good as VST / AU plugins .
4 . The best and most used Nord piano samples in CCM today are the following : Lady D , Italian Grand for that Adele “ Hello ” vibe , Studio Grand 2 for a close Hillsong sound , Back Upright , Grand Upright , Romantic Upright for a very real upright sound , and Mellow Upright for a dark but fat piano that sounds a lot like Native Instruments ’ “ The Giant ”.
5 . Nord also lets you load in your own samples to the synth section . This means you can have real analog synth sounds on your hardware . You can do the sampling process and use the Nord Sample Editor to make your own , but if that ’ s too complicated you can always download samples from Hillsong ’ s Peter James or myself at Multitracks . com .
6 . Song Mode on the Stage 3 is a huge tool they added on the hardware update . You can set up a Set-list on the Nord Sound Manager software from your PC or Mac and set up to five patches per song that have seamless transitions between songs . This makes setup for Sunday worship a lot faster .
7 . Lastly : It ’ s solid ! The hardware is very reliable . I ’ ve had my late 2018 MacBook Pro almost max out and die on me on stage , but with the Nord this has never happened . So , it ' s reliable and you will never be left out in the gutter .
If you want to take even more advantage of your Nord , explore my Red Essentials Collection for the Stage 2 and 3 series on MultiTracks . com . I use these on stage and know from experience that they will take the guesswork out of sounding great . There ’ s more to come in the future so please stay tuned in !
May 2021
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