Nord Wave 2 Performance Synthesizer - First 25 Preset Patches!

[@TheSunlight74]

Please don't be overly influenced by the comments section in choosing future styles of video. Most sane people don't post comments (oops!) but just quietly watch and enjoy. The chat/humour is great and parts of what makes your videos distinctive.

[@roman13rooms]

Jack, you are amazing,I can watch you every day :) waiting for my Wave 2 for three weeks... so looong.

[@AndertonsKeyboardDept]

Glad you enjoyed the video... You're gonna have a great time when your Nord arrives! 🤘

[@Niccy360]

Just purchased this synth and waiting for it to arrive. This is going to be my first synth and these presets have me in aw already. I can’t imagine the pads that you could create. Thanks for the little demo :))))

[@theclaverman]

OMG That «Pacific Pad» at 10:35 is like a cup of hot chocolate on a cold winter morning🤩seriously amazing sound

[@charthers8903]

It does sound amazing, but all those Korg and Roland synths from the 90s just did it so much better

[@MRFThorne]

Have loved your videos on the Nord Wave 2 so far - you seemed to have scanned through about 40 years' worth of sounds and styles with those patches.

[@intheblink]

Lol, I actually do use synth reviews to go to sleep sometimes :D but plenty of views during waking hours, too. Thanks for always putting out such quality videos

[@vainsacrosanct2014]

Keep up the talking man. I just love the way you explain things in that humouristic way of yours. And your facial expressions are hilarious. It makes me laugh every time a watch one of your video's.

[@lifter035]

It would be good to hear the best sample library 3.0 based pianos on Wave 2 as well

[@schuyleriangordon1193]

The camera editing around 10:00 was a great touch!

[@JayTheLane]

Mate, keep talking forgot the comments. You cheer me up no end 👍🏻

[@syzygy8060]

I swear on everything, this is my next keyboard purchase! Great video!

[@downpatmusic]

That synth sounds amazing. The built in verb is quite good. Pads sound great. Has memories of my old Prophet VS with the wave table sounds. But now with effects. A musically useful synth for production imo.

[@bdmax17]

Damn!! Jack sounds amazing and so does the wave. I'm so close to getting a Stage 3 and Jack really showed that off. Such a great tone on the wave 2. Amazing!

[@theclaverman]

Ben Maxwell Get that Stage 3! Then you add the Wave 2

[@iSirTaki]

5:22 my thoughts: he is playing The Knife 5:38 Jack says: sounds like The Knife 👍

[@MorningStrategy]

Love it. Thanks, Jack!

[@rundgren80]

Definitely Heartbeats! Very possible some Nord stuff was used on that album as well, as they're both Swedish

[@Robbinsffxi]

I want more! You make the only good Wave 2 demo on the internet!

[@mikaeljohansson83]

Wohoo Jack is back:)

[@markellis3887]

Enjoyed this --- 21 min of fun on a dreary Saturday ;-) Long time fan of Nord -- have the original Wave... this looks like a worthy successor!

[@modalmixture]

Love the gated arpeggios, it gives it some real life and movement

[@digitaldiezel5870]

The sound quality is second to none! This is an obvious choice for a keyboardist/performer. Those keys are awesome! How far can you take the imported sample manipulation? That would be a cool vid to post.

[@thombroom5515]

at 13:41 I realized I need this machine....lovely !!! thanks Jack

[@raffitchakmakjian]

had me at 4:20.

[@anderoia4888]

im saving up for this machine because of 10:32

[@janhartmann_official]

Jack, you know you rock! Entertaining as always. :-) Got my WAVE2 two weeks ago and I LOVE THIS MASHINE!!! So good. I want 'how-to' videos from you. Playing skills maybe...... Stay healthy / corona - greetings

[@evan_ack]

Jack has been to church, I'll tell you that

[@TonySway]

Simply amazing Synth!!

[@Pulse2AM]

Great demo, the Nord sounds great.

[@andrewcurtis8343]

Hey Captain! Can you get all the Andertons musicians together and make one of those "musicians around the world jamming" type videos. that would be awesome. also, as a guitar freak interested in synth, I am really appreciating these videos.

[@marekraczycki2762]

Awesoooooooooome. This is massive!

[@bloemundude]

Jack should learn to accept that his playing and explanations are nice, but most of us only come here to marvel at his exceptional facial hair.

[@VimyScout]

Go on, Jack 👌👍

[@MrStevem121]

Hey Jack. Love watching videos with you in dude. Not related to the video but have you ever had a play around with the Ableton Push 2? I was curious to know your opinion of it.

[@johannes2809]

Hey Jack! I like your Videos a lot! I have an old Yamaha CS2x Synth and I plan to get another one: nordwave 2 or virus ti 2 are the ones I’m thinking of and I would like to have a comparison soooo much 😉! This is what’s important to me: a good (analoge) sound, mainly for House and Deep House, but Ambient and other stuff as well. A good keyboard (virus = best?). I would like to use it mainly as the master keyboard in my little home studio with Logic Pro... but maybe someday on a stage as well. Could you do a video with the main differences and pros and cons of these to? And what about the nordlead 4? And... no that’s it 😬😉

[@OctaveRange]

These vids are great and really help to get a feel for how a synth sounds. The only constructive criticism I've got is suggesting you pick the sounds at random rather than the first 10, 25 etc. (The Manufacturers might just catch on and put their 'best' ones first?). You may have just sold another Nord Wave 2 with this demo, it's a very good contender against Roland's Jupiter X. Keep up the good work Jack and crew... :-)

[@bhaveshmistry3255]

After having a Access Virus TI2 I Don’t feel like to buy a any synth because it’s a complete package with thousands of mind blowing patches but this wave2 has capability to play samples and they have very good sample bank much better than a some expensive workstations. I really like this keyboard but I am more of a piano guy and I haven’t heard any acoustic piano patches demo. Dose it have a good piano sound like a Nord-Grand? If yes then I’ll go ahead with this keyboard. Fantastic demo..Love it! ❤️

[@troycarpenter4355]

Sequential Prophet X XL or Nord Wave 2. Which would you prefer? I have watched your reviews on both. I would like something that is a Synth with great sounds and also has the usual traditional instruments.

[@MurrayDagostino]

This synth .. i love it.

[@thombroom5515]

17:48 another trip back to the eighties .... "never ending story" like...

[@andertonsfan3144]

A proppa playa!

[@trebleboost7]

Definitely could be a contender for my 2nd tier. Suppose Jupiter X most similar. Might just have to save up. If only the JD-XA were 61 keys. Sigh.

[@museonfilm8919]

I have an Electro 3 which I think is awesome - but the Wave 2 doesn't sound much different than my Korg Triton TR, which is 15 or so years old! Really, we are getting to the stage where even budget synths sound amazing - it's just the finer details like build quality that make a difference to the price.

[@borispradel1037]

I have it… and I agree with you. There’s something I don’t get from this synth… that I actually feel when I play my NL2X… liveliness. Although if you program the 4 analogue engines it can sound so good and full of life. It’s just that the sample and FM engines that are not much different from an Electro 6. If you have a relatively modern Electro I would go with the Lead 4 or A1.

[@germanshepherdlover2613]

Can it do the lovely warm Analog sounds ( Jean-Michel Jarre ) that the Lead A1 does?

[@fernandollombardi]

Nord Always beautiful!

[@stevenburns989]

great synth im not very lead orientated player,mostly a chord guy with limited skills...Im enjoying the "seq" types and the "trance types of set up......Could you review something more like that? maybe the I arp off the roland X series.....Lets do some cheating...:)

[@nikolaj550]

freddie mercury has made a lot of hits with this keybord one of his music videos the keybord nord wave 2 is in his music video or stage live like if u miss freddie mercury

[@daniX12345]

Estaba por comprar un nord wave 2, pero descubrí el hydrainth.... qué hago ?

[@marekraczycki2762]

Can you use those 4 parts (layers) to make 4 sample layer? Maybe Round Robin Layers

[@geoffk777]

This sounds great. But 2Gb of sample memory in 2020? That's a bit skint, especially for the price.

[@derekbaker3279]

Keep in mind that the Nord compression scheme, which they claim is lossless, reduces file sizes by a factor of 3. So, you actually have 3x more sample time available. ☺ Nevertheless, I agree that it is disappointing that Nord didn't install more than 2gigs of memory in The Wave 2. 😕

[@JayTheLane]

@@derekbaker3279 To an extent this is a Nord thing, they conscientiously do it to make there boards less future proof. I use purely vst's and an Arturia Keylab. Granted a. Hardware. Board would be nice but I get everything I need from software instruments.

[@patchstein810]

Sounds like Omnisphere

[@RayyMusik]

Omnisphere sounds better. The Wave sound pretty cheap.

[@RayyMusik]

This synth is too expensive - because Jack could play a 2-octave 100€ keyboard, and I would still enjoy it. :)

[@mikaeljohansson83]

Now do all sounds in G flat Major or B Major;)

[@eduardoclemente1487]

patch 4 electro vibe is possible to build on nord stage 3 could someone please instruct me how?

[@ezmusic6034]

like to hear the lead guitar

[@davefridjhon]

How much does the nord wave 2 retail for mate

[@jacoblee8181]

$2700 on Sweetwater

[@officialWWM]

Does it do piano and organ sounds?

[@AndertonsKeyboardDept]

The Nord is well known for its incredible range of piano & organ sounds. Check out our full in-depth review to hear more about what it can do! kzbin.info/www/bejne/fpymiZmPpJKhaas

[@officialWWM]

Andertons Synths, Keys and Tech oh cool, thanks. I get confused with all their different models, I wasn't sure if this one was just a synth or included all the other sounds too. I really want to buy a Nord but have no clue which model to buy :/

[@derekbaker3279]

@@officialWWM If you don't mind, I will chip in here. Off the top of my head, I'd say that f you play a lot of piano-based music, organ-based music, 1960s/70s pop/rock, classical music, and/or traditional jazz, then IMHO the Stage 3 does those sounds better than the Wave 2. If you tend to play music without acoustic piano, electric piano, old school organs and/or blues (esp. Hammond B3/Vox/Farfisa organs) then I'd say you may want to think about for the Wave 2. However, the Stage 3 can be set up as your master keyboard (including sending & receiving midi, etc), which enables you to control, tweak & play external synths that have midi & switch between those symths, then I'm not if sure the Wave 2 can do that to the same degree as the Stage 3. However, if traditional acoustic pianos, e-pianos, & organs are not a priority, and you tend to play 80 alt/pop/rock, or you mainly play 1980s to 2010s dance or ambient music, then the Wave 2 may be the better choice. ☺

[@777Witness]

Anyone else getting some Juno vibes from this synth?

[@Phil-1]

17:48 I just came.

[@MrSpc88]

This keyboard may have a couple good string sounds but it is not easy to remember where sounds are. Makes no sense. I like the ease of the Yamaha MX 61 FAR better.

[@paulrigby001]

What is it with keyboard manufacturers branding the end cheeks? - it’s so naff and cheap. First the summit, now this :(

[@godisbollocks]

I think it's because often times the keyboard player in a band is positioned at right angles to the front edge of the stage. Branding the side of the keyboard allows the audience to get a clear look at the manufacturer's name.

[@paulrigby001]

godisbollocks Sure, I get that, but for me it’s just such terrible taste.

[@charthers8903]

You guys definitely try too hard to be funny..