Cars Just what I needed program

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dmdmland
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Cars Just what I needed program

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I am new to Nord and have an electro 6d - trying to find a patch or program close to the synth in the Cars song "Just what I needed" any help would be appreciated. Thanks
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harmonizer
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Re: Cars Just what I needed program

Post by harmonizer »

Check out this thread:
nord-stage-2-programs-ns2p-ns2pb-files- ... t5168.html
Since you have an Electro as opposed to a Stage, you will not be able to use the (Nord Stage) program that was shared there.
But maybe someone can suggest what Sample or Setting was used for the upper half of the Nord Stage program that was shared in that thread for "Just What I Needed".
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Electro5
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Re: Cars Just what I needed program

Post by Electro5 »

Welcome to the Nord world.

The 6D doesn't have a synth engine so to get the sounds you need you would have to either sample the synth sounds and add them to the keyboard or play a synth using Midi. Samples are limited for synths because they lack all the functions/controls associated with the synth.

I play this tune using my Electro 5D as follows: USB MIDI to a laptop running Mixcraft 9 Pro Studio. Mixcraft is configured to use a Mini Moog VA VST synth that I configured for The Cars - Just What I Needed sound. I run the laptop and Electro into a mixer to allow for separate volume adjustment. I can turn the main volume off on the Electro and the only sound out of the mixer is the Mini Moog. I have a patch configured in the Electro that blends using the volume control for the last part of the song that adds to the Mini Moog.

I'll try and sample the sounds from the Mini Moog and see if they sound decent enough to get by without using MIDI.
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