Nord Stage 4 - White Grand Piano - Raw Demo (no effects)

The White Grand piano sound from Nord is one of my all time favorite piano sounds and is one of the reasons Nord is at the top of the keyboard ranks to me! In this video I play the White Grand on my Nord Stage 4 without any effects turned on so you can hear the raw beautiful sound of this sampled piano.

Coupled with the triple sensor keybed of the Nord Stage 4, I continually get lost playing this sound in the same way I get lost playing a really nice acoustic grand piano. In my opinion this is the best sampled piano sound in a digital/stage piano and is one of the reasons I take my Nord Stage's with me wherever I go!


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[jrguedes]

Wow! Fantastic sound! I'm completely in love with NS4

[loulo]

Ive had so much fun playing on my stage 4, I personally really like the Nord piano sounds. Great video!!

[thenetworkmystery]

I'm so jealous of your White Grand—I'm stuck with the Hamburg Grand on my CP88, which doesn't even get CLOSE to this!

[soots-stayingoutofthespotl]

Your videos seem to make the pianos sound a bit too bright and thin; are you tweaking/ boosting/ using a cheap interface therefore? I had this impression after watching your first vid, and I've just gone and listened to a few more YT channels that demo Nords to confirm it.
This may be something to look into then, no offence. That said, if there is an issue, it's possibly fairly subtle and possibly wouldn't show up as-much on a good set of studio monitors. And no, I'm not listening on a smartphone, however I am currently using Macbook laptop speakers and middling in-ears. Even so, the comparison with YT other channels stands.

[croggen]

That's my go-to grand as well (on NS3 that is). Love the sound.

[MustBeLazy]

Is the NS4 plugged directly into an audio interface and then directly into your computer here, or did you mic an amp? If so, what amp do you use? Trying to understand your audio output rig in this video.

I just purchased a NS4 and I feel like I haven't been quite able to replicate some of the piano sounds from the amazing demos I see, like this one!

Also, is this patch a stock preset? I don't find it in the piano presets, though I do see it as a layer in the "A16: Horizontal Whl" program. Is that where you're pulling this from? TYIA

[ThePlagueGameing]

Agreed 👍!! The damper works very well! 😎

[hsixtyone]

After spending time with the Nord stage 4 do you prefer it over your yc88?

[wilkopiano]

I layer the white grand xl with grand imperial or hifi grand and it sounds epic! I do find i have to turn on dynamic button setting on 2 otherwise it hurts the speakers.

[StefJTay]

I’m interested in pitching the Nord Stage 4 to my executive team at my church. I’m curious if the 3rd & 4th outputs do the EXACT same thing as the 1st & 2nd outputs. Thanks for responding in advance!!

[mdmusiz]

Sound in B, but you played in C. Did you transpose down to make sound fuller?

[jeremygreening]

I’m a Nord newbie… is this sound also available Nord stage 3? I’m tossing up buying one or saving more to get the new Nord Stage 4. I commented on another video for advice but no reply yet… I appreciate you are probably very busy. Thanks for the videos!

[zen-Christ]

On dirait presque un Digi Piano genre RD1000 ! Trop compressé. Je préfère de loin le CFX Yamaha bien plus réaliste avec un son de PIANO ! 🙂

[MrBeatles]

Does the white piano sound different in the stage 4 as apposed to stage 3?

[germanshepherdlover]

Does the Stage 3 make the same piano sound or is the Stage 4 better?

[DojoOfCool]

I have a Stage 3 and that sounds very different much brighter not as full. As to which sound for me it is the Studio Grand 2 because I want a sound that is good for live and cutting thru and a sound that takes effects well. To me the Nord piano sound at least the older ones like my Stage 3 are too full better suited for solo playing than recording or band playing.

[vertigo]

Nice, but not my favorite piano. It seems like the Velocity is too high, such that with not much attack you are hitting velocity levels that are higher than what they should be and your softest velocity touch is almost at regular piano playing velocity. Maybe that piano just doesn't have a great dynamic range..!?

[Andrecopola]

You mean "electric piano" sound?

[ericnataf]

The demo for the sound white piano is not good enough, the intensity of the playing is unnatural, there is no depth in the sound and the output is anemic, Roland gives the best answer to serious pianists who play classical and jazz
Nord cant jump to hardwere level of RD 2000 ROLAND they UPDATED a new GERMAN CLASSIC EXPANTION FOR THE RD 2000

[johnscott]

Great - my advice is to play a Chopin piece everyone knows, not these random riffs.