The Clavia Nord Lead 2 is a 16-Voice Polyphonic Virtual Analog Synthesizer. It is 4-part Multitimbral and has an Analog Interface and an expressive Wooden Pitch stick.

Extended information

"The first part of this page describes the Nord Lead 2/Rack 2 hardware specifications. At the bottom of the page, the new features compared to Nord Lead 1/Rack 1 are listed. Go there.
Voices
16 voices. 4 part multi-timbral.
Special features
Velocity programming: Each function that is controlled by a knob, can be programmed to be controlled by velocity.
Morphing: Each function, that is controlled by a knob, can also be controlled by the modulation wheel / pedal to continuously fade between two sets of values.
Performance controllers
4-octave velocity sensitive keyboard. (Nord Lead only)
Octave Shift buttons (5 oct.)
Keyboard Split, two sections. (Nord Lead only)
Wooden Pitch Stick, designed to change the pitch continuously without any dead spots. It gives you complete control of the pitch and allows you to make true and natural vibrato. The effect increases exponentially as you move it further from the center. Patent pending for the ""Pitch Stick"". (Nord Lead only)
Modulation Wheel for modulating a number of selectable destinations. Looks great, feels great, works great. (Nord Lead only)
1 pedal input for sustain and 1 for expression pedal.
User interface
3 digit LED display, 26 knobs and 27 buttons for program editing.
Oscillator section
Oscillator 1 generating sinus, triangle, sawtooth or pulse with adjustable width, wave forms. Oscillator 2 generating triangle, sawtooth or pulse (with adjustable width) wave forms and can also generate noise with a color control. Oscillator 2 can be hard ""synched"" to oscillator 1. Linear deep frequency modulation of osc 1 from osc 2. A wide range of new waveforms with a strong formant character is achieved with the new synchable noise, where noise can be synched to Osc. 1.
Filter section
12 dB ""2 pole"" lowpass, 24 dB ""4 pole"" lowpass, bandpass or highpass. Cut off, resonance, envelope amount, envelope amount controlled by velocity. ADSR envelope. Filter keyboard tracking can be set to full, half or off. Filter distortion.
Amplifier section
ADSR envelope, gain control.
Modulation section
Lfo 1 generating triangle, saw, pulse, LF filtered noise and random staircase routed to Osc 1+2, Osc 2, filter, pulse-width and FM amount. Lfo 2 produces a triangle waveform, routed to Osc 1 and 2 or amplifier. It also controls the rate for the arpeggiator. Arpeggiator: Range: 1 - 4 octave. Modes: up, down, up/down, random. Echo can be set between 1 and 8 repeats. Modulation envelope (attack, decay) for Osc 2 pitch, FM amount and pulse width.
Performance section
Play mode: Poly, legato, mono, unison mono, unison poly. Manual mode. Four program slots for layering possibilities. Portamento / auto portamento.
Percussion kits
10 analog drumkits. Each percussion kit holds 8 independent sounds, configured in 8 zones across the keyboard.
Memory
40 user-programs, 59 factory programs and 100 factory performances. An additional 297 (99 x 3) user-programs, 100 user-performance programs and 30 drumkits can be saved on a PCMCIA 64 (or more) kilobyte battery backed SRAM card.
Audio Out
4 outputs. Each slot have its own output. Modes: Stereo, mono and multitimbral mode. Headphones output. High resolution and low noise, 18 bit DAC.
MIDI features
All control knobs and switches for program editing send and receive Control Change messages. System exclusive bulk dumps. One program or all programs. MIDI clock synchronizing LFO 1 and LFO 2/arpeggiator. Triggering of the filter and amplifier envelopes and velocity control from separate programmable MIDI channel and note numbers.


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