Nord Stage 4 vs. Yamaha YC88 - Upright Piano Sound Comparison

I love a good upright piano sound and the Nord Stage 4 and the Yamaha YC series both have some really good ones! In this video I play the different upright piano sounds on these amazing keyboards and give you a comparison of the differences. The Nord Stage 4 and the Yamaha YC88 are filled with amazing sounds, feel great, and both make great stage pianos.

What do you think? Is there a winner for the best upright piano sound?

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[gauravarorapianist]

Could you please do a video where you try to make the Yamaha sound like your favourite Nord samples using maybe the Master EQ and other stuff maybe? Since many of us are considering this as an alternative of Nord and wondering if it can sound as full as a Nord if tweaked properly?

[extreamtechguy]

The Nord just has that thing that makes you want to play it. The Yamaha is super good too but there is something magical about the Nord….

[danielcolfer]

Glad Yamaha finally added an upright. It sounds great. Nord had the original great sounding upright.

[lars]

The significant price difference should be acknowledged when comparing these two keyboards. The YC88 is $2, 500 cheaper than the Nord Stage 4. The fact that the YC88 can sound about as good as the Nord Stage 4 for 2/3 of the price is impressive. Yamaha has also shown that they are willing to keep adding high-quality samples and features to the YC series with firmware updates.

[Nostxalgic]

The Nord pianos sound like you’re hearing them from the pianists perspective while the Yamaha pianos sound like you’re hearing from inside the piano.

I personally like the Nord because it’s a more accurate representation of what you would hear in person.

[johnscott]

On a budget, piano only? Buy the Yamaha.

Everything else - buy the Nord. Had mine for 6 days, I’m blown away…

[abbezwaal]

Thnx. I just bought the YC88. Do you habe the live preset you used in this video?

[jasonlibs]

The Yamaha sounds “better “ (mostly just punchier) at the beginning of the sound. But as the sound lingers, you begin to hear the digital sample. The Nord sounds like a real piano that’s been mic’d

[wieselt]

To me, the Nord Upright sounds too “polished”. Hardly any difference to a Grand Piano Sound. The Yamaha sounds like if I would be listening to our real acoustic Upright piano in our living room. To me, that’s the objective/target.

[wieselt]

Are the 3 parts of the YC “multi-trimbal”? Can I use the Organ Section via MIDI from a non-weighted Keyboard, setting this section “local off”, while continue playing Pianos on the YC88 keyboard itself?

[xchalibur]

Did you ever considered a Korg pa5x instead of the Stage 4.
As I understand the keybed is of a higher quality and the big screen does allow to do more settings on it.

[WoutMusic]

Wth my eyes closed i like the yamaha, sounds realer then the nord. I got the cp88 myself andits awesome when you are a pianist

[germanshepherdlover]

Yamaha sounds nice like a digital piano should...Nord sounds like an acoustic piano with gorgeous resonance that follows after holding the chord. But the Yamaha is catching up.

[andrewb]

Nord has been and always very musical sounding it maintains warmth and feel more dynamic. The YC is bright, percussive and less layered sound and the sound selection is just outdated - same old cfx everywhere.

[ricseehu]

Every Nord Stage piano sound is low frequencies boosted, therefore it can sound better. But the Yamaha piano sounds are more natural.

[woka_kawanua-hwhj]

definitely want the NS4 but it is beyond budget. 😢

[claysibert]

I used to think the Nord was the best out there, but I believe Yamaha’s YC just blows the Nord out of the water. The samples seem so much more authentic than Nord, and, to me, that’s saying something, because Nord has always had outstanding samples. But with the Yamaha, it sounds more real. You can hear more string buzz, the sounds of the resonance, etc. I just like the Yamaha overall.

[agartthamishkan]

quality is equivalent, the cheapest wins

[DojoOfCool]

I prefer the Yamaha YC it has much better note definition. The Nord samples have changed over the years, the early Nord samples tended to be darker and sometimes kind of muddy resonance. The recent Nord samples have become very in your face brighter, and so much resonance like a piano that has been mic'd too close.

[reviewerchoise]

No sir !
You forcefully say that Yamaha is good too!
The sound of the Yamaha piano has no details
The details of the cabin sound cannot be heard
Especially, there is no pedal noise
There are no settings to customize the piano sound as you would expect from a $4, 000 or stage keyboard.
And in its flagship model, it even has two piano sounds, only cfx and Bassendorfer, which must be downloaded without any other features.
As someone who owns the flagship Yamaha model, I dare to say that the Yamaha piano is nothing

Now the yc series is a childish copy of the Nords, we don't care about the appearance