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Posted by gr8ape on Aug-17-2005 02:56:

Worth buying nordrack 1?

I know someone who is selling one for under 500 bucks....which I have at the moment, do you think it would be worth it or should I wait to buy at least a nordlead 2 or 3? I already have an access virus C...

Posted by Kid Epic on Aug-17-2005 04:47:

checkout my Waldorf Micro Q for sale:

http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...threadid=284990

Posted by gr8ape on Aug-17-2005 18:23:

hmmmm interesting, Ill think about it

Posted by ErikC on Aug-17-2005 18:47:

I'd say its worth about 300$ It's only 4 voice polyphonic..

Posted by gr8ape on Aug-17-2005 19:33:

on ebay it actually sells for 350....(you talking about the waldorf right)

Posted by Specimen303 on Aug-17-2005 20:06:

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Originally posted by gr8ape
on ebay it actually sells for 350....(you talking about the waldorf right)

I think he was talking about the nord. Nord has 4 voices and microQ has 25.

Posted by gr8ape on Aug-17-2005 20:08:

Why is polyphony important anyways? I mean once you got your melody you record it to audio and further modify it...no?

Posted by ErikC on Aug-17-2005 23:08:

Well thats one way of doing it.. But it�s allways funnier to have more polyphony.. Especially if you are going to play big pads..

Posted by MegaMan on Aug-18-2005 01:23:

that sample file the dude provided for other people to see what can come out of that thing, i can easily reproduce all that with reason's malstrom or even subtraktor
it dosent even sound close to Korg

Posted by gr8ape on Aug-18-2005 01:32:

what reason is *that* good? I tried it and it didnt seem to be all that good

Posted by luizmenezesjr on Aug-18-2005 01:44:

How can Micro Q has 25 voices?

With midi you can control only 16 voices...

Maybe you are talking about poliphony? Than nord 1 can play 16 notes at the same time, with 4 kinds of sounds (voices)...

If you have the Virus C, you will not find anything spectacular on Nord 1...

Maybe you should consider the Nord lead 3 (not rack) to get all those lightned controls, keyboard with after touch etc, and conect the midi out to your Virus C to get the good of both (but NL3 is pricey)...

Sorry about my English...

Posted by Axolotyl on Aug-18-2005 02:08:

Not bagging Reason, but I've never heard anything like that come out of it. Cmon, those samples are so bright. Comparing them to software is crazy

Trust me, the Micro Q is an awesome synth. The Vengeance sounds are all just supersaw patches anyway which isn't what it does best. For rises, fx and harsh digital psytrance leads, its very good.

luizmenezesjr: Your thinking of channels or multitimbrality. Voices are essentially polypholy... the mQ has 25 but they are dynamic, so if you use unison or FX, you'll get less.

Oh, and as for the nord... I'd get it. Your not really going to be doing pads with it if you have a virus C, so the polyphony prob wont be too much of a problem. If your happy just doing maybe a bass and a lead with it, then it should be fine.