Clavia nord modular classic page by retrosound marko ettlich. May 16, 2014 the clavia nord modular g2 is a small synth that specializes in all sorts of modular synth sounds. Not because these sounds are better but because you can get the sounds of the 4 synths prcdemment deficits well almost, the virus has a grain, a heaviness that. 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. Clavia nord modular playing my algorithmic composition methenay. But now companies like softube are releasing modular eurorack softsynths and it sparked my interest in modular synthesis again. 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. One can create patches like these, or if you want, you can download them for free in the large g2 community, keep them loaded in your clavia, and you would never have to use your computer again, living just with several thousands of sounds, that can be tweaked in the g2 or g2x itself.
G2 and newsread the g2 news and details back to the clavia menu. Repulsion with using hardware synthesizer clavia nord modular g2. With the g2, clavia introduces a truly innovative hardware platform with focus on live performance features. Clavia or nord keyboards swedish company by hans nordelius who often lended the nordelius to their machines. Nord modular g2 patch clavia dmi ab pch2 stands for nord modular g2 patch clavia dmi ab. Clavia nord modular g2 and g2x synthesizer sequencer. The g2, on the other hand, can drive a full rig, if you want to. Nord modular g2 clavia nord modular g2 audiofanzine.
The series was discontinued in 2004 upon the release of the next generation nord modular g2 series. Clavia manufactures a variety of electronic keyboard instruments. Mar 22, 2017 playng and triggering sounds rotating encoders on clavia nord modular g2x. Clavia soundpool clavia nord modular page with many free patches clavia zone clavia page at synth zone with links to modular sites modular book. The g2 modular synth is a singlerackspace unit without the hardware user interface, pedal, and mic inputs of the g2. If youre looking for the nord sound but dont need such a massive programming environment, the nord lead 2 and 3 series may provide a very adequate and less expensive route to go.
Oct 12, 2017 clavia nord modular playing my algorithmic composition methenay. Clavia nord modular g2 install manual pdf download. Nord modular g2 offers you the better of two worlds and provides an effective solution for the working musician. Clavia nord stage 3 88 27 ratings this item runs exclusively on an operating voltage of 230v and therefore requires a voltage transformer to run in your country of united states of america. The g2 lets the owner build a wide variety of sounds by connecting various kinds of sound modules together. Five separate lcds give instant overview and control of your patches. A highly polished synth inspired by infected mushroom and the sega genesis, it combines fm, subtractive synthesis and formants vowel filter, with huge amounts of flexibility and control. 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. The four separate lcds on the front panel provide an overview on the users patch creation. Ignoring all those things, you still can run your drums, vocals or jug blowing through this as a very impressive effects unit. Clavia nord modular clavia nord modular rack clavia. Taking a break and doodling around with my home made cuckoo presets for the nord modular g2, nords best synth in my opinion.
Playng and triggering sounds rotating encoders on clavianord modular g2x. The patches are available in two forms, the first is the entire morass containing, i believe every patch every submitted to electromusics mailing list for the nord modular. The sounds in a layer can be programmed by the special morph function making it possible to fade sounds and parameters and create an unlimited number of exciting patches. 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. More useful are the categorized patches which are sorted neatly into different folders by instrument type. At the moment i dont remember any polyphonic vaanalog hardware synth can do this thing. Like the nord modular, a pc computer is used to virtually patch, tweak, edit and design your synth patches in a modular fashion. A g2 sound is named a patch and is made with virtual modules and cables. This means that the g2 is up to fourpart multitimbral, as each slot is able to hold a separate patch running on its own midi channel. It is an alternative to the original clavia editor software. The update and new factory sound library can be downloaded for free at. This is just as well, as the 1998 modular is now looking rather long in the tooth compared to some of 2004s softwareonly synths. It contains all the wine binaries so the app can run without prior install of wine.
If youre looking for the nord sound but dont need such a massive programming environment, the nord lead 2 and 3 series may provide a. The clavia nord modular series is a line of synthesizers produced by clavia, a swedish digital synthesizer manufacturer. 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. Too bad clavia discontinued the nord modular g2 line, and so far they dont seem to offer a new version. The nord c2 takes the hammond, farfisa and vox emulations of its c1 predecessor and plunges headlong into the baroque with a very impressive pipe organ. Midi implementation chart midi i mplementation hart model. The nord modular is clavias nord synth with modular abilities using virtual sound modeling. It should work for both nord modular g1 and nord micro modular. Nord modular g2 offers you the best of both worlds and provides an effective. This project develops an open source editor for clavia nord modular and micro modular synthesizers. This unofficial forum is dedicated to the clavia nord keyboards, including the nord stage, nord electro and nord piano. Nord modular g2 offers you the best of both worlds and provides an effective solution for the.
One of most remarkable hardware synthesizers of the late 90s, the clavia nord modular. 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 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. Not because these sounds are better but because you can get the sounds of the 4 synths prcdemment deficits well almost, the virus has a grain, a heaviness that just get the clavia with nmg2 and many others. It has a ton of parameters and options and is quite versatile in what it is able to do. Point your browser to in the g2 section of the clavia. The patches in the nord modular and micro modular internal memory will be permanently erased when upgrading the operating system from v2. Clavia proudly presents the second generation of the nord modular the nord modular g2. Here a new version of the patch i use to process my drums.
Dec 12, 2004 clavier synthetiseur a modelisation analogique clavia nord modular g2. I had a nord lead 2, nl3, a virus b and c virus, and frankly the modular g2 beats them all. Feel free to share your pictures, projects, issues, suggestions and. The clavia nord modular g2 is a small synth that specializes in all sorts of modular synth sounds. Clavia nord modular g2, g 2x, g2engine modular synthesizer. Clavia nord modular keyboard version clavia nord modular rack version clavia nord micro modular. The nord micro modular is a somewhat stripped down version of the massive nord modular system. The available software can be downloaded for free directly from clavia, at. The g2 has a decent set of effect modules, including reverb. Discuss any issues around nord s keyboards, share your favorite patches, samples, and music. Modular synthesis freely configurable sound architecture.
Reset a clavia nord modular g2 keyboard seven trumpets. Nord modular g2 cuckoo presets and doodling youtube. A patch can be modeled after an existing synth or it can be the synthesizer of your dreams. This is a patch archive of patches sent in by members of the nord modular mailing list at code404. A highly polished synth inspired by infected mushroom and the sega genesis, it combines fm, subtractive synthesis and formants vowel. It is an updated and more powerful version of the original modular, with greater polyphony but most of the sounds are in monophonic form, which can be changed. Given the feature set and build quality, the g2 is priced very well. The nord modular g2 is one of electronic musics most beloved departed. Clavia nord modular g2 patch converter project zenodo. Combine modules into a patch sound in any desired structure, virtually without limitations. Clavia is continously developing new editor and system features for the modular series, as well as new patches in order to strongly support the users that invested money in this synthesizers. As on the previous modular, up to four patches can be running on the g2 at once, each in a memory location that clavia refer to as a slot. However, the nord modular must be connected to a pentium pc with windows 95 or a powermac.
And the graphical editor that lets you create nord modular patches just became a peculiar nord specific editor for csound. It is a performance with clavia factory patch by curt nolte to demo the verb. Discuss any issues around nords keyboards, share your favorite patches, samples, and music. One of most remarkable hardware synthesizers of the late 90s, the clavia nord modular g2 was discontinued in 2009. Yahoo group for the all in one nord stage keyboard. View and download clavia nord modular g2 install manual online. Both the g1 and g2 are 4part multitimbral, acting as 4 modular synths, but the g2 can transmit audio signals from one slot to another, so you can use two or more slots to make ultra complex patches. It connects via a usb port to your pc so you can do all your editing from the the intuitive and elegant pc patch editor making it a powerful studio tool. With the nmg2 open source editor you can make patches on the clavia nord modular g2 synthesizer using the usb interface or using midi. However the standalone keyboard interface has been replaced here by the very small fourknobbed micro modular interface. The g2 has a threeoctave keyboard with aftertouch, one modulation wheel, one pitch stick and eight rotary encoders, all easily assignable. Nord nord modular g2 synthesizer compact pro keyboard.
It can convert whole directories and currently is used to converter the nord modular patch collection consisting of almost 30000 patches. Hardware synthesizer and pcmac editing software working seamlessly together. The nord modular is clavia s nord synth with modular abilities using virtual sound modeling. There, you will also find a sound library with patches for the nord modular g2 system. 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. Four high quality analog inputs, one with a built in microphone amplifier, provide the connections for external sources. Nord modular g2 electronic keyboard pdf manual download. Synthetic sounds provide some nord modular patches to download.
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. The folders will be updated a couple of times a month. Programming techniques for modular synthesizers jarrologmusic vangelis and j. The nord modular g2 is a compact three octave keyboard with aftertouch, one modulation wheel, one pitch stick and eight rotary encoders, all freely assignable. Clavia announces nord modular g2, voice expansion board. The nord modular g2 is an electronic music synthesizer produced in sweden by clavia. Nord g2 modular synth rack engine musicians friend. Hardcore kick tutorial clavia nord modular g2 peter boda.
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