Lfos And Modulation Envelope; Oscillators; Filter; Effects - Clavia Nord Lead 4 User Manual



LFOs and Modulation Envelope

The two very flex-
ible LFOs have a wide
selection of waveforms
from sines and squares
to ramping saws,
perfect for creating
wobbling basses or
pulsing pads .
Each LFO can easily
be synchronized to the
Master Clock and
assigned a desired
time division . The LFO
can be re-triggered
manually with an Impulse Morph button or a key . The LFO destinations
include a unique option to modulate the FX section .
The Nord Lead 4 offers a very capable Modulation Envelope section
with an expanded choice of modulation destinations . The Modulation
Envelope can also be triggered manually with an Impulse Morph but-
ton .

Oscillators

The Nord Lead 4 have 2 oscil-
lators per voice . The classic
waveforms are present, Sawtooth,
Square, Sine, Triangle, Pulse and
PWM .
In addition, the Nord Lead 4 Oscil-
lator 1 section features a wide
selection of wavetables including
a unique type called Formant
wavetables with resonant qualities
that are independent of pitch .
Oscillator 2 features a Noise gen-
erator with dedicated filter cut-off
frequency and resonance controls .

Filter

The filter section
features classic 12,
24 and 48 dB Low-
Pass, High-Pass
and a Band-Pass
filters with a ADSR
filter envelope and
selectable filter
tracking .
Two great new filter types are the stunning emulations of the transistor
and diode ladder filters from the legendary Mini and the TB-303 . The
emulations capture the dirty, squeaky resonance of the originals and
combined with the new unison mode you'll have plenty of opportunities
for making fat, squelchy basses and leads .
The Filter Drive operates separately per voice, distorting the waveform
before it passes through the effects sections .

Effects

The FX section contains a bit crusher, a
compressor, a tube-style overdrive, two
unique talk effects and a comb filter . To-
gether with the delay or reverb, these great
sounding effects will put the finishing subtle
or quite dramatic touches to the sound .
Knobs & dials
Grab a knob or press a button, it is that easy to change a sound in the
Nord Lead 4 . There are a few different types of buttons, and some of
the controls change their behavior depending on overlying modes that
may be activated . Let's look at some of the things you will find and
work with on the panel .

Knobs

The knobs control the continuously variable param-
eters in the Nord Lead 4 .
• A parameter value can be totally different from the
knob's physical position when you load a Program .
As soon as you start turning the knob, the value will
'snap' to the knob's physical position .
Most of the knobs have a green LED indicator below them . This LED
indicates when a parameter is connected to a Morph source . Please
look at page 16 for more information on morphing .
Some knobs and buttons, like the ones
in the LFO 1 area can change their
behavior . If the arpeggiator is activated,
these controls are instead used to
change the settings of the arpeggio .
This is indicated with the red labels .
The same behavior is used in the De-
lay/Reverb section and for the Noise parameters for Oscillator 2 .

Program Dial

The Program Dial is used to select the
programs and performances . When an
item in the menus is selected, the Pro-
gram Dial is used to change this setting .

Oscillator 1 Wavetable dial

This dial in the Oscillator 1 controls has an associ-
ated LED display which shows the selected wavetable
number .

Master Level

The Master Level knob controls the overall ampli-
tude for the audio outputs, the line level outputs
and headphone output . The Master Level knob's
actual position indicates the output level .
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