DjZelous Advanced Member
United States
553 posts Joined: Oct, 2012
Posted - 2016/07/28 : 22:27:02
I have nexus and i will say that some of the pianos on there are GREEEAAAAT! And some pads on there are amazing too. honestly i use about 40 to 30% of the presets, its an ok buy. try to find a demo copy
Anon. Average Member
United Kingdom
169 posts Joined: Dec, 2014
Posted - 2016/07/29 : 12:00:29
Nexus2 is a great plugin if used properly. Although some of the sound presets are pish.
Here's a good example, in the arpeggios bank there are 2 presets called Viral Infection 1 & 2, turn off the arp mode for them and fidget around with them a little, gives you a nice sound like the original virus synth.
It's also good for layering with z3ta and sylenth.
Guest Advanced Member
United Kingdom
1,511 posts Joined: Feb, 2015
Posted - 2016/07/29 : 20:54:01
if you want to do all this EDM bollox, of all 20 presets in every video, just put the modulator wheel on octave in gladiator
in the bottom right
record a live bar and mess with keyboard controls
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danielseven Senior Member
Italy
350 posts Joined: Jan, 2010
Posted - 2016/09/11 : 10:45:26
Comparing Nexus 2 with Gladiator is like comparing apples and oranges.
Nexus 2 is a ROM sampler, and Gladiator 2 is a wavetable synthesizer.
Nexus 2 can be limited with sound design (you can't design sounds nor use your own samples on it) even through some of the sounds are actually designed pretty well (I like the pianos, the pads and some backing sounds).
I can't say, however, that all the sounds are quality - there are some sounds that are best played with a synthesizer - as you can tweak the sounds as you like.
With a ROMpler, you can't design a nasty reece bassline, or set the right amount of detune on a supersaw riff sound. Something that you can do with a virtual analog, or wavetable synth, like Gladiator 2 or DUNE 2.
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Elliott Advanced Member
United Kingdom
1,137 posts Joined: May, 2012
Posted - 2016/10/04 : 17:09:43
I use pretty much nothing but Nexus and Sylenth for everything (and sometimes V-Station for bass). Sylenth is the only synth I know well enough to use for proper sound design but it's a beast so who cares.
Maybe you need more to produce modern-sounding hardcore but to produce '00s stuff, all you need is Nexus and Sylenth. At one point, probably more than 50% of hardcore was made using at least one Nexus preset.
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Posted - 2016/07/28 : 21:19:11
