Nord Lead users question about modwheel

[starving student]

so the lead is like 4 synths in one right, but are the modwheel and shift button parameters global?
it seems like my modwheel is effecting all 4 voices no matter which voice is selected for editing so I can't have the lfo effected on 1 voice, and the formant on another?

[3dot...]

been a long time since I parted with mine...
but if I remember correctly..
you can 'assign' the modwheel to many parameters in different 'layers'...
(it'll affect the ones that are currently playing)
you can even control the 'ranges' of the modulation in a really cool and intuitive way...
the manual is your friend.. there are some things about the Nord Lead that are not obvious by just looking at it..
I miss it...

[starving student]

been a long time since I parted with mine...
but if I remember correctly..
you can 'assign' the modwheel to many parameters in different 'layers'...
(it'll affect the ones that are currently playing)
you can even control the 'ranges' of the modulation in a really cool and intuitive way...
the manual is your friend.. there are some things about the Nord Lead that are not obvious by just looking at it..
I miss it...

thanks 3dot, it sounds like you're talking about other assignments outside of the shift parameter buttons, and all 4 layers are doing there thang like they're suppose to but it's only the shift parameters that seem like they're repsonding globaly, i love this synth

[3dot...]

the keyboard on the NL is great .. best synth keyboard I've played...
plus the controls are layed out in a very intuitive and straight-forward way.. (hardly any 'sub-menus' etc.)
so it doubles as a great controller for almost any soft-synth out there..
the downside to the NL for me was that somehow it's always very dominant in the mix.. it has it's own (and very digital) character...
makes it great for jamming with a band though... not so much for tracking...

[necho]

When I'm rich, I'm going to get a Nord Wave.


@3dot: Interested in what you say about the Nord dominating the mix.... is it similar to Sylenth1 in that respect? I found I had to EQ the fuck out of my Sylenth1 patches to fit them in.... guess the weight of that synth didn't really fit my sound. (it sounded great though!)

I've always wanted a Nord Lead.... I've played with them a bit and I owned a Modular G2 and a Micro Modular briefly... always thought the VA engine sounded pretty good... when you say it sounds "digital", what are you comparing it to? genuine analog or other VA engines?

[starving student]

I think I'm gonna start calling it the catch 22 cause I haven't had it long and I haven't had the time to get used to it yet like I would like so right now I'm not hitting just the sounds I'm going for, but I've never had an instrument that turned out so many happy accidents it's rediculous, I definitely see what you
mean by it's own sound but I'm diggin it alot. I think this is the synth you keep when you get evicted

[3dot...]

When I'm rich, I'm going to get a Nord Wave.


@3dot: Interested in what you say about the Nord dominating the mix.... is it similar to Sylenth1 in that respect? I found I had to EQ the fuck out of my Sylenth1 patches to fit them in.... guess the weight of that synth didn't really fit my sound. (it sounded great though!)

I've always wanted a Nord Lead.... I've played with them a bit and I owned a Modular G2 and a Micro Modular briefly... always thought the VA engine sounded pretty good... when you say it sounds "digital", what are you comparing it to? genuine analog or other VA engines?

I'm comparing to other VAs...
and by 'digital' I mean constrained oscillator sound and harsh hi-freqs...also the filter was a bit 'weak' in my book..
(of course it could be tweaked very easily to sound very Organic)
but that is also it's charm.. it doesn't 'pretend' to be/sound analog...
for the sum of the NL parts.. it is a great and very expressive instrument..
very fun...
a true classic...

[me_lindsay]

I have the NL2. When layering the mod wheel and pitch bend are global.