This boosted the Nord's rather meagre 4‑note polyphony to a more useable, layerable 12 notes. The December 1996 issue examined the 2.0 software upgrade, plus a welcome hardware add‑on in the form of an 8‑voice expansion module (for an extra £350). Since the new Nord is essentially a logical progression from the earlier model, I recommend a quick thumb through May 1995's SOS to bring everything back to mind. After having been caught napping, the competition turned the full force of its attention to knobs, virtual sawteeth and squelchy filters, so will the Nord's successor, the imaginatively named Nord Lead 2, be as big a hit as its illustrious parent? Using computer modelling techniques rather than unreliable analogue components, Swedish company Clavia repackaged the retro sound and interface of classic synthesizers and scored a surprise hit. Paul Nagle leads from the front.įor the best part of two years, the Nord Lead set the standard as the polyphonic virtual analogue to beat. But times have changed, and the Nord 2 now has many more competitors in the virtual analogue stakes. Clavia's little red devil bought its Swedish creators a fair measure of fame and fortune on its release almost two years ago.
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