Nord Modular foldersNord Modular folders
This is a short explanation of how these sounds are organised. First off, I did not program any of these sounds from scratch. They have been made by various users and posted on the Net. It is not possible to credit each individual creator, but if any who has posted their sounds and they appear here, if they object they will be withdrawn.
I decided to sort the sounds available on the Net so that I could find ones in various categories easily. Many of the sounds that get posted have names that do not reflect the sounds in question. Hence this regrouping of sounds for faster, easier access. I have changed the names of some sounds, tweaked a few. Also, sounds that I particularly like have been marked with a @ before the .pch, ie. XXXXX@.pch is a sound I liked.
Now to the folders. They are as follows:
Acoustic (these are not necessarily ‘real acoustic’ sounds, just those that sound as if from some possible acoustic instrument, even if just imaginative)
ARP (this is the creator of the sounds definition of an ARP sound, not mine)
Audio process – I have not tried out all these sounds, so a few may not actually be for audio processing.
Bass – acoustic, syn bass and sub bass
Bright syn – sounds with a brite trebly sounds
Dark syn - sounds with a dark, muffled sounds
Dual sound – sounds where there are two distinct aspects within the patch
Gong – this is a repeated category – gongs also appear with bells ( oops)
Lead and Power – sounds that cut trough, not always necessarily what would be used as a lead synth.
LFO, S&H, tremolo – sounds that are repetitive, but not sequences
Metal – metallic, FM type sounds
Mini moog - (this is the creator of the sounds definition of an Mini Moog sound, not mine)
Percussion, blips, pitched – this includes some pitched sounds that are like vibraphone and marimba.
Piano, electric piano and clav - again a mistake in categorising – some clavs are also in another folder.
Sequence and patterns – this does not represent all of the sequenced patterns out there – I decided not to include many available, as I don’t like to create songs based around someone else’s sequence. Nonetheless, there are a lot in this folder.
Small and Short – sounds with little or not sustain or release.
Split – two sounds split over different parts of the keyboard
Synthy - this is by far the biggest folder, with thousands of synth sounds
Weird Syn - hard to say how these are different from Syn FX or effects!
Thanks you to all who post their sounds on the Net. Hope this bunch of folders helps users get on with music making, speedily,
Regards
Tony Smyth