G2X - What do I get out of the box?

[luke]

Hi everyone around!

I am currently considering a purchase of Nord Modular G2X. I already own a Virus Ti2 and a Motif for live gigs, but I would like to go with the Nord as well.

My question is: Apart from countless options of creating new sounds using the modules in the G2X, are there any patches containing actual instruments like Organs, Brass, E.Pianos, Mallets, Strings, etc., out of the box? If yes, what quality and how many are there?

I am familiar with the concept of the G2, I just need this bit of information.
Thank you for any info!

[Fozzie]

With regard to patches & performances, there is no difference between a G2x and a G2 Key + expansion board (or an expanded G2 engine for that matter). There are quite some factory patches, but this is a mixed bag of various things. Here on the forum are hundreds or thousands of additional patches, quite some gems in there. Re quality; well, that's a bit difficult to describe in words. If you are after good quality emulations of organs, brass and a lot of other presets, there are better bets. If you want (almost)endless possibilities and a fantastic user interface & 5 octaves of keys, get the G2X!

[Roland Kuit]

Hi Luke,
yes, there are. Just look in the patch archive.

[luke]

Hi guys,

thanks for the quick reply. I opened the patch archive, and it gave me a list of 4222 presets. Unfortunately that didn't tell me how instruments emulation patches sound, could someone describe that? Also, almost no vids on youtube..

My 2nd and 3rd choices are Nord Wave and Nord Lead 2x. Now, the modular beats them with its 5 octaves, vocoder and tweakability, but does he get beaten when it comes to emulation of instruments? I know, that the Wave also works with samples, plus there are other differences, but let's just not pay attention to that.

Any thoughts?

[luke]

Please, anybody, I need to make the call.
What are the emulations like? Unfortunately there are almost no videos or audio files to listen to.

Any opinions welcome!

[Antimon]

OK then, just for you, my friend.

Attached is a recording of me goin through the presets I have stored in my machine since I got it, concentrating on stuff that emulates stuff (though I threw in a little bit of everything for good measure). Poorly played, but at least you'll be able to hear what stuff can sound like.

If you hear a sequence of sounds with pops between them, that means I am changing variations as I play them. Each preset may have eight different variations. At the end of this sample you can hear how vastly different these can be - the last eight sounds are all part of the same preset!

I think the lack of responses here may be due to not knowing how to respond that kind of question - since you basically can do anything with a G2, and since it is IMO easier to patch than any other similar product that's out there, whether anyone buys a G2 is mostly down to whether or not they like the too-perfect nature of the oscillators, or stuff like that. If you're after emulations and stuff, the question is rather which of the gazillion versions of everything you're going to choose.

This also means that if there are some details in the emulations I posted here that you don't particularly like, it may happen that you're easily fixing this and then going beyond into the sonic unknown before you know it, once you've opened up the editor and started tweaking just a little bit.

/Stefan

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[luke]

Nuff said!!

That is so much more than the kind of reply I was hoping for. Thank you for the demo, I am sure it will be helpful in making the decision! This baby seems to be even more powerful than I have imagined.
Once again thanks Stefan