Specifications

NORD STAGE Eighty Eight V1.1x 6. The Instruments: The Piano section
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BOUT
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ACTORY
SOUND
LIBRARY
As mentioned previously, the Piano section is open-ended in that you can load new instruments using the
Nord Stage Manager utility. Below follows a description of the Piano Instruments that are included with
the Nord Stage from factory:
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BOUT
I
NFO
If you press Shift and the I
NFO
button in the Piano Select section, the display will momentarily show the
instrument’s name and additional information about the currently selected instrument, e.g. mic placement
“Close” or “Ambient”.
Category Type # Description
Clav 1-4 This selects a sampled Hohner Clavinet D6.
There are 4 Types selectable, with different pick-up variations. (See “Pick-up
Type” on page 30.)
In addition, all possible filter combinations of the original Clavinet D6 can be
recreated in the Clav EQ section. (See “Clav EQ” on page 30).
Wurl 1 Wurlitzer 200A electric piano.
Rhod 1 Rhodes Mk I Stage Piano SeventyThree. It was built in May 1978 and was
adjusted to “deep timbre adjustment”. The so called volume adjustment is set
to ‘Low’. These settings gives the piano a warm sound with a rich fundamental.
Rhod 2 Rhodes Mk II Stage Piano built in April 1981 and adjusted to ‘shallow’ timbre.
Remember this sound? It became famous thanks to the great Chick Corea.
The volume adjustment is set to ‘close’.
Rhod 3 Rhodes Mark V Stage Piano 73, built in June 1984 and adjusted to ‘ideal’ tim-
bre. The volume adjustment is set to ‘close’. According to inventor Harold
Rhodes, the Mark V was "the best Rhodes ever built". The sound of the Mark V
offers improved clarity in the upper range, better consistency of tone in the low
range and increased sustain compared to earlier versions of Rhodes pianos.
Grand 1 Yamaha C7 Concert Grand, sampled in stereo with close miking.
Grand 2 Steinway Concert Model D (Ambient). Also in stereo with room ambiance.
Upright 1 A piano manufactured by Svenska Pianofabriken (Swedish Piano Factory). It
was carefully tuned to sound like a typical “parlour” piano.
Upright 2 Upright Yamaha M5J. A serious upright piano with plenty of character.
E.Grand Yamaha CP-80 Electric Grand.