A virtual modular synthesizer with more DSP power and more synthesis options, sold in keyboard and rack formats.
Overview
The Clavia Nord Modular G2 is a virtual modular synthesizer and the successor to the original Nord Modular. It comes in two models: a keyboard version with a 36-key interface and a rack-mount Engine version with no front-panel controls. A real-time DSP compiler manages resources, which allows complex patching across four independent synth slots. It supports 8 morph groups. The oscillators for FM synthesis are improved, and there is a string oscillator and a Bode-style frequency shifter. Audio and control signal routing are mostly the same thing in the G2, so modulation and signal paths stay flexible.
Specifications
| OS Version | OS 1.22 (G2) / 1.20 (editor software) |
| Keyboard | Three octave (36-key) keyboard with plastic keys on coil springs |
| Controllers | Mod wheel and Nord Lead-style wooden lever pitch stick |
| Front panel | 4 LCD displays, 8 rotary encoder knobs with LED rings, and 8 large push buttons with LEDs |
| Knob resolution | Low resolution (incremental encoders) |
| Patch storage | 15 pages per patch for storing knob and switch assignments, selected via front panel buttons |
| Audio I/O | 4 audio inputs, 4 audio outputs |
| MIDI | Includes MIDI Out (in addition to MIDI In) |
| Internal architecture | 4 internal mono busses for routing audio or control signals between slots |
| DSP | Up to 8 DSP chips, running approximately twice as fast as the original Nord Modular chips. A much faster auxiliary processor |
| Slots | 4 slots (independent synth patches) |
| Morph groups | 8 morph groups |
Design
The Nord Modular G2 has a metal chassis painted red. Its signal flow blurs the line between audio and control signals, so patching is versatile. The oscillators are enhanced for Chowning/DX7-style FM synthesis, and there is a new string oscillator. Effects include a reverb module. The new modules include a Bode-style frequency shifter, multiplexer/demultiplexer, voltage-addressed sequencers, expanded MIDI processing, control-to-MIDI conversion, and advanced arpeggiator modules. The DSP compiler runs in real time and conserves processing resources dynamically.
Context
The Nord Modular G2 continues Clavia's line of virtual modular synthesizers and directly succeeds the original Nord Modular. It has faster DSPs and new synthesis modules. Two models were released: the Nord Modular G2, the keyboard version with controls, and the Nord Modular G2 Engine, a rack-mount unit without controls. Unlike the original line, the G2 has no rack version with front-panel controls. The G2X, a later expanded model, is not part of this product variant.
Market
One example market price for the Nord Modular G2 is approximately US $3,480.
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