Well, sorry for my hasty reaction then, i hadn't paid attention well enough..zerocrossing wrote: ↑Tue Jun 13, 2023 1:46 pm
That wasn’t directed at you. Before I read your post, I had a similar response and I was attacked for it being “boring.” I was just hitting back a bit and pointing out that the information wouldn’t be boring to someone who was looking for it, like you are, and I’m actually interested to see if plugins have bested older digital hardware as well.
Of course, you won’t find a Nord Modular software emulation, at least not yet, and it may have a character that you like anyway, which I am also interested in. I’m very interested in a kind of opposite exodus, one of losing all my hardware. So far, I’ve found that I can’t find a compelling reason for any all digital hardware, but analog or hybrid hardware does have some characteristics that make it desirable to me. I’ve yet to find a single analog emulation that doesn’t fall apart in the high registers when even a modest amount of resonance is applied, yet my hardware analogs go strong all the way up. This doesn’t make the emulations worthless, but they’re definitely not “there” yet. Does the Nord Modular suffer from similar issues in the high range? I’d like to know, because as much as I like the plugins we’ve been discussing, they are not without issues.
To be honest , i am sincerely interested if the hardware NM would have such different sound that is unachievable with software. Trying to match it with VCV or Reaktor would be another interesting test . Or as someone already mentioned , it would be cool if the motorolla DSP emu team create 1:1 plugin for it .
Btw, zerocrossing, what are your favorite analog and hybrid synths ?
My experience with hardware synths:
Virus ti2 - when i had it for few years, i was really keen on working with it, but in the end the sound for me was "lemme open an instance of Sylenth1 now"-kind of thing. It was cool with all the knobs and the ease of editing and dialing sounds, but i was already used to creating patches with mouse , clicks, keyboard and in the end i used the TI for two sounds in the two songs for the three years before i let it go.
Behringer Model D - my first analogue synth - i got it because i am big aficionado of 80's boogie funk and synth funk in general and thought that i 'need it' for my music. It didn't get a lot of usage
either.
So, i am probably used to working with software, but to experiment with other type of instruments as well is amusing perspective.
To be honest not much of the vast choices interest me , but i started the thread because i watched couple of synth jams with the NM rack that are pretty wild into the sonic exploration thing - and the sound seems smooth and not harsh .
Also by analog emulations are you referring to VSTis or VA hardware synths?
Another one i am interested is also Novation Supernova Rack
Yes, i had something similar in mind but assumed there might be something more than that, so that is why i came here to discuss .To OP, I do suggest you not go thinking NM is some decades old lost ark of sonic superiority no current software can touch because it's magic. It's a computer in a red box. It's just designed well and goes into some places in a particular way that a niche of people get into and that's that.
When i do this thing with VCV rack , i always have the FOMO of not having mapped the most appropriate parametersIt's great for modular novices and even better for people (like me) who have no interest in modular. If you find one with the stock patches intact, that could be enough for you to never need to use the editor. Just tweak away at the knobs and enjoy it.
I want to thank all of you who took time to participate and post answers to this inquiry . And lets hope for the better tone of discussion , less personal attacks and misunderstandings , more enjoyment out of knob-twiddling