Hardware synthesizer and pcmac editing software working seamlessly together. It is a performance with clavia factory patch by curt nolte to demo the verb. Ignoring all those things, you still can run your drums, vocals or jug blowing through this as a very impressive effects unit. With the nmg2 open source editor you can make patches on the clavia nord modular g2 synthesizer using the usb interface or using midi. Nord nord modular g2 synthesizer compact pro keyboard. Synthetic sounds provide some nord modular patches to download. Clavia nord modular playing my algorithmic composition methenay. 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. View and download clavia nord modular g2 install manual online. However the standalone keyboard interface has been replaced here by the very small fourknobbed micro modular interface.
This nord modular g2 is fully functional and in excellent condition. Like the nord modular, a pc computer is used to virtually patch, tweak, edit and design your synth patches in a modular fashion. 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. Clavia announces nord modular g2, voice expansion board. Modified version of roland kuits awesome drum patch on the g2. The nord modular series, in common with their sister range the nord lead series, are analogue modelling synthesizers, producing sounds which approximate those produced by conventional analogue synths by using dsp chips to digitally model analogue circuitry.
Now discontinued, nord modular g2 left a lot of interesting patches for sound synthesis and algorithmic composition. The clavia nord modular series is a line of synthesizers produced by clavia, a swedish digital synthesizer manufacturer. The final stages of my clavia nord micro modular procurement started in london during the last days of 2002. Given the feature set and build quality, the g2 is priced very well. Midi implementation chart midi i mplementation hart model. Factory patches for the nord modular and nord micro modular. Nord modular g2 offers you the best of both worlds and provides an effective solution. There is also nothing unusual about most of nords filters and waveshapers. Clavia nord modular g2 install manual pdf download. Needless to say, its an extremely powerful synth in itself and whenever i use it, i never regret the money i shelled out to. It contains all the wine binaries so the app can run without prior install of wine. It can be downloaded, free of charge, from clavias web site. The paper presents the pch2csd project, focused on converting patches of popular clavia nord modular g2 synthesizer into code of csound language. Feel free to share your pictures, projects, issues, suggestions and.
Called a magic piece of electronics by sound on sound it popularized the virtual analog type of synthesis. The nord modular is clavias nord synth with modular abilities using virtual sound modeling. 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. The nord modular g2 dsp expansion board has the same functionality as the original outofproduction board. 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.
The folders will be updated a couple of times a month. However, the nord modular must be connected to a pentium pc with windows 95 or a powermac. 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. Audiovisual demonstration of my newest nord modular patch creation. Yahoo group for the all in one nord stage keyboard. The four separate lcds on the front panel provide an overview on the users patch creation. Clavia nord modular g2 and g2x synthesizer sequencer. Taking a break and doodling around with my home made cuckoo presets for the nord modular g2, nords best synth in my opinion. Version there is an identical version as rack, the later nord lead 2x has more memory but no card slot and 20 voices. It is an alternative to the original clavia editor software. Five separate lcds give instant overview and control of your patches. Each bank contains a patch list file, which makes it possible to download an entire bank and having the patches end up in the correct memory location.
This is a patch archive of patches sent in by members of the nord modular mailing list at code404. 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. Patch file electronic music nord modular g2 patch archive. Clavia nord modular g2 faq g2 patches this is a patch archive of patches sent in by members of the nord modular mailing list at code404. The factory preset library is a mix of factory and user created patches. 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 process of editing sounds and sequences is so much easier from a computer screen. Clavia nord modular keyboard version clavia nord modular rack version clavia nord micro modular.
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. In 1997 the nord lead 2 was released, with many improvements, including increasing polyphony from 4 to 16 notes. If you have access to the internet, you can check out the nord modular section at clavias web site. 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. Too bad clavia discontinued the nord modular g2 line, and so far they dont seem to offer a new version. It has a ton of parameters and options and is quite versatile in what it is able to do. Clavia nord modular clavia nord modular rack clavia. Unfortunately, im all tapped out and i cant afford one at the moment. The c2d is shipped with a cd containing the nord sound manager. Reset a clavia nord modular g2 keyboard seven trumpets. A highly polished synth inspired by infected mushroom and the sega genesis, it combines fm, subtractive synthesis and formants vowel. Combine modules into a patch sound in any desired structure, virtually without limitations. It adds 4 dsps to your nord modular g2 based instrument.
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. Nord modular g2 cuckoo presets and doodling youtube. 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. 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 g2, on the other hand, can drive a full rig, if you want to.
Clavia proudly presents the second generation of the nord modular the nord modular g2. In 1998, it was a brave and innovative step to offer an affordable synth system which used draganddropbased software to construct its patches while leaving the. This project develops an open source editor for clavia nord modular and micro modular synthesizers. The nord micro modular is a somewhat stripped down version of the massive nord modular system. The series was discontinued in 2004 upon the release of the next generation nord modular g2 series. 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.
The g2 has a decent set of effect modules, including reverb. The available software can be downloaded for free directly from clavia, at. 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 patches in the nord modular and micro modular internal memory will be permanently erased when upgrading the operating system from v2. Modular synthesis freely configurable sound architecture. Here a new version of the patch i use to process my drums. Yes, i do want a clavia nord modular g2 or the now discontinued g2x. It is possible to load nord modular with patches from the ed. 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.
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. And the graphical editor that lets you create nord modular patches just became a peculiar nord specific editor for csound. With the g2, clavia introduces a truly innovative hardware platform with focus on live performance features. The nord lead 3 was released in 2001, with a reworked sound engine, better da converters and monophonic aftertouch. The update and new factory sound library can be downloaded for free at. The clavia nord modular g2 is a small synth that specializes in all sorts of modular synth sounds. The clavia nord modular g2 has an average rating of. Delay based noodle, patches a b and c are demo friendly, also see 05009control. Clavia nord modular classic page by retrosound marko ettlich. Nord modular g2 offers you the better of two worlds and provides an effective solution for the working musician.
But now companies like softube are releasing modular eurorack softsynths and it sparked my interest in modular synthesis again. Nord modular g2 electronic keyboard pdf manual download. The nord modular g2 is one of electronic musics most beloved departed. This is just as well, as the 1998 modular is now looking rather long in the tooth compared to some of 2004s softwareonly synths. Nord modular g2 clavia nord modular g2 audiofanzine.
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