No doubt, computers have become a natural part of todays music production. Nord user forum view topic nm g2 on windows 10 64bit. This time, i tried to do the video a bit different, and recorded it during daytime, with. 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. Spare parts and replacement keys for nord synthesizer.
Yahoo group for the all in one nord stage keyboard. Reverb is a marketplace bringing together a widespanning community to buy, sell, and discuss all things music gear. The clavia nord modular series is a line of synthesizers produced by clavia, a swedish digital synthesizer manufacturer. It is an alternative to the original clavia editor software. The g1 s patches are made via a computer editor and loaded into the keyboard. There are patches you can download that are basically nord lead presets patched up in modular. The nord modular is clavias nord synth with modular abilities using virtual sound modeling.
Weve spent years collecting these sounds from around the internet and. However, the nord modular must be connected to a pentium pc with windows 95 or a powermac. 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. Clavia soundpool clavia nord modular page with many free patches clavia zone clavia page at synth zone with links to modular sites modular book. Nord modular from now on, and the second part is the software editor, which will be called the editor. 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. G2x comes with the dsp expansion board which adds more dsp power, and results in more polyphony for your patches. 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. Clavia have programmed many different filter models over the years. If you remember, i promised to make quite some posts about the clavia nord modular g2, but so far, it has been a bit absent from this blog youtube meet the sdrone patch.
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. Features twooctave keyboard, and 16 assignable knobs. With the nmg2 open source editor you can make patches on the clavia nord modular g2 synthesizer using the usb interface or using midi. Nord s classical virtual analog synth nord lead 122x34a1 and nord rack versions 11 topics 7109 posts last post by nordcat yesterday, 19. 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.
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. 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. 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. 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.
Clavia nord micro modular modularsynthesizer for sale. 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. Called a landmark in synthesis it allowed you to essentially build your own virtual analog synthesizer. It is possible to load nord modular with patches from the ed. It can convert whole directories and currently is used to converter the nord modular patch collection consisting of almost 30000 patches. In the nord wave, just six different types have been chosen, each with an alternate personality courtesy of the 12db or 24db slope switch. Clavia proudly presents the second generation of the nord modular the nord modular g2. Clavia nord modular g1 classic virtual analog modular synthesizer. Nord modular g2 offers you the better of two worlds and provides an effective solution for the working musician. 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. Clavia nord modular keyboard version clavia nord modular rack version.
In case you are not aware, as i wasnt, you can download a huge amount of clavia nord modular g1 patches at. 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. 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.
G2x 1 2 mod wheels 2 its already voice doubled expanded the g2 has do be expanded by an optional expansion. Still, it ended up being a very fun afternoon and i was able to come up with quite some diverse sounds for my clavia nord modular g1. The encoders offered here come from the same manufacturer as those used by nord. This unofficial forum is dedicated to the clavia nord keyboards, including the nord stage, nord electro and nord piano. 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. The g2 sound, the frequency bandwidth was a bit broader, maybe a bit more vstlike but at the same time more analog sounding. 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. 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 nord modular is clavia s nord synth with modular abilities using virtual sound modeling. It too was later upgraded with the 2004 release of the nord modular g2. Clavia nord modular playing my algorithmic composition methenay. The folders will be updated a couple of times a month.
The clavia nord modular g2 is a small synth that specializes in all sorts of modular synth sounds. Clavia nord modular dsp expansion board g1 rare simi. In oms i had the device on port 3 labelled nord modular synth and on port 7 as nord modular editor. In 1997 clavia released the nord modular, a virtual analog modular synthesizer. Still keyboard players have the need for portable instruments. 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. Dec 22, 20 quite simple 4 patches controlled by dr660 midi clock. 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. We find out why, and how it improves on the original. However the standalone keyboard interface has been replaced here by the very small fourknobbed micro modular interface. Clavia nord modular classic page by retrosound marko ettlich. It has a ton of parameters and options and is quite versatile in what it is able to do.
This project develops an open source editor for clavia nord modular and micro modular synthesizers. Clavia nord modular g2 keyboard synthesizer for sale. 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. This is the largest library, the largest collection of sounds for the nord modular synthesizer anywhere.
More useful are the categorized patches which are sorted neatly into different folders by instrument type. This little synthesizer is probably one of the mightiest digital synthesizers around. Though it isnt necessarily needed, it just gets better with. The patches in the nord modular and micro modular internal memory will be permanently erased when upgrading the operating system from v2. Factory patches for the nord modular and nord micro modular. There are compared to the original small deviations in. And the graphical editor that lets you create nord modular patches just became a peculiar nord specific editor for csound. The base sound alone is very pleasing to my ear and yea, this is subjective, so it may not be for all.
Nord modular comes in three different models, nord modular key with a twooctave keyboard, nord modular rack and nord micro modular. Any music gear discussions that dont fit into one of the other forums. Nord modular forum 1 user everything about the clavia nord modular g2, g1, and micromodular synthesizers. Nord micro modular virtual synthesizer 1997 2003 reverb.
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. 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. 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. This is a patch archive of patches sent in by members of the nord modular mailing list at code404. 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. Its only limitations are polyphony and an inability to process external sources. 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. May 16, 2014 the clavia nord modular g2 is a small synth that specializes in all sorts of modular synth sounds. Concert patches used for the clavia nord modular g1 now.
Dec 12, 2004 clavier synthetiseur a modelisation analogique clavia nord modular g2. Oct 12, 2017 clavia nord modular playing my algorithmic composition methenay. Programming techniques for modular synthesizers jarrologmusic vangelis and j. Synthetic sounds provide some nord modular patches to download. A few oscillator patches are nice too but nothing too crazy. The process of editing sounds and sequences is so much easier from a computer screen. Currently reacquainting myself with my nord g1 modular who has been starved of. Reset a clavia nord modular g2 keyboard seven trumpets. 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. 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. Encoder 22 mm suitable for nord modular g1 nord modular g2 main dial practical advice.
Clavia nord modular clavia nord modular rack clavia nord. Clavia announces nord modular g2, voice expansion board. Clavia synthesizer menu nord modular g2 nordlead tricks. Discuss any issues around nord s keyboards, share your favorite patches, samples, and music. A windows tool that helps you to locate and manage your nord modular files. The patches are available in two forms, the first is the entire morass containing, i believe every patch every submitted to electromusics mailing list for the nord modular. Like the nord modular, a pc computer is used to virtually patch, tweak, edit and design your synth patches in a modular fashion. I believe the sound engine is the same as the original lead or maybe the nl2. The factory preset library is a mix of factory and user created patches. The nord modular series and the nord lead 3 offered complex filter types that transcended the primal urge to be moogish. With the g2, clavia introduces a truly innovative hardware platform with focus on live performance features. Nord modular g2 clavia nord modular g2 audiofanzine. The onyl modules i really miss on the g1 is the dx algorithm module, as well as the midi patches. 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.
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