Clavia Nord Lead 1(1995-97) Retro Review and Tutorial

Clavia Nord Lead 1 Retro Review and Tutorial

This is my Clavia Nord Lead 1, an early virtual analog synthesizer from 1996. The first Nord Lead was manufactured between 1995-1997 and originally came in a 4 voice version which was later supplemented with an expansion and an updated 12 voice version that had the same functionality as the expanded synth. I'll show you how to use most of the functions, showing how the oscillators and filters sound and talking about some of it's strengths and weaknesses.

The version I'm using is the 12 voice version with firmware v2.7. It has the later case design with extra functions printed around the knobs rather than being added by stickers on some expanded models and has one sloped edge at the bottom left corner rather than 2 sloped edges as can be seen on some models.

I've made a couple of jams just using sounds from this synth with external effects that can be found here:
   • 100% Nord Lead Ambient Music 'RFTXRX'...  
   • 100% Nord Lead 'Lord Need' Song-A-Day...  

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