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I'm looking to buy a keyboard primarily for practicing at home, and for recording into my DAW because I produce as a hobby -
I also gig maybe once or twice a month, so obviously this is a much lesser priority than the forementioned above.
I travelled a couple of hours from where I live today and tried both keyboards in the title and they both seem awesome, the Nord seemed a bit more comfortable keybed-wise but my mind felt a bit cluttered with all the lights and dials etc whereas the RD2000 has a much simpler layout -
I know there are other alternatives in the similar price range to consider, I've seen a few Kawai and Yamaha's crop up when doing searches on Google/Reddit, but I'm unsure as to which models are the main competitors.
Instinctively I'm somewhat drawn to the RD2000 - the extra weight isn't too much of an issue as I'd only be moving it a couple times a month, and it has a thousands of sounds and great layering potential for use in my tracks -
The Nord didn't seem to have anywhere near as many preset sounds - and they all seemed very generic. I did read somewhere that it has the capability to be loaded up with more sounds - is this something the RD2000 can also do?
I assume both can be used as a MIDI controller in my DAW, which is very important.
I thought I'd come and post on here to see if anyone had any opinions - I might be missing something and I'm hesitant to commit to buying a quite pricey bit of kit in case I make the wrong choice.
I also gig maybe once or twice a month, so obviously this is a much lesser priority than the forementioned above.
I travelled a couple of hours from where I live today and tried both keyboards in the title and they both seem awesome, the Nord seemed a bit more comfortable keybed-wise but my mind felt a bit cluttered with all the lights and dials etc whereas the RD2000 has a much simpler layout -
I know there are other alternatives in the similar price range to consider, I've seen a few Kawai and Yamaha's crop up when doing searches on Google/Reddit, but I'm unsure as to which models are the main competitors.
Instinctively I'm somewhat drawn to the RD2000 - the extra weight isn't too much of an issue as I'd only be moving it a couple times a month, and it has a thousands of sounds and great layering potential for use in my tracks -
The Nord didn't seem to have anywhere near as many preset sounds - and they all seemed very generic. I did read somewhere that it has the capability to be loaded up with more sounds - is this something the RD2000 can also do?
I assume both can be used as a MIDI controller in my DAW, which is very important.
I thought I'd come and post on here to see if anyone had any opinions - I might be missing something and I'm hesitant to commit to buying a quite pricey bit of kit in case I make the wrong choice.
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Nord Wave Best of K2500 Vol.1. Acoustic and electric pianos, strings, brass, synth sounds of all kinds, covering a large range of styles. 64 brand new sounds ('nsmp' format). 350 Megabytes (if uncompressed) Compatible with Nord Stage 2/2x, Nord Electro 3/4/5, Nord Piano 2/3, Nord Wave.