{"id":2766,"date":"2026-01-12T05:58:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T05:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nilamox.com\/mancave21\/?page_id=2766"},"modified":"2026-01-12T05:58:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T05:58:11","slug":"nodal-red-2x-%f0%9f%a7%bb%f0%9f%a7%bb%f0%9f%a7%bb%f0%9f%a7%bb","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nilamox.com\/mancave21\/nodal-red-2x-%f0%9f%a7%bb%f0%9f%a7%bb%f0%9f%a7%bb%f0%9f%a7%bb\/","title":{"rendered":"Nodal Red 2x \ud83e\uddfb\ud83e\uddfb\ud83e\uddfb\ud83e\uddfb"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;ve only ever owned <a href=\"https:\/\/nilamox.com\/mancave21\/nord-modular-g2\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/nilamox.com\/mancave21\/nord-modular-g2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a Nord G2 Modular,<\/a> and spent most of that time fussing with the modular aspect of it; how many voices, how wide a range of sounds it could produce and so on. I didn&#8217;t push it hard as a basic synthesiser. So when I say I thought it was pretty dull and overrated, I know other Nords may have been better than the G2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"848\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nilamox.com\/mancave21\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/The_Usual_Suspects_Nodal_Red_2x-1536x848-1564695810.png?fit=640%2C353&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2767\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nilamox.com\/mancave21\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/The_Usual_Suspects_Nodal_Red_2x-1536x848-1564695810.png?w=1536&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nilamox.com\/mancave21\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/The_Usual_Suspects_Nodal_Red_2x-1536x848-1564695810.png?resize=300%2C166&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nilamox.com\/mancave21\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/The_Usual_Suspects_Nodal_Red_2x-1536x848-1564695810.png?resize=1024%2C565&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nilamox.com\/mancave21\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/The_Usual_Suspects_Nodal_Red_2x-1536x848-1564695810.png?resize=768%2C424&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nilamox.com\/mancave21\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/The_Usual_Suspects_Nodal_Red_2x-1536x848-1564695810.png?resize=800%2C442&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nilamox.com\/mancave21\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/The_Usual_Suspects_Nodal_Red_2x-1536x848-1564695810.png?resize=500%2C276&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nilamox.com\/mancave21\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/The_Usual_Suspects_Nodal_Red_2x-1536x848-1564695810.png?resize=1320%2C729&amp;ssl=1 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nilamox.com\/mancave21\/discodsp-discovery-pro-8-%f0%9f%a7%bb%f0%9f%a7%bb%f0%9f%a7%bb%f0%9f%a7%bb\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1992\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The <em>Discovery Pro<\/em><\/a> is supposedly based on the Nord 2x and it loudly kicks balls right into the net. Again, a lick of virtual red paint is no indication of it being accurate. I tend to think that it&#8217;s overcompensating, way too much steroids in the gym. I like it a lot on that basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So here now is an emulation of a Nord, with the real brain in there. Is it accurate? Well I have a few bits of hardware &#8211; I know the <em>OsTIrus<\/em> sounds like my real Virus, and recently determined that their <em>JE8060 <\/em>sounds like my JP8080 and would therefore bet at least <em>one whole Australian 2 dollar coin<\/em> that the <em>Nodal Red 2x<\/em> is identical to the real thing. So there!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"451\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nilamox.com\/mancave21\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2coin.png?fit=451%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2768\" style=\"width:123px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nilamox.com\/mancave21\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2coin.png?w=451&amp;ssl=1 451w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nilamox.com\/mancave21\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2coin.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nilamox.com\/mancave21\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2coin.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 451px) 100vw, 451px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The funny thing is that not owning the real thing takes away some of the interest. Because you&#8217;ve put up with all the irritations of the hardware versions you tend to find these emulations a bit of a magic trick. But if you have never fussed with the original all you see is how annoying they were compared to the clones that came after &#8211; like the <em>Discovery Pro<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But then, free to all who could never afford the original &#8211; that&#8217;s worth toilet paper ranking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve only ever owned a Nord G2 Modular, and spent most of that time fussing with the modular aspect of it; how many voices, how wide a range of sounds it could produce and so on. I didn&#8217;t push it hard as a basic synthesiser. So when I say I thought it was pretty dull [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2766","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nilamox.com\/mancave21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nilamox.com\/mancave21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nilamox.com\/mancave21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nilamox.com\/mancave21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nilamox.com\/mancave21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2766"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nilamox.com\/mancave21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2766\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2769,"href":"https:\/\/nilamox.com\/mancave21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2766\/revisions\/2769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nilamox.com\/mancave21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nilamox.com\/mancave21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}