Specifications

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NORD LEAD 2X
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
POLYPHONY
20 voices. 4 part multitimbral.
SPECIAL FEATURES
Velocity Morphing: each function, controlled by
a knob, can be controlled to respond to key-
board velocity. Wheel Morphing: each function,
controlled by a knob, can also be controlled by
the Modulation Wheel/Control Pedal to con-
tinuously 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, the Pitch
Stick (with no dead zone at zero crossing), 1
pedal input for sustain and 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 veloc-
ity. 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 con-
sists 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 output.
High resolution low noise 24 bit DACs.
MIDI FEATURES
All control knobs and switches for program
editing send and receive control change mes-
sages. 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 en-
velopes and velocity control from separate pro-
grammable MIDI channel and note numbers.
DIMENSIONS
Nord Lead 2X:
865 x 265 x 105 mm (43 x 10.4 x 4.1")
Nord Rack 2X:
440 x 98 x 175 mm (17.3 x 3.9 x 6.9")
WEIGHT
Nord Lead 2X: 5.3 kg (11.7 lbs)
Nord Rack 2X: 3.4 kg (7.5 lbs)
Specifications subject to change without notice.
NORD LEAD 2X
RACK VERSION
Nord Lead 2X is also available in a rack
version; Nord Rack 2X.