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Factory Settings Page 105

Please note that many of the Performances consist of two-, three- or four-slot layers, which will lead to

reduced polyphony, especially noticeable on a 4-voice Nord Lead 2.

About the Organ Sounds

Among the Factory Performances, there are reproductions of 13 classic organ sounds. By using layers of

several Slots, combined with a special “pseudo-additive” synthesis, Clavia have filtered out a minor

number of “partials” from each Oscillator and combined them into different drawbar configurations, suc-

cessfully emulating the sound of drawbar organs such as the classic “B3”.

Drawbar Organ Essentials

To make best use of the organ emulations and their special features, some knowledge about the original

instruments might be of use. Briefly, the following building blocks were combined to create the unique

drawbar organ sounds:

Tonewheels: These are the basic sound-generating devices. In the Nord Lead 2, they are of course replaced

by the Oscillator section.

Drawbars: These are click-stopped “sliders”, usually nine, each one controlling the volume of a certain

partial in the organ tone. The partials are indicated in the classic pipe organ way, referring to the length

of the organ pipes. Thus, the standard drawbar configuration is (from the bottom up) :

By using the drawbars to change the balance between the partials, the harmonic content of the organ

tone can be changed .

In the Nord Lead 2 organ sounds, the oscillators are used to generate the partials. In some cases, there is

a direct “one oscillator - one drawbar” relation; other sounds use more complex waveforms to simulate

up to three combined partials with one oscillator. Usually, the oscillators in each slot are paired, so that

Oscillator 1 generates the lower partial(s) and Oscillator 2 the higher. Therefore, you can give the sound

more bottom or edge, by changing the Oscillator balance with the Mix knob for each Slot.

Performance Name

G0 Piano pad

G1 Harp

G2 Echo from africa

G3 Sweep pad

G4 Magic night

G5 – H7 Drawbar Organs (see below)

H8 – J9 Prophet 5 Factory Patch Recreations (see page 107

L0 – L9 Nord Lead 2 RAM Programs 1-40 (Backup, see page 108)

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Clavia Nord Lead 3 User Manual Page 105