Product Review

The fourth generation of our award-winning Piano series combines greatly expanded voice polyphony, a premium Triple Sensor keyed and our acclaimed Virtual Hammer Action Technology for the ultimate piano experience. The Nord Piano 4 also includes brilliant new performance features like Seamless Transitions, dedicated Piano Filters and Split Point Crossfades delivering a live focused keyboard with exceptional piano feel. The Nord Piano 4 has dedicated knobs and buttons for all essential functions required in a live performance situation. It features two sound sections that can be combined in a layer or split over the keyboard. Each of the sound sections can have specific effects, Volume Pedal and/or Sustain Pedal assigned to them. The Piano 4 has 7 Split Points indicated with LED lights and the new Split Point Crossfade functionality, introduced with the Stage 3, offers smooth transitions between two split zones. The enhanced Organize mode includes Copy/Paste and Move functionality for quickly rearranging your Programs to your desired order and a new Page View lets you easily sort and organize pages as a song list. All Programs, Pianos and Synth Samples can be easily navigated using the new uniform List View that offers alphabetical, numerical and category sorting options. An optional new Numeric Pad Mode gives you instant access to Programs by entering the Program number. The enhanced Piano section features a broad selection of our latest acoustic, electric and digital pianos from the exclusive Nord Piano Library, greatly expanded voice polyphony and creative new Piano Filters. The Sample Synth Section features expanded memory for the Nord Sample Library 3.0 and extended voice polyphony. The Effect section features a great selection of instantly tweakable high quality stereo effects modeled after classic stomp boxes. All effects can be assigned freely to the Piano or Sample Synth section.