So, is it just a misconception that the NL4 is just a vanilla, cold and aggressive machine? I mean, i have it and absolutely love it. It could be warm AND cold, soft AND hard, and everything in between. It's a shame that many people will just automatically dismiss it for what the advertisements and demos show (a cold and shallow EDM inspired machine) which isn't even remotely close to what i use it for. I have both a NL4 and NL2x and will be doing a comparison video. In the meantime, i think we should give the NL4 the credit it deserves on this thread and everywhere else on the interwebs. I just put up my first demo video EVER on youtube and it was about the NL4. It's just to get the hang of making these videos on iMovie so that i could make full blown tutorials, reviews and comparisons. I've compiled about 70 different pad voices showing the softness of the NL$ and am showing just a couple in this video until my full blown PADS only video coming soon. Let's change the misconception that this board is cold as it could surely sound warm when properly adjusted.
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Hi,
I have the NL4 (Rack), and you are totally correct, it is a great sounding VA Synth. Can be warm, cold, and anything in between. Actually it is my favorite VA-Synth.
Oh ... Your Youtube video is not showing up.
Try to just insert the link to it in your post. It should automatically embed it.
Cheers,
Muziksculp
I have the NL4 (Rack), and you are totally correct, it is a great sounding VA Synth. Can be warm, cold, and anything in between. Actually it is my favorite VA-Synth.
Oh ... Your Youtube video is not showing up.
Try to just insert the link to it in your post. It should automatically embed it.
Cheers,
Muziksculp
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To embed the video you need to use the "Youtube" button in the full editor
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Hej!
I agree. Just sat down with my NL4 for half an hour, twisting knobs more or less randomly, and came up with this smooth-ish patch ...
Only on board FX. Filter on the wheel.
The pile of Leads.
/Vänligen
Michael in Scania
I agree. Just sat down with my NL4 for half an hour, twisting knobs more or less randomly, and came up with this smooth-ish patch ...
Only on board FX. Filter on the wheel.
The pile of Leads.
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I love the NL4...always wanted one. Went to the A1r. Still happy.
Use it and be happy.
Use it and be happy.
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Hej!
Half an hour of tweaking ... and I'm ready to go crazy on the mod wheel again with fat power chords ...
Edit: /Vänligen
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Half an hour of tweaking ... and I'm ready to go crazy on the mod wheel again with fat power chords ...
Edit: /Vänligen
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I was sure you would post a sound in this Thread...Marlowes, THE Lead Series guy....Any Mp3 so we can enjoy your work?
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@Quai34: ... my kbd playing sucks! I'm a bass-man now ...
Edit: OK ... added a quick test ...
Edit: OK ... added a quick test ...
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I am astonisehd somebody said the NL4 had a "cold" sound. I spent some time comparing the waveforms and filters to my NL2x and I thought the NL4 was much more analog sounding. In fact, if I had only heard the sound and somebody had told me this was an analog synth I would have believed them. Whereas the NL2x is clearly digital sounding. If anything, the NL2 is the "cold" sounding one of the two. This is not to say one is better than the other.
In terms of sound I personally prefer the NL4 for its more analog sound. It's just such a shame that amp velocity is so bad in the NL4 that it's virtually impossible to play it as a dynamic instrument. This is why I am keeping my NL2x and getting rid of the NL4.
In terms of sound I personally prefer the NL4 for its more analog sound. It's just such a shame that amp velocity is so bad in the NL4 that it's virtually impossible to play it as a dynamic instrument. This is why I am keeping my NL2x and getting rid of the NL4.
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The NL/NL2/NL2X has a unique sound that I would not really characterize as hot or cold. The ease of access when it comes to the FM knob means that it's easy to end up in slightly tinny FM-y sounds though. When it was new this was a definite strength as no-one had implemented that form of easy access FM before. There's a lot of timbre change when you advance that knob, a bit of an 'everything can happen' control. But this machine belongs to an older generation of VA's with numerous sound artifacts that it actually manages to handle pretty well given its age.
As for for the NL4 ... I had the opportunity to test one at home for several days. My feeling was that it excelled at cutting lead sounds, but the aggressiveness spilled over onto whatever I tried to set up on it. While it's arguably true that you can do more analog sounding stuff on it, I think it's easy to tweak away from that sweet spot into more gritty sounds too easily. I find something similar with the Waldorf Blofeld, though not to the same degree.
As for for the NL4 ... I had the opportunity to test one at home for several days. My feeling was that it excelled at cutting lead sounds, but the aggressiveness spilled over onto whatever I tried to set up on it. While it's arguably true that you can do more analog sounding stuff on it, I think it's easy to tweak away from that sweet spot into more gritty sounds too easily. I find something similar with the Waldorf Blofeld, though not to the same degree.