Nord/RHODES Help

[funkallero409]

If i were to hook up the NOrd Electro Rack to a Nord stage i would have all the rhodes samples as the stage has I,II,V and the electro rack has Rhodes stage 1 and suitcase which would also mean i could have the rhodes action as well as the stage is fully weighted and rhodes are weighted..

this is all good but im quite wiery about the hammond organ as they are semi weighted and wouldnt really be good action with the fully weighted.. so maybe the have the electro rack and hook it up with the Nord stage compact but still i feel that using a semi wieghted wouldnt really be the same as playing a rhodes as they are fully weighted?? any advice on what i could do.

cheers matt

[jim]

you need a rhodes if you want rhodes action.

[pianotuner steveo]

Well put,Jim.

[Freddan]

Hi!
I did all the Rhodespatches for Clavia.
There are no differences between the libraries for the Electro and the Stage. No new sounds have been released for any of the products, since the Stage was launched. The only thing that was added to the Rhodespatches for the Stage was release-samples.

How much this affects how you use the sounds I don't know, and I guess that for some they can make all the difference. Just wanted to clarify, to avoid any confusion.

Thanx and All the best,
Freddan

[MikeMalone]

Hi!
I did all the Rhodespatches for Clavia.

What does this mean?? Did you sample the Rhodes for all the Nord keyboards???

[Freddan]

I'm talking about the sounds this topic was about.

[Quatschmacher]

Freddan,

do you happen to know why Clavia chose not to include the Suitcase patch on the Nord Stage?

I just checked the Clavia site and they have some new acoustic piano patches for the Stage.

[Freddan]

Hi!

No, I didn't know that, actually, but a guess is that it was too similar to one of the others. I will discuss this next time I'm at the lab. My hopes are that we can squeeze in one or two more samples this year.

I understand that it's a drag for those who have a Stage and prefer the "Suitcase"-patch. But that's the only sound that's not in both libraries.

Freddan

[MikeMalone]

Why doesnt anyone have a good Mark V patch?

[Quatschmacher]

I understand that it's a drag for those who have a Stage and prefer the "Suitcase"-patch. But that's the only sound that's not in both libraries.

Yeah, It's one reason I opted for the Electro instead of the Stage. I really like the Suitcase sample.  I did email Clavia a couple of years ago (when I bought the Electro) to ask them if they planned to add it at a later stage. From the reply I received it seemed like they might add it. That was quite a while ago now so doesn't seem likely. I wonder if there was some problem about how to label it without using the word "suitcase" (due to copyright)  whilst still being able to communicate what it was sampled from.

[Freddan]

Hi again.
I don't think there's any problems with the name at all.
As I said before, I promise I'll check this next time I'm there in a couple of weeks.
Clavia is just 20 people working incredibly hard, and they have launched two completely new instruments in the last year. It's maybe even more work after a new instrument hits the market than during developement, so that's why we have to wait a little more.

All the best,
Freddan