Members O.J. 10 Posted June 25, 2009 Members Share Posted June 25, 2009 I'm thinking about buying a nord wave. I love the colour, the fact that it can sample, and that it has dedicated knobs. Anyone own one? Willing to share some Pros and Cons? P.S. I already know that it doesn't have an arrpegiator. Which sucks, but I can manage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members soundxplorer Posted June 25, 2009 Members Share Posted June 25, 2009 I think it's a great synth, I'd love to have one.It has "pros" oozing out of every corner.The only "con" I can think of is that you need to use a computer to load samples into it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Miket156 Posted June 25, 2009 Members Share Posted June 25, 2009 O.J. 10: I know one thing, the COLOUR of a synth shouldn't be on your criteria list for buying something that is designed to make music. :poke: Mike T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pix Posted June 25, 2009 Members Share Posted June 25, 2009 it's my main synth atm and I'm enjoying it quite a lot. If you hear it by itself it may sound thin but in the context of a mix it sits really nicely. check these clips. They were done to show the wave to a friend. http://pixmusic.net/audio/wave%20away.mp3(jomox 999, pro-one, nord wave) http://pixmusic.net/audio/wavejmxdemo.m4a(jomox 999, pro-one, nord wave) this last one is just a sketch for some patterns I have. same gear, jomox for beats, pro-one in the bass and nord wave for the pads/fx. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dumeril7 Posted June 25, 2009 Members Share Posted June 25, 2009 Just a point of clarification: The Wave can load and play back samples, but it can't "sample" in the sense of recording a new one. You have to create them somewhere else, then import them. (That's actually a great way to work IMO.) D7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 13ghostsofscoobydoo Posted June 25, 2009 Members Share Posted June 25, 2009 it's my main synth atm and I'm enjoying it quite a lot.If you hear it by itself it may sound thin but in the context of a mix it sits really nicely.check these clips. They were done to show the wave to a friend.http://pixmusic.net/audio/wave%20away.mp3(jomox 999, pro-one, nord wave) http://pixmusic.net/audio/wavejmxdemo.m4a(jomox 999, pro-one, nord wave) this last one is just a sketch for some patterns I have. same gear, jomox for beats, pro-one in the bass and nord wave for the pads/fx. Wow. Love the first demo. Sounds very Zero 7ish, whom I really like but always disdained for not paying Air enough credit. Very pretty stuff there. I even sent you a myspace friend request! Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members O.J. 10 Posted June 26, 2009 Author Members Share Posted June 26, 2009 Well, I only mentioned the colour because I've seen people complain about it in other threads, Mike T. And yeah, that's what I meant about sample playback. Not actually a "sampler" per se. But, I'm seriously contemplating getting one. I posted a while back that I was looking for a good "knobby" synth and after coming upon this one I was surprised that no one suggested it in the other thread. I've been reading up a lot about it (even so far as to download the manual, which I've read through a couple times, aha). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Retarded Tiger Posted June 26, 2009 Members Share Posted June 26, 2009 Currently experiencing severe gas for the Nord Wave: But don't trust me, I'm just a stupid tiger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members frogmonkey Posted June 26, 2009 Members Share Posted June 26, 2009 Pro: sounds awesomeCon: can't sync LFO's to a BPM (tempo) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pix Posted June 26, 2009 Members Share Posted June 26, 2009 Wow. Love the first demo. Sounds very Zero 7ish, whom I really like but always disdained for not paying Air enough credit. Very pretty stuff there. I even sent you a myspace friend request! Thanks. hey! thanks a lot. glad you liked it. That sound came out really good. It really shows the detail that the nord has in the high frequencies. it really opens the mix in that regard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Hamburglar Posted June 26, 2009 Members Share Posted June 26, 2009 The whole sample as osc source within that intuitive, knobby framework s just unbelievably appealing to me, wish stupid Guitar Center near me would carry it so I could give it a try... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Hamburglar Posted June 26, 2009 Members Share Posted June 26, 2009 This video is excellent: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7PKmY4PsJ8. Even without the layered sample abilities of the electro, those electric pianos actually sound pretty decent...actually pretty awesome when you get farther away from a straight reproduction attempt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rosebud Posted June 26, 2009 Members Share Posted June 26, 2009 Get it....Just spent all morning noodling around with some of the new presets that Clavia made available. It's my favorite synth....maybe ever. Great, musical sound, immediate, hands on interface, small and portable. Love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members O.J. 10 Posted June 27, 2009 Author Members Share Posted June 27, 2009 Yeah, PIX those demos sound really good. I think I'm sold. There really are a lack of Con's, so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members purveyor2 Posted June 27, 2009 Members Share Posted June 27, 2009 The cons are this: Essentially monotimbral since most patches use both slots. No MIDI sync'd LFOs that's about it. If those don't bother you it is a wonderful, intuitive synth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pix Posted June 27, 2009 Members Share Posted June 27, 2009 The cons are this:Essentially monotimbral since most patches use both slots.No MIDI sync'd LFOsthat's about it. If those don't bother you it is a wonderful, intuitive synth. also: no LFO reset with key onno midi sync delayno pan (it'd open a lot of possibilities with layering)no way to tweak both slots at the same time (the prophet 08 does this really well)a non resonant LPF on shape1 when using the spectral waveforms would be cool to blend them with the samples. These things above really piss me off sometimes, specially the way in which the programming of the 2 slots is done. But it's still an early OS version and clavia is known for improving things with time. let's see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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