From acantralto@yahoo.com Sun Nov 04 11:13:33 2012
Subject:New Nord Electro 4 D At first Glance

All    .......Yes it is me again ..with a first glance review  of   NE4D

The reasons I considered a change from NE3   to NE 4D  besides my obvious love of new toys ...are

The drawbars !!! I mean they just had to be better than those LED sliders on the NE3....IMHO

And all that i heard about the NE4D simulated rotory effect that had been so improved from NE3 to NE4D ...

I was hoping the Rotory effect could equal the industry leader IMHO..."THE NEO Instruments VENTILATOR"  of which i own and use with my NE3.

I do not really like carrying extra stuff ...i.e  Drawbars and Ventilator ...I would rather not have to load them up

and carry them to rehearsal or a gig ...they are not heavy ...an do not take long to pack up and or set up an connect

to my NE3 ...but I was hoping I would not have to use either of these external additions to my keyboard rig ..

I love the drawbars  on the New NE4D

On my NE 3 I am using Ocean Beach DB1 drawbars and tho very effective and much much easier for my clumsy

hands than  the NE3 onboard LED drawbars ...The NE4D onboard physical drawbars   tho not as smooth as

Hammond drawbars ...are really nice ...

The Rotory effect ..........I have found no significant changes from NE3 to NE4D.

I WILL NOT BE SELLING MY VENTILATOR!!

The NE 4 D only comes in a 61 key ...board .....maybe the future will bring us a 73 key model ...but not yet ...
and no word has come from NORD on a 73 key  NE4D..

Had there been a 73 key NE4D  I would have purchased it ....The 61 key model will take me some time to

get used to ...

And because the NE4D is a 61 key model ...the front panel is smaller ...and more concentrated and centered on the

top of the board ....

THE ORGAN SECTION     TOP PANEL

Changes to the Organ section layout include ...
1. Drawbars take up the same are that the LED sliders took up on the NE3

2.  The top right corner of the ORGAN section ..small preset/split  area is replaced with preset/split/ drawbar

     activation buttons....I am still learning this area ...so stay tuned ...

THE PIANO SECTION     TOP PANEL

 When I play ...I use more EP than ACCoustic piano ..so the very first change i see is on the
piano type selector....the WURL  no longer exists  as on the NE3 .  It is replaced by E Piano2. 
not really a significant change but a change an so noted ...

Above the Piano Type switch....is the Sample ENV button for selecting samples and cycling thru Release, settings

and Accoustic long release and string resonance ...
I need a bit more testing an trials on this area to really comment on it ..as I did not use it when playing my NE3

THE PROGRAM SECTION     TOP PANEL

AFew significant  changes here ...an i think some positive an some not IMHO...

Accessing ....system, menu, B3 and  rotary   internal system  changes now have their own switches ...I like this addition...tho it is still used in conjunction with shift button.

The Program led window is still there ....but no longer are the system, midi , sound buttons with the Prog A
and Prog B and Live lites ....I am still uncomfortabe in this section  when  selecting programs ...Tho i really did

not get into the NE3 programs either ...

All in All ....are the changes great enuff for me to consider my NE3 outdated ...NO ....
IF i knew then what i know now ...would I have bought the NE4D ...I like new toys so I have to say

yes ...
I am at that age where i really dont like change ...but my new NE4D is forcing me to learn .....which they say

keeps Old Timers Disease at bay ...so I am relishing the newness....
What has surprised me is the smaller keyboard ..61 keys ...I have to kind of sit a bit more to the left now an that seems awkward ....

So I hope to tell you a bit more later ...I have not used my NE4D at rehearsal or a gig ...so we shall see ...
I am not really a technical guy ..so this is a bit limited of a review ....an you prob could read this in

any one of the magazine reviews .

I have not decided if i will sell my NE3  at least not for a while .....

again ...I will not be selling my VENTILATOR ....

Thanks for listening

Mike

thanks for putting up with me .. I am sure i have missed some things ...and those of you knowledgable

folks out there .....I am sure will let me know ...and I hope I have not offended any of the more

sensitive readers ......bye for now ..

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