Nord Piano 5 vs Nord Grand vs Nord Stage 3 - John Mayer Inspired Shootout!

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N54HU-GOh7w

摘要

TLDRJeff Ducksbury compares the Nord Grand, Nord Piano 5, and Nord Stage 3 keyboards, focusing on their features and ideal users. The Nord Grand is designed for serious pianists seeking high-quality sound for home use, while the Nord Piano 5 offers more versatility for gigging musicians with its increased memory and new sample formats. The Nord Stage 3 combines piano and synth capabilities, making it suitable for live performances. Throughout the video, Jeff demonstrates how to create sounds and layers for John Mayer's "Last Train Home," providing insights into sound design and keyboard functionality.

心得

  • 🎹 The Nord Grand is ideal for serious pianists at home.
  • 🎶 The Nord Piano 5 offers versatility for gigging musicians.
  • 🎛️ The Nord Stage 3 combines piano and synth capabilities.
  • 🔊 All keyboards allow for sound layering.
  • 💡 The Nord Grand features superior action from Kawai.
  • 📦 The Nord Piano 5 has double the memory for sounds.
  • 🎤 The Nord Stage 3 is great for live performances.
  • 🎵 Jeff demonstrates sound creation using "Last Train Home."
  • 📱 Viewers can request the sound patch via Instagram.
  • 🎧 Each keyboard has unique features catering to different musicians.

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  • 00:00:00 - 00:05:00

    In the introduction, Jeff Ducksbury and Tate discuss the Nord Piano 5 and its comparison to the Nord Grand. Jeff acknowledges the need to compare these two models, especially for those unfamiliar with Nord products. He plans to demonstrate the differences through a performance of John Mayer's 'Last Train Home' and aims to help viewers decide which model suits their needs better.

  • 00:05:00 - 00:10:00

    Jeff highlights the Nord Grand's features, emphasizing its weight and size, which make it less portable but ideal for home use. He discusses the unique triple sensor action from Kawai, which enhances playability, especially for classical musicians. The Grand is positioned as the best option for serious pianists who prioritize sound quality over portability.

  • 00:10:00 - 00:15:00

    The discussion shifts to the Nord Piano 5, which offers a similar price point to the Grand but includes new features. Jeff notes the Piano 5's double memory capacity and its ability to use a new sample format, making it more versatile for gigging musicians. He contrasts the Piano 5's action with the Grand's, noting the absence of the ivory feel, and emphasizes the importance of personal preference in keyboard action.

  • 00:15:00 - 00:20:00

    Jeff demonstrates the Piano 5's capabilities, layering sounds and showcasing its synth section. He explains that the Piano 5 is better suited for musicians who need a wider range of sounds for performances, likening it to a band member who plays more complex arrangements compared to the Grand's simpler, solo piano focus.

  • 00:20:00 - 00:25:00

    The Nord Stage 3 is introduced as the final keyboard, featuring a lighter action that appeals to gigging musicians. Jeff explains the benefits of the Stage 3, including its synth engine, which allows for more sound manipulation compared to the Piano models. He highlights the unison feature and the ability to create layered sounds, making it ideal for live performances.

  • 00:25:00 - 00:31:41

    In conclusion, Jeff summarizes the strengths of each keyboard: the Grand for serious pianists, the Piano 5 for versatile gigging musicians, and the Stage 3 for those needing extensive sound design capabilities. He invites viewers to reach out for a specific patch he created and ends with a performance, encouraging engagement and feedback from the audience.

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视频问答

  • What is the main focus of the video?

    The video compares the Nord Grand, Nord Piano 5, and Nord Stage 3 keyboards.

  • Which song is used for demonstration?

    John Mayer's "Last Train Home" is used as a reference.

  • What is the key feature of the Nord Grand?

    The Nord Grand features a superior action from Kawai, making it ideal for serious pianists.

  • How does the Nord Piano 5 differ from the Grand?

    The Nord Piano 5 has more memory and can use new sample formats, making it versatile for gigging.

  • What is unique about the Nord Stage 3?

    The Nord Stage 3 combines piano and synth capabilities, allowing for extensive sound design.

  • Can you layer sounds on these keyboards?

    Yes, all three keyboards allow for sound layering.

  • What type of musician is the Nord Grand best suited for?

    It is best for home use by serious pianists.

  • What is the advantage of the Nord Piano 5?

    It offers more sounds and is better for gigging musicians.

  • What does the Nord Stage 3 offer that the others do not?

    It provides a full synth engine and extensive sound manipulation options.

  • How can viewers get the patch created in the video?

    Viewers can message Jeff on Instagram to request the patch.

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  • 00:00:00
    hello and welcome to anthony's tv my
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    name is jeff ducksbury he's tate
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    i'm just loki flexing over here with uh
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    using nords as armrests but the nords
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    i've got under my arms
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    are the nord piano five which is brand
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    spanking new
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    did a video on that that i'm sure will
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    be linked below
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    there's a lot of questions that popped
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    up from that video saying
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    i was an idiot for not comparing it to
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    the grand and you were right
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    i was an idiot because i'd imagine that
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    someone if you don't know much about
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    nords or these pianos
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    what are the differences between the
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    grand and the piano but i also
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    am a big nord stage user so i've got a
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    stage three here we're going to talk
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    about the different actions
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    i'm going to try and communicate that to
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    you what the differences are and this is
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    all going to be through
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    the lens of the latest john mayer song
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    last train home so i'm going to play
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    a piano version of it and we're going to
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    move up through the ranks
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    and kind of add some more sound design
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    so
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    in this video hopefully you should learn
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    about why you maybe want to choose the
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    grand over the piano five or the stage
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    and even learn how to play last train
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    home and how to make that noise so let's
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    get into the video
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    cheers
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    [Music]
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    this is the nord grand why would you buy
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    the nord grand over the nord piano five
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    they're very similarly priced at the
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    moment north piano five is brand
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    spanking new grand's been out
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    a little bit i think two years year and
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    a half
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    let's address the obvious look at the
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    size of it
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    the difference when we have the piano on
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    here you'll see it but we've got
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    a much taller product here in terms of
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    height
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    a lot more weight right taylor way a lot
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    heavier so check the specs on the weight
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    all leading you towards the conclusion
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    that this
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    is the product from nord for someone
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    that maybe
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    wants that nord sound they love it maybe
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    they've seen it on
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    stage but you know i'm not really a
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    gigging guy
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    or a guy or girl i'm just at home and i
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    want the best sounding electric piano i
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    can get
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    and this is nord's product for you
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    because i it's not made to be moved
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    around
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    or to be gigged with per se i would
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    definitely just
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    skip on to the next bit if you think i'm
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    doing gigs
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    pretty much uh unless
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    you are the discerning that's why i did
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    that version at the beginning
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    of playing a piano only version say
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    you're someone
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    that does piano music only
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    and you're a wicked classical player
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    which i am not
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    the big headline about this product is
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    the action
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    so the action is from a different brand
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    called kawaii
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    and it's it was the first time you could
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    get a triple sensor
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    action so that means it's got three
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    sensors in there which means you can do
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    very light stuff
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    [Music]
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    really beautiful action to play even
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    when i was playing then
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    [Music]
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    i've got a lot of reverb on there so
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    just you can see the sample
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    that was something that came up quite a
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    bit i will still keep that in because
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    i've demoed it a few times if you're a
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    wavy hand guy like me
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    maybe you're not wavy hand guy but i
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    just flicked on the tremolo without even
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    knowing it
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    but you can lock the panel but that
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    again gigging
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    guess what gig all those controls flat
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    means that
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    you know if i'm there like getting gin
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    and tonics or you know just getting
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    numbers from
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    chicks no no um that's why we got the
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    flat controls this is all up front
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    which is lending to that person that's
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    at home or the considered pianist
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    stick with the point jack
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    it's the best action you can get if you
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    want to buy a nord and you're a serious
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    piano person a little bit about the
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    other
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    aspects of it you could layer another
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    sound with it with this sample synth
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    section
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    so i can turn that on it's already got
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    some strings in there so let's hear that
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    [Music]
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    put a bit more release on it
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    bit slower attack
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    [Music]
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    [Applause]
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    [Music]
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    so you can layer up the sound so if
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    you're
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    at that solo piano gig you're a wedding
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    or you're a recital
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    this is the keyboard for you won't go
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    into too much we've got other videos on
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    it
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    and if you want a great video saving
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    yourself the time of watching this one
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    go to sound technology's youtube channel
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    rob wallace has done a video
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    very concisely about all the product
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    differences this is just me
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    my take on it all right so let's move on
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    quickly let's get the piano
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    five on there
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    [Music]
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    that is the next level up of last train
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    home
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    and the reason why i play that sound is
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    that that matches with what i think
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    the type of person maybe you should look
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    away from the grand
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    to the new nor piano five so what are
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    the components what the things that are
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    new about the
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    piano five that maybe can because it's
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    the same price essentially as the nord
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    grand at the moment things obviously
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    change but there's some new stuff in
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    here
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    check out the other video i did on the
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    nor piano five where i go through
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    in more depth but we're just looking at
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    the differences right so this keyboard
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    action
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    first off the back it's got the triple
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    sensor
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    in like the kawaii action but we don't
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    have that
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    ivory feel and to the touch
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    people have asked me to kind of
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    communicate actions and i've been wary
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    in other videos to talk about action
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    because it's so
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    personal and you know what's good to
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    someone is bad to another person and i
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    understand that i'm not the most
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    educated player so sometimes people who
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    are really
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    into actions are a different type of
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    player to me
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    in all honesty i don't care it's a bit
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    like the table
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    everyone comments on the table being
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    wobbly i don't even notice
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    i just don't care maybe because i've
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    done so many crap gigs in my life that
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    this is a pleasure
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    anyway this action
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    [Applause]
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    let's just go to the playing piano sound
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    that's the white grand one point to make
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    all the keyboards that i play today you
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    can have exactly the same
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    sound that's why i'm not talking about
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    in terms of piano
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    you can have the same sound on all three
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    because
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    you can go to the website and choose
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    which pianos you load in
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    big difference between the grand and
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    this this has double the memory
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    so you can take a lot more sounds
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    to your gig or have a lot more sounds at
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    your disposable
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    without having to go to the computer the
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    other
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    big technical change here is this is the
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    only keyboard out of these three that
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    can use
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    the new sample format from nord and
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    i did this in my other video so go check
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    that out
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    essentially when we get into the sample
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    synth section
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    where i put in some strings behind the
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    piano there
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    let's find a string sample that maybe
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    shows that off
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    [Music]
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    me
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    that might seem crazy to you that that's
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    a new feature but it's
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    that baked in lovely vibrato in the
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    sample and it not being
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    synthesized really feels beautiful to
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    play
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    and that's alluding again
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    this is the type of person that if you
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    were going to do a gig
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    and you needed to cover a lot more
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    sounds
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    this really the piano five a lot of
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    people have said to me is it worth
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    getting the piano five
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    is it worth it if in that little example
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    of last train home
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    in my in my brain that first the grand
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    is like the person who's playing for the
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    drinks at a wedding
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    when you've come in and you're just
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    playing piano covers
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    and then this is the keyboard for the
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    guy in the band later on
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    that night and people are expecting it
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    to sound a bit
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    more like the record so let's make that
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    quick the patch i made at the beginning
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    i'll show you what i was thinking
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    and we'll hopefully it'll demonstrate
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    the differences
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    that has only one
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    layer one piano layer one sample synth
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    layer here we have
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    two layers for each section and i used
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    that in that little snippet
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    so let's make a last train homie type
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    thing my homie tap thing
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    so i'm in the sun everything's off this
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    is what i love about nord as well it's
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    all
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    on and off knob per function so
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    i'm going to turn this layer on and i
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    want to find a synth sound
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    so i'm going to flick across here
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    classics yes and to my ear on the record
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    it sounds i mean it sounds really
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    totally and so to me
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    often they're you're looking for an
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    analog horn type sound so listen to that
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    pretty much there you're winning already
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    that's great
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    new feature again we've got unison so
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    check this out
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    [Music]
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    you hear that get thicker off
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    on
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    [Music]
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    i love that because it's different to
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    chorus if i use chorus
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    [Music]
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    it sounds more natural to me that's
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    again something that's unique
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    over the grand we've got that true
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    vibrato
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    unison on here but also we've got the
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    multi
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    layers so that's pretty much enough for
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    me synth-wise
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    i hear and when you see the video he's
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    got feeling gains is there
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    maxing it out with the two synths in my
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    ears i hear
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    something profity and analog horny then
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    with
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    a digital kind of 80s piano sound so
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    let's go to the piano section and let's
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    find something there digital full times
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    [Music]
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    that's just think it's going to blend
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    really well
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    and then on the other layer let's find
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    another digital one
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    and go for
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    that's what i love about that gets me
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    right in the mood and i can layer them
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    here
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    [Music]
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    boosh
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    bring in the synth
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    [Music]
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    [Applause]
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    i can even finish
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    get a bit of uh release on there maybe
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    put some chorus
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    on the
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    dx7 sound
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    [Music]
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    and i'll play the part like in a band i
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    won't be playing the left hand so
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    maybe a touch of reverb
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    a little bit less release
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    [Music]
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    so that's the next level that's the nor
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    piano five you should buy
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    if you're the type of person that's a
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    discerning pianist
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    but you are going to do covers gigs and
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    also if you want to rip a solo with that
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    new sample format not only do you get
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    the true vibrato
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    unison but they've managed to make mono
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    synth sounds very playable
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    without a fully fledged synth engine
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    remember these are samples of since so
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    check this out
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    [Applause]
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    so if someone was like oh i've broken a
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    string you need to do a dodgy solo
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    i can rip that now on the old nord piano
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    i'd have to be rocking with a piano
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    sound so i get that lovely
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    to stay no organ no pitch bending mod
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    but this is aimed at piano players all
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    three of these are the piano focus ones
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    let's move to the stage i'll show you
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    the final
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    kind of the final countdown tattoo let's
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    do it
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    [Music]
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    third and final keyboard that we're
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    gonna go through the nord stage three
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    i'm set at the 76 key version of it i
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    said i was going to talk about the
  • 00:16:51
    actions and the differences what's
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    interesting about
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    this one and why we've got this one on
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    the table
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    is that this is the hp
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    action they call it uh i'm not sure what
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    it stands for i have a pause but
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    something to do would be impossible this
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    is the lightest one
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    and one of the new things with the piano
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    five
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    was that the 76 key version and the 88
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    share exactly the same action which is
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    awesome but if you want to save weight
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    and weight is a big deal say you get on
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    the train every time and i know a lot of
  • 00:17:26
    people
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    are interested in 76 key keyboards
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    because i get asked a lot
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    jack is there a cheaper alternative and
  • 00:17:32
    sadly it seems to be one of those
  • 00:17:34
    things that you only get on really posh
  • 00:17:36
    keyboards which you can get
  • 00:17:37
    76 key versions uh again go to the sound
  • 00:17:41
    technology website
  • 00:17:42
    where they really break down i think
  • 00:17:44
    there's
  • 00:17:45
    rob wallace said there's a he took
  • 00:17:47
    pictures of the action so you can really
  • 00:17:49
    see the inside of what's going on but
  • 00:17:51
    very simply
  • 00:17:52
    most actions have the weight here on
  • 00:17:54
    this part of the keyboard
  • 00:17:56
    and in this key key bed they put the
  • 00:17:59
    weight
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    in the piano at this end and
  • 00:18:03
    that has saved weight somehow so it's
  • 00:18:07
    much lighter but also it gives it the
  • 00:18:09
    feel of a rhodes
  • 00:18:10
    piano if you've ever played a fender
  • 00:18:11
    rhodes it's just got a different
  • 00:18:13
    feel so again if you're a traditionalist
  • 00:18:16
    you might want to get the 88 key version
  • 00:18:19
    of this
  • 00:18:20
    or if you're a really stone cold
  • 00:18:22
    classical person and you don't want any
  • 00:18:24
    synth stuff
  • 00:18:25
    the ground is for you sonically what was
  • 00:18:28
    going on there
  • 00:18:28
    [Music]
  • 00:18:37
    this patch i made yesterday
  • 00:18:40
    with the thought of what if john called
  • 00:18:43
    me up for the gig man
  • 00:18:45
    a lot of viewers like larry can't do it
  • 00:18:48
    larry can't do it we need you to come in
  • 00:18:50
    and this is why i love the stage three
  • 00:18:53
    and i just wanted to show you what's so
  • 00:18:56
    good about it
  • 00:18:57
    and what you're getting extra because
  • 00:19:00
    some people maybe
  • 00:19:00
    thought why would i buy the stage of it
  • 00:19:05
    because ostensibly we have a similar
  • 00:19:07
    sound to the one we made on the piano
  • 00:19:09
    five there which is i've got
  • 00:19:12
    a layered sound on panel a here i've got
  • 00:19:16
    the let's start turning things on and
  • 00:19:18
    off and i'll show you how i built it
  • 00:19:23
    on panel a we've got this ballad ep
  • 00:19:33
    now on the second panel b
  • 00:19:37
    i've got this sound which is the digi
  • 00:19:39
    ground
  • 00:19:40
    [Music]
  • 00:19:50
    together
  • 00:19:53
    and what you're hearing there is i've
  • 00:19:55
    detuned one of the layers
  • 00:19:58
    so it gives it that wider almost like a
  • 00:20:00
    chorus but i'm not using any chorus
  • 00:20:03
    i love the unison feature in the synth
  • 00:20:06
    sections
  • 00:20:07
    it just seems to have a bit more
  • 00:20:08
    solidity to the sound and i think if i
  • 00:20:10
    was gigging or if there was a musical
  • 00:20:12
    director or john was like
  • 00:20:13
    why did he go for that that would be my
  • 00:20:15
    answer so that's what we got going
  • 00:20:18
    on the piano side of things i've also
  • 00:20:21
    used the soft release function
  • 00:20:23
    because i just wanted to have that
  • 00:20:26
    powdery end to the note not an abrupt
  • 00:20:29
    let's turn it off on both and you can
  • 00:20:30
    hear the difference
  • 00:20:34
    put it back on
  • 00:20:38
    see just that tiny little bit these
  • 00:20:40
    little this is what the stage three
  • 00:20:43
    allows you
  • 00:20:44
    again maybe you've moved on from the
  • 00:20:47
    wedding geeks or you're a really
  • 00:20:48
    exacting wedding keyboard player and you
  • 00:20:50
    really want to nail the sound the stage
  • 00:20:52
    3 allows you to do that
  • 00:20:54
    so we've done the piano bit what did i
  • 00:20:55
    do in the synth world i'll turn these
  • 00:20:57
    off so we can hear
  • 00:20:59
    what's going on in synth town panel a
  • 00:21:01
    i've got this sound
  • 00:21:16
    i'm looking at the panel that's what i
  • 00:21:17
    love about nord i can't really remember
  • 00:21:18
    what i did yesterday but i can see
  • 00:21:20
    everything's pretty much not perfunction
  • 00:21:22
    so i can guide you to what i've done
  • 00:21:24
    there
  • 00:21:26
    instead of using a sample i'm generating
  • 00:21:29
    it
  • 00:21:30
    using the synth engine that's a huge
  • 00:21:32
    difference right
  • 00:21:33
    so because of that i can change the very
  • 00:21:36
    core nature of the sound whereas on the
  • 00:21:39
    other two we were looking at obviously
  • 00:21:40
    they're piano focus it's in the title
  • 00:21:42
    nor piano nor grand piano
  • 00:21:44
    or stage but i just want to get this
  • 00:21:47
    these points across
  • 00:21:49
    not a sample this is using the synth
  • 00:21:52
    engine so i've got two saw waves there
  • 00:21:55
    and i've got a mix of them
  • 00:21:58
    change the waveform listen
  • 00:22:09
    and i've blended them together i'm using
  • 00:22:11
    the unison feature
  • 00:22:19
    listen how powerful the unison feature
  • 00:22:20
    is
  • 00:22:23
    really spreads it out thickens the sound
  • 00:22:27
    other thing is that i've got choice over
  • 00:22:29
    the filter so i used a
  • 00:22:30
    12 db per octave filter
  • 00:22:34
    this is the 24 db
  • 00:22:40
    a bit brassier moog type one but i like
  • 00:22:44
    the
  • 00:22:48
    twelve i've also can choose how much of
  • 00:22:51
    uh keyboard tracking i get on it
  • 00:22:52
    which means that when i play up higher
  • 00:22:55
    for example
  • 00:22:59
    hear that brighten up because keyboard
  • 00:23:00
    tracking essentially opens up the filter
  • 00:23:03
    the the higher i go up the keyboard so i
  • 00:23:05
    can hear
  • 00:23:06
    those imagine if i just had one filter
  • 00:23:09
    setting for the whole keyboard
  • 00:23:11
    as i'd go up maybe these wouldn't sound
  • 00:23:13
    properly
  • 00:23:14
    so the filter tracking smartly
  • 00:23:17
    expands the filter range so we can hear
  • 00:23:19
    those notes i've also got a bit of drive
  • 00:23:21
    on there so let's turn this
  • 00:23:22
    off and hear that
  • 00:23:27
    bit drive
  • 00:23:31
    if i max out the drive you can hear how
  • 00:23:36
    much that changes the character
  • 00:23:38
    again live i'd probably say to john i'll
  • 00:23:41
    put a little bit of drive on it because
  • 00:23:42
    i want it
  • 00:23:42
    to poke it through the mix a little bit
  • 00:23:47
    i adjusted the filter to taste the other
  • 00:23:50
    thing
  • 00:23:50
    that i was trying to demonstrate in the
  • 00:23:52
    intro
  • 00:23:54
    and maybe actually let's go on to the
  • 00:23:56
    next panel let's turn that off
  • 00:23:58
    because this is one of those guilty
  • 00:24:00
    pleasures that you can get going
  • 00:24:02
    now check this sound out
  • 00:24:04
    [Music]
  • 00:24:12
    now it's low in the mix what have i done
  • 00:24:14
    there
  • 00:24:15
    if i ever look over i've put it through
  • 00:24:16
    a roland jc chorus amplifier if i turn
  • 00:24:19
    that off
  • 00:24:23
    on given a little bit of drive
  • 00:24:27
    the other thing i've got a bit of chorus
  • 00:24:29
    on it
  • 00:24:31
    off bit of chorus on
  • 00:24:36
    essentially a pokey little
  • 00:24:39
    sound to give it a bit more sizzle and
  • 00:24:40
    when i put them together
  • 00:24:46
    just the panel on its own
  • 00:24:48
    [Music]
  • 00:24:54
    it just gives it a little bit more grime
  • 00:24:56
    made it feel a bit more
  • 00:24:57
    vintage to me i put them all on together
  • 00:25:01
    and we've got this
  • 00:25:02
    [Music]
  • 00:25:10
    with just a smidge and a reverb to taste
  • 00:25:12
    on there now
  • 00:25:13
    the next bit that none of these can do
  • 00:25:16
    and which i showed off a little bit is
  • 00:25:17
    say i walk in
  • 00:25:19
    and i listen to the record and to me
  • 00:25:21
    that kind of matched
  • 00:25:22
    the brightness it may seem a bit dull to
  • 00:25:24
    you but put it on next to the record i
  • 00:25:26
    thought that was pretty
  • 00:25:28
    bang on and when i do a gig i always
  • 00:25:30
    start with a record because
  • 00:25:31
    that's what you're getting paid to do to
  • 00:25:33
    replicate the record at first
  • 00:25:34
    if i go in and a bit like people stay
  • 00:25:37
    with guitars
  • 00:25:38
    maybe at home you were playing it on the
  • 00:25:40
    net pickup but you turned up to the gig
  • 00:25:41
    you realized no one could hear it so you
  • 00:25:43
    flicked it to the bridge
  • 00:25:45
    i've got these pitch bender mob wheels
  • 00:25:46
    here and now the whole world of morphing
  • 00:25:49
    now morphing can is essentially
  • 00:25:52
    using either the wheel after
  • 00:25:56
    touch or a control pedal to control
  • 00:25:58
    almost anything on the nord up and down
  • 00:26:00
    and all manner all at once things have
  • 00:26:02
    been go down things to be going up
  • 00:26:04
    in this instance i thought well if i
  • 00:26:06
    went into that rehearsal
  • 00:26:11
    that's too dark so what i did was i've
  • 00:26:14
    mapped
  • 00:26:14
    the filter cut off to
  • 00:26:18
    this wheel i've also put a little
  • 00:26:22
    i've made this control the wet dry mix
  • 00:26:25
    of a ping ponging high past
  • 00:26:29
    delay
  • 00:26:32
    and you'll hear that come in and that's
  • 00:26:35
    me again thinking like how can i make a
  • 00:26:37
    good impression
  • 00:26:38
    how can i give myself options in the
  • 00:26:40
    moment and that's what the stage gives
  • 00:26:41
    you so check it out
  • 00:26:44
    too dark ah cool
  • 00:26:47
    [Music]
  • 00:26:51
    and it also means that towards the end
  • 00:26:52
    of the song uh
  • 00:26:54
    i saw the kimmel performance and at the
  • 00:26:57
    end they're kind of going between a
  • 00:26:59
    they're rocking on a or something i
  • 00:27:02
    [Music]
  • 00:27:04
    think
  • 00:27:07
    [Music]
  • 00:27:24
    so i can kick in without that
  • 00:27:29
    oh cool but we're at the gate i got
  • 00:27:32
    freaking steve jordan there
  • 00:27:33
    give me a bit of that shrinky shrink
  • 00:27:34
    ring on the cymbals i want to match him
  • 00:27:36
    and be like
  • 00:27:39
    [Music]
  • 00:27:40
    get me my gin and tonic i'm going to the
  • 00:27:42
    club
  • 00:27:45
    that's what this can do a little bit
  • 00:27:49
    um also with the stage three i've got
  • 00:27:52
    all the organ stuff in there so maybe
  • 00:27:54
    even it was like oh you know we got some
  • 00:27:55
    we've got a choir in today
  • 00:27:57
    and uh we want to make it sound a little
  • 00:28:00
    bit more gospel
  • 00:28:04
    [Music]
  • 00:28:11
    [Music]
  • 00:28:15
    even then with the wheel say i wanted
  • 00:28:17
    those to go back i'll do it
  • 00:28:18
    wheel hold it down choose where my draw
  • 00:28:21
    bars are now when i'm up i've still got
  • 00:28:22
    that delay and the
  • 00:28:24
    draw bars are all out
  • 00:28:25
    [Music]
  • 00:28:28
    and that ping-ponging kind of ender gig
  • 00:28:30
    thing yeah
  • 00:28:32
    but if i want to pull out the draw bars
  • 00:28:35
    all smoothly lag
  • 00:28:42
    see those fade out so i can have things
  • 00:28:44
    going up going down
  • 00:28:45
    i could have two control pedals other
  • 00:28:48
    things we've got
  • 00:28:49
    four outputs so if the sound guy goes
  • 00:28:51
    hey jack that organ
  • 00:28:52
    i want to treat differently you know
  • 00:28:54
    we've got a really posh sound guy
  • 00:28:56
    that's cool man i can send my organ out
  • 00:28:57
    of a different output and everything i
  • 00:28:59
    played today
  • 00:29:00
    i played using the triple pedal you get
  • 00:29:03
    that
  • 00:29:04
    you get this included with the grand and
  • 00:29:07
    you get it included with the piano five
  • 00:29:10
    you don't get it with the stage three
  • 00:29:11
    but it can recognize it and what it does
  • 00:29:14
    it allows you again if you're a proper
  • 00:29:16
    piano player you might use the other two
  • 00:29:17
    but it also unlocks the
  • 00:29:19
    noise feature of the soundboard
  • 00:29:22
    soundboard noise feature which is really
  • 00:29:25
    good when you're just playing exposed
  • 00:29:27
    piano on its own
  • 00:29:29
    that's pretty much it also i want a call
  • 00:29:31
    to arms i made this patch yesterday
  • 00:29:33
    i have uh instagram that really doesn't
  • 00:29:36
    have any on it because i'm pretty a bit
  • 00:29:37
    of an old man when it comes to that but
  • 00:29:39
    if you go find it on there we've got a
  • 00:29:41
    link below
  • 00:29:42
    just send me a message you don't even
  • 00:29:43
    have to follow me if you want this patch
  • 00:29:45
    i've got it i'm sure there'll only be
  • 00:29:47
    about three people so that's fine
  • 00:29:49
    i can cope with that i'll email it to
  • 00:29:51
    you and this is the patch
  • 00:29:54
    we'll leave out the organ but this
  • 00:29:56
    should get you going if you've got to
  • 00:29:57
    cover it in a function band and you've
  • 00:29:59
    got this
  • 00:30:00
    and hopefully that gave you enough idea
  • 00:30:01
    to go build the sound yourself
  • 00:30:03
    if you want a full tutorial on it on how
  • 00:30:05
    to play it and all the different parts
  • 00:30:08
    let us know in the comments we might do
  • 00:30:09
    that another time but thanks teite as
  • 00:30:11
    eva
  • 00:30:12
    to play us out i'm going to play the
  • 00:30:13
    patch i made on the nord stage 3
  • 00:30:16
    over a backing track danish pete did for
  • 00:30:18
    another video on the guitar channel
  • 00:30:20
    where they try to match the guitar sound
  • 00:30:22
    check that out as well check out danish
  • 00:30:24
    pete all his backing tracks are great to
  • 00:30:25
    play along to
  • 00:30:27
    uh i might open up a bit of the cut-off
  • 00:30:29
    fill and remember if you want the patch
  • 00:30:30
    just message me on instagram and i'll
  • 00:30:32
    try to send it to you alright
  • 00:30:33
    thanks guys hit it dj
  • 00:30:36
    [Music]
  • 00:30:49
    and i'll surrender
  • 00:31:08
    [Music]
  • 00:31:16
    [Music]
  • 00:31:20
    when i surrendered
  • 00:31:32
    [Music]
  • 00:31:40
    you
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