Nord Stage?

KarlSutton · Post by **KarlSutton** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 2:17 pm

hi,

wondering if there are any Nord Stage users in the Nation? I'm thinking about selling my electro to get one of these, will I regret it? love it? any advice? thanks!

fwmusician75 · Post by **fwmusician75** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 2:24 pm

It depends, why do you want it over what you have?

KarlSutton · Post by **KarlSutton** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 8:16 am

well I love my electro for it's ease of use & the sounds, but I really wish it could do splits/layers & that the pianos were better - hence the stage.

BradLyons · Post by **BradLyons** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:56 am

The Electro is about the most fun keyboard out there for players, you know what I'm talking about. However, the Stage does take it to a completely different animal by also incorporating a powerful analog modeling style of synth as well as some decent pianos. The pianos are far from great, but in a live setting their useable..... but I wouldn't buy the Stage just for piano, there are other options I feel are better. But for the classic keys sounds, nothing else comes close. If your biggest concern is better piano, look at a Kurzweil ME1 for something cost-effective, but a better sound.

KarlSutton · Post by **KarlSutton** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 12:04 pm

is the ME-1 any different then the original micropiano? I've got that & honestly lately the piano in the electro sounds better on stage than the micro.

BradLyons · Post by **BradLyons** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 12:28 pm

The KMP1 was based off the original PC88 and is quite old. In its day, it was great...in its day. The ME1 isn't that at all, in fact it's basically a PC2 sound engine. Piano Modules don't exist today, but this is the closest to one. It's inexpensive, it has lots of excellent acoustic type sounds with a killer piano without spending a lot of money. The catch.... it's 32-voice polyphony.