My Piano Rig Rundown at Crossover Church // Nord Stage 4 + Keyscape & Omnisphere //

[@elijahkay3938]

We are about to introduce Stage 4 into out process for keys, but it seems that I will be the only one using the 4 with Mainstage, at least for now. THERE IS A BIIIIG DIFFERENCE between playing a grand piano, a Nord/Yamaha workstation with hammer keys, a $500 controller (even with hammer keys) and a $200 controller with "noodle" keys. And I have played them all. The noodle keys are totally fine for pads, but to "properly" play piano, proper key resistance must exist for proper piano expression. For the longest time, I believed that Nords were overrated, but this opinion changed drastically for two reasons. First, I played a Nord Piano 5 (AMAZING KEYBED, enough resistance to help with piano expression, but soft enough to be able to play for a while). Second, Nord sample quality: whatever alchemy Nord is doing to their samples and electronics, the pianos have an unbelievable ability to cut thru the mix without being harsh (and we used Behringer, Allen & Heath and Yamaha sound boards). The Nord hype is real AND is JUSTIFIED, in my opinion. Technically, Stage 4 on its own has some capacity to behave like a Mainstage setup, but I look forward to integrating Nord and Mainstage for His glory!

[@Jesusnievesmusic]

Yes! Honestly I know it can do way more but as u might see if am a guitarist and don’t have a lot of time to spend with the Nord and figure everything out. But so far it’s amazing. It’s like having a pedalboard at your hands at all times

[@samuelmaylor6634]

Great vid. Glad to see someone from Springfield on YT

[@Jesusnievesmusic]

Thank you my friend! Blessings

[@warrenroberts1912]

I never undestood why people pay a million dollars for Nords just to not use it as a main board. Just buy a $500 controller???

[@Jesusnievesmusic]

Honestly u can do so much if you use it at its full potential. I am a guitarist and i am not the best at understanding keyboard language. For me MainStage is my easy way out.

[@scottm1238]

Why would any church buy a $5700 Nord Stage 4 and then use it as a midi controller?

[@Jesusnievesmusic]

Hey my friend i am the guitarist from the church and I don’t know how to use it at a 100%. Using it with MainStage is my easy way out.

[@victorhugod387]

That's my question!!😀😀😀

[@Adoradoresdecristo1981]

Good video.

[@Jesusnievesmusic]

Thanks! Blessings

[@Chasenwajaé]

Hey bro, I would have loved for you to go over the “arp” track! 😞.. great video though!

[@Jesusnievesmusic]

Hey for sure i will do a more detailed video

[@johnjoy_jayjay]

awesome. what is the name of the software

[@Jesusnievesmusic]

Hey my friend! I am using Mainstage 3 to run Keyscape & Omnisphere

[@robertmichalscheck3072]

Is it possible to have keyscape piano sound played on the nord, but still use nord layers and stuff with with keyscape piano sound?

[@arthurels5832]

Yes, you should be able to either send the VST sound into the nord + using the nord sound or sending the VST sound to mixer + using nord sound.

[@robertmichalscheck3072]

@@arthurels5832 cool,good news,thx

[@Jesusnievesmusic]

Yes the way i did it was using a 4 channel mixer. Here i am sending the Nord piano and synth into its own channel, Organ into a separate channel and mainstage into another channel

[@robertmichalscheck3072]

@@Jesusnievesmusic great to know thx much,can MainStage only be used with Mac OS or can it be used with windows also?

[@Jesusnievesmusic]

@@robertmichalscheck3072 I believe it’s only Apple Product. But i am pretty sure there’s other similar products you can use with Windows. Mainstage is just a host to run your plugins