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nord g2 demo vs micro modular
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wavesinspace
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Posted : Aug 30, 2007 16:23
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are these two about the same as far as voices / dsp power? also is the g2 demo enough synth fo psy? anyone using the nord g2 demo as their main synth? |
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assaf
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Posted : Aug 30, 2007 17:21
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the g2 demo is monophonic and is very limited with the possibities though its sounds great (dont think anyone use that as a main synth, is it possible? to open it as vst or something?). micro modular is great, it has max' 4 voices and has enough power for 1 patch at time, and i would get it only for the great vocal filter that makes any sound alive and "nordy" (even vst's and external synts, the micro modular got inputs) offcourse it got milion of possiblities but i really like that filter ... i wont give my micro modular for anything... (maybe for a g2  )
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faxinadu
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Posted : Aug 30, 2007 17:25
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wavesinspace
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Posted : Aug 30, 2007 17:26
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yes, you can sequence it with any daw using the apple iac driver.. I believe you can route the audio back to ableton through the same iac driver.
also it definately has more than one voice because you can stack oscolators, and also run drum sequences etc. I think you just cant play chords |
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faxinadu
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Posted : Aug 30, 2007 17:28
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wavesinspace
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Posted : Aug 30, 2007 17:28
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define poly patch? |
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faxinadu
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Posted : Aug 30, 2007 17:42
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poly patch is when u can play two keys at the same time on your keyboard 
it also means every single module is in poly mode - oscilators, filters, lfos all can respond to poly information.
i use my scope modular daily, but most of my patches are monophonic, monophonic doesnt mean less cool, just means what it means, no poly.
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wavesinspace
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Posted : Aug 30, 2007 17:52
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does anyone know if dennis tapper on this board? |
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wavesinspace
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Posted : Aug 30, 2007 17:57
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is it safe to say most psy-trance does not use these chords you speak of...and rather relies on interesting and manipulated trancending spacial sounds? armed with g2 demo and a sampler couldnt you pull off a wicked set? |
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faxinadu
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Posted : Aug 30, 2007 18:11
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you "could" do many things, the question is what is practical...
"those chords" are used in melodic trance. if u dont need melodies then you could get by. Though poly is not JUST chords. like i was saying above, it also means all lfos, envlopes and the like are poly, and this can be important for sound design.
lets say you want to run 1/16 notes in series, but dont want them to cancel each other out.. you can't do this in a monophonic patch. each new midi note will retrigger all the envelopes, lfos and all.
depends what you wanna do
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wavesinspace
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Posted : Aug 30, 2007 18:19
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spinalpuppet
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Posted : Aug 31, 2007 14:21
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the g2 demo rocks. the only realistic way to use it though that i can see is if you have a second computer to run it on. then you can just use it like an external hardware synth. I think it takes too much cpu to really run along side a sequencer then the whole mess or midi loopback and trying to route the audio. |
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PoM
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Posted : Aug 31, 2007 15:02
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i thought midi is disabeled in the demo?i played a bit with it and it seems to sound thin compared to a nord 2.the real g2 sound the same? |
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Auralviolence
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Posted : Aug 31, 2007 15:34
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Midi isn't disabled in the demo. Real nord g2 sounds the same as it demo at 96 Khz sample rate (especially, internal sample rate at what synth works is important on FM synthesis due to some reasons). And, as I know, the algorithms of the modules are the same in Nord G2 and Nord Leads, so it can't sounds thinner compared to Nord Leads (I'm not sure on 100%, cause I didn't worked with Nord Leads, but competent people say that is so). And don't forget that Nord G2 demo has 1 voice polyphony, and may be you compare the sounds, that you played polyphonic on Nord G2. The most important thing that affects on synth sound character - are the oscillators, that are slightly different on different synths. Other synth's modules (filters, ADSR, etc.) doesn't affect to synth's sound character so much as it's oscillators. Nord G2 has very good oscilattors, with geometricaly right waveforms and have no aliasing - so it can't sound thin, and it doesn't sound thin |
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spinalpuppet
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Posted : Aug 31, 2007 15:46
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It is different algorithms than the NL2 though.
It basically goes nord modular 1/NL2 have the old style clavia oscilators with aliasing and the "nord" sound.
g2/NL3 have the new anti-aliased oscilators.
I wouldn't say it sounds thin but they are defianetly softer sounding than the old algorithms. |
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