expansion

iPassenger · Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 12:07 am Post subject: expansion

Just thought I would drop a note to say I have ordered the expansion board!! woo!! Very Happy

Had been planning to get the Blofeld, which is still on my list but figured it made more sense to do this first. Cool

To anyone considering getting one, they are real cheap in the UK from here:

http://www.soundware.co.uk/sc/products/Nord%20G2%20Voice%20Expansion%20Board

mother misty · Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 12:18 am Post subject: Re: expansion

dasz · Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 1:28 am Post subject:

Ross (iPassenger),

thumb up

congrats!!!

Now you can put 100% in your voice area, and 100% in your fx area, and multiply it all by 4 slots (assuming all patches are monophonic) ... grrrrrriiiiiiinnnnnn ...

re blofeld, well, I'm more than happy with my waldorf Xt which features an analog in vs a blofeld that doesn't (nor is it avail in canada, still, sigh), and in conjunction with a x0xb0x (which is on its way) means more filtering than grandma would approve ....
/Dasz

ps.: the only thing you could do next is get another expanded G2 ... having 2 G2's expanded opens all sorts of doors

mother misty · Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 1:44 am Post subject:

iPassenger · Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 5:37 am Post subject:

Thanks fellas. Hopefully get it next week sometime.

hehe @ misty! How many do you need?

The reason i changed my mind about it (vs the Blofeld) was it occured to me that I often use 1 or 2 sounds from Nord, the rest of the spectrum covered by my other machines.. and that i try to keep my polyphony reasonably high (min 7 notes for one sound and maybe a mono second instrument) this often means that my design decisions come down to cpu power rather than sound. Now that wont need to be half as much of a concern (well actually it will be exactly half). Very Happy

cappy2112 · Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 12:29 pm Post subject:

mother misty · Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 1:13 pm Post subject:

Tim Kleinert · Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 1:23 pm Post subject:

Blue Hell · Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 1:34 pm Post subject:

time for a kyma group buy Shocked

oops ... wrong forum Wink

iPassenger · Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 2:54 pm Post subject:

mother misty · Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 3:04 pm Post subject:

oh Ross, you've got to change your signature man! Smile

misty.

dasz · Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 6:36 pm Post subject:

cappy2112 · Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 7:59 pm Post subject:

Derek Cook · Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 1:01 am Post subject: Re: expansion

iPassenger · Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 1:18 am Post subject: Re: expansion

iPassenger · Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 4:48 am Post subject:

Well my board has arrived.. Smile

unfortunately I am not going to get chance to play with it till tomorrow night. Sad

Also got some new headphones, AKG K141 Mk2s... so I will be able to tell just how bad some of my patches really are.

dasz · Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 10:58 am Post subject:

Hey Ross!

Congrats again ... you'll have so much fun ... 800% of power in one box!!! That's a lot of sequencers !!!!
/Dasz

iPassenger · Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 11:41 am Post subject:

Ta dude.. Looking forward to trying to max it out.

Sinuosity · Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 1:17 am Post subject:

Hey, Ross!
Great news!
Very Happy

iPassenger · Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 3:29 am Post subject:

Hehe.. I know.

Installed it last night, scary as I didn't want to brake anything but it was dead easy. Guide seemed to have the number of screws down wrong and there weren't any bloody washers it mentioned but still all in all a very easy upgrade. That extra power is gonna take some getting used to.

Blue Hell · Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 4:42 am Post subject:

iPassenger · Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 4:59 am Post subject:

Indeed.

It is really nice knowing that worse case scenario on one synth I still have 7 voices, which is comfortable amount of poly in most cases. (More than a Juno or a Prophet) etc.

Antimon · Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 10:56 am Post subject:

Man, I'm going to have to get me one of those expansions soon. Too much here I have problems listening to.

/Stefan

iPassenger · Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 4:58 am Post subject:

Do it.

Think of it as an investment in your happiness, which is good for your health.. It's a bit like going down the gym when you think about it. Smile