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Nord has upped the ante with the Nord Lead2x 49-Key Keyboard, a highly anticipated updating of the Lead2. 20-voice polyphony and 4-part multitimbrality give you the power to create layered sounds, power pads, stunning leads, and booming basses.

Memory now offers 4 x 99 user programs, 100 user performances and 4 x 10 user percussion kits plus 6 x 99 factory programs and 3 x 100 factory performances! And it's patch compatible with the Nord Lead2 so you can transfer sounds directly between the models via MIDI.

Awesome sound is yours with the brand new, crystal clear 24-bit DACs running at 96kHz.


Nord Lead2x 49-Key Keyboard
Nord Lead2x 49-Key Keyboard

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  • 20-voice polyphony
  • 4 x 99 user programs
  • 100 user performances
  • 4 x 10 user percussion kits
  • 6 x 99 factory programs
  • 3 x 100 factory performance
  • Patch compatible with the Lead2 for patch transfers via MIDI
  • New, 24-bit DAC for awesome sound

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  • Polyphony:
  • 20 voices
  • 4-part multitimbral
  • Special features:
  • Velocity programming: Each function that is controlled by a knob, can be programmed to be controlled by velocity
  • Morphing: Each function that is controlled by a knob can also be controlled by the modulation wheel/pedal to continuously fade between 2 sets of values
  • Performance controllers:
  • 4-octave velocity-sensitive keyboard
  • Octave shift buttons (+/-2 oct.)
  • Keyboard Split - 2 sections.
  • Wooden pitch stick, designed to change the pitch continuously without any dead spots. It gives you complete control of the pitch and allows you to make true and natural vibrato. The effect increases exponentially as you move it further from the center.
  • Modulation Wheel for modulating a number of selectable destinations. Looks great, feels great, works great.
  • 1 pedal input for sustain and 1 for expression pedal
  • User interface
  • 3-digit LED display, 26 knobs, and 27 buttons for program editing
  • Oscillator section
  • Oscillator 1 generates sine, triangle, sawtooth, or pulse wave with adjustable width. Oscillator 2 generates triangle, sawtooth or pulse (with adjustable width) and can also generate noise with a color control. Oscillator 2 can be hard synced to oscillator 1. Linear deep frequency modulation of Osc 1 from Osc 2. A wide range of new waveforms with a strong formant character is achieved with the syncable noise, where noise can be synced to Osc. 1.
  • Filter section
  • 12dB 2-pole low pass; 24dB 4 pole low pass, band pass, or high pass, Notch + Lowpass. Cut off, resonance, envelope amount, envelope amount controlled by velocity. ADSR envelope. Filter keyboard tracking can be set to full, 2/3, 1/3, or off.
  • Amplifier section:
  • ADSR envelope, gain control.
  • Modulation section:
  • LFO 1 generates triangle, saw, pulse, LF filtered noise and random staircase routed to Osc 1+2, Osc 2, filter, pulse-width, and FM amount. LFO 2 produces a triangle waveform, routed to Osc 1 and 2 or amplifier. It also controls the rate for the arpeggiator.
  • Arpeggiator:
  • Range: 1 - 4 octave.
  • Modes: up, down, up/down, random.
  • Echo can be set between 1 and 8 repeats.
  • Modulation envelope (attack, decay) for Osc 2 pitch, FM amount and pulse width.
  • Performance section:
  • Play mode: Poly, legato, mono, unison mono, unison poly
  • Manual mode
  • 4 program slots for layering possibilities
  • Portamento/Auto portamento
  • Percussion kits
  • 40 user "analog" percussion kits
  • Each percussion kit holds 8 independent sounds configured in 8 zones across the keyboard
  • Audio Out
  • 4 outputs
  • Each slot can have its own output
  • Modes: Stereo, mono and multitimbral mode
  • Headphones output
  • High-resolution, low-noise, 24-bit DACs running at 96kHz.
  • MIDI features
  • All control knobs and switches for program editing transmit and receive Control Change messages
  • System exclusive bulk dumps
  • One Program/Performance or all Programs/Performances in a bank
  • MIDI clock synchronizing LFO 1 and LFO 2/arpeggiator restart
  • Triggering of the filter and amplifier envelopes and velocity control from separate programmable MIDI channel and note numbers
  • Fully patch compatible with Nord Lead2/Nord Rack2