Nord is godlike. I could talk about the patches and sounds all day, but the thing that pushes nord over the top and pushes it beyond the competitors, is it's simplistic form of using the keyboard to its fullest potential. There's no needing to learn a computer to get the keyboard to do what you want. Everything is nobs, sliders, and found right before your eyes. Simplistic, beautiful, diverse, and organic.
No board has moved me like this one. I've learned a lot about it and feel like there is still so much to figure out. It is my most-used keyboard these days. I love the old gear but this one is just so incredibly versatile for live-gigging. I've never owned a keyboard that could so well-emulate some of my favorite EPs, organs and seriously good-sounding pianos. The synth section is huge and powerful. Crazy-expensive but (for me) worth it. Thank you Sweetwater for 0% financing. Two years of payments to go . . . :) Someday I'll sell off some of my older gear to make up for it. Now off to practice my runs and to shave my head . . .
This is the tremendous example of "Having an outstanding tool in an outstanding hand!" I subscribed to your channel few years back only with this video! The sample that you created is Fantabulous - that really feels me like shivering in the coolness! So Cool n So Natural sample you did! This whole video is a cake piece to me! I downloaded n watched several times n now I came here to see once again n felt the same freshness n same coolness! How you are that much perfect bro? You really inspired me a lot n also made me to have a fever of keyboards, synthesizers, workstations...! You are Killer Fant......................astic Brother! Lots of Greetings n Love from The City of Pearls - Hyderabad, Telangana, India!
Played one of these recently at Guitar Centre in New York. Really lovely, feels like a proper instrument. Saw one guy playing it with a load of the internal effects on a clav sound and an expression pedal triggering the wah - it created an amazing electric guitar sound. Want one.
It's an extraordinary instrument. My backline company recently bought this for concerts and such and I actually got a chance to try it out. It's really a good instrument and I highly recommend it!
I've just bought one and it is fantastic. All those people on here who say "buy a piano" are obviously used to sitting at home. I am a professional musician who is on the road 48 weeks out of the year and have never been able to get a full size piano on my back when i'm travelling around. Of course an accoustic piano is more natural sounding, but the next best thing to that sound is a NORD STAGE 2. FANTASTICO:)
From 8:07 onward I entered the cosmos through a tear in my reality-only to unlock the endeavors of my past... It must of been to discover, and thus deem control, of a saucerful of secrets.
It's 3 split I believe, not sure about the controller functions though! I'm sure it's fine regarding it though. Midi triggering should be the same speed and reliability for all keyboards, they're just the controller sending/receiving information
Blade Runner theme at 8.25. Our KB player just purchased one of these and I haven't heard it in the live situation yet, only at rehersals, but it sounds wonderful while practicing!
Just bought this keyboard and I am really impressed...Of course, there are many more nice pads as well which compliment the piano sounds and can be morphed together - totally fantastic - I took the sustain pedal and plugged into the back of the Latch / Rotal input and now it controls the rotary speed by foot! Just a few of the features it has - But to create your own samples - Superb! Also, buying the additional stand makes it look extremely retro and well balanced and secure, Nice one Nord!
I watched this video more than a year ago - fascinated by all of the sounds i heard from this instrument I decided to buy one (the Nord Stage 88 EX) for use in my band. I've not once regretted buying it. The quality you get from this bad boy is definitely worth the money. I've made so many sounds on this now. Thank you Nord for creating a decent keyboard haha. Here's one of the most unique sounds i've made on it so far! /watch?v=pMRVcbigVes Enjoy! :)
Finally my local Guitar Center got one of these bad boys in and wow! I was there for over 3 hours and going back today. I have been playing keyboards for 42 years now and have had them all and I will say the Nord is a different animal the samplings are just way better PERIOD and you can tell. After playing the Nord I started playing a Motif XF8 needless to say I was back playing the Nord in no time. I will get me one of these great instruments once I have the cash. If you have never played one of these I give you fair warning for what you are playing now just won't stack up to the Nord.
The Nords are the best stage pianos I have ever played. My main keyboard for years has been a previous model of this: Nord Stage EX76. Very, very smart bit of gear. Great demo!
oneTwoThree They are bouncy Like water fall keys on Hammond sk1....Trust me its not the feel you want for piano!!!!!! But if you really like Nord Piano, buy the 61 key...Then you could buy 88 MIDI BOARD and play double over with the pianos on the bottom and the organ and synth keys on the Nord top....This is smart as long as the Nord has Midi...and what don't have midi these days
J.J.A Florida The Nord Stage 2 has weighted keys (for the 88 and 76-key version) and the feel is good, playing piano on them is a joy (just try it at a music-store). The Nord Stage 2 compact has waterfall-keys like you described and there is no 61-key Nord Stage available.
Thank you Frederico for this nice demo video. Do you remember when we met in Beijing a couple of years ago at one of your Nord clinic ? I am still enjoying my Nord Stage 2 EX very much and just posted some videos on my TH-cam channel !
am i the only one unable to hear his left hand notes around the 2:35~2:55 mark? my phone is bad sometimes but i could hardly hear the bass, just the clacking of keys!
Has anyone compared the Nord with the Viscount Legend 70s? I really love the vintage look of the Viscount (reminds me of a Rhodes) but there are only a few videos on youtube...
I'm guessing the immense amount of views is due to this guy's amazing performance in the beginning of the video? Cause this ain't normal for synth/keyboard stuff.
It is a wonderful keyboard, the best I have ever owned! But I would like to point out one piece of constructive criticism: it has happened already twice on a gig that I inadvertently hit the transpose button under the Live Mode button, with the obvious unpleasant consequences. I think there should be a way of making the transposition a 2 steps process rather than a 1 step, as it is quite easy to hit a button without meaning to, especially as you control in real time a lot of other functions.
I gotta say I'm a sucker for those LED ringed knobs...none of my gear has em and it seems it would make it way easier for when using different functions for the knobs and switching back and forth between presets
What The Helicopter (大和美琴) not really if you know how to use a B3 then the organ section will be a breeze for you if you had prior experience with analog synthesizers then it shouldn't be much of a problem and the piano section is laid out for you is a big boy piano for a big boy price and it's going to have some big boy STAGE NOT WORKSHOP features to go along with it
My 18 years old cousin :S it's a piano genious, he played Beethoven and Manuel M. Ponce and other masterpieces from great composers... And he did it as a big pianist....
I've been saving for both a Yamaha motif xf and stage 2 for some time. I think the stage 2 is surpassed by none in all areas except the synth section I like better on the motif xf. But I don't want to buy an xf just for pads, are there any videos dedicated to just the stage 2 synth engine? So I can see if its right for me
Nice playin dude & also the Nord stage 2 sounds damn awesommme!!! Unfortunately,the price tag is also awesome tooo! -Still cant afford the 'Red Beast!' at all-sigh!
Hi i wonder one thing. Does Clavia have any instruments sounds in their products (for example nylon guitars etc)? Or is it only the big 4, Kursweil, Korg, Yamaha & Roland that have piano and other instrument all round sounds + synth leads & pads etc?
I need help on one of the preset sounds. It’s is the 80 pi Layer. I don’t know what I did but it doesn’t sound like the sound it had when I first got it. How to I reset the settings for that sound?
I had one of these as part of my tech rider (my normal preference is the Kronos) but I found the instrument selection to be very difficult and not intuitive. However the piano sounds were excellent.
When on the road, hauling a laptop, interface, etc, is a pain. I've used Roland Gi's &the versatility of 16-256 track recording, instrument inputs, onboard drums &even finalizing software, makes capturing ideas more efficient. The guys in my band who use laptops, spend more time fiddling w/plug-ins/amp-modeling/mixing, than they do actually recording music. And again, it's borderline criminal that a 4k+ board doesnt offer what a $900.00 one does. IMO, consolidation is better than specialization.
Nord is godlike. I could talk about the patches and sounds all day, but the thing that pushes nord over the top and pushes it beyond the competitors, is it's simplistic form of using the keyboard to its fullest potential. There's no needing to learn a computer to get the keyboard to do what you want. Everything is nobs, sliders, and found right before your eyes. Simplistic, beautiful, diverse, and organic.
Excellent musician, excellent instrument, excellent demonstration
No board has moved me like this one. I've learned a lot about it and feel like there is still so much to figure out. It is my most-used keyboard these days. I love the old gear but this one is just so incredibly versatile for live-gigging. I've never owned a keyboard that could so well-emulate some of my favorite EPs, organs and seriously good-sounding pianos. The synth section is huge and powerful. Crazy-expensive but (for me) worth it. Thank you Sweetwater for 0% financing. Two years of payments to go . . . :) Someday I'll sell off some of my older gear to make up for it. Now off to practice my runs and to shave my head . . .
This is the tremendous example of "Having an outstanding tool in an outstanding hand!"
I subscribed to your channel few years back only with this video! The sample that you created is Fantabulous - that really feels me like shivering in the coolness! So Cool n So Natural sample you did! This whole video is a cake piece to me! I downloaded n watched several times n now I came here to see once again n felt the same freshness n same coolness! How you are that much perfect bro? You really inspired me a lot n also made me to have a fever of keyboards, synthesizers, workstations...!
You are Killer Fant......................astic Brother!
Lots of Greetings n Love from The City of Pearls - Hyderabad, Telangana, India!
I want one and I dont even know how to play the Piano.
Buy for me one, i have no money to buy it, instead i have talend to play piano 😢
Musician in the making
Shut up and take my money
Played one of these recently at Guitar Centre in New York. Really lovely, feels like a proper instrument. Saw one guy playing it with a load of the internal effects on a clav sound and an expression pedal triggering the wah - it created an amazing electric guitar sound. Want one.
Amazing performance. I really love the live tweaking aspect of the nord. It's pure playfulness.
It's an extraordinary instrument. My backline company recently bought this for concerts and such and I actually got a chance to try it out. It's really a good instrument and I highly recommend it!
The beautiful sounds of the piano, organ, strings ... it's realistic! -Very GOOD TOOL keyboard!-Thank you!
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RESPECT.
So beautiful,
what an intelligent and breathtaking performance....!!!
My college has 2 of these and I have to admit they've literally been able to imitate any synth sound from literally any song xD
amazing! i've played on a nord stage 2 yesterday! it was amazing! really! love that sound of many instruments!
I've just bought one and it is fantastic. All those people on here who say "buy a piano" are obviously used to sitting at home. I am a professional musician who is on the road 48 weeks out of the year and have never been able to get a full size piano on my back when i'm travelling around. Of course an accoustic piano is more natural sounding, but the next best thing to that sound is a NORD STAGE 2. FANTASTICO:)
From 8:07 onward I entered the cosmos through a tear in my reality-only to unlock the endeavors of my past... It must of been to discover, and thus deem control, of a saucerful of secrets.
My god! What a beast! Interesting that this little company in Sweden took out Korg, Roland and Yamaha. Now where to find the $4K
It's 3 split I believe, not sure about the controller functions though! I'm sure it's fine regarding it though. Midi triggering should be the same speed and reliability for all keyboards, they're just the controller sending/receiving information
Blade Runner theme at 8.25. Our KB player just purchased one of these and I haven't heard it in the live situation yet, only at rehersals, but it sounds wonderful while practicing!
Just bought this keyboard and I am really impressed...Of course, there are many more nice pads as well which compliment the piano sounds and can be morphed together - totally fantastic - I took the sustain pedal and plugged into the back of the Latch / Rotal input and now it controls the rotary speed by foot! Just a few of the features it has - But to create your own samples - Superb! Also, buying the additional stand makes it look extremely retro and well balanced and secure, Nice one Nord!
Com um pianista excelente como este, qualquer piano é ótimo
You guys make the best keyboards.
he plays so well
4:45 I think he likes playing the Nord 2 a little bit too much :D
Hahahahahahaha
😂😂😂
Lmao 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
great!
He is hot guy
wonderful keyboard and demostration player. Congratulations.
I watched this video more than a year ago - fascinated by all of the sounds i heard from this instrument I decided to buy one (the Nord Stage 88 EX) for use in my band. I've not once regretted buying it. The quality you get from this bad boy is definitely worth the money. I've made so many sounds on this now. Thank you Nord for creating a decent keyboard haha. Here's one of the most unique sounds i've made on it so far!
/watch?v=pMRVcbigVes
Enjoy! :)
What a thing of beauty. Gorgeous.
Gracias Dvicio Espectacular recomendación
That's how you make a demo! Melodics and effects, virtuosity and skill.
Im so impresed with this guy's abilities and knoledge.
Finally my local Guitar Center got one of these bad boys in and wow! I was there for over 3 hours and going back today. I have been playing keyboards for 42 years now and have had them all and I will say the Nord is a different animal the samplings are just way better PERIOD and you can tell. After playing the Nord I started playing a Motif XF8 needless to say I was back playing the Nord in no time. I will get me one of these great instruments once I have the cash. If you have never played one of these I give you fair warning for what you are playing now just won't stack up to the Nord.
I became a believer at about 8:01. Nice board!
Que.... Piano.. e esse tecladista é fora do comum muuuuito bom.
Now I just need to learn how to play half as good as that.
Claviceps han pasado dos años. Ya aprendiste algo?
Santos Martínez Verdad
Can't buy that :P
WoW!!! BEAUTIFUL!!!!! I'll have to remortgage the house to get it!!!!
Those strings and piano though!
Vangelis at the end! Superb demonstration, I would instantly buy if I had the money :P
The Nords are the best stage pianos I have ever played. My main keyboard for years has been a previous model of this: Nord Stage EX76. Very, very smart bit of gear. Great demo!
I hate the piano sound on them... Sounds forced and synthesized. Nord should stick to making organs and synths.
True. That's why I said they should just stick to organs!
the keys look a bit flimsy/ are they weighted like a real piano or do they bounce back quickly?
oneTwoThree They are bouncy Like water fall keys on Hammond sk1....Trust me its not the feel you want for piano!!!!!! But if you really like Nord Piano, buy the 61 key...Then you could buy 88 MIDI BOARD and play double over with the pianos on the bottom and the organ and synth keys on the Nord top....This is smart as long as the Nord has Midi...and what don't have midi these days
J.J.A Florida The Nord Stage 2 has weighted keys (for the 88 and 76-key version) and the feel is good, playing piano on them is a joy (just try it at a music-store). The Nord Stage 2 compact has waterfall-keys like you described and there is no 61-key Nord Stage available.
Thank you Frederico for this nice demo video. Do you remember when we met in Beijing a couple of years ago at one of your Nord clinic ? I am still enjoying my Nord Stage 2 EX very much and just posted some videos on my TH-cam channel !
^ _ ^ Yes I remember, Pierre!!
That piano is to die for amazing.
Why am I still watching this considering the Stage 3 is out!? IDK but it's awesome ;)
why did I watch this vid.. now i got to save for a long time, because I am definitely going to get this sooner or later. amazing piano
I really wonder if it’s possible to find a good nord stage 2 at a good price these days
It's AWESOME, GREAT, SUPER GOOD, AMAZING and...
EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE!
:(
A pesar de los años, no te cambio. Buen teclado.
sounds fantastic!
am i the only one unable to hear his left hand notes around the 2:35~2:55 mark? my phone is bad sometimes but i could hardly hear the bass, just the clacking of keys!
They're there, sounds like he has the keyboard split, it's a lower and it's maybe only got the the 16' and 5' about halfway out, they're very low.
I can hear... They're some low bass notes, maybe you need a headphone to hear that.
I love the synths from this and thank goodness the synths are polyphonic and your get weighted keys.
sounds great..the harmonics are the most real ones...im going to get one right Now...thanks...for the demo....
He’s great at what he does
Has anyone compared the Nord with the Viscount Legend 70s? I really love the vintage look of the Viscount (reminds me of a Rhodes) but there are only a few videos on youtube...
Love the Demo !! Great job !!
You've shifted my mind from the synthesizer I wanted to grab...Dooe demo
Holy Shit! This is maybe the best sounding synthesizer I ever heard!
That last demo was so cool. Like a Pink Floyd masterpiece!
He took us to church ⛪️ 2:45 a praise break
I'm guessing the immense amount of views is due to this guy's amazing performance in the beginning of the video? Cause this ain't normal for synth/keyboard stuff.
It is a wonderful keyboard, the best I have ever owned! But I would like to point out one piece of constructive criticism: it has happened already twice on a gig that I inadvertently hit the transpose button under the Live Mode button, with the obvious unpleasant consequences. I think there should be a way of making the transposition a 2 steps process rather than a 1 step, as it is quite easy to hit a button without meaning to, especially as you control in real time a lot of other functions.
ive done this during practice!
I gotta say I'm a sucker for those LED ringed knobs...none of my gear has em and it seems it would make it way easier for when using different functions for the knobs and switching back and forth between presets
I think Im in love with that Piano
Beautiful Music ❤❤❤❤❤❤
How come we can’t hear the bass in the left hand when he was playing the organ sound?
I am SO going to get this keyboard.
@Jahsen7 it's based on the end titles theme from Blade Runner, and yeh it's Vangelis.
That thing's a beast :O
Its just hyper confusing and hard to master. I tried it at the music store and the guy didn't even know what some knobs do
There's an instruction manual of course. I think if I had 5k for a keyboard it's what I'd buy though.
What The Helicopter (大和美琴) not really if you know how to use a B3 then the organ section will be a breeze for you if you had prior experience with analog synthesizers then it shouldn't be much of a problem and the piano section is laid out for you is a big boy piano for a big boy price and it's going to have some big boy STAGE NOT WORKSHOP features to go along with it
DX sample is my favoraite sound EVER
I LOVE THIS KEYBOARD SO MUCH I WANT ONE
Oh my god I want one. So friggin rad.
this guy is a genius.
I want this piano so badly....
Time to update my Roland E70, Roland G800 and korg i5m, this thing rocks 🤘
Great piano sound
Obj mmyyy goooodnessss!!! Why must this beautiful instrument be so expensive! Something I want to own someday for sure!
This man is a genius...
My 18 years old cousin :S it's a piano genious, he played Beethoven and Manuel M. Ponce and other masterpieces from great composers... And he did it as a big pianist....
Extreme...this is really cool!
Love the vangelis part at the end performance
Awesome!
Yeahh!! The Vangelis part is Blade Runner!! =D Awesome demo,man
The final demo - I can't believe that's all coming out of one keyboard.. playing LIVE!
There was a nord stage 2 demo with a guy (long hair) doing a deep house session on that piano. Does any one else know that video? Can't find it again.
When he starts playing the song at 8:30, how does he manage to sustain that one arpegiated beat the whole time?
I bet Vangelis didn't use one synth to make his blade runner track. Kudos to him and Nord and this demo dude.
I've been saving for both a Yamaha motif xf and stage 2 for some time. I think the stage 2 is surpassed by none in all areas except the synth section I like better on the motif xf. But I don't want to buy an xf just for pads, are there any videos dedicated to just the stage 2 synth engine? So I can see if its right for me
I'm sold.
AWSOME syntheziser. Big price to but very nice instrument. Last part was from Vangelis isn't it? What song again? I forgot,.. was very nice.
sin lugar a dudas, un un keyboard totalmente ecepcional!! excelente totalmente competisimoo!!! yo kiero uno de esos!!
Is the dubbing voice a sample too? I'm kidding.
I love this!
Cool, Maynard James Keenan from Tool is killing in this video!
Nice playin dude & also the Nord stage 2 sounds damn awesommme!!! Unfortunately,the price tag is also awesome tooo! -Still cant afford the 'Red Beast!' at all-sigh!
Hi i wonder one thing. Does Clavia have any instruments sounds in their products (for example nylon guitars etc)? Or is it only the big 4, Kursweil, Korg, Yamaha & Roland that have piano and other instrument all round sounds + synth leads & pads etc?
I need help on one of the preset sounds. It’s is the 80 pi Layer. I don’t know what I did but it doesn’t sound like the sound it had when I first got it. How to I reset the settings for that sound?
"Let's IMPROVISE a beat", plays Blade Runner ending theme by Vangelis.
Does Nord offer any kind of training? I'm not sure I could figure out how to use such a fantastic device to its full potential on my own.
My music teacher gave us a demo on this today!
Maynard James Keenan's secret Swedish brother?
I had one of these as part of my tech rider (my normal preference is the Kronos) but I found the instrument selection to be very difficult and not intuitive. However the piano sounds were excellent.
Grazie! Il tema è di Vangelis, Blade Runner ;) Leggermente modificata per l'occasione. Il resto è improvvisato. Saluti!
Does anyone know what Brass sample is used around the 4 min mark????
8:35 am i the only one that this improv part sounds like 'deadmau5 - infra turbo pig cart racer' haha wonderful demo!
I honestly was reminded of the Final Fantasy VII soundtrack, one of the Jenova boss battle themes..
I, honestly, was reminded of the Final Fantasy VII soundtrack, one of the Jenova boss battle themes..
+mazvita18 It's the Bladerunner credits theme by Vangelis
**cough** bladerunner **cough**
When on the road, hauling a laptop, interface, etc, is a pain. I've used Roland Gi's &the versatility of 16-256 track recording, instrument inputs, onboard drums &even finalizing software, makes capturing ideas more efficient. The guys in my band who use laptops, spend more time fiddling w/plug-ins/amp-modeling/mixing, than they do actually recording music. And again, it's borderline criminal that a 4k+ board doesnt offer what a $900.00 one does. IMO, consolidation is better than specialization.