Similarly, the Sample Synth now has a pair of dedicated category up/down buttons that also provide quick access to the instrument list, but otherwise its functions are the same. For example, there's now a dedicated category selector in the Piano section that makes it easier to select the underlying instrument that you want to use as the basis of a given Program, and the Piano's equaliser is now called Timbre, but that seems to be all that's changed here. The panel has also adopted a smart new black and white look that marks a significant change from the traditional grey, white and red of previous Nords but, other than that, visible differences are few and far between. In a strange way, this makes the Grand feel more piano-y it's reassuring to feel something substantial immediately behind the keys. Instead of the flat panel that seems to have existed since the first Nord keyboard crawled out of the ocean, spent a brief time in the trees and then dropped to the ground in order to perform Rachmaninoff's second wotsit, the controls of the Grand are mounted on a sloping panel. The outputs from the two engines can be played individually, layered or split (with a horizontal crossfade of up to two octaves if desired), and they pass through a signal path comprising six effects sections, five of which can be applied to either signal, both signals, or neither, and the sixth of which is a global reverb.ĭespite these similarities, the Grand is the first Nord Piano to adopt a different look and feel from those that came before it. Like its predecessors, it comprises two sample-playback engines: one (the Piano) devoted to keyboard samples, and the other (the Sample Synth) capable of producing a much wider range of sounds thanks to its ability to draw upon the Nord Sample Library. The Nord Grand is the fifth incarnation of Clavia's piano-oriented keyboards and its abilities echo those of the Nord Piano 3 that I reviewed in Sound On Sound in May 2017 as well as the Nord Piano 4 that succeeded it. Clavia know a thing or two about stage pianos, and this might be the best one yet.
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