the Nord Modular G2's iconic acoustic bells patch, how to reproduce?

[jprykiel]

Hi friends.
I still have this instrument, but there is this patch which I particularly like, and which I would like to reproduce on a plug-in like zebra 3 maybe or any other one doing additive synthesis.
Strangely enough, this particular patch does not show anything in its oscillator parameters, and except that it sure sounds like additive synthesis, is there anyone who could grab it's oscillators frequencies and levels, so I can try to make something similar?
Thanks for your help,
best regards,

[EvilDragon]

Is it among factory patches? I just checked out the G2 Editor demo (single note monophonic), and there's a "Bells demo" patch that comes with it, which uses 11 sine oscillators like so:

Osc 1 - 1:1, fundamental, amplitude level 0.758 (seems to be linear adjustment, not logarithmic)
Osc 2 - factor x2.7578, amplitude level 0.758
Osc 3 - factor x5.4048, amplitude level 0.664
Osc 4 - factor x8.9352, amplitude level 0.57
Osc 5 - factor x13.345, amplitude level 0.57
Osc 6 - factor x18.636, amplitude level 0.57
Osc 7 - factor x24.865, amplitude level 0.57

Osc 8 - factor x31.813
Osc 9 - factor x40 -10 Hz
Osc 10 - factor x48 -10 Hz
Osc 11 - factor x58 -10 Hz

Oscillators 8-11 are summed at unity gain then amplitude level of 0.547 is applied to that and added to the other 7 oscillators.

Then, this mixed signal goes into a 24 dB/oct lowpass filter set to 587.3 Hz, no resonance, and a plucky envelope to emulate the striking of a bell.

[jprykiel]

Hey Mr Dragon.
Thanks for your reply.
I believe that's the one, except that it was not a single note monophonic patch, so I wonder. Here is a small audio example.
https://www.dropbox.com/t/Mfk7FBf6XP9QzXhW

Cheers,

[whyterabbyt]

I believe that's the one, except that it was not a single note monophonic patch, so I wonder. Here is a small audio example.
https://www.dropbox.com/t/Mfk7FBf6XP9QzXhW

Cheers,

He's not saying its the patch that's monophonic, its the G2 demo software that is monophonic.

[jprykiel]

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He's not saying its the patch that's monophonic, its the G2 demo software that is monophonic.
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You're absolutely right. Call it a lapse of attention if you will. Cheers

[whyterabbyt]

FWIW, SOS mag covered bell sounds in their vaunted Synth Secrets tutorial series, using Nord Modular patch diagrams. FWIW the original NM has a 6-sine 'bank' oscillator module that the G2 doesnt have, and the article does use that, but the principal is the same with individual sines...

https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques ... zing-bells

[sergiofrias]

here's the patch demonstration in flstudio