Hey everyone,
I've been using a Nord Electro 3 with Ocean City drawbars for about 6 years now, and I'm in a mood to upgrade. (A little GAS.)
I'm eyeing the NE5 because I love the NE3's clav sounds, and I play mostly soul & funk & 60s/70s rock. I want to use it with an 88-key controller so I can play piano/EP parts on weighted keys, and assign "splits" where I can play Hammond/clav on the NE5 and Rhodes on the controller. However, I haven't seen a lot of reviews of NE5 as a brain for this setup. Does anyone use the NE5 with a secondary keyboard exclusively? Any recommendations? I used to slave a Kurzweil SP88 to my NE2 and liked the action, but I think I might want something newer, like an Arturo KeyLab or Roland A-88, that has a few more bells & whistles.
There seem to be a lot of moving parts involved with the NE5's splits, so I always end up wondering if I might be better off with something like a Korg SV-1 that is an independent rig with good piano/EP sounds.
I've been using a Nord Electro 3 with Ocean City drawbars for about 6 years now, and I'm in a mood to upgrade. (A little GAS.)
I'm eyeing the NE5 because I love the NE3's clav sounds, and I play mostly soul & funk & 60s/70s rock. I want to use it with an 88-key controller so I can play piano/EP parts on weighted keys, and assign "splits" where I can play Hammond/clav on the NE5 and Rhodes on the controller. However, I haven't seen a lot of reviews of NE5 as a brain for this setup. Does anyone use the NE5 with a secondary keyboard exclusively? Any recommendations? I used to slave a Kurzweil SP88 to my NE2 and liked the action, but I think I might want something newer, like an Arturo KeyLab or Roland A-88, that has a few more bells & whistles.
There seem to be a lot of moving parts involved with the NE5's splits, so I always end up wondering if I might be better off with something like a Korg SV-1 that is an independent rig with good piano/EP sounds.