Nord AMS-NGRAND, Nord Grand 88-note Kawai Hammer Action with Ivory Touch

Descriptions

Nord AMS-NGRAND, Nord Grand 88-note Kawai Hammer Action with Ivory Touch 

The Nord AMS-NGRAND has features of a premium weighted keybed with advanced triple sensors that capture the movements of the hammers with exceptional precision, Nord AMS-NGRAND can deliver a smooth and natural feel of an acoustic grand piano. The Nord AMS-NGRAND is incorporating our award-winning performance features and hands-on user interface the lightweight Nord AMS-NGRAND not only provides an extraordinary playing experience, but is also an elegant new approach to our stage piano series.

Product Highlights of the Nord AMS-NGRAND

• 88-note Kawai Hammer Action with advanced triple sensors
• Ivory touch keys
• Seamless Transitions when changing programs
• Layer and Split with Split Point crossfades
• OLED display for excellent overview
• Support for Nord Piano Monitor

Piano Section 
• 2 GB memory for Nord Piano Library
• 120 Voice Polyphony
• Dedicated Piano Filters for Acoustic and Electric Pianos
• 3 Dynamic Curves
• Dynamic Pedal Noise with Nord Triple Pedal (included)
• Advanced String Resonance
• Soft Release

Sample Synth 
• 512 MB Memory for Nord Sample Library 3.0
• Dedicated Sample Synth section with Attack, Decay/Release and dynamic controls

Effects 
• High quality stereo effects modelled after classic stomp boxes
• Reverb with three modes - Room, Stage and Hall

• 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
  88-note Kawai Responsive Hammer keybed with Advanced Triple Sensors

• Global (Cont.) = Split functionality with selectable split point and LED indication
  Optional Split crossfade
  Layer functionality
  Panel Lock option
  Mono Output option
  Dynamic Sustain Pedal action with the included Nord Triple Pedal
  USB-MIDI
  Free OS updates

• Piano Section = 6 types - Grand, Upright, Electric Pianos, Clavinet, Digital and Misc.
  Each category can contain up to 20 different models.
  120 Voice Polyphony (stereo/mono pianos)
  Piano Timbre/EQ settings (Soft, Mid, Bright) with dedicated Electric Piano filters (Soft, Mid, Bright, Dyno 1 and Dyno 2).
  Advanced String Resonance (Generation 2) - adjustable amount

• Piano Section (Cont.) = Selectable Soft Release for Grand, Upright, Electric Pianos and Harpsichord
  Selectable Pedal Noise for Grand, Upright and Electric Pianos 1 - adjustable amount
  Octave transpose: -1/+1 (-6/+6 in Split mode, depending on Split position)

• Sample Synth Section = 46 Voice Polyphony
  Amp envelope with Attack and Decay/Release
  Selectable velocity sensitive low pass filter and dynamic range
  Octave transpose: -1/+1 (-6/+6 in Split mode, depending on Split position)
  Volume controllable with Volume Pedal (not included)

• Memory = Approx. 2GB dedicated to the Nord Piano Library
  Approx. 512MB dedicated to the Nord Sample Library 3.0

• Effects Section = Effect 1: 
  Pan, Tremolo, Wah and Ring Modulator
  Three selectable depths for the Pan and Tremolo, rate controlled with the Effect 1 Rate knob
  Tremolo, Pan, Ring-Mod and Wah can be controlled with Control Pedal
  
  Effect 2: 
  Phaser 1, Phaser 2, Flanger, Chorus 1, Chorus 2 and Vibe 
  Two selectable depths for each effect
  Amp Simulations, Comp and EQ: 
  
  Comp/Amp - three amp/speaker simulations, Tube Overdrive

• Effects Section (Cont.) = Drive/Compression amount controlled with the Drive knob
  Three band EQ, with sweepable mid. +/- 15 dB gain/attenuation
  Master Effects: 
  
  Dedicated Reverb with Room, Stage and Hall algorithms, each with an additional Bright mode
  Dedicated Delay Effect - Rate, Amount and Tap-tempo function

• Connections = 2 Audio outputs L & R - 1/4", 6,35 mm jacks, unbalanced
  1 Monitor input - 1/8", 3,5 mm stereo jack
  1 Headphone output - 1/4", 6,35 mm stereo jack
  1 Piano pedal input - 1/4", 6,35 mm jack. Use the included Nord Triple Pedal or a momentary pedal, like e.g, Roland DP-2, DP-6, Yamaha FC-4, FC-5, Fatar VFP1-25 etc

• Connections (Cont.) = 1 Volume Pedal input - 1/4", 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 Grand: 50.7 x 6.6 x 15.2" (128.78 x 16.76 x 38.61cm) 
  Nord Triple Pedal: 10.4 x 8.8 x 2.8" (26.42 x 22.35 x 7.11cm)

• Weight = Nord Grand: 46.0 lbs (20.87kg) 
  Pedal: 4.4 lbs (2.00kg)