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| Nord Electro 3 HP |
If you think what it is compared to "normal" Electro 3, I might put it this way: If you're a organ player wanting to also play some piano stuff, normal Electro 3 is for you. But if you are more piano player who wants to play also organ stuff, HP-model is targeted for you. So simply it's all about keyboard touch.
Best part of HP is Clavia's superb sound quality but also its portability: it weights only 11kg which is maybe kind of a record for a piano-type keyboard. Of course it's not a full piano: it has 73 keys. So I'd say that this is basically a keyboard for a band musician not for a solo piano player. HP-keyboard feels nice and I might say that it's same (or very close to) Nord Stage 2's. (I have this latter and I cannot tell you that there was any difference. On the other hand I had no change play them both at that store.)
Obvious problem with HP (and with all Electro 3 models) is that it is "monotimbral". This means that you cannot get more than one sound at a time. You cannot make dual sounds or splits with pianos, organs or sample sounds. You cannot play Electro-organ with other midi keyboard and same time piano with Electro. For me this makes it quite useless: I would like to play piano with other hand and organ with other. So it should have at least two sound engines inside (= 2-parts multitimbrality). For example Stage 2 has 6-parts multitimbrality, which justifies its higher price.
Other thing is that HP's "screen" has on only two digits which is ridiculous when nowadays almost everywhere you can have color touch screens. So you have to memorize quite a lot when using it. But on the other hand Clavia is giving us nearly-knob-per-function approach where practically everything is there on the panel; you don't need to go through complex menus to edit effects or anything.
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