From jackoverfull@gmail.com Tue Jan 10 14:45:06 2012
Subject:Re: Where is the new NORD going to fit?


Il giorno 10/gen/2012, alle ore 23.03, ccmacdon ha scritto:

> I've always been a big fan of the NORD stuff, having used the C1 and now the C2 as my main gig rig for a number of years. However, I'm really wondering exactly where this new drawslider clone is going to fit and compete in the clone market? We won't know for sure until we have a better understanding of the sound/features, and price point, but it seems to me that there are a couple different markets it might play..
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I really think it's a replacement for the C2, and i can't see a true competitor to it but the Mojo.
Clavias are already today the only decent dual manual organ you see in common music store (at least here in Italy and in the few I've visited in England), if Nord does the right moves and keep it priced around 2000 euros it can easily become the defacto standard for Hammond organ emulation targeted at the gigging Hammond player.
Sure, there will always be space for the Mojo, as long the sounds remains better, and for something with more functions, like the SK2, but if this is what I think it is I suspect we will see it around _a lot_ in the next few years.

Well, when the Mojo was introduced last year some of us asked themselves how Nord would respond. I think the answer is coming. The hammond organ emulation environment is just becoming more interesting every day. :)

> To a certain extent the added drawbars will appeal to a more traditional player, but that is arguable, because despite the drawsliders it's not a particularly traditional interface.
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Well, the lack of drawbars was what made me delay the purchase of a C2 in the first place. I wasn't really satisfied with the sound either, but it was not _that_ bad, I looked for drawbars addons, found a some but all priced quite high and loonking clumsy…In the end the Mojo came around and I'm of course totally happy with it (exactly my sound and a great interface) but a Clavia with drawsliders was around at a competitive price one year ago…who knows?

> On the other hand, if this has the bread all the bread and butter keyboard sounds like, acoustic piano, EP's, Clavs, strings, brass, and basic synth sounds, AND it allows splits/layers, and the quality of these voices are typical NORD quality (meaning outstanding!), then it's a very different story. Then it could easily compete with the SK2 as well, and depending on the price point it could do some major damage there. I also think that if it does have Extra Voices, and they're high quality, this could really appeal to a lot traditional mulit-keyboardists. I could definately see myself updgrading if it's got high quality extra voices. I'm always very interested in streamlining my rig, and if I can avoid dragging my Roland Sonic Cell to gigs, for other voices, I will be a very happy guy.
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> I noticed someone suggesting that there didn't look to be enough controls for it to have extra voices, but I see a couple of switches and maybe even an LED on the left side of each keyboard that could easily be used to control voices/layer/split.
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Yes, that surely looks like a led. what I don't see are preset/patches keys, a fast way to switch between sounds. So, perhaps there are additional sounds but it's not made to be an all-around keyboard with piano/strings/whatever.
Perhaps it's just mainly an organ, both hammond and classical one…

> All of this is just speculation or course, we won't know until NAMM.. I was interested in everyones thoughts on this.. no harm speculating.
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Right!

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