The Nord Electro 7 HP is a performance-focused stage keyboard that pairs the Electro platform’s updated sound engines with an HP keybed featuring Kawai hammer action. Designed for players who prioritize authentic piano feel alongside expressive organ and synth performance, the Electro 7 HP delivers hands-on control, expanded sound shaping, and a refined user interface in a stage-ready instrument from Nord.
Organ, Piano, and Synth Engines
The Organ Section is based on the Nord Organ 3 engine and includes B3, B3 Bass, Vox, Farfisa, Soft B3, and Pipe organ models. A next-generation Rotary Speaker emulation offers three selectable microphone positions and slow, fast, and stop modes. Physical drawbars with LED indicators are standard, providing hands-on control alongside Drawbar Live Mode and presets for upper and lower manuals. The B3 model includes three tonewheel modes.
The Piano Section draws from the Nord Piano Library, offering a wide selection of grands, uprights, and electric pianos enhanced with Dynamic Compression, Unison, Timbre, and String Resonance. Sounds can be transferred and organized using Nord Sound Manager software.
The Synth Section introduces analog waveforms, FM synthesis, and sample playback from the Nord Sample Library, including premium content such as orchestral and vintage instruments. Performance features include mono, legato, and glide modes, unison, vibrato with adjustable parameters, a low-pass filter with resonance, and dual ADR envelopes for amp and filter/FM amount.
Program Control and Interface
A new panel design with a large high-resolution color display improves visibility and workflow. Push encoders allow fast selection of programs, categories, and sounds, while Live Mode enables seamless changes during performance. Expression Pedal Assign allows pedal control of synth filter and effects for added expressiveness.
Effects and Amplification
The Electro 7 HP features an expanded Effects Section with dedicated effects per section and layer. New additions include an authentic Spring Reverb, Brit and Suitcase amplifier models, and a Delay with analog mode, feedback filters, tap tempo, ping-pong, and global options. Modulation effects include chorus, phaser, flanger, tremolo, and ring modulation, all with rate and amount controls. A dedicated compressor with amount control, three-band EQ with sweepable mid, and a global reverb with layer send and chorale/bright/dark modes round out the effects.
UPC: 834035001806