Piano 5 with a Keytar

[caj46120]

Is it possible to pull identical sounds from a Nord Piano 5 and use them via MIDI on a Keytar? I was doing something similar with my Roland DS-88 but it became too much of an issue due to the pitch wheel and lack of control from the Alesis Vortex 1. Further context, it is for an 8-piece wedding/event band that requires me to have that movement out from behind the keyboard and into the spotlight with some timeless synth sounds.

Thanks in advance!

[FZiegler]

Which is the part you are unsure about?

1. The Piano 5 is a stage piano, not a synthesiser; there is very little capability in terms of synth sounds - only in the form of static samples that you may trigger. And I'm not very confident that its sound engine would be able to react on aftertouch or pitch bend commands. Why not use a cheap synth to produce sound?

2. You can control the Piano 5 via MIDI, but only the entire instrument, not single layers. So you'd probably need to set it from its own panel before being able to switch to the keytar and play it.

3. The Piano 5 has DIN-MIDI (USB-MIDI as well). You certainly don't want to wire it to the keytar? So you'd need a compliant solution for either MIDI over BT or WIDI (depending on the keytar) connecting to the DIN plugs to establish the connection. Check with the keytar manual for a matching solution on the receiving side, Nord won't provide a special adaptor.

4. The Roland Juno you had sounds much more of an appropriate solution to me than the Piano 5. What exactly didn't work well?

"Pull sounds from a Nord Piano 5" sounds odd to me. I'd rather say push or send MIDI commands from a keytar to a sound generator (the Piano 5). Where the keytar is the dumb part of the game and the Piano 5 the one that needs to be able to interpret the received commands: It's still the Piano 5 that's in control of the sound, it's just remote-controlled by itself. So you still play a digital piano with your keytar - which may not exactly be what you want.