I agree with your assessment of the Nord Modular. I started there and now
work both with it and MOTM. The Nord is very, very clean. Sometimes too
clean for my taste... sounds tend to be very dry. Don't get me wrong, I can
get noisey with by Nord, but its a dry noise. (Is that anything like a dry
heat? I'll try to avoid investigating that one.)
At any rate, I think the two have been co-existing very nicely. Routing one
into the other doesn't seem terribly useful at the moment (because the
Nord's outs are too quiet, and I don't have anything that generates sound in
the MOTM), but they are still very complimentary.
--PBr
> -----Original Message-----
> From:improv@... [SMTP:improv@...]
> Sent:Thursday, March 30, 2000 11:41 AM
> To:motm@onelist.com
> Subject:[motm] Joysticks, 440, Nord Modular
>
> And, I have to confess, I guess last night I went over to the dark side. I
> got a used MicroModular in a trade deal. Spent most of last night playing
> with it. Sonically, it occupies a totally different space than the MOTM:
> cold, precise, very focused sounds. I expected this because I have a Nord
> Lead, and, the 2 sound very similar, unsurprisingly. What really strikes
> me
> about the Nord Mod, though, is that this is analog modelling done right! I
> know we can argue the validity of analog modelling when great analog
> systems like MOTM are available, but at least the Nord Mod is a very
> flexible system, unlike the other VA synths (Roland 8000, etc). My main
> intention for the Micro is for gigging, it plus a PC-1600 makes for a very
> portable system for throwing in some noise. Until I can afford to pay
> roadies, I think the MOTM is staying home.
>