Nord Modular

Originally posted by M H
...be prepared for devastation when I embark on my live tour in october...

you comin to chicago? i'd love to see you live.

[M H]

Working on sorting out some US dates as we speak..

another argument that is not needed : next OS for the NM soon
i am dreaming of getting those modulations (the "whatever" steps seq and all ) out on the midi out jack...
you can beg for rest, now

[zongkong]

I'm thinking of getting myself a Micro Modular; I'm interested in the vocoder patches - comments on these anyone?

I don't know about the patches, but the vocoder itself is f*cking great: 16 analysis bands each of which can be rerouted, for the carrier part you can use one of the patches from the library, but also build your own synthesizer with the osc modules.
The sound quality is Clavia - enough said.

Only downside perhaps, although not so important when working with the vocoder: the micro has VERY limited CPU power/polyphony, compared to native software on today's pc's.

[zongkong]

triptonizer - that sounds very interesting (about the vocoder).

hmm aight so it's worth getting the big stuff then you think?
the rack version has actually come down to a good price here (in sweden), about 700-800 euro.. (dunno if that's the upgraded version though)

€ 800 for a full modular rack? that's almost what I paid for the micro a year or two ago... Depends on what you wanna do, if it's just for the vocoder a micro will do, but if you're into modular sound design at all, and would want to use it as a polyphonic/multitimbral synth (would be a shame if you didn't), and have the money , then go for the big one I'd say; you won't regret it.

On the polyphony issue: a vocoder module is the most cpu hungry of the lot, it takes up 49% of the chip's resources! (a big Nord Modular has 4 such chips, a micro only 1) Imagine what you could do if the modular was equipped with a modern day powerhorse instead of this chip from years back.......

[zongkong]

Well, I don't know about you, but I always do my best stuff when I have limited resources actually..
then again, of course I'd like the big one
but I think I'll settle for the Micro this time - it's just a lot cheaper than the big one.. (about 300-350 euro here)

Do you know if it's possible to control the parameters in the Micro from my Pocket control?

[Ruben A]

"Well, I don't know about you, but I always do my best stuff when I have limited resources actually.. "

limited resources..... - you have to be creative!!! That´s very good!


So I´m actually glad I have sold a lot of my gear now. Must take a look on what I have left. hmmhm

Originally posted by zongkong
Do you know if it's possible to control the parameters in the Micro from my Pocket control?

As in Doepfer pocket? Yeps, no prob, it has three freely assignable knobs of its own, and then you can use any remote controller if you need more.... I have a Phatboy and midi keyboard hooked up to a pc usb midi interface, I send MIDI from the pc (using either Cubase or MIDIOX) to the micro.

Mind you you'll need 2 MIDI ports to control the micro, one for realtime control, keyboard, sequencer etc. and one to communicate with the software editor. So if you're running a software sequencer, or if you're used to sending MIDI data from the pc to outboard gear, you'll need an additional port reserved solely for the editor!

[zongkong]

aight, thx for the info trip!

ruben - have you got your big one yet then?

[Ruben A]

..still waiting.... zzzz... but it´s sooo close now. It´s somewhere between Schweiz and Denmark.

uuhuuh....hephep...uhuuhuh

[Ruben A]

AHRHHAAHRHARHARHRHARAHARRHRAHA RHRh.rhARHa.rh,h,rh,arh,,a,rh, ah,a,ha,har.h.arh.arhr--.rh.rh.r.h.dkgldg--d-f--d-f--f-fd

(I got the modular today)...
TAWRTWRWERWFAWERarA3RWRA34RAW. ..FUCKFUCKF...FKF..IT´S AWESOME...TOTALLY...AdaraDFUCK ED....ST...UP...

WILL NOT SLEEP ANYMORE... WON´T BE AT THE BOARD FOR SOME TIME...OHOOHOHOH....
.the vocoder is incredible!!!

[M H]

Ruben, check out my funky little dx patch on the downloads page....

[zongkong]

hihi

I'm getting mine on monday
*joy*

[Ruben A]

hahahaha... yeah, good luck with the "child"!

Where (did u find that)? When? Specs?

Can't wait......

Originally posted by Triptonizer
Where (did u find that)? When? Specs?

Can't wait......

that was a mistake ! it's still top secret so shout up about it please! but it's gonna happen that's for sure! thanks !

[mattp]

In a poll held receintly on the maillist these were the top bunch of the wish list for version 4.0 ..

197: midi out from modules
184: MIDI synced LFOs
176: Internal audio & ctrl routing between the different slots...
138: no interrupts when loading patches
129: "multi" files - a file that contains the four patches and the synth
settings


It's thought that @ least these will appear in the next version.

so it wasn`t that secret at all well I think they will make us all happy with it!

[zongkong]

monday is so close
but has yet to come
my micro will arrive..

try to concentrate on something else and keep that bloodpressure under control

someone's getting nervous here!
have a beer or two lean back go to bed and dream of all the new sound you'll be experiencing from of monday! coz it's going to be a long night I swear!

[zongkong]

hehe..
I got myself a headset mic last friday for the vocoder part..

[Ruben A]

you´re actually gonna communicate with the box??

[actionjetzon]

Originally posted by euterke
I have 2 Micro Mods...

Goods :

1) Illimited creative process (only with polyphony' but when u start to play with this limit... can do some nice thing).
2) Kind of easy to learn compare to Reaktor Architecture
3) over to 26 000 patches available from the Topica mailing List


Cons :

1)Mod wheels don't come with the keybord version (but easely assignable with a nobs)
2)You will not sleep anymore...
3)Actually It's depends on the way you work... and if u like to create or rebuilt some patches... But it's definatly a must...

Where can i find that Topica Mailing List with all that patches....please post the link

cheers aj

[mattp]

Hi,

The modular list has left topica .... but can now be found @ http://www.code404.com/nord-modular/

[actionjetzon]

thanks mattp!

[mattp]

No probs ...

It's a fantastic list .... I never thought for one minute when I joined that any of the people who design synth patches would turn into heros of mine ...... but some of the people on there are brillient ..

Look out for patches from the following list members ....

Roland Kuit [roland.kuit@12move.nl]
Wout Blommers [blommoo@wanadoo.nl]
Jan Punter [J.Punter@iaf.nl]

[zongkong]

I got the micro today!
However, I have a problem - when using my mic (which I've tried in Wavelab and works perfectly there), it generates very very little sound into the micro.

Would anyone know why, and how to solve this?