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New panel design for exceptional overview and flexibility

Premium Triple sensor keybed

New preset library

Dedicated LED faders for each Layer

Synth section

Nord Wave 2 Synth Engine

3 independent Synth Layers

Doubled sample memory

Enhanced samples with Tru-Vibrato, Unison and Round Robin

Extensive real time controls

Advanced Arpeggiator with Polyphonic, Gate and Pattern modes

Extern mode for advanced MIDI control

Piano section

Enhanced collection of Uprights, Grands,EPs and more

Dynamic Compression

Unison feature

Creative Timbre presets

Advanced String Resonance

Dynamic Pedal Noise

Effects

Dedicated Effect section per Layer

New Variations for Modulation, Amp, Delay and Reverb Effects

New Spring, Booth and Cathedral Reverb

New Spin effect

New Pump effect

New Flam and Space Delay

Organ section

Award-winning organ simulations of B3, Vox/Farfisa and Pipe Organ models

Physical drawbars with LED indicators

Enhanced Rotary Speaker Drive

Drawbar Live mode

New B3 Bass mode

Enhanced model 122 Vintage Rotary Speaker with new drive including close or distant mic position

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

Keyboard

Nord Stage 4 88: 88-key Triple Sensor Hammer Action (medium) keyboard with Aftertouch. 

Range: A-C

​Nord Stage 4 73: 73-key Triple Sensor Hammer Action (medium) keyboard with Aftertouch.

Range: E-E

Nord Stage 4 Compact: 73-key Triple Sensor Semi Weighted Waterfall keyboard with Aftertouch.

Range: E-E