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I have been using the NL3 for the past 3 weeks, I have to say, This is one great sounding VA keyboard. Sounds are smooth as silk, very close to analog warmth, very detailed timbres, clean sound, and with lots of expressive power, character, the NL3 shines ! One feature that I find very nice is the Morphing feature, you can have four parts all alive, but use the morphing function to morph the outputs as well, so besides morphing parameters of each part, you can morph one part into another via by modulating the volume of each part (so A -> C -> BC -> DA > ABC ) via modwheel of other modulation sounce. This great for playing pad sounds that keep changing, evolving, expressing themselves..etc. You can play a morphing pad sound of a long time and not get bored ! Adding a dedicated effects unit does add more depth to it, I feel it is a must, especially a good reverb, but the NL3 does sound good without additional Reverb, but adding reverb just gives it that needed polish, and additional pro sound to blend in a mix. As fas as the more lead type sounds I think if you want a lead sound to cut through a mix, for trance, techno, applications, using FM is one way to do it, if you want more, a dedicated distorion effect can do wonders if assigned to a dedicated output/s on the NL3. The user interface is a Winner ! This is one of the nicest synths keyboards to program on the market, a joy to use, Warning ! can be very addictive ! The NL3 is classy synth. I won't be surprised if it becomes another classic like the mini moog.
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