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derekf208 · 29th January 2012

I went through this not to long ago. I was tired(still am) of the sound and UI of soft-synths, even the nice ones like FM8 and Massive were hurting my ears. I began looking at the Virus, Juno 60, and The Nord Lead. I was very torn between them.

I ended up getting the Lead 2. It's pretty damn nice. The oscillators just feel stronger, warmer, and punchier than my soft synths. It would be nice to have an analog synth, but the prices are way too crazy right now. The Nord is a GREAT beginner's synth too. The UI is a breeze, you'll be sculpting sounds very fast with it. I picked up my NL2 KB for only $650.

The Nord seems to sit in the mix really nicely too.

29th January 2012	#19
derekf208 Gear nut Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 117	I went through this not to long ago. I was tired(still am) of the sound and UI of soft-synths, even the nice ones like FM8 and Massive were hurting my ears. I began looking at the Virus, Juno 60, and The Nord Lead. I was very torn between them. I ended up getting the Lead 2. It's pretty damn nice. The oscillators just feel stronger, warmer, and punchier than my soft synths. It would be nice to have an analog synth, but the prices are way too crazy right now. The Nord is a GREAT beginner's synth too. The UI is a breeze, you'll be sculpting sounds very fast with it. I picked up my NL2 KB for only $650. The Nord seems to sit in the mix really nicely too.