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JoshHodes
Joined: Aug 31, 2010 Posts: 2 Location: Melbourne
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Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 4:14 am Post subject:
Am I able to use organ and piano sounds on a nord lead 2x? |
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Hey guys
I am in a reggae/dub/hip-hop/rock group and I play a Rhodes. The Rhodes is incredible in so many ways but I'm looking for a decent synth to put on top of the rhodes for the more hop-hop stuff we do, and of course dub loves some synth! In addition I need one that can make piano sounds for the reggae skanks in certain tunes and organ for everything!
So, my question is can a Nord Lead 2x produce organ and piano sounds on top of all of it's synth capabilities? |
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Wout Blommers
Joined: Sep 07, 2003 Posts: 4529 Location: The Hague - The Netherlands
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melmac
Joined: Aug 19, 2009 Posts: 27 Location: Schleswig-Holstein (Germany)
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Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 1:17 pm Post subject:
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Hi JoshHodes,
I wrote some months ago:
melmac wrote: |
...please allow me to add just some thoughts that came to me during this discussion. Perhaps they can help you with your decision.
My opinion is:
•The Nord Lead (which ever) is definitely not designed as an instrument to reproduce natural musical instruments or samples.
•The Nord Lead is a “pure” synthesizer, i.e. an electronic device, controlled by a keyboard, to produce/create sounds based on the classical synthesizer “raw material” like oscillators, modulation sources, filters, amplifier, envelopes etc., and it also has a classical “user interface” = knobs for each parameter. (Therefore there are no weighted keys - it is a synthesizer, not a piano! – and also no effect section.)
•Of course, you are able to build up sounds that are similar to string, brass, Rhodes, organ sounds and so on.
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It is - in fact - amazing what kind of sounds you can get out of the NL(2X): organ-like and Rhodes-like sounds. But forget a "real" piano sound or a "real" tonewheel organ sound (I'd prefer a Nord Electro ).
If money doesn't play any role: Think about a Nord Wave where you can load in own samples or a lot of files from Clavia.
Hava a good night,
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JoshHodes
Joined: Aug 31, 2010 Posts: 2 Location: Melbourne
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Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 2:31 am Post subject:
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okay and is the nord rack the same engine as the leads? |
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Wout Blommers
Joined: Sep 07, 2003 Posts: 4529 Location: The Hague - The Netherlands
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Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 9:08 am Post subject:
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Yes.
Try the Wave (also a good synthesizer part)
or the Electro 3
Wout |
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immortality10
Joined: Dec 30, 2010 Posts: 1 Location: Cary, NC
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 12:10 pm Post subject:
electro 2 as a synth as well? |
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Wout Blommers wrote: | Yes.
Try the Wave (also a good synthesizer part)
or the Electro 3
Wout |
Ive been searching online all day for a review/description on the Nord ELECTRO 3 vs. the LEAD 2x, vs. the WAVE...wow, there's a lot of info out there.
but this thread seems to be leading to the info that I need...
My goal is to get the one that can give me some "decent" (or any, for that matter) piano sounds as well as some weird synth sounds. I play live and I like to get a typical Roland polysynth, for example, and mess around with the effect knobs on stage, then the next song switch to a simple piano/strings sound.
Can I do such at thing with any of these. Nord Wave seems to be a tad over my budget at the moment.
thank you!!! I'm new here (and with Nord anything) so go easy on me with the acronyms LOL _________________ ~em~ |
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Wout Blommers
Joined: Sep 07, 2003 Posts: 4529 Location: The Hague - The Netherlands
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 1:51 pm Post subject:
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immortality10
I think you will be here a very long time
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anotherscott
Joined: Jun 18, 2010 Posts: 10 Location: US
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Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2010 9:02 am Post subject:
Re: electro 2 as a synth as well? |
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immortality10 wrote: | My goal is to get the one that can give me some "decent" (or any, for that matter) piano sounds as well as some weird synth sounds. I play live and I like to get a typical Roland polysynth, for example, and mess around with the effect knobs on stage, then the next song switch to a simple piano/strings sound.
Can I do such at thing with any of these. Nord Wave seems to be a tad over my budget at the moment. |
The even pricier Nord Stage will give you high quality piano and a lot of synth capability. The Wave has better synth capability, but only minimal piano functionality. The slightly less expensive Electro 3 (not Electro 2) has high quality piano and a bunch of downloadable synth sounds (Moog, Roland, Prophet, etc.)... you can't build synth sounds from scratch, but you can alter them in a limited fashion with effects knobs.
There aren't too many analog-style knobby synths that also have at least passable piano sounds. Nord Stage and Nord Wave are about it... maybe the Waldorf Blofeld. You might also want to consider the possibility of two keyboards. You could get a strong piano and a strong synth that way, if that's all you need, for less money than getting them both in one board. Some possibilities:
Yamaha P-95 piano plus a Roland Gaia SH-01.
Or a Casio PX-3 and a Micro-Korg. You could drive the Korg from the PX-3 so you're not stuck with only having to use the korg's mini-keys, and the PX-3 is very flexible in its ability to control and layer its sounds with external devices. The Korg is so small and light, it's almost like you're not even dealing with a second keyboard, you could probably even velcro it to the top right of the PX-3. |
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Wout Blommers
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anotherscott
Joined: Jun 18, 2010 Posts: 10 Location: US
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Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2010 11:34 am Post subject:
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Wout Blommers wrote: | Well, organ sxounds on the NordLead. |
Yes, you can get some workable organ sounds out of pretty much anything mentioned (some better than others, of course). Piano is tougher. |
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