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- Page 1 User Manual Nord Lead 4 Nord Lead 4R OS Version 1.2x Part No. 50407 Copyright Clavia DMI AB Print Edition: F...
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Page 2: Important Safety Instructions
Trademarks: The Nord logo is a trademark of Clavia DMI AB. All other trademarks mentioned in this publication are the properties of their respective holders. Specifications and appearances are subject to change without notice. -
Page 3: Table Of Contents
Nord Sound Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - Page 4 11MIDI Nord Lead 4 MIDI operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 MIDI Settings .
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Page 5: Introduction
- the Nord Lead 4R . It has 4 line level outputs, 1 headphone output, MIDI IN & OUT, a USB port with MIDI capabilities and inputs for a sustain pedal... -
Page 6: Panel Overview
. Traditional synthesizer functions are expanded with a powerful set of modulation capabilities, rhythmic features like arpeg- There are four Slots in the Nord Lead 4 . A Performance can use up to gio with synchronized effects and a delay/reverb . All the settings of the four individual sounds at the same time . -
Page 7: Lfos And Modulation Envelope
Grab a knob or press a button, it is that easy to change a sound in the with an expanded choice of modulation destinations . The Modulation Nord Lead 4 . There are a few different types of buttons, and some of Envelope can also be triggered manually with an Impulse Morph but- the controls change their behavior depending on overlying modes that ton . -
Page 8: Buttons
8 | N ordLead4UserMaNUaLv1.2x Paste Buttons To Paste the content of the clipboard, hold Shift, then the Copy/Morph Lock and finally turn the knob or press the corresponding Morph or Slot Button to paste the settings . The pasted setting will be shown in On/Off buttons the display when a single parameter is pasted . -
Page 9: Getting Started
. A thesizer functions that is available on the panel . A program that is active in the Nord Lead 4 is said to be in the Edit Buffer . performance can be made of up to 4 programs/sounds at once . -
Page 10: Slots
. The 4th bank in the Nord Lead 4 memory is empty when shipped from the factory . This means that you can start saving your programs in this... -
Page 11: Storing A Performance
. The content of the virtual clipboard will remain until you copy another setting or parameter, or turn off the Nord Lead 4 . This makes it pos- sible to paste the same data to several destinations . -
Page 12: Master Clock & Patterns
The Master Clock is a feature that can synchronize several functions in Display if the Mst Clk button is pressed . the Nord Lead 4 to a common tempo . The LFO 1, arpeggiator, LFO 2 and the delay can be synced to the Master Clock . -
Page 13: Synced Delay Repeats
Hold the Mst Clk button and turn the Program Dial to set a tempo . Display Type There are 128 Patterns in the Nord Lead You can also tap the Mst Clk button to set a tempo . Four taps (or 4, with different rhythmic characteristics . -
Page 14: Morph
• The top position of the Modulation Wheel or control pedal represents the parameters morphed setting . If the control pedal is set to control the overall volume of the Nord Lead 4, in the System Menu, the wheel will be a solitary Morph... -
Page 15: Assign A Morph Source To A Parameter
Chapter5Morph | 15 Assign a Morph source to a parameter Impulse Morphable parameters Hold down a Morph Source button . Oct Shift Mono Mode Glide LFO1 Wave If the Morph has any previously assigned parameters, green LFO1 Dest . LFO1 Rate LFO1 Amount LFO1 Clk Division... -
Page 16: Editing Morphs
16 | NordLead4UserMaNUaLv1.2x Editing Morphs Edit a parameter’s Morph range: • Hold the Morph Source button and turn the destination’s knob to a new position . Clear all parameters assigned to a Morph Source: • Hold Shift + the Morph Source button that is to be cleared . -
Page 17: Mutator
. Some parameters are The Nord Lead 4 Mutator is a great and easy-to-use tool to spark the less likely to be changed than others . As an example, if the original pro- creative process with totally new or just slightly changed programs . -
Page 18: Mutator Examples
18 | NordLead4UserMaNUaLv1.2x Mutator Examples Lets try the Mutation process. Initialize the program and and make some adjustments to the Let’s have a look at the three different generation methods, Variation, oscillator mix and waveforms so that you can tell them apart . -
Page 19: Panel Reference
LFO2 Rate LFO2 Amount LFO2 Clk Div . Short LED flashes indicates that MIDI messages are received but not used in any way by the Nord Lead 4 . Longer flashes are indications Glide Mod Env Attack Mod Env Dec/Rel Mod Env Amt that the MIDI messages are actually recognized . -
Page 20: Led Display
Store is used when Program or Performance settings Note intervals are set and Chord Memory will be activated by combin- are to be stored in the Nord Lead 4 memory . Read ing panel and keyboard actions . more about the Store procedure on page 9 . -
Page 21: Octave Shift
• LEDs to the left of the center LED will indicate a shift downwards . another copy is made or the Nord Lead 4 is turned off . Keyboard messages from the Nord Lead 4’s MIDI Out will not be “Cpy”... -
Page 22: Pitch Stick
22 | NordLead4UserMaNUaLv1.2x • Unison 1 adds one slightly de-tuned voice, slightly panned and with Impulse Morph destinations no decrease in polyphony . Oct Shift Mono Mode Glide LFO1 Wave • Unison 2 adds two extra voices, with increased de-tuning and pan- ning, each key will use three voices of polyphony . -
Page 23: Low Frequency Oscillators (Lfo)
Creates a smooth random modulation . widths, the pitch of the oscillators or the filter Cut Off Frequency . There are two LFOs in the Nord Lead 4, with slightly different features . LFO Destination Selector The LFOs in the Nord Lead 4 are monophonic. -
Page 24: Master Clock (Mst Clk)
Imp Sync is enabled . The polyphonic Modulation Envelope can be used to modulate functions in the Nord Lead 4 . It is an Attack/Decay envelope that can be changed to Attack/Release operation . It will be triggered when you... -
Page 25: Attack
. press a key . There are two oscillators in the Nord Lead 4 . You can mix the output Range: 0.45 ms to 45 s of the two, and detune them for a fatter sound . One oscillator can also modulate the other, creating very complex and constantly changing harmonic structures . -
Page 26: Sound Init
Low-pitched note High-pitched same triangle, saw- There are three different FM settings in the Nord Lead 4 . The differ- tooth, pulse and sine ence can be described as different levels of “keyboard tracking” of the waves as oscillator 1 . -
Page 27: Osc Mod Amount
Chapter7paNeLrefereNCe | 27 regardless of the position of oscillators 1’s waveform . Harmonic 1 Soft Sync nudges and locks oscillator 1’s frequency into the sync amplitude oscillator frequency . This creates a somewhat smoother, and in some cases, less detuned sound . Main oscillator (non-synced) amplitude harmonic... -
Page 28: Oscillator Mix
28 | NordLead4UserMaNUaLv1.2x Attack Amp & filter envelopes 2 Oscillator mix amount Osc Mix Oscillator Mix sets the balance in amplitude be- tween oscillator 1 and oscillator 2 . Amp & Filter Envelopes time attack (time) The Amp and Filter envelopes are used to control how the sound key down changes over time . -
Page 29: Sustain
(time) decay (time) can be modulated with several functions . The Nord Lead 4 features a selection of traditional synthesizer low pass, band pass and high pass filters, a steep 48 dB low pass filter and two unique emulations of filters... -
Page 30: Filter Resonance
30 | NordLead4UserMaNUaLv1.2x • With KB Track at the 1/3 setting, the cutoff frequency will track the Filter Resonance keyboard in a 1:3 relationship, play one octave higher and the cutoff Filter Resonance is used to emphasize frequencies around the Filter frequency will move by 1/3 of an octave . -
Page 31: High Pass
. A unique feature in the Nord Lead 4 is the ability to modulate the FX Filter Frequency amount with the Mod Envelope and/or LFO 2 . -
Page 32: Note Trig
The Sound Menu Delay Mode setting can be set to normal or analog . This determines if the delay should change the pitch on sounding re- Press Shift + FX to trigger a note on the Nord Lead peats in the fashion of an analog delay, if the Delay Tempo is adjusted . -
Page 33: Nord Sound Manager
Nord Sound Manager Nord Sound Manager is a free application that allows you to organize the various memory areas, the partitions in the Nord Lead 4 . It is also used to download performances or programs to the Nord Lead 4 or to upload any of these items - called sounds - from the Nord Lead 4 memory to the computer hard drive . -
Page 34: Oscillators And Waveforms
The purpose of this chapter is to give you a quick introduction to this Noise Mixer world of subtractive synthesis as used in the Nord Lead 4 and its ana- log predecessors . If you’d like to know even more, there are number of Oscillator... - Page 35 Normally there are three ways to change the frequency of an oscillator: Sawtooth The Sawtooth wave has a simple spectrum . All harmonics are present • By making settings on the front panel . On the Nord Lead 4 for Sawtooth in the wave, in proportional values .
- Page 36 “hollow” quality . On many synthesizers (including the Nord Lead 4) the pulse width can be adjusted, to set the timbre of the pulse wave . The more narrow the harmonic pulse width, the more “thin”...
- Page 37 There are many types of filters, all with their different purposes . Let’s discuss the three most common ones that are found in the Nord Lead 4 . As you may already have noticed, the filters are explained in detail in...
- Page 38 12 dB/octave 24 dB/octave freq freq In the Nord Lead 4, the lowpass filter can be switched between 12, 24 and 48 dB modes . Cutoff frequency The most important parameter for a filter is its cutoff frequency, which is the setting that determines where in the frequency material it should Resonance start cutting .
- Page 39 “softer” character . If you have the envelope On the Nord Lead 4, the Modulation Envelope can be set as either an routed to the filter, it might give the sound a “wah” type of start .
- Page 40 40 | NordLead4UserMaNUaLv1.2x LFOs An LFO is an oscillator, just like the ones that produce the sound in a synthesizer, but with two main differences: • The LFO produces very low frequencies, often below the hearing range . • The LFO is not used to produce sound, instead it is connected to other modules to provide modulation of parameters .
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Page 41: System Menu
The Memory Protect setting determines if Programs and Performance 7 - Ctrl Pedal Gain can be stored to the Nord Lead 4 memory or not . The setting is On when the Nord Lead 4 leaves the factory . Add some gain to the output of a connected Control pedal if it does not reach the maximum level . -
Page 42: Midi Interface
. Range: On (default), Off Local defaults back to On every time the Nord Lead 4 is powered 3 - Control Change (CC) Mode Control Change Mode specifies how the front panel’s knobs and but- tons are handled in the MIDI communication with MIDI Control Change messages . -
Page 43: Sound Menu
Chapter10theMeNUs | 43 Sound Menu Mutator The Mutator is an automatic program generator with three different 1 - Mst Clk Kbd Sync methods of generating programs . The A and B process will use the current Program as a starting point . The strength setting (1-5) will Master Clock Keyboard Sync On will reset the Master Clock when a determine how “different”... -
Page 44: Midi Settings
Nord Lead 4 MIDI operation Sequencing: Global MIDI Channel The Nord Lead 4 is designed to be very flexible in a MIDI setup . You Connect the Nord Lead USB connection (or the 5-pin MIDI In and Out) can use it as a keyboard to control its internal sounds and other to a computer/MIDI interface/sequencer . -
Page 45: Control Slots With Another Keyboard
Bank Select messages (CC00, CC32) are used to select the 4 program dows 8, install the Nord v3 .x USB driver to be able to use the MIDI via banks (CC00, value 0 + CC32 values 0-3) and the two performance USB functionality . -
Page 46: Midi Controller List
Store these if you want to keep them . Nord Lead 4 parameter MIDI CC The currently active Program Bank in the Nord Lead 4 will be overwrit- Osc 1 Waveform ten if a System Exclusive package of a complete Bank is received . -
Page 47: Midi Implementation Chart
Chapter11MIdI | 47 MIDI Implementation Chart Function Transmitted Recognized Remarks Basic Channel 1 - 16 1 - 16 Indiv . channels for Slot A, B, C & D Default Channel 1 - 16 1 - 16 Mode Default Mode 1, 3 Mode 1, 3 Message Altered... -
Page 48: Specifications
• 4 octave (49-keys) velocity sensitive keyboard . • Octave Shift . • 20 voices . • Wooden Pitch Stick (n/a on Nord Lead 4R) . Effect Section • Crush (bit reduction), Compressor, Drive, Talk 1, Talk 2, Comb filter . • Programmable pitch bend +/- 48 semitones . -
Page 49: Audio Connections
Headphones puter . The computer can run the Nord Sound Manager application or be used if the Nord Lead 4 operating system needs to be updated . A 1/4" stereo connector for headphones . Playing at a high volume level can result in hearing impairments USB MIDI such as permanent hearing loss. -
Page 50: Display Messages
Memory Protected . Mst Clk Tempo Master Clock is synchronized to external MID Clock, tempo cannot be manually set on the Nord Lead 4 . Copy and Paste related Copy Slot, where x is a, b, c or D . - Page 51 Chapter13INdex | 51 13 Index Index Headphones 49 Noise Freq 26 Talk 31 High Pass 31 Noise Res 26 Tempo 21 Hold 20 Note Trig 32 Transpose 41 Hold Enable 20 Triangle 25 Arpeggio 24 Type 30 Arpeggio directions 24 Arpeggio range 24 Attack 28 Octave Shift 21...
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Page 52: Declaration Of Conformity
Cet appareil numérique de la classe B - est conforme à la norme NMB-003 du Canada. DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY Compliance Information Statement Model Name: Nord Lead 4, Nord Lead 4R Type of Equipment: Digital Symthesizer Responsible Party: Clavia DMI AB Address: P.O.
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