Korg Triton vs Nord Lead 3

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regebro said:
Yes, I do need Karplus-Strong modelling. It's my favourite flute sound, that patch. I do admit that I don't need my Modular to be used as a pong-game, however.

I want wave-tables too, and the Modular doesn't have them, and thats too bad. And it doesn't have any reverbs or anything that requires lots of memory. So as I said, it has it's limitations. But it still is the most flexible virtual analog you'll find. Hey, it's MODULAR, you know. And yes, it has hard sync. You can easily have 8 different oscillators all hard syncing each others asses if thats what you like. :)
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now that's pretty kewl...
 
Hmm..

I see, Nord Modular? Wave tables? Fried chicken and wings?

I'm stumped.
 
When in doubt, ALWAYS order the chicken & waffles...

Do you have a sampler, Skye? If so, check the triton le and maybe an ms2000 or ms2000r(ackmount). The soundset on the triton le is not quite as indepth as the original triton, but it'll definately do - by far best bang for the buck. Can't get shit with that much useable shit packed in it for the price - about $1100.00. And like someone said, the MS is great for thick bass sounds...

You may also wanna check the E-MU MP-6 (or is it the MK-6???). It's a 61 key version of the Mo' Phatt sound module, and ONLY costs $599.00 everywhere. Excellent soundset for the types of music you mentioned. May be limiting if it's your only board (but I REALLY doubt it), andat that price, you can supplement your sound tools easily enough. Plus, the current offer includes 1 free sound card (proteus, ethnic percussion, orbit - more techno sounding - and so on) or some limited (but quite useable)version of Cubase sequencing software. At that price, you could add a triton le and be rollin' for 1700 beans. No sampler though with either, though. And don't bother with the 200 dollar sampling option you can add to the

If you need a sampler, decide if you want a dedicated standalone joint, or one built into a workstation (the Motif sampler is way better that the Triton's). If you go standalone, check the Yamaha RS 7000 ($1300.00) or an akai MPC unit (look for a used one if you aren't financing your shit). I prefer the yamaha because it allows for more than 1 sample to be sliced and stretched, AND it's built in soundset is VERY useable for some standard, and peculiar-ish sounds. If you find you really dig tweaking sounds and programming them, you can do this with the RS, too (the programming and granular synthesis stuff you'll need to do in conjunction with a computer, but oh shit is it off the hook). One of those boxes, plus something like the E-Mu is definately nothing to sneeze at.

I use a motif and love it, even picked up a couple of cool cards to stick in there. I had a triton and returned it, though I've decided to get a triton le for home use. The price/sound ratio plus scsi is too good to pass up. Also, I owned an MPC box way back in the way back, and chose to get an RS7000 over any of the Akai boxes this go 'round. I'm very happy with it.

Happy shopping.

Flo' Dolo
 
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Description of my setup:

Well, here's my setup.

1. a brain!

Thats all Ive got so far, I'm fresh to equipment and producing.

I use to make beats w/ FruityLoops and Cool Edit, that's about it.

Thanks for the suggestions, Ill look around man.
 
The coolest wavetable implementation I have seen though is *Reasons* new graintable synth module. It has "shift" that basically lets you hardsync the oscillator with itself. :) You can make amazingly complex sounds with the two oscillators it has.

I've tried to figure out if any of Waldorf wavetable synthesizers have that feature, but I haven't found anything like it.
 
Yeah, I dunno about the PK-6. It's pretty much a proteus with key's isn't it?
I agree a sampler might be in order for hiphop r&b, if you don't get one built in to the workstation.

If I were you skye, I would just start out with the workstation, and learn a bit about it first, then you should get a better idea of what else you'll want.
 
Yeah, the maelstrom is REALLY cool!

Do that skye. Get a workstation, good sound card, reason2, cubase sx, and 2 good monitors.

Call us when you have mastered those...

That's all the capability you will need for quite some time.
 
There is a synth out now iwht a name something like Harriman or Hartman, I can't recall at the moment but it is based on granular synthesis. I have read just a bit about the subject but not enought to discuss it yet. Nevertheless, the aforementioned Reason sounds similar. One thing is sure, a Triton and Nord Lead III are completely different animals and neither is a substitute for the other. Start with the Triton becuase that covers the basic needs such as keyboard so unds, other instruments, strings, orchestration etc. The NOrd is for electronic music sounds. You see, you can, for instance, play a bass so und on the Nord lead, however, you would not use it on a straight pop song where you would, if budget and space allowed, have an actual bass player on a Fender bass. On the other hand, you wold not use a Nord Lead I Ii or III for that purpose under any circumstances. Then again, supposing you were doing an electro dance number. You could use the Triton for the "synth basds" sounds or the NOrd Lead. So, in the end, the Triton is way more versatile though whether or not it does the Nord type sounds better than the Nord is the question. Mayve not but it definetly does the basic instrumentation better than the Nord and that is important from a keyboard, particularly your first keyboard.
 
Jack Hammer said:
There is a synth out now iwht a name something like Harriman or Hartman, I can't recall at the moment but it is based on granular synthesis. I have read just a bit about the subject but not enought to discuss it yet. Nevertheless, the aforementioned Reason sounds similar. One thing is sure, a Triton and Nord Lead III are completely different animals and neither is a substitute for the other. Start with the Triton becuase that covers the basic needs such as keyboard so unds, other instruments, strings, orchestration etc. The NOrd is for electronic music sounds. You see, you can, for instance, play a bass so und on the Nord lead, however, you would not use it on a straight pop song where you would, if budget and space allowed, have an actual bass player on a Fender bass. On the other hand, you wold not use a Nord Lead I Ii or III for that purpose under any circumstances. Then again, supposing you were doing an electro dance number. You could use the Triton for the "synth basds" sounds or the NOrd Lead. So, in the end, the Triton is way more versatile though whether or not it does the Nord type sounds better than the Nord is the question. Mayve not but it definetly does the basic instrumentation better than the Nord and that is important from a keyboard, particularly your first keyboard.
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the hartmann neuron... that's not granulary... it actually builds a complete mathematic model of any sound you provide it with... rather impressive... and pretty expensive...

now otherwise i agree... for that type of music, a sampling/rom workstation is way more your need... the sounds you're looking for are exactely what's coming from workstations like the triton, the kurzweils and the motifs...
personally i'd urge you to check out the motif since you'd be able to expand it with V/A synthesis and the sounds are more contemporary than the triton soundset...
 
Yeah, you need to get the workstation first. Check out all three if you can and try to spend a little time on each to see which one you like.

But if you get a hartmann, your gonna make me cry.:(

Unless I can come over and play with it.:)
 
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