Nord Grand 2 (opened)

The Nord Grand 2 is a digital portable stage piano equipped with the latest generation of Kawai's premium Hammer Action keyboard and Nord's world-renowned sound libraries. It combines the responsive response of an acoustic piano with a touch-friendly user interface to offer a truly unique experience.

CLAVIATURE
The Nord Grand 2 features a new and improved Kawai hammered-key keyboard with a trio of pickups to accurately track the stroke and movement of the hammers while maintaining its ease of use, and as with the original keyboard, provides exceptional control throughout the dynamic range. A new feature is the ability to combine two sound layers (piano and synthesizer), offering greater flexibility in playing and sound creation.
- New panel design with faders and LEDs
- New hammer-action mechanics with responsive response
- Triple pedal 2 (included)

PERFORMANCE
The Nord Grand features dedicated faders with LED indication for each layer, as well as potentiometers and buttons for all the essential functions needed in live playing. Performing the most important tasks such as creating layers and keyboard splits, adding effects or transposing the instrument can thus be done instantly. The dual mechanics of Piano and Synth can be combined in layers or both instruments can be split across the keyboard. Each layer has its own dedicated effects section. A total of 7 keyboard zone split points are indicated via LED indicators, and Split Point Crossfades offer smooth transitions between two split zones. You can choose from 3 different crossfade widths (Small, Large or Off) which are indicated by different coloured LEDs.
- Dual piano layer
- dual synth layer
- Split Point with optional Crossfade
- smooth transitions
- 6 live slots
- Extensive real-time control

PIANO SECTION
The Nord Grand 2 comes with an extensive collection of sounds, upright and electric pianos from the exclusive Nord Piano Library combined with new features such as dynamic compression and unison functions.
State-of-the-art sampling technology captures the extraordinary nuances and true character of the source instruments. The unique "Advanced String Resonance" and "Dynamic Pedal Noise" features bring stunning realism and unsurpassed levels of expressiveness.
- A large collection of upright, grand, electric and other models
- Dynamic Compression
- unison function
- creative timbre options
- advanced string resonance
- dynamic pedal noise

SYNTH SECTION
Two independent sample synthesizers with greatly expanded memory and a wealth of new and updated sounds ranging from brass, brass, strings, bass and guitar to classic analog synth lead and bass sounds. Also included is a selection of Symphobia and Swing samples from ProjectSAM. The Sample Synth section offers two fully functional independent layers and features intuitive controls for adjusting attack, decay/release and velocity response dynamics parameters. The Soft and Bright parameters provide a quick way to shape the tone of the sound. The Grand 2 sample synth engine offers several new features: Unison creatively combines multiple sample voices to create a rich, ensemble sound; the "Tru-Vibrato" function accurately models the unique vibrato characteristic of a wide range of wind, brass and string instruments; and the Round Robin function enables natural-sounding fast repeats. Vibrato is controlled by a button, pedal or preset delay setting. The Sample Synth section also features Mono and Legato modes with an adjustable Glide parameter.
- 2 independent synth layers
- Doubled sample memory
- Enhanced samples with Tru-Vibrato, Unison and Round Robin functions

EFFECT SECTION
Nord Grand 2 has a new powerful effects section for each layer. The extensive effects menu includes all-new Reverb, Delay, Amp Simulation and Modulation effects.
- Dedicated effects section for each layer
- Modulation effects with speed and intensity parameters
- Global Reverb with Send function for each layer, Pre-Delay, Chorale and Bright/Dark mod
- New Spring, Booth and Cathedral Reverb algorithms
- New Spin effect
- Improved Delay with Filter, Flam and Ping-Pong
- Compressor
- Amplifier simulation with variations in tonal character