Clavia Nord Lead 2 Synthesizer

John can be seen with a Clavia Nord 2 Snythesizer

"Almost there... "

Together, we set up our own studio with Akai samplers, one of the early Mackie digital desks, two Roland JP-8000s, a Nord Lead, a 909 emulator and… about one year later, Logic appeared.

In this photo, Dr. Dre is seen with a Nord Lead.

[This article](https://www.emusician.com/artists/underworld-barking-mad-reinvention-as-self-realization) on the recording of the "Barking" album describes the band's then-current studio setup. It states, "Hardware synths Clavia Nord Lead 1 and 2, Moog Minimoog, and Yamaha DX7 MK1 still reign at the Pigshed."

The 'Clavia Nord Lead' can be seen in fourth photo of the Instagram slideshow.

Jaar has a Nord Lead 2 in this image

In this Video the Nord Lead 2 can be seen atop of the roland JD-800 just right the memorymoog

Max Vangeli features a Nord Lead 2 in the middle of his Australian hotel-studio setup in this Instagram picture.

"The Korg Prophecy, and Waldorfs are amazing. The Nord Lead 2 is incredible and it’s virtual analog. The Nord Modular is weird, glassy, and awesome. The ROLI Seaboard RISE’s hardware is great, but only half the story. "

In this photo taken in 2009, The Crystal Method's Scott Kirkland can be seen using a Nord Lead 2 synth during a live performance.

Equipment for the 1998 world tour included:

Above the Rhodes keyboard.

Fehrplay's hardware synth collection includes the Nord Lead 2.

Clavia Nord Lead 2 Rack can be seen in his home studio (48:20) on youtube English Soul (BBC 4 Documentary)

Minilogue's studio is surrounded by serene nature outside of Malmö, Sweden. It's here that Sebastian Mullaert and Markus Henriksson compose their lush, evolving techno suites with a variety of hardware and software - with Live at the center of each musician's setup. In the video below, Sebastian gives us an overview of Minilogue's technology.

"But also, older synthesizers such as the Nord Lead and Access Virus—whose older digital converters appeal to Goldwasser—as well as the Roland SH-7 found their way into the circle of gear."

At 0:18 in this video, a Nord Lead 2 can be seen in front of Joris' monitor.

"I'm more a hardware guy. I've got two Nords that I use a lot — the Lead Version 2 and the small one, the Nord Modular, with all the editing stuff inside the computer. I like the texture of the Nord Lead. I'm not too much into the Modular because I'm not a software person really. I like tweaking knobs and having a straight effect. I really enjoy being able to touch the equipment and see what I'm doing, I relate much more to that. What I like about the Nord Lead is it's got tons of buttons and you don't have to go into pages and pages to actually have something happening."

> I have used the Nord Lead 2 on a few occasions, most notably on HALLUCINATING ELVIS. Whilst I feel it is a very versatile instrument, most of the sound capability is too digital for my personal taste.

In terms of keyboards, Vrenna notes, “I just like big, shiny keyboards with lots of lights. My sampler is still an E-mu: the E4 Ultra. I still use it every day of my life. They discontinued them because they've gone software, as well with the new E-mu X Series, so I've been picking up used E-mu's out of the Recycler and eBay and building a couple more hardware samplers just so I have them.” His arsenal also includes a Waldorf Microwave XT, Kurzweil K2000/R, Roland V Synths, an old Virus updated “as far as it will go,” a Nord Lead 2, Alesis Andromeda A6 and “a good old trusty JP8000.”

@ 3:07 it shows The Thrillseekers directly using the Nord, and saying he's used it in various songs. "This is probably one of my favorite synths that I own, it's called a Nord Lead 2."

Nord Lead 2 VA synthesizer

This item is quoted by Darude at 2:50 in this YouTube video.

"My studio and touring rigs are similar in that I use the Fractal Audio Axe-Fx Ultra pre-amp for both. Studio-wise, the setup I use for almost everything is pretty simple; MacBook Pro, Logic, Toontrack and Spectrasonics software instruments, Nord Lead 2"

Garcia usando un Nord Lead 2

A Nord Lead 2 is visible in Frontliner's picture of his gear he posted to Facebook.

In and interview with Keboardmag.com he says "The Nord Lead 2 I still have"

"One keyboard version for working at home or in the studio, and one rackmounted version for live work. The original Nord Lead was great, but we waited for the polyphonic one, because part of its job will be to replace the ailing Emax on stage. One of the nice things about this keyboard is the fact that a noise never seems to disappear when you turn a knob right round. That's unusual in analog or analog-emulation synths."

"Impressive Instant" opens with out-of-phase synth LFO sweeps, panned hard left and right [3]. Light and transparent, the sound forms a backdrop for the entire length of the track. "Those are from the Nord Lead, run through a lowpass filter," says Mirwais. "The Nord Lead is an impressive machine because it's so simple."

Seen in this photo posted on Tony Levin's website.

underscores uses the Nord Lead 2 throughout this mashup.

as listed by tim simenon used for ULTRA lp of DEPECHE MODE

"The design was so spectacular on this thing, that I bought it out of pure instinct (laughs). This thing's great for fooling around with and creating your own sounds, and although it's a 'virtual' analog synth, I think it's the only analog synth in my studio."

It's visible multiple times throughout the video.

At 1:03 you can see the Nord Lead 2.

She uses Nord Lead 2 synthesizer on this video.

In the video minute 8:09 Odin Schwartz(Juana Molina's bandmate) can bee seen playing the Nord synth. Eventhough he usually plays it live, Juana Molina told Electronic Musician that Clavia Nord 2 is part of her studio gear. (http://www.emusician.com/gear/1332/frequency-juana-molina/40380)

This Synth can be seen in this Instagram picture, uploaded by the artist himself. This could also be the 3rd Generation model, so both items were added.

Used at 6.18 of this video with a deep atmospheric patch

"I like the Nord Lead. When I was working with Lamb, they had one, and I found it very easy to get things we would react to really quickly." - Guy Sigsworth quoted in the March 2001 issue of Sound On Sound.

From his 2013 NPR interview: > "'Dr. Crunch' was created with two pieces of gear: The Alesis SR-16 and Nord Lead. I had the SR16 (which is a really basic digital drum machine) from the early '90s doing a few drums, but at the same time having it send MIDI note values to my Nord Lead."

Visibile in foto.

Ranging from Korg’s classic Prophecy and MS2000 to the Moog Sub 37, Timo’s synths cover most bases…

Photo from Ziger's studio

Seen in the background at 23:23