Is the G2 expansion board worth buying?

dioioib · Joined: May 23, 2008 Posts: 56 Location: canada

Is the G2 expansion board worth buying. I'm not overly concerned with polyphony but I am interested in making more complex patches. I can not find much detail on the additional features this board will give me. Can anyone make a suggestion.

blue hell · Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 10:22 am Post subject:

These give some views on the topic :

http://electro-music.com/forum/viewtopic.php?highlight=expansion&t=25622

http://electro-music.com/forum/viewtopic.php?highlight=expansion&t=16568

http://electro-music.com/forum/viewtopic.php?highlight=expansion&t=11310

http://electro-music.com/forum/viewtopic.php?highlight=expansion&t=11216

http://electro-music.com/forum/viewtopic.php?highlight=expansion&t=4098

http://electro-music.com/forum/viewtopic.php?highlight=expansion&t=4512

blue hell · Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 10:24 am Post subject:

And personally I think the expansion to be useful for making larger patches, this due to the possibility to exchange information between patch parts through audio buses and the internal MIDI communications. Anyway, that's the way how I use the expansion mostly.

dioioib · Joined: May 23, 2008 Posts: 56 Location: canada

Wow thanks for the links.
I'm seriously considering buying it.

Would you suggest getting it professionally installed or is it something I can do myself? I read the tech docs on install and it looks easy but I dont want to void the warranty.

blue hell · Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 3:53 pm Post subject:

When I was searching for the above links I also found a couple about the installation & wondered if I should include those Very Happy

I used the forum search function for that with the phrase "g2 AND expansion" selectivly on the Nord modular forum - in case you would want to search yourself.

It boils down to : it's not hard to do it yourself.

When you encounter problems you can post a question here & will likely get a response to it. Most people here having an expansion installed it themselves. Even when I order my engines with expansion I got the expansions delivered separately.

BobTheDog · Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 12:18 am Post subject:

It is very easy to fit in the keyboard as well.

Andy

dioioib · Joined: May 23, 2008 Posts: 56 Location: canada

I have been reading that some people are missing the spacers for the expansion board. Is there a suitable replacement? Are they metric hex spacers, plastic, etc?

Flevo · Joined: Mar 10, 2008 Posts: 8 Location: Bussum

i just discovered that with an expansion board you can also use the vocoder!!

Fozzie · Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 2:38 pm Post subject:

mosc · Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 3:33 pm Post subject:

To me, the expansion board is essential. Get it. Wink

ark · Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 12:57 pm Post subject:

If you have not already purchased a G2, I suppose it's worth mentioning that novamusik.com is selling a G2 plus an expansion board and gig bag for the same price that most people are charging for a G2 alone.