new to Nord Modular G2

rmm123 · Joined: Aug 06, 2015 Posts: 6 Location: Sydney

Hi,
I am new to the whole Nord Modular concept. I used to have an Arturia Origin - loved it but found programming it too difficult.

I have downloaded the Nord M G2 Editor.
I don't have any Nord Mod hardware but may get a Nord Micro Mod.

Will the 2 items above and a MIDI keyboard help me get started trying out sounds and sequences?

Can I just use the editor running on a Mac or Windows (without Nord Hardware) to produce sound through the computer with some sample .PCH2 files?

I tried the above but couldn't hear any sounds - the Virtual keyboard is not active.

Thanks in advance for any help.

John

rmm123 · Joined: Aug 06, 2015 Posts: 6 Location: Sydney

I was asking the question because someone on Youtube showed Sound generation through the editor running on Windows on a tablet.
So it seems you can get sound without the NORD hardware.
But I just can't seem to duplicate that.

ope someone can help or point me in the right direction.

ian-s · Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2015 9:41 pm Post subject:

You are looking for the Nord G2 Demo software.

It is like the editor but provides the ability to generate the audio for simple patches (<1 dsp).

There is even patched version that has midi enabled.

rmm123 · Joined: Aug 06, 2015 Posts: 6 Location: Sydney

Fantastic Thanks - just what I was looking for.
As it stands I just found a Nord Micro on ebay. Keen to get that going.

ian-s · Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2015 1:31 am Post subject:

The micro is a G1, the G2 equivalent is the engine.

G1 is good but not the same.

erstlaub · Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2015 9:14 am Post subject:

Or take a look at Blue Hell's amazing WREN project which will give you a good idea of how to work within something very similar to the NM architecture while you wait for some hardware to become available.

http://bluehell.electro-music.com/modules/forums.html#info

Although there are considerable differences, it's a great resource for learning.