With innovative new performance features, advanced layering and synchronization possibilities, new filter types and on-board effects, the Nord Lead 4 is a synthesizer dream come true.
The Nord Lead 4 is a subtractive synthesizer with 2 oscillators per voice. All the classic waveforms are present, Saw, Square, Sine, Triangle, Pulse and PWM.
Wavetable synthesis
The Nord Lead 4’s Oscillator 1 section features a wide selection of wavetables including a unique type called Formant Wavetables with resonant qualities that are independent of pitch. Frequency Modulating the Formant Wavetables can produce some truly magic results with distinctive acoustic qualities.
Oscillator 2 features a Noise generator with a dedicated filter cut-off and resonance.
True Unison
The true Voice Unison mode lets you stack up to four voices on top of each other per note (including the complete signal path of the Nord Lead 4) for really thick, wide leads and basses.
Effects
FX section with continuous Drive/Modulation control. Crush, Drive, 2 different Talk effects, Compressor and Comb Filter.
Selectable Delay or Reverb. Delay times at up to 1400 ms can be manually set or synchronized to the Master Clock. Reverb has three algorithms, Room, Stage and Hall with adjustable brightness.
Oscillators
2 oscillators per voice / 20 voice polyphony
FM, Hard & Soft Sync
Modulation
2 LFO sections plus Modulation Envelope
Flexible syncing and routing options
Filter
12, 24 and 48 dB low-pass filters
High-pass and Band-pass filters
Transistor and diode ladder filter simulations of Mini and TB-303
Effects
Crush, Drive, Comb filter, Talk, Compressor, Reverb/delay
Performance
4-part multi-timbral
Master Clock Sync of Arpeggiator, LFO and Delay
Impulse Morph
Velocity and Mod Wheel Morph
USB MIDI – No driver is required for Mac OS X, a WHQL certified driver is available for Windows.