Nord Stage vs X8

[Khazul]

Thats kind of a strange question to me, unless the question is can the Fantom X be a decent stage paino - ie excellent at Accoustic and EPs sounds and also very striong with organs (stage pianos seem to also cover organs quite well). My answer there is of the workstations around - the Fantom X is probably the best overall for covering a stage paino type sound set. Its accoustic piano is IMHO *WAY* better than that on the Motif ES for jazz type use. The Motif ES OTOH is probably more suited to rock/pop/house type use.

I would stick the Nord stage alongside the GEM Promega series (which has the best modelled pianos IMHO) and something like the Roland RD300/700SX.

The Fantom, then obviously sits alongside Yamah Motif, Korg Triton, Alesis Fusion type workstations.

For something a bit more in the middle, then maybe a Yamaha S90ES.

Of workstations, I think the yamha machines probably do one of best jobs of masking sample changes between veleovity layers and keys, but at the cost of a rather processed sound. Ive not played an S90ES though - have heard lots of good things about its main piano sound, otheriwse its basicall a Motif ES.

For a pure stage piano - nothing IMHO comes close to a GEM promega 3.

For an excellent performance workstation - fantom x takes that prize easily.

For an overall excellent workstation/synth - then the alesis fusion stands above the others if we leave the Oasys out on the basis of price.

My personal preference at this time is a combination of fusion 8HD + maybe another very good sound module - either a FantomXR or a Motif ES Rack - that combo will cost about the same as a Fantom X8 or a Motif ES8 (the latter having overly processed pianos). The fusion soundset at the moment probably includes the best collection of EPs and Organs. The accoustic piano on it is quite raw and thye sample switching is very obvious. Overall the machine is a pleasure to play. Key action is a light hammer on the HD8. I think the Hd6 has the same keybed as the Virus TI-K.