i´m also interested in hearing some mp3 demos... i´m thinking about buying a nordlead...

by the way... what sounds better? should i buy a nordlead 2 or a roland jp 8080. i think the nordlead is more expensive, isnt it? but does it bring the better sound for trancemusic?

I have a Nord 2X rack, which is the updated version of the Nordlead 2. The synth is great - over 1000 patches, 60 percussion kits, and a lot of performances. The orignal NL2 didn't have anywhere as near factory presets, but did have a card slot (used for adding/storing patches).

The 2X excels at leads and sounds like that - there are plenty of pads, but becuase it is so agressive sounding, some pads will drill out your ears - if you want to. If you want a pad machine, buy Atmosphere as a soft synth - better than any hardware synth that I know of.

I don't have any patches to share - check out Clavia's web site for song demos.

the demos on the clavia site do not do the nord lead justice. you have to play it yourself and ideally (although not always possible) sit down and screw around with it for a few hours. i dont own any hardware synths but im saving up money and i do hope to buy a nord lead 2x as my first hardware synth. it does have a characteristically hard sound. with the distortion it can sometimes sound quite cold. but very very clean. actually, hard and clean sum up the nord quite nicely. theres no effects on it (apart from the distortion) so what you hear is the sound of the nord itself and its pretty amazing when you consider that. with subtle use of dedicated effects you can make a nord patch sound really quite nice. its a good alrounder in the sense that it can do basses, leads, pads, rhythyms, groove patterns and percussion pretty well. it does squelchy organic sounds really well which is probably why every psytrancer under the sun has one of these. the 24dB filter on the nord is quirky though so if you plan on using that with the resonance turned up it has this annoying habit of sounding very thin. the 2x rack is about £450 which is about the same as most jp's go for on ebay (although you can get lucky and find one for alot less). the lead 2x keyboard costs about £700 but its built like a brick shit house. made of metal. would make it good for gigging cuz ive wrecked cheapo plastic guitar FX pedals so easily.

depends on what kind of sound you want. most trance producers have a JP at some point and its hard to make supersaws with any other synth. there are people that just cant get enough of this sound. tbh i cant get enough of it either but the nord...the nord was just the most fun synth ive played. cant explain it really - its just fun to sit and twiddle - clavia have my respect for making an instrument thats fun to play cuz its so important you have fun when you are doing this stuff. some synths just confuse the living daylights out of me.

I have a Nord Rack 2. I'll post an audio sample of a saw lead later on. The synth sounds dry as it doesn't have effects but a few patches sounds like it has. It's a weird synth.

nord lead brings hard sound?
oh... i´m searching for a synth that makes softer sounds. i have a virus but i do not really like the sound.
thanks for the atmosphere tip. but it is software. sounds it like hardware? because the sounds from softsynths like pro53 or the v-station are terrible too in my oppinion.
hmm. jp or atmo... or both...


and now, back to topic: any mp3 samples?

I made some nice mp3 demos, but my webspace is full. If anyone can help me out [PM ], I 'll post some trancy sounds from the nord lead II


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Last edited by Trancevision on Oct-18-2004 at 08:33

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Originally posted by cole-hawk but it is software. sounds it like hardware? because

Atmosphere is actually samples hardware synths & it does sound fantastic! If you're after a 'softer' sound to complement the virus, have you checked out the Novation SuperNova?

I've mailed some mp3 demos to drift control. He offered some webspace .

I hope he'll upload those two files soon.

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so here are the Nordlead II sounds

"These sounds are extreme tweaked, I used all my knowledge and tricks to
get these sounds, for me it was very hard to achieve"
//Trancevision

NORDLEADDEMO2EXTREMETWEAKED

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I gotta send you the second file again...your mailbox size too small.

I have some other nice sounds still...

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The 'Seven Cities' guitar was made on a nl2 I believe.