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Nord Lead 2 and Orange AD140 Bass Rig

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My amp, which I use for everything...guitar, bass, and keys, is a super-limited (#11 of 17) Orange AD140B. It is hand wired point-to-point and ever since I upgraded the output transformer (per recommendation of the original amp designer Ade Emsley) to a Mercury Magnetics, it has sounded like the voice of God...it is incredibly warm but has insane clarity and dynamics as well. The 1x15 cab is the 4th 1x15 Orange made after the company was restarted in the 90's...it has the original Eminence driver, and sounds great. Unfortunately, this rig is way too much for my apartment and I have bills to pay. Price drop down to $2500 plus shipping.

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If you are interested, or just want to find out more about either or these, send me an email and I will let you know whats up. [email protected]

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when you have a little cash in the future, consider the Access Virus. ;)

For me, its analog, or Nord. The Virus stuff is pretty cool though.

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i'm not a synth expert, but it seems like almost every second rock band uses a nord lead. the killers, muse, the white stripes (icky thump), mando diao (they use the nord electro though i think)... :confused:

I see less and less gigging bands that have a keyboard and don't have either an electro or a lead. The reason being that Clavia/Nord make a range of products that destroy any competition when it comes to making boards that sound amazing, are gig friendly, straight forward, not to mention good looking. The lead is a great, super-versatile option for any live synth application, while the electro is the next-best-thing to lugging a Wurly, a Rhodes, and more to every gig.

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what makes them so gig friendly? i'm pretty much a noob, but would really like to know that. and yes, they really look good. here the killers' setup (:D):

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I could do without the rhinestones...that is the stand I use as well as the board (and I used to have a microkorg...I am pretty sure I had the rig first though). The Lead is particularly gig friendly because of how simple and straight forward the interface is. There is no complex menu...just a digital display indicating what program you are using. There are knobs and buttons to control every function so there isn't any scrolling through menus....you can do everything on the fly, its really intuitive, and you can get fun sounds tweeking the different knobs as well as playing with the very fun expression implements. Also, there are no trashy built-in effects to muck things up, it is designed very much in the tradition of the older analog synths, but with some significant added capabilities (layering, program storage) that are very useful in a live music setting. Also, the simplicity comes in handy for someone who is just starting out, it is much easier to use than other Virtual-Analog Synths.

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I could do without the rhinestones...that is the stand I use as well as the board (and I used to have a microkorg...I am pretty sure I had the rig first though). The Lead is particularly gig friendly because of how simple and straight forward the interface is. There is no complex menu...just a digital display indicating what program you are using. There are knobs and buttons to control every function so there isn't any scrolling through menus....you can do everything on the fly, its really intuitive, and you can get fun sounds tweeking the different knobs as well as playing with the very fun expression implements. Also, there are no trashy built-in effects to muck things up, it is designed very much in the tradition of the older analog synths, but with some significant added capabilities (layering, program storage) that are very useful in a live music setting. Also, the simplicity comes in handy for someone who is just starting out, it is much easier to use than other Virtual-Analog Synths.

wow, i think i understand what you're talking about. but isn't it bad that there aren't a lot of built-in effect. wouldn't you have to buy effect devices sooner or later?

do you know any rock bands who use synths more extensively than the killers?

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Off the top of my head, stuff that is somewhere in the same ball-park but uses at least at much synth: Minus the Bear (Nord Lead 2), The Velvet Teen, The Faint (they also use a ton of boards, but always either the Nord Lead 2 or 3, though I wouldn't be surprised if the next time they tour they have the new Nord Wave) Ladytron (They record with a shitload of cool vintage stuff, but for the stage each member has a Korg MS2000, and there are usually a couple vintage Korgs on stage as well) and Goldfrapp (she uses boatloads of cool vintage stuff as well).

If there were effects included on the Nord, it would raise the price (both new, and used) and they would almost certainly be sub-par sound sucking effects when compared to what is available on outboard units. Also, outboard effects generally offer you more control over the parameters of the effect itself than you get in the effects section of a synthesizer. My recommendation for effects is to build up your effects overtime through the collection of, and experimentation with older guitar effects pedals.

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thanks for your fast answers and for list of the bands. :)

buy this stuff guys!

No problem...I hope you enjoy the bands. Also, I agree, buy this stuff!

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