Nord Lead 2X

A warm sound coupled with cutting-edge digital technology. The Nord Lead 2X is a re-vamp of the original Nord lead which debuted in 1995 and became a synth classic. The Lead 2X is no different offering only enhanced features such as increased note polyphony and more storage capacity. If you want a super powerful synth for creation of amazing sounds then look no further.

Virtual Analog

Part of the sound and classic nature of the sound is the physical control of the sound. If you want to change the shape of a sound you turn a knob. Digital technology then came along replacing knobs with buttons LCD screens and LED's. The Nord Lead 2X Virtual Analog technology brings the physical control, creating the warmth and depth of sound, together with modern technology which allows digital manipulation of the sound whilst having MIDI control as well. Nord is known for many things including its awesome red looks, unique pitch stick and modulation combo and its amazing quality of sound. The Nord Lead 2X follows suit.

Re-birth of a classic

The Nord Lead 2X comes with a large internal memory holding 4 x 99 user Programs, 100 user Performances and 4 x 10 user Percussion Kits plus 6 x 99 factory Programs and 3 x 100 factory Performances! The Nord Lead 2X is 100% patch compatible with the Nord Lead 2X which means that you can transfer sounds directly between the models via MIDI.

Four parts can be layered in the Lead 2X which are directly accessible from the front panel. Each layer of the sound can be separately edited and have its own independent output. You can make up super patches in the performance section for monster bass or pads!

If you want to hear demos of the Nord Lead 2x check out the official Nord website by clicking here.

Nord Lead 2X Specification:

Polyphony

• 20 voices. 4 part multitimbral.

Special Features

• Velocity Morphing: each function, controlled by a knob, can be controlled to respond to keyboard velocity. Wheel Morphing: each function, controlled by a knob, can also be controlled by the Modulation Wheel/Control Pedal to continuously fade between two sets of values.

Performance controllers

• 4 octave velocity sensitive keyboard with octave shift buttons (+/-2 oct.)
• Keyboard Split, two sections.
• Modulation Wheel
• Pitch Stick (with no dead zone at zero crossing)
• 1 pedal input for sustain
• 1 for expression pedal. Patent pending for the Pitch Stick.

User interface

• 3 digit display, 26 knobs and 27 buttons for program editing.

Oscillator section

• OSC 1 generating sine, triangle, sawtooth or pulse with adjustable width, waveforms. OSC 2 generating triangle, sawtooth or pulse (with adjustable width) waveforms and can also generate noise with a color control. OSC 2 can be hard-synched to OSC 1.
• Linear deep frequency modulation of osc 1 from osc 2. A wide range of new waveforms with a strong formant character is achieved with the new synchable noise, where noise can be synched to OSC 1.

Filter section

• 12 dB (2-pole) low pass, 24 dB (4-pole) low pass, band pass or high pass and notch with 12dB low pass. Cut off, resonance, envelope amount, envelope amount controlled by velocity. ADSR envelope. Filter keyboard tracking can be set to full, half or off. Filter distortion.

Amplifier section

• ADSR envelope, gain control.

Modulation section

• LFO 1 generating triangle, saw, pulse, LF filtered noise and random staircase routed to OSC1+2, OSC 2, filter, pulse-width and FM amount.
• LFO 2 produces a triangle waveform, routed to OSC 1 and 2 or amplifier. It also controls the rate for the arpeggiator. Arpeggiator: Range: 1 - 4 octave. Modes: up, down, up/down, random. Hold function. Echo can be set between 1 to 8 repeats. Modulation envelope (attack, decay) for OSC 2 pitch, FM amount and pulse width.

Performance section

• Play mode: Poly, legato, mono, unison mono, unison poly. Manual mode. Four program slots for layering possibilities. Portamento/auto portamento.

Percussion kits

• 10 “analog” drum kits. Each percussion kit consists of 8 independent sounds, configurated in 8 zones across the keyboard.

Memory

• Programs (single sounds): 297 (3 x 99) user, 693 (7 x 99) factory.
• Performances (multi sounds): 100 user, 300 (3 x 100) factory.
• Percussion kits (multi zone sounds): 30 (3 x 10) user, 70 (7 x 10) factory.

Audio Out

• 4 outputs. Each slot has its own output. Modes: stereo, mono and multi-timbral mode. Headphones out. High resolution low noise 24 bit DACs.

MIDI features

• All control knobs and switches for program editing send and receive control change messages. System exclusive bulk dumps. One program or all programs. MIDI clock synchronizing LFO 1 and LFO 2/arpeggiator restart. Triggering of the filter and amplifier envelopes and velocity control from separate programmable MIDI channel and note numbers.

Included Accessories

• Owner's Manual
• Power Cord
• Nord CD/DVD-ROM
• Rack Ears ( Nord Rack 2X only)

Dimensions

• 865(W) 265(D) 105(H) mm. Weight 5.3 kg.