Nord Lead
Discontinued 1997Released 1995
The 1995 original that made virtual analogue a category: two oscillators, a multimode filter and a knob for nearly every parameter, plus the first Nord Pitch Stick. Four voices as standard, twelve with the expansion card.
Replaced by Lead 2
Specifications
General
- Manufacturer
- Nord
- Status
- Discontinued
- Released
- 1995
Sound engine
- Engine
- Analogue modelling
- Voices
- 12
- Polyphony
- 4 voices (12 with expansion)
- Oscillators
- 2 oscillators (triangle, saw, pulse; noise on Osc 2), hard sync and FM
- Filter
- 12/24 dB low-pass, band-pass, high-pass
- Multi-timbral parts
- 4
Keyboard
- Keys
- 49
- Key size
- Full
- Aftertouch
- None
Format
- Format
- Keyboard
- Motorised knobs
- No
- Features
- Pitch Stick, Arpeggiator, Velocity morph, PCMCIA memory card slot
Connections
- MIDI ports
- DIN in, DIN out
- CV / Gate
- No
Size & weight
- Dimensions (W × D × H)
- 865 × 265 × 105 mm
- Weight
- 6.7 kg
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Nord
Wave 2
Current- Engine
- Digital (virtual analogue, wavetable, FM, sample)
- Keys
- 61
- Voices
- 48
- Key action
- Semi-weighted
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