Vintage Synth Explorer

Clavia • Nord Lead

One of the most incredible new synths available. It re-defines analog synthesis in a modern synth. Using Virtual Sound Modelling technology the intricate nuances and character of analog synth sounds are beautifully recreated on this amazingly flexible synth.

First of all, it can sound like them all, an ARP 2600 or a Minimoog or a Roland Jupiter. This synth is polyphonic and multitimbral, it has a very flexible filter, LFO and Envelope control, portamento/legato, a great arpeggiator and analog-like dedicated knobs for quick and easy synthesizing!

Everything is MIDI'd up and controllable, there's a great pitch bender and a 'morphing' feature. A performance mode allows certain parameters to be stored with a sound such as unison or poly modes, legato and portamento. It is available as a Keyboard, a Rackmount module and as Virtual PC Software.

This synth is currently in use by lots of artists including Ken Ishii, The Crystal Method, Fatboy Slim, Cirrus, Nine Inch Nails, Depeche Mode, Deftones, Mouse on Mars, Maroon 5, Dr. Dre, Laurent Garnier, ATB, The Prodigy, Autechre, Astral Projection, Boom Boom Satellites, Fluke, Front Line Assembly, KMFDM and Underworld.

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Equinoxious

Posted 39 days ago

nORD LEAD RULES!!!!!!

Jason

Posted 87 days ago

Does anyone know of a resource page where I can find patches and SYX files? I absolutely love this synth. It's been out in the wild for many years now, but can still hold its own. The filtering is aggressive, and easy, very easy to program. Still amazed at how I can sit down in front of this thing, after all these years, and still be entertained.

Shawn

Posted 112 days ago

Absolutely breathtaking sounds, and warmth as others have stated. These are really versatile and easily lend themselves to almost any style of music. And they hold their value exceptionally well. Also used by Noise Unit, a side project of the Frontline Assmbly members. The only issue I have had with mine is the key contacts get dirty quickly and the keys will stop working. Gotta love the stone (yes, STONE) mod wheel!

Dave B

Posted 151 days ago

Clavia made the mistake of completly missing the point, why the Nord lead was such a hit,so they tried to capitilise on its name with the Following models with a few extra Notes of Polyphony,when the Sound engine quality and warmth of the Mark 1 were never really captured in those that superceded it,perhaps why the Mark 1 still retain a following in the secondhand market,I've tried and owned them all and sold them on...why???Because none of them ever sounded as warm as the Original.

Nord Tastic

Posted 159 days ago

The only thing wrong with the Nords,is they should have had some kind of "Original Value" either in the form of an extra LED or used the dot on the display to represent when a knob you tweaked had reached the original value mark,Kind of like the Microkorg or MS2000 had,suprised Clavia never addressed this with futher models.

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