry Audio:GX-80,Dreamsynth,Polymode,Quadra,Sines/MemoryMoon/G-Force: OB-E, Oddity3, SEM/VPS Avenger/Korg:MS20,Triton/Native Instruments:Komplete 14/Roland Cloud Pro/Spectrasonics:Keyscape,Omnisphere/uhe:Diva,Hive,Zebra2/HZ,UVI:Workstation Sold: Korg:Kronos 88,T3,MS20,Yamaha:Motif XS8,Motif ES8,Motif 8,KX88,TX7, Oberheim:Modular 8 Voice,OBXa,OB8,Prophet 5,Roland D50,Dyno-My-Rhodes,Crumar T2

Well Nicky you know how I like to break boxes. haha! Thanks man.

It's soooo deep. I have more quick tips to come. Next week I'm going to put together a video showing my sound design process from concept to performance. I'm having so much fun with this board.

@@BronsonHoover Me Too ! Thanks Bronson for the come back !

Not that I'm aware. They haven't released their new 3 pedal yet. It has a special connector and is supposed to add a lot of functionality.

I also see four empty screw holes. This must be for the Nord stand. I'm pretty sure this is normal.

Thanks man. I'm not a fan of those giant staples, but otherwise the packaging isn't too bad. So far she plays like a dream.

OMG the packaging is HORRIBLE. Nearly impossible to get the box open and then when I finally got it open it was very awkward to lift out of the box. The styrofoam literally fell apart like paper mache and the stupid thing slid right out of the plastic like an eel and banged on the floor. They couldn't have sealed the plastic for $6000? Not a single note played and it was already damaged. Disgusted.

@@pjburke131 that’s just unacceptable for sure. I wasn’t happy with my Nord 3 packaging

For these videos and for studio, I completely agree with you. But I don't like to run stereo for live shows because that only sounds good when you're standing in the center of the audience. I want it to sound good for the whole audience - even the folks in the balcony right up against the front plane.

Haha. Bobby - you never disappoint.

Good thing it's already May! Your wait is about to end.

I wasn't using both kidneys.

@@BronsonHoover 😂

At that price I wouldn't mind a hardshell case too. But so far it's been worth the loss of one of my kidneys.

It's funny you say that, I've been thinking about changing the color somehow. I'm not usually a fan of red, and I think it would be cool to customize it. You know me man, I'll post a video if I go that route!

Thanks for the financial advice. I don't know which programming capabilities you're talking about, but you may be right. However, I'm a live player and what I like is how easy it is to change things on the fly on stage. The cool thing about the options we have as musicians is that different players need different tools. It sounds like you're a studio cat who needs to dig in deeper. I'd love to hear more about that. For me as a live player I've never played a board with this much flexibility and power on stage. I'm still extremely happy with my purchase.

That’s cool, I’m actually a live player too, steadily playing the last 32 years, don’t get me wrong, nords sound great, but a piano is a piano is a piano, all the major brands sound great, Yamaha, kurzweil, korg, Roland,, I looked into Nord, limited programming, no definable split point, no numerical keypad, you could only have 2 pianos, 2 synths, 2 organs, what if I want 4 synths? I can, but it would take to much work, on a kurzweil I could literally program a sound 512 layers deep, you can’t do that on a Nord, and that’s just one example, there are many others, to me the cost wasn’t worth the money, but If I came across a used one at what I thought was a great price, I’d buy it, only a stage 2 and up though, lol, but good luck with it

@@jemkeystv5717 I used to be a Kurzweil guy myself. Many, many years ago. I'll do a video about the splits though, because I really like how it works on the Stage 4. We can have 4 splits with blends in between splits. It's pretty cool. Let me know if you're ever playing the DC/Baltimore area and I'll come say hello. Good luck man!

Thanks man!