Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • History [ ] By 2005, had found commercial success with the synthesizer, which emulated, and the virtual electromechanical keyboard, which emulated the and and electric pianos. The goal of the Nord Stage was to combine these two technologies together into a flagship instrument. ![]() ![]() The Nord Stage was unveiled in April 2005 at the music instrument convention in Frankfurt, Germany. A full-range, 88 weighted key version, the Stage 88, began shipping in July 2005; a 76 weighted key version, the Stage 76, was announced at in January 2006, and a 73 semi-weighted key version, the Stage Compact, started shipping in August 2006. An expanded version, the Nord Stage EX, was released in November 2008. It included an increased memory size. A revised edition, the Nord Stage 2 appeared in September 2011, containing an improved synthesizer model and functionality, as seen in the. The three models of the Stage 2 are the HA-88, containing 88 fully weighted keys, the HA-76, containing 76 weighted keys, and the SW-73, containing 73 semi-weighted keys. An updated model, the Stage 2 EX, with extended memory capacity, was announced in 2015. The Nord Stage 3 series was announced in April 2017. It features doubled memory for the piano section (2 GB) and increased sample memory (480 MB). It also features the Lead A1 synth engine and the C2D organ engine. The models for the Stage 3 are the Nord Stage 3 88, with 88 Hammer Action keys, the smaller and lighter HP 76, with 76 Hammer Action Portable keys, and the Compact, with 73 semi-weighted waterfall keys and, like the Electro 5D, physical drawbars for the organ section. Google calls the feature 'experimental' but, in our experience, it works pretty well for showing off photos, web pages and content hosted in applications outside Chrome. When you need to display an application on your TV that doesn't have built-in Chromecast support, it's also possible to display your PC or Mac's entire desktop. However, the Chromecast's talents don't end there. Chromecast for mac 10.6. And it's just as easy as anything else to do with Chromecast. This is the official Nord Modular Editor v3.03 adapted for Mac OS X. It is embedded in a standalone Wine. It contains all the Wine binaries so the app can run without prior install of Wine. EDIROL UM-2 (2xIN 2xOUT) (not Sierra compatible). Nord Stage 3 88 Stage Keyboard image 2 thumbnail. Features: 2GB Piano sound memory, 4 keyboard zones (3 split points), Nord Sound Manager (Mac/PC). Like all other Nord keyboards, the Stage's metal panel is bright red, and the Stage also features similar red wood panels to the Nord Electro. Sound sections [ ] The Nord Stage is divided into three sound groups, the Organ Section, the Piano Section, and the Synthesizer Section. Each section can be played independently or simultaneously, divided into specific key ranges (splitting), and blended with independent volume controls. Organ section [ ]. The Nord Stage's organ with added delay, played in the style of early Problems playing this file? The Nord Stage Organ Section provides of three electric organs – the, the, and the. Instead of physical, the Organ section features 'drawbuttons' with a set of red LED strips to indicate the position of each drawbar from 0 (fully in) to 8 (fully out). For the Hammond and Vox organ emulations, pressing the 'down' button illuminates more LEDs to visually emulate a drawbar being pulled out, while pressing the 'up' button does the reverse. Since a real Farfisa organ selects sounds via rocker tabs instead of drawbars, the drawbuttons behave as tabs when the Farfisa emulation is selected on the Stage. The standard set of Percussion, Chorus and Vibrato settings as found on each of the three organs are available, and a rotary speaker emulation (similar to a ), including speed selection and overdrive, is also available. The Organ section is fully polyphonic. Piano section [ ]. Playing a Nord Stage 88 The Piano section uses samples of acoustic and electromechanical pianos. The Stage's 128 MB of internal memory (1 GB on the Stage 2, 2 GB on the Stage 3) allow multiple sample sets to be installed. While additional sampled piano sets are available as free downloads from Clavia's website, the Stage ships with C7 and Concert Model D, Svenska Pianofabriken and Yamaha M5J,,,, and samples. The Clav EQ buttons allow users to adjust the sound of the Clavinet. Acoustic Piano sounds are stereo samples, which can be switched manually to 'Mono Mode', and can be played at 40-note polyphony; electric piano samples are mono and can be played with 60-note polyphony. Synthesizer section [ ].
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