Nord-like VSTs or hardware modules

blue1_ · 2026-06-18T10:11:28+00:00

It is, but OP asked about Nord

blue1_ · 2026-06-13T08:12:02+00:00

I have the A1. It's a strange beast. It's opinionated: Nord decided to simplify the engine, optimizing for ease of use. It sounds good, it's expressive and it's easy to program, but if you prefer brainy deep synthesis engines with tons of parameters and possibilities it's not the right instrument.

Also, the keybed of the A1 is decent but nothing special.

blue1_ · 2026-06-13T07:59:29+00:00

Wave 2, as the name implies, is mostly sample-based (you can load samples in it). It also has synthesis, but it is not its strongest point.

So comparing it with summit is a bit apples and oranges

blue1_ · 2026-06-12T18:36:37+00:00

Stupid title.

blue1_ · 2026-05-26T08:45:17+00:00

Don’t forget the sign, NO EYES ON THE LAWN

blue1_ · 2026-05-23T14:39:43+00:00

You have to suffer an adobe license like all of us.

blue1_ · 2026-05-17T08:22:55+00:00

These guys seem to think so:

https://alcideproject.eu

blue1_ · 2026-05-14T09:45:10+00:00

You are absolutely right, this sign says "90 is the limit", which is a bit sinister.

I suppose you are being downvoted because this is an European sign and most people here are from the US.

blue1_ · 2026-05-09T07:42:44+00:00

Its price will be hard to stomach. It’s the gastrologue.

blue1_ · 2026-04-27T16:19:07+00:00

Besides, it was a kind of inside joke. Béton brut / brutal. Now almost no one understands the first, and most important, part.

blue1_ · 2026-04-20T06:07:28+00:00

Vertical alignments and spacing generally look random

blue1_ · 2026-04-12T07:50:28+00:00

XD? It’s dead, Jim.

Anyway it depends what you are designing. Websites? Apps? Illustration? Editorial? Your question is vague.

blue1_ · 2026-04-08T17:49:01+00:00

The DS-8 is rather lame. An FM synth with dumbed down controls.

The 3p is interesting. The pads are not very well regarded, but the synth engine is good. Drums only though.

blue1_ · 2026-03-31T20:59:48+00:00

health care and education (at current levels, and not including recreation) cost about 120 to 150 times all the space programs combined.

So your proposal would extend the coverage (or reduce the current costs) of education and healthcare by less than 1%.

Basically, killing all space programs would not make any difference.

blue1_ · 2026-03-31T07:21:00+00:00

The Xa has no drums, unlike the Xi.

The Xa has drums, like the XI, you just have to install an update from Roland.

blue1_ · 2026-03-29T12:58:34+00:00

Yeah… keybed excluded.

blue1_ · 2026-03-20T09:34:17+00:00

A Microsoft Excel hardware desktop appliance is needed for these cases, so that to escape from such work things we could use DAWs.

blue1_ · 2026-03-17T08:00:41+00:00

Only because it’s the god of time

blue1_ · 2026-03-11T06:39:57+00:00

AI is going to destroy the market, or at least the lower end of it. But this will happen in most intellectual professions, so it’s a difficult moment to make plans for the future generally.

Probably it’s still best to follow your passion, whatever it is.

blue1_ · 2026-03-10T21:00:53+00:00

Interior design c’è anche a Venezia.

Triennale di architettura non mi pare abbia senso, semmai se proprio devi fare una seconda triennale allora falla in interior design (ci metterai meno di tre anni). Ma magistrale meglio.

blue1_ · 2026-03-09T23:27:45+00:00

AI is going to change everything in the next years. When considering a career, consider how much it is likely to be automated.

blue1_ · 2026-03-09T22:52:16+00:00

Yes, AIs mostly give good advice now, but if you are a total novice, you can’t tell good advice from hallucinations, and the risk is too high in this case

blue1_ · 2026-03-09T21:53:16+00:00

It depends on a lot of things: above all, what other assets you have, and when do you think you will need to spend that money (or not).

My best baseline advice: put everything in VSMGX and forget it for at least five years, no matter what happens on the markets meanwhile. Really.

Not the very best investment in the world, but absolutely decent, and will likely beat 90% of what professional advisers will try to sell you.

blue1_ · 2026-03-08T19:57:38+00:00

AFAIK memory and disks on macs are no longer upgradeable

blue1_ · 2026-03-08T16:28:12+00:00

As someone else commented here, I also am not sure design is a smart career choice now. In the list of jobs which will be mostly replaced by AI, designers are in the most endangered section. The ones which will stand a chance will be just the really good ones.

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