Nord Stage EX 88 88-key Piano Free Bag

Nord Stage EX 88

  offers up the best of their award-winning technologies, with premium organ, piano, and synthesizer sounds at Nord Stage EX 88's heart. Anyone who's seen or played a Nord will feel right at home in front of the Stage EX 88 - its got that same sleek-red vibe as well as an ultra-tweakable panel above the keys, for taking you inside Nord Stage EX 88's rich sounds and generous effects section. What's more, Nord's famous smooth-moving pitch stick and modulation wheel are onboard the Nord Stage EX 88, for expressive playing.

Incredible sounds - and extensive control over them
Whether it's a spot-on B3 organ sound you're after, a killer stage piano, or a ton of seriously thick synth leads and soundscapes, you'll find all that - and more - on the Nord Stage EX 88. Plus, in addition to Nord Stage EX 88's awesome soundset, in Nord tradition you've got a lot of hands-on control over them. It's easy to navigate between sounds, create keyboard zones, and take charge, thanks to the Nord Stage EX 88's dedicated "zones" on the main panel for each sound section.

Premium organ section with three different organs
The Nord Stage EX 88 gives you not just one, but three different organs, including their famous B3 Organ model. Based on models of 91 tonewheels, you'll enjoy full polyphony, and a natural warmness full of overtones. What's more, Nord has managed to capture the unique frequency characteristics of classic B3 organs' built-in preamplifier, so you'll get the real "body" of the B3 sound. There are nine "draw buttons" on the Nord Stage EX 88, and LED bar graphs on each draw button ensure that you have the correct drawbar settings after changing presets. Beside the B3 model, the Nord Stage EX 88 sports two famous transistor organ models from the '60s, the Vox Continental and the Farfisa Compact.

Piano section with six essential sound groups
Nord remains committed to delivering exceptional-quality models, and that's just what you can expect with the rich collection of pianos. Recorded at multiple velocity levels - and even with samples of key-releases - you'll enjoy all of those subtle nuances across the dynamic range, plus that sound of dampers returning when you lift the keys. There are six main sound groups - Grand Pianos, Upright Pianos, Electric Grand, Wurlitzer, Clavinet, and Electric Pianos. In the acoustic piano section, Nord even recorded all the pianos with the sustain pedal down - that way, you get the sympathetic string resonance that naturally occurs on acoustic pianos. And as for the Clavinet section, Nord Stage EX 88 has an equalizer of its own, which mimics the original D6 tone tabs, and even includes four Clavinet pickup selections. Nord also designed the Nord Stage EX 88's piano section to be extremely flexible - you can actually replace any piano with sounds from Clavia's library of piano samples, just by using the keyboard's USB port and Nord Stage Manager software on Mac or PC.

Powerful synthesizer section with up to nine oscillators per voice
There's no question that Nord knows synthesis. And with the Nord Stage EX 88, they set out to build their most powerful "mini synth" section yet, with the ultimate aim to make a beastly synth that was still as easily manageable as the Organ and Piano sections. In the end, you get a multi-oscillator synth with up to 9 oscillators per voice - all controlled from one button and one knob. From pads to leads to bass patches - they're all there. There are Classic Analog Synthesis with dual saw, hard sync, and pulse wave modulation; 3-operator FM synthesis with 32 different modulation frequencies; and Wavetable Synthesis with 32 waveforms. What's more, you can use the Unison knob to fatten up your sound - or use the 12/24dB Lowpass Filter with resonance, an Amp envelope, a Modulation envelope, an LFO, and a 2-band equalizer, to sculpt your sound. Each bank - Synth, Pad, and Bass - holds up to 100 sound programs.

Designed to be a master keyboard, thanks to its Extern Section
The Nord Stage EX 88 is built to be a master keyboard, thanks to Nord Stage EX 88's "Extern" Section. Any MIDI-connected gear integrates seamlessly with the Stage's built-in instruments. Plus, you can handle zones, splits, and layers just like the external equipment was a part of the Stage. All of the settings are saved together into a program, so you can recall advanced setups in real-time during a performance.

Rich effects section, including delays, reverbs, rotary speaker, and more
To give the Nord Stage EX 88's sounds that extra bit of customized dimension, you can explore the Stage's huge effects section. In fact, you can actually route the three instrument sections individually through the unit's built-in effects. And all the effects of Nord Stage EX 88 are easy to control and turn on and off. Effects Unit One lets you choose from Tremolo, Auto-Wah or Auto-pan. Unit Two features two Phasers, two Flangers, and two Choruses - all modeled from classic stompboxes. In addition, there's a delay unit, which lets you dial achieve everything from echoes to slap-back effects, and there's a ping-pong mode and tap tempo built in as well. Other effects of Nord Stage EX 88 include an EQ/Amp simulator, which puts you a 3-band equalizer and classic speaker cabinets; a Rotary Speaker Emulation; and a Master Effects section with compression and reverb.

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)

Organ Section
B3 Tone Wheel Organ-, Vox Continental- and Farfisa-models with full polyphony

9 Digitally Controlled Drawbars

Percussion Controls

Vibrato / Chorus Control

2-Part Multitimbral (2 manuals)

Piano Section
2 Acoustic Grands

1 Upright Piano

4 Electric Pianos (Mk I, i Suitcase, II, V)

Wurlitzer A200 Electric Piano

Clavinet D6

Harpsichord

CP-80 Electric Grand

40-60 Voices Polyphony

4 Selectable Velocity Curves

Clavinet EQ Controls

2-Part Multitimbral

Synth Section
Analog synthesis: 10 Modeling Waveforms - including Dual Saw, Hard Sync and PWM

FM synthesis: 2 & 3 Operator FM Synthesis

Wavetables synthesis: 77 waveforms

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

Common 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: 3 types of Speaker simulations, 3-band Equalizer and Overdrive

Rotary Speaker: selectable Speed and Overdrive

Master Effects
Compressor

Reverb - 5 Algorithms

Keyboard
88/76-models: Hammer Action Weighted Keys

Compact-model: Medium Weighted Keys

Aftertouch

Supports 3 split zones with visual LED indication

Connections
4 Assignable Audio Outputs

Stereo Headphone Output

Sustain Pedal

Rotor Pedal

Organ Swell Pedal

Control Pedal

MIDI In

MIDI Out

USB

Included Accessories
Owner's Manual

Sustain Pedal (Nord Stage 88 and 76 only)

Power Cord

Nord CD/DVD-ROM

USB Cord

Dimensions
Nord Stage 88: 1297 mm (51 in.), 121 mm (4.5 in.), 334 mm (13 in.)

Nord Stage 76: 1132 mm (45 in.), 121 mm (4.5 in.), 334 mm (13 in.)

Nord Stage Compact: 1111 mm (44 in.), 102 mm (4 in.), 297 mm (12 in.)

Weight
Nord Stage 88: 18.5 kg (41 lb.)

Nord Stage 76: 16.5 kg (36 lb.)

Nord Stage Compact: 9.7 kg (21 lb.)

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