MOTM

Simon writes:
>>Maybe it is available from the US Sage distributor? Is this poly-VL thing for 
real, any info available, or are we just waiting for the screenshots to be 
faked in Photoshop.<<

Yes it's real and just a post or two up Tentochi gave some links. The problem 
is it appears to have only been released in Japan, with Japanese documentation 
and pricing. Only one or two US/UK press releases let me know it existed in the 
first place.

JH writes:
>>You're loosing all the fun of performance parameters then.<<

For plucked string sounds a sampler has many performance parameters to alter 
and expressively play a sample. For wind instruments, that's another story.

>>I didn't know that! So maybe now I don't have to buy 3 VL1m's to expand my 
VL7 for 7-note polyphony ?!<<

You could sell what you have and get Poly-VL which I think can do 8 voices. 
Maybe the polyphony isn't needed, but for those of us who bought too late to 
get the dual operator VL1 (or whatever they call it), I'm thinking the Poly-VL 
might be a good alternative and run the more advanced patches I've heard. 
That's if you don't mind having to use a computer.

John Loffink writes:
>>We're straying a little off topic here, but just to clarify, one of the
weaknesses of the Nord Modular is that its integer parameter values will
also limit the resolution.  If working in the digital domain I would
recommend something like Native Instruments' Reaktor which uses floating
point values throughout, giving fine resolution where needed.<<

Yes, it is the Nord's integer intervals that didn't allow keyboard tracking if 
I remember correctly. To get around some of the Nord Mod limitations including 
delay memory and total module count I've already bought Reaktor.

-Elhardt