NM-1 vs. G2

[elektro80]

This subject has been covered here before, but I just thought I would share my view on this.

When the G2 first came on market it seems to me that many saw this product as an upgrade of the NM-1. With upgrade I mean like the latest version of Micosoft Office.

I now know the NM-1 pretty well and I have had the chance to actually play around a bit with the G-2 too. Listen, these are similar designs, and clearly the G-2 is more modern in the sense that most ideas implemented are coming out of the NM-1 project. But frankly these two are also different and the existence of G-2 does not in any way the NM-1 bad.

The NM-1 is a great synth that I think will fast become one of the great classics. It ranks way up there together with Roland Jupiter 6, PPG Wave series, Korg PS series, Roland System 100m and 700, ARP Odyssey, EMS Portabella, Oberheim 8V, Waldorf Wave .. . The NM-1 is simply that kind of instrument and of course the G2 is too. The main point is that these two red synths are similar but also have their own personalities.

[mosc]

Hee Hee... I think you are quite right. If I would have known this a year ago, I might not have let my G1 go...

Actually, for many reasons I have no regrets about it.

[elektro80]

I know I am ranting, but seriously.. the NM-1 is far from a dead duck. It is simply one of the all time classics!

[OAO3]

i whole heartedly agree, esp. since i was talking about this with my roomate the other day. even if that magical day comes when i have enough money to get a g2, i don't see myself ever getting rid of the g1. i'll still be rocking it 20 years from now with my vintage mac running os 9. i think there is a near infinite amount of possibilities with that machine that have yet to be explored. i'm super excited now because my roomate/music collaborator just bought a used g1, so now we have two sexy little modulars to use and abuse....

[davep]

I agree with all of this. I have a G2 and I still have my NM1 and I spend about the same amount of time patching & playing each. Layered together, it's the ultimate polysynth setup (I have other synths, but these two get used about 90% of the time).

While the G2 has additional capabilities & can make more complex patches, the NM1 is often easier to patch, at least for me. I suppose because I've been using it much longer.

And I suppose I will always have a strong sentimental attachment to the NM1 as well. Although I've been patching synths for over thirty years, I was in a major creative rut a few years ago. Then I got the NM1 and it completely changed all that. This instrument totally renewed my passion for creating electronic music and it hasn't slowed down again since.

[Unfed]

exactly. while i never had the enjoyment of owning a NM1, ever since i read about it in Sound On Sound years ago when it was released i've been amazed by the concept. in no way should the release of the G2 make the NM1 seem inferior. i don't think everyone dropped their MiniMoogs when the MemoryMoog was released - well, maybe they did, but look at them now.

[General Elektrick]

In the first time the only reason for not selling the G1 was my patch library.
I did not feel like repatching a 300 + patches
but now, after doing a lot of patches on the G2 I think a little different about it- it is not only the patches it is about the sound as well, I feel that the G1 sound a little rougher than the G2. If I go for monster Drum n Bass sounds on the G2, i did not get exactly where i was with the G1.
So I still use the G1 and have no plan on selling it.
On the other side, i think the editor of the G2 is much much faster to create a patch for, Dave Peck things different about this...

And i will keep my Micro mod as well

[Wout Blommers]