Ben Allen

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@DavidIzquierdoAzzouz 19 сағат бұрын

Thanks for comparing, it's very useful. Doesn't NORD feature damper resonance like the YC88 does?

@blasthousemusic 6 күн бұрын

awesome sound .. just crazy how much potential i hear... good video

@shehzadamurthy1983 6 күн бұрын

I dont understand, but some of the patches sound so bad, as if im listening to a cheap pair earbuds. And then some of them sound amazing and full. I feel like half of the patches would be pretty useless.

@benallen5967 5 күн бұрын

You are likely picking up on the weakness of the first Montage and Motif patches - the new ones, that sound best to ME, are the Montage M additions.. but frankly, this is not a SYNTH based synth. Yes the new synth engine is good - but it won't be great if you are going for Junoesque sounds.

@shehzadamurthy1983 5 күн бұрын

@@benallen5967 yes I think you are right. The Motif XF patches and some original montage patches do sound thin and lifeless. And yes I agree the new ANX engine is a very sweet sounding synth by itself. But yeah, I guess my point was, if someone were to spend this much money on a stand-alone synth, then they'd be a little disheartened. But thanks for doing these demos, it must have taken a lot of time. Cheers!

@stevefranklin5714 8 күн бұрын

I see here a lot of folk are commenting on the the price of $5000 I assume that is American dollars Here in New Zealand that price tag is $9000 at the local music store When I first saw this I just about fell off my piano stool However if you put it in a context in about 1988 I brought a Roland D-50 for $3000 In today’s money that would be about $9500 I can remember saving up all my pennies for that one, believe me I can’t imagine taking a $9000 synth out to some gig. I’m sure it’s a beautiful instrument but not sure it’s for the road.

@benallen5967 8 күн бұрын

I've taken it out many many times with zero issues. I treat it well, and it has a waterproof hard case. I've had issues with Nord keyboards with weighted actions, but this one has the waterfall action and like my Stage 3 before it, has been rock solid.

@Nonyabizz01 10 күн бұрын

Does it have or need a sustain pedal? This would be the perfect keyboard for me

@benallen5967 10 күн бұрын

@@Nonyabizz01 it needs one. The triple pedal and the SP-2 options, enables pedal noise, which I personally love. See this page for pedals. www.nordkeyboards.com/accessories/

@Justin_collier 12 күн бұрын

Beautiful playing, i just wish it wasn’t 3100$. I’ve been working overtime trying to save up for it but in the end i think I’ll be happy if i buy this but i was considering getting the yc73 and using my kawai as an extended midi controller to get the full 88 effect to save some money

@Jzh733 13 күн бұрын

Sorry, that DX ep sounds like a Psr home keyboard. Good playing.

@staceycarras3815 16 күн бұрын

Can you dim the organ fader LED's ? Ben

@benallen5967 16 күн бұрын

@@staceycarras3815 you can change their color but I don’t believe they can be dimmed.

@staceycarras3815 16 күн бұрын

Your awesome Ben, I've been through a similar gear journey, keep it coming

@ericnataf9206 16 күн бұрын

Great job, I am buying soon the montage 6, do you thing this time yamaha made better organ sound then the Nord stage???

@benallen5967 16 күн бұрын

@@ericnataf9206 the new organ sounds are great, but they are very very polyphony hungry. I found that I start dropping notes if I layer a piano with any of these new organs, and then turn on a drum track. Same thing if I just have a piano, pad, and one of the new organs. As usual, even with the 400 notes or polyphony - Yamaha has not given sufficient power and resources to this machine to serve us in the same way a Nord Stage does. I say this as someone who had a montage M6 and a Stage 4, and sold the Montage M6 purely due to the polyphony issues. The same is true of Roland and their Fantom (and EX) but guess which one I still have? The Nord Stage 4.

@Dolores5000 23 күн бұрын

I want one

@jonos138 24 күн бұрын

When you say no effects except for a small amount of reverb from the cp itself. Does this mean there is no way of turning off reverb completely?

@benallen5967 23 күн бұрын

No, it means I left just a small amount of reverb turned on - as a master effect in the CP.

@mikeluisipiano 27 күн бұрын

thank you!

@NormanPeterson Ай бұрын

So GOOD !! But that same tremelo on all the ep's mostly the rhodes is SO annoying.. Otherwise spot on mate

@NormanPeterson Ай бұрын

Excellent!!

@soliv27 Ай бұрын

59:50 at least one good lead. But no ADSR modification I guess. I don't understand why there is not the classic jazz synth leads

@Justin_collier Ай бұрын

I think the yc88 is the winner here. It looks more professional and will do all you need in any professional setting and it’s built like a tank

@timbrackeen3508 Ай бұрын

Hi Watt and Marshall

@RuslanKamchatka Ай бұрын

У меня Rolland RD-700NX. Надеюсь, в этой модели производители улучшили управление ударными? В моей модели нельзя регулировать громкость ударных на лету, более того при смене звуков менялись и ударные. Как с этим дело обстоит в этой модели?

@pasqualebernardo7604 Ай бұрын

Bel sound!. Sorry Mr. Ben Allen, what amp did you use with the XK4. Thank you

@benallen5967 Ай бұрын

I don't understand what you are asking. What you are hearing in this video, is straight from the XK4, into the Strymon Lex V2 pedal, and then into my interface. No amps were involved.

@pasqualebernardo7604 Ай бұрын

@@benallen5967 OK, Thanks.

@Steven-ps3to Ай бұрын

Gorgeous simple lyrics Gorgeous

@lauranour2606 Ай бұрын

Hi Ben, thanks for all the great information, i use this piano in the church but cant find the cello and pan flute sound, if you pls kindly just tell me under what button i can find and the sequence digital number for them, really appreciate it, thanks a lot

@BlackBlofeld Ай бұрын

Lex is a superb Leslie sim. The main problem with the Lex is that Strymon made it having in mind mainly (if not only) the guitarists. I had the "Burn" connected it on a Hammond XK1 (actually i had connected two of them) and the sound was excellent. Later i bought a Hammond XK1c and i tried it with Vent II. It''s ok, but something is missing. When i connected the Lex on the XK1c i found the sound i was searching for years, this "motor-boat" intense sound you get when you have the mics too close to Leslie rotors. The Lex sounds more "warm" in my ears, especially on higher notes. Personally i chose the Lex over Vent II for its "warmth" and its intense sound. Pull out all the drawbars and listen on Fast speed the higher notes, only Lex make them sound "creamy" and warm, even with the "Clip" overdrive from the SK/XK1c/XK4 models. The Clip OD is almost useless with internal sim, but with Lex sounds extremely well. I was thinking to buy the XK4 and the Lex v2 for a long time, and probably i'll buy them in this summer. Listen few sound examples i recorded with the XK1c and Lex in the link below. Even Strymon posted few of these in its Facebook page. 😁 kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZmVmoRtqrtmmMk

@davidclark3603 Ай бұрын

I wish I had one!!!!

@benallen5967 Ай бұрын

It is a great board!

@gabrielranarivelo9088 Ай бұрын

I know I'll have one!!!!

@eduardo.bortolato Ай бұрын

hi, I wil contact

@wtpwtp Ай бұрын

Good review! Thank you!

@chriscornell8810 Ай бұрын

Harpsichord 2:33:01

@macdavyboy 2 ай бұрын

Hello Ben. This is such a great review of B-3X. Thank you. I have the software for my setup (Yamaha P-125B / L1-P1 foot pedal / iPad Pro). I would like to know the other software you are integrating with the B-3X that offers other instruments and sounds. I am limited to the voices I have built into my Yamaha. I see one as Ravenscroft (piano?). But what are the others that allow you voices / sounds by name please? Thanks.

@endyzyl 2 ай бұрын

Bro! You messed up mehn. Why didn't you compare both the organ on the Yamaha YC with the organ on the Nord Stage 4. You only played the organ on the YC because you know the organ on the Nord will smoke the YC organ

@benallen5967 2 ай бұрын

I clearly played both…please see 1:11:00

@user-fb4pt6zv9t 2 ай бұрын

Absolutely the best out there. Significantly superior to burn and ventilator 1 and 2.

@GEMACOUSTICS 2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this

@DJIncendration 2 ай бұрын

That first piano sound is amazing! I''m surprised it's not on the PSR-SX900. It's on the Genos 1 and 2, but not on the PSR-SX900 at all.

@plantpoweredmuscle 2 ай бұрын

Do you still have your Juno x?

@benallen5967 2 ай бұрын

I do not. I am totally opposed to the “rent our expansions” cloud model Roland has adopted and don’t understand why they think people will continue to buy their hardware which is essentially running the same software as your computer.

@plantpoweredmuscle 2 ай бұрын

@@benallen5967 Do you recommend something to take its place? I was excited to get a remake of a classic but when I got it I guess I should’ve waited and researched more because I hate the premade scenes and also agree with it being software downloaded into the synth.

@plantpoweredmuscle 2 ай бұрын

How do you make the drums consistent. Every time I play a melody it only speeds up if I play multiple keys faster. But what if I want the drums to play full while I only play lightly?

@kimdiez2681 8 күн бұрын

I don't have a Juno X to answer that, but it surely needs to be answered here !

@mikeluisipiano 2 ай бұрын

muy buenoooo

@akibe7608 2 ай бұрын

I ended up sending back my NS4 and bought a used Kronos 2 73 key and could no be happier. If someone likes it, then they are entitled to - but I personally wouldn't pay more than $3.5k for what the Nord offers.

@ellekappa5692 19 күн бұрын

Io ho fatto la stessa cosa. Pagare tutti quei soldi per avere un buon piano e un buon organo mi sembra esagerato. Io ho sentito i Synth e i campioni, sono veramente ridicoli. Ancora peggio donino suoni orchestrali. Per il resto è ok.

@bakinecpianist 2 ай бұрын

as if Nord has a tube sound 🥰🥰🥰

@damesmusictunestherealdjtu3722 2 ай бұрын

When your playing the keyboard do you know what hold the note on the piano keys when you play the strings

@aaronhayford3366 2 ай бұрын

Can you hear a preview of the sound before uploading? only ask as I would not want to load the wrong sound in the middle of a live set.

@fullturbodev 2 ай бұрын

Amazing content, thank you so much!