It's not really about what synthesizer to get, but it's about getting a rack versus the normal version. I'm a student and I play in a cover band, use a lot of piano and hammond patches, but we're also planning on playing more modern electronic music (david guetta, Rihanna et cetera). I've set my mind on buying a nord electro 2 Sw73 for a while now (it's just perfect). I'll be using the nord electro mostly live on stage and in the practice room. My current board, kurzweil PC3X is broken and the repair bills are quite expensive (PC3X at the shop currently but maybe the PC3X can't be repaired). I'm planning to replace it with a novation mininova and a nord eletro 2 to give me all the sounds I need.
I was planning to buy a second-handed nord electro rack 2 for the price of 380 euro's. I've never owned a rack + midi controller before (always "normal" synthesizers or keyboards), so I'm really inexperienced when it comes to make this decision.
To complicate things a bit, I just got a phone call by someone who can sell me a NE2 electro SW73 for 700 euro's (was not expecting this at all).
Are the nord electro 2 semi weighted keys worth paying 320 euro's extra for the keyboard. Or can I just as easily get a midi keyboard to serve as my set of keys and pay a lot less? How good are the keys on the Nord electro 2 and what quality of keys can you find on midi keyboards (especially in accordance to the price). Aside from the quality of the keys I also don't like to be surrounded by a huge amount of keyboards on stage and stand passively next to the drummer. I prefer having a small amount of keyboards in front of me because this feels more authentic.
For example I prefer (both great players, just talking about the place they are on stage):
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To my surprise, it's quite hard to find good information by google on the comparison between getting a rack + midi controller and getting the actual keyboard. Therefor I really hope you could give me feedback on whether it's a good idea to get the rack (for 380 euro's) or get the keyboard for (700 euro's). I've never owned a rack or midi controller before, but I'm guessing many of you have and can make a good comparison on what the advantages and disadvantages are. unfortunately I don't really have a situation in which I can demo and compare the nord electro 2 SW73 with the NE2 rack. I need to make my decision on whether to buy a nord electro 2 SW 73 or the NE2 rack this monday, so I hope you're able to give me some feedback before tomorrow
. Thanks in advance! :yourock:
