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Off Topic / About this Forum • Re: Why does this forum have to censor &/or review every line?

2026-05-28T23:22:03+02:00

It seems that Gambold has posted some uncomplimentary thoughts on Nord. So much for fanboi's

Statistics: Posted by JayDee — Yesterday, 23:22

Nord Electro Forum • Re: Does any other company make a keyboard with song mode?

2026-05-28T20:44:47+02:00

Thanks! That may be just what I'm looking for! Price is righjt as well

Statistics: Posted by cbluff — Yesterday, 20:44

General Nord Forum • Re: Sustain pedal creeps away during a concert((

2026-05-28T17:03:34+02:00

Many many many many years ago I found a quick, simple and very inexpensive solution to sustain pedal creep.

Gaff tape and a thin piece of galvanized sheet metal (note: I also modified most of my sustain pedals to accept a standard 1/4" cable)

Statistics: Posted by ESFlash — Yesterday, 17:03

Nord Stage 4 Programs (*.ns4p files) • Re: Coldplay - Fix you

2026-05-28T09:36:33+02:00

Thank you @timmmy000, for your clear explanation and your sounds.
Sorry for my tardy response. I happened to not check this website for a while.

I will definately check it out, and try to understand the difference to learn from it.

Statistics: Posted by edgar1968 — Yesterday, 09:36

Nord Stage Forum • Re: M-Audio EX-P expression pedal jitter on Nord Stage 4

2026-05-28T00:36:34+02:00

Problem solved — and it was much simpler than expected!

After all this investigation, the culprit turned out to be purely mechanical.

The M-Audio EX-P has small felt pads on the underside of the pedal platform that act as buffers at each end of the pedal’s travel. One of them — the one at the bottom end — had come unglued. This felt pad is important because it keeps the pedal slightly raised at the minimum position.

Without it, when I released my foot the pedal would drop that extra millimeter and then spring back up, causing a tiny but enough movement for the potentiometer to register a signal variation — which the Nord was picking up as jitter.

The fix: reglue the felt pads back in place. Configuration-wise, the EX-P works perfectly with the Nord Stage 4 set to Yamaha FC7 mode.

So the EX-P is fully compatible with Nord after all — @maxpiano who mentioned it worked fine on his NS3 was absolutely right. My apologies for the “incompatibility” claim!

Thanks everyone for the help and suggestions.

Statistics: Posted by LUISVL4D — Yesterday, 00:36

Nord Stage Forum • Re: M-Audio EX-P expression pedal jitter on Nord Stage 4

2026-05-27T20:09:48+02:00

For pots it is better to use a pot-specific dry cleaner or isopropyl alcool based, not the usual contacts/boards cleaners

Statistics: Posted by maxpiano — 27 May 2026, 20:09

Nord Stage Forum • Re: M-Audio EX-P expression pedal jitter on Nord Stage 4

2026-05-27T18:36:59+02:00

At this point I'm fairly confident it's a compatibility issue between the M-Audio EX-P and Nord keyboards in general, rather than a settings or mechanical problem.
Will "in general" is just your opinion, as I said it works fine for me instead. Maybe what you have is a specific issue with your NS4 CtrlPedal inout rather than a "general" compatibility one as you calim? Unless you are able to test that same pedal other Nord models, you should not generalize

Technically speaking, a pedal is just a linear pot with a 3 wires connection, so as far as the pot is of a standard value for that purpose (EX-P if I remember well should be 10 KOhm, exactly like Roland EV5 and many other pedals) and not defective, it makes no sense to talk of "compatibility" of the pedal model itself.

Thanks for the technical insight — that's a fair point.
I've been thinking about it and maybe the issue is actually with the pedals themselves rather than compatibility. I bought both EX-P pedals new but they've been in use for quite some time now, and the same problem occurred after a while on my previous Nord Stage 3 and another Nord Stage 4 Compact as well.
So perhaps the potentiometers have worn out or accumulated dirt over time. I'm going to try cleaning them with contact cleaner and see if that makes a difference.
I'll report back with the results!

Statistics: Posted by LUISVL4D — 27 May 2026, 18:36

Nord Electro Forum • Re: Does any other company make a keyboard with song mode?

2026-05-27T17:24:15+02:00

Yeah. I see Viscount and Crumar don’t seem to have any Swiss Army Knife boards.

Staying within the stage keyboards ( and excluding workstations), the Viscount Legend One is very close to the Nord electro as a concept and it has a Live Set mode

Statistics: Posted by maxpiano — 27 May 2026, 17:24

Nord Electro Forum • Re: Does any other company make a keyboard with song mode?

2026-05-27T16:36:18+02:00

Yeah. I see Viscount and Crumar don’t seem to have any Swiss Army Knife boards.

Statistics: Posted by cbluff — 27 May 2026, 16:36

Nord Electro Forum • Re: NE6 External to Low?

2026-05-27T16:02:56+02:00

You are doing nothing wrong, that's how the ExtKeybToLo works, the section(s) assigned to LO(wer) part Ext are completely isolated from NE5 pedals when ExtKeybToLo is active (only exception being the Organ section, for which the CtrlPedal works for both upper and lower in any case).

EDIT: possible workaround, if your External Keyboard has some MIDI processing and routing capabilities, you may actually send the CtrlPed MIDI CC (11) from NE6 to it (via Global Channel) and then have the external keyboard re-use it when controlling the LO part of NE6 (but as said, this requires a master with good MIDI handling features or... add a computer/tablet in the setup to that MIDI processing job)

Statistics: Posted by maxpiano — 27 May 2026, 16:02

Nord Electro Forum • NE6 External to Low?

2026-05-27T14:25:16+02:00

When using the function External keyboard controlling the LO Zone on NE6, I notice that the volume pedal (connected to the control pedal input) don't work on the LO section, which is controlled by the external keyboard. When I use only the NE6 with split keyboard for the same program the pedal affects both zones. Would like both zones to be affected with this setup. Any ideas what I'm doing wrong? MIDI something maybe?

Statistics: Posted by Steinitz — 27 May 2026, 14:25

Nord Stage Forum • Re: Bug: Morph Assign Broke - Random Transpose Action

2026-05-27T14:19:55+02:00

Hi and welcome to NUF,

sounds like you may have a problem with the cabling between ModWheel and PitchBend assembly and the panel board (or some other cabling between panel and mainboard)

If you are under warrant you should contact official local country Nord assistance for repair, otherwise you may try to open and inspect the cabling yourself.

Statistics: Posted by maxpiano — 27 May 2026, 14:19

Nord Stage Forum • Bug: Morph Assign Broke - Random Transpose Action

2026-05-27T11:10:31+02:00

Hello together I am new to the Forum, couldn't fine any related topics to this.
Mayby one of you had something similar or an idea what I could do now.

"Detailed description of problem/symptom:

since a month, my beloved NS4 troubles me.
IT randomly starts to transpose 1 or 2 semitones. Furthermore Morph Asign only works vor A.T. If I push the Morph assign buttons for Wheel and CTRLPED it does not show the display note: ""Change Param to Morph"" anymore, as it does on the Aftertouch assign... I searched the web for this but dindt find any similar trouble,

I did:
Update OS to 1.64
Reset to Factory Settings using Nord Sound Manager and your provided DL file. (all my programs are gone so i see this worked (of course i backuped them to put them back on once its fixxed) What shall I do now?

(Once i press all morph asings at the same time it doas really weired things: Transpose Light starts to shine and Preset Liabary-Piano light starts.) For a millisecond it then shows morph assign Wheel) but allways jumpes back to a state where it is transposed with +1, where i cannot see the relation between the morph and the transpose function, as mentioned i just flashed the factory resert and updated os.

please help me i need the instrument for a upcomming show. "

All the best, kindly

Statistics: Posted by MDaCat — 27 May 2026, 11:10

General Nord Forum • Re: Sustain pedal creeps away during a concert((

2026-05-27T09:39:35+02:00

This, or go for something like this here:

https://www.thomann.de/de/stageworks_nonslipmats.htm

Statistics: Posted by Schorsch — 27 May 2026, 09:39

General Nord Forum • Re: Sustain pedal creeps away during a concert((

2026-05-27T09:35:59+02:00

The solution is to buy a Roland DP-10 pedal with extra rubber under your foot. The sustain pedal from Nord is not usable at all.

Statistics: Posted by NoDirection — 27 May 2026, 09:35

Nord Stage Forum • Re: M-Audio EX-P expression pedal jitter on Nord Stage 4

2026-05-27T20:10:38+02:00

At this point I'm fairly confident it's a compatibility issue between the M-Audio EX-P and Nord keyboards in general, rather than a settings or mechanical problem.

Well "in general" is just your opinion, as I said it works fine for me instead. Maybe what you have is a specific issue with your NS4 CtrlPedal input rather than a "general" compatibility one as you claim? Unless you are able to test that same pedal other Nord models, you should not generalize

Technically speaking, a pedal is just a linear pot with a 3 wires connection, so as far as the pot is of a standard value for that purpose (EX-P if I remember well should be 10 KOhm, exactly like Roland EV5 and many other pedals) and not defective, it makes no sense to talk of "compatibility" of the pedal model itself.

Statistics: Posted by maxpiano — 27 May 2026, 07:39

Nord Stage Forum • Re: M-Audio EX-P expression pedal jitter on Nord Stage 4

2026-05-27T07:26:16+02:00

Roland EV5 and Yamaha FC7 both works great with the NS4.
Yamaha being the sturdiest one.

Statistics: Posted by catosim — 27 May 2026, 07:26

Nord Stage Forum • Re: S3 Song mode edits

2026-05-26T23:33:56+02:00

One more thing to add, to share how I have personally been using Song mode and I have yet to run out of space for songs across FIVE different bands.

I am in two cover bands that do a variety of songs, some of which overlap with one another, but I find it better to have discrete songs for each band saved in their own banks. One band is called Flat Elvis, so all of my songs are named with "FE" at the start. The other band is The Usual Suspects and these songs start with "US."

I'm in two tribute bands that have very different songs and I have them also saved into their own banks. Clash tribute Clampdown has songs named with "CD" at the start and INXS tribute starts with "NXS" and then the name of the song for all of these.

Finally, I play in an original band that I toured with for a long time and all of those songs are saved into their own bank. Fighting Gravity = "FG" at the start of the name. I start to run short on things like sample memory and program memory, though I have figured out how to manage this.

I use a naming convention for each band's songs when I'm saving them, so if I need to do a bundle upload or find something specific, I can do a search in the sound manager software to find them by unique identifier for each band.

I'll take a screenshot one day when I have it hooked up to show you. I share all of this to provide some additional context on how it is possible to manage many many songs within the memory of the NS3.

Statistics: Posted by ericL — 26 May 2026, 23:33

Nord Stage Forum • Re: S3 Song mode edits

2026-05-27T00:43:53+02:00

Thanks for the long thoughtful response. I'm not trying to confuse, I just want to add a song in a bank and not erase what IS in that spot already. I'd prefer, as my Korg does, that everything after (in all banks too) simply move up the ladder as it were. The Nord Song Banks don't seem to have this ability except when you're working within the app on a connected device. (Even then, it really doesn't allow you to insert a patch into a bank's space and shift everything that comes after.

Nord Song Banks do have that ability, you don't need an app, that "Organize" function is built into the board, as you've probably now seen from ericL's subsequent posts. His screen shot only shows the instructions up to the section where it talks about swapping programs, but locate that part of the manual and you'll see it goes on to talk about moving (rather than swapping) a program, where it will indeed insert the program and "move everything up the ladder" as you say. (And when I say "program", this applies both to organizing Programs and also to organizing Songs, which are sets of 1-to-5 "pointers" to Programs.)

Here's what I'm doing. Say a typical band night involves 5 banks.

Again, it sounds like you're using wrong terms (and/or are using the board in some unusual way). On the NS3, if you''re in Song Mode, you can have up to 50 songs in each bank. If you're not playing hundreds of songs in one gig, you wouldn't generally need 5 banks. Unless maybe you're doing a gig where there are 5 sets, and you want to put each set in its own bank.

45 minutes before the show, lead singer rips off, 2 set changes. One patch not in any bank that needs to be inserted between all 5 already in a bank. If I do this, say on 3 of 5, I need to put what WAS at 3 at 4 and what is at 4 at 5 and now 5 needs to be 1 of the next bank... and so one all the way up all the rest of the banks.

Again, there are 50 songs in a bank, not 5. So I think I was right in my previous post... what you're calling a "bank" is what Nord calls a Song. (Using the correct terminology will make these conversations simpler!) Again, a Song contains 5 Parts, so that appears to be what you're talking about. Please re-read my previous post. When your singer wants to add or move a song, you generally do not add a Part to a 5-item Song; rather you add a Song to a 50-item Bank. And the NS3 includes that Organize function to allow you to put that song anywhere you want within that bank of 50 Songs.

To try to drive the point home since you seem confused about this: In most cases, the 5 Parts within a Song all represent sounds that you need to access, literally, within the same song. If one of your songs is Uptown Funk, you can use those up-to-5 locations for different sounds you might need for different parts of Uptown Funk, but if you only need 2 locations for Uptown Funk, what do you put in the third location? The answer is... NOTHING. Do NOT put a patch for another song there, unless maybe you're doing a segue where you always go into the same next song. Instead, the next song on your Set List should be the next Song in your Song Mode bank of 50. The singer is not going to call for you to need a new sound in the middle of Uptown Funk, therefore there is no need to be re-organizing those Part locations at the gig.

In Korg speak, if you do this in what they call Setlist, it simply shifts every patch that comes after it (or you copy over if you choose). Making the last minute changes workable. Nord, not so much.

Nord Songs work the same way, the Organize function lets you move them around and they will shift every patch that comes after.

As I mentioned, the thing the 5 Nord Song Parts are most like on the Kronos are the 4 Karma Scenes you can put in a Combi. And similarly, you can't move Scenes around and have them automatically shift other Scenes.

Statistics: Posted by anotherscott — 26 May 2026, 22:44

Nord Electro Forum • Re: Does any other company make a keyboard with song mode?

2026-05-26T20:58:24+02:00

Well, I gave you my direct answer to your question. But in fact, I'm not convinced that you should select your keyboards only from that perspective. It may not be worth it. Although I enjoy my Viscount a lot as it provides EPs, Clav and more to my liking. It won't provide an organ engine (no drawbars, rotary a little bizarre), though.

O, and most important: I never tried to adapt the set list in a live environment - this may only work with a computer connected to the USB port of the keyboard. I'm not sure.

Statistics: Posted by FZiegler — 26 May 2026, 20:58

Nord Electro Forum • Re: Does any other company make a keyboard with song mode?

2026-05-26T19:53:20+02:00

Thanks! I'll check it out!

Statistics: Posted by cbluff — 26 May 2026, 19:53

Nord Stage Forum • Re: M-Audio EX-P expression pedal jitter on Nord Stage 4

2026-05-26T18:27:41+02:00

I have a M-Audio EX-P and it works fine with my NS3 in both modes (I prefer to use it in the OTHER = Yamhaa mode as I also have a FC7, so I don't have to change settings when swapping them)

I suggest to check that the "minimum" pot is at 0 and that the mode selection switch is well positioned and not in a middle-way position.

Then, to keep it more stable in a position, you may try to (gently) tighten the bolt on its side to increase pedal friction (+ avoid to rest your foot on it when you want it stable, of course)

Hi, thanks for the suggestions!
I've already checked all of that unfortunately:

The switch is firmly in position — I've tested both modes (M-Audio and Others) with no difference
The minimum pot is at 0
I tightened the side bolt but the jitter persists

I should also mention that I've had these pedals since my Nord Stage 3, and the same problem occurred on two different Nord Stage 4 keyboards as well. So the issue has been consistent across multiple keyboards and two different EX-P pedals over the years.
I've also gone through all the pedal settings in the Nord menu — tried Roland, Yamaha and Fatar modes, and also experimented with all values in the sensitivity range (1 to 10). The jitter persists in every combination.
At this point I'm fairly confident it's a compatibility issue between the M-Audio EX-P and Nord keyboards in general, rather than a settings or mechanical problem.
Any other ideas or pedal recommendations that work reliably with Nord?

Statistics: Posted by LUISVL4D — 26 May 2026, 18:27

General Nord Forum • Re: Sustain pedal creeps away during a concert((

2026-05-26T18:14:26+02:00

You can only play with this when sitting on a chair, given the height of the board on wheels - right?
I think EricL plays it standing instead (as you can also see from his profile picture)

That is correct. I have been using rolling/tilting keyboard stands for almost 40 years and this is probably about the fifth version I've made. All have been the same height which works quite well for me standing to play. I do roll around on stage and tilt the stand during certain parts of the show.

As for the question about whether I have my own technician, for live shows I am my own keyboard tech. I did have a friend help me with some of the custom multi-pin wiring that I've been using on this version of the rig for about 10 years.

Statistics: Posted by ericL — 26 May 2026, 18:14

General Nord Forum • Re: Sustain pedal creeps away during a concert((

2026-05-26T18:00:10+02:00

You can only play with this when sitting on a chair, given the height of the board on wheels - right?

I think EricL plays it standing instead (as you can also see from his profile picture)

Statistics: Posted by maxpiano — 26 May 2026, 18:00

Nord Stage Forum • Re: M-Audio EX-P expression pedal jitter on Nord Stage 4

2026-05-26T17:55:59+02:00

I have a M-Audio EX-P and it works fine with my NS3 in both modes (I prefer to use it in the OTHER = Yamhaa mode as I also have a FC7, so I don't have to change settings when swapping them)

I suggest to check that the "minimum" pot is at 0 and that the mode selection switch is well positioned and not in a middle-way position.

Then, to keep it more stable in a position, you may try to (gently) tighten the bolt on its side to increase pedal friction (+ avoid to rest your foot on it when you want it stable, of course)

Statistics: Posted by maxpiano — 26 May 2026, 17:55

Nord Stage Forum • M-Audio EX-P expression pedal jitter on Nord Stage 4

2026-05-26T17:45:33+02:00

Hi everyone,
I've been having a frustrating issue with my Nord Stage 4 and I'm hoping someone can help.
I'm using two M-Audio EX-P expression pedals connected to the Control Pedal input, and both show the same problem: the pedal works when moving it, but the value never stabilizes when the pedal is stationary. I can see the LEDs of the affected channel flickering constantly, even when the pedal is completely still.
I've already tried the following without success:

Switching the polarity switch on the EX-P to both positions
Changing the Nord Stage 4 pedal configuration to Roland and Yamaha modes
Testing with two different EX-P pedals (same result on both)
The same issue occurred on a previous Nord keyboard I owned

Since the problem is consistent across two different pedals and two different Nord keyboards, I believe this is a compatibility issue between the M-Audio EX-P and Nord keyboards in general, possibly related to impedance mismatch.
Has anyone experienced this? And what expression pedal are you using successfully with your Nord Stage 4?
Thanks in advance!

Statistics: Posted by LUISVL4D — 26 May 2026, 17:45

Nord Electro Forum • Re: Does any other company make a keyboard with song mode?

2026-05-26T17:27:47+02:00

There will certainly be more keyboards that have things like song mode. Even if a smartphone or a tablet will be way more flexible.

My Viscount Legend '70s does have a dedicated song mode thas comprises 4 programs to be assigned with each song.

Statistics: Posted by FZiegler — 26 May 2026, 17:27

Nord Stage Forum • Re: S3 Song mode edits

2026-05-26T16:56:11+02:00

Page 29 of the manual explains the Organize feature onboard the NS3.

Statistics: Posted by ericL — 26 May 2026, 16:56

Nord Electro Forum • Does any other company make a keyboard with song mode?

2026-05-26T16:47:14+02:00

I love Song Mode on my Electo 5D. I arrange my songs alphabetically and do a backup.

At a gig, when I get the setlist, it's quite easy to temporarily move songs up to the start of the list and put them in the order they're needed.

Back home I just do a restore and everything's back in alphabetical order.

All self-contained on the keyboard. No need for external setlist maker software on another device.

Since Nord seems to have abandoned this feature, I was wondering if anyone knows of a similar feature on any other company's keyboards?

Thanks in advance!

Statistics: Posted by cbluff — 26 May 2026, 16:47

General Nord Forum • Re: Sustain pedal creeps away during a concert((

2026-05-26T16:16:26+02:00

You can only play with this when sitting on a chair, given the height of the board on wheels - right?

Statistics: Posted by Schorsch — 26 May 2026, 16:16