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another vote for the nord lead 3. I'm running the rack version. As for making it sound 'warm' ...all you have to do is EQ it in your mixer, or via your computer & your host/editor/sequencer of choice. Usually to create sounds & tapestries one would use a combination of A soundsource {a synth} , creative EQ {via mixer or recording gear/software} and effects {hardware & software}. The nord lead 3 is the first module, that is a raw but awesome synth. You can do the rest with whatever gear you have.
not only that, the sheer scale of simultanious modulation possibilities available with the nord lead3 make it a canvas for inventive use. also, if you ever get plogue or maxmsp (or any other modular environment for midi processing) the lead3 will have a new lease of life.
for example, with these modular environments you can make patches that modulate certain parameters when they receive a certain note - as well as playing the note. This way you can turn it into a percussive monster, or some kind of beautiful pad fairy if you use sustained notes. There's no limits, because the nord lead3 makes modulating every parameter simultaniously easy, by only controlling a few of the morph controls which in themselves would only require one CC to control...and each morph can control something like 27 parameters....all of which is shown on the interface via the leds.
as a raw synth Nord lead3 is ace, just add your own EQing to give it some warmth, do some sound layering via some wave editors, use your own reverbs and effects even free ones.......the lead is the bomb. Its great as it is, but when you get into morphing and using it as a synth controlled by MAX it really really stands out. Dont ask me for examples of patches as I just got the lead and I havent bought maxmsp yet! but all this is possible...
I have a sherman filterbank, and the nord lead3 sounds like sex when played through it. Just pick up a nordlead3 and use your own effects.
wow what a rant
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