The micro and the small make noise modular are going to be the core elements of my performances this somer in europe and here in south east asia. Clavia nord modular dsp expansion board g1 rare simi. Clavia nord modular was one of most remarkable hardware synthesizers of the late 90s. Clavia nord modular clavia nord modular rack clavia. The new software upgrade will totally revise the nord modular system and to start with, clavia offers a new model of the nord modular synthesizer.
Nomad still has a far way to go until it provides the functionality of clavia s editor. Now were faced with fly rig rk5 v2, an update that adds new features to reflect mr kotzens changed needs. The nord modular g1 is one of the most powerful synthesizers of all time. Okay, there are other visual editors for csound, but thats still cool, and the editor is still available for mac and windows free from the original manufacturer, clavia. The available software can be downloaded for free directly from clavia, at. Like with the other nord modulars you can edit it on a computer using the clavia software, putting hundreds of modules together in a virtual enviroment and then you can run it as a standalone synthesizer.
Due to the public demand and to support our mac customers clavia. Win xp and os 9, there is an inofficial alpha version for os x, it works. Clavia digital musical instruments clavia dmi ab is a swedish manufacturer of virtual analog synthesizers, virtual electromechanical pianos and stage pianos, founded in stockholm, sweden in 1983 by hans nordelius and mikael carlsson. Nord modular g2 offers you the best of both worlds and provides an effective solution for the working. Memi provide some nord modular patches to download. The patches in the nord modular and micro modular internal memory will be permanently erased when upgrading the operating system from v2. It is an alternative to the original clavia editor software. Although it comes with hundreds of presets, what makes this synthesizer so powerful is the ability to interface the synth with your computer and create custom modular patches. The process of editing sounds and sequences is so much easier from a computer screen.
Nord user forum view topic nord modular patches and. The nord micro modular is a somewhat stripped down version of the massive nord modular system. Nord micro modular virtual synthesizer 1997 2003 reverb. Discuss any issues around nord s keyboards, share your favorite patches, samples, and music. The nord modular series, in common with their sister range the nord lead series, are analogue modelling synthesizers, producing sounds which approximate those produced by conventional analogue synths by using dsp chips to digitally model analogue circuitry. Weve spent years collecting these sounds from around the internet and. Tech 21 updates richie kotzen rk5 signature fly rig to v2. Nord modular micro modular patchs non moogish patches for the nord modular. Reset a clavia nord modular g2 keyboard seventrumpet. This project develops an open source editor for clavia nord modular and micro modular synthesizers. The final stages of my clavia nord micro modular procurement started in london during the last days of 2002.
A highly polished synth inspired by infected mushroom and the sega genesis, it combines fm, subtractive synthesis and formants vowel. With the nmg2 open source editor you can make patches on the clavia nord modular g2 synthesizer using the usb interface or using midi. Free sounds for the nord micro modular and more programmed by patrick fridh. Each bank contains a patch list file, which makes it possible to download an entire bank and having the patches end up in the correct memory location. Clavia is now shipping the nord modular g2, a modular digital synthesizer that combines a hardware synth with a graphical pcbased patch editor. Clavia micro modular specifications, pictures, prices. The series was discontinued in 2004 upon the release of the next generation nord modular g2 series. The clavia nord modular series is a line of synthesizers produced by clavia, a swedish digital synthesizer manufacturer. No doubt, computers have become a natural part of todays music production.
I was visiting turnkey on the charring cross road to see what pretty delights stood shining in their racks and to gaze again at the big old modulars downstairs. The nord sample editor 3 makes it easier than ever to create custom sample instruments for your nord keyboard and is available for free download for mac and windows. Page 150 when dumping patches to, or from, the nord modular g2 over, each patch will be split into one midi or more sysex blocks. This unofficial forum is dedicated to the clavia nord keyboards, including the nord stage, nord electro and nord piano. The nord wave is a 49key polyphonic synthesiser developed by clavia. Like the nord modular, a pc computer is used to virtually patch, tweak, edit and design your synth patches in a modular fashion. Clavia is continously developing new editor and system features for the modular series, as well as new patches in order to strongly support the users that invested money in this synthesizers. Modular arent enough for you, there are several hundred more to download at clavias web site. Since 1995, clavia s keyboards have been branded nord.
Clavia s nord micro modular digital synth was used to create the cymbal patch. Simply drag synth modules out onto the computer screen, make your connections using virtual patch cords, and in no time youll have your new synthesizer in front of you. The innovative and flexible architecture of the nord modular allows for extensive sound sculpturing. The nord modular is clavia s nord synth with modular abilities using virtual sound modeling. This is a patch archive of patches sent in by members of the nord modular mailing list at code404. The paper presents the pch2csd project, focused on converting patches of popular clavia nord modular g2 synthesizer into code of csound language. Or, why not a classic 6 operator fm patch for that electric piano sound or a 24 sine wave oscillator patch for additive synthesis. Retrosoundmarko ettlich sounds by marko ettlich and links. The question of polyphony is the weak point of the micro modular.
Likewise, when clavia finally move on to developing for a replacement hardware product, users will have to accept that further improvements to this system are likely to cease as they have for the original nord modular. With the nord modular editor that you already have, and the clavia documentation, youll have tens of thousands of ideas for new sounds. It might not be as nice to patch as an eurorack modular synth, but it is still great fun to do it and its much more rewarding that you can save your work and just. Details different types of oscs, lfos and envs from simple ad to multi stage, any vco can mod another. It contains all the wine binaries so the app can run without prior install of wine. Easy to patch and with a distinctly often defiantly digital sonic signature, it. Each bank contains a patch list file, which makes it possible to download an.
Its been nearly 5 years since richie kotzen and tech21 got together to make the rk5. However the standalone keyboard interface has been replaced here by the very small fourknobbed micro modular interface. And the graphical editor that lets you create nord modular patches just became a peculiar nord specific editor for csound. The factory preset library is a mix of factory and user created patches. Were happy to announce that the nord sample editor 3 has now been updated to support the nord stage 22 ex, nord piano 23, nord electro 345 and nord wave. It integrates the playback and manipulation of samples into a virtual analog and fm synth engine, which is a rare combination on keyboard synthesizers. Nomad nord modular open source editor alternative software editor for the nord modular nm forums largest online forums and patch exchange for the nord modular. However, the nord modular must be connected to a pentium pc with windows 95 or a powermac. See all activity categories data formats, editors, frameworks. It should work for both nord modular g1 and nord micro modular. For sale ventura county, ca super rare nord modular dsp expansion board by clavia this is a genuine clavia dsp expansion board produced in very limited quantities for the. At this point, its important to acknowledge that the cymbals spectrum extends above the normal limit of human hearing for more on this, see the box on supersonic research opposite, and. Now discontinued, nord modular g2 left a lot of interesting patches for sound synthesis and algorithmic composition. Still keyboard players have the need for portable instruments.
With the nord modular you are able to construct the synthesizers of your dreams. Sound of musics micromodular page with pictures, info, patches, links and more. A slicker g2 revamp came in 2004, with sleeker, friendlier hardware, builtin effects and new physical modelling algorithms. It was a pretty good afternoon and i definitely enjoyed a lot patching away with my clavia nord modular g1. In the light of this, it is unfortunate there is no way to import patches from the older modular. Page 10 n n n n t t t t e e e e r r r r n n n n e e e e t t t t if you have access to the internet, you can check out the nord modular section at clavia s web site. One of the instruments i do have with me is the nord micro modular vintagesynth.
Performance patches created on the diminutive yet powerful clavia nord micro modular. Clavia surpassed these limits proposing a new idea. It can hold up 99 different modular patches, you can also add an external midi controller so you have more knobs to control the sound. The clavia nord modular g2 is a small synth that specializes in all sorts of modular synth sounds. To give this heritage a new life, we created our project with the hope for being able to simulate the original sound and behavior of. Byte hex description start of system exclusive manufacturer id clavia dmi ab. Factory patches for the nord modular and nord micro modular. Zone clavia the french discution forum for the clavia. The patches are organized in folders with the names of the patch creators and datestamped on the date they were sent in to the list. There you will also find a sound library with several thousands of patches for nord modular and micro mod ular. Each of these sysex blocks has the following format structure. Nord modular project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks.
Advanced programming techniques for modular synthesizers. The goal of this project is to reimplement the clavia nord modular g2 sound engine in csound, a wellknown sound and music computing system. Clavia nord modular classic page by retrosound marko ettlich. With the buttons on the front, thats all that differentiates it from its big brother the modular. The clavia nord modular series was a line of synthesizers produced by clavia, a swedish digital synthesizer manufacturer in 1997. This is the largest library, the largest collection of sounds for the nord modular synthesizer anywhere.
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