It is an updated and more powerful version of the original modular, with greater polyphony but most of the sounds are in monophonic form, which can be changed. Nord s classical virtual analog synth nord lead 122x34a1 and nord rack versions 11 topics 7109 posts last post by nordcat yesterday, 19. In case you are not aware, as i wasnt, you can download a huge amount of clavia nord modular g1 patches at. Clavia nord modular classic page by retrosound marko ettlich. The g1 s patches are made via a computer editor and loaded into the keyboard. Nord modular comes in three different models, nord modular key with a twooctave keyboard, nord modular rack and nord micro modular. Factory patches for the nord modular and nord micro modular. Dec 12, 2004 clavier synthetiseur a modelisation analogique clavia nord modular g2. Clavia nord modular g2 keyboard synthesizer for sale. No doubt, computers have become a natural part of todays music production.
It can convert whole directories and currently is used to converter the nord modular patch collection consisting of almost 30000 patches. The clavia nord modular series is a line of synthesizers produced by clavia, a swedish digital synthesizer manufacturer. I love my nord modular, but that may be more complicated than you want. Clavia soundpool clavia nord modular page with many free patches clavia zone clavia page at synth zone with links to modular sites modular book. A highly polished synth inspired by infected mushroom and the sega genesis, it combines fm, subtractive synthesis and formants vowel filter, with huge amounts of flexibility and control.
Reset a clavia nord modular g2 keyboard seven trumpets. With the nmg2 open source editor you can make patches on the clavia nord modular g2 synthesizer using the usb interface or using midi. Clavia nord modular playing my algorithmic composition methenay. The nord modular range approximates the much more flexible world of modular synthesizers, offering an almost unlimited variation of synth architectures, with the facility to simulate, in addition to subtractive synthesis, additive, fm, and, in th. Spare parts and replacement keys for nord synthesizer. Clavia nord modular clavia nord modular rack clavia nord.
While there are other products on the market catering to the hostbased market, none offer the level of integration with a dedicated hardware control surface that the nord modular provides. Its only limitations are polyphony and an inability to process external sources. Like the nord modular, a pc computer is used to virtually patch, tweak, edit and design your synth patches in a modular fashion. Clavia nord modular keyboard version clavia nord modular rack version. The patches in the nord modular and micro modular internal memory will be permanently erased when upgrading the operating system from v2. This little synthesizer is probably one of the mightiest digital synthesizers around.
Feel free to share your pictures, projects, issues, suggestions and. The nord lead 3 was discontinued in 2007, but the nord lead 2x remains in production. Currently reacquainting myself with my nord g1 modular who has been starved of. For sale ventura county, ca super rare nord modular dsp expansion board by clavia this is a genuine clavia dsp expansion board produced in very limited quantities for the. This is the largest library, the largest collection of sounds for the nord modular synthesizer anywhere. Called a landmark in synthesis it allowed you to essentially build your own virtual analog synthesizer. Clavia nord micro modular modularsynthesizer for sale. In 1997 clavia released the nord modular, a virtual analog modular synthesizer.
Weve spent years collecting these sounds from around the internet and. Dec 22, 20 quite simple 4 patches controlled by dr660 midi clock. The only real huge difference is if you get the full g2 keyboard, you can program very easily from the front panel, but since i love using the editor anyway, and am comfortable with the. The onyl modules i really miss on the g1 is the dx algorithm module, as well as the midi patches. Nord micro modular virtual synthesizer 1997 2003 reverb. Undaunted by this, clavia have decided to demonstrate their faith in their parthardware, partsoftware approach to synthesis, and have forged ahead with a secondgeneration nord modular, the g2.
There are patches you can download that are basically nord lead presets patched up in modular. Reverb is a marketplace bringing together a widespanning community to buy, sell, and discuss all things music gear. Features twooctave keyboard, and 16 assignable knobs. Nord modular g2 clavia nord modular g2 audiofanzine. It is a kind of setup that i used before, so it made quite some sense to just stick with it, since i didnt really have much time to rehearsal my performance. As i said, the problem before was that logic was picking up all the sysex communication on port 7 as a result was crashing because oms got flooded with midi data you could see sysex communication appearing in logic as a string x symbols. Roland sh101 electrix repeater clavia nord modular g1 rme fireface 800 ins 1 and 2 clavia nord modular g1 plus electrix repeater on one side and roland sh101 on the other. The patches are organized in folders with the names of the patch creators and datestamped on the date they were sent in to the list. The sound of the nl2 is a bit more raw around the edges than the 3 or g2, but they both sound like clavia synths. Clavia nord modular dsp expansion board g1 rare simi. Though it isnt necessarily needed, it just gets better with. The nord modular series and the nord lead 3 offered complex filter types that transcended the primal urge to be moogish. Clavia s own fully functional, native software demo version of their g2 modular does so much more than the nord lead, but it can call up a nord leadalike configuration.
The nord modular series, in common with their sister range the nord lead series, are analogue modelling synthesizers, producing sounds which approximate those produced by conventional analogue synths by using dsp chips to digitally model analogue circuitry. The factory preset library is a mix of factory and user created patches. Nord user forum view topic nm g2 on windows 10 64bit. Clavia announces nord modular g2, voice expansion board. Synthetic sounds provide some nord modular patches to download. This time, i tried to do the video a bit different, and recorded it during daytime, with. In the nord wave, just six different types have been chosen, each with an alternate personality courtesy of the 12db or 24db slope switch. This unofficial forum is dedicated to the clavia nord keyboards, including the nord stage, nord electro and nord piano. More useful are the categorized patches which are sorted neatly into different folders by instrument type. The update and new factory sound library can be downloaded for free at. This is just as well, as the 1998 modular is now looking rather long in the tooth compared to some of 2004s softwareonly synths. It is one of my favorite synthesizers because of the way it works, what it allows me to do, and because of the way it sounds.
The g2 sound, the frequency bandwidth was a bit broader, maybe a bit more vstlike but at the same time more analog sounding. Nord modular g2 offers you the better of two worlds and provides an effective solution for the working musician. The followup to clavia s nord lead 3 is not the nord lead 4 well, not yet, anyway, but a beefedup version of the nord lead 2. It has a ton of parameters and options and is quite versatile in what it is able to do. Discuss any issues around nord s keyboards, share your favorite patches, samples, and music. The first of the nord modular series, the g1 is an erabending blend of portable keyboard interface with the endless flexibilty of a modular setup. The first program i ended up building was a simple input amplifier, so that i could actually play a bit with the creamware pro 12, which unfortunately lacks an headphones output. And the graphical editor that lets you create nord modular patches just became a peculiar nord specific editor for csound. The nord modular is one of the few hardwaresoftware environments on the market that offer this level of flexibility in synthesis. Being music makers ourselves, we love geeking out on all things gear. The encoders offered here come from the same manufacturer as those used by nord. The final stages of my clavia nord micro modular procurement started in london during the last days of 2002.
Each bank contains a patch list file, which makes it possible to download an entire bank and having the patches end up in the correct memory location. We find out why, and how it improves on the original. May 16, 2014 the clavia nord modular g2 is a small synth that specializes in all sorts of modular synth sounds. The folders will be updated a couple of times a month. Nord nord modular g2 synthesizer compact pro keyboard. Encoder 22 mm suitable for nord modular g1 nord modular g2 main dial practical advice. There are compared to the original small deviations in. However, the nord modular must be connected to a pentium pc with windows 95 or a powermac.
Yahoo group for the all in one nord stage keyboard. I was visiting turnkey on the charring cross road to see what pretty delights stood shining in their racks and to gaze again at the big old modulars downstairs. The nord modular is clavia s nord synth with modular abilities using virtual sound modeling. Any music gear discussions that dont fit into one of the other forums. Nord modular g2 offers you the best of both worlds and provides an effective solution for the working. G2x 1 2 mod wheels 2 its already voice doubled expanded the g2 has do be expanded by an optional expansion. The interface of the keyboard isnt hard to follow, but there is a lot that it can do so it will probably take you some time to get accustomed to everything. Clavia have programmed many different filter models over the years.
The base sound alone is very pleasing to my ear and yea, this is subjective, so it may not be for all. Nord modular forum 1 user everything about the clavia nord modular g2, g1, and micromodular synthesizers. Programming techniques for modular synthesizers jarrologmusic vangelis and j. With the g2, clavia introduces a truly innovative hardware platform with focus on live performance features. Clavia nord stage 3 88 27 ratings this item runs exclusively on an operating voltage of 230v and therefore requires a voltage transformer to run in your country of united states of america. Still keyboard players have the need for portable instruments. The process of editing sounds and sequences is so much easier from a computer screen. Clavia synthesizer menu nord modular g2 nordlead tricks. A few oscillator patches are nice too but nothing too crazy. The clavia nord modular g2 is a small synth that specializes in all sorts of modular synth sounds. Similarly there was a listening testcomparison of nord modular g1 g2 and while i own a g1 i was surprised that i actually preferred the g2 many times.
Nord modular from now on, and the second part is the software editor, which will be called the editor. In oms i had the device on port 3 labelled nord modular synth and on port 7 as nord modular editor. Clavia proudly presents the second generation of the nord modular the nord modular g2. It is possible to load nord modular with patches from the ed. Clavia nord modular g1 classic virtual analog modular synthesizer. This is a patch archive of patches sent in by members of the nord modular mailing list at code404. Okay, there are other visual editors for csound, but thats still cool, and the editor is still available for mac and windows free from the original manufacturer, clavia.
It too was later upgraded with the 2004 release of the nord modular g2. G2x comes with the dsp expansion board which adds more dsp power, and results in more polyphony for your patches. The nord modular is clavias nord synth with modular abilities using virtual sound modeling. This project develops an open source editor for clavia nord modular and micro modular synthesizers. The sounds in a layer can be programmed by the special morph function making it possible to fade sounds and parameters and create an unlimited number of exciting patches. Nov 29, 2017 clavia is now shipping the nord modular g2, a modular digital synthesizer that combines a hardware synth with a graphical pcbased patch editor. However the standalone keyboard interface has been replaced here by the very small fourknobbed micro modular interface. Oct 12, 2017 clavia nord modular playing my algorithmic composition methenay. I believe the sound engine is the same as the original lead or maybe the nl2.