Latest OS:
Nord C1 Organ - v1.12Nord C2 Organ - v1.32
Nord Electro 3 - v3.04
Nord Electro 3 HP - v3.04
Nord Piano 88 - v1.44 NEW!
Nord Stage Classic - v5.04
Nord Stage EX - v6.04
Nord Stage 2 - v1.40 NEW!
Nord Wave - v2.02
Latest Software:
Nord Sound Manager - v5.58Nord Sample Editor - v2.10
Nord NAMM 2012 News
Greetings from Norway
2011-12-19 Dag Selboskar from our Norwegian distributor has composed this beautiful video, with equal parts majestic nature and stunning keyboards. Good work!
Lasim Lach Disk
2011-12-09 HaCartel is an Israeli band with a distinct sound and here's a rather unconventional music video. Their keyboardist Yakir Ben-Tov tells us he uses his Nord Stage and Nord Wave for nearly everything he does.
Check out more of their music here!
Future Music "Best Music Hardware Award" for the Nord Stage 2
2011-12-1 Whoohoo! The Nord Stage 2 was just announced as the winner of the "Future Music Best Music Hardware" at the MIA Show, as a result of a public voting at the MusicRadar website. A big thanks to everyone who voted for us!
See our In the press page for more reviews and awards!
Electromechanical workhorse!
2011-11-25 Swedish keyboardist Henke Widén of the band Diamond Dogs sent us some photos of his trusty old Nord Electro 2. He has played it almost every day since 2001. After 10 years he is finally considering upgrading to the Nord Electro 3 :)
Click the image for some more pictures of Henke's personalized Electro!
Someday - Learning to love
2011-11-04 Check out dutch band Someday's fresh video for a poppy little tune called "Learning to love". And oh...there's a Nord Electro 3 in there too.
Future Music Platinum Award for the Nord Electro 3 HP!
2011-11-1
The November issue of FM features a great review of the Electro 3 HP:
"...all these additions and tweaks have only improved on what was an already excellent keyboard and really open up the E3's appeal. Piano players will really dig this board's weighted feel, and it still sounds great."
And the verdict:
"The weighted keyboard extends the E3's appeal, and its power makes it a leader in the market"
Jarre in Stockholm!
2011-10-26 Jean Michel Jarre played Stockholm yesterday and it was a mindboggling audio-visual tour-de-force one can only expect from a synth legend of this calibre. The stage was crammed with desirable vintage goodies and also featured no less than three Nord keyboards on stage, including the original Nord Lead.
Click the image for some pictures from the concert!
Visit from the Netherlands!
2011-10-25 Our friends from our Dutch, Belgian and Luxembourgian distributor M Works came over last week for a day filled with all things Nord. Swedish super keyboardist Stefan Jernståhl gave them a musical walkthrough of our instruments and our own Tomas Johansson shared his immense knowledge and odd anecdotes from the history of Clavia. Thanks to Bose for great sound!
Click the image for some pictures from the visit!
Great review of Stage 2 in SOS!
2011-10-20 Sound On Sound magazine has reviewed the Nord Stage 2 and concludes with the following: "It's not cheap, but the combination of excellent acoustic pianos, superb e-pianos and Clavinets, unsurpassed organ emulations, sample replay and a surprisingly flexible polysynth should be a powerful aphrodisiac for players whose response to modern workstations is something along the lines of '$*%$?!?!?." Read the full review in the november issue of SOS!
See the Nord Stage 2 Press page for more reviews!
Swedish organs and drums
2011-10-14 Earlier this week we had the pleasure of seeing Swedish organ/drums duo Le Système playing live at Lilla Hotellbaren in Stockholm. There's a tradition in Sweden for bands with this minimal setup and Le Système has put their funky own twist on it. Listen to more of their music on their web site!
Nord in Brazil!
2011-10-13 The Expomusic 2011 show recently took place in São Paulo and our distributor Quanta Music did a fantastic job representing Nord at this impressive music show!
Click the image for some pictures from Quanta's Nord booth!
Argentinian Vintage Bonanza
2011-10-07 Our International Sales Manager Tomas Enochsson recently visited famous Argentinian musician/composer Ernesto Romeo in his studio in Buenos Aires and enjoyed improvised soothing electronic music in the genre of Vangelis and Brian Eno, all played on a myriad of vintage analog synths as well as the Nord Stage 88EX.
Click the image for a slideshow from his studio!
Musicians Planet, Stockholm
2011-10-03 This weekend the Musicians Planet show took place for the first time in Stockholm, with workshops, seminars, concerts and naturally heaps of desirable instruments to drool over. A big up to JAM for representing us at the show!
Click the image for a slideshow!
Nord Spring Catalog 2011
Click to read our new product catalog online!
Customer quotes
The new Bright Grand sounds great live... and I'm using the small size sample in my Stage Compact Classic!
...Thanks again for providing keyboard players with what they need - solid instruments with great, useful sounds as opposed to a bunch of sound effects and gadgets that distract the end user.
-Peter Kadar
Just did 10,330 miles on summer tour and my Stage EX worked flawlessly! Love my Nord.
-Tom Salyers, The Laurie Morvan Band
''I've owned many stage pianos in the past and the NP88 is hands down the best''...
''The pedal up and down modeling, the string/sympathetic resonance modeling, it's all so well done. All the sounds are just first class. All the imperfections are there, so it really feels an organic/authentic experience.''
- Zac Forbes
News archive
You can find our archive with selected Nord World news here.
Nord at the 2012 NAMM Show (updated!)
2012-01-25 The 2012 NAMM Show is now finished and it was great experience with a lot of lovely people visiting our booth, and we got the privilegie to hear so many of amazing musicians playing our instruments! Here's a little slide show from our booth and some random discoveries from our days at the NAMM show!
Click here for the slideshow!
PS! You can now follow Nord Keyboards on Flickr too!
NAMM Booth Virtual Analog Drum Synthesizer
2012-01-18The Nord Drum is a revolutionary 4-channel drum synthesizer. With an amazingly vast sonic palette and astounding level of playability the Nord Drum is guaranteed to change your perception of what’s possible with synthetic, sample-free percussion.
Create classic retro-futuristic percussion with analog waveforms or use the harmonically complex waveforms together with different colors of noise for results that both sound and respond stunningly organic. The Nord Drum is designed with the performing musician in mind and its extreme dynamic range and super-fast triggering add to the feeling of playing a real instrument.
4 high-sensitivity inputs and MIDI lets you play the Nord Drum with a wide range of Electronic Drum Pads, Acoustic Drum Triggers and MIDI-pads/Sequencers for easy integration into any existing drum-kit or the starting point for something completely new…
Check out www.norddrum.com for video and sound demos!
The new Nord Drum will be shown at booth #6464 at the 2012 NAMM Show, 19-22 January.
Dual manual organ with physical drawbars
2012-01-18Complete with 2 sets of physical drawbars per manual the Nord C2D is the ultimate portable organ for musicians that play with their drawbars as well as the keys. The new left-hand preset sections offer an unsurpassed level of hands-on control and the upper manual and panel has been tilted for better ergonomics. A LCD-display has been added for easier access to programs and settings.
The Nord C2D features a redesigned simulation of the characteristic mechanical key clicks that are an essential component of the classic tone-wheel experience. Furthermore, the redesigned percussion model offers increased control over the percussion levels when playing near-legato. The Nord C2D also includes a redesigned Rotary Speaker simulation of a vintage 122 unit.
The new Nord C2D Combo Organ will be shown at booth #6464 at the 2012 NAMM Show, 19-22 January.
Now with Nord Sample Library support and updated effect section!
2012-01-18The Nord Piano 2 gives you our best acoustic and electric piano sounds as well as access to our versatile Nord Sample Library.
It’s amazingly simple to layer and split sounds from both our sound libraries and we’ve added a volume pedal input for sneaking in those strings while you keep playing. All sounds can be replaced and its even possible to create your own samples using the Nord Sample Editor.
See the comparison chart for more details on whats new!
The new Nord Piano 2 will be shown at booth #6464 at the 2012 NAMM Show, 19-22 January.
New in the Nord Sample Library!
2011-11-15
Released in 1978, the Jupiter-4 was one of the first analog polyphonic synthesizers available and featured 8 memory locations and an arpeggiator. Like many synthesizers of that era it featured preset buttons like "Piano", "Brass" and "Strings". While those instruments might not be the most obvious references when listening to these presets today, there's no doubt the Jupiter-4 could produce some truly amazing sounds and it has contributed signature sounds many famous recordings including Duran Duran's 'Rio'.
Other famous players include: Depeche Mode, Gary Numan, Meat Beat Manifesto, Saint Etienne, Simple Minds, Spandau Ballet, Stevie Wonder, Tears for Fears, Thomas Dolby, The Cars, The Human League and Vangelis.
Head over to the Nord Sample Library to listen to some sound demos and download the new sounds now!
New 80's lead and bass samples!
2011-10-31 In the following weeks we'll be adding a bunch of classic sounds from some legendary synthesizers to the Nord Sample Library. First out is the classic Oberheim OB-8, an 8-voice (2 oscillators per voice) analog polyphonic synth released in 1983. Only 3000 were produced but it made its way to many popular songs including Prince's 1999. Other famous OB-8 users include Depeche Mode, The Police, Trent Reznor (NIN), Thompson Twins, Rush, Simple Minds, KLF, Van Halen, Stevie Nicks and Future Sound of London.
Head over to the Nord Sample Library to listen to some sound demos and download the new sounds now!
New sounds in the Nord Sample Library!
2011-10-14
The Optigan and Orchestron were successors to the famous Mellotron and Chamberlin-machines. They were analog, mechanic sample players but Optigan and Orchestron used optical discs for storage, making them considerably more transportable than their one-tape-machine-player-per-key predecessors and also more affordable. Changing sounds was now simply a matter of swapping discs, but the sound fidelity attainable with these optical discs was very limited.
Famous users include Kraftwerk (the 'Choir' sound on Radio Activity is the Orchestron), Elvis Costello, Devo, PJ Harvey and many more.
All samples are unretouched and include original mechanical noises and artifacts for maximum vintage authenticity!
Head over to the Nord Sample Library to listen to some sound demos and download the new sounds now!
Bugfix and improved sustain pedal action
2011-10-13 The Nord Piano OS v1.44 version fixes an unfortunate bug in the 1.40 OS that prevented the instrument from starting properly if all the pianos had been deleted from the flash memory and the Nord Piano was re-started. It also addresses an issue where certain pedal actions could lead to unwanted level changes in the sound.
Get the new OS version in the Nord Piano Download area.
Extensive update with new features and bugfixes!
2011-10-06 The Sound Menu now includes separate settings for the Rotary's horn and rotor speed, and acceleration/retardation time. The new version allows you to store the settings of the Synth Glide, Voice Mode, Unison and Vibrato parameters in the Synth Sound memory.
We've implemented a few things that already have been promised and documented: the Mono feature now works globally on all instruments and when storing a program it's now possible to browse for a suitable location and listen to the program stored there before overwriting anything. The sustain pedal interaction in the Piano Section has gone through a major overhaul, resulting in a much smoother behavior during performances with plenty of pedal action.
In short; there are lots of good stuff in this update and we recommend everyone to get it.
Note: Any Programs saved using OS v1.40 will be incompatible with earlier OS versions. Use the Nord Sound Manager to make a backup copy of all your current programs before updating if there is any chance of you wanting to use an older OS version.
Get the important OS update in the Nord Stage 2 Download section.
See the update history for a detailed account on what's new!
New Brass sounds available!
2011-09-16 The latest addition to the Nord Sample Library include fully mapped Saxophones, Trumpets and Trombones in single and doubled versions, both recorded at Mezzo-forte and Forte. The Brass Section features a split point (at C5), with sustained notes on the lower part of the keyboard and "falls" on the upper part.
Listen to the sound demos and download the new sounds in the Nord Sample Library area!
Discover our Uprights and Grand Pianos!
2011-06-30 We put a lot of effort into providing you with a wide range of acoustic pianos with unique characteristics and personalities (even including imperfections). We asked our friend Åke Danielson to create a little piece of music for each of our pianos, highlighting the individual sounds and here are the results. Enjoy!
Read more about, and download our Uprights and Grand Pianos in the Nord Piano Library Section!
All the sounds in the Nord Piano Library can be downloaded for free and are compatible with the Nord Piano, Nord Stage/EX/2 and Nord Electro 3/3HP.
A brand new Grand in the Piano Library!
2011-06-20 The Bright Grand is a 6'3" (191 cm) Concert Grand Piano with a transparent character and an expressive dynamic range. We chose to record a factory new unit and this further adds to a crisp, rich tone.
Click the Play button to listen to the Bright Grand!
(String Resonance enabled. No EQ, reverb or other effects were used.)
The Bright Grand is available in 4 versions, Small, Medium, Large and XL and can be downloaded free of charge. Go to the Nord Piano Library section now to download the Bright Grand!
Bugfixes for the Electro 3 series!
2011-06-01 The Nord Electro 3 OS and the Electro 3 HP OS have both been updated to version 3.04. Get the updates at the Electro 3 or the Electro 3 HP download pages. For a complete list of what's new, see the Update History.
Play the classic organ sounds of the 60's!
2011-05-27 American transistor organ enthusiast Barry Carson has created a great set of programs for the Farfisa and Vox-organs in the Nord Electro 3, Nord Stage 2 and Nord C2, recreating many of the legendary organ sounds known from the popular music of the 60's.
Have a listen and download Barry's Organ programs: Vox and Farfisa Library
New versions of the Nord Sample Editor & Nord Sound Manager!
2011-04-14 Our software tools have now been updated to support the Nord Electro 3 HP.
Get them in the Downloads section!
Report from the Nord Booth in Frankfurt (Updated!)
2011-04-10Click the banner above to see some pictures from our booth at the Musikmesse!
The Musikmesse is now over and we want to thank everyone who stopped by to visit our booth! We've now added some more pictures to the slideshow.
Introducing the Nord Electro 3 HP with Hammer Action!
2011-04-06 Today we are presenting the Nord Electro 3 HP at the Musikmesse Frankfurt. The new Electro 3 HP features a new ultra light weight Hammer Action Portable keybed and weighs only 11kg. New features include 4 selectable Dynamic Response Curves, a Delay Effect, a Long Release option for Piano sounds and an even easier to use interface. Naturally, the Electro 3 HP has all of the award winning features from the original Electro 3 series!
Read more about the new Electro 3 HP on our product page!
Added support for Long Release
2011-03-29 With this release, all grand pianos, uprights and electric pianos in the Nord Piano Library have been updated to support the Long Release feature of the Nord Stage 2.
The Nord Piano Library 5.3 update is compatible with all Nord Piano Library compatible products, but as the Long Release is only available on the Nord Stage 2 this update is only relevant to Nord Stage 2 owners.
The updated versions can be found in the Nord Piano Library section!
Saxes, Trombones and Trumpets coming soon!
2011-03-28 We are continuously working on expanding our Nord Sound Libraries and we thought we'd give you a little glimpse of one of the projects we're working on right now... Click the banner for a little slideshow!
The Nord Stage 2 now shipping!
2011-02-23 Nord’s award-winning Organ, Piano and Synth technologies - All in one amazing package. Nord Sample Library-compatibility, the organ engine from C2, MIDI over USB and more memory for your favorite sounds. All with an intuitive user friendly interface where all vital functions are only one button away! Head on over to the Nord Stage 2 product page for more!
Listen to the new Nord Stage 2!
All demos performed live by Åke Danielson on the Nord Stage 2 using only the internal effects. No external processing or overdubbing. |
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Demo 2 |
Asher Fulero and his Nord Piano 88
2011-02-15What could be more fitting on the day after Valentine's Day than to give you a little love story between an elegant red beauty and multitalented american musician Asher Fulero. Here's a video we just received from Asher, enjoy!
Read more about Asher Fulero here
Brilliant new audio demos in the Nord Sample Library!
2011-02-10 We just added a bunch of fantastic audio demos to the Nord Sample Library sections to make it easier for you to discover our new sounds! The new demos were all made by keyboard wizard Åke (excellent work, man!) and brilliantly showcase the comprehensive range of quality sounds in the Nord Sample Library, spanning from raunchy french accordions to charming 70's analog string machines!
Be sure to check out all the new audio demos here:
Strings/String Machines | Wind/Brass | Tuned Percussion | Accordion/Organs | Guitar/Bass
| Voices
Acoustic/Electric Pianos | Synth
