Nord User Forum

jonilikeskeys wrote:Let me pitch a possible solution,...

I think the bottom line is that NS4 owners are dealing with an odd implementation of the delay and reverb, and it shouldn't be that way for the organ, piano, or synth. I use the control pedal a lot as you do to bring instruments in and out of the mix, and nothing I do with the panel/layer level should change the level of what's already been delivered to the delay and reverb.

Am I correct this is something that can definitely be fixed in software, or is it possible there is some hardware limitation on changing this?

dansnord wrote:Am I correct this is something that can definitely be fixed in software, or is it possible there is some hardware limitation on changing this?

That’s the big question

I just received my Nord stage 4 and can’t believe they missed this detail out. This is a dealer breaker and is making me want a Nord stage 3 again. I extensively use the expression pedal to fade in/out volume combined with the wheel modulated the cutoff. This makes the stage 4 far less expressive than the stage 2/3. I don’t see Nord updating this as the wave 2 has this characteristic. I wish I knew this before I purchased, some things you only find out after sitting down with it.

If you must have this, at least there's a way to do it... add an external reverb pedal on the outputs.

It's been over a year after the NS4's release and the reverb volume problem persists. Marc at My Keys to Music is also aware of the issue. Unlike any of the previous Nord Stage models (1-3), having the NS4's reverb affected by the control/volume pedal is unmusical and frustrating. Isn't this just a software fix?

BTW, the reverb doesn't appear to cut off in the organ section.

+1 for this. Nord are usually so atuned to the needs of players, it was always their strong point. Something went wrong here, it is such a out-of-touch choice to make, akin to design philosophies from some of the larger companies. Anybody remembers infrared beam hand movements for leslie speed changes on the Roland VK-8? Reverb is almost always a BUS and not an INSERT effect, leaving it trailing of and not changing its level when track volume changes... and delay is usually used more as a "throw" effect and less as an insert effect, making volume swells into the delay possible. It's just a headshakingly bad design philosophy choice...