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Nord Lead A1

Current

Nord's current virtual analogue: a 26-voice, four-part engine with simplified ADR envelopes and an 'oscillator configuration' knob that turns one waveform into sync, FM, AM or detuned stacks without routing anything. The filters include Mini-style ladder and TB-303 diode models, and every part gets its own effect, delay, reverb and output.

Specifications

General

Manufacturer
Nord
Status
Current

Sound engine

Engine
Analogue modelling
Voices
26
Polyphony
26 voices
Oscillators
47 waveforms (analogue, extended analogue, pulse, additive, FM, formant) with 8 oscillator configurations
Filter
Multimode: 12/24 dB low-pass, band-pass, high-pass, Ladder M and Ladder TB models, with filter distortion
Multi-timbral parts
4
Effects
Flanger, Phaser, Ring modulator, Chorus, Ensemble, Drive, Delay, Reverb

Keyboard

Keys
49
Key size
Full
Aftertouch
None

Format

Format
Keyboard
Motorised knobs
No
Features
Pitch Stick, Arpeggiator, Morph (velocity, wheel, pedal), Mutator, 'Like' patch variations, Multi-Focus editing of all four slots, 4 audio outputs, Master Clock with tap tempo

Connections

MIDI ports
DIN in, DIN out, USB
CV / Gate
No

Size & weight

Dimensions (W × D × H)
802 × 260 × 92 mm
Weight
4.85 kg

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