Nord Lead 2 VS. Alesis ION

Norm Vogel · Joined: Feb 20, 2003 Posts: 157 Location: Central NJ

Hi! Does anyone have experience with these two synths? I'm curious as to which one makes the "weirdest", "dirtiest" sounds. (I tried to download sounds from the Alesis site, but all i get is "heiroglyphics"!).

Or, just YOUR own opinion of either.

another question -- how does the Nord Lead 2 compare with the Virus B?

Thank you for your feedback!

Norm

elektro80 · Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2003 3:27 am Post subject:

You can make great sounds with all of these instruments. They are all very good as synths go.

One issue here is that outboard processing.. like tube amps.. and like analog synth modules etc. can change the sound a lot too. There is a thread somewhere at this board where I list a few modern interesting modules. Like.. if you have stereo output from your instrument.. you can set up dual channel processing chains using analog synth modules.. and add in a midi interface for the CV and gate signals - then you can create some very very wild and new sounds. You have such a huge stack of synths so I imagine if you are looking for the next level of crazy sounds you might not find this in yet another new synth. On the other hand.. many of the typical wild things you can do with analog synth modules you van pretty much emulate using a Nord Modular.

seraph · Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2003 4:10 am Post subject: Re: Nord Lead 2 VS. Alesis ION

elektro80 · Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2003 5:05 am Post subject:

I have used both the Lead 2 and the Virus B. To me these are slightly different.. in fact so different that I do not think they can be compared that easily. The Virus is lovely.. and so is the Lead 2.

They have different interfaces and if you have to choose one of these I imagine you will go for the one with the user interface you like the most. This might not be an issue if you will use it only in the studio.