Description
Micro synth from Nord Micro. The Micro has minimal controls and a super-simple interface but maintains the usual big Nord synth sound. It’s a slightly cut-down version of the Nord Modular
The Micro comes in small, heavy steel box about the size of a paperback book. Connections include two audio inputs, two outputs, headphone socket, Midi in & out, PC in & out & power jack
Basic spec is
- 4-voice polyphony (depends on DSP usage, can be more than 4)
- 6 VSM Oscillators
- 8 LFOs
- 4 random pattern generators
- 16.000 patterns
- 6 filters – resonant, 12 or 24 db/Octave, HP, BP, LP, etc
- Shelving EQs
- Ring Modulator
- Vocoder
- ADSR
- AD
- 99 memories
There are 99 user memories and basic editing is available from the front panel. More advanced editing can be done from a PC / Mac-based editor. Check the demo video (see Links tab) to see how to use two midi interfaces to hook up an editor and receive midi from a DAW simultaneously
I fired the Micro up for a quick demo and found it full of creative sounds that evolve over time, so someone has spent time on programming patches. Whether they are factory patches I don’t know. There are strong hints of Waldorf Wave in some patches, which is always a good thing!
Support for the Nord Modular seems to be very much fan-based now and there are lots of forum posts, freely downloadable editors – for both Windows and OS X – and general help. ThereĀ are also hundreds of downloadable patches. See the Links tab for more info
“Built like a tank, light as a feather, with sound that can crush armies and make storms of juicy, juicy electronic goodness. 5 stars”
“The Nord Micro Modular is an incredible little synth – has some really beefy analogue-style basses and leads, but you can also get some beautifully atmospheric pads out of it. I’m still discovering stuff it can do – for example, recently found out that the vocoder patches available are of real quality”
In very good, used condition with a minor mark on the front panel. Comes with UK-spec external power supply. Photos show the synth for sale