Clavia Nord Electro 73

Downloaded the OC 2.0 from Clavia Web site, and upgraded the system with no problems whatsoever.
It is indeed a great feature to be able to load new sounds and new OC in the future. so the Electro is never going to become obsolete!

The color seems just right: it would be impossible to come up with a more appropriate color for an instruments that combines several different instruments. It would definitely look ugly in the color of wood as some unimpressed users seem to suggest. Black or grey? Enough of that!
The overall design of the Electro has been given much thought and good taste - high class!

Sounds are striking!
As opposed to the sound of B4 NI which I thought (until now) was pretty decent, the Hammond in Electro is dynamic and very organic (whether or not it sounds exactly like the real thing), while B4 seems lifeless and flat in comparison.

I guess all software instruments are doomed to sound that way - like drawn on a thin, thin paper.

The Rhodes pianos do sound like the real ones I used to own.
The acoustic pianos? not too impressive to my taste, they tend to sound like they were recorded from far away...
may be in the future upgrades there will be a better one. :)

Ths only thing I wish for (as an option) would be the sound of an old, beat up organ like the one you can hear in Seal's "Fly Like an Eagle".

Don't know yet. Seems very well built.

Haven't tried it yet either.
Judging by how much they care about supplying their users with upgrades, Clavia must be some caring, hard working people... and I only hope they stay that way. :)

Great instrument of its own unique class!

Turn on and play! I have read the owner's manual only to learn how save the sounds. The led-drawbars are very easy to use
Only 10 Kg!!!!!!!

10 for the 2.0v! Fix some bugs, hard pan of the outputs, more polyphony for the ep, the keyclick are adjustable.
The waterfall keyboard is the best choice for the organ.

Hammond: 10
Rhodes: 10
Wurlitzer: 9
Clavinet: 8
CP80: 8 for the sampling, 6 for the real CP80 sound
Piano: 5... to replace in the future with another sample

Good effects on board, leslie excellent, nice overdrive...

Without leslie is easy to obtain some Vox Continental, Farfisa
Compact sound like setups... very good for Doors and early PinkFloyd

The best keyboard for sixty's and seventy's lovers
Perfect for rock, hard rock, psychedelic, blues,
funky, lounge, jazz, acid jazz...
I have wait a keybord like this for a lot of years

This thing is SOOOO easy to use. I'm still getting used to the electronic drawbars. It's a little weird coming from real drawbars to this, but I'm sure I'll get the hang of it. I am using the 1.0 operating system right now, but Clavia is coming out with a new one at the end of this month, along with new keyboard sounds. This keyboard is very straightforward. If you want to change the settings, you use knobs and buttons. I love the fact that there are no touchscreen menus that you have to scroll through to change settings. Thank you Clavia!

I believe it has full polyphony. The action on this is semiweighted, and velocity sensitive when appropriate, which makes a good compromise between what an organ should feel like (no weight) and the weight of a piano such as the Rhodes. The Organ sound is killer! Thick bass, screaming high end, perfect. The rhodes sound is a 10 too. You can actually hear the hammer hitting the tine if you play softly. I had a MK II Rhodes, and this sounds even better than the real thing. The Wurlitzer is good too, maybe an 8. It's a little quiet in the high end. The clavinet is great. Nice, dirty, funky. I can't comment on the CP-80, because I dont know how they're supposed to sound anyway. The acoustic grand is a little weak in my opinion, probably a 6. I play through a Kurzweil SP88X for my piano sound, so it's not a big loss for me. All of the other sounds more than make up for it.

See above. This instrument works great for Rock, Funk, Jazz, and all out jamming. The onboard effects rock, especially the Leslie sim. They not only simulate the rotary sound, but also the preamp of the Leslie, which is beuatiful.

I've only had it for 2 weeks, so my knowledge of it is limited, but I feel very confident in this instrument. It is solid, and Clavia seems like a company that you can count on. I would definitely gig with this without a backup.

I've written Clavia a few emails about software and instrument upgrades, and they've been very prompt about getting back to me. Have had no problems with the instrument, so I cannot say how their service and repair departments are. I guess that's for the better.

From my experience, I will always play with this instrument. I don't ever see myself selling it. From the practicality sense of trying to gig with a B3, a Rhodes, a D6, and a Wurlitzer, there is no way that I'd rather carry all that weight. I'd much rather carry a 25 pound keyboard that sounds just as authentic as the originals. This is the best musical investment I've made, hands down.

Well, there ain't much to it.. plug it in, and jam, jam.. turn off the lights, jam some more. You think you gotta eat dinner.. actually, you jam. You feel sleepy... you jam.

I think you can even build a patch with your eyes closed. It's that easy.

First of all, there is a major problem with polyphony. Without pedals, fine. But if you're going to play mellow, slow kind of tunes, you'll run out of voices very quick. The organ is full polyphony, you can lie on the keys for performance fun. The polyphony of the piano section is said to increase with OS ver2. Also, you will get key off sounds (like in Gigasampler) in ver2.

Effects are the standard bunch. Stuff that you'd probably apply to the sound anyway, but it's just good to have them within reach. The WAH is problematic. It works so-so on a clavinet, but sucks on anything else.. The sweep range is fixed. That's a boo-boo for me.

Anyway, everything is so-so. Nothing grabs your attention here. So the feature kind of gets a low score. But things might change with os 2.

Huh, perfect is the keyword. Though you can tell when the sample layers are changing, it all sounds incredibly good anyway.

Will work for any kind of music really.. house, hiphop, r&b.. But it all depends if you can play it good or not.

No problems yet.. And I doubt this keyboard can have any problems.. it's so simple, there's not much that can go wrong!

Dunno, haven't had any problems

The special thing about this machine is that is just... "works" in the mix. It'll add this strange, vintage feel to the mix. The rest is up to you.

If you're into house, just want rhodes samples, go buy a sampling CD. You'll need to work out your fingers to get this one under control. Sampling CDs are much cheaper and quick anyway.

If you're looking for a good synth with good rhodes.. and checked Triton with expansion board, Roland JV series with massive samples, Yamaha EX5, or Motif.. Look no further. Who gives about all the extra features and other honey and butter. You don't need a sequencer for this one.. It's not meant to be triggered from a sequencer. You play it live.

Every parameters have their own button or knob. My grandmother would
make generate wonderful sounds from it.

Full polyphony. Not so many different sounds, but everything is made
so well. You know, not so many features, but only good features. Less is more.

Every nuance can be played with these electric piano sounds.
I love the Rhodes, Wurlitzer, and Clave also. Piano sound is very OK too.
And the organs. Thay sound angry!!! You will die when you switch on the
leslie when you have a bit of distortion and lots of bass frequencies.
So great! I would give eleven, but 10 is the best.

I absolutely trust this machine. Two times some noteoff message have
lost and I've had to use PANIC -button to kill the remaining notes.
Otherwise, it has worked very fine.

Haven't tried...

Absolutely worth of the price. If you like Rhodes and Hammond, this
is for you!

This is very easy to use. You only need the manual for specific MIDI programming. If you've used a keyboard before, then you'll figure this one out in 5 minutes.

There is full polyphony on the organ, yet you'll never need full polyphony. The piano section only has 24 note polyphony, and it could use more. Occasionally I'll hear a faint clicking on the Rhodes sound when the keyboard starts stealing notes from lack of polyphony. The USB expansion capability is great. I think it'll be a snap to load new sounds into the keyboard when they become available. The effects layout is great. It's really cool that you can apply any effect on any of the sounds. It's great to be able to put the acoustic piano through distortion, ring modulator and leslie speaker simulation. There are not that many features compared to some of the newer keyboards that have been released, but the features it does have are simple and very useful. The keyboard action is OK. I would prefer it to be a little more piano like. The keys feel a little wobbly and the velocity response seems to be a little uneven. It's playable, yet a little too light.

This is why you should buy this keyboard... for the sounds. I own a B3, Wurlitzer 200A, Rhodes 73, Clavinet Duo, and an upright Yamaha U3. The B3 can sound great if you use the Leslie simulation. If the Leslie is turned off, it sounds wrong. The artificial key click is too loud with the Leslie turned off. Currently there is no way to turn the key click off. Hopefully in the future this can be changed. The Wurlitzer and Rhodes sound almost identical to the real thing. The Clavinet is exceptional, but you can't make it feedback like the original. i don't know why they included a CP80 sound. The acoustic piano is pretty bad. It really lacks between C3 and C4 which is where you'll mostly be playing. Oh well... it's usable. Hopefully I'll be able to download a better one in the future. The onboard effects are great. The tremolo is very useful. The distortion is subtle and smooth. All of the effects seem to be subtle and not over the top. They work perfectly with the instrumentation. The ring modulator is an added bonus and sounds nice on the Rhodes.

I just got it. It seems to be solid. We'll see...

I've emailed Clavia a couple of times, but I haven't gotten a response yet.

If this we're stolen I would have to replace it. This keyboard is exactly what I need for live shows. It only weighs 20 lbs!!!!!

Save yourself some space and back pain if you want a Wurlitzer, Rhodes or Clavinet.

The only thing that needs improvement is the acoustic piano sound and some tweaking on the organ. I would also like a combo organ simulator.

It looks cool too, with real red wood sides!