Nord Electro 5 Comparison Chart

 

NORD Electro 5

NORD ELECTRO 4

Hardware

Electro 5 HP

Electro 5D 73

Electro 5D 61

Electro 4 HP

Electro 4 SW73

Electro 4D SW61

Keybed 73-key Hammer Action Portable 73-key Semi-weighted Waterfall 61-key Semi-weighted Waterfall 73-key Hammer Action Portable 73-key Semi-weighted Waterfall 61-key Semi-weighted Waterfall
Display 128x64 OLED display 7-segment LED
Outputs 2 outputs (1 stereo or 2 mono) 2 outputs (1 stereo or 2 mono)
Control Pedal input x x
Monitor input x x
Drawbars Digital LED Physical Digital LED Digital LED Physical

System

Electro 5 HP

Electro 5D 73

Electro 5D 61

Electro 4 HP

Electro 4 SW73

Electro 4D SW61

Layer

Organ+Piano, Organ+Synth or Synth+Piano

-
Split 6 Split points -
Programs Program Mode (8 banks x 50 programs), Live Mode and Set List Mode 4 program buttons x 32 pages (128 locations)
Live/auto save programs 3 locations 4 locations
MIDI over USB x x
Sound Manager 6.x Extended features Extended features

Organ Section

Electro 5 HP

Electro 5D 73

Electro 5D 61

Electro 4 HP

Electro 4 SW73

Electro 4D SW61

Organ polyphony Full Full
Organ models C2D B3 Simulation, Farfisa, Vox and Principal Pipe C2D B3 Simulation, Farfisa, Vox
Rotary speaker simulation C2D 122 Rotary Speaker simulation  122 Rotary speaker simulation
Mount for Half-Moon Switch - x -

Piano Section

Electro 5 HP

Electro 5D 73

Electro 5D 61

Electro 4 HP

Electro 4 SW73

Electro 4D SW61

Nord Piano Library memory 1GB 380MB 380MB 180MB
Piano polyphony 40/60 (stereo/mono) 40/60 (stereo/mono)
Advanced String Resonance
(Gen 2)
x -
Long Release x x
Dynamic Curves x x -

Samples Section

Electro 5 HP

Electro 5D 73

Electro 5D 61

Electro 4 HP

Electro 4 SW73

Electro 4D SW61

Nord Sample Library memory 256MB 128MB 68MB
Sample polyphony 15 voices 15 voices
Velocity Control Yes, 3 modes (Filter and Amplitude) On/Off
Envelope Control Attack, Decay/Release controls Release 1/2

Effects Section

Electro 5 HP

Electro 5D 73

Electro 5D 61

Electro 4 HP

Electro 4 SW73

Electro 4D SW61

Effect 1

Tremolo, Pan, Wah, Ring Modulator

All are Control Pedal controllable

Pan, Tremolo, Autowah, Pedal Wah, Ring Modulator
Effect 2

Phaser, Flanger, Chorus, Vibe

Deep mode available for each effect

Phaser, Flanger, Chorus
Delay x x (shared with Reverb)
Eq 3 Band, mid sweep 3 Band, mid sweep
Amp Simulation/
Compressor
Twin, JC, Small, Compressor, C2D 122 Rotary, Tube Overdrive Twin, JC, Small, 122 Rotary, Compressor
Reverb 5 modes (Room, Stage, Hall, Stage soft, Hall soft) 5 modes (Room, Stage, Hall, Stage soft, Hall soft) (when not using delay)

Dimensions

Electro 5 HP

Electro 5D 73

Electro 5D 61

Electro 4 HP

Electro 4 SW73

Electro 4D SW61

Weight 11.4 kg / 25.13 lbs 9.2 kg / 20.28 lbs 8.1 kg / 17.85 lbs 11 kg / 24.25 lbs 9.1 kg / 18.2 lbs 7.65 kg / 15.3 lbs
Width 1074 mm / 42.3" 1066 mm / 42" 900 mm / 35.4" 1078 mm / 42.4" 1120 mm / 44.1" 900 mm / 35.4"
Depth 344 mm / 13.5" 296 mm / 11.7" 296 mm / 11.8" 344 mm / 13.5" 300 mm / 11.8" 300 mm / 11.8"
Height 121 mm / 4.8" 97 mm / 3.8" 97 mm / 3.8" 121 mm / 4.8" 100 mm / 3.9" 100 mm / 3.9"