Nord moduler??

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Nord moduler??

Post by TROY » Thu May 03, 2007 10:25 am

im interested in buying a second hand nord, i have been looking at the micro modular, what is its equivilent rack size??

any recomendationa?

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Post by Michael-SW » Thu May 03, 2007 10:46 am

The micro doesn't really have a rack size. It is as big as a pocket book. Great machine, but beware if you are on a Mac. The editing software for the Micro and original Nord Modular doesn't really run good under OSX. This might have been fixed and I know there is an open source alternative in the works.

I have a micro and I love it. I don't use it that much, but it is just soo cute! :D

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Re: Nord moduler??

Post by b0unce » Thu May 03, 2007 11:45 am

TROY wrote:im interested in buying a second hand nord, i have been looking at the micro modular, what is its equivilent rack size??

any recomendationa?
its equivilant is, unsurprisingly, the nord modular rack.

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Post by lunabass » Thu May 03, 2007 12:55 pm

The Nord Modular rack is the rack equivalent of the Nord Modular :wink:
The Nord modular had a keyboard.

The micro modular really stood on its own.

A Nord Modular rack or keyboard is like having 4 micro's in one unit.

I love my micro, bought it brand new and would never part with it. I've even left my G4 running OS9 just so I can use the editor. the editor runs fine on XP though
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Post by ab » Thu May 03, 2007 3:38 pm

There is an editor for osx actually...

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Post by lunabass » Fri May 04, 2007 3:08 am

ab wrote:There is an editor for osx actually...
Wooaa, really! Do you know where I can find it? I had read talk of people making one but last time I'd searched come up with nothing.
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Post by mattpound » Fri May 04, 2007 9:45 am

You didn't look hard enough :)

http://www.clavia.com/downloads/software/nord modular/Nord Modular Editor OSX BETA.sit

The only problem I know with it is :
A known bug is that if you control click on a module, to delete it or change its name, the editor will promptly crash. The workaround is to select a module and press the delete key, and to rename it just double click on the name of the module.

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Post by wilxon » Fri May 04, 2007 9:50 am

I have a nord micro.


there is no way i would sell it.

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Post by lunabass » Fri May 04, 2007 10:00 am

cheers mattpound :D
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Post by DJ_rAzOr » Fri May 04, 2007 9:35 pm

Hello there!

Does anyone manage to work with nord micro modular editor for os x without crashing? It enters the editor then crash...I can´t seem to work with it... :(
Any tips?

Many thanks!

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Post by Michael-SW » Fri May 04, 2007 10:04 pm

I've tried to work with the OS editor. And it basically crashed as soon as I tried doing anything.

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Post by Johnisfaster » Fri May 04, 2007 10:07 pm

wait so the micro modular has the same capabilities as the modular rack accept for the 4 patches at once thing?
It was as if someone shook up a 6 foot can of blood soda and suddenly popped the top.

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Post by b0unce » Fri May 04, 2007 10:17 pm

Johnisfaster wrote:wait so the micro modular has the same capabilities as the modular rack accept for the 4 patches at once thing?
yea, I think so

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Post by Poster » Fri May 04, 2007 10:31 pm

b0unce wrote:
Johnisfaster wrote:wait so the micro modular has the same capabilities as the modular rack accept for the 4 patches at once thing?
yea
not exactly

the rack has an absolute 4 voice minimum and a 'theoretical' 8 voice max,
the micro has an absolute 1 voice minimum and a 'theoretical' 4 voice max..

I have an expanded Rack (and a Micro as well),
which gives me an absolute 8 voice min.., theo. 32 voice max..

Typical in use with a Micro is about 2/3 voices..
But most of the time the lil' red devil is just mooonooo..

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Post by Michael-SW » Fri May 04, 2007 10:47 pm

..but in terms of the devices you can build the Micro is equivalent to the Nord Modular. Who needs polyphony anyway? :)

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