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NORD NS76 Details
After reading this you'll think the Nord Stage 76 is the ultimate stage piano! With a wide array of piano, organ, and synth sounds and a rugged, roadworthy build, the Nord Stage 76 could replace the rest of your keyboard rig. Imagine taking just one keyboard to the gig while still covering all the sound essentials! Built with Clavia quality and attention to detail, the one keyboard that can live up to all these claims is the Nord Stage 76. Read on to find out why!
Clavia Nord Stage 76 at a Glance:
High-quality construction makes a roadworthy instrument
Three sound sections and 6-part multitimbral
Combine effect and parameter control with Morph Grouping
Hammond, Vox, and Farfisa emulations
Piano section with six distinct sound groups
Synth section with analog and digital emulations
High-quality construction makes a roadworthy instrument
The Nord Stage 76 is a high quality yet very roadworthy stage piano. Constructed of the same light metal as other Nord keyboards, the Stage 76 holds up to the rigors of touring and constant transportation. At less than 40 pounds, the Stage 76 is among the most easily portable controllers available. Wood panels round out the style of the Stage 76, providing the classic yet discernable look of the Nord Electro2. Complementing the Stage 76's portable construction is an optional set of Rhodes-like legs which screw onto the bottom (the legs are sold separately).
Three sound sections and 6-part multitimbral
The Stage features three sound sections - the Organ, Piano, and Synth sections. The Stage is 6-voice multitimbral, so 6 sounds can be combined into a powerful performance. You can use 2 sounds of each section at once - that's two organ manuals, two synths, and two pianos layered together! An A/B switch allows you to quickly move between two advanced setups immediately, so hunt-and-peck navigation is kept to a minimum during a performance.
Combine effect and parameter control with Morph Grouping
Clavia's patented pitch-stick and modulation wheel construction is included for maximum expression, and the unique Morph Grouping technique allows you to combine effects and sound parameters together into one physical controller. The Stage also has four outputs, giving users the opportunity to run individual sounds through different outputs - this is a great way to dominate your performance, and control your sound mix.
Hammond, Vox, and Farfisa emulations
Like the Nord Electro2, the organ section is based on full simulation of electromechanical organs. The Nord Stage contains not only the famous sound of the Hammond B3, but it also adds Vox and the Farfisa organ models as well. The complex digital modeling recreates every nuance of these unique organ sounds giving you the full arsenal of Organ sounds. The Nord Stage emulates the energy stealth from the tone wheels, resulting in the "compressed" sound that occurs when playing many notes simultaneously. The rotary speaker emulation is the final touch of our rich organ sounds, and is available for the pianos and the synths as well. The key-click on the Hammond organ model is now a user-defined parameter, so players have even more control over their sound.
Piano section with six distinct sound groups
The piano section is comprised of 6 different sound groups. These groups include the Mega Clavinet D6, the Wurlitzer 200A, the Rhodes Mark 1, and the custom Electric Grand model G. The Acoustic Piano Group includes the Yamaha C7 Grand Piano and an upright piano. A Miscellaneous group also exists, for any future sounds that Clavia will develop for the Nord Stage. The acoustic pianos were created using a very advanced sampling technology. The sounds are stereo multisamples, recorded at many different velocity levels. The key-release, pedal down, and pedal up sounds have also been added. In an acoustic piano, the vibrating string will make other strings with shared overtones vibrate, creating its very energetic and full sound. The Nord Stage pianos will produce the sympathetic string resonance when each note is hit with the pedal down. This full sound was attained through the development of a completely new sampling engine, which provides the lushest, most accurate and expressive grand pianos ever made for a digital keyboard.
Synth section with analog and digital emulations
Clavia is world famous for synthesizer technology since the groundbreaking Nord Lead from the mid-1990s. For discriminating musicians, a subtractive synthesizer has been built into the Stage 76, creating opportunities for texturing and layering piano and organ sounds. This synth is like no other that Clavia has produced - instead of digging through parameters and sculpting your sound with a large array of knobs and encoders, the Stage 76's synth section features the essentials. A single knob moves you through various oscillators, glide and unison functions are added, as well as a low-pass filter, modulation envelope, amp envelope, vibrato, and and EQ. The synthesizer unit in the Nord Stage is sonically rich, very easy to use, and has its own unique personality.
Clavia Nord Stage 76 Features:
76 fully weighted keys with aftertouch
Pitch stick and modulation wheel
Morph function produces radical changes to a sound in a fast and easy way
Three zone split
Four audio outputs
The Nord Stage 76 is a player's dream keyboard!
Organ section
Hammond B3 Organ
Vox Continental Organ
Farfisa Organ
Piano section
Grand Piano
Upright Piano
Electric Grand Piano
Rhodes Piano
Wurlitzer Piano
Hohner Pianet
Hohner Clavinet
Synth section
Subtractive Synthesis
Wavetable Synthesis
FM Synthesis
Effects
Amplifier/Speaker Simulation
Leslie
Reverb
Delay
Compressor
Chorus
Phaser
Flanger
Wah-Wah
Ring Modulation
Pan
Tremolo
Equalizer
NORD NS76 Specs
GENERAL
Master Level Control
Wooden Pitch Stick
Modulation Wheel
21 x 6 Program Locations
2 Live Buffers
2 Individual Panel Setups
3 Morph sources (Modulation Wheel,
Control Pedal, Aftertouch)
COMMON SECTION PARAMETERS
Level Control.
Zone (split assignment) Control
INSTRUMENT EFFECTS
Unit One- Ring Modulator, Tremolo,
Pan, Wah 1, Wah 2, AutoWah
Unit Two - 2 Flangers,
2 Phasers, 2 Choruses
Delay - includes Ping Pong
and Tap-Tempo
Function
Amplifier/Speaker
Simulation -
includes Equalizer
and Overdrive
Rotary Speaker -
selectable Speed and
Overdrive
ORGAN SECTION
B3 Tone Wheel Organ
Vox Continental
Farfisa
Full Polyphony
9 Digitally Controlled Drawbars
Percussion Controls
Vibrato / Chorus Control
2-Part Multitimbral (2 manuals)
MASTER EFFECTS
Compressor
Reverb - 5 Algorithms
KEYBOARD
88/76 Hammer Action Weighted Keys
Aftertouch
Supports 3 split zones with visual
LED indication
PIANO SECTION
2 Acoustic Grands
2 Upright Pianos
3 Electric Pianos (Mk I, II, V)
Wurlitzer A200 Electric Piano
Clavinet D6
CP-80 Electric Grand
40-60 Voices Polyphony
4 Selectable Velocity Curves
Clavinet EQ Controls
2-Part Multitimbral
CONNECTIONS
4 Assignable Audio Outputs
Stereo Headphone Output
Sustain Pedal
Rotor Pedal
Organ Swell Pedal
Control Pedal
MIDI In
MIDI Out
USB
SYNTH SECTION
10 Analog Modeling Waveforms - includes
Dual Saw, Hard Sync and PWM
2 & 3 Operator FM Synthesis
32 Wavetables
16 Voices Polyphony
Unison Control - with no reduction
in polyphony
Timbre Controls
Amplitude Envelope
Modulation Envelope
12/24 dB LowPass Filter with Resonance
300 Memory Locations, 3 Categories
2-Band Equalizer
2-Part Multitimbral
DIMENSIONS 88 / 76
L. 1297 mm (51") / 1132 mm (45")
H. 121 mm (4.5") / 121 mm (4.5")
D. 334 mm (13") / 334 mm (13")
NORD NS76 Hear this Product
Four improvisations played and recorded by Palle Dahlstedt demoing the Yamaha Studio Grand C7 close and Concert Grand Steinway D ambient. If you are interested in more of his work visit his site: http://www.id.gu.se/palle .
Here you can download the complete software package (version 2.x) for the Nord Stage. The Software package consists of three parts:
Nord Stage OS v2.14
Operating system for the Nord Stage.
Nord Stage Manager v2.00
An application used to exchange and rearrange piano samples in your Nord Stage via USB.
Piano Sample Library v2.1
Library with all the piano sounds available for the Nord Nord Stage.
Important Update Note
Updating from OS v1.x to v2.14 will make it necessary to update all the piano samples to Piano Sample Library v2.1. See instruction below. Users of OS v2.00 do not need to update the piano samples as Piano Sample Library v2.1 is fully compatible with OS v2.14.
New major features
In addition to adding features and making overall improvements to the instrument we are releasing two new grand pianos together with OS v2.00. One close-miked version of the Steinway D wich produces a dryer sound and one luxury version of the Yamaha C7 with even more velocity layers wich adds more realism and feel to this beautifully recreated version of the C7.
OS v2.14
Minor changes.
OS v2.10
The dynamic curves has been changed for the Piano Section.
The new curves are based on measurements on a Yamaha C7 and a Steinway D Grand.
Added new velocity curves for the Piano section.
Voice allocation for the Synth section has been greatly improved.
Improved the Rotor retardation behaviour. The Rotor now slows down with the same ratio regardless of whether it is going into Stop-mode or to Slow speed.
OS v2.00
The Piano sounds have been adjusted and improved for an even more realistic sound.
The piano voice allocation is greatly enhanced and is now done according to an advanced algorithm that makes audible stealing virtually non-existent.
The sustain pedal function is greatly enhanced. When you play a note with the pedal down, a pedal-down sample is played. When the pedal is released the note reverts to a pedal-up sample. This feature makes pedal playing even more realistic than before.
Two additional reverbs, one stage and one hall. Both with a less bright sound than the existing ones.
Improved delay effect, the tap tempo function now supports glitch free setting of tempo. The tempo is shown in the main display.
The analog waveforms in the synth section have been greatly enhanced.
The synthesizer unison function now includes the classical two voice unison in addition to the original multi voice unison.
Individual output routing for each of the instrument sections Piano A, Piano B, Synth A, Synth B and Organ. You can choose whether the settings should be global or stored with each program.
For a complete list of fixes and changes click here
2. Driver Installation (Windows only) Note: If you already have a Nord Stage device driver installed, skip this section and move on to Update Nord Stage OS. It has not been changed and this software version will work fine with the old installation of the driver.
Before you can use the Nord Stage OS Update utility and the Nord Stage Manager on the Windows platform the USB driver needs to be installed. Start by connecting the USB cable between the Nord Stage and your computer. The "Found New Hardware" wizard should appear. On Windows 2000 and XP you can let the wizard search for the driver, simply choosing next. On Windows 98SE you must specify the folder where the driver is located.
3. Update The Nord Stage OS
Connect the USB cable between the computer and the Nord Stage.
Run "Update Nord Stage OS v2.14" and wait for the program to find the Nord Stage.
Click the UPDATE button. The progress bar will show you when the update is finished. Close the Update tool by clicking the DONE button.
4. Update The Piano Sample Library
On Windows run "Install Nord Stage Manager v2.00.exe". The Nord Stage Manager can be accessed from the start menu when the installation procedure is finished.
Connect the USB cable between the computer and the Nord Stage and run the "Nord Stage Manager" application.
Use it to transfer the piano samples of your choice. Instructions on how the Nord Stage Manager is operated can be found in the Nord Stage Manager Manual.
The table below shows the factory setup used for the Nord Stage. Text in Bold represents the name of the "Piano Selector" position printed on the front panel of the Nord Stage. Text in italics is the name of the corresponding file to download to that position.
Piano Factory Setup
CLAV
Type 1-4: Clavinet D6 v2.1 GRAND
Type 1: Studio Grand Yam C7 close v2.1
Type 2: Concert Grand SteinwayD close v2.1 WURL
Type 1: Wurlitzer Model 200A v2.1 UPRIGHT
Type 1: Rain Piano Sv Piano Fabr v2.1
Type 2: Vertical Pop Yam M5J close v2.1 E. PIANO
Type 1: E.Piano Deep Mk I v2.1
Type 2: E.Piano Shallow Mk II close v2.1
Type 3: E.Piano Ideal Mk V close v2.1 E. GRAND
Type 1: CP80 ElectricGrand v2.1
It's also possible to order a CD-R with the Nord Stage OS v2.14 Software Update files and all currently released piano samples from your local distributor.
Requirements
To update your Nord Stage you'll need a computer running Windows 98SE/2000/XP or Mac OS X 10.2/10.3, with a USB port.
NORD NS76 How to Choose
How To Choose / Useful Information for Pro Keyboards
Click a question to see the answer.
Why a Pro Workstation keyboard vs.a Portable/Electronic/Arranger keyboard vs. a Synthesizer?
Pro keyboards have a multitude of other features like audio recording,
editing the sound to the most elemental part of the sound, a 16+ track sequencer
with detailed editing, a lot of synth sounds, they will run 4 to 18 simultaneous
higher quality effects like reverb, … and have no arranging or styles other than possibly
arpeggiators or drum patterns, . . A fully orchestrated sound/song can be accomplished
with a pro keyboard but it assumes you want to create each part or instrument sound in
a song much more closely (from scratch) than a portable ++
Portable/arranger type keyboards are more for fast songwriting,
for backing tracks when you play or for one person band with drum patterns,
bass, and other sounds with the accompaniment having different song style genres
(blues, swing, rock,...) with different patterns for the verse, chorus,...
of the song. The song styles and performances are very educational as well for
learning genres that you may be unfamiliar with. You can have many instruments
follow what your left hand plays in real time and chord recognition for
fast performing,
portables have more meat and potato sounds and fewer synthesizer sounds
Synthesizers- typically do not have workstation features
like sequencing, recording audio, having all types of sounds, . . .
but rather focus on doing a few or sounds extremely well which usually
are not acoustic or real world instruments but 'other worldly' sounds
with many ways to manipulate the sound.
What affects the price you will pay and what should you look for?
The level of realism and selection of the sounds-
each keyboard typically does some sounds better than others so decide
which main sounds are important to you and play each model (or listen to sound files)
you are interested in to find the one that sounds best to you. Does it have all the
sounds you are looking for to make a completed song?
Ease of use- hardware knobs, buttons,... amount and location and logically placed
Display size- touchscreen, color, icon based, easy to read, backlighting not too dark,...
Sequencer- depth of editing features, ease of use as you could spend most of your time here, linear recording only or pattern based recording as well, ...
Quality and number of effects- reverb, EQ per part, compressors, master FX, number of part insert FX, master/global FX, does it have enough DSP to finish a 16 track song without needing external processing
Audio recording/sampling -2 to 8 tracks or more- how easy is it to actually record and playback, does it have enough recording memory/time- re: roughly 10 meg a stereo minute, how is the recording backed up,..
Drums- does it have ‘easy to chain’ patterns or is the arpegiator easy to use, does it have pads on top of keyboard or none at all,...
The number of simultaneous notes the keyboard will play (polyphony)- important if you write denser arrangements or use instruments that use a lot of polyphony (piano,...)
Control computer software via hardware sliders, knobs,...
Computer control the keyboard with editor/librarian- as VST plug-in,
standalone, 100% editing, the visuals on a big
computer screen can shorten the learning curve (much more intuitive)
Operating system- is it intuitive or obtuse, ...
Maximum RAM memory- will determine possibly how much recording time is available
or how much room you will have for adding external samples/sounds
Connectors- # of audio outputs, balanced or unbalanced input,
data storage- memory card, jump drive, USB to computer connection
Please notice that almost every keyboard on our site has a sound file
you can play on your computer to hear for yourself.
What about speakers?
For home or studio use we prefer powered studio monitors
for the best audio quality without spending a lot and keep
the sound in stereo (versus a mono keyboard amp) which is much better with full orchestrations,...
All have headphone jacks if you prefer not to be heard.
For stage, keyboard amplifiers come in all sizes depending on the size of the venue
What accessories should I consider?
Stand- stabds come in many shapes and styles- X style, Z style, ...
Bench- consider a more sturdy 4 leg bench if you do not need portability,
X style if you do -- the wider the better.
Headphones- full size will be more comfortable and quieter
and may offer better quality audio
Pedals- most come with a sustain pedal, some have jacks for more control
- volume, expression, etc.
Bag or case- we recommend the manufacturer bags and cases first,
then Gator Cases and bags. Do you need wheels? Will only you be carrying it? Will it be on planes? (should have ATA rating)
Jump drive/Storage card for audio, midi ...
Computer interface if no USB connection- need multi-port midi,
how many channels of audio ...
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Glossary
What is a Style?
combination of sounds like drums, bass and keys with rhythms and chord progressions
in a certain genre (rock, big band, jazz,…) which create backing tracks that you can play a lead part over
What are Song Sections?
these are divisions of a song that portable arranger keyboards identify as an intro, verses, choruses,
bridge, fills, outro,… with performed by musicians that reflect the mood/feeling of each of those sections that enable
faster song arranging
What is MIDI?
an
interface to connect a keyboard to the computer like USB port for printers. It
sends note and other data from the keyboard to the computer or vice versa.
Basically says play this note at this time at this volume level- it is not an
actual audio recording. It also makes it possible for one keyboard to play
another keyboard.
What is polyphony?
the number of
simultaneous notes that can be played, though if it’s a stereo sample/recording
each note can use 2 notes at once. Its important for anyone who plays a lot of
notes at the same time and holds down the sustain pedal. The earliest notes
played will cut out when the limit is exceeded. This can happen with pianos
with 32 note polyphony especially.
What is a sequencer?
a
recorder with 1 to 16 tracks usually so that multiple instruments can be played
back for fully orchestrated songs and can have elaborate editing capability.
Typically digital pianos have only 1 or 2 tracks for playing back a piano
performance and archiving another. These can be downloaded to the computer with
a midi interface
What is sampling/samples?
a short audio
recording of a note. For more realistic sound, digital pianos can be recorded
at different velocities so that when you strike a note harder, the timbre
changes for better realism
What are effects?
to modify and
enhance the sounds in the keyboard including non- piano sounds. e.g. - reverb
will put the piano in a small room or up to a large concert hall.
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