The latest edition of our award-winning Piano series is equipped with dual piano engines, dual sample synths and twice the memory of the previous generation.
With the combination of a premium Triple Sensor keybed and our exclusive Virtual Hammer Action Technology, the portable Nord Piano 5 delivers an exceptional playing experience.
MAIN FEATURES
General
88-note Triple Sensor keybed with grand weighted action
Nord Virtual Hammer Action Technology
Advanced Layering (2 Pianos + 2 Sample Synths) NEW
Creative piano filters and new Dynamic Compression
3 Keyboard Touch options to suit any playing style
Dynamic Pedal Noise with Nord Triple Pedal
Advanced String Resonance
Soft Release
Sample Synth
2 independent Sample Synth Layers NEW
2x memory for Nord Sample Library NEW
Soft and Bright filters NEW
Unison for rich, ensemble sounds NEW
Tru-Vibrato with real time control NEW
Round robin for natural sounding repetitions NEW
Mono and Legato modes with Glide NEW
Attack, Decay/Release and Dynamic controls
Effects
High quality stereo effects modelled after classic stomp boxes
Reverb with Chorale and Bright/Dark mode NEW
Delay with Ping Pong mode NEW
PERFORMANCE
Two independent Pianos and Sample Synths
The Piano and Sample Synth sections of the Nord Piano 5 each contain two independent Layers. The two Pianos and two Sample Synths can be used simultaneously in a variety of split or Layer configurations. Combined with the versatile effects routing, a wide range of combinations can be achieved – from classic ensemble settings to rich soundscapes. The LED equipped Level controls allow for quick and precise balancing of all Layer volume levels. A Volume Pedal and/or Sustain Pedal can be assigned to each Layer.
Live focused design
The Nord Piano 5 has dedicated dials and buttons for full hands-on control during a live performance. Transposing, setting up a split point or creating a layered sound can be accomplished instantly.
Seamless Transitions
The Nord Piano 5 features seamless transitions for glitch free changing of sounds or programs while playing.
PIANO SECTION
The powerful new Piano section features two piano engines that can be used simultaneously in a layer or a split.
9 Grands, 9 Uprights, 10 Electric Pianos and much more
The Nord Piano 5 factory bank contains 9 Grands, 9 Uprights, 10 Enhanced Electric Pianos, Clavinet, Digital Pianos, Marimba, Vibraphone and much more from the exclusive Nord Piano Library – all carefully selected for their unique character! Nord’s state-of-the-art sampling technology capture the extraordinary nuances and real character of the source instruments. Our exclusive Nord Piano Library is regularly updated with new unique world class sounds, and always free of charge. All sounds are easily replaced using the Nord Sound Manager.
THE NORD PIANO EXPERIENCE
Virtual Hammer Action Technology
Our unique Virtual Hammer Action Technology in conjunction with the physical hammer movements delivers outstanding authenticity and dynamic response resulting in a keyboard action that handles dynamic playing with amazing control at any velocity level. The Triple Sensor keybed also provides authentic features like repeating a note without lifting the key completely to ensure the smooth repetitions and fluent transitions associated with an acoustic Grand Piano.
Triple Sensor Keybed
The triple sensor keybed has added weight for improved dynamic control providing authentic Piano touch and feel. Each individual keybed is meticulously calibrated at the Nord factory to ensure an even response over the whole range.
Advanced String Resonance
Our unique Advanced String Resonance accurately reproduces the complex interplay of the piano strings and also adds the rich ambience of a real piano when playing with the pedal down.
Nord Triple Pedal with Dynamic Pedal Noise
The Nord Triple Pedal includes Soft and Sostenuto Pedals in addition to a unique Dynamic Sustain Pedal. The Triple Pedal also enables our Pedal Noise feature that dynamically simulates the mechanical sounds of lifting and releasing the damper mechanism.
Creative Piano Filters
The dedicated piano filters provide an additional level of sonic control, accentuating softness, mid or brilliance for the acoustic uprights and grands. The electric pianos have tailored filters that even include emulations of the legendary Dyno preamp.
Dynamic Compression
The new Dynamic Compression feature balances the sound level without altering the character of the piano sound.
Soft Release
A Soft Release-mode adds a slightly longer release, more suitable for legato playing, emulating a looser damper tension in an acoustic or an electromechanical instrument.
Keyboard Touch
Three KB Touch options are available to suit your playing style, from heavy to light.
SAMPLE SYNTH SECTION
Two brand new independent Sample Synths with greatly expanded memory and a host of new sounds.
The Sample Synth Section is based on an entirely new format and contains a wide range of entirely new sounds, such as solo wind, solo brass, solo strings, basses, guitars plus a vast collection of classic analog leads and basses. Included is also a selection of samples from the Symphobia and Swing! libraries by ProjectSAM. All sounds can be quickly replaced using the Nord Sound Manager . You can also create your own sample instruments using the unique free Nord Sample Editor software for Mac and Windows.
The Sample Synth section provides two fully-featured and independent Layers and is equipped with intuitive controls for attack, decay/release and dynamic velocity response. The new Soft and Bright Timbre settings provide a quick way of shaping the tone of the sound.
Unison, Tru-Vibrato and more
The new sample format in the Piano 5 offers several exciting new features. Unison creatively blends several sample voices for rich, ensemble-like sounds, “Tru-Vibrato” accurately models the unique vibrato characteristics of a wide variety of wind, brass and string instruments and round robin allows natural sounding fast repetitions. Vibrato is assignable to button, pedal or one of the preset delay settings. The Sample Synth section also features Mono and Legato modes with adjustable Glide rate.
EFFECT SECTION
The Effect section has a wide selection of instantly tweakable high quality stereo effects modelled after classic stomp boxes. An effect can be assigned freely to any layer in the Piano and Sample Synth section.
Mod 1 – Pan, Tremolo, Wah-wah and Ring Modulator. All these can be controlled with a Control Pedal. Mod 2 – Phaser, Flanger, Chorus, Vibe effect and two selectable depths for each effect. Delay – Stereo delay effect with Tap Tempo button and Ping Pong mode. The Delay can be assigned globally to all four Layers. Equalizer – Three band EQ, with sweepable mid. The EQ can be assigned globally to all four Layers. Compressor/Amp – Twin, JC, Small, Compressor and a Tube Overdrive effect. Reverb section with five different sizes (Booth, Room, Stage, Hall and Cathedral) for adding ambience to your sounds. The Bright and Dark modes allows for enhanced or reduced treble. The new Chorale option adds a lush modulation effect.
Control Pedal
Connect an optional expression pedal for hands free control of volume and effects.
Monitor Input
Connect a second Nord keyboard or any other audio source to the rear panel Monitor Input and play along a track without worrying about an external mixer or a sound system. The signal is routed to the main outputs and the headphones output.
Specifications subject to change without notice. *Steinway, Wurlitzer, Hohner, Clavinet, Farfisa and Vox are trademarks of their respective owners and are not affiliated or associated with Clavia. These trademarks are mentioned here as a reference to a sound only. Leslie is mentioned to describe a connector standard.
About Nord
About Nord
Clavia Digital Musical Instruments (Clavia DMI AB) is a Swedish manufacturer of virtual analog synthesizers, virtual electromechanical pianos and stage pianos, founded in Stockholm, Sweden in 1983 by Hans Nordelius and Mikael Carlsson. Since 1995, Clavia’s keyboards have been branded Nord.
In 1995, Clavia released the Nord Lead. Called “a magic piece of electronics” by Sound on Sound it popularized the virtual analog type of synthesis. In 1997 the Nord Lead 2 was released, with many improvements, including increasing polyphony from 4 to 16 notes. The Nord Lead 3 was released in 2001, with a reworked sound engine, better D/A converters and monophonic aftertouch. The most striking aspect of the Nord Lead 3 was that all the sound editing knobs had been replaced with infinite rotary knobs, where the value of the parameter was indicated by a LED ‘collar’ around the knob. The rotary knobs, LED collars and keyboard with aftertouch made the Nord Lead 3 an “absolute delight” but because of its higher price, the Nord Lead 2 remained in demand. And as some of the parts of the Nord Lead 3 were getting harder to source, Clavia released an updated version of the Nord Lead 2, called the Nord Lead 2x, with faster processors, better D/A converters and an upgraded polyphony to 20 voices. The Nord Lead 3 was discontinued in 2007, but the Nord Lead 2x remains in production.
In 1997 Clavia released the Nord Modular, a virtual analog modular synthesizer. Called a “landmark in synthesis” it allowed you to essentially build your own virtual analog synthesizer. It too was later upgraded with the 2004 release of the Nord Modular G2, that gave it the same endless rotary knobs as the Nord Lead 3 and a larger keyboard with aftertouch.
Nord Electro2 In 2001 the Nord Electro was released. It was designed to emulate the classical electromechanical keyboards like the Hammond organ, the Rhodes Stage 73, the Wurlitzer electric piano and the Hohner Clavinet. The pianos are samples but the organs are modeled using a “digital simulation”.
Im 2005, Clavia produced the Nord Stage, combining the organ and piano functions of the Electro with some of the synth functionality of the Lead, while adding other piano functionality and a version with 88 weighted keys.
In October 2007 Clavia released the Nord Wave, which adds sample-player functionality to the virtual analog engine of the Nord Lead series and in March 2012 Clavia released the Nord Drum, a virtual analog drum synthesizer. and the Nord C1 Organ, a dual manual instrument containing the organ section from the Nord Electro 3, to which an emulation of a baroque pipe organ was added in 2009.
Nord Lead A1
Nord Lead 4 The Nord Piano was released in 2010, which contained the piano section from the Nord Electro 3 with an 88 key hammer action keyboard.
Clavia has continued to update each of these models, and in 2020 the Nord range included the Nord Stage 3, the Nord Piano 4, the Nord Electro 6, the Nord Lead 4, the Nord Lead A1 and the Nord Wave 2. In 1983, Hans Nordelius and Mikael Carlsson began to work in the basement of a home located in the southern suburbs of Stockholm, creating the world’s first dedicated digital drum for the commercial market, called the ‘Digital Percussion Plate 1’. In 1984 an improved version that could play four sounds from an EPROM was released under the ‘ddrum’ name with the now signature red coloring. The same year a drum system was released with several sound modules in a rack, each with its own EPROM. The pads used to trigger the sounds were unusual for the time, since they used real drum heads, whereas other electronic drum kits of the time used rubber pads. This, together with a separate trigger for the snare drum’s rim, made for a more realistic playing experience. The ddrum brand and products were sold in 2005 to their US distributor Armadillo who continues to manufacture drum products under the name.
With an intuitive new panel design, a premium triple sensor keybed, complete effect sections for each layer and massive enhancements to our award-winning technologies, the Nord Stage 4 sets a new standard.
The latest generation of the Nord Piano series features a new panel design with LED faders, dual layers for Piano and Synth with independent effects and a premium Triple Sensor keybed. Combined with excellent portability and our world-class sounds, the Nord Piano 6 offers great flexibility for performance and sound creation.
The Music Stand V2 is an easily attachable music stand that can accomodate 4 sheets of music.
Compatible with: Electro HP (61 and 73 from Electro 6), Nord Grand, Nord Piano, Nord Stage
The acclaimed Nord Organ is back - reborn and reimagined as the all-new Nord Organ 3. The latest generation of our Organ series featuring massive improvements to sound, design and performance. With a greatly enhanced organ engine, added modulation effects and a new exceptional-sounding rotary speaker emulation, the Nord Organ 3 offers an unsurpassed level of detail and realism.
With an intuitive new panel design, a premium triple sensor keybed, complete effect sections for each layer and massive enhancements to our award-winning technologies, the Nord Stage 4 sets a new standard.
Padded soft case with wheels for easy transport. Large-sized pocket for cables, stand and pedals. Alternate carrying handle on side.
Soft Case 88: Nord Piano 88, Nord Stage 88
The latest generation of the Nord Piano series features a new panel design with LED faders, dual layers for Piano and Synth with independent effects and a premium Triple Sensor keybed. Combined with excellent portability and our world-class sounds, the Nord Piano 6 offers great flexibility for performance and sound creation.
The Nord Grand 2 features the latest generation premium Hammer Action keyboard from Kawai. Combining the responsive feel of an acoustic grand piano with our world renowned Sound Libraries and a tactile user interface, the sleek and elegant Nord Grand 2 offers a genuinely unique experience.
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Specifications
Nord Piano 5 88B
GLOBAL
OLED Display
Seamless Transitions
Split Point Crossfades
16 banks with 25 programs - 400 locations
Organize functionality for programs
Live Mode - 5 Live programs
Global Transpose: +/- 6 semitones
Program Transpose: +/- 6 semitones
Fine-tune: +/- 50 Cents
Kbd Touch: 3 velocity response curves
Triple Sensor keybed with Virtual Hammer Action Technology
Split functionality with selectable split point and LED indication
Layer functionality
Mono Output option
Dynamic Sustain Pedal action with the included Nord Triple Pedal
USB-MIDI
Free OS updates
PIANO SECTION
2 independent Layers
6 types - Grand, Upright, Electric Pianos, Digital, Layer, Clavinet and Harpsichord.
Each category can contain up to 20 different models.
120 Voice Polyphony (stereo/mono pianos)
Piano Timbre feature with Soft, Mid and Bright settings for acoustic pianos. Dyno 1 and 2 options for electric pianos.
Comp/Amp - three amp/speaker simulations, Tube Overdrive
Drive/Compression amount controlled with the Drive knob
Three band EQ, with sweepable mid. +/- 15 dB gain/attenuation
Global mode for EQ
Delay
Delay Effect with Rate, Amount and Tap-tempo controls
Ping-Pong mode
Global mode
Master Effects
Dedicated Reverb with Booth, Room, Stage, Hall and Cathedral algorithms. Dark/Bright settings and optional Chorale modulation effect.
CONNECTIONS
2 Audio outputs L & R - ¼", 6,35 mm jacks, unbalanced
1 Monitor input - 1/8", 3,5 mm stereo jack
1 Headphone output - ¼", 6,35 mm stereo jack
1 Sustain Pedal input - ¼", 6,35 mm jack. Use the included Nord Triple Pedal or a momentary pedal.
1 Volume Pedal input - ¼", 6,35 mm TRS stereo jack. Use a Control/Expression pedal like e.g. Yamaha FC-7, Roland EV-5 etc.
MIDI In, MIDI Out - 5 pin DIN connectors
USB - type B connector - for transferring sounds and USB-MIDI
IEC C14 power connector
DIMENSIONS
Nord Piano 5 73: 73: 1070mm (42,1"), 342mm (13.4") 120mm (4.7")
Nord Piano 5 88: 1287 mm (50.7"), 342mm (13.4"), 120mm (4.7")
Nord Triple Pedal: 264 mm (10.4"), 224 mm (8.8"), 70 mm (2.8")
WEIGHT
Nord Piano 5 88: 18,5 kg (40.1 lbs)
Nord Piano 5 73: 15,5 kg (34.1 lbs)
Pedal: 2 kg (4.4 lbs)
INCLUDED ACCESSORIES
Nord Triple Pedal
User Manual
Power cord
OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES
Nord Piano Monitor
Nord Keyboard Stand V2
Nord Soft Case
Nord Music Stand
Dust Cover
Specifications subject to change without notice. *Steinway, Wurlitzer, Hohner, Clavinet, Farfisa and Vox are trademarks of their respective owners and are not affiliated or associated with Clavia. These trademarks are mentioned here as a reference to a sound only. Leslie is mentioned to describe a connector standard.
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