Nord Stage 3 Compact

The Nord Stage 3 is the fifth generation of the successful Stage series continuing Nord's vision of the ultimate instrument for the performing musician.

The outstanding new flagship instrument features Nord's latest award-winning technologies including the Nord Lead A1 Synth Engine with sample playback, the acclaimed Nord C2D organ, a greatly enhanced Piano Section and extensive hands-on Effects - all in one exceptional performance keyboard.

NEW FEATURES

• OLED-displays for Program and Synth section
• Seamless transitions when changing programs
• Extended Split functionality with optional Crossfade
• Song List Mode
• Extended Morph Destinations

The greatly enhanced Piano section features doubled memory (2 GB) for the exclusive Nord Piano Library, 120 voice polyphony and creative new Piano Filters.

• Doubled memory (2GB) for the Nord Piano Library
• Greatly expanded polyphony (120 voices)
• Creative Filter presets
• Layer category

The Nord Stage 3 Synth section features the acclaimed Nord Lead A1 Synth Engine combined with Sample Playback and a brilliant OLED display for all Oscillator functions.

• Nord Lead A1 Synth Engine with Sample playback
• Dedicated OLED display for Oscillator functions
• Expanded Memory (480 MB) for the Nord Sample Library
• Extended Polyphony
• Super Wave category (S-wave)

The Nord Stage 3 features the latest award-winning C2D Organ simulations of B3 Tonewheel and Vintage Transistor Organs plus two brand new Principal Pipe Organs. Two different Organ models can be used simultaneously and the updated vintage 122 Rotary Speaker simulation is also available for each slot independently.

• Nord C2D Organ Engine
• 2 new Pipe Organ models
• Model 122 Vintage Rotary Speaker - available per Slot
• Physical Drawbars for Nord Stage 3 Compact

The Nord Stage 3 Effect section features a brand new Filter Effect, extended morphable parameters, an enhanced Delay effect and a separate Reverb and Compressor for each slot.

• Improved Delay with added Feedback filters and Analog Mode
• Filter Mode with Resonance
• Separate Compressor per Slot with Amount and Fast mode
• Separate Reverb per Slot with Bright mode

MASTER CLOCK

The Master Clock function makes it easy to sync effects to other elements, like the arpeggiator, LFO or even one of the other effects. You can easily lock the effect rate to a range of note values – make the delay do quarter note triplets of what arpeggiator is playing, while the LFO gently sweeps the filter up and down in half notes, all perfectly interlocked. The Master Clock can also be controlled by an external MIDI clock – perfect for syncing your parts to a backing track, including tempo changes!

EXTERN SECTION

The Nord Stage 3 wouldn’t be a master keyboard if it couldn’t control external devices with ease. The Extern section is designed solely for this purpose, so that any MIDI-connected gear gets seamlessly integrated with the Nord Stage 3’s built-in instruments. Zones, splits and layers are handled exactly as if the external equipment was a part of the Stage 3 itself. All settings are saved together with a Program so advanced setups can be immediately recalled in real-time during a performance. You can even use the Extern Section to automatically transmit Bank Select and Program Change messages to your external units.

Semi Weighted Waterfall (SW)

The Nord Stage 3 Compact keybed uses semi weighted organ keys with a rounded "waterfall" tip, brilliant for rapid organ shredding and synthesizer licks, but also plays nice with piano sounds. Key range E-E.