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. In oms i had the device on port 3 labelled nord modular synth and on port 7 as nord modular editor. Clavia nord modular virtual analogue modular synthesizer, part 1. The g2 architecture includes a builtin arpeggiator and vibrato oscillator plus glide and bend. Nov 28, 2012 logical design is just one piece of the software design and architecture challenge, however. Still keyboard players have the need for portable instruments. Note if you want to run your sequencer software and the modular. Dec 12, 2004 clavier synthetiseur a modelisation analogique clavia nord modular g2. Nord g2 modular synth rack engine musicians friend. Clavia announces nord modular g2, voice expansion board. 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 is clavia s nord synth with modular abilities using virtual sound modeling. Combine modules into a patch sound in any desired structure, virtually without limitations.
With the nord modular you are able to construct the synthesizers of your dreams. The clavia nord modular series is a line of synthesizers produced by clavia, a swedish digital. The g2 concept is based on a stand alone hardware keyboard with a freely configurable sound synthesis architecture and a software user interface editor made for mac osx and pc. The g2 is an updated and more powerful version of the original modular the g2 uses a new version of the editor software as well, with greater polyphony and a large number of new modules to address the perceived limitations of the first generation. Advanced programming techniques for modular synthesizers. Very good cosmetic condition as per attached pictures. The nord modular is clavias nord synth with modular abilities using virtual sound modeling. For anyone interested in nord modular g2 but not having space. The g2 concept is based on a stand alone hardware keyboard with a freely configurable sound synthesis architecture and a software user interface editor made for.
How about a 5oscillatorpernote synthesizer with 5 lfos, two resonant 24 dboct lowpass filters with separate envelopes or maybe a fat string sound with 14 oscillators in stereo. The nord modular borrows from this architecture, featuring four socalled slots. This project develops an open source editor for clavia nord modular and micro. Nord modular g2 offers you the best of both worlds and provides an effective solution for the working. Patches are stored in any of 100 memory locations in the synth, so you can then take it on stage and tweak the sounds with either onboard knobs or. The modular sequencer functions can be synchronized with. Clavia synthesizer menu nord modular g2 nordlead tricks. In the nord wave, just six different types have been chosen, each with an alternate personality courtesy of the 12db or 24db slope switch. And the graphical editor that lets you create nord modular patches just became a peculiar nord specific editor for csound. Clavia nord modular virtual analogue modular synthesizer. I will include a very robust soft carrying case for free. Clavia have programmed many different filter models over the years. Clavias new nord modular g2 platform, designed with a focus on live performance, offers a fully assignable modulation wheel, pitch stick and rotary encoders to turn, bend and tweak.
The specific harmonic structure of the synced oscillator waveform will depend on. The nord stage 3 is our outstanding new flagship instrument featuring our latest awardwinning technologies including the nord lead a1 synth engine with sample playback, our acclaimed nord c2d organ, a greatly enhanced piano section and extensive handson effects all in one exceptional performance keyboard. The process of editing sounds and sequences is so much easier from a computer screen. The series was discontinued in 2004 upon the release of the next generation nord modular g2 series. Nord modular g2 specification the modular system description. The other is modular design, which focuses on the physical entities and the relationships between them. 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. This is just as well, as the 1998 modular is now looking rather long in the tooth compared to some of 2004s software only synths. It has been upgraded with an expansion card to offer more voices. However, the nord modular must be connected to a pentium pc with windows 95 or a powermac.
This nord modular g2 is fully functional and in excellent condition. The term modular can apply to both hardware and software. The nord modular offered a classic blend of flexible software and. They are analogue modelling synthesizers, and had an innovative software that allowed the user to graphically patch modules on their home pcmac in the same manner as traditional hardware modular synthesizers of the 1960s70s. The nord modular series and the nord lead 3 offered complex filter types that transcended the primal urge to be moogish. The opposite of a modular architecture is an integrated architecture, in which no clear divisions exist between components. 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.
Clavia nord modular clavia nord modular rack clavia nord. Clavia nord modular wav samples, pdf manuals cyborg studio. It contains all the wine binaries so the app can run without prior install of wine. How about a 5oscillatorpernote synthesizer with 5 lfos. Too bad clavia discontinued the nord modular g2 line, and so far they dont seem to offer a new version. Mac osx compatible software will be available in late march or early april 2004 according to the manufacturer. Its only limitations are polyphony and an inability to process external sources. The nord modular g2 features numeroussynthesizer building blocks that may be patched and edited from themodular g2 patch editor software.
Clavia is now shipping the nord modular g2, a modular digital synthesizer that combines a hardware synth with a graphical pcbased patch editor. Remember the basic principle of the series of modular. 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 can work trs prcis sound and can fully defines the architecture of the synth. Modular synthesis freely configurable sound architecture. Nord modular from now on, and the second part is the software editor, which will be called. This is just as well, as the 1998 modular is now looking rather long in the tooth compared to some of 2004s softwareonly synths. Logical design is just one piece of the software design and architecture challenge, however.
Nord modular g2 offers you the best of both worlds and provides an effective solution for the working musician. This is a patch archive of patches sent in by members of the nord modular mailing list at code404. Simply drag synth modules out onto the computer screen, make your connections using virtual patch cords, and in no time youll have your new synthesizer in front of you. Like the nord modular, a pc computer is used to virtually patch, tweak, edit and design your synth patches in a modular fashion. Sep 12, 2018 via this auction the g1 is a dsp based virtual analog modular synthesizer. One would expect this software amliorations from calvia, but since the release of g2, they gave up. While remaining true to the traditional modular synthesis concept it manages to go where no modular synthesizer has ever gone before. Patches to download for the nord modular as well as software and links to other resources. Modular software design, for example, refers to a design strategy in which a system is composed of relatively small and autonomous routines that fit together. The dynamic structure of the internal memory makes it suitable to consider it a storage.
Nord modular g2 offers you the best of both worlds and provides an effective solution. Clavia g2 modular synthesizer the nord modular successor. 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. It requries programming via clavia s editor software, but is fully programmable and very powerful. Personally i think that it is a good thing that the g2 in a way still specializes in modular va, as trying to design it as a machine that can do it all would also include the risks of becoming either a.
The voice architecture of this synthesizer depends completely on how it is programmed and can configured to be anything from a. This french website provides nord modular patches to download. The nord micro modular is a somewhat stripped down version of the massive nord modular system. The final stages of my clavia nord micro modular procurement started in london during the last days of 2002. Clavia nord modular keyboard version clavia nord modular rack version. Nord modular g2 clavia nord modular g2 audiofanzine. Some consider the greatest digital synth of all time. The editor software is in appearance and function not dissimilar to computerbased modular synthesis.
Feel free to share your pictures, projects, issues, suggestions and. I have to admit that ive been a fan of the clavia nord lead. 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. I present to you a gently used clavia nord modular g2. It requries programming via clavias editor software, but is fully programmable and very powerful. Far from being physical holes in the synth, these are simply memory. Undaunted by this, clavia have decided to demonstrate their faith in their parthardware, part software approach to synthesis, and have forged ahead with a secondgeneration nord modular, the g2. Clavia nord modular clavia nord modular rack clavia. Clavia nord modular rack sn 20101579 via this auction the g1 is a dsp based virtual analog modular synthesizer. The innovative and flexible architecture of the nord modular allows for extensive sound sculpturing. It is an alternative to the original clavia editor software. No doubt, computers have become a natural part of todays music production.
The logical architecture and great visual overview, including userdefined coloring of modules and colorcoded module groups, make it easy to patch and lay out your sounds. With the nord modular and micro modular, clavia introduces a new concept. Hardware synthesizer and pcmac editing software working seamlessly together. Clavia nord stage ex digital keyboard user manual 101 pages. For anyone interested in nord modular g2 but not having. Theme no1 for nord micro modular not moog modular duration.
The nord modular is one of the few hardwaresoftware environments on the market that offer this level of flexibility in synthesis. This project develops an open source editor for clavia nord modular and micro modular synthesizers. Sonigen modular is a modular software synthesizer which combines the freedom and flexibility of classic modular synthesis with 3. Midi implementation chart midi i mplementation hart model. Some patches available to download for the nord modular, roland juno 106 and access virus. Clavias 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. Due to the public demand and to support our mac customers clavia decided in 2003, to make a public beta version of the osx editor available. The four separate lcds on the front panel provide an overview on the users patch creation. 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.
With the nmg2 open source editor you can make patches on the clavia nord modular g2 synthesizer using the usb interface or using midi. 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. The clavia nord modular series was a line of synthesizers produced by clavia, a swedish digital synthesizer manufacturer in 1997. For this, a modular has builtin dsp 1 for the micro, 4 for the modular that will be loads of calculations in real time. However the standalone keyboard interface has been replaced here by the very small fourknobbed micro modular interface. Place the helpfile in the same folder as the nord modular editor v3. Sep 05, 20 the signal processing architecture of the nord modular is essentially up to you. Nord modular editor mac abandonware from 1998 to date, macintosh repository served 1115481 old mac files, totaling more than 203774. I would love to be able to have the nord modular g2 available as a vst plugin with the same, or better sound quality of the original, better gui design of the modular editing interface, and much more in a purely software synth format. It should work for both nord modular g1 and nord micro modular. The g2 architecture allows eight variations to be stored with the patch, and any sounds from the temporary storage can easily be transferred to the eight variation buffers, and be saved as a patch in flash memory or on disc.
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