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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 14 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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