Nord Stage 4 88-Key

The latest generation of our iconic flagship series – the Nord Stage 4 features a new intuitive panel design, a premium triple sensor keybed, and complete effect sections for each layer. With significant enhancements to our award-winning technologies - the Stage 4 sets a new standard for live performance stage keyboards.
 

General

• Master Level Control
• Wooden Pitch Stick
• Modulation Wheel
• 512 Programs - 8 Banks with 8 Pages each. Each Page has 8 Program locations
• Preset Library with Organ, Piano and Synth Presets including effects. 2x64 Organ Preset locations, 2x64 Piano Preset locations, 8x64 Synth Preset locations.
• 8 Live Programs
• 2 Individual Layer Scene Setups
• 3 Morph sources: Modulation Wheel (also controllable by Swell pedal), Control Pedal, Aftertouch
• Stereo and Mono output routing options
• Programmable Transpose +/- 6 semitones
• Master Clock functionality with manual, external and tap-tempo rate control
• Internal and MIDI clock source
• MIDI over USB functionality
• Level control
• Aftertouch
• Up to 3 Split Points (4 Keyboard Zones) with visual LED indication between zones
• 3 Split Point width (crossfade) options: Lrg, Sml or Off

Organ Section

• Nord C2D B3 Tone wheel Organ simulation
• Vox Continental and Farfisa models
• 2 Digital Pipe Organ models
• B3 Bass mode
• Physical Drawbars with LED graphs
• Preset or Drawbar Live mode
• Percussion controls
• Vibrato / Chorus control
• 2 Layers (2-Part Multitimbral)

Piano Section

• 2 GB memory for Piano sounds
• All sounds can be replaced using Nord Sound Manager (Mac/Win)
• 120 Voice Polyphony
• Categories: Grand, Upright, Electric, Digital, Layer and Clav/Harpsichord
• 3 Selectable Keyboard Touch Curves (Heavy, Medium, Light)
• Piano Timbre controls with custom settings for Electric Pianos and Clavinet
• String Resonance for acoustic Grand Pianos and Uprights
• Selectable Soft Piano Release
• Pedal Noise when used with Nord Triple Pedal 1, Nord Triple Pedal 2 or Nord Sustain Pedal 2 on selected acoustic and electric pianos
• Dynamic Compression
• Unison functionality
• 2 Layers (2-Part Multitimbral)

Synth Section

• Nord Wave 2 Synth Engine with Sample Playback
• Dedicated OLED Display for Waveform/Sample selection and parameter editing
• 1 GB memory for Nord Sample Library
• All samples can be replaced using Nord Sound Manager (Mac/Win)
• 46 Voice polyphony
• Oscillator Types: Analog (incl. Super, Noise and Misc waveforms), Digital Waves, FM and Sample
• Analog Waveform options: Pure, Shape, Shape Sine, Multi, Super, Sync, Bell, Misc (Noise)
• Classic Transistor Ladder Filter (LP M), 12 & 24 dB Low Pass, High Pass, Band Pass and combined Low Pass/Band Pass (LP+BP) filter
• Filter Drive: Off, 1, 2 and 3
• Filter Tracking: Off, 1/3, 2/3 and Full
• 3 Unison modes
• Vibrato modes controllable from Mod Wheel, Aftertouch and pedal.
• Filter envelope (Attack, Decay/Sustain, Release) with Velocity control
• Amplitude envelope (Attack, Decay/Sustain, Release) with Velocity control
• Oscillator envelope (Attack, Decay/Sustain, Release) with Velocity control
• LFO with 5 waveforms/modes: Square, Triangle, Ramp Dn, Ramp Up and Sample & Hold
• Advanced Arpeggiator with Arp, Polyphonic and Gate modes
• Arpeggiator Patterns for all modes, with Accent and Pan options
• LFO and Arpeggiator synchronizable to Master Clock
• 3 Layers (3-Part Multitimbral)

Effects

• Mod 1: Tremolo, Auto Pan, Ring Modulator, Wah-Wah, Auto-Wah, Pump (Sidechain modulation). Variation for each effect
• Mod 2: Phaser, Flanger, Vibe, Chorus, Ensemble, Spin. Variation for each effect
• Delay with Tempo, Feedback and Mix (Dry/Wet) controls, Ping Pong (stereo taps), Tap-Tempo, Feedback Filter (HP/LP/BP), Feedback Effects with Variations and panel selectable
• Analog mode.
• 3 types of Amp/Speaker simulations, Twin, JC and Small. Variation for each model
• Filter Mode (HP24/LP24) with Cut-off, Resonance and Mix controls
• Tube amp simulation with adjustable overdrive
• 3-band Equalizer with sweepable mid. EQ ranges: 100 Hz, 200 Hz - 8 kHz and 4 kHz
• Rotary Speaker: selectable speed (Stop, Slow and Fast) and separate overdrive
• Effect rates/tempo can be synchronized to the Master Clock
• Compressor with Fast Mode
• Reverb: 6 algorithms (Spring, Booth, Room, Stage, Hall and Cathedral) with Dark/Bright modes and Variation/Chorale options