Nord Modular Virtual Analog Synthesizer Rack

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"Introduced in late 1997, the Modular is something really innovative from the point of view of programming facilities and sound research. The basic idea comes from the original analog modular synthesizer, a technological masterpiece that during 70's inspired the most important artists, from Wendy Carlos to Keith Emerson. Despite his incredible power in sound programming, the analog modular synthesizer's success was limited by four important problems: programming time, high cost, large size and overweight. Clavia surpassed these limits proposing a new idea: a little sized unit that, for a reasonable cost, offers the same programming power thanks to a virtual patching enviroment supported by an external computer (Mac/Win platform).

TECHNICAL DETAILS
SYNTHESIS TYPE
- Filtering
- FM
- AM
- Additive
- Other synthesis available soon thru new modules

POLYPHONY
Up to 32 notes (Micro Modular: up to 4), depending from the complexity of the patch
MULTITIMBRAL MODE
Up to 4 parts (Micro Modular: 1 part)

PATCH PROGRAMMING
Supported by the Nord Modular Editor software for:
- PC-Win (Pentium/133MHz and Windows 95/98 required)
- MacOS platform (PowerPC/120MHz and MacOS 8.6 with OMS are required)
- Parameters inside a patch can be reprogrammed directly from the Modular

AUDIO OUTPUTS
- 4 mono out + headphones (Micro Modular: 2 outputs + headphones)
- 18-bit D/A converters

AUDIO INPUTS
2 inputs for external sound processing
CONTROL INPUTS
1 Pedal control + 1 Sustain / Pedal switcher on/off (Modular only)

MIDI INTERFACE
- Editor software dedicated MIDI IN/OUT
- Ext. Kbd/Sequencer MIDI IN/OUT (THRU)

REALTIME CONTROLS
Volume + 18 assignable knobs (Micro Modular: Volume + 3 assignable knobs)

DISPLAY
Backlit, 16 character x 2 lines (Micro Modular: 2-digit LED display)

MEMORY
Up to 9 Banks (x 99 user memories) depending from the patches size

MODULES
Note: this list is based on the release 1.0 of the Nord Modular software. Additional modules were added with the last released upgrade versions.
- Master and Slave oscillators (VCO)
- Percussion Oscillator
- Noise generators (NG)
- Resonator Filters (VCF) with variable slope
- Controlled amplifiers (VCA)
- Mixers, Audio switchers, etc.
- Envelope Generators (EG)
- Low Frequency Oscillators (LFO)
- Clock Generators and Clock Divider
- Random Step Generator, Random Pulse Generator
- Portamento and Glide
- Note scaler and Note quantizer, Key quantizer
- Gate Delay, Gate Inverter
- Sample & Hold, Audio Delay, Clip, Overdrive, Quantizer, Inverter
- Diode processing, Unison, Level shifter, Shaper
- Envelope Follower
- Sequencers (Control Seq., Event Seq., Note Seq., ecc.)
- Morphing controls

PATCH CONNECTIONS
Through virtual cables inside the Modular Editor 3D graphic environment

UPDATING
The operating system can be easily updated thanks to the internal flash-RAM"